School: Georgia Institute of Technology

Began Rickover Fellowship: September 2005

Lab Assignment: Bettis - July 2007 and May-July 2008

Lab Mentor: Dr. Bernard Bandini

Degree(s):
B.S. Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Expected Graduation Date: May 2010

University Advisor: Dr. Farzad Rahnema

Field of Study: Computational reactor physics

Email Address: jmpounders@gatech.edu

Summary of Research:

Publications:

1. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, G. Ilas, “CANDU Core Calculations With Monte Carlo Based Homogenized Cross Sections," 2005 ANS Summer Meeting, 2005, San Diego, California.
   
   
2. J. Pounders, “Stochastically Generated Multigroup Diffusion Coefficients,” MS Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, December, 2006.
   
   
3. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, R. J. J. Stamm’ler, "Stochastically Generated Multigroup Cross Sections,“ PHYTRA1: First International Conference on Physics and Technology of Reactors and Applications, March 14-16, 2007, Marrakech, Morocco.

4. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, R. Szilard, "Flux-Limited Diffusion Coefficients in Reactor Physics Applications,“ Joint International Topical Meeting on Mathematics & Computation and Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications (M&C+SNA 2007), April 15-19, 2007, Monterey, California.
   
   
5. J. Pounders, B. Bandini, Y. Xu, T. Downar, “Calculation of Accurate Discontinuity Factors for PARCS,” 2007 RELAP5 International User’s Group Seminar (IRUG), November 2007, Idaho Falls, ID.
   
   
6. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, S. Mosher, D. Serghiuta, P. Turinksy, H. Sarsour, “Cross Section Homogenization Analysis for a Simplified CANDU Reactor,” International Conference on Reactor Physics, Nuclear Power: A Sustainable Resource, September 14-19, 2008, Interlaken, Switzerland.
   
   
7. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, D. Serghiuta, “Cross Section Condensation and Homogenization Analysis for a Stylized CANDU 37-Element Lattice Cell Core,” 2008 ANS Winter Meeting, November 9-13, 2008, Reno, Nevada.
   
   
8. J. Pounder, F. Rahnema, “On the Diffusion Coefficient for Reactor Physics Applications,” to appear in Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2009.
   
   
9. Z. Zhang, F. Rahnema, D. Zhang, A. Ougouag, “A Simplified 2D HTTR Benchmark Problem.” International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods & Reactor Physics (M&C 2009), May 3-7, 2009, Saratoga Springs, NY.