Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. CANCELLED: Ninth Annual Richard K. Osborn Lecture—Kairos Power: From University Conception to Mission-Driven Start-Up (April 3, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70146 70146-17540906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 3, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Fluoride-salt cooled, high-temperature reactors (FHRs) combine existing technologies in a novel way, using high-temperature fuels from gas-cooled reactors with a low-pressure molten salt coolant. In the last decade, U.S. national laboratories and universities have addressed key scientific and technical questions for the licensing and deployment of FHRs, and have developed pre-conceptual FHR designs with different fuel geometries, core configurations, heat transport system configurations, power cycles, and power levels. Founded in 2016, Kairos Power, a mission-driven engineering company based in California, has built on the foundation laid by U.S. Department of Energy sponsored university Integrated Research Projects to design, license, and demonstrate the KP-FHR. This talk overviews the history of FHR technology and the major role played by universities, as well as Kairos Power’s mission to enable the world’s transition to clean energy.

Speaker: Per F. Peterson is the Chief Nuclear Officer for Kairos Power, where he guides nuclear technology review and advises on scientific and technical topics for KP-FHR technology development and licensing. Peterson also continues to hold the William and Jean McCallum Floyd Chair in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Peterson’s work has focused on high-temperature fission energy systems, as well as topics related to the safety and security of nuclear materials and waste management. Peterson’s research in the nineties contributed to the passive safety systems in the GE ESBWR and Westinghouse AP-1000 reactor designs. Peterson also participated in the development of the Generation IV Roadmap in 2002, and his 2003 Nuclear Technology article with Charles Forsberg and Paul Pickard identified salt-cooled, solid fuel reactors as a promising technology, today called fluoride salt-cooled, high temperature reactors (FHRs).

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:34:59 -0400 2020-04-03T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar Per Peterson
Project Management Certification (April 5, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73563 73563-18261073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 5, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students: $500 and to Tauber students: $150. Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 15 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)
Sunday, March 29 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)
Sunday, April 5 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for April 26, 2020 (11:00 am) at the Ross School of Business, R-0320. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Over the last two years, all students who have taken the exam have passed!

Project Management is a powerful skillset to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
http://myumi.ch/dO5Nl

NOTE: The $500 (for non-Tauber students) or $150 fee (for Tauber students) is non-refundable.

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B, and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:07:18 -0500 2020-04-05T12:00:00-04:00 2020-04-05T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
Nuclear Energy Grand Challenge Pitch Competition (April 10, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72087 72087-17937815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 10, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Nuclear power is an essential tool in the fight against climate change—producing massive amounts of energy without any greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, deploying nuclear power at scale worldwide represents the most efficient path to deep decarbonization. Despite this potential, the nuclear power industry is hindered by social, political, and economic challenges in many parts of the world. The Nuclear Energy Grand Challenge represents a series of prize competitions organized by the Energy Impact Center to spur a new approach to nuclear power deployment on a time frame that can make a difference.

The first prize competition, Reimagining Nuclear Waste, is taking place over the Fall 2019 and Winter 2020 semesters in partnership with the University of Michigan. It was designed to advance the clean energy economy by engaging collegiate innovators and entrepreneurs to tackle one of the most unique challenges facing the nuclear energy industry—the perception of nuclear waste.

The nuclear industry has historically responded to calls against its “waste” by offering solutions around concentrating, storing indefinitely, and separating it from humans, which only further—albeit counterintuitively—deepens the public’s distrust, misunderstanding, and wariness of the energy source at large. This prize competition represents the first of several efforts to flip the script on the byproducts of nuclear energy generation, by identifying new commercial opportunities to transform nuclear “waste” from a liability into an asset.

Interdisciplinary student teams were challenged to create technical business plan proposals to productize nuclear waste and incentivize the creation of new markets/uses that re-imagine how spent nuclear fuel can be utilized. At this public event, the teams will present their proposals to a panel of judges.

