CASL Education Program and Summer Institute

Dr. J. Michael Doster

Professor of Nuclear Engineering

North Carolina State University

Director, CASL Education Program

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CASL Education ProgramA new generation of LWR Designers, Scientists, and Nuclear Power Professionals

Program Charter:

• Integrate CASL technology into undergraduate and graduate curricula

• Develop a plan to educate industry users

• Encourage diversity of participation in CASL activities

• Advise Chair on educational development activities

• Review and recommend education curricula and programs

Program Activities:

• Recruiting at ANS Student Conference

• Undergraduate Research Scholars Program

• Summer Workshops for Students, 2011-2015

• CASL Institute/Certificate Program 2016-2017

• CASL Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)

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CASL Education ProgramA new generation of LWR Designers, Scientists, and Nuclear Power Professionals

Program Members:

J. Michael Doster, Director, Professor, North Carolina State University

Sherry Bailey, Program Manager, North Carolina State University

Bill Martin, Professor, University of Michigan

John Turner, Chief Computational Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Koroush Shirvan, Research Scientist, MIT

Leigh Winfrey, Associate Professor, University of Florida

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CASL Education ProgramA new generation of LWR Designers, Scientists, and Nuclear Power Professionals

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CASL Student ANS Involvement, 2016Creating a new generation of LWR Designers, Scientists, and Nuclear Power Professionals

• CASL (The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors) - A DOE Energy Innovation Hub for Modeling & Simulation of Nuclear Reactors Education Program participated for the sixth time in the ANS Student Conference.

• The conference was hosted by the University of Wisconsin and held in Madison, WI.

• The ANS 2016 Student Conference included 425 attendees with 123 podium presentations and 31 posters on new and innovative solutions for the nuclear science and engineering community.

• A CASL Undergraduate Research Scholar presented his research at the conference.

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CASL Undergraduate Research Scholars, 2016-2017Creating a new generation of LWR Designers, Scientists, and Nuclear Power Professionals

• CASL Education Program implemented an Undergraduate Research Scholars program at North Carolina State University to aid in the recruitment of top students.

• Selected undergraduates are given the opportunity to do research with a CASL faculty member. Each undergraduate receives support to perform CASL related research.

• Since its implementation 32 students have participated. Out of the 25 that have completed their undergraduate degree, 12 are currently attending graduate school and 4 have completed graduate degrees.

• Other partner universities are being encouraged to develop similar programs.

• Currently 6 active Scholars at NCSU engaged in projects with 5 NCSU faculty. All current active scholars submitted to present at Student ANS in Pittsburgh, PA, April 2017.

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CASL Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates 2016Creating a new generation of LWR Designers, Scientists, and Nuclear Power Professionals

• To support its diversity mission, the CASL Education Program supported its second Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Summer 2016.

• Jamell Walls Paschal from South Carolina State University performed research under Dr. J. Michael Doster at North Carolina State University (NCSU).

• The student was granted a stipend plus housing and a food allowance while staying at NCSU.

• Mr. Paschal’s focused on comparing quality experimental data, provided by the Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation (NUPEC) of Japan, to model predictions of two-phase flow behavior in boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel bundles.

Mr. Paschal participated in NCSU’s Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium that included a poster session to highlight the results of his research.

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CASL Education Summer Institute, 2016 Creating a new generation of LWR Designers, Scientists, and Nuclear Power Professionals

Institute Purpose & Activities:

The CASL Institute introduced participants to CASL and the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA) framework.

Participants received instruction in radiation transport, thermal hydraulics, fuel performance, multi-physics coupling and sensitivity and uncertainty analysis.

Lectures and hands on examples and projects focused on the VERA component codes MPACT, COBRA-TF, BISON and DAKOTA. In addition, the Institute utilized high performance computing resources.

After successful completion of the Institute and meeting certification requirements (team project), participants earned the CASL-VERA Certificate. Qualifies for PE Continuing Education Credits.

Institute Highlights:

Organized by Education Program and ORNL Staff: J. Michael Doster, Sherry Bailey, John Turner, Bill Martin, Koroush Shirvan, Leigh Winfrey and Lorie Fox.

29 participants with graduate and undergraduate students representing 12 universities and 1 industry representative.

5 Students participated in a student poster session highlighting their own research.

Exposure to national lab environment with strong participation by ORNL, INL, and Sandia Staff

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CASL Education Summer Institute 2016Creating a new generation of LWR Designers, Scientists, and Nuclear Power Professionals

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CASL Education Goals, 2017 and BeyondCreating a new generation of LWR Designers, Scientists, and Nuclear Power Professionals

• Continue to use CASL Institute to educate students in CASL research activities and serve as a vehicle for the Industry Education Transfer Plan.

• Registration is currently underway for CASL Institute 2017. This summer it will take place at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC on June 19- 30, 2017.

– Education Program has begun regularly scheduled meetings to plan Institute

– Adjust the curriculum for CASL Institute 2017 to reflect necessary improvements

– Address Computing Issues (Expand HPC at NCSU)

– Address Export Control Issues

• Continue Undergraduate Research Scholars at NCSU and promote the establishment of similar programs at our partner Universities.

– Sponsor Student ANS Conference participation and presentations to highlight work done by undergraduate CASL researchers

• Continue REU opportunities for SCSU students to improve participation of under represented groups in CASL programs. Promote the establishment of similar programs at our partner Universities.

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