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Yaqi Wang

Senior Research Scientist

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Biography:

Dr. Yaqi Wang is a research scientist with over eight years experience, primarily in computational radiation transport in support of method and code development for ad- vanced modeling and simulations. As a Ph.D. graduate student at Texas A&M Uni- versity he applied the adaptive mesh refinement solution techniques for the multigroup SN (discrete ordinates method) transport equation using a higher-order discontinuous finite element method. After joining INL in 2009, he has been the main developer of two computational transport code, INSTANT and Rattlesnake. INSTANT is a trans- port solver based on variational nodal method (or hybrid finite element PN method) for PHISICS package, which is integrated in RELAP5-3D. Rattlesnake is the MOOSE-based radiation transport application, that has been used for TREAT (transient reactor test facility) transient modeling and simulations. Rattlesnake is integrated in MAMMOTH application for multiphysics, multiscale nuclear reactor analysis.

Education:

​Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering - Texas A&M University

M.S., Nuclear Engineering - Texas A &M University

B.S., Engineering Physics - Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Affiliations:

​American Nuclear Society (ANS)

 

Publications:

Javier Ortensi, Yaqi Wang,  Alexandre  Laurier,  Sebastian  Schunert,  Alain  Hbert, Mark DeHart, “A Newton solution for the Superhomogenization method: The PJFNK-SPH,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, v111, p579-594, 2018.


Yaqi Wang,  Sebastian Schunert, Mark D. DeHart, Richard C. Martineau, Weix- iong Zheng, “Hybrid PN-SN With Lagrange Multiplier and Upwinding for the Multiscale Transport Capability in Rattlesnake,” Progress in Nuclear Energy, v101:C, p381-393, 2017.


Sebastian  Schunert,  Yaqi  Wang,  Frederick  Gleicher,  Javier  Ortensi,  Benjamin Baker, Vincent Laboure, Congjian Wang, Mark DeHart, Richard Martineau, “A Flexible Nonlinear Diffusion Acceleration  Method  for  the  SN  Transport  Equa-  tions discretized with Discontinuous Finite Elements,” Journal of Computational Physics, v338:1, p107-136, 2017.


Vincent M. Laboure, Ryan G. McClarren, Yaqi Wang, “Globally Conservative, Hybrid Self-Adjoint Angular Flux and Least-Squares Method Compatible with Void,” Nuclear Science and Engineering, v185, p294-306, 2017.
Derek R. Gaston, Cody J. Permann, John W. Peterson,  Andrew  E.  Slaughter, David Andrs, Yaqi Wang, Michael P. Short, Danielle M. Perez, Michael R. Tonks, Javier Ortensi, Richard C. Martineau, “Physics-Based Multiscale Coupling for Full Core Nuclear Reactor Simulation,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 5 November 2014.


Sebastian Schunert, Yaqi Wang, Richard C. Martineau, “A  New  Mathematical  Adjoint for the Modified SAAF-SN Equations,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, v75, p340-352, 2015.


Jon Hansen, Jacob Peterson, Jim Morel, Jean Ragusa,  Yaqi  Wang,  “A  Least-  Squares Transport Equation Compatible with Voids,” Journal of Computational and Theoretical Transport, Published online, 15 Sep. 2014.
Yaqi Wang, Hongbin Zhang,  Richard Martineau,  “Diffusion Acceleration Schemes  for a Transport Solver Based on the Self-Adjoint Angular Flux Formulation,”  Nuclear Science and Engineering, v176, p201-225, 2014.


Richard Sanchez, Cristian Rabiti, Yaqi Wang, “Nonlinear Acceleration of a Con- tinuous Finite Element  Discretization  of  the  Self-Adjoint  Angular  Flux  Form  of  the Transport Equation,” Nuclear Science and Engineering, v175, p213-226, 2013.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, “Standard and Goal-Oriented Adaptive Mesh Refine- ment Applied to Radiation Transport on 2D Unstructured Triangular Meshes,” Journal of Computational Physics, v230:3, p763-788, 2011.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, “Diffusion Synthetic Acceleration for High-Order Discontinuous Finite Element SN Transport Schemes and Application to Locally Refined Unstructured Meshes,” Nuclear Science and Engineering, v166, p145-166, 2010.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, “On the Convergence of DGFEM Applied to the Dis- crete Ordinates Transport Equation for Structured and Unstructured Triangular Meshes,” Nuclear Science and Engineering, v163, p56-72, 2009.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, “Higher-Order Discontinuous Finite Element Method for the SN Transport Equations on 2D Unstructured Triangular Meshes,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, v36:7, p931-939, 2009.