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Presentation Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:45:06 -0400 2020-04-10T13:30:00-04:00 2020-04-10T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Presentation Pitch Competition
CANCELLED: The Power of Neutron Fluctuation Analysis (April 10, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71274 71274-17794080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 10, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Cancelled.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:35:31 -0400 2020-04-10T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-10T17:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS
CANCELLED: Leveraging Modern Characterization for a Mechanistic Understanding of Nuclear Fuel Performance (April 17, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70147 70147-17540905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 17, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Cancelled.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:35:46 -0400 2020-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS logo
Project Management Certification (April 26, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73563 73563-18261074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 26, 2020 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students: $500 and to Tauber students: $150. Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 15 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)
Sunday, March 29 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)
Sunday, April 5 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for April 26, 2020 (11:00 am) at the Ross School of Business, R-0320. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Over the last two years, all students who have taken the exam have passed!

Project Management is a powerful skillset to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
http://myumi.ch/dO5Nl

NOTE: The $500 (for non-Tauber students) or $150 fee (for Tauber students) is non-refundable.

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B, and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:07:18 -0500 2020-04-26T11:00:00-04:00 2020-04-26T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
EER Seminar Series (September 9, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76055 76055-19661498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

There is a significant knowledge gap regarding factors that influence the participation of Black and Hispanic women in computer science, and Dr. Ross has engaged in research to address this gap. She works to critically examine efforts and initiatives that aim to broaden participation in computer science by listening to voices of individuals who are often unheard. The outcomes of Dr. Ross’ research have the potential to reshape the community’s perceptions of what and who are computer scientists, and as well as to crack the code to diversifying this lucrative and impactful discipline. This talk will describe Dr. Ross’ research journey and will present preliminary results.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Monique Ross, Assistant Professor in the School of Computing & Information Sciences and in the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University, earned a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. She has a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Elizabethtown College, an M.S. degree in Computer Science & Software Engineering from Auburn University, eleven years of experience in industry as a software engineer, and four years of experience as a full-time faculty member in computer science and engineering. Dr. Ross’ interests focus on broadening participation in computing through the exploration of: 1) race, gender, and identity in the academy and industry; and 2) discipline-based education research (with a focus on computer science and computer engineering courses) in order to inform pedagogical practices that garner interest and retain women and minorities in computer-related engineering fields. She was awarded the prestigious NSF CAREER award, and she uses her scholarship to challenge the perceptions of who belongs in computing.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:42:16 -0400 2020-09-09T15:30:00-04:00 2020-09-09T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Monique Ross, Florida International University
Identifying Emergency Funds and How to Advocate for Making Room in Your Financial Aid Package (September 11, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75507 75507-19513173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 11, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

Advance registration is required; look for the Zoom link at the bottom of your confirmation email after registering.

This session will provide information about how you can seek emergency funds should you experience an emergency situation or one-time, unusual, unforeseen expense while in school. Information about the types of situations that qualify for emergency funds and where to seek funding will be covered during this presentation.

RSVP HERE: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/identifying-emergency-funds-and-how-to-advocate-for-making-room-in-your-financial-aid-package

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:02:34 -0400 2020-09-11T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-11T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Livestream / Virtual A jar of spilled change
EER Seminar Series (September 23, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77085 77085-19796480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Much of the conversation on equity and inclusion centers on the need to “increase” something—the marginalized student population, mentoring programs, engagement opportunities, “knowledge” of topics like white privilege. However, few conversations focus on a much harder truth—that the culture of whiteness and maleness in engineering limits sustained improvement in equity and inclusion efforts of most institutions. Using preliminary findings from their current NSF-funded project called “I-MATTER,” Drs. Masta and Pawley examine how engineering culture has normalized racism and sexism for underrepresented students in engineering contexts. Through their discussion, they will highlight the strong need for more BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) researchers in white spaces, and encourage white researchers to “stay in their lanes” when approaching equity and inclusion research.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Sep 2020 09:15:05 -0400 2020-09-23T15:30:00-04:00 2020-09-23T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Drs. Stephanie Masta & Alice Pawley
NERS Colloquia: Communicating, Changing Public Policy, and Social Justice Aspects of Nuclear Energy (October 2, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75531 75531-19519131@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:15:27 -0400 2020-10-02T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
EER Seminar Series (Engineering Education Research) (October 7, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77660 77660-19899719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Advancing diversity, inclusion, and equity has been a persistent challenge in engineering. Over the last 40 years, hundreds of papers and more than 25 national reports have been published focusing on broadening participation in STEM. Simultaneously, people throughout the U.S. have been working endlessly to solve this problem. Yet, we have seen only incremental progress, suggesting that there is a need to take a step back and re-examine what has been done, in terms of both research and practice. To support this effort, Dr. Lee’s research focuses on critically evaluating the research-to-practice cycle as it relates to broadening participation. In this seminar, he will discuss an ongoing project focused on the participation of Black Americans in engineering and computer science. The goals of this project are to advance our understanding of the disconnect between research and practice, to identify barriers to progress, and to set a national agenda for broadening the participation of Black Americans in engineering and computer science.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:41:43 -0400 2020-10-07T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-07T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. Walter Lee
CFE TechLab Programs Info Session (October 8, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77446 77446-19854031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Entrepreneurship

