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Senior Leadership Team (description)

Doug Kothe Director kothe@ornl.gov 865-241-9392
Douglas Burns Deputy Director douglas.burns@inl.gov 208-526-2051
Paul Turinsky Chief Scientist turinsky@ncsu.edu 919-515-5098

Technical Focus Areas (description)

Advanced Modeling Applications (AMA)

Jess Gehin Lead gehinjc@ornl.gov 865-576-5093
Zeses Karoutas Deputy Lead karoutze@westinghouse.com 803-647-2064
Steve Hess Deputy Lead shess@epri.com 484-753-3677

Materials Performance & Optimization (MPO)

Chris Stanek Lead stanek@lanl.gov 505-664-0361
Brian Wirth Deputy Lead bdwirth@utk.edu 865-974-2554

Radiation Transport Methods (RTM)

Bill Martin Lead wrm@umich.edu 734-764-5534
Tom Evans Deputy Lead evanstm@ornl.gov 865-576-353

Thermal Hydraulics Methods (THM)

Mark Christon Lead christon@lanl.gov 505-663-5124
Emilio Baglietto Deputy Lead emiliob@mit.edu 617-253-4231

Virtual Reactor Integration (VRI)

John Turner Lead turnerja@ornl.gov 865-241-3943
Randy Summers Deputy Lead rmsumme@sandia.gov 505-844-6296

Validation & Uncertainty Quantification (VUQ)

Jim Stewart Lead jrstewa@sandia.gov 505-844-8630
Mike Pernice Deputy Lead Michael.pernice@inl.gov 208-526-9480

Product Integrators

Zeses Karoutas Challenge Problems, Lead karoutze@westinghouse.com 860-384-1923
Jeff Secker Challenge Problems, CRUD seckerjr@westinghouse.com 412-374-2157
Ken Yueh Challenge Problems, GTRF  kyueh@epri.com 704-595-2613
Rob Montgomery Challenge Problems, PCI  robert.montgomery@pnnl.gov 509-371-6231
Gregg Swindlehurst Challenge Problems, RIA, LOCA gsnuclear@bellsouth.net 704-651-7130
Yixing Sung Challenge Problems, DNB sungy@westinghouse.com 412-374-2105
Nam Dinh Validation Data nam.dinh@inl.gov 208-526-2242
Scott Palmtag Core Simulator  scott.palmtag@corephysics.com 910-620-6540

Product Applications Coordinator

Rose Montgomery Lead rmontgomery@tva.gov 423-751-3067

Councils (description)

Industry Council

John Gaertner, Chair EPRI jgaertner@epri.com 704-595-2666

Science Council

William Oberkampf, Chair Consultant wloconsulting@gmail.com 512-240-5560

Operations Management and Support

Jeff Banta Program Manager bantajp@ornl.gov 865-574-7263
Jeff Cornett Partnership Manager cornettjb@ornl.gov 865-241-3807
John Gilligan Education Program Coordinator john_gilligan@ncsu.edu 919-513-7144
Judson Hightower Legal Program Manager hightowerjr1@ornl.gov 865-576-3767
April Lewis Collaboration & Ideation Officer lewisaa@ornl.gov 865-576-2045
Victoria Shope Financial Officer shopevc@ornl.gov 865-574-7295
Matt Sieger Quality Manager seigermt@ornl.gov 865-574-2289
Mark Uhran Communications uhranml@ornl.gov 865-574-8381
Linda Weltman Executive Administrative Support weltmanlk@ornl.gov 865-574-9970

Outreach

John Gilligan Education Program Director john_gilligan@ncsu.edu 919-513-7144
Mark Uhran Communications Coordinator uhranml@ornl.gov 865-574-8381