Conference Session

Research and Education in Radiation and Radiologic

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin; Ofodike Ezekoye, University of Texas, Austin; David Hearnsberger, University of Texas, Austin; Rose Stiffin, Florida Memorial University; Michael Elliott, Florida Memorial University; Dimitri Tamalis, Florida Memorial University; Carlos Handy, Texas Southern University; Elena Stefanova, Texas Southern University; Muchere Russ, Huston-Tilliston

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Nuclear and Radiological

advanced computingtechniques to design the next generation of nuclear reactor fuel elements, the need for newengineers, scientists, and health physicist has never been greater. To help existing andburgeoning academic programs succeed, we propose to work with Historically Black Collegesand Universities and other Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) to increase enrollment at thegraduate level to provide a higher better educated engineers and health physicists.GoalsIn our program we will work closely with three HBCUs to make clearer the career opportunitiesin nuclear science and technology. We have chosen three distinct types of programs to workwith of which two programs are in the state of Texas and one is in Florida. The two Texasprograms are Texas

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dimitri Tamalis, Florida Memorial University; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin; Steven Biegalski, University of Texas, Austin; Vanessa Sanders, Florida Memorial University; Chanika Symister, Florida Memorial University; Rose Stiffin, Florida Memorial University

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Nuclear and Radiological

AC 2009-1034: EXPERIENCE OF A COLLABORATIVE INTERACTION INNUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING BETWEEN FLORIDA MEMORIALUNIVERSITY (HBCU) AND THE NUCLEAR AND RADIATION ENGINEERINGPROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.Dimitri Tamalis, Florida Memorial University Dr. Dimitri Tamalis is an Assistant Professor in the School of Health and Natural Sciences and is repsonsible to teach health physcis in the undergraduate radiochemistry technical option.Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin Dr. Landsberger is Coordinator of the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program and has primarily involved in the determination of heavy metals in environmental samples using nuclear analytical methods. In particular he

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Holbert, Arizona State University; Jeffrey Goss, Arizona State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

to proposed retrofits to existing nuclear power plants and the plans for all-digital systems in the new plants 8. The industry is presently undertaking significant efforts in this area and is expected to continue to do so into the near future given the issues (e.g., common cause failure due to software errors) that present themselves in qualifying digital technology for nuclear reactor safety systems. The recent process behind and the installation of digital feedwater controllers at PVNGS makes an excellent case study for this topic.9. Human Factors – examines issues such as human performance in engineering, shift work impact and fitness-for-duty. Control room modifications and the use of control room

Conference Session

Research and Education in Radiation and Radiologic

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Pryor; Sheldon Landsberger

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Nuclear and Radiological

handling and manufacturing sensitive materials from nuclear waste to weaponcomponents to spent fuel. Design in this challenging domain requires an interdisciplinaryexpertise in nuclear engineering and flexible automation (robotics). Our experiences have shownthat there is a shortage of interdisciplinary trained engineers in this area which has led to either1) an inherent lack of cutting edge automation technologies in the nuclear domain or 2) aninability to precisely define the operational and environmental requirements for proposedautomation systems. This paper outlines the generalized material and course requirements for aninterdisciplinary graduate program from domain relevant application requirements as well asinteractions with the DOE complex

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenden Mervin, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Guillermo Maldonado, University of Tennessee

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Nuclear and Radiological

directlyimpact the successful deployment of future nuclear energy capacity. Thus, using SCALE tosupplement nuclear engineering curricula provides an innovative approach to teaching appliedtopics involving engineering practices and advanced analysis methods.Introduction Reactor Physics and Criticality Safety are key elements of applied nuclear engineeringeducation and technology. Consequently, a thorough understanding of the underlyingfundamental principles that support these and several closely-related subjects are of paramountimportance to the instructional development of future generations of nuclear industryprofessionals. As a result of the evolution of calculation techniques and algorithms in many areasof nuclear engineering, most of the