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DTSTART:20240930T170500Z
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LOCATION:1610 Engineering Hall
SUMMARY:High-Fidelity Multiphysics for Nuclear Engineering\, Plasma Ph
 ysics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar\, April Novak\, University of Illin
 ois Urbana-Champaign
DESCRIPTION:Multiphysics interactions between radiation transport and 
 thermal-fluids play an important role in fission and fusion reactor de
 sign and safety analysis. This talk will cover the historical challeng
 es\, and recent developments\, in high-fidelity multiphysics couplings
  between Monte Carlo radiation transport and computational fluid dynam
 ics (CFD) tools. Cardinal is an open-source multiphysics integration o
 f the OpenMC Monte Carlo code and the NekRS spectral element CFD code 
 with the MOOSE finite element framework that enables first-of-a-kind m
 ultiphysics simulation by leveraging scalable solvers\, advancements i
 n GPU computing\, and innovative coupling algorithms. Applications to 
 high temperature gas reactors\, molten salt reactors\, and fusion comp
 onents will be used to showcase some recent research in this area. Fin
 ally\, the talk will conclude with discussion on some future direction
 s and current needs in the high-fidelity multiphysics space.
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\nBio:
  April Novak is an Assistant Professor in the Nuclear\, Plasma\, and R
 adiological (NPRE) Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
 Champaign (UIUC)\, where she leads research programs in computational 
 methods for nuclear engineering with emphasis on thermal-hydraulics\, 
 Monte Carlo methods\, multiphysics\, high performance computing\, and 
 open source software development. Dr. Novak is a recipient of the DOE-
 Nuclear Energy Early Career Award. Prior to joining UIUC\, she was a F
 ellow in the Computational Sciences Division at Argonne from 2020-2023
 . She has a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Californ
 ia\, Berkeley (2020).
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=8920
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