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Elia Merzari

Google Scholar ID: XVuarkYAAAAJ

Pennsylvania State University, Argonne National Laboratory

Computational Fluid DynamicsThermal-hydraulicsAdvanced Nuclear ReactorsMultiphysicsFluid Structure Interaction

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Emailebm5351@psu.edu

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Toward Developing Machine-Learning-Aided Tools for the Thermomechanical Monitoring of Nuclear Reactor Components

2025

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Academic Achievements

[{'Project': "NEUP IRP on 'Center for thermal-fluids application in nuclear energy: Establishing the knowledgebase for thermal-hydraulic multiscale simulation to accelerate the deployment of advanced reactors'", 'Period': '2021-2023', 'Role': 'PI'}, {'Project': "NRC project 'HIGH-RESOLUTION PEBBLE BED DATA AT LOW FLOW CONDITIONS'", 'Period': '2022-2025', 'Role': 'PI'}, {'Project': 'Development of innovative overlapping-domain coupling between SAM and NEK5000', 'Period': '2020-2022', 'Role': 'Co-PI', 'Lead': 'Annalisa Manera'}, {'Project': 'Experimental Investigations and Numerical Modeling of Near-wall and Core Bypass Flows in Pebble Bed Reactors', 'Period': '2020-2023', 'Role': 'Co-PI', 'Lead': 'T. Nguyen'}, {'Project': 'High-Resolution Measurements and Advanced Modeling for Design Optimization of Advanced Small Modular Reactor Steam Generators', 'Period': '2021-2024', 'Role': 'Co-PI', 'Lead': 'Yassin Hassan'}, {'Project': 'An Innovative Monitoring Technology for the Reactor Vessel of Micro-HTGR', 'Period': '2022-2025', 'Role': 'Co-PI', 'Lead': 'Lesley Wright'}, {'Project': 'Estimation of low temperature cladding failures during an RIA transient', 'Period': '2021-2024', 'Role': 'Co-PI', 'Lead': 'Arthur Motta'}, {'Project': 'Heat Transfer Experimental and Computational Data for Molten Salt Reactors Applications', 'Period': '2020-2023', 'Role': 'Co-PI', 'Lead': 'Yassin Hassan'}, {'Project': 'High Fidelity Modeling and Experiments to inform Safety Codes for Heat Pipe Microreactors', 'Period': '2020-2013', 'Role': 'Co-PI', 'Lead': 'Annalisa Manera'}, {'Project': 'Reduced Order Modeling for Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-Fluids Analysis of Molten Salt Reactors in CRAB to Enable Uncertainty Analysis', 'Period': '2022-2025', 'Role': 'Co-PI', 'Lead': 'William Walters'}, {'Project': 'ExaSMR project (part of Exascale Computing Project) on exascale simulation of Small Modular Reactors', 'Role': 'Co-PI'}]

Research Experience

[{'Position': 'Associate Professor', 'Institution': 'Pennsylvania State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering', 'Period': '2019-Present'}, {'Position': 'Joint Appointment', 'Institution': 'Argonne National Laboratory, Mathematics and Computer Science Division', 'Period': '2013-2019'}, {'Position': 'Principal Nuclear Engineer/Nuclear Engineer', 'Institution': 'Argonne National Laboratory', 'Period': '2010-2019'}, {'Position': 'Post-Doctoral Researcher', 'Institution': 'Argonne National Laboratory', 'Period': '2009-2010'}, {'Position': 'Post-Doctoral Researcher', 'Institution': 'Tokyo Institute of Technology', 'Period': '2008-2009'}]

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