American Nuclear SocietyThermal Hydraulic Division

Presentation to the

ANS Board of Directors

Brian Woods, 2011-2012 THD Chair

November 2, 2011

THD Mission

• To establish, stimulate, and maintain quality technical and professional approaches in all areas of Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics. This is accomplished by:– Advancing knowledge of thermal and hydraulic phenomena

– Aiding in the integration and dissemination of thermal hydraulics information

– Promoting effective exchange of thermal hydraulics information

– Providing venues/mechanisms for interaction among nuclear industry, regulatory groups, ANS Divisions and others in the technical community

THD Governance

• 2011-2012 Officers: Chair: Brian Woods Secretary: David Aumiller

Vice-chair: Xiaodong Sun Treasurer: Si Young Lee

Past-chair: Hisashi Ninokata

• Executive Committee (year term ends): 2012 2013 2014

Randall Gauntt Steven Arndt Yassin Hassan

Cesare Frepoli DuWayne Schubring

John Luxat Fan-Bill Cheung

Stephen Bajorek Jong Kim • Board Liaison:

Daniel A. Meneley

THD Governance

2011-2012 Committee Chairs• Program Committee – Kurshad Muftuoglu

• Honors and Awards Committee – Shripad Revankar

• Nominating Committee – Hisashi Ninokata

• Membership Committee – Hisashi Ninokata

• Web Page – DuWayne Schubring

• Newsletter (prepared by THD Secretary) – Xiaodong Sun/David Aumiller

THD GovernanceMembership Trends Last 5 Years

THD GovernanceMembership Composition

THD Governance - BudgetDivision Finances Actual

12/31/2010Budget

2011Actual

8/31/2011

Budget Funds Carry Forward Member Allocation Division Income

19,0012,0681,710

17,9672,258

0

Total Budget Funds 22,779 20,225

Budget Expenses Awards and Plaques National Meeting Costs Student Support Scholarship/NEED Funding Other Expenses

1,7890

2,500500

23

1,8000

3,000500

0

590

500500

0

Total Expenses 4,812 5,300 1,059

Excess of Budgeted Funds over Expenses 17,967 19,166

THD Budget and Plannning• Budget Planning

– Since 2008, a multi-year spending plan used as the basis for annual spending planning.

• Planning– Operational Plan: Updated for 2010-2014– Annual Tactical Plan: Up-to-date for 2011-2012– Five-year Strategic Plan: Updated for 2010-2014– Annual Succession Plan: Up-to-date for 2011-2012

• Rules and By-Laws– Up-to-date: revised 2009-2010; reviewed 2011-2012

THD GovernanceCommunications

• Web Page– THD website updated multiple times each year

– http://thd/ans.org

– Includes:

• Mission statement

• Committee structure, member names, meeting minutes

• Newsletter archives

• Bylaws, Manual, Rules and Procedures

• Awards information

• Newsletters– 2 newsletters published every year since 2005

Summary• Participation with other Professional Societies:

– ASME International Heat Transfer Conference (2010)– Chinese Nuclear Society, NUTHOS-8 Conference (2010)– Canadian Nuclear Society, NURETH-14 Conference (2011)– ASME liaison maintained

• Non-Meeting Publications: – Published NURETH-12 papers in special editions of NT, NED and

NET in 2009 and 2010.– Published NURETH-13 papers in special editions of NT, NED and

NET in 2011 and 2012.– Publishing NUTHOS-8 papers in a special edition of NED in

2011/2012.

Summary• Professional Development

– Young Professionals Thermal Hydraulic Research Competition in 2010 and 2011 Winter Meetings.

– 2010 Annual Meeting held tutorial on scaling analysis.• Scholarships

– Support ANS Student Scholarship/NEED funds.

• Student Support– Service as judges at student conferences

– Financial support for student travel to ANS meetings

• Peer Recognition/Awards

Summary• ANS National Meeting Participation

– At least 5 sessions and 30 papers at each Annual and Winter Meeting since 2008.

– 2010 Annual Meeting – 5 paper sessions +1 tutorial, 37 papers– 2010 Winter Meeting – 12 paper sessions, 71 papers– 2011 Annual Meeting – 9 paper sessions, 57 papers– 2011 Winter Meeting – 9 paper sessions, 61 papers

• Topicals– NURETH-13 (2009), NURETH-14 (2011), NURETH-15 (2013):

Class II– NUTHOS-8 (2010), NUTHOS-9 (2012): Class IV– Embedded Topicals (2010 and 2012): Class III– INREC’12 (2012), Class IV

Areas of Sucess• Healthy Division membership trends sustained• Active member participation in technical meetings and

Society activities• Significant number of member publications• Continued support for student scholarships and student

travel to the national meetings• Spending plan implemented to ensure financial stability of

the Division• Increased international participation.

Focus for Future Action

• Increase student and Young Member participation within the THD

• Promote further collaboration with other Divisions and societies

• Provide additional professional development programs• Make Division governance plans more easily accessible

and known to members• Further promote high-quality research presentations• Collaboration with other divisions through co-sponsoring

of technical sessions• Increase industry participation.