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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Dragonfly, a Pu-fueled drone heading to Titan, gets key NASA approval
Curiosity landed on Mars sporting a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) in 2012, and a second NASA rover, Perseverance, landed in 2021. Both are still rolling across the red planet in the name of science. Another exploratory craft with a similar plutonium-238–fueled RTG but a very different mission—to fly between multiple test sites on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon—recently got one step closer to deployment.
On April 25, NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) announced that the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s icy moon passed its critical design review. “Passing this mission milestone means that Dragonfly’s mission design, fabrication, integration, and test plans are all approved, and the mission can now turn its attention to the construction of the spacecraft itself,” according to NASA.
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12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair: Ronald L. Boring|Alternate Chair: Paula Savioja
Panel
Session Chair: Chad J. Kiger|Alternate Chair: James B. McConkey
Session Chair: Josh Daw|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Brenden Heidrich|Alternate Chair: Troy Unruh
Session Chair: Michael Muhlheim|Alternate Chair: Derek Halverson
Session Chair: Brent D. Shumaker
2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Torrey Mortenson|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Zachary Spielman|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Derek Halverson|Alternate Chair: Michael Muhlheim
Session Chair: Cody Walker|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Carol Smidts|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair: Jacob Houser|Alternate Chair: William H. Ferrell
Session Chair: Ahmad Al Rashdan|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Sacit M. Cetiner|Alternate Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Chair: M. N. Ericson|Alternate Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Paul Hunton|Alternate Chair: Richard Wood
Session Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe|Alternate Chair: David R. Desaulniers
Session Chair: Janos Eiler|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Nesrin Cetiner|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Rodney Busquim|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Graeme M. West|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Ryan S. Flamand|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Jianghai Li
Session Chair: Ted Quinn
Session Chair: Miltiadis Alamaniotis|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Tunc Aldemir|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Casey Kovesdi|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Chair: Brent Shumaker|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Jason Remer|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Gyunyoung Heo|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Padhraic L. Mulligan|Alternate Chair: Josh Daw
Session Chair: Michael T. Rowland|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair: Raymond L. Herb|Alternate Chair: Pareez Golub
Session Chair: Markus Porthin|Alternate Chair: Sung-Min Shin
Session Chair: Alexander H. Hashemian|Alternate Chair: Shawn N. Tyler
Session Chair: Adam Deatherage|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Katya Le Blanc|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Zhouxiang Fei|Alternate Chair: Hyun Gook Kang
12:15–2:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Paula Savioja|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Richard T. Wood
Session Chair: MIke Waters|Alternate Chair: Raymond L. Herb
Session Chair: Jacob Farber|Alternate Chair: Richard Wood
