{"id":54923,"date":"2025-05-07T14:27:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/?p=54923"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:59:23","slug":"fiu-researchers-recognized-for-technical-papers-presented-at-the-2025-waste-management-symposia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/news\/fiu-researchers-recognized-for-technical-papers-presented-at-the-2025-waste-management-symposia\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU Researchers Recognized for Technical Papers Presented at the 2025 Waste Management Symposia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-54926 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WM2025-Superio-Paper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1383\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WM2025-Superio-Paper.jpg 1383w, https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WM2025-Superio-Paper-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WM2025-Superio-Paper-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WM2025-Superio-Paper-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1383px) 100vw, 1383px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Five (5) technical papers presented in March 2025 at the Waste Management Symposia in Phoenix, AZ by researchers at Florida International University\u2019s Applied Research Center (FIU ARC) have received special recognition as \u201cSuperior\u201d papers. The papers and associated presentations represent research funded by the U.S. Department of Energy that is focused on the development, demonstration, and testing of technologies to address the legacy contamination derived from the U.S. nuclear program through multi-disciplinary research collaborations between the University&#8217;s applied researchers, academia, government, private sector and industry partners, bridging the gap between the basic research normally conducted in academic departments and its practical application in support of real-world problem sets faced by government and industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The papers, authors and contributors are listed below.\u00a0<span class=\"markes64vl4xo uM2yb\" data-markjs=\"true\">Congratulations<\/span>\u00a0to all!!!<\/p>\n<p><b>Simulating Hydrology and Climate Impacts for Basin 6 near the WIPP in New Mexico with the Advanced Terrestrial Simulator<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i>Authors: Aubrey Litzinger, E.I., Drummond Carpenter; <a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/staff\/pieter-hazenberg\/\">Pieter Hazenberg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/staff\/angelique-lawrence\/\">Angelique Lawrence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/staff\/ravi-gudavalli\/\">Ravi Gudavalli<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/leonel-lagos\/\">Leonel Lagos<\/a>, Applied Research Center &#8211; FIU; David Moulton, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Anderson Ward, US DOE; Zexuan Xu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>ALTEMIS: Developing an Integrated Flow and Transport Advanced Terrestrial Simulator (ATS) Model at Savannah River Site<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i>Authors: Aubrey Litzinger, E.I., Drummond Carpenter; <a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/staff\/pieter-hazenberg\/\">Pieter Hazenberg<\/a>, Florida International University; Zexuan Xu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Haruko Wainwright, MIT; Carol Eddy-Dilek, Savannah River National Laboratory<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Polyurethane Foam Technologies for Mitigating Risk During Nuclear Pipe Decommissioning<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i>Authors: <a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/staff\/mellissa-komninakis\/\">Mellissa Komninakis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/staff\/joseph-sinicrope\/\">Joseph Sinicrope<\/a>, Applied Research Center &#8211; FIU; Victor Gonzalez, Florida International University; Evan Koelker, Austin Coleman, Savannah River National Laboratory<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Identifying Leading Indicators &amp; Use of Field Deployable Sensors for Long-term Monitoring of SRS F-Area<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i>Authors: <a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/staff\/ravi-gudavalli\/\">Ravi Gudavalli<\/a>, Brittany Pellettiere, Ram Praneeth, Brandon Rodriguez, <a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/staff\/yelena-katsenovich\/\">Yelena Katsenovich<\/a>, Applied Research Center &#8211; FIU; Hansell Gonzalez-Raymat, Savannah River National Laboratory; Miles Denham, Panoramic Environmental Consulting, LLC; Aparna Aravelli, North Carolina A&amp;T State University (NCA&amp;T) \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Protective Polyurea Coatings for the Protection of DOE-EM Concrete Infrastructures<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i>Authors: <a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/staff\/mayren-echeverria-boan\/\">Mayren Echeverria Boan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/leonel-lagos\/\">Leonel Lagos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/dwayne-mcdaniel\/\">Dwayne McDaniel<\/a>, Applied Research Center &#8211; FIU<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-54923 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Mellissa-Komninakis-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mellissa.Komninakis, Research Analyst I\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6558\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6558'>\n\t\t\t\tMellissa.Komninakis,  Research Analyst I\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Yelena-Katsenovich-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Yelena Katsenovich, Research Scientist\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6567\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6567'>\n\t\t\t\tYelena Katsenovich, Sr. Research Scientist\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Mayren-Echeverria-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mayren Echeverria, Postdoctoral Associate\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4816\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4816'>\n\t\t\t\tMayren Echeverria, Postdoctoral Associate\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Angelique-Lawrence-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Angelique-Lawrence headshot\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-54355\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-54355'>\n\t\t\t\tAngelique Lawrence, Research Specialist II\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Leo-Lagos-Web-Profile-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Leonel Lagos, Associate Professor, Moss Construction Management, Director of Research, ARC\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-54816\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-54816'>\n\t\t\t\tLeonel Lagos, Associate Professor, Moss Construction Management, Director of Research, ARC\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Joseph-Sinicrope1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Joseph Sinicrope\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2539\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2539'>\n\t\t\t\tJoseph Sinicrope, Research Scientist\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DwayneMcDaniel-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dwayne McDaniel Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director Mechanical and Materials Engineering\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2630\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2630'>\n\t\t\t\tDwayne McDaniel\nAssociate Professor and Graduate Program Director\nMechanical and Materials Engineering\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Pieter-Hazenberg-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Pieter Hazenberg, Sr. Research Scientist\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-54148\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-54148'>\n\t\t\t\tPieter Hazenberg, Sr. Research Scientist\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ravi-Gudavalli-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ravi Gudavalli\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2548\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2548'>\n\t\t\t\tRavi Gudavalli, Sr. Research Scientist\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mellissa-Komninakis-WM2025-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54937\" src=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mellissa-Komninakis-WM2025-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Mellissa Komninakis presenting paper title &quot;Polyurethane Foam Technologies for Mitigating Risk During Nuclear Pipe Decommissioning&quot; at WM2025\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mellissa-Komninakis-WM2025-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mellissa-Komninakis-WM2025-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mellissa-Komninakis-WM2025-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mellissa-Komninakis-WM2025-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mellissa-Komninakis-WM2025-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mellissa-Komninakis-WM2025-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a> Mellissa Komninakis presenting paper title &#8220;Polyurethane Foam Technologies for Mitigating Risk During Nuclear Pipe Decommissioning&#8221; at WM2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt pull-left\">Five (5) technical papers presented in March 2025 at the Waste Management Symposia in Phoenix, AZ by researchers at Florida International University\u2019s Applied Research Center (FIU ARC) have received special recognition as \u201cSuperior\u201d papers. The papers and associated presentations represent research funded by the U.S. Department of Energy that is focused on the development, demonstration, and testing of technologies to address the legacy contamination derived from the U.S. nuclear program&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":54926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54923"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54939,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54923\/revisions\/54939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}