2022 MTV Workshop


The Consortium for Monitoring, Technology, and Verification will be hosting their 2022 MTV Workshop March 22 – 23, 2022 in a hybrid format at the Michigan League in Ann Arbor, Michigan and via Zoom! 

The final workshop agenda pdf can be found here.


COVID-19 and Public Health-Informed Event Planning Policies

The University of Michigan aims to deliver its mission while protecting the health and safety of our campus and minimizing the potential spread of disease within our community.

  • All in-person event attendees will need to take the ResponsiBLUE Screening Check and receive a green result before entering any U-M building.
  • Face coverings are required indoors on campus, regardless of vaccination status.
  • Enhanced cleaning procedures are in place, including increased hand sanitizing stations throughout facilities.
  • All groups and all event guests are expected to act in a manner that demonstrates respect and consideration for the health and safety of all persons within the Facilities.

These guidelines may change prior to the event and this site will be updated as information is received.


Parking Options

The Michigan League is located at 911 N. University Ave  and the closest public parking structure to the League is the Maynard Parking Structure at 324 Maynard St .

In addition to parking at Maynard, Uber and Lyft are great options to get to University of Michigan’s campus!


Agenda at a glance and links to presenter bios and materials:

March 22 – Day 1 (link here)

08:30   Registration and poster set-up      

Michigan League, Concourse

09:00    Welcome and Logistics       Shaun Clarke, MTV Associate Director, and Sara Pozzi, MTV Director, University of Michigan
09:15   NNSA goals for MTV       Keith McManus, Deputy Director, Office of Proliferation Detection, NNSA
09:30   MTV Year 3 Accomplishments       Sara Pozzi, MTV Director and Faculty, University of Michigan
09:50   Ultrafast laser filament-induced fluorescence of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to identify uranium exposure,       Lauren Finney, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
10:05   Nuclear forensics methodology development by employing machine learning methods to enable foreign nuclear fuel cycle monitoring       Patrick O’Neal, Graduate Student, Texas A&M University
10:20   Neutron and gamma imaging with a novel organic glass-based imager       Ricardo Lopez, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
10:35   Break        
10:55   Reconstructing SCRaP benchmark experiment multiplicity distributions from MCNP generated moments       Jawad Moussa, Graduate Student, University of New Mexico
11:10   Safeguarding naval reactors       Patrick Huber, Faculty, Virginia Tech University
11:25   Creating synthetic state declarations using Cyclus       Katie Mummah, Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin
11:40   A new first year undergraduate engineering and technical communication course emphasizing radiation detection and protection       Kim Kearfott, Faculty, University of Michigan
11:55   Group Photo and Lunch        
13:00   Body-wave magnitude of the six underground nuclear tests in North Korea       Won-Young Kim, Faculty, Columbia University
13:15   The chemical explosion blast standard (1 kg TNT)       Samuel “Kei” Takazawa, Graduate Student, University of Hawaiʻi
13:30   Regional waveform-correlation detection for seismic events in and near Mongolia from 2012-2016       David Schaff, Faculty, Columbia University
13:45   PANEL: Alumni:
Ciara Sivels, Cameron Miller, Jason Nattress, Valerie Nwadeyi,  Felicia Sutanto
      Moderated by Sara Pozzi, Faculty, University of Michigan
14:30   NRTA with an isotopic neutron source       Peninah Levine, Graduate Student, on behalf of Farheen Naqvi, Faculty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
14:45   A portable apparatus for neutron resonance transmission analysis       Ethan Klein, Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
15:00   Break        
15:20   Phylogenetic sensitivity analysis to identify microbial signatures of environmental contamination       David Bernstein, Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
15:35   High precision scintillator time profile measurements using an LAPPD       Edward Callahan, Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley
15:50   Working towards an absolute reactor antineutrino flux measurement using PROSPECT-I data       Paige Kunkle, Graduate Student, Boston University
16:05   Spatial structure and expansion dynamics of laser-produced cerium plasmas       Emily Kwapis, Graduate Student, University of Florida
16:20   Poster Overview Presentations
(1-minute each)
       
16:45   Poster Reception: Session A (Odd numbers)        
17:45   Adjourn Day 1        

March 23 – Day 2 (link here)

09:00 PANEL: Fellows: 
Kelly Truax, Kris Ogren, Tyler Johnson, Isabel Hernandez, Lauren Finney
  Moderated by: Shaun Clarke, Faculty, University of Michigan
09:45 Neutron-gamma angular correlations in fission   Stefano Marin, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
10:00 N-SpecDir Bot: A neutron-detecting, spectrally- and directionally-sensitive robot for nuclear verification   Eric Lepowsky, Graduate Student, Princeton University 
10:15 Destructive and nondestructive analyses of low-burnup low-enriched uranium for the validation of foreign fuel cycle nuclear forensics methodology   Sean Martinson, Graduate Student, Texas A&M University
10:30 Break    
10:50 Uncertainty quantification of the spherical optical model in fission fragment de-excitation   Kyle Beyer, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
11:05 Uncertainty analysis of near-field antineutrino-based safeguards   Matthew Dunbrack, Graduate Student, Georgia Institute of Technology
11:20 Active neutron multiplicity counting of kilogram quantities of highly enriched uranium   Flynn Darby, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
11:35 Poster Overview Presentations
(1-minute each)
   
