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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Discovering, Making, and Testing New Materials: SRNL’s Center For Hierarchical Waste Form Materials
Savannah River National Laboratory researchers are building on the laboratory’s legacy of using cutting-edge science to effectively immobilize nuclear waste in innovative ways. As part of the Center for Hierarchical Waste Form Materials, SRNL is leveraging its depth of experience in radiological waste management to explore new frontiers in the industry.
To add or remove a session from your itinerary, please check the circle to the left of its title.
1:00–2:45PM CDT
Room 13 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by AAD
Session Chair: Lin Shao|Alternate Chair: Igor Remec
Room 15 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by ANSTD
Session Chair: To B. Determined|Alternate Chair: To B. Determined
Panel|Room 4|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Olivia M. Blackmon|Alternate Chair: Sola Talabi
Panel|Room 6|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Charles W. Forsberg|Alternate Chair: Michael S. Smith
Room 8|Sponsored by FED
Session Chair: Paul W. Humrickhouse|Alternate Chair: Pierre-Clement A. Simon
Room 5|Sponsored by IRD|Cosponsored by THD
Session Chair: Erik H. Wilson|Alternate Chair: Lin-Wen Hu
Panel|Room 1|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Madicken Munk|Alternate Chair: Ryan G. McClarren
Room 14 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by MSTD
Session Chair: Bai Cui|Alternate Chair: Rongjie Song
Room 7|Sponsored by MSTD
Session Chair: Caleb P. Massey|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Room 3|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: William N. Mann|Alternate Chair: Ben Holtzman
Panel|Room 2|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: John H. Jackson|Alternate Chair: Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Room 17 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Tucker C. McClanahan|Alternate Chair: Irina I. Popova
Panel|Room 18 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by RRSD
Session Chair: Anamary Daniel|Alternate Chair: Young Soo Park
Panel|Room 10|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Bao-Wen Yang|Alternate Chair: Xiaodong Sun
Room 9|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Dillon R. Shaver|Alternate Chair: Izabela Gutowska
Room 12 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by THD|Cosponsored by NISD
Session Chair: Haomin Yuan|Alternate Chair: Nadish Saini
Panel|Room 16 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Anna Iskhakova|Alternate Chair: Evan S. Gonzalez
Room 13 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by DESD
Session Chair: Dustin G. Miller|Alternate Chair: Miles van Noordennen
3:15–5:00PM CDT
Session Chair: Olivia M. Blackmon|Alternate Chair: Barbara Peitsch
Session Chair: Sven O. Bader|Alternate Chair: Michael S. Smith
Session Chair: Lin-Wen Hu|Alternate Chair: Erik H. Wilson
Room 11, Keynote (NOT avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by Keynotes
Session Chair: Emily R. Shemon|Alternate Chair: Haomin Yuan
Session Chair: Haiyan N. Zhao|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Panel|Room 1|Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: Douglas G. Bowen|Alternate Chair: Kevin H. Reynolds
Room 8|Sponsored by NISD
Session Chair: Robert Kile|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Session Chair: Christopher M. Perfetti|Alternate Chair: Shane G. Stimpson
Session Chair: Elia Merzari|Alternate Chair: Dillon R. Shaver
10:00–11:45AM CDT
Session Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis|Alternate Chair: Kostadin N. Ivanov
Session Chair: J. Rory Kennedy|Alternate Chair: Michael S. Smith
Session Chair: Elia Merzari|Alternate Chair: Igor Jovanovic
Room 1|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Koroush Shirvan|Alternate Chair: Sebastian Schunert
Session Chair: L Vergari|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Room 2|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Eleodor M. Nichita|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Chair: Kurshad Muftuoglu|Alternate Chair: Baris Sarikaya
Panel|Room 5|Sponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Ishita Trivedi|Alternate Chair: Pierre-Clément Simon
Room 4|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: John Mobley|Alternate Chair: Christopher M. Perfetti
