In the 2025 ANS Annual Meeting, Dr. Liu served as a panelist in the “Thermal Hydraulic Education: Opportunities with AI” panel, where he discussed his experience and SMART group’s ongoing on how AI tools are being used in the classroom and in research. Dr. Liu also presented the work “Advancing Nuclear R&D with GenAI: Case Studies in Thermal Hydraulics, Simulation Workflows, and Education” which summarizes several ongoing researches on GenAI and LLM agents in SMART Group.
SMART group student Zavier Ndum presented his research work on “Development and Demonstration of an AI-Assisted Digital Twin Framework for Remote Monitoring and Control of Advanced Small-Scale Reactors”.
SMART group student Zaid Abulawi presented his research work on “Multiphysics Coupled Calculations Using OpenFOAM, Serpent, and External Heat Conduction Solver for Prismatic GCRs: A Case Study on HTTR”.
