Poster Session II

Recommended Approaches to Promoting Nuclear Advocacy in College Campuses

2:00–2:01PM CDT

Saanvi Bethi (Georgia Tech), Kathleen Lewis (Georgia Tech), Maren Brown (Georgia Tech)

Examining the History of Women's Involvement in the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project

2:01–2:02PM CDT

Liv G. Heald (Univ. Michigan)

Regulatory Overview of Floating Nuclear Power Plants in The United States

2:02–2:03PM CDT

Abi R. Insani (Columbia Univ.)

Quantifying Student Learning from Nuclear Facility Engagement

2:03–2:04PM CDT

Krisha Nair (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Remembering Semipalatinsk: Contemporary Youth Activism and Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Legacy

2:04–2:05PM CDT

Abigail M. Wagner (Smith College)

Sentiment Analysis of Politically Active Oregonians Using Natural Language Processing

2:05–2:06PM CDT

Taylor Ward (Oregon State)

3000 Conversations About Nuclear Energy

2:06–2:09PM CDT

Rohan C. Reddy (Univ. California, Berkeley), Manhar Gupta (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Candidacy of Ceramic Nanowires Aerogels as Mass-produced Insulation for Radiological Technologies

2:09–2:12PM CDT

Derek Lewis (Georgia Tech), Kendal Chunn (Georgia Tech), Ryan Liedel (Georgia Tech)

Effect of Heat Treatments on the Microstructure of Nb2TiVZr2, a High Entropy Alloy

2:12–2:15PM CDT

Liam J. Lesiowski (Univ. Michigan), Crewse Petersen (INL), Stephen S. Raiman (Univ. Michigan)

Luminescent Lanthanide-Doped Glass Composites for Radiation Detection and Energy Harvesting

2:15–2:18PM CDT

Santiago Bermudez Naranjo (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

The Properties of Molybdenum as Encapsulation for Thulium Oxide in Nuclear Batteries

2:18–2:20PM CDT

Sean Smith (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brandon Shaver (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Caen Ang (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Correlating the Lattice Parameters of Nuclear Fuels with Fuel Composition: A Machine Learning Approach

2:20–2:22PM CDT

Cade A. Finney (Univ. Florida), Denise Adorno Lopes Adorno Lopes (ORNL), Bekah Petrosky (ORNL), William F. Cureton (ORNL)

On the Influence of Radiation Enhanced Diffusion on Molten Salt Corrosion of Fe-Cr Alloy

2:22–2:24PM CDT

Erik R. Boldt (TAMU), Russell W. Oplinger (TAMU), Karim Ahmed (TAMU)

Thermal Events in Be–FLiBe Systems from DSC: Methods for High-Temperature Interpretation

2:24–2:26PM CDT

Donny Szeghy (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Determination of Al-Ga-N TDEs with a Machine Learning Potential

2:26–2:28PM CDT

Aiden Gonzalez (Penn State), Marley Fennell (Penn State), Alexander S. Hauck (Penn State)

Design and Simulation of a Proof of Principle Experiment to Measure Short Lived Fission Product Nuclear Data

2:28–2:30PM CDT

Daniel Day (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Experimental Facility Design and Binary Fluid Modeling of Molten Salt Infiltration in Nuclear Graphite

2:30–2:33PM CDT

Milo K. Johnson (Oregon State), Mason Loidhamer (Oregon State), Kieffer Lincke (Oregon State), Brandon Herring (Oregon State)

An Economic Restart: Potential Benefits of Enriched Uranium Blankets

2:33–2:35PM CDT

Simon E. Midgette (NCSU), Kevin Growney (NCSU), Aniya Ziegler (SCSU)

Co-location to Reduce Operational Expenditures for Advanced Nuclear Microreactors

2:35–2:37PM CDT

Aidan Rogers (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Timothy P. Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Quasi-Steady State Analysis of Air Brayton Cycle for Molten Salt Reactor in Application for Marine Propulsion

2:37–2:39PM CDT

Sungwook Choi (KAIST), Jeong Min Baek (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)

An Experimental Framework for Emerging Radiochemists: Carbon Black as a Scalable Adsorbent for Uranium(IV) and Radionuclide Remediation