12:00 Lunch    
12:45 Poster Reception: Session B (Even numbers)    
13:45 PANEL: National Laboratory Partners:
Milton Garces, Adam Hecht,  Jesson Hutchinson, Meghan McGarry, Scott Thompson
  Moderated by: Igor Jovanovic, Faculty, University of Michigan
14:30 Superheated droplet detector response to the source system for zero-knowledge verification   Jihye Jeon, Graduate Student, Princeton University
14:45 On the Tonga lamb wave   Milton Garces, Faculty, University of Hawaiʻi
15:00 Biosensors for detecting nuclear fuel cycle activities in the environment   Isis Fukai, Graduate Student, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
15:15 Towards an improved laser induced fluorescence imaging technique via testing of various laser wavelengths in pursuit of a portable system   Kelly Truax, Graduate Student, University of Hawaiʻi
15:30 Closing remarks and student awards   Sara Pozzi, MTV Director, and Keith McManus, NNSA
15:45 Adjourn Day 2    
16:00 Depart for optional lab tours    

Posters

#   Title   Presenter Name
1   Time-encoded dual particle imager (LANTERN)   John Kuchta, Graduate Student University of Michigan
2   Advancements in coded aperture imaging for CdZnTe detectors   Alexander Rice, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
3   Windowed multipole and its use in sensitivity analysis   Matthew Lazaric, Graduate Student, University of New Mexico
4   Machine learning based reconstruction of antineutrinos in Water-Cherenkov detectors   Garrett Wendel, Graduate Student, Pennsylvania State University
5   Neutrino-induced nuclear reactions at the spallation neutron source   Tyler Johnson, Graduate Student, Duke University
6   Detection of prompt photofission neutrons from U-238 with a He-4 scintillation detector   Oskar Searfus, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
7   Muon imaging for dry-cask storage verification   Jesus Valencia, Graduate Student, University of New Mexico
8   Event-by-event neutron gamma correlations in Pu-239   James Baker Jr., Undergraduate Student,  University of Michigan
9   Pulse shape discrimination using a compact ASIC-based data acquisition system   Tingshiuan Wu, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
10   Evaluating the ability of an artificial neural network system to detect shielded depleted uranium in intense photon fields   Tessa Maurer, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
11   The Mitchell Institute neutrino experiment at reactor (MINER) detector payload   Matthew Lee,  Graduate Student, Texas A&M University
12   Time resolution of organic glass scintillators in various geometries   Leah Clark, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
13   Development of 241Am13C calibration sources for a large water Cherenkov detector   Colton Graham, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
14   Neural network applications toward accelerated neutral particle transport solutions   Lincoln Johnston, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
15   Detection of fast neutrons during photon active interrogation   Christopher Meert, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
16   Correlations between gamma-ray multiplicity and incident neutron energy in 239Pu(n,f)   Nathan Giha, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
17   Explosion data collected on an airborne platform by a smartphone and traditional sensors   Sarah Popenhagen, Graduate Student, University of Hawaiʻi
18   Comparison of two laser systems for monitoring physiological changes in moss (Thuidium plicatile) due to metal contamination using Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF)   Haley Currier, Undergraduate Student, University of Hawaiʻi
19   Small organic scintillators for dosimetry   Noora Ba Sunbul, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
20   Reactor lifetime predictions from antineutrino yields   Jonah Cullen, Graduate Student, Georgia Institute of Technology
21   Development of a rover for autonomous imagining and identification of nuclear material   Katie Ballard, Undergraduate Student, University of Michigan
22   Verification of Upcoming MCNP Features For Estimating Nuclear Data Sensitivities in Fixed Source Simulations   Juliann Lamproe, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
23   Light output characterization for small stilbene detectors   Andrew Panter, Undergraduate Student, University of Michigan
24   Predicting angular momentum of fission fragments using machine learning   Isabel Hernandez, Undergraduate Student, University of Michigan
25   Using the international monitoring system (IMS) to teach AI/ML skills to NE undergraduate students   Andreas Enqvist, Faculty, University of Florida (student co-author, Jeremiah Wright)
26   Opaque scintillators for topological reconstruction   Andrew Wilhelm, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
27   Quality control program for high precision radiation dose delivery   Jordan Noey, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
28   A fully immersive virtual reality game for radiation protection education    Michael Robinson, Undergraduate Student, University of Michigan
29   Evaluation of one month of temporal data from multiple consumer-grade temporal radon detectors   Carly Evans, Undergraduate Student, University of Michigan
30   Extended reality training for a high radiation area protocol   Colin Stewart, Undergraduate Student, University of Michigan
31   The Intelligent Radiation Awareness Drone (IRAD): creation of an unmanned aerial vehicle with radiation hazard guided navigation    Marlee Trager, Undergraduate Student, University of Michigan
32   Small-scale isotopic identification: neutron resonance transmission analysis using a linac versus fusion source   Peninah Levine, Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
33   Hill-climbing and other algorithms for rapid radiation source location with a drone   Christopher Davis, Undergraduate Student, University of Michigan
34   Promising initial results in cryogenic decay energy spectroscopy for nuclear material assay and study of rare nuclear decays.   Alexander Kavner, Graduate Student, University of Michigan
35   Communications and computational system for an intelligent radiation awareness drone (IRAD)   Ryan Kim, Undergraduate Student, University of Michigan
36   An affordable radiation weather station for high school outreach   Andrew Kent, Undergraduate Student, University of Michigan
37   Photoionization simulation for improved RIMS accuracy   Henry Burns, Graduate Student,  Georgia Institute of Technology
38   Plenoptic muon imaging of various test setups   Dominic Lioce, Undergraduate Student, University of New Mexico
39   Performance assessment tools for epithermal-neutron prompt gamma activation analysis   Nick Grenci, Graduate Student, Pennsylvania State University