Schedule Timeline

Schedule is subject to change

Sunday — April 27, 2025

8:00AM MDT

Events

MCNP6® New Features, Algorithms, and Workflows (Lawrence A)
Python Tools for Monte Carlo: OpenMC and MontePy (Horace Tabor)
Griffin Workshop (Lawrence B)

1:00PM MDT

Events

Scientific Machine Learning for Nuclear Engineering Applications Workshop (Lawrence A)

2:00PM MDT

Events

Exhibit Set Up from 2:00–5:00 pm (Platte River Room)

3:00PM MDT

Events

Registration/Help Desk open from 3:00–7:00 pm (Mezzanine Foyer)

5:00PM MDT

Events

Student Welcome and Q&A (Molly Brown)

6:00PM MDT

Events

Exhibit open from 6:00-8:00 pm (Platte River Room)
Opening Reception (Platte River Room)

Monday — April 28, 2025

7:30AM MDT

Events

Morning Coffee Service from 7:30–8:00 am (Platte River Room)
Registration/Help Desk open from 7:30 am–4:00 pm (Mezzanine Foyer)
Exhibit open from 7:30 am–4:00 pm (Platte River Room)

8:00AM MDT

Sessions

Opening Plenary (Confluence Ballroom)

9:30AM MDT

Events

Networking Break from 9:30–10:00 am (Platte River Room)

10:00AM MDT

Sessions

Deterministic Transport for Reactor Physics (Lawrence A)
Monte Carlo Coupling and Temperature Treatments (Lawrence B)
Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification: I (Horace Tabor)
Special Session on Stochastic Geometry and Particle Branching Processes: I (E.P. Ensley B)
Verification, Validation, and Benchmark Experiment Design: I (E.P. Ensley A)

11:40AM MDT

Events

Attendee Lunch from 11:40 am–1:00 pm (Confluence Ballroom)

1:00PM MDT

Sessions

Deterministic Acceleration Methods (Lawrence A)
Monte Carlo Cross Section Generation (Lawrence B)
Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification: II (Horace Tabor)
Special Session on Stochastic Geometry and Particle Branching Processes: II (E.P. Ensley B)
Verification, Validation, and Benchmark Experiment Design: II (E.P. Ensley A)

2:40PM MDT

Events

Networking Break from 2:40–3:15 pm (Platte River Room)

3:15PM MDT

Sessions

Applying a Critical Lens to AI Methods in Nuclear Engineering (Molly Brown)
Neutron Diffusion Methods (Lawrence A)
Monte Carlo Variance Estimation and Sampling (Lawrence B)
Radiative Transfer Methods: I (E.P. Ensley A)
Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification: III (Horace Tabor)
Special Session on Stochastic Geometry and Particle Branching Processes: III (E.P. Ensley B)

Tuesday — April 29, 2025

7:30AM MDT

Events

Morning Coffee Service from 7:30–8:00 am (Platte River Room)
Registration/Help Desk open from 7:30 am–4:00 pm (Mezzanine Foyer)
Exhibit open from 7:30 am–4:00 pm (Platte River Room)

8:00AM MDT

Sessions

Cross Sections and Homogenization: I (Lawrence A)
High-Performance Computing (E.P. Ensley B)
Modeling and Simulation for Fusion Neutronics (Molly Brown)
Monte Carlo Time Dependence and Kinetics (Lawrence B)
Radiative Transfer Methods: II (E.P. Ensley A)
Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification: IV (Horace Tabor)

9:40AM MDT

Events

Networking Break from 9:40–10:00 am (Platte River Room)

10:00AM MDT

Sessions

Cross Sections and Homogenization: II (Lawrence A)
Monte Carlo Software (Lawrence B)
Performance VS Portability (Molly Brown)
Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification: V (Horace Tabor)
Verification, Validation, and Benchmark Experiment Design: III (E.P. Ensley A)

11:40AM MDT

Events

Lunch with Keynote Speaker from 11:40 am–1:00 pm (Confluence Ballroom)

1:00PM MDT

Sessions

Challenges in Software Development for Nuclear Applications (Molly Brown)
Charged Particle Transport (Lawrence A)
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: I (Horace Tabor)
Monte Carlo Functional Expansion Tallies and Sampling (Lawrence B)
Nuclear Data and Nuclear Data Evaluations: I (E.P. Ensley B)
Special Session on GPU Computing (E.P. Ensley A)

2:40PM MDT

Events

Networking Break from 2:40–3:15 pm (Platte River Room)

3:15PM MDT

Sessions

Deterministic Transport Methods: General (Lawrence A)
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: II (Horace Tabor)
MCD Career Retrospectives: Compiling a Successful Career in MCD (Molly Brown)
Monte Carlo Reactor Analysis (Lawrence B)
Nuclear Data and Nuclear Data Evaluations: II (E.P. Ensley B)
Special Session on Random Ray Transport (E.P. Ensley A)

Wednesday — April 30, 2025

7:30AM MDT

Events

Morning Coffee Service from 7:30–8:00 am (Platte River Room)
Exhibit open from 7:30 am–1:00 pm (Platte River Room)
Registration/Help Desk open from 7:30 am–4:00 pm (Mezzanine Foyer)

8:00AM MDT

Sessions

Circulating-Fuel Reactors (E.P. Ensley B)
Depletion Analysis Methods: I (Molly Brown)
Ray Effects and Angular Discretizations (Lawrence A)
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: III (Horace Tabor)
Monte Carlo Methods (Lawrence B)
Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations: I (E.P. Ensley A)

9:40AM MDT

Events

Networking Break from 9:40–10:00 am (Platte River Room)

10:00AM MDT

Sessions

Advanced Reactor Design and Analysis: I (E.P. Ensley B)
Depletion Analysis Methods: II (Molly Brown)
High Fidelity and Quantum Algorithms for Radiation Transport (Lawrence A)
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: IV (Horace Tabor)
Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations: II (E.P. Ensley A)
Special Session on Research Activities of the Center for Exascale Monte Carlo Neutron Transport (CEMeNT): I (Lawrence B)

11:40AM MDT

Events

Lunch on your own from 11:40 am–1:00 pm

1:00PM MDT

Sessions

Advanced Reactor Design and Analysis: II (E.P. Ensley B)
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Thermal Hydraulics (Horace Tabor)
Depletion Analysis Methods -- Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis (Lawrence A)
Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations: III (E.P. Ensley A)
Special Session on Research Activities of the Center for Exascale Monte Carlo Neutron Transport (CEMeNT): II (Lawrence B)

2:40PM MDT

Events

Networking Break from 2:40–3:15 pm (Platte River Room)

3:15PM MDT

Sessions

Depletion Analysis Methods: III (Lawrence A)
Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations: IV (E.P. Ensley A)
Special Session on Adjoint Methods (Horace Tabor)
Special Session on Research Activities of the Center for Exascale Monte Carlo Neutron Transport (CEMeNT): III (Lawrence B)

6:00PM MDT

Events

Banquet (Confluence Ballroom AB)

Thursday — May 1, 2025

8:00AM MDT

Events

CANCELLED - USGS TRIGA Reactor Tour (Meet in the Westin lobby by 8:00am - the busses will be departing promptly by 8:20am)