Yaqi Wang, Wolfgang  Bangerth, Jean Ragusa, “Three-dimensional h-adaptivity  for the multigroup neutron diffusion equations,” Progress in Nuclear Energy, v51, p543-555, 2009.


W. Lu, P. D. Ferguson, F. X. Gallmeier, E. B. Iverson, Y. Wang, “A Sample Activation Program for Neutron-Scattering Experiments,” Nuclear Technology, v168, p970-974, 2009.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, “Application of hp-Adaptivity to the Multigroup Diffusion Equations,” Nuclear Science and Engineering, v161, p22-48, 2009.


Anbang Yao, Yaqi Wang, Liangju Zhang, “Detection Approach for Nuclear Pore Membrane Micro-Image Based on Mathematical Morphology,” Journal of Ts- inghua University (Sci & Tech), v45(6), p846-850, 2005(Chinese).


Yaqi Wang, Fu Li, Zhengpei Luo, “On-Line Monitoring the In-core Power Distri-  bution by Using Ex-Core Ion-Chambers,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, v225, p315-326, 2003.


Yaqi Wang, Zhengpei Luo, Fu Li, “An Algorithm of Higher Order Perturbation Variable Satisfying the Additivity for System Operators,” Annals of Nuclear En- ergy, v28, p1313-1328, 2001.


Wenfeng Liu, Zhengpei Luo, Fu Li, Yaqi Wang, “The 3-Dimensional Power Dis- tribution control in Load Following of the Heating Reactor,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, v28, p741-754, 2001.


Yaqi Wang,  Zhengpei Luo, Fu  Li, Wenfeng  Liu, “On-line Extraction of the Varia-  tion Caused by Burn-up in In-Core 3D Power Distribution,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, v205, p305-311, 2001.

 
Zhengpei Luo, Fu Li, Yaqi  Wang,  “An idea about Applying the On-Line Surveil-  lance Techniques to Safe Reactor Operation,” Chinese Journal of Nuclear Science and Engineering, v20(1), p 32-38, 2000(Chinese).


Yaqi Wang, Zhengpei Luo, Fu Li, Wenfeng Liu, “A Calibration Method  of  Core Parameters after Burnup by Using In-core Neutron Detector Readings,” Chinese Journal of Nuclear Science and Engineering, v19(4), p 349-354, 1999(Chinese).


Fu Li, Zhengpei Luo, Yaqi Wang, Wenfeng Liu, “Lambda-Modes Calculated by the Nodal Green´s Function Method,” Kerntechnik, v64, p264-268, 1999.


Fu Li, Yaqi Wang, Zhengpei Luo, “Higher Order Harmonics Calculation under Nodal Green´s Function Method,”  Journal of Tsinghua University (Sci & Tech), v39(6), p52-54, 1999(Chinese).
 

Conference papers
Yaqi Wang, Javier Ortensi, Sebastian Schunert, Vincent Laboure, Mark DeHart, “A Pebble Tracking Transport Algorithm for Pebble Bed Reactor Analysis,” PHYSOR 2018: Reactor Physics Paving The Way Towards More Efficient Systems, Cancun, Mexico, April 22-26, 2018.


Vincent Laboure, Javier Ortensi, Yaqi Wang, Sebastian Schunert, Mark DeHart, “Iterated Discontinuity Factors Based on Reference Outgoing Currents for Dis- continuous Finite Element Diffusion,” PHYSOR 2018: Reactor Physics Paving The Way Towards More Efficient Systems, Cancun, Mexico, April 22-26, 2018.


Sebastian Schunert, Yaqi Wang, Vincent Laboure, Javier Ortensi, Mark DeHart, “Approximate Transport Sweeps for DFEM on Higher Order Meshes with Spa- tially Varying Cross Sections,” Trans. ANS, v117:1, p701-705, 2017.