This is your opportunity to ask TechLab staff and instructors anything and everything! During this info session, we’ll go deeper into program specifics and have you leave with a better understanding of how TechLab Climate Change and TechLab at Mcity can help you with your entrepreneurial career goals.

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Presentation Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:31:58 -0400 2020-10-08T16:30:00-04:00 2020-10-08T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Entrepreneurship Presentation Students visiting IA Ventures in D.C.
2020 Virtual EER Prospective Student Open House (October 9, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77361 77361-19844064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Students from all institutions are invited to attend. Participants will hear all about the program, meet the faculty and graduate students, learn about career opportunities as a UM graduate in this field and take a virtual tour of the beautiful University of Michigan campus.

Please note that applicants to the EER graduate program must have a Bachelor's and Master's degree in a traditional engineering discipline.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:53:47 -0400 2020-10-09T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion EER Logo
NERS Colloquia (October 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75532 75532-19519132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:15:29 -0400 2020-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
NERS Colloquia (October 16, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75533 75533-19519133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:15:31 -0400 2020-10-16T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-16T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
NERS Research Info Session, Hosted by TBP (October 26, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78725 78725-20109388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Come learn about research opportunities within Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences! There will be a short presentation by Professor Todd Allen, the NERS department chair, and time for questions after.

https://umich.zoom.us/j/99426301460

Meeting ID: 994 2630 1460
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Careers / Jobs Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:23:18 -0400 2020-10-26T18:30:00-04:00 2020-10-26T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs
(Re)Engaging the Role of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Graduate Education (October 28, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78529 78529-20058230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Increasingly, engineering graduate programs have emphasized the need to train individuals who are capable of working in diverse teams so they are better able to address complex problems in a global society. Yet, discourse related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in engineering is often focused on recruiting and retaining students who are racially minoritized and/or women in the field. Less attention is given to what students learn about DEI during their graduate training. Drawing from findings across multiple research projects, this talk will explore what graduate students learn about the role of DEI in engineering and the implications these lessons have for racially minoritized students’ retention, success, and career pathways.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Dr. Rosemary (Rosie) Perez is an Associate Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. She earned her B.S. in biological sciences and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, her M.Ed. in higher education and student affairs at The University of Vermont, and her Ph.D. in higher education from University of Michigan. Dr. Perez’s scholarship has three interrelated lines of inquiry and explores: (a) how people make meaning of collegiate experiences; (b) diverse learning environments and intercultural development; and (c) the professional socialization of graduate students and new practitioners. Across projects, Dr. Perez explores the tensions between structure and agency, and how power, privilege, and oppression affect individuals and groups within higher education. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, and ACPA-College Student Educators International.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:58:11 -0400 2020-10-28T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-28T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. Rosemary Perez
NERS Colloquia: The Power of Neutron Fluctuation Analysis—an Overview and Some Recent Developments (October 30, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75534 75534-19519134@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 30, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Abstract
Due to the branching character of neutron transport in multiplying media (particle production by fission), neutron reactions and numbers are correlated in space and time. Hence the statistics of the neutron distribution become non-trivial (non-Poisson), and each statistical moment (mean, variance etc) carries independent information. This wealth of information was originally used only to determine subcritical reactivity during start-up (Feynman-alpha method) from the first two moments of the detector counts. However, the number of applications and corresponding new methods has exploded in the last two decades with new areas such as neutron fluctuations in accelerator driven systems (ADS) and multiplicity counting of neutrons and photons for nuclear safeguards, including developments in the detection statistics.
The talk will give an overview of both the principles of the methods, including an essay on the forward and adjoint forms of the master equations and their moments, as well as of the latest developments and applications, such as using fluctuations in the detector current to replace pulse counting techniques. This latter means that the statistical information of discrete underlying events can be unfolded from the continuous random processes which they induce. One advantage of such a method is that it is free from the dead time problem, present in pulse counting techniques. Thus the application area can be extended to high count rate processes, such as multiplicity measurements of high activity spent fuel or reactivity measurements by the Feynman- or Rossi-alpha methods in power reactors.

