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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The spark of the Super: Teller–Ulam and the birth of the H-bomb—rivalry, credit, and legacy at 75 years
In early 1951, Los Alamos scientists Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam devised a breakthrough that would lead to the hydrogen bomb [1]. Their design gave the United States an initial advantage in the Cold War, though comparable progress was soon achieved independently in the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.
Technical Session|Panel|MCD Career Retrospectives: Compiling a Successful Career in MCD
Tuesday, April 29, 2025|3:15–4:55PM MDT|Molly Brown
Session Chair:
Marv Adams (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
Chris Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico)
Join us for an exclusive panel session featuring recently retired leaders in MCD as they share their wealth of experience and valuable career insights! Whether you're just starting your career or are planning for long-term success, this session offers unique perspectives on how the MCD community overcame previous grand challenges in mathematics and computation, what these leaders think are the most substantial and most interesting challenges today, and how the MCD community can adapt to overcome these challenges.
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