Bio
Ryan is a nuclear engineer and member of the Modern Nuclear I&C group, as part of the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division. Ryan's research background is in nondestructive examination (NDE), NDE reliability, and ultrasonic sensing of nuclear facilities for aging management, safety, and security applications. Ryan holds a PhD in Nuclear Engineering, a Masters of Science in Nuclear Engineering, and a Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering, all from the University of Missouri-Columbia. His graduate work focused on the study and characterization of inertial electrostatic confinement for fusion neutron generation. Ryan is a member of several ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code committees, including the Subgroup on Reliability Integrity Management (RIM) which is developing standards for managing the aging of nuclear facilities, including advanced reactors. In addition, Ryan is also a member of a task group responsible for creating a standard for performing in-service inspection of dry storage systems for spent nuclear fuel to allow usage beyond their initial certified or licensed terms. Prior to the development of this standard, Ryan played an integral role in performing a technical assessment of NDE for dry storage systems. More recently, Ryan has contributed to an assessment of cold spray technology for repair and mitigation of applications which will inform future standards development efforts.