Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ye Li, Univ of Illinois; Rizwan Uddin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Xuefeng Zhu; Imran Haddish

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Nuclear and Radiological

choices between 0.1 s and 1 min. The second and third live buttons control the unit and thetenth places respectively, of the time interval to be selected for the count. (If the time interval selected is50 units while the unit switch was selected to be 0.1 s, then the count will take place over (0.1 x 50 =) 5seconds.) There is also one digital display that can show either the current count or the time lapsedduring the count. The display can be toggled back and forth by clicking on a button below the digitaldisplay. The device works as it would in real life, so the student must understand how to use it.Procedures for the two virtual labs developed so far are very similar to the procedures student follow inthe physical lab. Physics models have also

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark A. Prelas, University of Missouri, Columbia; Matthew L. Watermann, NSEI - University of Missouri; Denis Alexander Wisniewski; Janese Annetta Neher, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute-University of Missouri Columbia; Charles Lyndell Weaver III, University of Missouri - Columbia

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2014.Nuclear-Pumped Laser (NPL) technology was a part of the strategic defense initiative (SDI)program in the 1980’s. NPLs have since faded from the United States research agenda but theyremain an active part of the research agenda in other countries, notably in Russia and othernations in the former Soviet Union as well as China [1] which has a cooperative agreement withRussia [2]. The reason for this broad interest in the technology is that a NPL can scale to highpower/energy levels (potentially up to 100 MW Continuous Wave (CW) beam power). Militaryapplications have historically dominated the NPL research agenda. However, there aresignificant humanitarian applications for high power/energy lasers. For example a high powerCW NPL would have

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University; Nabil A. Yousif, Fort Valley State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

student enrollment for the minor programsignificantly increases during the second and third year of the project with aggressiverecruitment and better planning for course scheduling.AcknowledgementThe authors would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of Nuclear RegulatoryCommission (NRC) for funding this project at Fort Valley State University. The comments,opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of NRC.References1 http://www.nei.org/Master-Document-Folder/Backgrounders/Fact-Sheets/Nuclear-Industry-s-Comprehensive- Approach-Develops2 http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/the-aging-nuclear-workforce3 http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/grants.html4 http

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wade R. Marcum, Oregon State University; Steve Reese, Oregon State University; Robert A. Schickler

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Nuclear and Radiological

Page 24.387.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Developing a Reactor Operator Training Course Series at Oregon State University Wade R. Marcum1, Steve R. Reese2, S. Todd Keller2, Robert A. Schickler2 1 Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics, Oregon State University 2 Radiation Center, Oregon State UniversityABSTRACTOregon State University’s (OSU’s) Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation HealthPhysics (NERHP) recently graduated its first influx of students participating in the inaugural“Reactor Operator Training” course series

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel A. Heider, U.S. Military Academy; Bryndol A. Sones, U.S. Military Academy; Brian E. Moretti, Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering

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Engng. Educ., Bangkok, Thailand, 19-23 (2007).4. Terenzini, P.; Cabrera, A.; Colbeck, C.; Parente, J.; Bjorklund, S., "Collaborative Learning Vs. Lecture/Discussion: Students’ Reported Learning Gains." Journal of Engineering Education (2001): 123-130. Web.5. Guzdial, M.; Ludovice, P.; Realff, M.; Morley, T.; Carroll, K.; Ladak, A., "The Challenge of Collaborative Page 24.921.9 Learning in Engineering and Math," Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual , vol.1, T3B,24-9 vol.1, 2001

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoonjo Jo Jo Lee, University of Missouri; Matthew Paul Simones, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri; John C. Kennedy, University of Missouri; Hakan Us; Philip F. Makarewicz, University of Missouri; Janese Annetta Neher, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute-University of Missouri Columbia; Mark A. Prelas, University of Missouri, Columbia

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Nuclear and Radiological