The MTV Workshop begins on Monday, March 29, 2021, and will conclude on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
- Day 1: March 29, 1:00 – 4:50 pm (ET)
- Day 2: March 30, 12:30 – 5:00 pm (ET)
- Day 3: March 31, 1:00 – 4:50 pm (ET)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
March 29, 2021, Day 1 | ||
1:00 | Welcome and Workshop Overview | Sara Pozzi & Shaun Clarke, University of Michigan |
1:10 | Overview of the DNN R&D University Program | Keith McManus, NNSA-DOE |
1:28 | Consortium for Monitoring, Technology, and Verification | Sara Pozzi, University of Michigan |
1:46 | Time Encoded Dual Particle Imager (LANTERN) | Jack Kuchta, Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan |
2:04 | Region of Interest Image Reconstruction for Gamma-Ray Source Localization Using Position Sensing CdZnTe | Valerie Nwadeyi, Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan |
2:22 | National Lab / MTV Student roundtables Brookhaven National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Y-12 National Security Complex |
Breakout rooms |
2:52 | Muon Imaging for Dry-Cask Storage Verification | Jesus Valencia, Ph.D. Student, University of New Mexico |
3:10 | Neutrino-Induced Nuclear Fissions | Tyler Johnson, Ph.D. Student, Duke University |
3:28 | CEvNS track detectors | Patrick Huber, Faculty, Virginia Tech. |
3:46 | Safeguards capabilities of argon CEvNS at a reactor site | David Trimas, Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan |
4:04 | Poster Session: 1-minute overviews | Main Session Zoom room |
4:19 | Poster Session, Day 1 | Breakout rooms |
4:50 | Adjourn Day 1 | |
March 30, 2021, Day 2 | ||
12:30 | Welcome / Overview | Sara Pozzi & Shaun Clarke |
12:35 | Alumni Panel |
Kyle Hartig, University of Florida Meghan McGarry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Charles Sosa, Radiation Monitoring Devices Alexis Trahan, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
1:20 | Structure in the Energy-Dependent Event-by-Event Neutron-Photon Multiplicity Correlations | Stefano Marin, Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan |
1:38 | Review of the Windowed Multipole Nuclear Data Formalism | Matthew Lazaric, Ph.D. Student, University of New Mexico |
1:56 | Exploring novel wavelength shifters in organic glass scintillators | Nathan Giha, Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan |
2:14 | Revisiting seismic magnitudes of Soviet UNEs to investigate the mb-MS discriminant. | Jocely Lopez Luna, Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellow, Columbia University |
2:32 | Poster Session, – minute overviews | Main Session Zoom room |
2:47 | Poster Session, Day 2 | Breakout rooms |
3:17 | Low-Frequency Sound from Explosive Sources | Milton Garces, Faculty, University of Hawaii |
3:35 | Investigation of Organic Glass Scintillators for Improved Energy Resolution for Radioxenon Detection | Leah Clark, Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan |
3:53 | Investigation of chemistry in laser ablation plumes for nuclear material analysis | Kyle Hartig, Faculty, University of Florida |
4:11 | The Do-It-Yourself Geiger-Muller (DIYgm): Circuit Optimization and Evaluation | Jordan Noey, Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan |
4:29 | National Lab / MTV Student roundtables Argonne National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory Sandia National Laboratories |
Breakout rooms |
5:00 | Adjourn Day 2 | |
March 31, 2021 – Day 3 | ||
1:00 | Welcome / Overview | Sara Pozzi & Shaun Clarke, University of Michigan |
1:05 | Poster Session: 1-minute overviews | Main Session Zoom room |
1:20 | Poster Session, Day 3 | Breakout rooms |
1:50 | Confirming the absence of nuclear weapons via passive gamma-ray measurements | Alex Glaser, Faculty, Princeton University |
2:08 | Direct and Moment-Reconstructed Fast Neutron Multiplicity Distribution Computations | Jawad Moussa, Ph.D. Student, University of New Mexico |
2:26 | DT-based Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis for Nuclear Security Applications | Ethan Klein, Ph.D. Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
2:44 | Using Machine Learning Techniques to Identify Irradiated Fuel Attributes | Patrick O’Neal, Ph.D. Student, Texas A&M University |
3:02 | National Lab / MTV Student roundtables Idaho National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Nevada National Security Site Savannah River National Laboratory |
Breakout rooms |
3:32 | Identification of stress in plants via femtosecond laser-induced fluorescence and steady-state absorption spectroscopy | Lauren Finney, Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan |
3:50 | Quantifying Moss Response to Contaminant Exposure Using Laser-Induced Fluorescence | Kelly Truax, Ph.D. Student, University of Hawaii |
4:08 | Monte Carlo Simulations for Time-of-Flight Epithermal Neutron Activation Analysis for Isotopic Signatures | Nick Grenci, Ph.D. Student, Pennsylvania State University |
4:26 | Prediction of Neutral Particle Analog Monte Carlo Computational Time with Discrete Ordinates | Eric Pearson, Masters Student, University of Michigan |
4:44 | Closing Comments / Announcements | Sara Pozzi, University of Michigan Keith McManus, NNSA-DOE |
4:50 | Adjourn meeting |
POSTER PRESENTATIONS