Committee & Speakers
Chairs

Markus H.A. Piro, P.Eng., PhD, Chair
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Lori Walters, P.Eng., Co-Chair
Manager Advanced Reactor Program Development, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada
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Laurent Karim Béland, P.Eng., PhD., Co-Chair
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Read more about Laurent Karim Béland, P.Eng., PhD., Co-ChairInternational Advisory Committee
CG
Christine Guéneau
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission Saclay Center, Gif sur Yvette, France
JRK
J. Rory Kennedy
Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, USA

MS
Michael Short
Associate Professor in Nuclear Engineering, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT, USA
GW
Gary Was
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
SY
Shinsuke Yamanaka
The University of Osaka, Department of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Suita, Japan

Steven J. Zinkle
The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Read more about Steven J. ZinkleTrack 1: Thermodynamics and Thermal Properties of Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Co-Chair: Mouna Saoudi
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada
Read more about Co-Chair: Mouna SaoudiTrack 2: Structural and Functional Materials
CLS
Chair: Lance Snead
Stony Brook University, USA
CSP
Co-Chair: Suraj Persaud
Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Track 3: Modelling and Simulation of Nuclear Fuels
Co-Chair: Andrew Prudil
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada
Read more about Co-Chair: Andrew PrudilTrack 4: Modelling and Simulation of Structural Materials
Track 5: Behaviour of Materials During Severe Accidents
Co-Chair: Martin Steinbrueck
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Read more about Co-Chair: Martin SteinbrueckTrack 6: Radiation Damage Processes in Materials
Track 7: Characterization of Irradiated Fuels and Materials, and Techniques
CAC
Chair: Anne Campbell
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Track 8: Materials for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Co-Chair: Ondrej Benes
European Commission Joint Research Centre, Brussels, Belgium
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