Research Team
Justina Freilich
PhD Student
Exploring robotic applications for nuclear decommissioning.
Brittany Robertson
PhD Student (PNNL)
Analyzing historical uranium samples, including unirradiated N-Reactor Fuel, and WWII era German uranium (Heisenberg Cubes).
Quinton Williams
MS Student (INL)
Modeling AGN-201 reactor for digital twin development for nuclear safeguards. INL GEM Fellow and OSU Scheutte Fellow.
Jordan Northrop
MS Student (CEMeNT)
Validation and verification of dynamic time-dependent Monte Carlo code (MC/DC) modeling pulsed-sphere experiments.
Sophie Weidenbenner
PhD Student (NNIS Fellow)
Instrumentation development for nondestructive nuclear material analysis applied to nuclear safeguards.
Jacob Benz
PhD Student (PNNL)
Trustworthiness of equipment and data, and their impact within a treaty verification regime.
Ethan Lame
MS Student (CEMeNT)
Compressed sensing methods for Monte-Carlo neutron transport.
Jeffrey Musk
PhD Student (Sandia)
Radiation transport for prompt, post-detonation nuclear forensics.
Tanner Heatherly
MS Student (PNNL)
Information barriers using ML for arms control passive gamma attribute measurements.
Former Graduate Student Theses
A Hybrid Finite Volume-Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Approach for Shock Capturing
Risk-Informed Performance-Based Methods for Cyber-Attack on Nuclear Power Facilities
Characterization of Soft Robotic Materials in Radiation Environments for Nuclear Industry Applications
Measurement of 239Pu, 237Np, and 238U Fission Product Gamma Rays
Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment Using ADAPT/RELAP5-3D for Cybersecurity Threat Analysis
Impacts of Prompt Radiation on Nuclear Blast Waves
Characterization of Radionuclide Resuspension via Aeolian Processes at the Ambrosia Lake West Mill Facility
Impacts of Prompt Radiation on Nuclear Blast Waves
Autoradiographic Imaging Method for Post-detonation Nuclear Forensics and Radiological Emergency Response
Effects of MCNP Model Resolution on Predicting Water Equivalent Thickness of Nanocomposite Materials in High-Energy Proton Fields
Development of a High-Energy Neutron Sniffer and Subsequent Dose Quantification for High-Energy Particle Accelerator Shielding Surveys
Comparison of Attila SN Particle Transport Code with MCNP in the Analysis of Small Modular Reactor Shielding
Feasibility Study of a Thermal Spectrum Thorium Breeder Reactor Without Chemical Reprocessing
Design of a 3-D Printed Eye Model for Quantification and Analysis of Retinal Image Distortion in the Ophthalmic Plaque Brachytherapy Treatment Planning Process
Soft robotics in radiation environments for nuclear safeguard applications
Feasibility of enrichment measurements with a pixelated CdTe HEXITEC detector: A comparison of methods
Atmospheric Radon Modeling for Aerial Measurements
Comparison of secondary neutron dose from 10 MV intensity modulated radiation therapy and volume modulated arc therapy
Radiation dose and risk in interventional neuroradiology
Comparison of eye plaque dosimetry using deterministic and Monte Carlo methods
Comparison of two commercial detector arrays for RapidArc quality assurance
Characterization of a fiber optic coupled dosimeter for clinical electron beam dosimetry
Characterization of the onset of charged particle equilibrium for photon dose to skin (VARSKIN)
Estimation of the setup accuracy of a surface image-guided stereotactic positioning system
Patient radiation exposure variability and minimization in mobile, C-arm fluoroscopy
Skin depth dose distribution measurement and analysis using radiochromic dosimetry
Monte Carlo derived absorbed fractions in a voxelized model of a rainbow trout
Accounting for heterogeneity corrections in breast brachytherapy