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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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UW-Madison: A Midwestern nucleus of fission and fusion
With more than six decades as a top-ranked program in its rearview, the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics (NEEP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is hardly slowing down. In fact, NEEP is continuing to grow and develop its faculty, curriculum, and research.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by MCD
Monday, June 14, 2021|3:15–5:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Nicholas A. Gentile
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Brian C. Kiedrowski
Staff Producer:
Janice Lindegard (ANS)
The Current Issues in Computational Methods Roundtable will present five researchers who will give talks on several aspects of upcoming developments and challenges in code development and entertain audience questions. Points of emphasis will be the opportunities and demands of new machine architectures for Monte Carlo and Deterministic transport, applications of AI to high energy density science, and computational challenges for the nuclear sector. Speakers and titles: Erin Davis (LANL) "PARTISN: Enabling a 20th century Fortran transport code to meet 21st century" Kelli Humbird (LLNL) “Cognitive simulations for inertial confinement fusion” Alicia Klinvex (NNL) “Accelerating Transport Codes on Newer Architectures” Rachel Slaybaugh (UCB) “Optimal Operations of Advanced Reactors: how do we get there?” John Tramm (ANL) "More than a port: challenges in GPU-based MC and MOC particle transport"
Rachel Slaybaugh
University of California Berkeley
John Tramm
Argonne National Laboratory
Kelli Humbird
LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory
Alicia Klinvex
Naval Nuclear Laboratory
Erin Davis
LANL
Nicholas Gentile
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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