February Program American Chemical Society

Speaker:

Dr. Jasmina Vujic
Chair, Department of Nuclear Engineering
University of California at Berkeley

Topic:

"Revival of Nuclear Energy Option and Hydrogen Economy"

Date:

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Place:

Spenger's Fish Grotto
1919 Fourth Street
Berkeley, CA

Time:

6:00 PM
7:00 PM
8:00 PM

Social Hour (No Host Bar)
Dinner
Program

Price:

$32.00

Students/Chemists Seeking Employment pay half price: includes salad, entree, dessert, beverage, tax & tip.

Entrees:

Grilled Salmon, Grilled Chicken, or Grilled Veggies with Polenta
Please indicate your entree choice when making your reservation.

Reservations for California Section events can be made by calling (925) 287-8055, or emailing office@calacs.org no later than Feb. 17, 2006.

Driving Directions to Spenger's: From Hwy 80 take the University Ave. exit. Head away from the bay. Left on Sixth St. Left on Hearst St. Left on Fourth St.

BART: Exit at the North Berkeley Station. Head South to University Ave. Turn Right. Proceed 1.3 miles to Fourth St. Turn Right.

Abstract
This country has neglected nuclear energy for the last 20 or 30 years, but nuclear energy will be the way of the future if the United States wants to have energy independence and reduce the human influence on global climate.

Besides electricity, one of the outputs of a nuclear power plant is heat, and with some of the new designs, those high temperatures could be used for efficient production of hydrogen. With the growing concerns about the energy cost, supply and CO² emissions of fossil fuels, nuclear power appears increasingly attractive as an energy source to many. Even with seemingly so many pluses, and support from the current presidential administration, a nuclear revival could be a tough sell to the public. This presentation will view the recent advances in nuclear energy technologies, safety considerations and economics, and address possibilities of new nuclear power plant construction in the US in the near future.

Biography

Dr. Vujic's career started as a researcher and lecturer at the Nuclear Science Institute, Vinca, Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 1977. In 1989 after getting her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, she joined the staff at Argonne National Laboratory. In 1992 she joined the staff in the Nuclear Engineering Department at UC Berkeley as an Assistant Professor and is now Professor and Chairman of the department. In addition Dr. Vujic is Director of the Davis Etcheverry Computing Facility and Director of the Advanced Nuclear Engineering Computing Laboratory. Both facilities provide computing services for advanced research and teaching for various departments at UCB.

Areas of Expertise
Physics of fission reactors. Advanced nuclear reactor analysis and design. Development of modern numerical methods in radiation transport (collision probability, method of characteristics, Monte Carlo). Optimization techniques for vector and parallel processing. Shielding, radiation protection, and health physics. Analysis of the environmental and radiological safety characteristics of fusion/fission systems. Medical application of radiation in cancer diagnostic and therapy, BNCT. Accelerator-based neutron sources; D-D and D-T. Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in reactor physics and reactor analysis, numerical methods in reactor analysis, and dosimetry and shielding.

Professional Achievement and Awards
Jasmina Vujic is an internationally recognized expert in the advanced method development for reactor analysis and design, as well as for medical applications of radiation. Her general geometry collision probability code GTRAN2 has been licensed to General Electric and Toshiba. Also, the GTRAN2 code was chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy in 1991 as the computational methodology for assembly design of the MHTGR core for tritium production.
Dr. Vujic is a member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and has held various executive positions in several divisions of ANS. She is a member of American Health Physics Society. Dr. Vujic is also a President of the Association of Electrical Engineers, alumni of the University of Belgrade (the ETF Belgrade Alumni and Friends Association in the U.S.). In 2001 she organized and co-chaired an international conference on environmental recovery of Yugoslavia. Since 1992, Dr. Vujic has given over 80 invited presentations/lectures in the U.S. and abroad (China, Japan, S. Korea, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Bulgaria). She is a reviewer for Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Journal of Computational Physics, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Progress in Nuclear Energy, and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Dr. Vujic has received many awards including: the 1996 Prytanean Faculty Award at University of California at Berkeley; the Best Paper Award at the 1991 ANS Winter Meeting in San Francisco, CA; the 1991 Argonne National Laboratory Annual Exceptional Performance Award; the Best Program Award at the Int. Topl. Mtg. on Advances in Mathematics, Computations, and Reactor Physics, Pittsburgh, PA, in 1991; the 1989 Distinguished Achievement Award for outstanding work in Nuclear Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, and the Exceptional Teaching Award, Nuclear Sciences Institute, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1982). She is holder of one patent and authored close to 200 publications, including over 60 research papers published in leading archival journals, as well as several awarded papers. She has been consultant for General Electric, Transware, VeriTainer, and other companies.

