Archived Colloquium Webcasts
Spring 2008
Small is the new big
Dr. Glenn Reynolds
Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Tennessee College of Law
Knoxville, TN
Presented April 16, 2008
Research and Educational Highlights at the Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
Dr. Jasmina Vujic
Professor and Chair
Department of Nuclear Engineering
University of California
Berkeley, CA
Thorium Fuel Cycles: Issues, Activities, Opportunities
Mr. Thomas Marcille
Chief Reactor Engineer
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM
Presented March 26, 2008
Personal Annunciation Device; A New Technology for (Radiation) Hazard Alert and Accountability
Dr. Peter L. Angelo
Senior Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer
Y-12 National Security Complex
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Presented March 5, 2008
Tripping to Alaska
Dr. Lawrence W. Townsend
Professor
Department of Nuclear Engineering
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Tripping to Alaska Slides
Presented February 20, 2008
Nuclear Power: Expanding to Meet Our Energy Needs
William Campbell, Jr.
Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chattanooga, TN
Presented February 6, 2008
UT Career Services Overview and Updates 2008
Russ Coughenour, Director
Career Services
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Presented January 30, 2008
A Holistic Approach to the Global Nuclear Future: Realities and Opportunities
Dr. Thomas L. Sanders
Manager-Global Nuclear Futures Program
Sandia National Laboratory
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Presented January 16, 2008
Fall 2007
A View into the Future of Nuclear Fuel Management Optimization
Dr. G. Ivan Maldonado
Associate Professor
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Presented November 28, 2007
Oak Ridge: Manhattan Project to Today
D. Ray Smith, Y-12 Historian
BWXT Y-12
Y-12 National Security Complex
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Presented October 31, 2007
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Taking on the Energy Challenge
Thomas E. Mason, Director
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and
President and CEO, UT-Battelle, LLC
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Presented October 24, 2007
AMS: A Spin-off Company from UT’s Nuclear Engineering Department
Mr. H. M. Hashemian, President
Analysis and Measurement Services (AMS) Corporation
Knoxville, Tennessee
Presented October 17, 2007
In-Reactor Behavior of Advanced Breeder Reactor Oxide Fuels
Dr. Theodore M. Besmann, Head
Surface Processing and Mechanics Group
Materials Science and Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN
Presented October 10, 2007
Recent Advances in a Spectral Approach to the - grad (div) Eigenvalue Problem
Dr. Ernest H. Mund
Emeritus Professor
Universite Libre de Brussels and
Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Presented September 19, 2007
Never Told Tales of Blackbirds, U2s and Roadrunners, The Golden Age of Aerospace
Dr. Bob Abernethy
Manager of Reliability and Safety (Retired)
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Presented September 12, 2007
Meeting U.S. Liquid Transport Fuel Needs with a Nuclear Hydrogen Biomass System
Dr. Charles Forsberg
Corporate Fellow
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Presented September 5, 2007
Spring 2007
Bioenergy – A Status Update
Dr. Reinhold C. Mann
Associate Laboratory Director
Biological and Environmental Sciences
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Presented April 18, 2007
Medical Applications of Empirical Modeling for Radiation Treatment Optimization
Ms. Becky Seibert
UTNE Graduate Student and
Medical Physics Resident at the Thompson Cancer Center
Knoxville, Tennessee
Presented April 11, 2007
Southern Nuclear Operating Company – Nuclear Development
Mr. Joseph A. “Buzz” Miller
Senior Vice President, Nuclear Development
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
Birmingham , Alabama
Presented April 4, 2007
History Of The Advanced Liquid Metal Reactor -- Mapping Its Role In The Evolving Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
Eric Loewen, Manager
Advanced Plant New Product Introduction
General Electric Nuclear Business
Wilmington, NC
Presented February 14, 2007
Systems for Unattended Remote Monitoring of Nuclear Materials
Chris A. Pickett, Senior Staff Member
Nuclear Security Technologies
Nuclear Science & Technology Division
Oak Ri
