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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Kaibab
Session Chair:
Tejaswini Ravindra Vaidya
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Embedded Sensors for Monitoring Additively Manufactured Nuclear Components
10:00–10:20AM MST
Holden C. Hyer (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
Paper
Microstructural Texture Prediction for Laser Powder Bed Fusion Using In-Situ Melt-Pool Signatures
10:20–10:40AM MST
Anant Raj (Purdue), Benjamin Stegman (Purdue), Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue), Xinghang Zhang (Purdue), John W. Sutherland (Purdue)
CVI Processing for 3D Printed SiC Densification
10:40–11:00AM MST
Brian Jolly (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Michael Gibbons (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Stephanie Bruffey (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Kent Buske (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Nate Shepardson (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Andrew Falkowski (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Lanny Garside (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Tom Crotzer (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.)
Additive Manufacturing in FCM Fuel Production
11:00–11:20AM MST
Michael Trammell (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.)
Ceramic Heat Exchangers for Gas-Cooled SMR
11:20–11:40AM MST
Charles Lewinsohn (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Marc Flinders (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Jesse Dumas (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Joseph Fellows (ceramic theory), Mark Anderson (Madison Scientific Innovations)
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