Hans R. Hammer, Jim E. Morel, and Yaqi Wang, “Nonlinear Diffusion Acceler- ation in Voids for the Weighted Least-Square Transport Equation,” M&C 2017 - International Conference on Mathematics & Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science & Engineering, Jeju, Korea, April 16-20, 2017.


Yaqi Wang, Sebastian Schunert, Javier Ortensi, Frederick N. Gleicher, Vincent M. Laboure, Benjamin A. Baker, Mark DeHart, Richard C. Martineau, “Demonstra- tion of MAMMOTH Strongly-Coupled Multiphysics Simulation with the Godiva Benchmark Problem,” M&C 2017 - International Conference on Mathematics & Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science & Engineering, Jeju, Korea, April 16-20, 2017.


Sebastian Schunert, Congjian Wang, Yaqi Wang, Fande  Kong,  Javier  Ortensi,  Benjamin Baker,  Mark  DeHart,  Richard  Martineau,  “A  Generalized  Perturba-  tion Theory Solver in Rattlesnake based on PETSc with  Application  to  TREAT  Steady State Uncertainty Quantification,”  M&C  2017  -  International  Conference  on Mathematics & Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science & Engi- neering, Jeju, Korea, April 16-20, 2017.


Vincent Laboure, Yaqi Wang, Sebastian Schunert, “Direct SN Treatment of the Scattering Source with Phase Functions,” Trans. ANS, v116:1, p650-653, 2017.


Congjian Wang, Sebastian Schunert, Paul W.  Talbot,  Benjamin  Baker,  Yaqi Wang, Javier Ortensi, Frederick Gleicher, Mark DeHart, Cristian Rabiti, “Un- certainty and Sensitivity Analysis of TREAT Transient Test 15,” Trans. ANS, v116:1, p625-628, 2017.
 
Congjian Wang, Paul W. Talbot, Sebastian  Schunert,  Benjamin  Baker,  Yaqi Wang, Javier Ortensi, Frederick Gleicher, Mark DeHart, Cristian Rabiti, “Sur- rogate Models for TREAT Transient Calculations,” Trans. ANS, v116:1, p1127- 1130, 2017.


Yaqi Wang, Sebastian Schunert, Javier Ortensi, Frederick Gleicher,  Benjamin  Baker, Gilles Youinou, Mark DeHart, Richard Martineau , “Derivation of the Point-Kinetics Parameters for the Coupled Reactors,” Trans. ANS, v115:1, p604- 607, 2016.


Yaqi Wang, Sebastian Schunert, Mark D. DeHart and Richard C. Martineau, “Hybrid PN-SN Calculations with SAAF for the Multiscale Transport Capability in Rattlesnake,” Accepted by PHYSOR 2016 - Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA, May 1-5, 2016.


Frederick Gleicher, Javier Ortensi, Yaqi Wang, Sebastian Schunert, Mark DeHart, Stephen Novascone, Jason Hales, Richard Williamson, Andrew Slaughter, Cody Permann, David Andrs, Richard Martineau, “THE APPLICATION OF MAM- MOTH FOR A DETAILED TIGHTLY COUPLED FUEL PIN SIMULATION WITH A STATION BACKOUT,” Top Fuel 2016, Sep. 11-16, Boise, 2016.


Yaqi Wang, Mark D. DeHart, Derek R. Gaston, Frederic N. Gleicher, Richard C. Martineau, John W. Peterson, Javier Ortensi, and Sebastian Schunert, “Conver- gence study of Rattlesnake solutions for the two-dimensional C5G7 MOX bench- mark,” Joint International Conference on Mathematics and Computational (M&C), Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications (SNA) and the Monte Carlo (MC) Method, Nashville, TN, USA, April 19-23, 2015.


Yaqi Wang, “A Remez Algorithm on Finding Polar Angle Quadrature Sets for the Method of Characteristics,” Trans. ANS, v112, p413-415, 2015.


Yaqi Wang, Frederic N. Gleicher, “Revisit Boundary Conditions for the Self- Adjoint Angular Flux Formulation,” PHYSOR 2014 - The Role of Reactor Physics toward a Sustainable Future, The Westin Miyako, Kyoto, Japan, September 28 - October 3, 2014.


Yaqi Wang. “Nonlinear Diffusion Acceleration for the Multigroup Transport equa- tion Discretized with SN and Continuous FEM with Rattlesnake,” In Proceedings, International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods & Reactor Physics (M&C 2013), Sun Valley, Idaho, USA, May 5-9, 2013.


Arron Epiney, Cristian Rabiti, Andrea Alfonsi, Yaqi Wang, Joshua J Cogliati, Strydom, G., “PHISICS multi-group transport neutronic capabilities for RE- LAP5,” Proceedings of the 2012 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - ICAPP ’12, Chicago, USA, June 24-28, 2012.


Yaqi Wang, Avery A. Guild-Bingham, Javier Ortensi, Cody J. Permann, “Im- proved Neutronics Treatment of Burnable Poisons for the Prismatic HTR,” 6th International Topical Meeting on High temperature Reactor Technology (HTR), Tokyo, Japan, 2012.


Richard Sanchez, Cristian Rabiti, Yaqi Wang, “Nonlinear Acceleration of a Con- tinuous Finite Element Discretization of the Self-Adjoint Angular Flux Form of the Transport Equation,” PHYSOR 2012 Advances in Reactor Physics Linking Research, Industry, and Education, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, April 15-20, 2012, on CD-ROM, American Nuclear Society, LaGrange Park, IL, 2012.
 
Frederick N. Gleicher II, Yaqi Wang, Derek Gaston, Richard C. Martineau, “The Method of Manufactured Solutions for RattleSnake, A SN Radiation Transport Solver inside the MOOSE Framework,” Trans. ANS, v106, p372-374, 2012.


Cristian Rabiti, Yaqi Wang, Giuseppe Palmiotti, Hikaru Hiruta, Joshua J. Cogliati, Andrea Alfonsi, Arron Epiney, Tami Grimmet, “PHISICS: New Features and Ad- vancements,” Trans. ANS, v105, p867-868, 2011.


Cristian Rabiti, Yaqi Wang, Giuseppe Palmiotti, Hikaru Hiruta, Joshua J. Cogliati, Andrea Alfonsi, “PHISICS: A New Reactor Physics Analysis Toolkit,” Trans. ANS, v104, p831-833, 2011.
Yaqi Wang, Cristian Rabiti, Giuseppe Palmiotti, “Parallelization of the Red-Black Algorithm on Solving the Second-Order PN Transport Equation with the Hybrid Finite Element Method,” Trans. ANS, v104, p319-321, 2011.


Yaqi Wang, Hongbin Zhang, Ronaldo Szilard, Richard C. Martineau, “Application of the INSTANT-HPS PN Transport Code to the C5G7 Benchmark Problem,” Trans. ANS, v104, p829-830, 2011.


Yaqi Wang, Cristian Rabiti, Giuseppe Palmiotti, “Krylov Solvers Preconditioned with the Low-Order Red-Black Algorithm for the PN Hybrid FEM,” In Int. Conf. M&C’11, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 8-12, 2011.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, “Goal-Oriented h-type Adaptive Mesh Refinement  for the SN Neutron Transport Equation Solved with DGFEM,” Trans. ANS, v101, p399-401, 2009.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, “A P1 Conforming DSA Scheme for SN -Transport with DFEM,” In Int. Conf. M&C’09, Saratoga Springs, New York, May 3-7, 2009.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, Mark D. DeHart, Kevin T. Clarno, “Progress in the Integration of the 2D DG-FEM SN Transport Solver Xuthus into SCALE,” Trans. ANS, v99, p750-752, 2008.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, Mark DeHart, “Xuthos: A Discontinuous Galerkin Transport Solver For NEWT Based On Unstructured Triangular Meshes,” Inter- national Conference on the Physics of Reactors Nuclear Power: A Sustainable Resource, Interlaken, Switzerland, September 14-19, 2008.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa,  “An  Algorithm  for  Irregular  Meshes  in  Adaptive Mesh Refinement Techniques and Its Application to the SN  Transport,”  Trans. ANS, v99, p326-327, 2008.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, “Adaptive Mesh Refinement Applied to the Multi- Dimensional, Multi-Group, SPN Equations with Marshak Boundary Conditions,” Trans. ANS, v97, p639-641, 2007.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, “Goal-Oriented hp-Mesh Adaptation for 1-D Multi- Group Diffusion Equations,” Int. Conf. M&C’07, Monterey, 2007.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, “Adaptive Automated Solution of the Multi-Group Diffusion Equations,” Int. Conf. PHYSOR’06, Vancouver, 2006.


Yaqi Wang, Jean C. Ragusa, “Adaptive hp-Mesh Refinement Applied to 1-D, One-Group Diffusion Problems,” Trans. ANS, v93, p585-587, 2005.


Yaqi Wang, Liangju Zhang, Xiaojin Huang, “Testing Reactor Digital Protection System by Using Industrial Control System,” Internal report 2004(Chinese).
 
Yaqi Wang, Fu Li, Zhengpei Luo, “Determining Precise Safety Margin  for  the  Reactor Core by Using Ex-Core Ion-Chambers,” the 13th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC2002), Oct. 21-25, Shenzhen, China, 2002(Chinese).


Yaqi Wang, Zhengpei Luo, Fu Li, Wenfeng Liu, “Monitoring Reactor Core 3- Dimension Power Distribution by Ex-Core Ion Chambers,” the 8th conference on reactor numerical calculation and particle transport in China, 2000(Chinese).

 
Reports
Yaqi Wang, Mark DeHart, Vincent Laboure, Sebastian Schunert, Javier Ortensi, Frederick Gleicher, “Multischeme transport with upwinding for Rattlesnake code,” INL/EXT-17-44238, 2017.


Yaqi Wang, Sebastian Schunert, Vincent Laboure, “Rattlesnake Theory Manual,” INL/MIS-17-42103, 2017.


Javier Ortens, Benjamin Baker, Mark DeHart, Yaqi Wang, Sebastian Schunert, “Analysis of the Multi-SERTTA Experiment in TREAT with the MAMMOTH Reactor Multiphysics Application,” INL/CON-17-43656, 2017.


Fande Kong, Mark D. DeHart, Yaqi Wang, David Andrs, Javier Ortensi, Cody J. Permann, John W. Peterson, Brian K. Alger, Jason M. Miller, Andrew E. Slaughter, Derek R. Gaston, Robert W. Carlsen, Richard C. Martineau, “A par- allel implementation of eigenvalue solvers for nonlinear-in-eigenvector equations   in MOOSE and SLEPc,” INL/JOU-17-43265, 2017.


Logan Harbour,Jean Ragusa, Yaqi Wang, Sebastian Schunert, Derek Gaston, Mark DeHart, “Uncollided Flux Implementation for Discrete-Ordinate Radiation Transport Solutions in Rattlesnake,” INL/EXT-17-43210, 2017.


Weixiong Zheng, Yaqi Wang, Mark D. DeHart, “Multiscale capability in rat- tlesnake using contiguous discontinuous discretization of self-adjoint angular flux equation,” INL/EXT-16-39793, 2016.


Yaqi Wang, Javier Ortensi, “YAKXS The XML Multigroup Cross Section Li- brary,” INL/EXT-16-38294, 2016.
Yaqi Wang, Sebastian Schunert, Benjamin Baker, Vincent Laboure, “Rattlesnake User Manual,” INL/EXT-15-37337, 2015. 

Presentations:

​Rattlesnake: A MOOSE-Based Radiation Transport Application with Multi- scheme for Multiphysics Modeling and Simulations,” SIAM Conference on Com- putational Science and Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Feb. 27-Mar. 3, 2017.


RattleSnake – The Radiation SN Transport Module of MOOSE,” MOOSE Train- ing at MIT, Boston, MA, Jan. 10-13, 2012.


Adaptive Mesh Refinement for SN Radiation Transport,” Texas A&M Inter- disciplinary Workshop on Scattering, Radiative Transfer and Neutron Transport, College Station, TX, Oct. 24-25, 2008.


“h-  and  hp-  Adaptive  Mesh  Refinement  for  the  Multi-Group  Neutron  Balance Equations,” ACE Workshop at North Carolina State University , Raleigh, NC, Sep. 13-14, 2007.

Research Interests:

​High performance computing applied to nuclear science and engineering

Computational transport theory

Multiphysics modeling & simulations, Reactor core monitoring

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