DOE Fellows Poster Exhibition 2014

The 8th Annual DOE Fellows Poster Exhibition and Competition took place on October 23, 2014. The purpose of this event was to showcase the DOE Fellows’ research accomplishments for the past year as a result of their participation in various U.S. Department of Energy – Environmental Management (DOE-EM) related applied research projects at FIU’s Applied Research Center (ARC). A total of 17 posters were exhibited. Some of the projects showcased by the students were a result of their summer 2014 internship assignments at DOE Savannah River Site, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, DOE Hanford Site, and DOE Headquarters (DOE-HQ) in Washington, DC.  Additional posters reflected the DOE Fellows’ DOE-EM applied research that they conduct at ARC as part of the DOE-FIU Cooperative Agreement sponsored research.

For some of the graduate students, these projects are also a part of their thesis towards a master’s or Ph.D. degree. This year’s panel of judges comprised of Dr. Ines Triay (ARC Executive Director), Ms. Connie Young (representing DOE’s Savannah River National Laboratory) , Dr. Konstantinos Kavallieratos (Associate Professor, FIU Department of Chemistry), and Dr. David Kadko (ARC Associate Director). This year, the poster exhibition and competition was conducted at FIU’s Engineering Center’s Panther Pit and was attended by FIU faculty, ARC personnel, and FIU students.

Under the direction of Dr. Lagos, the DOE FIU Science & Technology Workforce Development Program (http://fellows.fiu.edu ) trains and mentors FIU STEM minority students in technical areas relevant to the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management environmental remediation mission to complete the safe cleanup of the environmental legacy brought about from five decades of nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research.

The posters presented by our DOE Fellows included:

• Malware Forensics on Mobile Devices for DOE-EM Applications
  Andrew De La Rosa (Computer Engineering)
• Enraf Reference Level Updates for High-Level Nuclear Waste Tanks at Hanford Site
  Anthony Fernandez (Mechanical Engineering)
• Monitoring Mineralogical Changes Occurring in Sediments via the EARP Process
  Aref Shehadeh (Environmental Engineering)
• Erosion & Corrosion Analysis from POR104 Valve Box at Hanford
  Brian Castillo (Mechanical Engineering)
• Use of XRF to Characterize Pre-Hanford Orchards in the 100-OL-1 Operable Unit
  Christian Pino (Chemistry)
• Deliquescence Behavior of Precipitates by the Isopiestic Method
  Claudia Cardona (Environmental Engineering)
• Residual Waste Detection in HLW Tanks
  Dayron Chigin (Mechanical Engineering)
• Computational Simulation and Evolution of HLW Pipeline Plugs
  Deanna Moya (Mechanical Engineering)
• Miniature Motorized Vehicle for Department of Energy Hanford Site Tank Bottoms
  Gabriela Vazquez (Mechanical Engineering)
• Study of an Unrefined Humate Solution as a Possible Remediation Method for Groundwater Contamination
  Hansell Gonzalez (Chemistry)
• Non-Invasive Pipeline Unplugging Technology for Hanford High-Level Waste Asynchronous Pulsing System
  John Conley (Mechanical Engineering)
• Evaluation of Ammonia Gas Partitioning in Aqueous Solutions in the Presence of Bicarbonate Ions
  Maria Diaz (Environmental Engineering)
• D&D Decision Model and Mobile Application for Selection of Fixative, Strippable Coating, and Decontamination Gel Products
  Meilyn Planas (Electrical Engineering)
• Quantitative Assessment of Sustainable Remediation Options for SRS
  Natalia Duque (Environmental Engineering)
• Characterization of the Uranium-Bearing Products of the Ammonia Injection Remediation Method
  Robert Lapierre (Chemistry)
• Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Design Assessments for Hanford Waste Immobilization and Treatment Plant
  Sasha Philius (Mechanical Engineering)
• D&D Knowledge Management Information Tool Feasibility Study for Cross-Platform Mobile Applications
  Steve Noel (Computer Science)

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