Conference Session

Research and Education in Radiation and Radiologic

Collection

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

of lab courses in these areas.HTU has been quite aggressive in developing pipelines for middle and high school students toenter college in science majors through the successful Pre-Freshman Engineering Program(AusPrEP) summer program. The AusPrEP program is part of a $238,000 grant to Huston-Tillotson from the U.S. Department of Education for math and science initiatives. This grant hasinitiated additional funding from industry. Applied Materials, a semiconductor equipmentmanufacturing company, awarded HT $20,000 to add to the AusPrEP program. We plan onleveraging on the success of this program to add modules to it specifically related to nuclearscience and engineering issues. Funding will provide support for HTU faculty and students aswell

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

Security 14 Grid Disturbances Page 14.204.6 15 Exams (midterm and final)3. Licensing, Regulatory Issues, Standards – covers the role of organizations such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), standards organizations (ANSI, IEEE, ANS, ISA, ASME, ASTM); the one-step (10 CFR Part 52) licensing process; requirements for and need to update the plant safety analysis report; and quality assurance.4. Emergency Preparedness and Response – addresses the procedures and plan for plant

Conference Session

Research and Education in Radiation and Radiologic

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erich Schneider, University of Texas, Austin; Steven Biegalski, University of Texas, Austin; David Hearnsberger, University of Texas, Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin

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Nuclear and Radiological

will be heldfor the first time in the summer of 2009, will serve undergraduates from outside of TheUniversity of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) who are pursuing a degree in a disciplineother than nuclear engineering (NE) as well as those who are working toward NE degreesat schools without a research reactor.IntroductionGrowth in the supply of trained engineers for the nuclear industry has been exceeded bydemand growth. Nuclear engineers have been in high demand because of the highturnover in the aging industrial workforce; however the construction of a generation ofnew nuclear power plants will play an even more significant role in the employmentdynamics of the industry. Domestic utilities have announced plans to construct nearlythirty new plants

Conference Session

Research and Education in Radiation and Radiologic

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Pryor; Sheldon Landsberger

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Nuclear and Radiological

manipulation in unstructured environments,” Conference proceedings of the 2nd international joint topical meeting on emergency preparedness and response and robotic and remote systems conference. Albuquerque, NM., pp. 125-131. 4. Noakes, M., Love, L., and Lloyd, P., 2002, “Telerobotic planning and control for DOE D&D operations,” Proc. of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Washington D.C., pp. 3485-3492. 5. Berry, D., and Wheeler, D., 2008, “Utilizing a robotic vehicle to access and clean a hazardous underground tank,” Conference proceedings of the 2nd international joint topical meeting on emergency preparedness and response and robotic and remote systems conference