Ryan M. Bergmann

Ryan M. Bergmann

rmb@berkeley.edu

Ryan is a Ph.D. student studying reactor analysis and numerical methods development. His current research involves high conversion ratio light water reactors and GPU-accelerated 3D method of characteristics (MOC) and monte carlo transport codes.

Ryan graduated from MIT in 2008 with a B.S. in nuclear engineering. He worked with the Levitated Dipole eXperiment studying plasma wave interactions, and obtained his M.S. in nuclear engineering from MIT in 2009.  He is also a member of Alpha Nu Sigma, the nuclear science and engineering national honor society.

Publications:

  • R. M. Bergmann, J. L. Vujic, N. A. Fischer, "2D Mono-Energetic Particle Transport on a GPU,"  ANS Winter Meeting Transactions, November 2012.
  • T. Downar, A. Hall, D. Jabaay, A. Ward, E. Greenspan, F. Ganda, F. Bartoloni, R. Bergmann, C. Varela, C. DiSanzo, M. Kazimi, A. Karahan, E. Shwageraus, B. Feng, B. Herman, "Technical Evaluation of the Hitachi Resource-Renewable BWR (RBWR) Design Concept," EPRI Technical Report 1025086, April 2012.
  • J. Vujic, R. M. Bergmann, R. Skoda, M. Miletic, "Small modular reactors: Simpler, safer, cheaper?" Energy (2012), doi:10.1016/j.energy.2012.01.078
  • A. C. Boxer, R. Bergmann, J. L. Ellsworth, D. T. Garnier, J. Kesner, M. E. Mauel & P. Woskov, "Turbulent inward pinch of plasma confined by a levitated dipole magnet," Nature Physics, 24 January 2010, doi:10.1038/nphys1510

Abstracts / Presentations:

  • R. M. Bergmann, J. L. Vujic, N. A. Fischer, "2D Mono-Energetic Particle Transport on a GPU,"  ANS Winter Meeting Poster Competition, 2012 November 11-15, San Diego, California.
  • Vladimir Mozin, Jasmina Vujic, Bernhard Ludewigt, Ryan M. Bergmann, "Feasibility of the Delayed Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy for Nuclear Materials Assay," Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications (SORMA), 2012 May 14-16, Oakland, California.
  • Ryan M. Bergmann, Lazar Supic, Vladimir Mozin, Bernhard Ludewigt, Jasmina Vujic, "Delayed Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy for Non-Destructive Assay of Nuclear Materials," University and Industry Technical Interchange (UITI), 2011 Dec 6-8, Oakland, California.
  • Ryan Bergmann, Tommy Cisneros, Christian Di Sanzo, Brian Frisbie, Ehud Greenspan, “A Search for Optimal Blanket Design for the LIFE Fusion-Fission Reactor,” The Third International Symposium on Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems (INES), 2010 Oct 31 – Nov 3, Tokyo, Japan, pg. 23, P-105.
  • R. M. Bergmann, A. C. Boxer, et al., “Observation of low-frequency oscillations in LDX with an angular electrostatic probe,” American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Conference, 2008 Nov 17-21, Dallas, Texas, pg.73 CP6-87

Awards:

  • Departmental Award for Excellence as a Graduate Student Instructor