Bio
Imre Pázsit is full professor at the Department of Physics, Division of Subatomic, High Energy and Plasma Physics, Nuclear Engineering Group, at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden. His research interests are transport theory of neutral and charged particles; fluctuations in neutron transport and atomic collision cascades; theory of multiplicity in nuclear safeguards; reactor diagnostics based on noise analysis including diagnostics of two-phase flow; elaboration of inverse methods in neutron noise diagnostics; intelligent computing methods such as artificial neural networks and wavelet analysis, and, recently, fractional kinetics and fractional diffusion processes.
Prof. Pázsit has published over 210 articles in international journals. Together with L. Pál, he authored the book “Neutron Fluctuations – a Treatise on the Theory of Branching Processes”, Elsevier (2008). He is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, a Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, and the fourth recipient of the Leo Szilard Medal of the Hungarian Nuclear Society (2016). He is also Honorary Editor of the Elsevier journal “Annals of Nuclear Energy."

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:16:03 -0400 2020-10-30T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-30T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
NERS Colloquia: Structural Materials Degradation in Molten Salt Reactor Environments (November 6, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75535 75535-19519135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Abstract
The liquid fueled MSR is among the advanced reactor concepts being considered for development by the U.S. Department of Energy. Key attributes of this reactor concept include: (i) high degree of passive safety, (ii) atmospheric pressure operation, (iii) high thermal efficiency due to high volumetric heat capacity and thermal conductivity of liquid salts, (iv) lower spent fuel per unit of energy, (v) high solubility of most fission products in liquid salts and (vi) absence of fuel assemblies. Materials selection for liquid fueled MSRs is based on ASME Sec III Div 5 and thus present unique challenges because of the high Cr content of current qualified alloys. Consequently, and considering the short-term deployment of MSRs, it is necessary to independently improve corrosion resistance of current code codified alloys by surface treatments. On the other hand, if one considers long-term deployment of MSRs, novel code certified alloys would need to be developed. Indeed, although Hastelloy-N, a low Cr, high Mo alloy developed during the MSRE program, has shown remarkable corrosion resistance in molten fluoride salts, this alloy has limited creep-rupture strength, irradiation damage resistance and has shown corrosion induced embrittlement. Consequently, this study focuses on the down-selection of a series of cladded 316H stainless steels (SS) and novel alloys based on corrosion resistance in molten FLiNaK at 700°C for up to 1000 hours. Finally, specific separate effects experiments are conducted to assess the influence of the experimental conditions on corrosion and mass transport.

Bio
Dr. Adrien Couet is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he manages the MAterials Degradation under COrrosion and Radiation (MADCOR) laboratory. Previously, he worked as a nuclear materials research engineer at EDF (Electricité de France) in France, focusing on high-temperature aqueous corrosion and modeling corrosion of nuclear materials. He got hired at EDF after graduating in 2014 with a PhD in Nuclear and Mechnical Engineering from Penn State University. Over the last five years, Dr. Couet has worked on developing his research group around fundamental understanding of materials degradation and alloy design for extreme environments. MADCOR research programs evolves around fuel cladding corrosion in LWRs, developing structural materials and cladding for molten salt reactors and designing novel radiation resistant compositionally complex alloys. Dr. Couet also co-manages the UW Ion Beam Laboratory and is a co-organizer of the Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp, which aims at training future entrepreneurs in the nuclear field.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:25:49 -0400 2020-11-06T16:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
Bioethics Discussion: Democracy (November 10, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58831 58831-14563723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion we will choose to have.

