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DTSTAMP:20260915T135836
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260929T150000
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SUMMARY:Presentation:CLIMATE WEEK: Nuclear Energy and Climate in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Join Denia Djokić\, an Assistant Research Scientist at U-M's Fastest Path to Zero Initiative\, for a talk on the environmental and social impacts of advanced nuclear power. Light refreshments will be provided. Sponsored by the U-M American Nuclear Society Student Section.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152213
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Climate,Climate Change,College Of Engineering,Energy,Engineering,Environment,Fastest Path To Zero,Michigan Engineering,Nuclear,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Public Policy,Sustainability
LOCATION:Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project - 2000
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DTSTAMP:20260915T140437
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260929T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260929T180000
SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:NERS Undergraduate Open House
DESCRIPTION:First-year and undeclared second-year students can meet with our students\, faculty\, and student organizations. See what you can research with us in the hall of poster presentations. If ready\, students will also be allowed to declare their Engineering Physics or Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences major. Free food and swag will be provided!\n\nNERS Major\nWe are the #1 nuclear engineering program in the country\, and we're looking for students with strong physics and math skills\, and an interest in developing sustainable energy solutions\, nuclear weapons detection\, using the world's most powerful lasers\, and more. \n\nEngineering Physics Major\nNERS also oversees the Engineering Physics program. The program lets students define their own curriculum and carry out research in their focus areas. It's a good fit for motivated students who are drawn to a specific field of interest\, to define their own research\, and want a strong physics background.\n\nNERS Minor\nStudents in other majors can complement their degree with a minor in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences. The minor provides a foundation in nuclear science and technology while allowing students to explore applications in areas such as energy\, radiation\, materials\, medicine\, national security\, and more.
UID:152214-21913333@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152214
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Energy,College Of Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Materials Science,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Michigan Physics,Nuclear,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Physics,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Public Policy,Research,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Cooley Building - Baer Room, 2906 Cooley
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DTSTAMP:20260928T090007
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261002T120000
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SUMMARY:Presentation:NERS Climate Week Colloquium—Nuclear Technology and National Security: Where Engineering and Policy Intersect
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nNuclear technology has always existed at the intersection of engineering\, public policy\, and national security. Drawing on work across multiple administrations and senior roles at Los Alamos National Laboratory\, the Pentagon\, the White House\, the Department of Energy\, and the private sector\, Dr. Rian Bahran will discuss how technical and policy decisions shape which nuclear technologies move forward and how they are ultimately deployed. Rian will also talk about his move to the private sector and his work at Antares\, which this year became the first privately funded advanced reactor company to achieve criticality with its Mark-0 reactor and has built a substantial order book for terrestrial and space reactor deployments starting with the U.S. military beginning in 2028. He will discuss why engineers\, policymakers\, and investors need to understand one another better\, and what that means for the next generation of nuclear leaders.\n\nBio:\nDr. Rian Bahran is the Chief Nuclear Officer at Antares\, where he leads nuclear operations\, licensing\, government affairs\, and policy\, and drives expansion into new markets. Rian previously served as the DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Reactors\, with prior roles at the White House\, Pentagon\, and Los Alamos. He holds a Ph.D. in nuclear science and engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\, where his doctoral research was funded by U.S. Naval Reactors in support of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory Advanced Reactor Program\, and a dual B.S. in nuclear engineering and engineering physics from RPI.\n\nThis special Climate Week colloquium will explore the role of nuclear science\, engineering\, and energy technology in addressing climate and energy challenges.\n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field.
