Location
Wilsdorf Hall, Room 218
395 McCormick Road
Charlottesville, VA 22904

About

Education

B.S. Marine Engineering, US Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point), 1959

M.S. Nuclear Science and Engineering, Columbia University, 1963

Ph.D. Nuclear Science and Engineering, Columbia University, 1967

Research Interests

Computation Materials Science
Fluid Mechanics

Selected Publications

“Homogenized Multigroup and Energy-Dependent Diffusion Equations as Asymptotic Approximations to the Boltzmann Equation,” Transactions . American Nuclear Society, 89, 313-316 (2003). J. Dorning
“Time-Asymptotic Wave Propagation in Collisionless Plasmas,” Physical Review E, 68, No. 2, 026406: 1-31 (2003). Carlo Lancellotti and J. Dorning.
"A Primitive-Variable Nodal Method for the Time-Dependent Navier-Stokes Equations," in the Proceedings of the 2001 American Nuclear Society International Conference on Mathematical Methods for Nuclear Applications, 15 pp, ANS, LaGrange Park, IL, 2001. Carlo Lancellotti and J. Dorning.
"A Primitive-Variable Nodal Method for the Time-Dependent Navier-Stokes Equations," in the Proceedings of the 2001 American Nuclear Society International Conference on Mathematical Methods for Nuclear Applications, 15 pp, ANS, LaGrange Park, IL, 2001. E. P. E. Michael and J. Dorning.
"Time-Asymptotic Traveling-Wave Solutions to the Nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson-Ampère Equations," Journal of Mathematical Physics, 40, 3895-3917 (1999). Carlo Lancellotti and J. Dorning.
"A Multiple-Scales Systematic Theory for the Simultaneous Homogenization of Lattice Cells and Fuel Assemblies," Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, 26, 765-811 (1997). Hongbin Zhang, Rizwan-Uddin and J. J. Dorning.
"Stability Analysis of BWR Nuclear-Coupled Thermal-Hydraulics Using a Simple Model," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 177, 155-177 (1997). Atul A. Karve, Rizwan-Uddin and J. J. Dorning.
"Systematic Homogenization and Self-Consistent Flux and Pin Power Reconstruction for Nodal Diffusion Methods. Part II: Transport Equation Based Theory," Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, 26, 433-468 (1997). Hongbin Zhang, Rizwan-Uddin and J. J. Dorning.

Awards

U.S. Department of Energy: Ernest O. Lawrence Memorial Award 1990
National Academy of Engineering: Member Elected 2007
American Nuclear Society: Glenn T. Seaborg Medal 2002
American Nuclear Society: Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award 1999
American Nuclear Society: Arthur Holly Compton Award 1998
American Nuclear Society: Mark Mills Award 1967
American Nuclear Society: Fellow Elected 1978
American Society for Engineering Education: Glenn Murphy Award 1988
American Physical Society: Fellow Elected 1982
American Association for the Advancement of Science: Fellow Elected 1986