Archived Colloquium Webcasts
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