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2025 ETI Workshop — February 4, Tuesday

7:30–8:30 (ET): Breakfast and Registration

8:30–9:00 (ET): Welcome Remarks and Keynote Presentations

Anna Erickson, ETI Consortium Director, Professor,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Welcome and ETI Overview
Jon Baker, Deputy Director,
Office of Proliferation Detection Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D, NNSA
NNSA Overview

9:00–10:30 (ET): Thrust Area 3: Novel Instrumentation for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Monitoring

Session Chair: Prof. Raymond Cao, The Ohio State University

Raymond Cao, Professor
The Ohio State University
TA3 Achievements
Mackenzie Duce, Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
Triple Pulse Shape Discrimination via Polysiloxane Scintillators for Mixed Field Imaging[Abstract];
[Presentation Slides]
Allen Challie Wood III, Student
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Response Time Characteristics of Perovskite Direct Radiation Detectors[Abstract];
[Presentation Slides]
Natalie Cannon, Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Development of a Real-Time Neutron Noise Analysis System for Fuel Debris Removal at Fukushima Daiichi[Abstract];
[Presentation Slides]
Alex Bocchieri, Student
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scintillation Event Imaging with Improved Light Collection[Abstract];
[Presentation Slides]
Yuguo Tao, Senior Research Engineer
Georgia Institute of Technology
Development of Advanced Silicon Photomultipliers for Photon Sensing[Abstract];
[Presentation Slides]

10:30–10:45 (ET): Break and Poster Setup

10:45–11:45 (ET): Advanced Manufacturing for Nonproliferation

Session Chair: Prof. Steven Biegalski, Georgia Institute of Technology

Steven Biegalski, Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
TA2 Achievements[Presentation Slides]
Francisco Gonzalez-Castillo, Student
The University of Texas at Austin
Investigating the Physical Origins of Acoustic Signatures in Metal Additive Manufacturing[Abstract];
[Presentation Slides]
Alec Mangan, Student
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Investigating the Physical Origins of Acoustic Signatures in Metal Additive Manufacturing[Abstract];
Avery Nguyen, Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SAXS investigations of α-irradiated PTFE for retrospective uranium accountancy[Abstract];
[Presentation Slides]

11:45–12:00 (ET): ETI Academic Program Achievements

Pavel Tsvetkov, Professor
Texas A&M University
ETI Academic Program Achievements[Presentation Slides]

12:00–13:00 (ET): Lunch

13:00–13:45 (ET): Poster Presentation / Discussion

(#1) Andrew Fishberg, Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Collaborative SLAM for Facilitating Radiological Search and Mapping with UWB Enabled Multi-Agent Aerial Platforms[Abstract]
(#2) Robert Malinas, Student
University of Michigan
High-Dimensional Sequential Change Detection[Abstract];
[Poster]
(#3) Caiser Bravo, Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
Multitask Learning of Scanning Electron Extending the RETINA System’s Detector Sensitivities[Abstract];
[Poster]
(#4) Julia Nakhleh, Student
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Effects of Multi-Task Learning on Neural Network Functions[Abstract];
[Poster]
(#5) Hugh Nunnally, Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
3D Printer Acoustic Analysis and Signal Processing[Abstract];
[Poster]
(#6) Gracie Eccleston, Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
Carbon Nanotube Based X-ray Generators[Abstract];
[Poster]
(#7) Daryl Giglio, Student
The Ohio State University
Characterization of 4H-Silicon Carbide Schottky Barrier Diodes for High Temperature Applications[Abstract]
(#8) Mackenzie Duce, Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
Triple Pulse Shape Discrimination via Polysiloxane Scintillators for Mixed Field Imaging[Abstract];
[Poster]
(#9) Lucas McKown, Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
Chemiresistive Functionalization of Carbon Nanotube Forests for Chemical Detection[Abstract];
[Poster]
(#10) Kate Thompson, Student
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Remote Detection of Hyperspectral Bioindicators for Metal-induced Vegetative Stress[Abstract]
(#11) Angela Corinne Hill, Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
Progress in Characterizing Boron-10 Doped Polysiloxane-based Scintillators Using GEANT4[Abstract];
[Poster]
(#12) Erick Lassair, Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
Absorbed Dose Degradation of PSD-Capable Polysiloxane Organic Scintillators[Abstract];
[Poster]

13:45–14:00 (ET): Break

14:00–15:30 (ET): Thrust Area 1: Computer & Engineering Sciences for Nonproliferation

Session Chair: Prof. Paul Wilson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Paul Wilson, Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
TA1 Achievements[Presentation Slides]
Andrew Fishberg, Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Collaborative SLAM for Facilitating Radiological Search and Mapping with UWB Enabled Multi-Agent Aerial Platforms[Abstract]
Sarah Popenhagen, Student
University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa
Effects of Variations in Noise Training Data on Performance of Near-real-time Rocket Detection Machine Learning Models[Abstract];
[Presentation Slides]
Rui de Gouvea Pinto, Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
Optimizing Measurement Selection for Autonomous Radiological Search[Abstract];
[Presentation Slides]
Daniel Watson, Student
Texas A&M University
Design Engineering Options for Autonomous Surveillance Satellite Platforms in Nuclear Security Domains[Abstract]
[Presentation Slides]
Conrad Hougen, Student
University of Michigan
Multi-Scale Geometric Co-Authorship Models for Nuclear Nonproliferation[Abstract];
[Presentation Slides]

15:30–15:45 (ET): Break

15:45–16:45 (ET): National Lab Recruitment Session

16:45–17:00 (ET): Closing Remarks

Anna Erickson, ETI Consortium Director, Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
Jon Baker, Deputy Director
Office of Proliferation Detection Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D, NNSA

17:00–19:00 (ET): Reception

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