Colloquia
Fall 2021
Colloquia are at 4pm on Fridays in the White Auditorium (G906 Cooley Building) unless otherwise noted.
September 10
Ken Powell, Aerospace Engineering, U-M
Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in Academic Departments
Watch Recording
September 17
Todd Allen and Kristine Svinicki, Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, U-M
Department Welcome
Watch Recording
September 24
Steven Aumeier, Idaho National Laboratory (1:30pm in the GM Room)
Advanced Clean Energy and Production – Accelerating Energy Transitions Through Adaptive Clean Energy and Industrial Capacity
Shikha Prasad, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University
Next-Generation Portable Antineutrino Detectors Using Semiconductors
Watch Recording
october 1
Harsh Desai, Zeno Power Systems
Enabling Space Missions with Radioisotope Power Systems
Watch Recording
october 22
Assel Aitkaliyeva, University of Florida
Constituent Redistribution in U-Pu-Zr Fuels and its Dependence on Zr Content
october 29
Leslie Dewan, Criticality Capital
Nuclear Entrepreneurship: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
november 5
Tom Wellock, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Safe Enough? A History of Nuclear Power and Accident Risk
November 12
Christine King, Idaho National Laboratory, Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
Changing the Establishment from Within: How Small Teams and Initiatives Can Be Incredibly Impactful
November 19
Shannon Bragg-Sitton, Idaho National Laboratory
The Role of Nuclear Energy in Achieving Net Zero
December 3
Kelsa Palomares, NASA Marshall
Reactor Materials Challenges to Enable Space Nuclear Propulsion
Winter 2021
Jan 22: Jake DeWitte, Oklo Inc.
Oklo Microreactor Development
Jan 29: Rui Qiu, Tsinghua University
Multi-scale Radiation Dosimetry with Computational Human Phantoms
Feb 5: Dr. Katlyn M. Turner, MIT Media Lab
Towards Intersectional Equity in Complex Sociotechnical Systems
Watch Recording
Feb 12: Raluca Scarlat, UC Berkeley
The Relevance of Chemical Studies in Molten Fluoride Salts to Development of Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Feb 19: Tomi Akindele, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reactor Antineutrinos for Nuclear Safeguards
Watch Recording
Feb 26: Scott Baalrud, U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Is This Even a Plasma? Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas
Mar 5: Ronnie Shepard, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Exploring Energy Transport at Stellar Inner Conditions Utilizing Ultrashort Pulse Lasers
Watch Recording
Mar 12: Peter Yarsky, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A Nuclear Engineer’s Approach to Modeling the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
Mar 19: Dawn Montgomery, Clemson University
An Integrative Approach to Environmental Radiation Protection: Plant Influence on Radionuclide Transport, Plant Uptake, and Non-Human Biota Dosimetry
Mar 26: Heather Chichester, Idaho National Laboratory
Challenges and Solutions for Examining Irradiated Fuels and Materials in a Harsh Environment
Apr 2: Lara Pierpoint, Actuate
Electric Utility Innovation
Apr 9: Denia Djokić, Fastest Path to Zero Initiative
Reflections on Risk and Trust: Commemorating Fukushima and Chernobyl During Covid-19
Apr 16: John Jackson, Idaho National Laboratory
DOE Microreactor Program: Technology to Enable Microreactor Development, Deployment and Commercialization
Watch Recording
Fall 2020
Sept 4: Erin Cech, U-M Department of Sociology
Professional Cultures and Inequality in STEM
Sept 11: Todd Allen, Chair, U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Departmental Welcome
Sept 18: Tyler Gerczak, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Leveraging Modern Characterization for Mechanistic Understanding of Nuclear Fuel Performance
Sept 25: Patricia Paviet, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Challenges of Closing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Oct 2: Jared DeWese, Senior Communications Advisor, Third Way
Communicating, Changing Public Policy, and Social Justice aspects of Nuclear Energy
Oct 9: David LeBlanc, Terrestrial Energy
An Overview of the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR)
Oct 16: Kirsty Gogan, Lucid Catalyst
Deep Decarbonization: 30 Years to 2050
Oct 23: No Colloquium, Career Fair
Oct 30: Imre Pazsi, Chalmers University, Sweden
The Power of Neutron Fluctuation Analysis – an Overview and Some Recent Developments
Nov 6: Adrien Couet, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Structural Materials Degradation in Molten Salt Reactor Environments
Nov 13: Zainub Dungarwalla, Arizona Public Service
Why We Innovate
Nov 20: No Colloquium, Extended Thanksgiving Recess
Nov 27: No Colloquium, Thanksgiving Recess
Dec 4: Kathy Araujo, Boise State University
Disruptive Change in Nuclear Energy
