Education

PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006
MS, École Polytechnique de Montréal, 2003
B.S., École Polytechnique de Montréal, 2003

Research Interests

Computational transport theory, Reactor physics and Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Awards and Honors

• NSERC ES D2, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
  Canada (2004-06)
• George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Fellowship
  (2003-06)
• Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Financial Group Scholarship, campaign
  "Un Monde de Projets" (2002)
• Hydro-Québec Nuclear Engineering Scholarship (2001-03)
• R.J. Stevens Engineering Scholarship, Tembec Inc. (1996-2002)
• Governor General of Canada Bronze Medal Recipient (1996)
• Tembec Gold Medal (1996)
• National Book Award and Scholarship of the University of Toronto
  (1996)

Publications

Refereed Journal Publications

1. F. Rahnema, S. Douglass and B. Forget, “Generalized Energy Condensation Theory,” Nucl. Sci. Eng., Accepted January (2008).
2. B. Forget and F. Rahnema, “COMET Solutions to the 3-D C5G7 MOX Benchmark Problem,” Prog. Nucl. Energy, 48 (2006).
3. B. Forget, F. Rahnema and S.W. Mosher, “A Heterogeneous Coarse Mesh Solution for the 2-D NEA C5G7 MOX Benchmark Problem,” Prog. Nucl. Energy, 45, 2-4, (2004).

Refereed Conference Proceedings

1. B. Forget, M. Asgari, R.M. Ferrer and S. Bays, “The Importance of the (n,gamma) Cm-247 Evaluation on Neutron Emission in Fast Reactor Analysis”, American Nuclear Society, Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2007.
2. R.M. Ferrer, S.Bays, M. Asgari and B. Forget “Title,” GLOBAL-2007: Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems, Boise, ID, 2007.
3. B. Forget and F. Rahnema “A Spectral Unfolding Method,” Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 96 (2007).
4. B. Forget and F. Rahnema, “New Eigenvalue Evaluation Technique in the Heterogeneous Coarse Mesh Transport Method,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 93, 511 (2005).
5. B. Forget and F. Rahnema, “3-D Monte Carlo Based Heterogeneous Coarse Mesh Transport Method,” International Topical Meeting on Mathematics and Computations, Avignon, France, September 12-15, (2005). (3rd place: Best Student Paper)

Pending Patent

• B. Forget and F. Rahnema, “Boundary Adjusted Critical Spectrum Methodology for Reactor Lattice Depletion”, initial stages of application (2005).