[초청 세미나]Modeling and Experiments Accelerating and Enabling Advanced Nuclear Technologies

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    - 제목: Modeling and Experiments Accelerating and Enabling Advanced Nuclear Technologies

요약: The objective of the seminar is to highlight the key research initiatives and findings to support both the experiment and modeling needs for advanced reactor concepts. The presentation will provide a technical overview of the ongoing efforts to achieve accelerated development and deployment of advanced energy systems such as microreactors. Access to experimental data from ongoing work will significantly increase the knowledge base for fundamental understanding and assist with uncertainty quantification and validation efforts.

연사소개: Piyush Sabharwall, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Staff Nuclear Research Scientist at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). He has more than 18+ years of research and development experience in nuclear and thermal engineering. He is highly regarded throughout the nuclear industry for his expertise in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermal design, thermodynamics, energy systems, and nuclear safety analyses. He manages the Irradiation Experiment Thermal Hydraulics Analysis Department under Nuclear Science and Technology Directorate at INL and was recognized as an Asian American Engineer of the Year for 2022. He also serves as the Technical Area Lead on DOE Office of Nuclear Energy’s Microreactor R&D Program. Dr. Sabharwall has helped cement INL’s leadership in areas including verification and validation, development of experimental programs and test beds, small modular reactors, molten salt reactor technology, and integrated energy systems. He holds an Adjunct Associate Professor appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University and an Adjunct Professor at University of Michigan in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences. He holds a PhD in nuclear engineering; master’s degrees in renewable energy and sustainability systems, engineering management, and nuclear engineering; and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.