Best Paper Award

The Thermal Hydraulic Division's Best Paper Award (not to be confused with the individual conference best paper award) is given annually for the best full paper presented at one of the previous year's Division sponsored thermal hydraulics sessions or topical meetings. In years in which no award is presented, two may be awarded the following year. The award is made on the basis of originality, creativity, impact and scientific integrity. Recommendations for the Best Paper Award come from chairs of technical meeting sessions and from members at-large (through the Program Committee Chair).

List of Best Papers

• 2023: P. Athe, N. Dinh, and A. Gupta. "Knowledge Representation to Support EMDAP Implementation in Advanced Reactor Licensing Applications." NURETH-20.
• 2022: Y. Feng, X. Wang, D. Grishchenko, P. Kudinov. "Measurement of Velocity Induced by Steam Condensation into a Water Pool by Tracking the Motion of Bubbles." NUTHOS-13.
• 2021: J. Pacio, S.K. Chen, Y.M. Chen, and N.E. Todreas. "Identification of Open Issues in the UCTD Model and Proposed Improvements for Uses in Licensing." NURETH-19.
• 2020: G.R. Garrett, F.R. Beck, D.J. Miller, B. Lowery, F.B. Cheung, S.M. Bajorek, C.L. Hoxie, and K. Tien. "Pressure and Oscillatory Effects on the Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer in a Rod Bundle." ATH '20.
• 2019: J. Pacio, M. Daubner, T. Wetzel, H. Uitslag-Doolaard, A. Mathur, F. Roelofs. "Inter-wrapper flow: LBE experiments and simulations." NURETH-18.
• 2018: M. T. Farmer, B. Tourniaire, and K. Atkhen. "Molten Core Concrete Interaction with Early Top Flooding: Results of the CCI-8 Experiment." NURETH-17.
• 2017: E. Merzari, H. Yuan, A. Kraus, A. Obabko, P. Fisher, J. Solberg, S. Lee, J. Lai, S. H. Lee, M. Delgado, Y. Hassan. "High-Fidelity Simulation of Flow-Induced Vibrations in Helical Steam Generators for Small Modular Reactors." NURETH-17.
• 2016: N. Wynne, M. Garza, K. Vierow, D. Aumiller, and M. Kyle. "Air-Water and Steam-Water Onset of Flooding Data at Variable Pressure in a Large Diameter Tube." ATH '16.
• 2015: T. Zaki and P. Yarsky. "Use of White Noise in TRACE/PARCS Analysis of ATWS with Instability." NURETH-16.
• 2014: J. Wheeler, T. Worosz, and S. Kim. "Experiments on the Effects of a Spacer Grid in Air-Water Two-Phase Flow." ATH '14.
• 2013: S. Lomperski, C. Gerardi, and W. D. Pointer. "Distributed Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing for CFD Code Validation." NURETH-15.
• 2012: M. Bucci, W. Ambrosini, N. Forgione, F. Oriolo, and S. Paci. "Experimental and Computational Analysis of Steam Condensation in the Presence of Air and Helium." NURETH-14.
• 2010: E. Merzari and H. Ninokata. "Proper Orthogonal Decomposition of the Flow in a Rod-Bundle." NURETH-13.
• 2009: B. Feng, J. Beccherle, P. Hejzlar, and M. S. Kazimi. "Thermal Hydraulics of PWRs Transitioning to High Performance Annular Fuel." NUTHOS-7.
• 2008: P. Saha, R. Gamble, B. S. Shiralkar, and J. R. Fitch. "Applicability of Small-Scale Test Data to the 4500 MWt ESBWR Loss-of-Coolant Accidents." NURETH-12.
• 2008: C. Oh, C. Davis, and G. C. Park. "RCCS Experiments and Validation for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor." NURETH-12.
• 2006: D. C. Groeneveld, J. Q. Shan, A. Z. Vasic, L. K. H. Leung, A. Durmayaz, J. Yang, S. C. Cheng, and A. Tanase. NURETH-11.
• 2005: E. Baglietto and H. Ninokata. "CFD Modeling of Secondary Flows in Fuel Rod Bundles." NUTHOS-6.
• 2004: H.-M. Prasser. NURETH-10.
• 2000: R. Segal. NURETH-9.
• 1999: G. Kojasoy.
• 1998: S. S. Abalin, V. Asmolov, A. V. Merzliakov, V. D. Daragan, E. K. D'yakov, and V. Yu. "Corium Kinematic Viscosity Measurement." NURETH-8.
• 1995: C. Liu and T. Theofanous. "Film Boiling on Spheres in Single and Two-Phase Flows - Part I: Experimental Studies and Part II: Theoretical Study."
• 1995: X. M. Chen, V. E. Schrock, and P. F. Peterson. "Rayleigh-Taylor Instability of Cylindrical Jets with Radial Motion." NURETH-7.
• 1994: P. Peterson, V. Schrock, and R. Greif. NURETH-6.
• 1994: H. Yan and T. Theofanous.
• 1992: NURETH-5.
• 1991: G. Kojasoy and Z. Wang.
• 1989: N. Obot and M. Ishii.