Room 6|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Jean-Francois Lucchini|Alternate Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Chair: Elia Merzari|Alternate Chair: Tanju Sofu
Session Chair: Rongjie Song|Alternate Chair: Caleb P. Massey
Session Chair: Deborah A. Hill|Alternate Chair: Blake A. Thompson
Room 8|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov|Alternate Chair: Zeyun Wu
Room 3|Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Irina I. Popova|Alternate Chair: Tucker C. McClanahan
Room 10|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Subash L. Sharma|Alternate Chair: Xu Wu
Panel|Room 9|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Jon D. McWhirter|Alternate Chair: Bao-Wen Yang
Session Chair: Andrew E. Thomas|Alternate Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Chair: Amanda S. Leong|Alternate Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Panel|Room 8|Sponsored by FED
Session Chair: Pierre-Clement A. Simon|Alternate Chair: Paul W. Humrickhouse
Session Chair: Simon M. Pimblott|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Annabelle Le Coq|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Room 5|Sponsored by NNPD
Session Chair: Robert B. Hayes|Alternate Chair: Chris Robinson
Session Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni|Alternate Chair: Zeyun Wu
Session Chair: Alexander Barzilov|Alternate Chair: Tucker C. McClanahan
Session Chair: Subash L. Sharma|Alternate Chair: Elia Merzari
8:00–9:45AM CDT
Room 13 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by ETWDD|Cosponsored by FED
Session Chair: Andrew E. Thomas|Alternate Chair: Lane B. Carasik
Session Chair: Sven O. Bader|Alternate Chair: Andrew R. Griffith
Room 15 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Michael S. Smith|Alternate Chair: Jared A. Johnson
Room 5|Sponsored by FCWMD|Cosponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Raymond T. Klann|Alternate Chair: Irina I. Popova
Session Chair: Jake R. Quincey|Alternate Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood
Session Chair: Rongjie Song|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Michael Fendler|Alternate Chair: Douglas G. Bowen
Session Chair: Kevin T. Clarno|Alternate Chair: Ben Holtzman
Session Chair: Nicolas E. Stauff|Alternate Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Room 4|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Emily R. Shemon|Alternate Chair: Nicolas E. Stauff
Session Chair: Moataz Harb|Alternate Chair: Tucker C. McClanahan
Room 18 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by RRSD
Session Chair: Adam J. Carroll|Alternate Chair: Young Soo Park
Session Chair: Yue Jin|Alternate Chair: Juliana P. Duarte
Room 12 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)|Sponsored by THD|Cosponsored by IRD
Session Chair: Yu-Jou Wang|Alternate Chair: Evan S. Gonzalez
Session Chair: Lori Brady|Alternate Chair: Sukesh K. Aghara
Session Chair: Amanda S. Leong|Alternate Chair: Humberto E. Garcia
Room 5|Sponsored by IRD
Session Chair: Igor Jovanovic|Alternate Chair: Londrea Garrett
Session Chair: Dillon R. Shaver|Alternate Chair: Koroush Shirvan
Session Chair: Ryan T. Sweet|Alternate Chair: Pierre-Clement A. Simon
Room 1|Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: John A. Miller|Alternate Chair: Amy E. van der Vyver
Session Chair: Justin K. Watson|Alternate Chair: Guillaume Giudicelli
Room 8|Sponsored by RRSD
Session Chair: William C. Eason|Alternate Chair: Adam J. Carroll
Session Chair: Jared A. Johnson|Alternate Chair: Humberto E. Garcia
Session Chair: Londrea Garrett|Alternate Chair: Igor Jovanovic
Session Chair: Emily R. Shemon|Alternate Chair: Zeyun Wu
Room 4|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Deborah A. Hill|Alternate Chair: Benjamin Martin
Room 8|Sponsored by OPD|Cosponsored by ANSTD, NCSD, NISD, RRSD
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov|Alternate Chair: Yiqi Yu
Session Chair: Cihang Lu|Alternate Chair: Guillaume Giudicelli
Session Chair: Justin K. Watson|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Andrew R. Griffith|Alternate Chair: Jared A. Johnson
Session Chair: Lei R. Cao|Alternate Chair: Igor Jovanovic
Session Chair: Dillon R. Shaver|Alternate Chair: Thomas Fuerst
Session Chair: Pierre-Clement A. Simon|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Room 8|Sponsored by MSTD|Cosponsored by AAD
Session Chair: Jake R. Quincey|Alternate Chair: Lin Shao
Session Chair: Theresa E. Cutler|Alternate Chair: Benjamin Martin
Session Chair: Brendan M. Kochunas|Alternate Chair: Cihang Lu
