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Current Gradute Students

Research Topic
Student Name
Measurements of Energy Dependent (n,p) and (n,alpha) Cross Sections of Nanogram Quantities of Short-lived Isotopes Jason Thompson
Development of a High Resolution Modular Transmission Detector Rian Bahran
Fission Neutron Spectroscopy Ezekiel Blaine
Measurement of Resonace Capture to Fission Ratio David Williams
Measurements of inelasticly scattered neutrons Adam Daskalakis
Resonace Region Neutron Capture Detector Brian McDermott
Design of an efficient Neutron Production target and Detection system Sean Piela
Experiments and calculations of used fuel assay using a lead slowing down spectrometer Adam Weltz

Graduated

Ph.D. Degree

Student Name
Thesis Title
Degree
Graduated
Dr. Devin Barry
Neodymium Neutron Transmission And Capture Measurements And Development of A New Transmission Detector.
Ph.D.
Dec 2003
Dr. Mike Trbovich
Hafnium Neutron Cross-Sections and Resonance Analysis.
Ph.D.
Dec 2003
Dr. Tim Donovan
Monte Carlo Neutral Particle Transport Through a Binary Stochastic Mixture Using Cord Length Sampling
Ph.D.
Dec 2003
Dr. Lee Changqing
Characterization of Thin Coatings Using Eddy Current Methods
Ph.D.
Aug 2004
Dr. Bryndol Sones
Production of intense, tunable, quasi-monochromatic X-rays using the RPI linear accelerator
Ph.D.
Aug 2004
Dr. Jeff Geuther Radiation Generation with Pyroelectric Crystals Ph.D. May 2007
Dr. Donald Gillich Particle Acceleration with Pyroelectric Crystals Ph.D. May 2009
Dr. Frank Saglime High Energy Neutron Differential Scattering Measurements for Beryllium and Molybdenum Ph.D. Aug 2009
Dr. Catherine Romano Variations In Fission Fragment Mass Distributions As A Function Of Incident Neutron Energy Measured In A Lead Slowing-Down Spectrometer Ph.D. Aug 2009
Dr. Justin Clintorn Optimization and Characterization of a Novel Self Powered Solid State Neutron Detector Ph.D. Dec 2011
Dr. Michael Rapp Design and Construction of a Large Area Detector System and Neutron Total Cross Section Measurements in the Energy Range 0.4 To 20 MeV Ph.D. Dec 2011

M.S. Degree

Student Name
Thesis Title
Degree
Graduated
Frank Saglime
Experimental Results for the RPI Bubble Fusion Project
M.S.
Aug 2004
Leonid Severnyak
Fission to Capture Ratio Measurements
M.S.
Dec 2005
Wangerin Kristen
Passive Quenching Electrical Model of Silicon Photomultipliers (SSPMs)
M.S.
July 2008
Andrew Kovanen Generation of Radiation from Pyroelectric Crystals M.S. Aug 2009
Matthew Evans Basic Properties of Pyroelectric Crystals M.S. May 2010
Adam Daskalakis Optimization of pyroelectric neutron generators M.S. May 2011
Benjamin Lawrence Medical Isotope Production Utilizing Photonuclear Interactions M.S. Dec 2011