DOE NNSA SSGF Annual Program Review Agenda
Wednesday, July 20 – Friday, July 22
Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington, VA
| Wednesday, July 20 | |
| 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Conference Registration — Grand Registration Desk |
| 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | HPC Workshop (Optional) — Salons A, B & C |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | New Fellows Photo Session — Jefferson |
| 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. |
New Attendee Dinnner — Salon H Welcome James Corones — President, Krell Institute Introduction to the DOE NNSA SSGF Program John Ziebarth — Senior Vice President, Krell Institute |
| 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. | Fellows & Alumni Social — bin1700, Crystal Gateway Marriott's Lobby Level |
| Thursday, July 21 | |
| 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Conference Registration — Grand Registration Desk |
| 7:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast Buffet — Salons H, J & K |
| 9:00 - 9:15 a.m. |
Welcome — Salons F & G John Ziebarth — Senior Vice President, Krell Institute |
| 9:15 - 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome — Salons F & G Keith LeChien — Program Manager, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |
| 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. |
Invited Speaker — Salons F & G Todd Ditmire — Department of Physics and the Texas Center for High Intensity Laser Science, The University of Texas at Austin "Petawatt to Exawatt Lasers: The Science and Technology of the Brightest Light Sources in History" |
| 10:15 - 10:45 a.m. | Break — Foyer, Salons F & G |
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Session I — Salons F & G Moderator: Keith LeChien — National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |
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| 10:45 - 11:15 a.m. |
Paul Ellison — University of California, Berkeley "Production of interesting isotopes with plutonium-242 targets" |
| 11:15 - 11:45 a.m. |
Matthew Gomez — University of Michigan "Plasma formation and the correlation with current loss in post-hole convolutes" |
| 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
Luncheon — Salon K Laura Berzak — AAAS/APS Congressional Science Fellow; DOE NNSA SSGF Alumna |
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Session II — Salons F & G Moderator: J. Bradley Beck — Los Alamos National Laboratory |
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| 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. |
Krystle Catalli — Massachusetts Institute of Technology "The Earth’s lowest mantle: compositional effects on the post-perovskite transition" |
| 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. |
Invited Speaker Miguel Morales — Research Scientist, Condensed Matter and Materials Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; DOE NNSA SSGF Alumnus "Life after SSGF" |
| 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Laboratory/Fellows' Poster Session Set Up — Sky View at Gateway |
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
DOE Laboratory Poster Session and Reception — Sky View at Gateway Opening Remarks (4:10 - 4:25 p.m.) Keith LeChien — Program Manager, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |
| 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. | Fellows' Poster Session and Reception — Sky View at Gateway |
| Friday, July 22 | |
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Fellows Breakfast — Salon K |
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Session III — Salons F & G Moderator: Kim Budil — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
Luke Roberts — University of California, Santa Cruz "The late time core collapse supernova environment" |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
Anna (Nikiforova) Erickson — Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Remote detection of fissile material: Cherenkov counters for gamma detection" |
| 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. | Break — Foyer, Salons F & G |
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Session IV — Salons F & G Moderator: Robert Hanrahan — National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Angelo Signoracci — Michigan State University "Effective interactions for nuclear structure calculations" |
| 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. |
Invited Speaker Ho-Kwang (David) Mao — Associate Director, Carnegie/DOE Alliance Center (CDAC), Carnegie Institution of Washington “Energy Research in Extreme Environments” |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Luncheon — Salon K Fellows' Poster Contest Awards Presentation Essay Contest Awards Presentation |
| 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. |
Workshop:
"Tools and Techniques for Communicating Research" — Salons F & G Dennis Meredith - Science Writer and Author of "Explaining Research: How to Reach Key Audiences to Advance Your Work" |