UID:150320-21909022@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150320
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Climate Change,Climate,Colloquia,Energy,Environment,Michigan Engineering,Sustainability
LOCATION:Cooley Building - Baer Room (2906 Cooley)
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DTSTAMP:20260921T144502
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261009T130000
SUMMARY:Presentation:NERS Colloquium: Extending Electron Emission Models Beyond Planar\, Single Mechanism Devices
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Allen L. Garner\, a professor of nuclear engineering at Purdue University and U-M NERS alumnus\, will discuss new mathematical approaches to modeling electron emission and current flow in complex geometries. His research explores how different electron emission mechanisms interact with space-charge limitations\, offering alternatives to computationally expensive simulations. These models have applications in high-power microwaves\, directed energy\, radiation devices\, and semiconductor manufacturing.\n\nAbstract:\nElectron emission physics is important in high-power microwaves\, directed energy\, high-power radiation devices\, and sheath physics in plasma processing in the semiconductor industry. Electrons may be emitted due to strong electric fields by field emission (FE) or high cathode temperatures by thermal emission (TE). Jensen developed a mathematical framework to link FE\, TE\, and photoemission. Regardless of source\, only so much current may be emitted into a gap. The resulting space-charge-limited current density (SCLCD) was derived over a century ago for a one-dimensional (1D) vacuum planar diode by Child and Langmuir\, while Mott and Gurney derived an analogous law for semiconductors three decades later. Extensions to more realistic geometries and intermediate conditions between the Child-Langmuir (CLL) and Mott-Gurney (MGL) laws\, as well as FE and TE\, are challenging\, often requiring detailed and computationally expensive simulations. This seminar describes approaches to model multidimensional\, nonplanar geometries with multiple emission mechanisms and apply these models to practical conditions. \nFirst\, we summarize geometric approaches to generalize SCLCD calculations. We apply variational calculus (VC) to extremize the current in the gap\, conformal mapping of the space-charge electric potential to translate the solution from Cartesian coordinates to the geometry of interest\, and Lie point symmetries (i.e.\, point transformations) to derive exact solutions for multiple 1D geometries. We further derive a universal relationship between vacuum electric potential and space-charge limited potential that yields SCLCD for multidimensional diodes with any geometry and apply it to derive the SCLCD for a tip-to-tip geometry and for arrays of tips\, demonstrating reasons for disagreements between theory and particle-in-cell simulations. Since all these approaches depend on electric potential\, we demonstrate the importance of the spatial variation of electric potential in a collisional gap and how it relates to the collision frequency. We further demonstrate the utility of these equations to calculate the collision frequency in a gap.\nNext\, we describe our application of “nexus” theory to describe the transition between source currents (e.g.\, FE or TE) and the SCLCD. We combine nexus theory with point transformation to generalize SCLCD and the transitions between the source currents and SCLCD for nonplanar diodes. Using current-voltage curves from molecular dynamics simulations\, we demonstrate how to combine nexus theory and charge-free electric potential to calculate emission area for any mechanism and geometry.\n\nBio: \nDr. Allen L. Garner received the B.S. degree (with high honors) in nuclear engineering from the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign\, in 1996. He received an M.S.E. in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan in 1997\, an M.S. in electrical engineering from Old Dominion University in 2003\, and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan in 2006. He was an active duty Naval officer from 1997 to 2003 and is currently a Captain in the United States Navy Reserves. From 2006 to 2012\, he was an electromagnetic physicist at GE Global Research Center. He joined the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University in 2012\, where he is currently a Professor.\n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150321
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Interdisciplinary,Michigan Engineering,Physics,Research,Science
LOCATION:Cooley Building - Baer Room (2906 Cooley)
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DTSTAMP:20260915T115505
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261023T140000
SUMMARY:Presentation:NERS Colloquium: Glenn Knoll Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Steven Payne\, a distinguished member of the technical staff at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory\, will deliver the Glenn Knoll Lecture on laser technology for inertial confinement fusion and the advances needed to make inertial fusion energy possible. Drawing on a career spanning materials science\, solid-state physics\, lasers\, and radiation detectors\, Payne will discuss the National Ignition Facility’s achievement of fusion ignition and the interdisciplinary challenges involved in translating that milestone toward future energy production. Established through an endowment from Gladys Hetzner Knoll\, the Glenn Knoll Lecture Series honors the legacy of U-M Professor Emeritus Glenn F. Knoll and his pioneering contributions to nuclear measurements.
