Awards

Award Title

Authors

Paper Title

Best Paper Award

Lauren Kohler, Jason Cli­fford, Nusrat Karim, Sivananddan Harilal, Elizabeth Kautz, and Xu Wu

ML-LIBS: Machine Learning-Based Spectra Predictions of Time Dependent Lithium Emission Spectroscopy Imaging

Best Paper Award

Trevor Franklin, Fande Kong, Paul Humrickhouse, Casey Icenhour, Pierre-Clément Simon, and Lane Carasik

New Developments and Verification of the Fusion Blanket Simulation Capabilities in the MOOSE Framework

Best Paper Award

Carolina Dutra and Elia Merzari

Direct Numerical Simulation of a

Sodium Fast Reactor Assembly

Best Poster Award (UG)

Alexandra Martinez, Lauren Bailey, and Courtney Mace

Model Development of a Hydrogen Cooled Multi-Pin Particle Bed Reactor

Best Poster Award (G)

Brad Nethercutt, Daniel Holcomb, and Marek Flaska

Simulations of Prompt-Gamma Response to Epithermal-Neutron Activation for Nuclear Forensics

Best Lightning Talk Award (UG)

Thomas Minor

Characterizing Neutron Background Radiation

Within Traffic Tunnels

Best Lightning Talk Award (G)

Nelson Snow and Christopher Reynolds

Machine Learning Optimization for Monte Carlo Particle Simulation of an NDA Technique

Best Presentation Award in Radiation Detection and Imaging (UG)

Scout Bucks and Marek Flaska

Development of an Empirical Correlation for the Manganese Sulfate Bath Neutron Absorption Fraction

Best Presentation Award in Radiation Detection and Imaging (G)

Aamer A. Bashir and Marek Flaska

High-Resolution Alpha-Particle Detector Using Low-Cost Silicon PIN Photodiodes

Best Presentation Award in Radiation Protection & Medical Physics (UG)

Shereen Aissi and Shannon O’Reilly

Dosimetric Effect of 2 vs 3 Treatment Fields in Pencil Beam

Scanning Proton Therapy Treatment Planning for Lung Cancer

Best Presentation Award in Radiation Protection & Medical Physics (G)

Furkan Erdogan, Reza Mohammadi, and Jessika Rojas

Radiation Shielding Efficiency of Super-Hard Tungsten Tetraboride Nanoparticle-Reinforced Epoxy Composites

Best Presentation in Reactor Physics (UG)

Geneve Magnan, Sam Schiavo, Isabella Wood, Junsu Kang, Sefa Bektas, Volkan Seker, and Thomas Downar

Toward Optimization of Horizontal Compact High-Temperature Gas Reactor Core Loading Pattern

Best Presentation in Reactor Physics (G)

Mahmoud Eltawila and April J. Novak

Coupled Multiphysics Modeling of the Kilowatt Reactor Using Stirling Technology (KRUSTY)

Best Presentation Award in Thermal Hydraulics (UG)

Scout Bucks, Christopher Balbier, and Saya Lee

Comparison of Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors and

Thermocouples at Sodium Heat Pipe Operating Temperatures

Best Presentation Award in Thermal Hydraulics (G)

Theodore Chu, Trevor Franklin, and Lane B. Carasik

LES at Low Richardson Number to Investigate Thermal Stratification in SFRs Upper Plenums

Best Presentation Award in Nuclear Technology in Society & Education

John Mobley IV

Exploration of Multidisciplinary Student Sentiments

Best Presentation Award in Power Reactor Reliability Operations & Safety

Lauren Kohler, Noah Etter, Nolan Ritchie and Mihai Diaconeasa

Enhancing Probabilistic Risk Assessment for the PULSTAR

Research Reactor with Advanced Fault Tree and Initiating Event Analysis Techniques

Best Presentation Award in Computational Methods, Machine Learning & AI (UG)

Eliot Ciuperca, Juliana Pacheco Duarte, and Bruno Pinheiro Serrao

Parameter Importances from Random Forest Machine Learning for Accident Tolerant Fuel Pool Boiling

Best Presentation Award in Computational Methods, Machine Learning & AI (G)

Luiz C. Aldeia Machado, Victor Coppo Leite, Elia Merzari, Lesley Wright, Pramatha Bhat, Yassin Hassan, Lander Ibarra, and Roberto Ponciroli

Convolutional Neural Networks Applied to the Temperature Reconstruction of Heated Surfaces.

Best Presentation Award in Fuel Cycles, Waste Management & Decomissioning

Ben Impson, Braden Goddard, and Zeyun Wu

An INDEPTH Analysis of Spent Pebbles

Best presentation Award in Fusion & Plasma Physics (UG)

Collin Jeckell and Nick Connolly

Analysis of Fluoroelastomer and Perfluoroelastomer Degradation in Various Plasma Conditions

Best presentation Award in Fusion & Plasma Physics (G)

Cheng Zhang and Gennady Miloshevsky

MHD Modeling of Splashing of Beryllium Melt in Tokamak Reactor using OpenFOAM

Best Presentation Award in Nonproliferation, Security & Safeguards (UG)

Christine George

Applications of Comprehensive Visual Transport Security

Risk Model to Enhance Nuclear Security Regime

Best Presentation Award in Nonproliferation, Security & Safeguards (G)

Branko Kovacevic, Andre Soares,

William Walters, and Amanda Johnsen

Application of Machine Learning

for Molten Salt Reactors Safeguards

Best Presentation Award in Nuclear Advocacy and Policy

Robert Riley

Memes, The Apocalypse, and New Generation Perspectives on Nuclear Science and Nuclear Power

Best Presentation Award in Nuclear Fuels & Materials (UG)

Michael Trombetta

Radioisotope Retention in Molten Lead for LFR Source Term

Best Presentation Award in Nuclear Fuels & Materials (G)

Levko Higgins

A Nanoscale Analysis of the Effects of Helium Radiation Dispersion Strengthened Tungsten with Carbides

Best Presentation Award in Robotics & Remote Systems

Aaron Belman-Wells, Giuliano F. Basso, and Caleb M. Bush

A Compton Imaging Detector Integrated With a Robotic System as a Radiation Survey Tool

Best Presentation Award in Criticality Safety

Bradley Moore, Lorelei Uptmore, Dallas Moser

Parametric Reflector Study for Moderated and Unmoderated Critical Fissile Systems

Best Presentation Award in Space Nuclear Propulsion Applications

Joeseph Rumbaugh, Alexander Lesko, Gabrielle Hall, and Marissa Massey

Radiation Mapping of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System