Lightning Talks: Materials and Modeling

High Temperature Furnace Testing of Space Reactor Materials in Relevant Gas Environments

William T. Searight (Penn State), Leigh Winfrey (Penn State)

Thermophysical Properties of Polycrystalline Pyrolytic Graphite for Radioisotope Space Power Systems

Hsin Wang (ORNL), Frederic Vautard (ORNL), Glenn Romanoski (ORNL), George Ulrich (ORNL), Mark Breloff (Minteq Int'l)

Developing Carbon-Carbon Heat Exchange Tubes for a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel Element

Julia Cline (NASA Langley Research Center)

Hot Hydrogen Compatibility of Spark Plasma Sintered NbC and (ZrNbW)C for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

Martin Volz (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Ryan Wilkerson (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Arne Croell (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Jamelle Williams (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Brian Taylor (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Jhonathan Rosales (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)

Impact of Matrix Microstructure on Fuel Loss from Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Cermet Fuel

Vishal Yadav (Univ. Florida), Jhonathan Rosales (Marshall Space Flight Center), Michael Tonks (Univ. Florida)

Thermophysical and Mechanical Properties Testing of Cermets and Cercers for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

Neal D. Gaffin (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Justin Milner (NASA Glenn Research Center), Kelsa Palomores (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Timothy Ironman (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

CORTES Software: Leveraging Data Science and Multi-Physics Simulations for Scalable Reactor Design Optimization

Ross Pivovar (BWX Technologies), Ryan Swanson (BWX Technologies), Shane Stimpson (BWX Technologies), Cole Gentry (BWX Technologies)

Material Characterization of Cassini RTG Production Line SiGe Materials

Araseli Cortez (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Chen-Kuo Huang (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Ike Chi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Overview and Demonstration of the Thermal Hydraulics and Thermo Mechanics ntpThermo Code

Matt Krecicki (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)

Overview and Demonstration of the pyIsoDep Depletion Code

Matt Krecicki (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)

Overview and Demonstration of the NTPSteadyFoam Multi-Physics Code

Matt Krecicki (Georgia Tech), Jim Wang (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)

Modernization of Machining Capabilities for Production of CBCF Components

Nidia C. Gallego (ORNL), George Ulrich (ORNL)

Progress of Fabricating Heritage Silicon Germanium Unicouples

Billy Li (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Sutinee Sujittosakul (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Vilupanur A. Ravi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Ike Chi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

The Whats, the Whys, and the Hows of MARM: MCNP and ABAQUS Based Reactor Multiphysics

Vedant K. Mehta (LANL), Sara Newman (LANL), Jerawan Armstrong (LANL), Dasari V. Rao (LANL)

Evaluation of NpN as Irradiation Target Material for Pu-238 Production

Adam Parkison (ORNL)

Automation and Optimization Aspects of MCNP and Abaqus Based Reactor Multiphysics (MARM) Simulations

Sara Newman (LANL), Jerawan Armstrong (LANL), Dasari V. Rao (LANL), Vedant K. Mehta (LANL)

Towards Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics: Laser-Material Interactions of Zirconium Carbide

Alexander E. Wilson-Heid (LLNL), R. Joey Griffiths (LLNL), Aiden A. Martin (LLNL), Kiel S. Holliday (LLNL), Jason R. Jeffries (LLNL)

Qualification Through X-Ray CT of an Advanced Manufactured Particle Fuel Form Surrogate

Travis McFalls (BWX Technologies), Ryan Kitchen (BWX Technologies), Daniel Galicki (BWX Technologies), John Salasin (BWX Technologies)