Justin Pounders PhD

Assistant Professor, September 2014-Present

• 25.107, Introduction to Engineering (Nuclear Engineering)
• 10.317, Applied Engineering Problem Solving
• 24.531, Selected Topics in Nuclear Engineering

Adjunct Faculty, January 2011-August 2014

• ENGR 2101, Nuclear Core Dynamics
• ENGR 2118, Computational Radiation Transport
• ENGR 2120, Mathematical Modeling of Plant Simulations

Qualified Instructor, April 2013-August 2014

• Reactor Dynamics

Teaching Associate (Doctoral Teaching Practicum), August 2008-December 2008

• Attended weekly lectures on topics including learning theories, teaching methods, proposal writing and career development
• Taught 8 hours of NRE 6101, Transport Fundamentals

Teaching Assistant, August 2004-April 2005

• MATH 1501, Calculus I

1. J. Densmore, D. Gill, J. Pounders, "Cellwise Block Iteration as a Multigrid Smoother for Discrete-Ordinates Radiation-Transport Calculations," Journal of Computational and Theoretical Transport, DOI: 10.1080/23324309.2016.1161650.
2. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, K. Connolly, "The History-Partitioning Method for Multigroup Stochastic Cross Section Generation," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 293, pp16-22, 2015.
3. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, "A Course-Mesh Method for the Time-Dependent Transport Equation," Nuclear Science and Engineering, 176 (3), pp273-291, 2014.
4. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, D. Serghiuta, "Analysis of a Multigroup Stylized CANDU Half-Core Benchmark," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 38 (9), pp 2024-2078, 2011.
5. Z. Zhang, F. Rahnema, D. Zhang, J. Pounders, A. Ougouag, "Simplified Two and Three Dimensional HTTR Benchmark Problems," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 38 (5), pp 1172-1185, 2011.
6. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, D. Serghiuta, J. Tholammakkil, "A 3D Stylized Half-Core Benchmark Problem," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 38 (4), pp 876-896, 2011.
7. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, "A Response-Based Time-Dependent Neutron Transport Method," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 37 (11), pp 1595-1600, 2010.
8. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, "On the Diffusion Coefficients for Reactor Physics Applications," Nuclear Science and Engineering, 163 (3), pp 243-262, 2009.

1. J. Pounders, C. Forsberg, R. Kochendarfer, E. Shwageraus, G. Parks, "Commercial-Scale, Fluoride-Salt-Cooled, High-Temperature Reactors with Novel Refueling and Decay Heat Removal Capabilities," Accepted for presentation at the ANS Winter Meeting, 2016.
2. J. Pounders, "Second-Order Method of Characteristics Through Local Cell Refinement," Accepted for presentation at the ANS Winter Meeting, 2016.
3. J. Pounders, "Stability and Near-Optimal Underrelaxation of Coupled Reactor Physics Calculations," PHYSOR-2016-Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century, May 1-5, 2016, Sun Valley, ID.
4. J. Pounders, J. Boffie, "Analysis of an Adaptive Time Step Scheme for the Transient Diffusion Equations," Joint International Conference on Mathematics and Computation (M&C), Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications (SNA) and the Monte Carlo (MC) Method, April 19-23, 2015, Nashville, TN.
5. J. Densmore, D. Gill, J. Pounders, “Cellwise Block Iteration as a Multigrid Smoother for Discrete Ordinates Calculations—I: Theory,” ANS Winter Meeting, 2014.
6. D. Gill, J. Densmore, J. Pounders, “Cellwise Block Iteration as a Multigrid Smoother for Discrete Ordinates Calculations—II: Numerical Results,” ANS Winter Meeting, 2014.
7. J. Pounders, J. Densmore, “A Generalization of λ-Mode Xenon Stability Analysis,” PHYSOR 2014 International Conference, September 28-October 3, 2014, Kyoto, Japan.
8. M. Hackemack, J. Pounders, “Implementation of an A Priori Time Step Estimator for the Multigroup Neutron Diffusion Equation in Asynchronously Coupled RELAP5-3D,” PHYSOR 2014 International Conference, September 28-October 3, 2014, Kyoto, Japan.
9. J. Pounders, R. Ingram, “Natural Equilibria in Steady-State Neutron Diffusion with Temperature Feedback,” International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science & Engineering (M&C 2013), May 5-9, 2013, Sun Valley, ID.
10. M. Hackemack, J. Ragusa, D. Greiesheimer, J. Pounders, “A Monte Carlo Implementation of the Predictor-Corrector Quasi-Static Method,” International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science & Engineering (M&C 2013), May 5-9, 2013, Sun Valley, ID.
11. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, “An Integral Response-Based Concept for Solving the Time-Dependent Transport Equation,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 104, pp868-871, 2011. (Invited; Reactor Physics Division Best Paper Award)
12. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, “Moment-Conserving Histopolating B-Splines for Continuous Tally Estimation,” PHYSOR 2010, Pittsburgh, PA.
13. Z. Zhang, F. Rahnema, J. Pounders, D. Zhang, A. Ougouag, “A Simplified 2D HTTR Benchmark Problem,” International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods & Reactor Physics (M&C 2009), May 3-7, 2009, Saratoga Springs, NY.
14. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, D. Serghiuta, “Cross Section Condensation and Homogenization Analysis for a Stylized CANDU 37-Element Lattice Core,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 99, pp 686-688, 2008.
15. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, S. Mosher, D. Serghiuta, P. Turinksy, H. Sarsour, “Cross Section Homogenization Analysis for a Simplified CANDU Reactor,” International Conference on Reactor Physics, Nuclear Power: A Sustainable Resource, September 14-19, 2008, Interlaken, Switzerland.
16. J. Pounders, B. Bandini, Y. Xu, T. Downar, “Calculation of Accurate Discontinuity Factors for PARCS,” 2007 International RELAP5 User’s Group Seminar (IRUG), November 2007, Idaho Falls, ID.
17. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, R. Szilard, “Flux-Limited Diffusion Coefficients for Reactor Physics Applications,” Joint International Topical Meeting on Mathematics & Computation and Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications (M&C+SNA 2007), April 15-19, 2007, Monterey, CA.
18. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, R. J. J. Stamm’ler, “Stochastically Generated Multigroup Cross Sections,” PHYTRA1: First International Conference on Physics and Technology of Reactors and Applications, March 14-16, 2007, Marrakech, Morocoo.
19. W. Stacey, J. Maddox, Z. Abbasi, C. Boyd, A. Bridges, E. Burgett, M. Cymbor, S. Fowler, A. Jones, R. Kelm, R. Kern, J. Lackey, D. Lassiter, W. Murphy, H. Park, J. Pounders, J. Preston, D. Tedder, “A Deep-Burn, Sub-Critical, Gas-Cooled Fast Transmutation Reactor,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 93(1), pp 723-724, 2006.
20. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, G. Ilas, “CANDU Core Calculations with Monte Carlo Based Homogenized Cross Sections,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 92(1), pp 525-527, 2005.

1. J. Densmore, D. Gill, J. Pounders, “A Multigrid Method for the Self-Adjoint Angular Flux Form of the Radiation-Transport Equation Based on Cellwise Block Jacobi Iteration,” presented at Seventeenth Copper Mountain Conference on Multigrid Methods, March 22-27, 2015, Copper Mountain, CO.
2. J. Pounders, F. Rahnema, "An Efficient Coarse Mesh Time-Dependent Transport Method," presented at the XXI International Conference on Transport Theory, July 12-17, 2009, Turin, Italy.