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Author:

Durrant, Chad Bredthauer

Title:

Characterization of Italian tile samples using comparative neutron activation analysis in the Penn State Breazeale Nuclear Reactor

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

neutron activation analysis
comparative NAA

File:

Download Durrant_Thesis_Final_Draft2.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenan Unlu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amanda Melia Johnsen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Younker, Ian Mark

Title:

Neutronic and Economic Evaluation of Accident Tolerant Fuel Concepts for Light Water Reactors

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Light water reactors
Accident Tolerant Fuel
Ceramic coatings for clad
Alternative clad

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Massimiliano Fratoni, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dances, Christopher Alan

Title:

Initial Residual Formulation of CTF

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

CTF
Thermohydraulic
Subchannel
Residual
Verification
Jacobian
Richardson Extrapolation
PETSc

File:

Download CADances-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria Nikolova Avramova, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Morgan, Bryan William

Title:

Micrometer-Scale Supersonic Slit Jet Nozzle Design, Simulation, and Additive Fabrication for Direct Laser Acceleration

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Supersonic Fluid Flow
Direct Laser Acceleration
Compressible Fluid
Turbulent Fluid Flow

File:

Download Bryan_Morgan_Approved_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Igor Jovanovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Toptan, Aysenur

Title:

Development of Local Droplet Conductivity Probe and Signal Processing Scheme

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

droplet
droplet probe
conductivity probe
droplet flow
two-phase flow

File:

Download MSThesis_AToptan_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Seungjin Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ocampo Giraldo, Luis Alfonso

Title:

Special Nuclear Material and Radiological Sources Detection in Urban Settings

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

nuclear security
special nuclear material detection
radiological sources detection

File:

Download OCAMPO_Masters_Thesis_V5.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenan Unlu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wargon, Matthew David

Title:

Safety Analysis of the New Core-Moderator Assembly for the Penn State Breazeale Nuclear Reactor

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Breazeale
Nuclear
Reactor
RELAP5-3D
MCNP6
Safety
Analysis

File:

Download Thesis_postCorrections.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenan Unlu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nattress, Jason Thomas

Title:

Capture-gated Neutron Spectroscopy with a Novel Lithium-glass-polymer Composite Scintillation Detector

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Neutron Spectroscopy
neutron detectors
composite
capture-gated

File:

Download JTNattressMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Igor Jovanovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Borza, Gregory Michael

Title:

Local Search Algorithm for Lattice Enrichment Optimization with Heuristics

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Nuclear
Lattice
Optimization
Local Search
Enrichment
Holtec
SMR

File:

Download Borza_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bascom, Andrew John

Title:

Analysis of the Nuclear Heat Source for the Thermoacoustic Power Sensor Prototype at the Pennn State Breazeale Reactor (PSBR)

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Nuclear
Thermoacoustic

File:

Download Bascom_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenan Unlu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor