Grants:
Federal:
- "Statistical Learning Based Multiscale Safety Analysis Framework for Advanced Reactors," Amount of Funding: $500,000($210,000), Funding Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Lead: Kansas State University), Project Period: 2021-2024
- "Virginia Commonwealth University Faculty Development Program in Advanced non-LWR Nuclear Reactor Design and Thermal Hydraulics", Amount of Funding: $450,000, Funding Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Project Period: 2021-2024
- "Advanced Manufacturing and Demonstration of Molten Salt Pump," Amount of Funding: $200,000($60,000), Funding Agency: Department of Energy (Lead: CINCO Research Corporation), Project Period: 2021-2022
- "Embedded Fiber Optic Sensors for High Temperature Flow Measurements," Amount of Funding: $200,000($56,000), Funding Agency: Department of Energy (LUNA Innovations), Project Period: 2021-2022
- "Accelerating the deployment of advanced energy systems by improving heat transfer equipment through additive manufactured enhancements," Amount of Funding: $104,500, Funding Agency: Jeffress Foundation, Project Period: 2020-2022
Publications:
Journal Papers:
- Cody Wiggins*, L. B. Carasik, A. Ruggles, “Noninvasive Interrogation of Local Flow Phenomena in Twisted Tape Swirled Flow Via Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT).”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 387, pp. 111601, 2022 - DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111601
- C.R.K. Windows-Yule*, M.T. Herald, A.L. Nicusan, C.S. Wiggins, G. Pratx, S. Manger, A.E. Odo, T. Leadbeater, J. Pellico, R.T.M. de Rosales, A. Renaud, I. Govender, L.B. Carasik, A.E. Ruggles, Tz. Kokalova-Wheldon, J.P.K. Seville, D.J. Parker, “Recent Advances in Positron Emission Particle Tracking: A Comparative Review and Benchmarking.", Reports on Progress in Physics, vol. 85(1), 2022 - DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/ac3c4c
- A. Cabral, C. S. Wiggins, L. B. Carasik*, J. Fishler, “Identification of Surrogate Fluids for Molten Salt Coolants used in Energy Systems Applications including Concentrated Solar and Nuclear Power Plants.", International Journal of Energy Research, vol. 46(3), pp.3554-3571, 2021 - DOI:10.1002/er.7405
- C. S. Wiggins*, A. Cabral, L. B. Carasik, “Heat Transfer Performance of Cu-Cr-Zr Tube with Swirl Insert Under Cyclic Thermal Loading in Monoblock Divertor.", Fusion Science and Technology, vol. 77(7-8), pp. 710-715, 2021 - DOI: 10.1080/15361055.2021.1898304
- C. S. Wiggins*, A. Cabral, L. B. Carasik, “Investigation of Pressure Drop Calculation for Twisted Tape Swirl Tubes by Conventional Channel Flow Correlations with Fusion Applications.", Fusion Science and Technology, vol. 77(3), pp. 206-219, 2021 -
DOI: 10.1080/15361055.2021.1872273
- A. Cabral, C. S. Wiggins, Ryan P. McGuire, Meryem E. Murphy, L. B. Carasik, “Experimental Investigation of Twisted Tape Heat Transfer using Additive Manufacturing,” Advances in Thermal Hydraulics, Anaheim, CA, June 2022
- S. Tutwiler, L. B. Carasik, D. Shaver, “Determination of Aspect Ratio Influence on Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior in Twisted Elliptical Tubes for Molten Salt Applications,” Advances in Thermal Hydraulics, Anaheim, CA, June 2022
- J. Vulcanoff, Joshua L. Gately, L. B. Carasik, “Nek5000 Simulations for Thermal Performance Modeling of Helically Rifled Heat Transfer Enhancements,” Advances in Thermal Hydraulics, Anaheim, CA, June 2022
- C. S. Wiggins, L. B. Carasik, “Performance Qualification Measurements using new PEPT Facility for Pebble Bed Reactor Research." Transactions of the American Nuclear Society (Vol. 125(1), pp.1162-1165). Washington D.C. (2021)
- A. Cabral, Darius D. Lisowski, L. B. Carasik, “Novel Distributed Flow Velocity Using a Temperature Fiber Optic in Gas Flow." Transactions of the American Nuclear Society (Vol. 125(1), pp. 1234-1237). Washington D.C. (2021)
- C. S. Wiggins, L. B. Carasik, “Design of Experimental Facility for Noninvasive Measurement of Flow in HTGR Primary Components." Transactions of the American Nuclear Society (Vol. 124(1), pp. 774-776). Virtual Meeting (2021)
- A. Cabral, C. S. Wiggins, Meryem E. Murphy, Ryan P. McGuire, Candler L. L. Langston, L. B. Carasik, “Preliminary Measurements of Swirl Flow Heat Transfer Enhancements for Reactor Heat Exchanger Technologies." Transactions of the American Nuclear Society (Vol. 123(1), pp. 1535-1538). Virtual Meeting (2020)
- S. Tutwiler, L. B. Carasik, “Generalized Python Tool for Thermal Hydraulics Core Analysis of Advanced Reactors." Transactions of the American Nuclear Society (Vol. 123(1), pp. 1109-1112). Virtual Meeting (2020)
- Amir Ali, L. B. Carasik, A. Cabral, "Towards Understanding the Thermal-Hydraulic Distortion of using Surrogate Fluids for FHRs Development." Transactions of the American Nuclear Society (Vol. 123(1), pp. 1779-1782). Virtual Meeting (2020)
- C. S. Wiggins, L. B. Carasik, A. Ruggles, “Noninvasive Interrogation of Local Flow Phenomena in Twisted Tape Swirled Flow Via Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT)." Advances in Thermal Hydraulics, ATH 2020 (pp. 211-222). Palaiseau, France (October 2020)
- C. S. Wiggins, A. Cabral, Meryem E. Murphy, Candler L. L. Langston, L. B. Carasik, “Measurements of Pressure Drop in Pipes with Twisted Tape Inserts for Molten Salt Reactor Applications.” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society (Vol. 122(1), pp. 828-830). Virtual Meeting (2020)
- A. Cabral, Sasan Bakhtiari, Thomas W. Elmer, Alexander Heifetz, Darius D. Lisowski, L. B. Carasik, “Measurement of Flow in a Mixing Tee Using Ultrasound Doppler Velocimetry for Opaque Fluids." Transactions of the American Nuclear Society (Vol. 121(1), pp. 1643-1645). Washington D.C. (2019).
