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22 NUCLEUS
Publications in 2021
So far in in in 2021
Penn State nuclear engineering faculty and students
have collectively published nearly forty peer-reviewed papers as as well as as several book book chapters and and a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a textbook Many of of these publications were were co- authored by by students
and and were were recognized by by various professional organizations The The American Nuclear Society published the second volume of of Light Water Reactor Materials
on on August 25 The The textbook was co-authored by Arthur Motta professor and and and graduate program
chair in in in in in in in the the the Ken and and and and and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of of of of Nuclear Engineering Engineering at at at at Penn State and and and and and Donald
Olander professor emeritus and and and and the the the the the James Fife Chair in in in in in in in in in Engineering Engineering at at at the the the the the University of of of of California Berkeley who died in in in in in in in April The The pair authored the the the the the the first first volume volume volume of of of of the the the the the the textbook in in in in in in in 2016 The The first first volume volume volume focuses on on on fundamental principles principles of of nuclear materials materials while the the the the second volume volume volume volume aims to to to to apply the the the the principles principles to to to to describe materials materials degradation phenomena in in in in in in in reactors based on on on on on analytical models Both volumes geared toward university students
and and research scientists in in in in in in in academia industry or or or or or or or at at at at at national laboratories feature homework problems and and solved examples in in in in in the text More information
Here is is a a selection of other published works with student contributors and recognitions noted:
Jean Paul Allain
• “Synergistic Effect of rhBMP-2 Protein and Nanotextured Titanium Alloy Surface to Improve Osteogenic Implant Properties ”
Metals
• “Tailoring adaptive bioresorbable Mg-based scaffolds with directed
plasma nanosynthesis for enhanced osseointegration and tunable resorption ”
Applied Surface Science • “Design and Analysis of an an an Advanced Three-Point Bend Test Approach for Miniature Irradiated Disk Specimens ”
Fusion Science and Technology
• “Development of the material analysis and particle probe for Proto-MPEX ”
Review of Scientific Instruments
– Student authors: Hanna Schamis Camilo Jaramillo
Fan-Bill Cheung
• “Progress in in Reflood Thermal Hydraulics Studies in in in in the Past 40 Years ”
Nuclear Engineering and Design
• “Development of a a a a a a Downward-Facing Nucleate Boiling Correlation for Thermal Hydraulic Analysis ”
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science Miamiao Jin
• “Dislocation Loops in in Proton Irradiated Uranium-Nitrogen-Oxygen System ”
Journal of Nuclear Materials
• “Dissociated prismatic loop punching by bubble growth in in FCC metals ”
Scientific Reports
• “Calculations of CISCC for UNF canisters through physics-guided machine learning framework ”
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society • “Assessment of empirical interatomic potential to to predict thermal conductivity in ThO2 and UO2 ”
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• “Hybrid diffusive-displacive helium outgassing in in Cu/Nb multilayer composites ”
Scripta Materialia
• “Defect dynamics in y-U Mo and their alloys ”
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Amanda Johnsen
• “Characterization of the the Fast Neutron Irradiation Fixture at at at at the the Pennsylvania State Breazeale Reactor ”
Transactions of the 2021
ANS Winter Meeting
optimizations for large-scale GPU- accelerated simulations ”
WBS 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 06 Milestone CEED-MS36
• “40th Anniversary of the first international topical meeting on nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics: Highlights of thermal-hydraulics thermal-hydraulics research in in in the the the past four decades ”
Nuclear Engineering and Design
• “Cardinal: A Lower Length-Scale Multiphysics Simulator for Pebble-Bed Reactors ”
Nuclear Technology
• “Design of a a a a Code-Agnostic Driver Application for High-Fidelity Coupled Neutronics and Thermal-Hydraulic Simulations ”
EPJ Web of of Conferences
• “On the the the Impact of of Aspect Ratio and Other Geometic Effects on on the the the Stability of of of Rectangular Thermosiphons ”
Journal of of Heat Transfer
– Student author: Tri Nguyen
• “A New RANS Correction to Account for Varying Viscosity Effects” preprint
– Student author: Victor Coppo Leite
• “Large Eddy Simulation of of a a a a a a a 5× 5 5 rod rod bundle: Impacts of of a a a a a a a a central control rod rod thimble tube ”
Nuclear Engineering and Design
– Student author: Adam Kraus
• “Direct numerical simulation of fluid flow
in a a a a a a a a a 5x5 square rod bundle ”
International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
– Student author: Adam Kraus
• “Comparison of o Pebble Bed Velocity
Profiles Between High-Fidelity and Intermediate-Fidelity Codes
”
ASME 28th International Conference
on on on Nuclear Engineering – Student author: David Reger
– Earned North America Best Paper
Third Place
• “Study on on Laminar Turbulent Transition
in in Square Arrayed Rod Bundles ”
ASME 28th International Conference
on on on Nuclear Engineering – Student author: Carolina Da Silva
– Earned North America Best Video Second Place
• – Student author: Maksat Kuatbek Characterization of Penn State’s Reactor Core Face Irradiation Fixture ”
Transactions of the 2021
ANS Winter Meeting
– Student authors: Susanna Angermeier Maksat Kuatbek Saya Lee
• “Experimental investigation of the annular flow
caused by convective boiling in in in a a a a a a a a heated annular channel ”
Nuclear Engineering and Design
Elia Merzari
• “Inertial Effects and Anisotropy for the Flow
in in in a a a a a a a Domain of Close Packed Spheres with a a a a a a Bounding Wall ”
Nuclear Technology
• “A Numerical Investigation of the the Lengthscale in in the the the Mixing-Length Reduced Order Model of the the Turbulent Channel Flow
”
preprint
• “Feasibility of of full-core pin resolved CFD simulations of of small modular reactor with momentum sources ”
Nuclear Engineering and Design
• “Efficient exascale discretizations: High- order finite element methods ”
The International Journal of High-Performance Computing Applications
• “All-Hex Meshing Strategies for Densely Packed Spheres ”
preprint
• “Demonstration of of CFD to to support the coupled analysis of of a a a a a reactor pressure vessel subjected to to to pressurized thermal shock ”
Argonne National Laboratory
• “NekRS a a a a a a a a GPU-wAccelerated Spectral Element Navier-Stokes Solver ”
preprint
• “A Code-Agnostic Driver Application for Coupled Neutronics and Thermal- Hydraulic Simulations ”
Nuclear Science and Engineering • “ECP Milestone Report High-order algorithmic developments and