Minutes From Executive Committee Meeting

Thermal Hydraulics Division 2011 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting

Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC 4:30 – 6:00 PM, Sunday, October 30, 2011

Location: East Parlor #415

Attendees:XiaodongSun(Vice‐Chair),DuWayneSchubring,RuiHu,EliaMerzari,EmilioBaglietto,David

Aumiller,JohnLuxat,ShripadRevankar,HisashiNinokata,JongKim,SiYoungLee,Chul‐HwaSong,RandallGauntt,DonaldTodd,F.BillCheung,SteveBajorek,SeungjinKim,StevenArndt,YassinHassan.ThesigninsheetsareincludedasAttachmentA.

1. OpeningVice‐ChairSuncalledtheTHDExecutiveCommittee(EC)meetingtoorderat4:30p.m.ProfessorSun

forwardedChairWoods’regretthathecouldnotattendthemeeting.

2. ApprovalofAgendaTheproposedmeetingagendawasintroducedandreviewed.Amotionwasmadeandsecondedtoapproveagenda(AttachmentB).Themotionwasapproved.

3. Presentationfrom2012StudentConferenceDelegatesSherryFayeandVanessaSandersfromUNLVdiscussedtheupcoming2012StudentConference.Registrationforthestudentswillonlybe$25;however,totalcostsfortheconferenceareapproximately

$430/studentincludingtravelsupport.Theyareseekingbothfinancialsupportandjudgesforthestudentresearchcompetition.

4. ApprovalofMinutesfrom2011AnnualMeetingViceChairSunremindedtheECthattheminutesfromtheAnnualmeetinghadalreadybeenapprovedviaemail.

5. ActionItemsfrom2011AnnualMeetinga) AdvanceinThermalHydraulics(ATH’12)embeddedtopical.

ThedetailsofthiswerediscussedatPCmeeting.Amotionwasmadeandsecondedtochangethenamebackto“AdvancesinThermalHydraulics”.Thismotioncarried.

b) Endowedaccountforawards.

FormerTreasurerAumillerreportedthatANSNationalindicatedthatitwouldstraightforwardtoestablishsuchanaccount;however,theTHDHonorsandAwardsCommitteewouldberequestedtoforwardinformationontheawardtotheNationalHonorsandAward

Committeebeforeestablishingtheendowment.c) ListofactivePCmembers

SchubringprovidedalistofthePCmembersthataremandatedbyourbylaws.Action:PC

ChairMuftuogluwasaskedtoprovideacompletelistofexisting,activePCcommitteemembers,andaproposedlistofPCmembers,includingabriefPCcommitteeresume.

Thelistofproposedmembersshouldbringtotalactivenumbersto32‐35tobeprovidedtoECforapprovalviaemail.

d) THDPositionStatementsInprogress.

e) PetitionofCreatingNuclearNon‐ProliferationSafeguardandSecurityTG

ThisitemwascompletedinJuly.THDvotedinfavorofcreatingthisgroup.

6. Treasurer’sreport2011DivisionFinancialReport2011Income

For2011,theDivision’sincomeof$20,225includedthe2010carryforward($17,967),our2011memberallocation($2,258).

2011DivisionBudget($5,300)For2011,theExecutiveCommitteeapprovedthefollowingexpensesattheJuneandNovember2010meetings:

• $1,800forawardsandplaques(sameasin2010)• $3,000forstudentsupport

‐ $500totalforstudenttravelsupporttothe2010WinterMeetingand2011ANSAnnualMeeting(sameasin2010)

‐ $2,000forstudenttravelsupportforthe2011WinterMeeting(total20THDstudent

presenters)(increaseof$1,500from2010)‐ $500totalforstudenttravelsupporttothe2011ANSAnnualMeetingandWinter

Meeting(donationstotheANSHQ)approvedattheNovember2010ECmeeting

(additionalitemnotinthepreviousyear)• $500forScholarship/NEEDprogram(sameasin2010)

2011Expenses(byAugust11,2011)TheDivision’sexpensesincludedthefollowing:

• $500,donationtotheANSforstudenttravelsupporttothe2010WinterMeeting($350) and2011ANSAnnualMeeting($150)• $500,donationtotheANSforScholarship/NEEDprogram

• $59,plaqueforoutgoingdivisionchairThebalanceoftheTHDgeneralfundingaccountasofAugust11,2011wasas$19,166.

2012BudgetThefollowingbudgetwasproposedbytheTreasurer.

