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Author:: Alim, Fatih
Title:: HEURISTIC RULES EMBEDDED GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR IN-CORE FUEL MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION
Graduate Program:: Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:: Optimization
Nuclear
Fuel Management
Genetic Algorithm
Heuristic Rulues
PWR
VVER
reactor Core
File:: Download Fatih_Alim_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Samuel H Levine, Committee Member
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member

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Author:: Flanagan, Michelle E
Title:: THE EFFECT OF HYDROGEN ON THE DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF ZIRCALOY-4
Graduate Program:: Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:: Hydrides
Nuclear
Mechanical properties
Zircaloy
File:: Download MEFMSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Arthur Thompson Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Albert Koss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Yilmaz, Serkan
Title:: MULTI LEVEL OPTIMIZATION OF BURNABLE POISON UTILIZATION FOR ADVANCED PWR FUEL MANAGEMENT
Graduate Program:: Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:: Burnable Poison
Genetic Algorithm
Gadolinium
Nuclear
Optimization
Fuel Management
File:: Download Serkan_Yilmaz_PhD_Thesis_ETD_version.pdf
Committee Members:: Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yousry Azmy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Member
Samuel H Levine, Committee Member
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Moussa Mahgerefteh, Committee Member

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Author:: Rosenkrantz, Adam Matthew
Title:: Coupled 3D Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics Modeling of the SAFARI-1 Materials Testing Reactor
Graduate Program:: Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:: Neutronics
Thermal Hydraulics
Modeling
Nuclear
Reactor
Coupling
Engineering
File:: Download AdamMRosenkrantzThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Courty, Olivier Fabrice
Title:: Hydrogen distribution in Zircaloy under a temperature gradient: Modeling, Simulation and Experiments
Graduate Program:: Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:: Nuclear
Materials
Cladding
Zirconium
Hydrogen
Diffusion
Precipitation
X-Ray
Diffraction
simulation
finite element
File:: Download Olivier_Thesis_vf2.pdf
Committee Members:: Arthur Thompson Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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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

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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

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Author:: Sarnoski, Sarah Elizabeth
Title:: Active Interrogation of Fresh Nuclear Fuel in Shipping Containers
Graduate Program:: Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:: Nuclear
Safeguards
Active Interrogation
Fresh Fuel
Gamma Spectroscopy
Monte Carlo
File:: Download Sarnoski-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenan Unlu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenan Unlu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marek Flaska, Committee Member
Azaree Tresong Lintereur, Committee Member
Luiz A De Viveiros Souza Filho, Outside Member

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Author:: Lacroix, Evrard
Title:: Modeling zirconium hydride precipitation and dissolution in zirconium alloys
Graduate Program:: Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:: Zirconium
Zirconium hydride
Nuclear
hydride
nucleation
growth
dissolution
model
simulation
synchrotron
differential scanning calorimetry
DSC
X-ray diffraction
crystallization
File:: Download Lacroix_PhD_2019.pdf
Committee Members:: Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J Walters, Committee Member
Justin Kyle Watson, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Outside Member
Nicholas Brown, Committee Member
Gregory Alan Vetterick, Special Member
Michael R. Tonks, Special Member

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