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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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University of Rochester and Focused Energy establish $6.9 million partnership
Focused Energy and the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) have established a $6.9 million partnership agreement to collaborate on fundamental challenges in inertial fusion energy.
Technical Session|Human Factors, Instrumentation, and Controls (HFICD)
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|10:00–11:45AM MDT|Room 3
Session Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
Alternate Chair:
Vasileios Theos (Purdue University)
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Enabling Real-Time Operation of the PUR-1 Digital Twin via Surrogate Models of High-Fidelity Simulations
10:00–10:20AM MDT
Vasileios Theos (Purdue University), Jonah Lau (Purdue University), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue University), Noah Fillgrove, Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue University)
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Digital Twin Development for an Experimental Microreactor Thermal System
10:20–10:40AM MDT
Matthew Barrows (Texas A&M University), Jian Tao (Texas A&M University), Joseph Seo (Texas A&M University), Hansol Kim (Texas A&M University), Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M University)
Energy-Efficient Scientific Foundation Model for Advanced Reactor Digital Twins
10:40–11:00AM MDT
Jay P. Yoo (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Jason Yoo (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Jaewan Park (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam
Physics-Constrained Digital Twin for Predicting Reactor Power State of Research Reactor
11:00–11:20AM MDT
Quinnan Hetrick, Lei R. Cao (The Ohio State University)
Virtual Sensing for Dynamic Systems: Enabling Digital Twin–Driven Foundation Models for Multi-Modal Monitoring for Advanced Reactors
11:20–11:40AM MDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Sai Puppala (University of Texas, El Paso), Jay Phil Yoo (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Md Jahangir Alam, Sajedul Talukder, Syed Bahauddin Alam
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