$1800forawardsandplaques $2500forStudentSupport $500toANSNationalforsupportofStudenttravel

$500for2012ANSStudentConference$1500studenttraveltoANSnationalmeetingsandembeddedtopicalfor2012(THDdirected)

$500forScholarship/NeedThemotionwassecondedandtheproposedbudgetwasadoptedforCalendarYear2012.

7. ProgramCommitteeVice‐ChairSunprovidedabriefreviewoftheProgramCommitteethatwasheldimmediatelypriortotheECmeeting.

8. HonorsandAwardsProfessorRevenkarreportedthatthecommitteeissolicitingnamesforTAA,BestPaperAwardand

DistinguishedServiceAwardsfor2012.DeadlinesforsubmissionofnameswillbeinApril2012.NoTAAwillbeawardedin2011.Action:RevankarwillforwardthecurrentlistofnamesofthecommitteetotheECforinclusiononthewebsite.TheHonorsandAwardreportisincludedasAttachmentC.

9. YoungProfessionalThermalHydraulicsResearchCompetitionAtotalof15papersacceptedforthecompetition.ThecompetitionwillbeheldonWed.

10. DivisionWebsiteReportThedivisionwebsiteisbeingupdatedregularlywithinformationconcerningupcomingconferences.

Requestwasmadeforupdatedcontactinformation.

11. NominatingCommitteeThenominatingcommitteeispreparingaslateofcandidatesfortheoutgoingmembersontheEC.Withthelargenumberofoutgoingcommitteemembersin2011,thedesiretolimitthenumberofincomingmemberstocreateamoreeventurnoverofECmemberswasdiscussed.Noformalactionwastakenon

thisissue.

12. MembershipCommitteeTherewasa10%increaseinTHDmembershipfrom2009to2010.Asofnow,our2011numberslookcloseto2010.

13. OldBusinessTherearenoTHDspecialeventsforthe2011WinterMeeting.

14. NewBusinessChairWoodsisstillsolicitingcommentsfortheStrategicPlan.Vice‐ChairSunwillmaketheTHDpresentationtoANSBoardofDirectorsonWedat4:15pm.Therewasabriefdiscussiononthe

appropriatetimingforthesolicitationofbidstohostNURETH‐16.Itwasdecidedthatthesolicitationshouldbemadenextyear.Severalmembersrequestedinformationconcerningthecostofthemeeting

registrationcostsandpagefees.ComparisonsindicatethatthecostsfortheANSmeetingaresignificantlyhigherthansimilarconferences.Themeetingwasadjournedat6:10.

AttachmentA

AttachmentA

AttachmentB

PROPOSED AGENDA

American Nuclear Society – Thermal Hydraulics Division

Executive Committee Meeting

Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC

4:30 – 6:00 PM, Sunday, October 30, 2011

Location: East Parlor #415

1. Opening (Woods)

2. Approval of Meeting Agenda (All)

3. Action Items from November 2011 Annual Meeting a. Advanced in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH ’12) embedded topical. (Muftuoglu) b. Endowment accounts for awards. (Aumiller) c. List of active Program Committee Members. (Muftuoglu/Schubring) d. THD Position Statements. (Ninokata) e. Petition of creating Nuclear Non-proliferation Safeguard and Security TG (Woods)

4. Treasurer’s Report (Lee) a. 2011 Division Financial Status: Update b. 2012 Division Budget Proposal c. Student support expenditures

5. Program Committee Report. a. NURETH-14 Report. (Luxat) b. NUTHOS-9 Planning (Ninokata/Kim) c. NURETH-15 Planning (D’Auria) d. 2011 ANS Winter Meeting Program in Washington, DC (Muftuoglu) e. 2012 ANS Annual Meeting Program in Chicago, IL (Muftuoglu)

6. Honors and Awards Committee Report (Revankar) a. Solicitation for TAA b. Best Paper Award c. New Fellow nomination

7. Young Professional Thermal Hydraulics Research Competition (Collins/Merzari)

AttachmentB

8. Division Website Report. (Schubring) a. Website update to reflect current officers and committee memberships.

9. Nominating Committee Report (Ninokata)

10. Membership Committee Report (Ninokata)

11. Old Business (All) a. Reminder of THD special events at this meeting

12. New Business (All) a. THD Strategic, Tactical and Succession Plans. (Woods) b. THD Presentation to ANS BOD. (Woods) c. Solicitation for NURETH-16 Host Organization. (Woods)

13. Others

AttachmentC