PNNL

With the meeting theme of “Breaking Borders, Building Bonds,” NORM 2024 brings together scientists and engineers from academia, industry, and government on interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and cross-disciplinary topics and studies in chemistry. 

Featured PNNL Presentations

Track: 3D Printing of Biomaterials and Drug Delivery

91. Development of biomimetic functional materials using sequence-defined peptoids

Monday, June 24, 8:30 a.m. PT
Presenter: Chun-Long Chen

Track: Advancements and Training in Nuclear Materials Processing and Sensing in Harsh Environments

98. Three decades of process monitoring applications directed toward the nuclear fuel cycle

Monday, June 24, 8:30 a.m. PT
Presenter: Samuel Bryan 
Authors: S.A. Bryan, A. Lines, G. Nelson, J. Bello

100. Utilizing spectroscopic on-line monitoring to study the mass balance in a simulated TALSPEAK process

Monday, June 24, 9:30 a.m. PT
Presenter: Poki Tse 
Authors: P. Tse, N.P. Bessen, A. Espley, H. Felmy, H. Lackey, R. Rodrigues, A. Parekh, S. Potter, G. Nelson, J. Allred, G.B. Hall, B. Seiner, G.J. Lumetta, S.A. Bryan, A. Lines

369. Image analysis of particulate debris laced with luminescent tracers

Monday, June 24, 2:00 p.m. PT
Presenter: Lance Hubbard 
Authors: L. Hubbard, a. bautista, M. DeSmet, S. Muller, S. Milley, C. Reed, A. Nicholas, A. Williams, A. Casella, A. Carman

372. Exploring complex molten salt chemistry through chemimetric analysis

Monday, June 24, 3:30 p.m. PT
Presenter: Shirmir Branch
Authors: S.D. Branch, J.M. Rakos, S. Choi, H. Felmy, A. Schafer Medina, S.A. Bryan, A. Lines

Track: Advances in Actinide and Lanthanide Chemistry

XXX. Exploring Actinide Optical Properties through Extended Frameworks

Tuesday, June 25, 4:30 p.m. PT
Presenter: Gian Surbella 
Authors: R. G. Surbella III, A. Arteaga, and A. Nicholas

Track: Advancing Chemistry through Computation and Artificial Intelligence

112. ChemReasoner: Heuristic search over a large language model's knowledge space using quantum-chemical feedback

Monday, June 24, 8:30 a.m. PT
Presenter: Sutanay Choudhury

Track: Breaking Borders and Building Bonds at the Limits of Detection

276. Pushing analytical detection limits to investigate high-purity materials for dark matter detectors

Wednesday, June 26, 9:30 a.m. PT
Presenters: Maria Laura di Vacri, Tyler Schlieder
Authors: M. di Vacri, T. Schlieder, N. Rocco, I. Arnquist, K. Hobbs, A. French

Track: Breaking Borders in the Nuclear Science Enterprise

349. Progress in Hanford tank waste treatment

Wednesday, June 26, 8:30 a.m. PT
Presenter: Tom Brouns 

352. Re-evaluating the value proposition of recycling used nuclear fuel

Wednesday, June 26, 11:00 a.m. PT
Presenter: Amanda Lines 
Authors: A. Lines, W. Nutt, S. Arm, G.B. Hall, G.J. Lumetta, P. Paviet, B. Riley, B.N. Seiner, P.K. Thallapally, A. Zbib

351. Towards real time optimization of chemical processing of a nuclear forensics sample

Wednesday, June 26, 10:20 a.m. PT
Presenter: Nic Uhnak
Authors: N.E. Uhnak, M. Dinpajooh, A.M. Ritzmann, R. Overstreet, L.A. Metz

Track: Computation in Molecular Sciences

172. Unleashed from constrained optimization: Quantum computing for quantum chemistry employing generator coordinate method

Monday, June 24, 3:30 p.m. PT
Presenter: Bo Peng

Track: Materials in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: From Cradle to Grave

238. Leach test diffusivity parameters accuracy for cementitious waste forms models

Tuesday, June 25, 10:20 a.m. PT
Presenter: Alessandra Lie Fujii Yamagata 
Authors: A. Fujii Yamagata, R. Skeen, G. Smith, R.M. Asmussen

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Stop by our booth at the NORM 2024 Academic & Employment Recruitment Fair—held June 25 at the Compton Union Building on Washington State University's Pullman campus—to learn about opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, and beyond.