- Xiong Gao, J. Wesley Hines, Jamie B. Coble, L. B. Carasik, “Investigating Sensor Location Effect on the Accuracy of Cross Correlation Flow Estimation with Coolant Injection Using CFD Simulations." Transactions of the American Nuclear Society (Vol. 121(1), pp. 464-467). Washington D.C. (2019)
- C. S. Wiggins, L. B. Carasik, A. Ruggles, “Lagrangian Measurements in Pipe Flow via Positron Emission Particle Tracking." Transactions of the American Nuclear Society (Vol. 121(1), pp. 1872-1875). Washington D.C. (2019)
- L. B. Carasik, C. S. Wiggins, D. R. Shaver, “Application and Verification of the Nek5000 Regularized k-e Turbulence Model to Pipe Flow using Higher-Order Data and PEPT Data." Transactions of the American Nuclear Society (Vol. 121(1), pp. 1699-1702). Washington D.C. (2019)
Awards:
Carasik:
Fellowships:
- ANS Thermal Hydraulics Division Excellence in Review Award, 2023
- VCU Presidential Awards for Community Multicultural Enrichment (PACME) Faculty Award, 2023
- ANS Social Responsibility in the Nuclear Community Award from the American Nuclear Society, 2022
- VCU Burnside-Watstein LGBTQIA Award, 2021
- ASME Fluids Engineering Division Lewis F. Moody Award, 2020
Fellowships:
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2023 - Student: Sierra Tutwiler
- Department of Energy, University Nuclear Leadership Program Fellowship, 2023 - Student: Sierra Tutwiler
- Department of Energy, University Nuclear Leadership Program Fellowship, 2023 - Student: Ryan McGuire
- Department of Energy, University Nuclear Leadership Program Scholarship, 2022 - Student: Sierra Tutwiler
- Department of Energy, University Nuclear Leadership Program Scholarship, 2021 - Student: Sierra Tutwiler
- ANS, Nontraditional Student Scholarship, 2023 - Student: Ryan McGuire
- ANS, John and Muriel Landis Scholarship, 2023 - Student: Connor Donlan
- ANS, Graduate Scholarship, 2023 - Student: Ryan McGuire
- ANS, Washington DC Local Section George P. Shultz and James W. Behrens Graduate Scholarship - Student: Sierra Tutwiler
- ANS Student Conference Best Paper Award, 2023 - Student: Sierra Tutwiler
- ANS Student Conference Thermal Hydraulics Best Undergraduate Presentation Award, 2023 - Student: Ryan McGuire
- ANS Student Conference Fusion Energy & Plasma Best Graduate Presentation Award, 2022 - Student: Aristidis Loumis-Demetrakopoulos
- ANS Student Conference Poster Award (2nd Place) Graduate Award, 2022 - Student: James Vulcanoff
- ANS Student Conference Thermal Hydraulics Best Undergraduate Presentation Award, 2022 - Student: Sierra Tutwiler
- ANS Young Professional Thermal Hydraulics Research Competition (2021) - Student: Arturo Cabral
- VCU College of Engineering Undergraduate Symposium Best Poster Award (2021) - Student: Sierra Tutwiler
- ANS Winter Meeting Best Poster – Thermal Hydraulics Track (2020) - Student: Ryan McGuire
- VCU National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges “People’s Choice Award” (2020) - Student: Ryan McGuire
- ANS Young Professional Thermal Hydraulics Research Competition (2019) - Postdoc: Cody Wiggins, Ph.D.
- ANS Winter Meeting Pitch Your Ph.D. Competition (2019) - Postdoc: Cody Wiggins, Ph.D.