DOE NNSA SSGF Annual Program Review Agenda

Wednesday, July 20 – Friday, July 22
Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington, VA

Wednesday, July 20
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Conference RegistrationGrand Registration Desk
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. HPC Workshop (Optional)Salons A, B & C
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. New Fellows Photo SessionJefferson
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. New Attendee DinnnerSalon H
Welcome
James Corones — President, Krell Institute

Introduction to the DOE NNSA SSGF Program
John Ziebarth — Senior Vice President, Krell Institute
7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Fellows & Alumni Socialbin1700, Crystal Gateway Marriott's Lobby Level
Thursday, July 21
7:00 - 8:30 a.m. Conference RegistrationGrand Registration Desk
7:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast BuffetSalons H, J & K
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. WelcomeSalons F & G
John Ziebarth — Senior Vice President, Krell Institute
9:15 - 9:30 a.m. Welcome Salons F & G
Keith LeChien — Program Manager, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
9:30 - 10:15 a.m. Invited SpeakerSalons F & G
Todd Ditmire — Department of Physics and the Texas Center for High Intensity Laser Science, The University of Texas at Austin
"Petawatt to Exawatt Lasers: The Science and Technology of the Brightest Light Sources in History"
10:15 - 10:45 a.m. BreakFoyer, Salons F & G
Session I — Salons F & G
Moderator: Keith LeChien — National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
10:45 - 11:15 a.m. Paul Ellison — University of California, Berkeley
"Production of interesting isotopes with plutonium-242 targets"
11:15 - 11:45 a.m. Matthew Gomez — University of Michigan
"Plasma formation and the correlation with current loss in post-hole convolutes"
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. LuncheonSalon K

Laura Berzak — AAAS/APS Congressional Science Fellow; DOE NNSA SSGF Alumna
"'Political' Science"

Session II — Salons F & G
Moderator: J. Bradley Beck — Los Alamos National Laboratory
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Krystle Catalli — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"The Earth’s lowest mantle: compositional effects on the post-perovskite transition"
2:00 - 2:45 p.m. Invited Speaker
Miguel Morales — Research Scientist, Condensed Matter and Materials Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; DOE NNSA SSGF Alumnus
"Life after SSGF"
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Laboratory/Fellows' Poster Session Set UpSky View at Gateway
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. DOE Laboratory Poster Session and ReceptionSky View at Gateway
Opening Remarks (4:10 - 4:25 p.m.)
Keith LeChien — Program Manager, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Fellows' Poster Session and ReceptionSky View at Gateway
Friday, July 22
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Fellows BreakfastSalon K
Session III — Salons F & G
Moderator: Kim Budil — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Luke Roberts — University of California, Santa Cruz
"The late time core collapse supernova environment"
9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Anna (Nikiforova) Erickson — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Remote detection of fissile material: Cherenkov counters for gamma detection"
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. BreakFoyer, Salons F & G
Session IV — Salons F & G
Moderator: Robert Hanrahan — National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Angelo Signoracci — Michigan State University
"Effective interactions for nuclear structure calculations"
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Invited Speaker
Ho-Kwang (David) Mao
— Associate Director, Carnegie/DOE Alliance Center (CDAC), Carnegie Institution of Washington
“Energy Research in Extreme Environments”
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. LuncheonSalon K
Fellows' Poster Contest Awards Presentation
Essay Contest Awards Presentation
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Workshop: "Tools and Techniques for Communicating Research"Salons F & G
Dennis Meredith - Science Writer and Author of "Explaining Research: How to Reach Key Audiences to Advance Your Work"