NRE/MP Seminar
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Applications of Computational Radiation Transport Methods in Power, Non-proliferation & Detection, Homeland/Security, and Forensics Research for a Better Tomorrow |
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Speaker: |
Dr. Glenn Sjoden |
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Affiliation: |
University of Florida Nuclear and Radiological Engineering |
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When: |
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 11:00:00 AM |
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Where: |
Boggs Building, Room 3-47, 3rd FL |
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Host: |
Farzad Rahnema | |
Abstract It has been said that “with better analysis methods comes increased understanding.” This is never more true when we apply both deterministic and Monte Carlo radiation transport methods to real world problems of interest. My research program, built over nearly 7 years at University of Florida, has evolved into a wide depth and breadth of applications in sponsored research, spanning from adaptive numerics development, optimized cross section generation and neutron multiplicity assessments, to 3-D reactor fuel burnup simulations, SNM detection in trans-shipment scenarios, to IND post-detonation forensics. I will describe how my research team created and enhanced computational tools and methods, and how these have been applied to solve real world problems in ongoing research. Then, I will spend time expanding upon new models in adaptive Sn differencing, detection, and synthetic enhancement of room temperature scintillation detector spectra. In doing so, I hope to communicate that mastering radiation transport computations, leveraging both deterministic and Monte Carlo methods, is central to problem solving in nuclear engineering. |
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Biography Dr. Glenn Sjoden has over 26 years of experience, spanning a broad range of science and engineering applications serving in numerous capacities--technical director, nuclear research officer, associate professor, lead design engineer, and licensed engineering consultant. He served in the USAF for over 20 years as a career nuclear research officer (Lt Col (ret)); during much of that time he was assigned to the Air Force Technical Applications Center. Dr Sjoden is an expert in non-proliferation research and engineering, and is currently the Deputy of the Florida Institute of Nuclear Detection and Security (FINDS). He is also an expert in deterministic and Monte Carlo radiation transport computational methods, with significant experience in parallel/high performance computing development, optimization, and integrated system simulation. He is the principal developer of the PENTRAN 3-D parallel deterministic radiation transport code. Dr Sjoden’s related research interests include SNM detection, portal monitoring, nuclear power generation/burnup simulation, non-destructive testing, nuclear medicine applications, computational fluids, and heat transfer. |
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Notes |
Refreshments will be served. |
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