Sax - Trident

Kayla J. Sax (married Barron) was a systems major and a recipient of the Best Trident Project Award (2010).

Thesis Characterization and Comparison of New Concepts in Neutron Detection

MIDN Sax investigated a possibility of using memory chips as detectors of neutron radiation in a dirty bomb scenario. She studied the physics and engineering of memory chip alternations in order to implement the detector. She was an extraordinary student capable of integrating comments from a diverse committee. As her home department mentor, my role was focused on the metrology of the experiments she performed and the project integration. She wrote an excellent journal paper describing her major findings that was later caught up in the Navy review process.

Co-advisors Professor Martin E. Nelson (Mechanical Engineering), Professor Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic (Systems Engineering), CAPT Charles B. Cameron (Electrical and Computer Engineering), and Professor James F. Ziegler (Physics)

Journal paper completed during the Tridentship.

K. J. Sax, M. E. Nelson, S. Avramov-Zamurovic, C. B. Cameron, J. F. Ziegler, K. J. Delikat, and H. Hughes, “Evaluation of an SRAM-Based Thermal Neutron-Detection System” to be submitted.