2012 Fellows' Poster Session & Abstracts

Thursday, July 26 — 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Sky View, Crystal Gateway Marriott

The annual Fellows' Poster Session affords program review attendees a unique opportunity to learn more about the research supported by the DOE NNSA SSGF program. Each fellow is provided space to present his or her latest findings, and prizes are awarded to those who engage in the best visual and oral presentations.

2012 Contest Winners

  • Matthew Buckner – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Overall)
  • Walter Pettus – University of Wisconsin, Madison (Novice)
  • J. Scott Moreland – Duke University (Honorable Mention)
  • Thomas Saller – University of Michigan (Honorable Mention)

Poster Presentation Schedule

Group I — Presenting 4:15-5:00 p.m.
1Adam CahillElliptical Spectrometer for the Study of X-Pinch Physics through Absorption Spectroscopy
3Evan DavisBOUT++ Simulations of Edge Turbulence in Alcator C-Mod’s EDA H-Mode
5Michael HayGeometrical Optics of Dense Aerosols
7Stephanie LyonsResonance Strengths in 20Ne(p, γ)22Na and 22Ne(p, γ)23Na and the NeNa Cycle
9Geoffrey MainHigh-Order Schemes for Multifluid Problems
11J. Scott MorelandImprinting Quantum Fluctuations on Hydrodynamic Initial Conditions
13Walter PettusCosmogenic Activation and the DM-Ice Detector
15Jennifer ShustermanTrivalent Actinide and Lanthanide Separations Using Extraction Chromatography
17Alex ZylstraFirst Stellar Nucleosynthesis Experiments Using ICF Plasmas
Group II — Presenting 5:15-6:00 p.m.
2Matthew BucknerThermonuclear Reaction Rates from Rare Oxygen Isotope Radiative Proton Capture
4Nicole FieldsCosI: Coherent Neutrino Scattering with Cesium Iodide
6John GibbsThe Dynamics of Coarsening in Liquid-Solid Mixtures: Facets and Curvature Flow
8Kristen JohnIron Rayleigh-Taylor Laser Experiments Using Radiation-Hydrodynamics Codes
10Elizabeth MillerNovel Anodes for Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Cells
12Joshua RennerA Prototype High-Pressure Xenon Detector for NEXT
14Thomas SallerAnalysis of the Antineutrino Signature of LEU/MOX Fueled LWRs
16Christopher YoungNumerical Investigation of Symmetry Capsule Fusion Implosions