A few readings to consider on the matter:
––Bioethics and Democracy
––Bioethics and Populism: How Should Our Field Respond?
––Crowdsourcing in medical research: concepts and applications
––How Democracy Can Inform Consent: Cases of the Internet and Bioethics

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/050-democracy/.

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While people are still allowed on campus, discussions will be held on the front lawn of Lurie Biomedical Engineering building. Participants will be asked to enter the area via a “welcome desk” where there will be hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. Participants will be masked, at least 12 feet from one another, and speaking through megaphones with one another. In accordance with public health mandates and guidance, participation will be limited to 20 individuals who sign up to participate ahead of time.

Sign up here: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/ask-your-questions-to-ponder/

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Together, we can read the blog (and probably do much more than that): https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:24:01 -0500 2020-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T18:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Image 050. Democracy
NERS Colloquia (November 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75536 75536-19519136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:15:39 -0400 2020-11-13T16:00:00-05:00 2020-11-13T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
Dignifying the Disinherited: The Case for Pro-Black Engineering Education Research (November 18, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79149 79149-20217705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Research is essential to the infrastructure of education and plays a prominent role in driving curriculum, policy, and professional practice. Therefore, engineering education research (EER) is critical to driving the impetus and approach to racial equity within engineering education and practice. This presentation will spotlight how anti-Blackness is embedded in EER practices and delineate its roots in America’s systemic racism. Centering the experience of Black people within the engineering education community helps reframe the problem of racial/ethnic exclusion, while generating a new way forward through pro-Black EER (PEER). PEER uses critical methodologies, frameworks, and intentional citation practices to assert the genius of Black people.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Nov 2020 12:47:59 -0500 2020-11-18T15:30:00-05:00 2020-11-18T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. James Holly, Jr.
Sustainability Movie Night (November 20, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78152 78152-19985102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 20, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Student Government

Come watch "Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret" and listen to Professor Bryan Goldsmith talk with us about sustainability! Cowspiracy is a great documentary film on how humans are creating environmental disasters in ways most people might not know about. And Professor Goldsmith is performing cutting-edge research to promote sustainability through advanced materials and computational modeling. This event is put on by the sustainability committee of the Engineering Student Government and we believe that with education, we can learn to become more sustainable together.

RSVP here to get a GrubHub food voucher for the event:
https://forms.gle/UqoPKGzYcKY2MRXr8

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Film Screening Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:35:08 -0400 2020-11-20T16:00:00-05:00 2020-11-20T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Student Government Film Screening Cowspiracy
NERS Colloquia (December 4, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75537 75537-19519137@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 4, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:15:09 -0400 2020-12-04T16:00:00-05:00 2020-12-04T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NERS Colloquia
Supporting the Integration of Numerical Computation in Physics Education (January 27, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80602 80602-20761740@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Computation has revolutionized how modern science is done. Modern scientists use computational techniques to reduce mountains of data, to simulate impossible experiments, and to develop intuition about the behavior of complex systems. Much of the research completed by modern scientists would be impossible without the use of computation. And yet, while computation is a crucial tool of practicing scientists, most modern science curricula do not reflect its importance and utility. In this talk, I will discuss the urgent need to construct such curricula and present research that investigates the challenges at a variety of scales from the large (institutional structures) to the small (student understanding of a concept). I will discuss how the results of this research can be leveraged to facilitate the computational revolution in science education. This research will help us understand and develop institutional incentives, effective teaching practices, evidence-based course activities, and valid assessment tools. This work has been supported by Michigan State University’s CREATE for STEM Institute, the National Science Foundation, the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT), the Norwegian Research Council, and the Thon Foundation.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:45:09 -0500 2021-01-27T15:30:00-05:00 2021-01-27T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Danny Caballero
An Honest Conversation: Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering (February 17, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81702 81702-20943454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

