HTTL researchers' inventions and publications have cemented the program's reputation in the international community. HTTL scientists have designed, fabricated, and demonstrated heaters capable of maintaining high-temperature nuclear reactor core materials at their melting temperatures.

 

Journal Publications

2015

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2012

2011

 

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

2015

  • J. Daw, J. Rempe, J. Palmer, P. Ramuhalli, R. Montgomery, H-T. Chien, B. Tittmann, B. Reinhardt, and G. Kohse "Ultrasonic Transducer Irradiation Test Results," 9th International Conference on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human–Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC & HMIT 2015), Charlotte, NC, February 2015.

2014

2013

2012

  • Crawford, A. L., “Force Control and Nonlinear Master-Slave Force Profile to Manage an Admittance Type Multi-Fingered Haptic User Interface," Proceedings of ISRCS 2012, Salt Lake City, UT, August, 2012.

  • Crawford, A. L., “Nonlinear Force Profile Used to Increase the Performance of a Haptic User Interface for Teleoperating a Robotic Hand," Proceedings of NPIC & HMIT, San Diego, CA, 2012.

2011

  • J. Rempe, D. Knudson, J. Daw, T. Unruh, B. Chase, K. Condie, J. Palmer, and K. Davis, "Enhanced In-pile Instrumentation at the Advanced Test Reactor," Second International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA2011), Ghent, Belgium, June 2011.

 

Patents/Invention Disclosures

2015

  • "Hot wire needle prove for thermal conductivity detection," US patent filed by Battelle Energy Alliance (IDR # BA-459) on behalf of DOE (Serial Number 13/648,502), Patent 9,182,364. Inventors: Keith G. Condie, Joy L. Rempe, Darrell L. Knudson, Joshua E. Daw, S. Curtis Wilkins, Brandon S. Fox, and Heng Ban.

2011

  • "High Temperature In-Pile Elongation Measurements," US patent filed by Battelle Energy Alliance (IDR #BA-311) on behalf of DOE (Serial Number 12/419,916), Patent 8,065,810. Inventors: Joy L. Rempe, Darrell L. Knudson, Joshua E. Daw, Keith G. Condie, and Carl M. Stoots.

  • "High Temperature Thermocouple Design and Fabrication," US patent filed by Battelle Energy Alliance (IDR #BA-142) on behalf of DOE (Serial Number 11/678,901), Patent 7,871,198. Inventors: Joy L. Rempe, Darrell L. Knudson, Keith G. Condie, and S. C. Wilkins.

 

2004 - 2010 Publications and Patents