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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Honorary Chairs:
Warren Miller Jr. (Texas A&M University)
Thomas Sutton (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Paul Turinsky (North Carolina State University)
General Chairs:
Yousry Y. Azmy (Duke Energy Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University)
David J. Kropaczek (Director, Industry Technology Innovation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Assistant General Chairs:
Steven Hamilton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Atul Karve (General Electric)
Technical Program Chairs:
Dmitriy Y. Anistratov (North Carolina State University)
Todd J. Urbatsch (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Assistant Technical Program Chairs:
Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower, USA)
William Wieselquist (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
Arrangements Chair:
Sherry Bailey (North Carolina State University)
Diversity & Inclusion Chairs:
Stefani Buster (North Carolina State University)
Madicken Munk (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Finance Chair:
Shane Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Hospitality Chairs:
Karen Turinsky (North Carolina State University)
International Engagement Chair:
Doddy Kastanya (Kinectrics Inc)
Publication Chair:
Patrick Brantley (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Registration Chair:
Erik Walker (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Student Program Chair:
Lisa Marshall (North Carolina State University)
Assistant Student Program Chairs:
Joseph Coale (North Carolina State University)
William Dawn (North Carolina State University)
Workshops Chair:
Matthew Jessee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Webmaster-Wordpress:
Nick Luciano (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Publicity Chair:
Hailey Green (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Organizing Committee Members:
Benjamin Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Eva Davidson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Gregory Davidson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Bernadette Kirk (Consultant)
Trent Primm (Consultant)
Katherine Royston (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Deterministic methods for particle transport
Dmitriy Anistratov, North Carolina State University
Monte Carlo and hybrid methods for particle transport
Jeffery Densmore, Naval Nuclear Laboratory
Mathematical methods in particle transport theory
Andrew Till, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Massively parallel algorithms and exascale computing
Thomas Evans, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Computational fluid dynamics and thermal-hydraulics
Robert Nourgaliev, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Multiscale and multiphysics methods
Terry Haut, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Computational methods for reactor physics analysis
Benoit Forget, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William Wieselquist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Stochastic media models
Patrick Brantley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reduced-order models in nuclear science and engineering
Todd Palmer, Oregon State University
Modeling and simulations in high energy-density physics, plasma physics, and fusion
Frank Graziani, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Nuclear and atomic data, methods, and theory
Teresa Bailey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis
Hany Abdel-Khalik, Purdue University
Data science and machine learning
Ryan McClarren, University of Notre Dame
Analytical solution, verification, and numerical methods analysis
Shawn Pautz, Sandia National Laboratory
Hany Abdel-Khalik, Purdue University, USA
Marvin Adams, Texas A&M University, USA
Cory Ahrens, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Anthony Alberti, Oregon State University, USA
Gerardo Aliberti, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Mohammad Asadzadeh, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Brian Aviles, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, USA
Maria Avramova, North Carolina State University, USA
Yousry Azmy, North Carolina State University, USA
Teresa Bailey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Liliane Barichello, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Brody R. Bassett, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Troy Becker, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, USA
Benoit Normand, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA, France
Benjamin Betzler, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Rike Bostelmann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Patrick Brantley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Forrest Brown, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Tom Brunner, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Andrew Buchan, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Timothy Burke, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Oscar Cabellos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Jae Chang, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Nam Zin Cho, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Kevin Clarno, University of Texas, USA
Mathew Cleveland, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Benjamin Collins, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Luke Cornejo, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Jon Dahl, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Gregory Davidson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Erin Davis, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Gregory Delipei, North Carolina State University, USA
Christophe Demaziere, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Jeffery Densmore, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, USA
Nam Dinh, North Carolina State University, USA
Forrest Doss, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Steven Douglass, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, USA
Thomas Downar, University of Michigan, USA
Clif Drumm, Sandia National Laboratory, USA
Sandra Dulla, Politecnico di Torino , Italy
Jacob Eapen, North Carolina State University, USA
Thomas Evans, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Andrea Favalli, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Rodolfo Ferrer, Studsvik Scandpower, USA
Hakim Ferroukhi, The Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Sean Finnegan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Benoit Forget, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Martin Frank, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Brian Franke, Sandia National Laboratory, USA
Massimiliano Fratoni, University of California, USA
Barry Ganapol, University of Arizona, USA
