Students interested in strengthening their research capabilities are invited to register for the upcoming MTV Nuclear Engineering Summer School. This 12-week program will cover a range of topics and techniques that benefit student researchers at all academic levels.
Virtual classes start: May 18, 2020
There is no cost to participate!
Classes will occur for 1 hour daily. You can view the tentative schedule here.
MTV completion certificate will be granted to participating students.
Classes will be taught virtually by MTV faculty, national lab collaborators, and senior PhD students.
Topics include:
• Nuclear Engineering Background
• Gamma Detection
• Neutron Detection
• Organic Scintillation Detectors
• Analyzing Experimental Data
(Including special nuclear material!)
Questions about this activity can be emailed to John Rodriquez at [email protected].
Agenda
| May 18 | “Welcome to the MTV Nuclear Engineering Summer School and Introduction to Nuclear Non-Proliferation” |
| May 20 | “Neutron Interactions and Cross Sections” Mr. Michael Hua, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| May 21 | “Gamma-Ray Interactions” Mr. Christopher Meert, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| May 22 | “Introduction to Detectors” Mr. William Steinberger, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| May 26 | Invited Lecture “Introduction to Fission” Dr. Jørgen Randrup, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| May 27 | “Gamma-Ray Detection” Mr. Nathan Giha, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| May 28 | “Activation Analysis” Mr. Christopher Meert, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| May 29 | “Uranium Enrichment” Mr. William Steinberger, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| June 1 | “Capture-Based Neutron Detection” Mr. Christopher Meert, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| June 2 | “Scatter-Based Neutron Detection” Mr. William Steinberger, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| June 3 | Invited Lecture “History: Manhattan Project” Dr. Alan Carr, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| June 4 | Invited Lecture “Far-field Reactor Discovery and Monitoring using Antineutrinos” Prof. Igor Jovanovic, University of Michigan |
| June 8 | “Introduction to Pulse Processing” Mr. William Steinberger, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| June 9 | “Correlation Analysis” Mr. Stefano Marin, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| June 11 | “Introduction to Neural Networks” Mr. Abbas Jinia, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| June 12 | Invited Lecture “Nuclear Arms Control and Verification: Past, Present, and Future” Prof. Alex Glaser, Princeton University |
| June 16 (1) | “Monte Carlo Intro I” Mr. Michael Hua, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| June 16 (2) | “Monte Carlo Intro II” Dr. Shaun Clarke, University of Michigan |
| June 17 | Invited Lecture “Introduction to Monte Carlo Methods” Prof. Christopher Perfetti, University of New Mexico |
| June 19 | Invited Lecture “Methods for Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis in the Nuclear Engineering Applications” Prof. Christopher Perfetti, University of New Mexico |
| June 22 | “Setting up Your Detector” Mr. William Steinberger, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| June 23 | “Energy Resolution, Time Resolution, Linearity” Mr. Stefano Marin, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| June 24 | “Light Output” Mr. William Steinberger, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| July 6 | Invited Lecture “Nondestructive Assay for Nuclear Safeguards” Dr. Alexis Trahan, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| July 7 | Invited Lecture (no recording available) “Safeguarding Reactors and Spent Nuclear Fuel” Dr. Alexis Trahan, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| July 9 | “Current Research in Time-Correlated Neutron Techniques” Mr. Michael Hua, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| July 10 |
Invited Lecture |
| July 14 | “Neutron Active Interrogation” Mr. Christopher Meert, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| July 15 | “Photon Active Interrogation” Mr. Christopher Meert, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| July 16 | “Medical Applications of Radiation” Ms. Noora Ba Sunbul, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| July 17 | Invited Lecture “Synergizing imaging, dosimetry, and radiotherapy with machine learning” Prof. Angela Di Fulvio, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| July 20 | Invited Lecture “Antineutrino Detection” Prof. Anna Erickson, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| July 22 (1) | Invited Lecture “Cross-Sections and Criticality During the Manhattan Project” Dr. Mark Chadwick, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| July 22 (2) | “Introduction to Scatter-Based Imaging and Fundamentals” Mr. William Steinberger, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| July 23 | Invited Lecture “Coded-Aperture Imaging” Dr. Erik Brubaker, Sandia National Laboratories |
| July 27 | “Spontaneous and Induced Fission” Mr. Stefano Marin, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| July 28 | “Fission Event Generators” Mr. Stefano Marin, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| July 29 | “Active Areas of Research” Mr. Stefano Marin, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| July 30 | “Detection Systems at National Laboratories” Mr. Stefano Marin, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan |
| July 31 | Invited Lecture “Modeling Fission in the Lab and in the Universe” Dr. Ramona Vogt, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |