The 2024 MTV Nuclear Engineering Summer School is an 8-week program that will cover a range of topics and techniques that benefit student researchers at all academic levels. Students interested in strengthening their research capabilities are invited to register for the upcoming summer school. Classes will be taught on Zoom by MTV faculty, national lab scientists, and senior Ph.D. students.
Classes start on Tuesday, June 11, 2024.
Lecture topics include:
- General Nuclear Topics
- Gamma-rays
- Neutron Detection
- Monte Carlo
- Radiation Imaging
- Scintillator Synthesis
- Fission
- Special Applications
There is no cost to participate! A completion certificate will be awarded to participants who attend 80% of lectures.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/UHS3bYqWe3XDvaoU7
Zoom link and additional details of summer school to be provided after registration, and prior to classes.
Please email Courtney Wagoner at [email protected], with any questions.
Lectures are from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET. Presenter-approved lectures to be linked at the end of each week.
| DATE | TITLE | PRESENTER |
| June 11 | Nuclear structure and forces | Farah Rafee, Ph.D. student, University of Michigan |
| June 12 | Understanding early reactor programs | Patrick Park, Ph.D. student, Princeton University |
| June 13 | Safeguards by design | Dr. Manit Shah, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| June 18 | Physics of gamma-rays | Schuyler Tyler, Ph.D. student, University of Michigan |
| June 19 | Gamma-ray detection | Peter Hotvedt, Ph.D. student, University of Michigan |
| June 20 | Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA) for nuclear forensics | Brad Nethercutt, Ph.D. student, Penn State University |
| June 25 | Physics of neutrons | Ethan Schneider, Ph.D. student, University of Michigan |
| June 26 | Neutron detection | Caryanne Wilson, Ph.D. student, University of Michigan |
| June 27 | Kinetic “noise” in critical and subcritical experiments *Talk to be linked upon approval from national lab | Flynn Darby, Ph.D. student, University of Michigan |
| July 9 | Fission fragments | Dr. Kyle Beyer, Michigan State University |
| July 10 | Fission neutrons and gamma rays | Dr. Nathan Giha, University of Michigan |
| July 11 | Probing fission fragment angular momenta by photon measurements | Dr. Ramona Vogt, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| July 16 | Imaging methods | Ricardo Lopez, Ph.D. student, University of Michigan |
| July 17 | Neutron emission tomography of spent nuclear fuel | Dr. Mairead Montague, University of Michigan |
| July 18 | Event topology with opaque scintillators | Dr. Andrew Wilhelm, U.S. Army – West Point |
| July 23 | Chemistry, physics, and characterization of plastic scintillators | Prof. Alan Sellinger, Colorado School of Mines |
| July 24 | Organic glass synthesis and characterization | Tessa Maurer, Graduate student, University of Michigan |
| July 25 | Recent advancements in plastic scintillators | Chandler Moore, Air Force Institute of Technology |
| July 30 | Introduction to Monte Carlo | Dr. Shaun Clarke, University of Michigan |
| July 31 | GEANT4 for radiation detection simulations | Dr. Micah Folsom, Intel |
| August 1 | Breaking Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) simulations | Dr. Matt Marcath, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| August 6 | U.S. nuclear policy development | Dr. Rian Bahran, The White House – Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| August 7 | IAEA history & safeguards implementation | Susan Pepper, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| August 8 | Dark matter and neutrino detection | Dr. Alex Kavner, University of Michigan |