2024 DOE NNSA SSGF & LRGF Annual Program Review
Sunday, June 9 - Wednesday, June 12
Palms Tower, JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa, Las Vegas, Nevada
Updated May 15, 2024
Sunday, June 9 | |
3:30 – 7:00pm | Registration — Parian Pre-Function Space |
4:00 – 5:00pm |
New Fellow Orientation —
Palms 2 |
5:00 – 7:00pm |
Fellows' Welcome Reception & Game Night —
Parian B A pre-meeting gathering of incoming and first- through fourth-year fellows. Board games provided or bring your own to add to the mix. |
Monday, June 10 | |
6:00 – 7:00am | Breakfast — Parian AB |
7:00am | Bus Departs for Nevada National Security Site (fellows only) |
6:00pm | Bus Returns from Tour |
Tuesday, June 11 | |
7:30 – 9:00am | Registration — Cascade |
7:30 – 8:30am | Breakfast — Parian AB |
7:30 – 8:15am | 2024 Fellows' Portrait Session & Group Photos — Parian CD |
8:30 – 8:45am |
Krell Welcome —
Cascade Shelly Olsan — President, Krell Institute |
8:45 – 9:00am |
DOE NNSA Welcome Stephanie Miller — Academic Programs Coordinator, and SSAA/HEDLP Program Manager, National Nuclear Security Administration; DOE NNSA LRGF Alumna |
9:00 – 9:45am |
Keynote David Funk— Vice President for ECSE (Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments), Nevada National Security Site |
Session I —
Cascade |
|
9:45 – 10:10am |
Griffin Glenn
— Sanford University |
10:10 – 10:45am |
Patricia Cho
— University of Texas at Austin |
10:45 – 11:00am | Break — Cascade |
11:00 – 11:25am |
Christopher Jasien
— Colorado School of Mines |
11:25 – 11:50am |
Maren Hatch
— University of New Mexico |
11:50am – 12:15pm |
Kevin Kwock
— Columbia University |
12:15 – 1:15pm | Lunch — Parian AB |
1:30 – 2:30pm |
Discussion: Research, Ethics and Security —
Cascade Kimberly S. Budil— Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Thomas Mason— Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
2:30 – 3:00pm | Set Up: DOE Laboratories' Showcase and Fellows' Poster Session — Parian AB |
3:00 – 4:00pm | DOE Laboratories' Showcase — Parian AB |
4:00 – 5:30pm | DOE NNSA SSGF and LRGF Fellows' Poster Session — Parian AB | Wednesday, June 12 |
7:30 – 9:00am | Registration — Cascade |
8:00 – 9:00am | Breakfast — Parian AB |
8:00 – 8:45am | Outgoing Fellows' Portraits & Fellow/Alumni Retakes — Parian CD |
9:00 – 9:05am |
Announcements —
Cascade |
9:05 – 9:15am |
Essay Slam Award Presentation —
Cascade Shelly Olsan — President, Krell Institute |
9:15 – 10:00am |
Keynote Brian Spears— AI Innovation Incubator, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
10:00 – 10:15am | Break — Cascade |
Session II —
Cascade |
|
10:15 – 10:40am |
Logan Meredith
— University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
10:40 – 11:05am |
Brianna MacNider
— University of California, San Diego |
11:05 – 11:30am |
Christopher Yang
— California Institute of Technology |
11:30 – 11:55pm |
Brendan Sporer
— University of Michigan |
12:00 – 1:00pm | Luncheon — Parian AB |
Session III —
Cascade |
|
1:15 – 1:40pm |
Elyse Schriber
— University of Connecticut |
1:40 – 2:05pm |
William Brooks
— Texas Tech University |
2:05 – 2:30pm |
John Shimanek
— Pennsylvania State University |
2:30 – 2:45pm | Break — Cascade |
2:45 – 4:00pm |
Professional Development: Science v. Story —
Cascade Emma Frances Bloomfield— Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas "Science v. Story: Narrative Strategies for Science Communicators" |