NSSC Virtual Scholar Showcase

NSSC SUMMER 2O2O NEWSLETTER:
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Recording of NSSC Student and Postdoc presentations from June 2, 2020:

Recording of NSSC Student and Postdoc presentations from June 3, 2020:

Agenda for the event follows.

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Schedule for Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Nuclear and Particle Physics and Nuclear Policy

Timing (PST)	Presenters	Institution	Topic
8:15 am	–	–	Online Meeting Begins
8:30 – 8:35	Dr. Bethany Goldblum	University of California, Berkeley	Welcome and Introductory Remarks
8:35 – 9:00	Prof. Jasmina Vujic	University of California, Berkeley	NSSC Overview and Highlights Recording of presentation here.
9:00 – 9:20	Andrea Richard	Michigan State University	Indirect Neutron-Capture Constraints for Basic Research and Applications Recording of presentation here.
9:20 – 9:35	break	–	–
9:35 – 9:55	Adriana Sweet	University of California, Berkeley	Statistical Nuclear Properties of 93Sr for National Security Applications Recording of presentation here.
9:55 – 10:15	Vincent Fischer	University of California, Davis	Neutron Multiplicity and New Technologies with ANNIE Recording of presentation here.
10:15 – 10:35	Katherine Childers	Michigan State University	Validation of an Indirect Method for Constraining Neutron-Capture Cross Sections Recording of presentation here.
10:35 – 10:50	break	–	–
10:50 – 11:10	Eric Matthews	University of California, Berkeley	Independent and Cumulative Fission Yield Covariance Matrices for 61 Compound Systems Recording of presentation here.
11:10 – 11:30	Roy Ready	Michigan State University	Upgrades for an Improved Measurement of the Electric Dipole Moment of Radium-225 Recording of presentation here.
11:30 – 11:50	Andrew Reddie	University of California, Berkeley (now SNL)	Experimental Wargaming at the Nuclear Threshold (presentation will not be published online) Recording of presentation here.

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Schedule for Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Radiochemistry and Forensics

Timing (PST)	Presenter	Institution	Topic
8:15 am	–	–	Online Meeting Begins
8:30 – 8:35	Dr. Bethany Goldblum	University of California, Berkeley	Welcome and Introductory Remarks
8:35 – 8:50	Prof. Jasmina Vujic	University of California, Berkeley	NSSC Research Overview Recording of presentation here.
8:50 – 9:10	August Ridenour	George Washington University	Metal-Organic Frameworks as a Platform for Probing Transplutonium Electronic Structure and Signatures Recording of presentation here.
9:10 – 9:30	Mark Straub	University of California, Berkeley	New Precursors for Actinide Nanomaterials Recording of presentation here.
9:30 – 9:50	Mariah Ramirez	Texas A&M University	Safeguards Analysis for Neptunium-237 in High-Level Used Fuel Waste Through Computational and Radiochemical Methods Recording of presentation here.
9:50 – 10:05	break

Radiation Detection and Nuclear Instrumentation

Timing (PST)	Presenter	Institution	Topic
10:05 – 10:25	Aaron Nowack	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	3D Modelling of Induced Fission Chains in Uranium Assemblies for Associated Particle Imaging Systems Recording of presentation here.
10:25 – 10:45	Juan Manfredi	University of California, Berkeley	Organic Scintillator Characterization for Neutron Detection Recording of presentation here.
10:45 – 11:05	J.R. Powers-Luhn	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Neural-net-based imager offset estimation in fieldable associated particle imaging Recording of presentation here.
11-05 – 11:20	break	–	–
11:20 – 11:40	Joshua Smith	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Synthesis of Li-containing garnet ceramics for dual-mode scintillators Recording of presentation here.
11:40 – 12:00	Jake Hecla	University of California, Berkeley	Measurements of Attenuation and Scattering in WbLS Recording of presentation here.
12:00 – 12:20	Mairead Montague	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Radiation Hardness Characterization of LKH-5 Scintillating Glass Recording of presentation here.