Samuel Shaner
Bio:
Samuel received his PhD and MS in Nuclear Science and Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and hold a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focused on building high performance computing packages for nuclear reactor analysis. He co-founded Yellowstone Energy in 2016 with Matthew Ellis. Yellowstone Energy focused on the development of a modular, safe, and economic advanced nuclear reactor.
Matthew Ellis
Bio:
Matthew received his PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and hold a MS and BS in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. His research focused on developing and optimizing numerical methods for coupling Monte Carlo codes with finite element applications for multiphysics nuclear reactor simulations. He co-founded Yellowstone Energy in 2016 with Samuel Shaner.
Anna Douglas
Bio:
Anna received her PhD in 2019 in Interdisciplinary Material Science from Vanderbilt University. As a National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellow, she primarily focused her studies on clean energy technologies and the growth of high quality carbon nanotubes from ambient carbon dioxide. Prior to Vanderbilt, Anna completed a BS in mathematics and chemistry at Lee University. She interned as an undergraduate at the NASA Glenn Research Center, where she discovered her passion for nanotechnology.
Mitchell Ishmael
Bio:
Mitchell received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Cornell University and holds a BS in Chemical Engineering with a Minor in Economics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He has experience designing, building, and effectively using experimental systems for high-precision measurements of material properties. He has synthesized phase change materials and surface chemistries for efficient and cost-effective thermal energy storage.