Presented February 7, 2007
AECL and the CANDU Program
Dr. Benjamin Rouben
AECL
Canada
Presented January 31, 2007
Why I Support Nuclear as a Key Energy Source for the Future
Jessie H. Roberson
President and Group Chief Executive
CH2M HILL Nuclear Business Group
Presented January 17, 2007
Fall 2006
The Human Skeleton and Forensics (The Body Farm)
Dr. William M. Bass
Professor Emeritus
Department of Anthropology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Presented November 29, 2006
Current European Programs Toward Sustainable Nuclear Energy
Dr. Dan G. Cacuci
Chaired Professor and Director
Institute for Nuclear Technology and Reactor Safety
University of Karlsruhe Germany
Scientific Director, Nuclear Energy Directorate
Atomic Energy Commission, France
Presented November 8, 2006
The Radiation Safety Information Computational Center: Half Century of Support To the Nuclear Science Community
Bernadette Kirk, Group Leader
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Nuclear Science and Technology Division
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Presented November 1, 2006
National Security = Energy Security: The Role of Nuclear Power
Dr. Dana Christensen, Associate Laboratory Director
Energy and Engineering Sciences Directorate
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Presented October 25, 2006
Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Terrorism
Dr. Larry Satkowiak, Director
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Programs
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Presented October 18, 2006
A Rationalized Nuclear Fuel Cycle
George Dials, President and General Manager
BWXT Y-12 Plant
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Presented September 27, 2006
The Globalization of Science and Engineering:
Competing and Collaborating
Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr. , Director
National Science Foundation
Presented September 13, 2006
Overview of the UTNE Colloquium Program for 2006-2007 and Welcome Back Reception
H.L. Dodds, Professor and Head
UT Nuclear Engineering Department
Presented September 6, 2006
Spring 2006
International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Policy: A Never Ending Story
Harold McFarlane
Deputy Associate Laboratory Director
for Nuclear Programs
And Director of the Space Nuclear Systems
and Technology Division
Idaho National Laboratory
Vice President/President-Elect,
American Nuclear Society
Fuel Cycle Policy Slides
Presented April 12, 2006
Current Topics and Challenges in Nuclear Fuel Regulation: Nuclear Criticality Safety
Dr. Christopher S. Tripp
Senior Nuclear Process Engineer (Criticality)
Technical Support Group
Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC
Presented March 29, 2006
Pro-Nuclear Activism: Taking Outreach to the Frontlines
Ms. Lisa Stiles-Shell, Manager
State Initiatives, Grassroots and Coalitions
Nuclear Energy Institute
Washington, DC
Presented March 15, 2006
Radiation Accidents: A Summary of Injury Incidents Since 1945
Dr. Gary T. Smith
Professor of Radiology and Medicine and Director of Nuclear Medicine
University of Tennessee Medical Center
Knoxville, Tennessee
Radiation Accidents Slides
Presented March 8, 2006
Reliability Through Telemetry: Advanced Pattern Recognition for High Availability of Complex Engineering Systems
Dr. Aleksey Urmanov
Research Scientist
San Diego Physical Sciences Laboratory
Sun Microsystems
San Diego , California
Presented March 1, 2006
Historical Development of the Periodic Table and the Chart of the Nuclides
Dr. Harold Knox, senior physicist
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
Schenectady, New York
Presented February 22, 2006
Race for Atomic Power
Cindy Kelly
President, Atomic Heritage Foundation
910 17th Street, NW Suite 408
Washington, DC 20006
Presented February 15, 2006
My Recipe for Energy Policy
Skila Harris, Director
Tennessee Valley Authority
Presented February 8, 2006
TVA and the Future of Nuclear Power
Karl W. Singer
Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President
Tennessee Valley Authority
Presented February 1, 2006
Cold War Weapons: An Historical Perspective 1946-1991
William Alexander Gabbard (retired)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Presented January 25, 2006
Advanced Computational Methods for Solution of the Coupled Neutronics and Temperature/Fluid Field Equations
Professor Tom Downar
School of Nuclear Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
Presented January 18, 2006