California Section American Chemical Society February Program
Speaker:	Dr. Jasmina Vujic Chair, Department of Nuclear Engineering University of California at Berkeley
Topic:	"Revival of Nuclear Energy Option and Hydrogen Economy"
Date:	Thursday, February 23, 2006
Place:	Spenger's Fish Grotto 1919 Fourth Street Berkeley, CA
Time:	6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM	Social Hour (No Host Bar) Dinner Program
Price:	$32.00	Students/Chemists Seeking Employment pay half price: includes salad, entree, dessert, beverage, tax & tip.
Entrees:	Grilled Salmon, Grilled Chicken, or Grilled Veggies with Polenta Please indicate your entree choice when making your reservation.
Reservations for California Section events can be made by calling (925) 287-8055, or emailing office@calacs.org no later than Feb. 17, 2006.
Driving Directions to Spenger's: From Hwy 80 take the University Ave. exit. Head away from the bay. Left on Sixth St. Left on Hearst St. Left on Fourth St.
BART: Exit at the North Berkeley Station. Head South to University Ave. Turn Right. Proceed 1.3 miles to Fourth St. Turn Right.
Abstract This country has neglected nuclear energy for the last 20 or 30 years, but nuclear energy will be the way of the future if the United States wants to have energy independence and reduce the human influence on global climate. Besides electricity, one of the outputs of a nuclear power plant is heat, and with some of the new designs, those high temperatures could be used for efficient production of hydrogen. With the growing concerns about the energy cost, supply and CO² emissions of fossil fuels, nuclear power appears increasingly attractive as an energy source to many. Even with seemingly so many pluses, and support from the current presidential administration, a nuclear revival could be a tough sell to the public. This presentation will view the recent advances in nuclear energy technologies, safety considerations and economics, and address possibilities of new nuclear power plant construction in the US in the near future.
Biography Dr. Vujic's career started as a researcher and lecturer at the Nuclear Science Institute, Vinca, Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 1977. In 1989 after getting her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, she joined the staff at Argonne National Laboratory. In 1992 she joined the staff in the Nuclear Engineering Department at UC Berkeley as an Assistant Professor and is now Professor and Chairman of the department. In addition Dr. Vujic is Director of the Davis Etcheverry Computing Facility and Director of the Advanced Nuclear Engineering Computing Laboratory. Both facilities provide computing services for advanced research and teaching for various departments at UCB. Areas of Expertise Physics of fission reactors. Advanced nuclear reactor analysis and design. Development of modern numerical methods in radiation transport (collision probability, method of characteristics, Monte Carlo). Optimization techniques for vector and parallel processing. Shielding, radiation protection, and health physics. Analysis of the environmental and radiological safety characteristics of fusion/fission systems. Medical application of radiation in cancer diagnostic and therapy, BNCT. Accelerator-based neutron sources; D-D and D-T. Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in reactor physics and reactor analysis, numerical methods in reactor analysis, and dosimetry and shielding. Professional Achievement and Awards Jasmina Vujic is an internationally recognized expert in the advanced method development for reactor analysis and design, as well as for medical applications of radiation. Her general geometry collision probability code GTRAN2 has been licensed to General Electric and Toshiba. Also, the GTRAN2 code was chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy in 1991 as the computational methodology for assembly design of the MHTGR core for tritium production. Dr. Vujic is a member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and has held various executive positions in several divisions of ANS. She is a member of American Health Physics Society. Dr. Vujic is also a President of the Association of Electrical Engineers, alumni of the University of Belgrade (the ETF Belgrade Alumni and Friends Association in the U.S.). In 2001 she organized and co-chaired an international conference on environmental recovery of Yugoslavia. Since 1992, Dr. Vujic has given over 80 invited presentations/lectures in the U.S. and abroad (China, Japan, S. Korea, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Bulgaria). She is a reviewer for Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Journal of Computational Physics, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Progress in Nuclear Energy, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Dr. Vujic has received many awards including: the 1996 Prytanean Faculty Award at University of California at Berkeley; the Best Paper Award at the 1991 ANS Winter Meeting in San Francisco, CA; the 1991 Argonne National Laboratory Annual Exceptional Performance Award; the Best Program Award at the Int. Topl. Mtg. on Advances in Mathematics, Computations, and Reactor Physics, Pittsburgh, PA, in 1991; the 1989 Distinguished Achievement Award for outstanding work in Nuclear Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, and the Exceptional Teaching Award, Nuclear Sciences Institute, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1982). She is holder of one patent and authored close to 200 publications, including over 60 research papers published in leading archival journals, as well as several awarded papers. She has been consultant for General Electric, Transware, VeriTainer, and other companies.