
Practicum Experience(s)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2024)
Annual Program Review Abstracts
Publications
C.A. Walsh, S.T. O'Neill, D.J.Strozzi, L.S. Leal, R. Spiers, A.J. Crilly, B. Pollock, H. Sio, B. Hammel, B.Z. Djordjevic, O. Hurricane, J.P. Chittenden, J.D. Moody: Magnetized ICF implosions: ignition at low laser energy using designs with more ablator mass remaining, Submitted to Physics of Plasmas (2025) arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03919
R. Spiers, A. Bose, C. Frank, B. Lahmann, J. Moody, H. Sio, D. Strozzi: Hot-spot model for inertial confinement fusion implosions with an applied magnetic field, Submitted to Physics of Plasmas (2025) arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.00186.
R. Spiers, J. Kalivas: Local Adaptive Fusion Regression (LAFR) for Local Linear Multivariate Calibration: Application to Large Datasets, Applied Spectroscopy, doi: 10.1177/00037028241308538 (2025)
R. Spiers, J. Kalivas: Physicochemical Responsive Integrated Similarity Measure (PRISM) for a Comprehensive Quantitative Perspective of Sample Similarity Dynamically Assessed with NIR Spectra, Analytical Chemistry, doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01616 (2023).
R. Spiers, J. Kalivas: Calibration Model Updating to New Sample and Measurement Conditions without Reference values, Analytical Chemistry, doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00578 (2021).
R. Spiers, J. Kalivas: Reliable Model Selection without Reference Values by Utilizing Model Diversity with Prediction Similarity, J. Chem. Inf. Model., doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.0c01493 (2021).
E. Struhs, S. Hansen, A. Mirkouei, M. Ramirez-Corredores, K. Sharma, R. Spiers, J. Kalivas: Ultrasonic-Assisted Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation for Upgrading Pyrolysis-oil, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105502 (2021).
Awards
Outstanding Student Award, Idaho State University, 2022.
Undergraduate Award in Applied Spectroscopy, Society of Applied Spectroscopy, 2021.
First prize of Student Poster Award, FACSS SciX Conference, 2019.
Posters on the Hill Winner, Council for Undergraduate Research, 2021.
Dean's List, Idaho State University, 2018-2022.