Researchers at the Thermal Hydraulics Research Laboratory have conducted experiments and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations investigating the dynamics of a human sneeze. Objectives Droplets and aerosols ejected during the human sneeze possibly contains infectious [Read more…]
Researchers at the Thermal Hydraulics Research Laboratory have conducted experiments studying the efficacy of homemade and mass-produced masks. Supplies of mass-produced masks have decreased as the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, necessitating the use of homemade masks. Objectives Face masks [Read more…]
The 2019 ANS Student Conference was held at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. Students from the Thermal Hydraulic Research Laboratory presented research in the Thermal Hydraulics and Fluids Division. From the seven universities present within the division, our laboratory took home [Read more…]
Gerrit Botha, a PhD candidate of the Thermal-Hydraulic Research Laboratory, won the best student poster for the US award at the International Conference on Nuclear Engineering ICONE26 hosted in London, with the title, “The Influence of Pebble Placement on the Wake of Tandem Pebbles in a Free [Read more…]
Stephen King and Nolan Goth have been selected for the U.S Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Office of Nuclear Technology R&D 2018 Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Award. Stephen King, undergraduate student from the Nuclear Engineering Department is currently working [Read more…]
Congratulations to the students of the thermal-hydraulic research laboratory for the “Best Undergraduate Paper & Presentation in the Thermal Hydraulics Division” award at the 2018 American Nuclear Society Student Conference, with their article entitled “Analysis of Radial Velocity [Read more…]
During the Fifth Advanced Reactors Technical Summit & Technology Trailblazers Showcase (February 20-22, 2018 – College Station, Texas), Ms. Suzanne Jaworowski visited the thermal-hydraulic research laboratory. During the tour, Suzie visited the test facilities used to study the Advanced Reactor [Read more…]