2:39–2:41PM CDT

Gunner Buzzard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Mahmoud Khatab (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

MCNP Modeling of EBR-II and HALEU Fuel for Recycling and Material Accountancy using Microcalorimetry

2:41–2:43PM CDT

Patience Obasi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), James T. Cahill (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Effect of Uranium in Silicate Glasses with High Bismuth

2:43–2:45PM CDT

Gavin McCloy (TAMU), John Bussey (Washington State), John S. McCloy (Washington State)

Tritium Extraction using 3D-Printable TPMS Geometries for Commercial Fusion

2:45–2:47PM CDT

Maud Vandeputte (Univ. California, Berkeley), Sahil Sinha (Univ. California, Berkeley), Guan-yu Su (Univ. California, Berkeley), Nick D’ Antonio (Univ. California, Berkeley), Luke Anthony (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Characterization of Pre-Production Carbon-Based Fuel Forms for the BANR-1 ATR Irradiation Experiment

2:47–2:49PM CDT

Keaton Lane (NCSU), Zadok Tahsoh (SCSU), Nestor G. Rodriguez-Flores (NCSU)

Development of a Modelica-Based Physics Model for Digital Twin Implementation of a Three-Loop Flow System

2:49–2:51PM CDT

Reagan Barr (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Xingang Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Lauren S. Bailey (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Engineering Plasma Frequency to Search for Axion Dark Matter in the Universe

2:51–2:53PM CDT

Daksh Rana (Univ. California, Berkeley), Dylan R. Miller (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Design of a Cybersecurity Framework and System Controls for Small Modular Reactors

2:53–2:55PM CDT

Adam M. Vega (TAMU), Joshua Haines (TAMU), Juan Sandoval (TAMU), Nathaniel Cheever (TAMU)

Designing System Components for a Fast Neutron Irradiation Facility with Pneumatic Sample Transfer

2:55–2:57PM CDT

Kelvin Shum (Univ. Texas, Austin), Trajan Falk (Univ. Texas, Austin), Evan Blount (Univ. Texas, Austin), Josh Cheung (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ishan Gupta (Univ. Texas, Austin), Landon Morsbach (Univ. Texas, Austin), Junyi Chuang (Univ. Texas, Austin), Sarah Castro (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kohlton D. Mathis (Univ. Texas, Austin), Khiloni Shah (Univ. Texas, Austin), Derek Haas (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Analyzing Irradiated Foils’ Gamma Spectra for Carbon Contamination

2:57–2:59PM CDT

Sean S. Beyer (Univ. California, Berkeley), Christopher A. Brand (LLNL), Darren Bleuel (LLNL)

Developing An Operator Decision Matrix for Multi-Failure Accident Sequence Using VCU’s Generalized Pressurized

2:59–3:01PM CDT

Nuvin Bazid (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Fabiano G. Thulu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Callie Thomas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Mustafa Tewfig (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Justin Fine (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Integrating Human Performance with Physical and Digital Twin Models for Predictive Maintenance and Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Nuclear Power Plants

3:01–3:03PM CDT

Spencer Fargusson (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Muhammad Hammad Khalid (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), John Beal (X-Energy), Ha H. Bui (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Seyed-A. Reihani (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Zahra Mohaghegh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

RANS Turbulence Models in Unheated Triangular Rod Bundles

3:03–3:05PM CDT

Fatemah Al Sulaiman (KFUPM), Afaque Shams (NRG Petten), Abdullah Abdulkarim Alasif (KFUPM)

CFD Simulation of Upward Annular Two-phase Flow

3:05–3:07PM CDT

Richard J. Tardio (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Peter Iascone (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Feasibility Study of Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors for Transient Wall Temperature Measurement.

3:07–3:09PM CDT

Jiyeon Choi (Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.), Hyungmo Kim (Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.), Hyewon Lim (Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.)

Packed Bed Geometry Impacts on Turbulent Mixing and Mass Transfer

3:09–3:11PM CDT

Dylan Anuskiewcz (Univ. California, Berkeley), Guan-yu Su (Univ. California, Berkeley), Benjamin J. Li (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Infrastructure Renewal: Can Unfinished Nuclear Plants Support Energy Needs Efficiently?