Nicholas Gentile, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Daniel Gill, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, USA
Guillaume Giudicelli, Idaho National Laboratory, USA
Frank Graziani, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
David Griesheimer, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, USA
Robert Grove, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Michael Hackemack, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, USA
Alireza Haghighat, Virginia Tech, USA
Steven Hamilton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Hans Hammer, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Cory Hauck, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Terry Haut, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Jason Haverkamp, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, USA
Alain Hébert, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
Florent Heidet, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Milan Holec, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Jason Hou, North Carolina State University, USA
Dongli Huang, Purdue University, USA
Kathryn Huff, University of Illinois, USA
Mathieu Hursin, The Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Germina Ilas, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Kostadin Ivanov, North Carolina State University, USA
Matthew Jesse, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Wei Ji, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Seth Johnson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Jesse Jones, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Han-gyu Joo, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Colin Josey, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Atul Karve, General Electric, USA
Doddy Kastanya, Kinectrics Inc., Canada
Brian Kiedrowski, University of Michigan, USA
Patrick Knapp, Sandia National Laboratory, USA
Brendan Kochunas, University of Michigan, USA
Gabriel Kooreman, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, USA
Thomas Kozlowski, University of Illinois, USA
Jonas Kusch, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Edward Larsen, University of Michigan, USA
Chang-ho Lee, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Alex Long, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Kendra Long, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Qiyue Lu, University of Illinois, USA
Hong Luo, North Carolina State University, USA
Peter Maginot, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Amitava Majumdar, San Diego Supercomputer Center, USA
Alexander Marshak, Goddard Space Flight Centre, NASA , USA
William Martin, University of Michigan, USA
Richard Martineau, Idaho National Laboratory, USA
Emiliano Masiello, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA, France
Anna Matsekh, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
John Mattingly, North Carolina State University, USA
Ryan McClarren, University of Notre Dame, USA
Carolyn McGraw, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Nathan Meezan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Ugur Mertyurek, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Moyed Miften, University of Colorado, USA
Rafael Miró, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Jim Morel, Texas A&M University, USA
Madicken Munk, University of Illinois, USA
Brian Nease, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, USA
Robert Nourgaliev, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Aaron Olson, Sandia National Laboratory, USA
Javier Ortensi, Idaho National Laboratory, USA
Todd Palmer, Oregon State University, USA
Giuseppe Palmiotti, Idaho National Laboratory, USA
Tara Pandya, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
HyeongKae Park, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Andreas Pautz, The Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Shawn Pautz, Sandia National Laboratory, USA
Imre Pazit, Chalmers University, Sweden
Christopher Perfetti, University of New Mexico, USA
Nathan Porter, Sandia National Laboratory, USA
Anil Prinja, University of New Mexico, USA
Cristian Rabiti, Idaho National Laboratory, USA
Majdi Radaideh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Jean Ragusa, Texas A&M University, USA
Farzad Rahnema, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Piero Ravetto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Bradley Rearden, X-energy, USA
Kyle Remley, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, USA
Michael Rising, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Dimitri Rochman, The Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Paul Romano, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Massimiliano Rosa, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Pascal Rouxelin, North Carolina State University, USA
Katherine Royston, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Simone Santandrea, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA, France
Sebastian Schunert, Idaho National Laboratory, USA
Patrick Shriwise, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Eugene Shwageraus, Cambridge University, UK
Glenn Sjoden, University of Utah, USA
Richard Smedly-Stevenson, Atomic Weapons Establishment, UK
Kord Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Vladimir Sobes, University of Tennessee, USA
Avneet Sood, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Thomas Sutton, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Andrew Till, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Travis Trahan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
John Tramm, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Taro Ueki, Nuclear Safety Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Rene Van Geemert, Framatome, Germany
Richard Vasques, Ohio State University, USA
Gumersindo Verdú, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Jasmina Vujic, University of California, USA
William Walters, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Dean Wang, Ohio State University
Yaqi Wang, Idaho National Laboratory, USA
Congjian Wang, Idaho National Laboratory, USA
Todd Wareing, Varian Medical Systems, USA
James Warsa, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Dorothea Wiarda, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Paul Wilson, University of Wisconsin, USA
Brian Wirth, The University of Tennessee, USA
Brian Woods, Oregon State University, USA
Steven Wopschall, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Xu Wu, North Carolina State University, USA
Zeyun Wu, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Akio Yamamoto, Nagoya University, Japan
Won Sik Yang, University of Michigan, USA
Ben Yee, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Kaiyue Zeng, North Carolina State University, USA
Joseph Zerr, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Haining Zhou, University of Michigan, USA
Igor Zmijarevic, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA, France
Winfried Zwermann, Global Research for Safety, Germany