March 31 Presentations

Consortium for Monitoring, Technology, and Verification/2021 MTV Virtual Workshop/March 31 Presentations

Wednesday, March 31
1:00 – 1:05 pm (ET)

Welcome and Overview

Shaun Clarke

Associate Director

Wednesday, March 31
1:05 – 1:20 pm (ET)

Poster Session: 1-minute overviews

Wednesday, March 31
1:20 – 1:50 pm (ET)

Poster Session

Wednesday, March 31
1:50 – 2:08 pm (ET)

Confirming the absence of nuclear weapons via passive gamma-ray measurements

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Alex Glaser

Faculty
Princeton University

Wednesday, March 31
2:08 – 2:28 pm (ET)

Direct and Moment-Reconstructed Fast Neutron Multiplicity Distribution Computations

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Jawad Moussa

Ph.D. Student
University of New Mexico

Wednesday, March 31
2:28 – 2:44 pm (ET)

DT-based Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis for Nuclear Security Applications

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Ethan Klein

Ph.D. Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wednesday, March 31
2:44 – 3:02 pm (ET)

Using Machine Learning Techniques to Identify Irradiated Fuel Attributes

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Patrick O’Neal

Ph.D. Student
Texas A&M University

Wednesday, March 31
3:02 – 3:32 pm (ET)

National Laboratory / MTV Student Roundtable

David Chichester

Idaho National Laboratory

Meghan McGarry

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Alexander A. Plionis

Nevada National Security Site

Martine Duff

Savannah River National Laboratory

Wednesday, March 31
3:32 – 3:50 pm (ET)

Identification of stress in plants via femtosecond laser-induced fluorescence and steady-state absorption spectroscopy

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Lauren Finney

Ph.D. Student
University of Michigan

Wednesday, March 31
3:50 – 4:08 pm (ET)

Quantifying Moss Response to Contaminant Exposure Using Laser-Induced Fluorescence

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Kelly Truax

Ph.D. Student
University of Hawaii

Wednesday, March 31
4:08 – 4:26 pm (ET)

Monte Carlo Simulations for Time-of-Flight Epithermal Neutron Activation Analysis for Isotopic Signatures

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Nick Grenci

Ph.D. Student
Pennsylvania State University

Wednesday, March 31
4:26 – 4:44 pm (ET)

Prediction of Neutral Particle Analog Monte Carlo Computational Time with Discrete Ordinates

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Eric Pearson

Masters Student
University of Michigan

Wednesday, March 31
4:44 – 4:50 pm (ET)

Student Awards and Closing Remarks

Sara Pozzi

University of Michigan

Keith McManus

NNSA-DOE

Poster Presentations

Poster 23

Wednesday, March 31

Neutron Activation Analysis for Flux Measurements during Active Interrogation

Andrew Panter

Undergraduate Student
University of Michigan

Poster 24

Wednesday, March 31

Rocket Ignition Detection Using Data Collected by Smartphones

Sarah Popenhagen

Ph.D. Student
University of Hawaii

Poster 25

Wednesday, March 31

Super-MeV Gamma-Ray Time-Encoded Imaging

Alexander Rice

Ph.D. Student
University of Michigan

Poster 26

Wednesday, March 31

Directionally-Dependent Event-by-Event Neutron-Photon Multiplicity Correlations in 252-Cf

Eoin Sansevero

Masters Student
University of Michigan

Poster 27

Wednesday, March 31

Real-Time Analysis of Organic Scintillator Neutron Noise Measurements

Prashant Shankar

Ph.D. Student
University of Michigan

Poster 28

Wednesday, March 31

Single-shot Double-pulse Method Used to Determine Deposited Energy in Laser Ablation Plasmas

Lauren Nagel

Ph.D. Student
University of Michigan

Poster 29

Wednesday, March 31

Passive Gamma-Ray Imaging of Special Nuclear Materials

William Steinberger

Ph.D. Student
University of Michigan

Poster 30

Wednesday, March 31

Explosion Yield Estimation using Machine Learning Methods

Samuel “Kei” Takazawa

Ph.D. Student
University of Hawaii

Poster 31

Wednesday, March 31

Undergraduate Research on Fully-Automated Thermoluminescent Dosimeter Glow Curve Analysis Software

Jack Thiesen

Undergraduate Student
University of Michigan

Poster 32

Wednesday, March 31

Inferring UAV Position Relative to Smartphone Sensors Based on Acoustic Characteristics

Jonathan Tobin

Ph.D. Student
University of Hawaii