Student Publications
Zheng Lu
[1] Z. Lu, M.H.A. Piro, Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigations of the Impact of CANDU Fuel Bundle Rotational Misalignment on Flow Behaviour and Fuel Temperatures, Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2025 (Under Review)
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[2] Z. Lu, M.H.A. Piro, Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigation of the Impact of 6% Crept Pressure Tubes on Flow Behavior, Fuel Temperature, and Pressure Tube Wall Temperature of a Single CANDU 37M Fuel Bundle, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 429, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2024.113593
​[3] Z. Lu, M.H.A. Piro, Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigations of Flow Bypass Through an Aged CANDU Pressure Tube, Annals of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 178, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2022.109345
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[4] Z. Lu, M.H.A. Piro, M.A. Christon, Mesh and Turbulence Model Sensitivity Analyses of Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulations of a 37M CANDU Fuel Bundle, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol. 54, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2022.06.004
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[5] Z. Lu, Computational Fluid Dynamic Investigations of Flow through an Aged CANDU Pressure Tube, Master's Thesis, Ontario Tech University, 2021
Morgan Collins
[1] M.C. Collins, G.J. Francolini, P. Obreja, N.L. Scuro, R. Varga, B. Breeden, D. Rosas, B.W.N. Fitzpatrick, E. Geiger, G. Harvel, M.H.A Piro, “A Comparison of Thermo‑oxidation Kinetic Measurements of Zircaloy‑4 in Light and Heavy Water Steam”.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.154111
[2] N.L. Scuro, M.C. Collins, O. Beneš, M.H.A. Piro, “Thermodynamic Investigations of the KF‑CsI, NaI‑KI, and MgCl2‑SrCl2 Pseudo‑binary Systems”.
Aaron Barry
[1] A. Barry, M.H.A. Piro, and K.D. Atkinson, "The Framework of Radionuclide Release from Research Reactor Fuel Conditioning (4RFC): A Simulation Tool in Development", Proceedings from the 28th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Toronto, Canada, 2025 August 10-15.
[2] A. Barry and M.H.A. Piro, "Simulating Properties of Canadian Research Reactor Fuels Important to Disposal", Nuclear Science and Engineering Vol 198. Iss. 5 (2024) 1131-1154.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00295639.2023.2229193
Hadleigh Bluhm
P. Côté et al., “The CASTOR mission,” J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst., vol. 11, no. 04, 2025
https://doi-org.libaccess.lib.mcmaster.ca/10.1117/1.JATIS.11.4.042202
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Lowell Bower
[1] H. Gabbar, J. Runge, D. Bondarenko, L. Bower, D. Pandya, F. Musharavati, and S. Pokharel, “Performance evaluation of gas-power strategies for building energy conservation,” Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 93, pp. 187-196, 2015.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2014.12.060
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[2] H. Gabbar, Y. Labbi, L. Bower, and D. Pandya, “Performance optimization of integrated gas and power with microgrids using hybrid PSO-PS algorithm,” International Journal of Energy Research, 2016.