BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-7359@eng.ufl.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T135500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T145500 DTSTAMP:20250217T160500Z URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/ne-seminar-sensitivity-and- uncertainty-analysis-in-monte-carlo-radiation-transport/ SUMMARY:NE Seminar: "Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis in Monte Carlo Ra diation Transport" DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nHigh-fidelity nuclear data are essential to a broad r ange of applications in nuclear non-proliferation\, radioisotope productio n\, and fundamental nuclear science research and are critical to the desig n\, licensing\, and operation of next-generation fission and fusion reacto rs.\nOngoing advances in computational power have greatly enhanced the acc uracy of modeling and simulation tools\, leaving nuclear data as a primary source of discrepancy between computational predictions and experimental measurements. Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis methods have found exte nsive use in criticality safety and reactor physics applications for quant ifying the impact of nuclear data uncertainty\, designing representative b enchmark experiments\, predicting computational biases\, and guiding the c alibration of uncertain nuclear data.\nThis presentation will discuss mode rn continuous-energy\, adjoint-weighted sensitivity analysis methods\, wil l highlight several applications of these methods\, and will discuss ongoi ng work to expand the areas of application for high-resolution sensitivity analysis.\nBio\nChristopher Perfetti\, Ph.D.\nAssociate Professor\nUniver sity of New Mexico\nDr. Christopher Perfetti is an Associate Professor in the Nuclear Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico. Prior to his appointment at UNM\, Chris was an R&\;D scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory\, where he served as the Sensitivity and Uncertainty A nalysis Method Team Lead for the SCALE Code Package.\nChris received B.S. and M.S. degrees in nuclear and radiological engineering from the Universi ty of Florida in 2007 and 2008\, respectively\, and his Ph.D. in nuclear e ngineering from the University of Michigan in 2012. His research interests include sensitivity and uncertainty analysis method development\, Monte C arlo method development\, advanced reactor design\, nuclear criticality sa fety\, radioisotope production\, and radiation shielding.\nChris has serve d as the Chair of the American Nuclear Society’s Reactor Physics Divisio n\, Chair of the Alpha Nu Sigma National Honor Society\, Chair of the Trin ity (NM) ANS Local Section\, and Chair of the Oak Ridge/Knoxville ANS Loca l Section. He currently serves as the Secretary of the ANS Education\, Tra ining\, and Workforce Development Division\, as the Chair of the Adult Edu cation Committee for the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History\, and as the General Chair of the upcoming M&\;C2025 topical meeting.\nIn his free time\, Chris enjoys cycling\, hiking\, and taking his daughters to museums. CATEGORIES:Seminars LOCATION:Rhines Hall Room 125\, 549 Gale Lemerand Drive\, Gainesville\, FL\ , 32611\, United States GEO:29.644403;-82.350403 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=549 Gale Lemerand Drive\, G ainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Rhines Hall Room 125:geo:29.644403,-82.350403 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR