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Science and Eng., Portland, Oregon, April 25-29, 2019. V. Mascolino, A. Haghighat, N. Polys, and S. Rajamohan, “A Collabora- tive Virtual Reality System-VRS) with X3D Visualization for RAPID,” M&C 2019 – International Conf. on Math. Comp. Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Eng., Portland, Oregon, Aug 25-29, 2019. Danelson, KA; Frounfelker, PS; Pizzolato, K; Valentine, R; Watkins, LC; Tegtmeyer, M; Hardy, WN; Bolte, JH; Loftis, KLL (2019) A Case Review Method to Determine Injury Mechanisms from In-Theater AttacksMili- tary. Medicine, Volume 184, Issue Supplement_1, March-April 2019, Pages 374–378, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usy396 M.-J. Wang and A. Haghighat, “Uncertainty Quantification on the DRF Methodology for Neutron Detector Response Calculation,” M&C 2019 – International Conf. on Math. Comp. Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Eng., Portland, Oregon, April 25-29, 2019. ERIK KOMENDERA V. Mascolino, A. Haghighat, N. Polys, N. J. Roskoff, and S. Rajamohan, “A Collaborative Virtual Reality System (VRS) with X3D Visualization for RAPID,” Web 3D 2019, Los Angeles, California USA, 26-28, July 2019. Two provisional patents filed for “NINJAR: NASA Intelligent Jigging and Assembly Robot, a near-field stationary jigging robot” and “SAMURAI - Strut Attachment, Manipulation, and Utility Robotic Aide.” A. Mascolino, A. Haghighat, and L. Snoj, “Experimental validation of RAPID for calculation of flux redistribution factors due to control rods insertion in TRIGA reactors,” Nuclear Energy for New Europe (NENE), Portoroz, Slovenia, Sept 9-12, 2019 Conference papers Valerio Mascolino, Alireza Haghighat, Nicholas Polys, “A Virtual Reality System (VRS) for RAPID,” Nuclear Energy for New Europe (NENE), Portoroz, Slovenia, Sept 9-12, 2019 Invited key note speaker: “High Fidelity Neutronics Software, uncertainty quantification, and Research Reactors,”, Nuclear Energy for New Europe (NENE), Portoroz, Slovenia, Sept 9-12, 2019 “RAPID & VRS-RAPID –A new paradigm for solving radiation transport problems,” Baltimore Washington Health Physics Society meeting, Bethesda, MD, Sept 17, 2019. Invited talks: “RAPID Code Formulation, Benchmarking, and Its VRS,” PHYTRA4 – The Fourth International Conference on Physics and Technology of Re- actors and Applications. Marrakech, Morocco, September 17-19, 2018. “Computational Particle Transport Theory and Achieving Solutions in Real Time,” Colloquium of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Jan 14, 2019. Invited short courses: “Particle Transport Methods and Application,” Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Participants included the institutes’ research scien- tists and PhD students. Jan 7-18, 2019. “Particle transport methods and VT3G’s methodologies and codes,” for PhD students and faculty of the Applied Mathematics and Mechani- cal Engineering of the Federal University of Rio Grande du Sul, Brazil, March 11-14, 2019 Patents Balaban, D., Cooper, J. and Komendera, E., 2019. Inverse Kinematics and Sensitivity Minimization of an n-Stack Stewart Platform. 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). Wong, I., Chapin, W. and Komendera, E.E., 2018. Validation of Opera- tions for the In-Space Assembly of a Backbone Truss for a Solar-Electric Propulsion Tug. In 2018 AIAA SPACE and Astronautics Forum and Exposition (p. 5228). Doggett, W.R., Dorsey, J., Teter, J., Paddock, D., Jones, T., Komendera, E.E., Bowman, L., Taylor, C. and Mikulas, M., 2018. Persistent Assets in Zero-G and on Planetary Surfaces: Enabled by Modular Technology and Robotic Operations. In 2018 AIAA SPACE and Astronautics Forum and Exposition (p. 5305). BRIAN LATTIMER Hodges, J.L., Lattimer, B.Y., and Luxbacher, K., “Compartment Fire Pre- dictions using Transpose Convolutional Neural Networks,” Fire Safety Journal, 102854, 2019. Hodges, J.L. and Lattimer, B.Y., “Wildland Fire Spread Modeling using Convolutional Neural Networks,” Fire Technology, pp.1-28, 2019. Yang, F., Hodges, J.L., Rippe, C.L., Lattimer, B.Y., “Methodology for Material Property Determination,” Fire and Materials, 2019. Mills, R.J., Lattimer, B.Y., Case, S.W., and Mouritz, A.P., “The Influence of Sensitization and Corrosion on Creep of 5083-H116,” Corrosion Sci- ence, Vol. 143, pp.1-9, 2018. Lattimer, B. Y., “Heat Transfer in Wildland Fires,” Encyclopedia of Wild- fires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires, Springer Nature, 2019. Invited workshops: Lattimer, B.Y., Luo, C. Kraft, S., and Hodges, J.L., “Rail Car Interior Finish Heat Release Rate Requirements,” Interflam 2019, London, UK, 2019. “MRT Methodology and RAPID code system,” PHYTRA4 – The Fourth International Conference on Physics and Technology of Reactors and Applications. Marrakech, Morocco, Sept 17-19, 2018. Hodges, J.L., Kraft, S.M., Rippe, C.M., Hunt, S.P., and Lattimer, B.Y., “Quantifying Heat Transfer Level Probability for Local Fire Exposures,” Interflam 2019, London, UK, 2019. “RAPID Code System and its VRS Environment,” Nuclear Energy for New Europe (NENE) Conference, Portoroz, Slovenia, Sept 9-12, 2019 Yang, F., Hodges, J.L., and Lattimer, B.Y., “Material Burning Property Estimation Methodology and Validation,” Interflam 2019, London, UK, 2019. WARREN HARDY Rippe, C. and Lattimer, B.Y., “Application of High Emissivity Gauge Heat Flux Data to Low Emissivity Surfaces,” Interflam 2019, London, UK, 2019. Zhou, Z; Li, X; Kleiven, S; Shah, CS; Hardy, WN (2018) A Reanalysis of Experimental Brain Strain Data: Implication for Finite Element Head Model Validation. Stapp Car Crash J. 2018 Nov;62:293-318. Danelson, K; Watkins, L; Hendricks, J; Frounfelker, P; WIAMan Case Review Team (Hardy, WN); Pizzolato-Heine, k; Valentine, R; Loftis, K (2018) Analysis of the Frequency and Mechanism of Injury to Warf- ighters in the Underbody-Blast Environment. Stapp Car Crash J. 2018 Nov;62:489-513. McNeil, EM; *Hermundstad A; VandeVord PJ, Hardy WN (2018) High-Speed Biplane X-Ray Head Impact Experiments in the Göttingen Minipig. Stapp Car Crash J., Short Communication. Stapp Car Crash Conference, November 2018, San Diego, California. 48 Revised and Corrected, Nov. 2019 Kapahi, A., Rippe, C., and Lattimer, B.Y., “Reducing Rail Car Floor As- sembly Test Article Size for Fire Resistance Approval Testing,” Interflam 2019, London, UK, 2019. Kapahi, A., McKinnon, M., and Lattimer, B., “Evaluation of Standard and Real Fire Exposures to Predict the Temperature Response of a Railcar Floor Assembly,” Workshop on the Advancements in Evaluating the Fire Resistance of Structures, ASTM E05 Committee, Washington, D.C., 2018.