UID:150322-21909024@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150322
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Materials Science,Science,Research,Physics,Michigan Engineering,Colloquia
LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - Johnson Rooms
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DTSTAMP:20260915T094857
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261030T120000
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SUMMARY:Presentation:NERS Colloquium: Arms Control with protons and neutrons: on the ground and in the sky
DESCRIPTION:Areg Danagoulian will explore how nuclear physics can provide new tools for arms control and treaty verification\, from neutron-based techniques for authenticating nuclear warheads to the use of cosmic-ray protons to verify the absence of nuclear weapons in space. His work connects fundamental nuclear physics with practical challenges in international security and nonproliferation.\n\nAreg Danagoulian is an Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT. He did his PhD research in Experimental Nuclear Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Areg’s PhD thesis focused on experiments that used real Compton scattering on the proton at 2-6 GeV\, allowing to probe the proton's internal structure and understand how it couples to external excitations. After his PhD Areg worked at Los Alamos as a postdoctoral researcher\, and then as a senior scientist at Passport Systems\, Inc. (PSI). At PSI Areg focused on the development of Prompt Neutron from Photofission (PNPF) technique\, which allows to rapidly detect shielded fissionable materials in the commercial cargo traffic. Areg's current research interests focus on nuclear physics applications in nuclear security\, such areas nuclear nonproliferation\, technologies for treaty verification\, nuclear safeguards\, and cargo security.\n\nProf. Danagoulian's research has earned him and his research team a number of important awards\, such as:\n\nFellow of the American Physical Society\, Forum on Physics and Society (2025). Citation: “For seminal technological contributions in the field of arms control and cargo security\, which significantly benefit international security.”\n\nArms Control Association’s Arms Control Person(s) of the Year award\, “For developing an innovative new nuclear disarmament verification process using neutron beams\,” 2020. \n\nAmerican Nuclear Society Radiation Science and Technology Award\, “For technology-critical contributions exploiting nuclear resonance phenomena for warhead verification in nuclear disarmament and nuclear detection techniques in cargo security\,” 2019\n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field.
UID:150323-21909025@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150323
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,International,Michigan Engineering,Nuclear,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Physics,Public Policy,Science
LOCATION:Cooley Building - Baer Room (2906 Cooley)
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DTSTAMP:20260915T094901
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261106T130000
SUMMARY:Presentation:NERS Colloquium: Radiation Signatures\, Passive Safeguards\, and Advanced Nuclear Systems
DESCRIPTION:Robert Hayes will discuss how radiation signatures can be detected and interpreted for nuclear safeguards\, security and nonproliferation. His research includes passive techniques that use materials in the surrounding environment to identify and characterize radioactive sources\, even after those sources have been removed.\n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field.
UID:150324-21909026@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150324
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Colloquia,Energy,Michigan Engineering,Public Policy,Research,Science
LOCATION:Cooley Building - Baer Room (2906 Cooley)
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DTSTAMP:20260915T094906
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000
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SUMMARY:Presentation:NERS Colloquium: METL experiment at ANL
DESCRIPTION:Edward Kent will discuss experimental research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop (METL)\, a large-scale liquid-sodium facility supporting the development of sodium-cooled fast reactor technology. The presentation will likely highlight sodium testing\, instrumentation and experiments designed to validate components and technologies for advanced reactors.\n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field.
UID:150325-21909027@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150325
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Energy,Materials Science,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Nuclear,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Research,Science
LOCATION:Cooley Building - Baer Room (2906 Cooley)
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DTSTAMP:20260915T094911
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261120T120000
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SUMMARY:Presentation:NERS Colloquium: Spectroscopy for Nuclear Material Characterization\, Plasma Science
DESCRIPTION:Alexander Bataller will discuss the use of advanced laser and spectroscopic techniques to characterize materials relevant to nuclear energy and plasma science. His research includes probing molten salts\, studying their thermophysical and chemical behavior and developing plasma-based techniques for nuclear material monitoring and accountancy.\n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field.
UID:150326-21909028@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150326
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Colloquia,Materials Science,Michigan Engineering,Physics,Research,Science
LOCATION:Cooley Building - Baer Room (2906 Cooley)
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DTSTAMP:20260915T094916
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T130000
SUMMARY:Presentation:NERS Colloquium: Digital Twins\, algorithm development\, reactor multiphysics\, radiation transport
DESCRIPTION:Kevin Clarno will discuss computational approaches for modeling advanced nuclear reactors\, including radiation transport\, multiphysics simulation and digital twins. His work seeks to integrate high-fidelity simulations with experimental systems to improve reactor analysis\, design and potentially the licensing and operation of advanced nuclear technologies.\n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field.
UID:150327-21909029@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150327
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Scientific Computing,Colloquia,Computation,Computational Science,Energy,Michigan Engineering,Physics,Research
LOCATION:Cooley Building - Baer Room (2906 Cooley)
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