3:11–3:13PM CDT

Colton Miles (Chattanooga State Comm. College), Kit Hart (Chattanooga State Comm. College), Addison G. McMullin (Chattanooga State Comm. College)

Sampling and Analysis of Environmental Radionuclides in Virginia Soils

3:13–3:15PM CDT

Irina K. Hinson (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ava Cavey (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Mahmoud Khatab (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Culturing of Extremophile Organisms from TRIGA Reactor

3:15–3:17PM CDT

Anastasia Kaurova (Oregon State), Stephen M. Kustka (Oregon State), Kaitlin-Irene Marry (Oregon State), Kathryn A. Higley (Oregon State)

Simulations of Weak Photonuclear Reactions: Predictions for Experimental Verification

3:17–3:19PM CDT

Sophia Berghammer (ANL), Amy Renne (ANL), Jerry A. Nolen (ANL)

Design of a Combined Theranostics Machine and Center at Michigan Medicine

3:19–3:21PM CDT

Rheadawn Marasigan (Univ. Michigan), Amanda Burton (Univ. Michigan), Joshua Brauchler (Univ. Michigan), Martha Matuszak (Univ. Michigan), Karolyn Hopfensperger (Univ. Michigan)

Neutronic Feasibility of ⁶⁴Cu Production in a Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor

3:21–3:23PM CDT

Ava M. Cavey (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Lanthanide Separations Via Isoreticular Metal-organic Frameworks

3:23–3:25PM CDT

Xander Pike (Tennessee Tech)

Using Copper-based Metal Organic Frameworks for Lanthanide Separation

3:25–3:27PM CDT

Noah Oaks (Tennessee Tech)

Lanthanide Separations Using UiO Metal Organic Frameworks

3:27–3:29PM CDT

Juliette Brame (Tennessee Tech)

Lanthanide Separation using MIL-Series Metal Organic Frameworks

3:29–3:31PM CDT

Seth Hodge (Tennessee Tech), David Dan (Tennessee Tech)

Iron-based Metal-organic Frameworks for the Separation of Lanthanides

3:31–3:33PM CDT

Morgan L. Patterson (Tennessee Tech), David Dan (Tennessee Tech)

Simulation-Based Assessment of Radiopharmaceutical Stability Using Non-Radioactive Gallium–DOTA Complexes

3:33–3:35PM CDT

Briana N. Velinor (Virginia Union Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Mahmoud Khatab (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Olabisi Suleiman (Virginia Union Univ.)

Latin American Nuclear Weapons Free Zone

3:35–3:37PM CDT

Pauline Fernandez Kotai (Oregon State)

Use of Plasma Sterilization in Nuclear Outreach and Education

3:37–3:39PM CDT

Megan Johnson (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Cole Payne (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Fiber-Optic Based Level Sensor for Liquid Sodium Environments

3:39–3:40PM CDT

Michael Todorov (ANL), Matthew T. Weathered (ANL)

Isotope-to-Spectrum-to-Dead-Time: A Hybrid ML Approach

3:40–3:41PM CDT

Coleman P. Smith (TAMU)

Conceptual Framework for ML-Assisted Nuclear Safeguards for Advanced Reactors

3:41–3:42PM CDT

Mason S. Walls (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)

Extension of Pebble-Bed Dust Analysis to MACCS Multi-Unit HTGR Release Modeling

3:42–3:43PM CDT

Miranda Lorenzo (Georgia Tech), Dillon Scott (TAMU), Karen V. Kirkland (TAMU), Shaheen A. Dewji (Georgia Tech)

Neutronic and Chemical Analysis of Potential Mechanical Shims for Molten Salt Reactors

3:43–3:44PM CDT

William H. Madsen (Brigham Young Univ.), Matthew J. Memmott (Brigham Young Univ.)

Radiation Heat Map Application for Public Safety

3:44–3:45PM CDT

Kent Franke (TAMU), Joseph Huber (TAMU)

Implementation and Validation of Contact-Angle Algorithm in Nek5000

3:45–3:46PM CDT

Cade C. Ahrenholtz (Kansas State), Arsen Iskhakov (Kansas State), Anna Iskhakova (Kansas State)

Ionizing Radiation Modeling Using OpenFOAM Frameworks

3:46–3:48PM CDT

Alejandro Siller (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)