Researcher

Devin Imholte, PE

Mechanical Design Engineer

Research Areas:
Energy

Biography:

Devin Imholte is a mechanical design engineer at the Idaho National Laboratory. His INL engineering experience has included mechanical engineering and systems engineering.

Mechanical Design Engineer (2022-present): Leading mechanical engineering and design efforts for the Cask Demonstration project for the Used Fuel Management Department.

Experiment Design Engineer (2018-2022): Leading mechanical design and integration of the Advanced Test Reactor Non-Destructive Examination System (ANDES) and irradiation experiment design efforts for experiments at the Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT): ATF-SETH, Sirius-1, MARCH-SERTTA, ATF-R, THOR (THOR-C, EPIC, THOR-M, aLEU-P2M, MOXTOP) and TWIST."

Accident Tolerance Fuel – Separate Effects Test Holder (ATF-SETH)
Minimal-Activation Retrievable Capsule Holder (MARCH)-Static Environment Rodlet Transient Test Apparatus (SERTTA)
Accident Tolerance Fuel Previously Irradiated (ATF-R)
Temperature Heat sink Overpower Response (THOR)
THOR-Commissioning (THOR-C)
Experimental Breeder Reactor-II Previously Irradiated Conductivity (EPIC)
THOR-Metallic fuel (THOR-M)
Advanced Low-Enriched Uranium Power to Melt (aLEU-P2M)
Mixed Oxide Transient OverPower (MOXTOP)
Transient Water Irradiation System in TREAT (TWIST)

Systems Engineer (2014-2018): His system engineering experience has included roadmapping and system dynamics supply chain analysis. He has developed technology roadmaps and timelines for numerous (20+) projects for the Critical Materials Institute (CMI). From 2014-2018, he managed >$1M in DOE funding as principal investigator of a project that analyzed CMI research and critical material supply chains to characterize CMI R&D impact.

He holds a bachelor's in engineering from James Madison University and a master of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Idaho.

Digital Profiles:

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Education:

B.S., Engineering - James Madison University

Masters of Science, Mechanical Engineering - University of Idaho

Affiliations:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Idaho Falls Adult Soccer Association - President

Publications:

D. Kamerman, N. Woolstenhulme, D.D. Imholte, A. Fleming, C. Jensen, C. Folsom, C. Woolum, K. Tritthart, J. Schulthess, D. Wachs, Annals of Nuclear Energy (2021), 160: 108410 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108410

N.E. Woolstenhulme, C. Baker, C. Jensen, D. Chapman, D.D. Imholte, N. Oldham, C. Hill & S. Snow, Nuclear Technology (2019), 205:10, 1251-1265, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2019.1590072

Nguyen, R. T., Imholte, D. D., Rios, O. R., Weiss, D., Sims, Z., Stromme, E., & McCall, S. K. (2019). Anticipating impacts of introducing aluminum-cerium alloys into the United States automotive market. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 144, 340-349. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.02.009

Nguyen, R. T., Imholte, D. D., Matthews, A. C., & Swank, W. D. (2019). NdFeB content in ancillary motors of U.S. conventional passenger cars and light trucks: Results from the field. Waste Management, 83, 209-217. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2018.11.017

Mahmud, A., Huynh, T., Zhou, L., Hyer, H., Mehta, A., Imholte, D. D., . . . Sohn, Y. (2021). Mechanical Behavior Assessment of Ti-6Al-4V ELI Alloy Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion. Metals, 11(11), 1671.

Hill, Connie M, Woolstenhulme, Nicolas E, and Imholte, Devin D. MCNP Analysis fo the Aqua-SETH Experiment in TREAT. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.

Imholte, D. D., et al. (2018). "An assessment of U.S. rare earth availability for supporting U.S. wind energy growth targets." Energy Policy 113: 294-305.

Nguyen, R. T., et al. (2018). "Analyzing critical material demand: A revised approach." Science of The Total Environment 630: 1143-1148.

Nguyen, R. T.; Diaz, L. A.; Imholte, D. D.; Lister, T. E., Economic Assessment for Recycling Critical Metals From Hard Disk Drives Using a Comprehensive Recovery Process. JOM 2017.

Behdad, S.; Cade, W.; Fitzpatrick, C.; Imholte, D.; Jin, H.; Lovell, I.; McIntyre, T.; Nguyen, R.; Sabbaghi, M.; Spencer, G.; Sutherland, J. Project Report: Value Recovery from Used Electronics; International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI): 2017.

Imholte, D. D.; Aydogan, F., Comparison of nuclear pulse reactor facilities with reactivity-initiated-accident testing capability. Progress in Nuclear Energy 2016, 91 (Supplement C), 310-324.

Nguyen, R. T.; Imholte, D., China’s Rare Earth Supply Chain: Illegal Production, and Response to new Cerium Demand. JOM 2016, 68 (7), 1948-1956.

Pierrakos, O.; L Nagel, R.; Barrella, E.; Nagel, J.; Henriques, J.; Imholte, D., An Innovative Two-Year Engineering Design Capstone Experience at James Madison University. 2013.

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