In 2020, we witnessed several examples of social injustice and social unrest. As human beings and engineers, we must decide how we want to respond to what happened and how we want to move forward. Calls to improve our approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have coincided with the call to update our overall engineering curriculum. Over the years, several initiatives have been launched to address such issues, which primarily attempt to address perceived inadequacies in underrepresented students. However, scarce efforts have been developed to address the engineering culture that has limited the full participation of women and people of color in engineering. Furthermore, few of us in engineering have the knowledge, skills, or ability to productively engage with issues leading to the marginalization and social unrest. Rarely do we dare to apply our problem-solving or critical thinking approaches to how to educate or improving DEI. As a result, the goal of this talk is to provide engineers with language to have an honest conversation about our individual and collective response to the inequity in engineering and realign our actions to improve engineering education. This impactful workshop will provide definitions and practical examples of key DEI concepts in engineering based on holistic interdisciplinary research.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 04 Feb 2021 08:44:52 -0500 2021-02-17T15:30:00-05:00 2021-02-17T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. Kelly Cross
Nuclear Engineering and Classical Music (March 6, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82752 82752-21171614@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 6, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Join Conductor Chelsea Gallo and Composer Corey Dundee in a chamber orchestra performance that explores the intersection of classical music and nuclear engineering. Professor Todd Allen, Chair of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, has included this performance in his class with the help of UMS. Students will discuss the performance and how the arts can inform their own discipline.

Livestream info below.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:43:52 -0500 2021-03-06T13:30:00-05:00 2021-03-06T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Livestream / Virtual Sound Waves
Motivation and Identity as Signals of Systemic Problems in Engineering Education (March 10, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82513 82513-21114065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

There is a well-documented history of systemic engineering education problems ranging from a persistently chilly climate to a burgeoning mental health crisis. Outcomes of these problems include but are not limited to increased attrition, decreased learning, and reduced engineering innovation resulting from a homogenous engineering population. While these measures provide concrete evidence of systemic problems, they do not provide clear targets for change or an early warning system of how systemic problems influence students before crucial decision points.

To address the limitations of existing engineering education outcome measures, measures of how students internalize engineering experiences are needed. Students' motivations for engineering tasks and identifications as engineers can fill this gap as they are contextually responsive and connected to educational outcomes such as deep learning, student retention, and task persistence. Additionally, students' educational experiences directly influence their motivations and identities.

Informed by specific theories of motivation and identity (future time perspective and engineering role identity, respectively), this presentation describes how students' motivations and identities are shaped by their engineering education experiences and shape engineering education cultures. Specifically, I will discuss the homogenization of undergraduates' motivations and identities; the connections between motivation and identity and experiences of discrimination and bias; and the identity and motivationally undermining experiences of engineering graduate students. I will conclude by discussing actionable steps to shift engineering education defaults to foster students' motivations and identities.

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Adam Kirn is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education in the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on the ways students' motivations and identities shape and are shaped by their engineering education experiences. The results of this work seek to implement evidence-based practices to create educational defaults that foster student success and thriving. Adam has a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Bioengineer, and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education from Clemson University.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:26:14 -0500 2021-03-10T15:30:00-05:00 2021-03-10T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. Adam Kirn
Community Cultural Wealth, Program Evaluation, and ASEE CDEI, Oh My! (March 24, 2021 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83003 83003-21235293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

As a sociologist who has been working in STEM and Engineering Education for 18 years, and who isn’t on the tenure track, Liz will share a little bit about a few different areas (Research, Evaluation, and Service) that she has focused on in her career.  Assets-based frameworks for understanding student experience are receiving more and more visibility these days and Liz’s work has used critical race theory Community Cultural Wealth (Samuelson & Litzler, JEE 2016) to understand the ways minoritized engineering undergraduates deployed their cultural assets to persist in engineering. She is also now working on further Community Cultural Wealth research with her colleagues on the PNW-LSAMP project.  She will also talk about using her social science research skills to conduct high quality program evaluation of projects focused on improving DEI in STEM.  Finally, she’ll share about the work of the ASEE Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, of which she is the current chair. CDEI is a great resource for the community and also a wonderful opportunity to develop new connections with colleagues while providing important service to the engineering education field.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:42:39 -0500 2021-03-24T15:30:00-04:00 2021-03-24T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. Elizabeth Litzler