Congratulations to DOE Fellows Aurelien Meray and Derek Gabaldon for winning the graduate and undergraduate student poster competition at the Waste Management 2021 (WM2021) Virtual Conference.
Aurelien Meray (Computer Science)
In situ sensors prove to be a powerful alternative to traditional groundwater sampling and laboratory analysis; particularly for monitoring master variables that are often leading indicators of changes prior to plume movement. Aurelien’s research is supporting an Advanced Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Systems (ALTEMIS) project at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) that is focused on the development of a machine learning python package (pyLEnM) to analyze groundwater datasets effectively. The title of his poster is “pyLEnM: Machine Learning and Analytics Toolkit for Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Using a Remote Sensing Network”. Aurelien joined the DOE Fellows Program in November 2019 and is pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science at Florida International University (FIU).
pyLEnM: Machine Learning and Analytics Toolkit for Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Using a Remote Sensing Network by Aurelien Meray
Derek Gabaldon (Mechanical Engineering)
The title of Derek’s poster is “Assessing the Effects of Vibrational Forces on the Performance of Fixative Materials in Mitigating Risk During D&D Activities”, and focuses on assessing the viability of intumescent materials as a fire resistant “plug” to possibly immobilize residual contamination in 3-dimensional voids found in Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear sites, addressing the potential for release of radioactive contamination which is a major concern during decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) activities. He is studying various stressors including impact, water submersion, and thermal. Derek also joined the DOE Fellows Program in 2019 and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering at FIU.
Assessing the Effects of Vibrational Forces on the Performance of Fixative Materials in Mitigating Risk During D&D Activities by Derek Gabaldon
We are very proud of our DOE Fellows’ achievements. GANAS!!!