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NSSPI students have unique opportunities for research, education and professional development. NSSPI students have opportunities to participate in foreign field experiences, present their research results in national and international forums and have premier internship opportunities at national laboratories.

NSSPI faculty and students established at Texas A&M the first student chapter of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM). Students working on NSSPI-sponsored projects also are members of both the Student INMM chapter and the International INMM chapter. As members of the organization, our students have opportunities to present research projects, publish articles and immerse themselves in the professional nuclear nonproliferation culture supported by laboratories and governments around the world.

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Theses and Dissertations by NSSPI-Supported Students

  1. M. Grypp, May 2013, "An Analysis of a Spreader Bar Crane Mounted Gamma-Ray Radiation Detection System" (Ph.D.)
  2. A. Khudoleeva, May 2013, "Conceptual Development of Remote Monitoring System for PWR Spent Fuel Dry Cask Storage through Neutron and Gamma Transport Simulations" (M.S.)
  3. S. Stewart, May 2013, "Investigating Correlated Neutrons from Pulsed Interrogation for Treaty Verification Applications" (M.S.)
  4. J. Erchinger, May 2013, "Investigating the operational Capabilities of Custom and Pedestrian Portal Monitoring Systems for Screening Livestock for Radioactive Contamination" (M.S.)
  5. J. Miller, May 2013, "Investigation of Trace Uranium in Biological Matrices" (Ph.D.)
  6. B. Goddard, May 2013, "Quantitative NDA Measurements of Advanced Reprocessing Product Materials Containing U, Np, Pu, and Am" (Ph.D.)
  7. M. Fitzmaurice, December 2012, "Developing a Methodology for Characterizing the Effects of Building Materials' Natural Radiation Background on a Radiation Portal Monitoring System" (M.S.)
  8. M. Sternat, December 2012, "Development of Technical Nuclear Forensics for Spent Research Reactor Fuel" (Ph.D.)
  9. J. Rogers, December 2012, "Modeling Study of Proposed Field Calibration Source Using K-40 Source and High-Z Targets for Sodium Iodide Detector" (M.S.)
  10. E. Kitcher, December 2012, "Performance and Safety Analysis of a Generic Small Modular Reactor " (M.S.)
  11. C. Myers, December 2012, "Quantitative Methodology for Assessing State Level Nuclear Security Measures" (Ph.D.)
  12. N. Chandregowda, August 2012, "Assessment of the Fingerprinting Method for Verification of Spent Fuel in MACSTOR KN-400 CANDU Spent Fuel Dry Storage" (M.S.)
  13. A. Goodsell, August 2012, "Flat Quartz-Crystal X-ray Spectrometer for Nuclear Forensics Applications" (M.S.)
  14. C. Conchewski, August 2012, "Physical Security System Sensitivity to DBT Perturbations" (M.S.)
  15. L. Holewa, May 2012, "Angular Anisotropy of Correlated Neutrons in Lab Frame of Reference and Application to Detection and Verification" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  16. S. Revis, May 2012, "Determination and Mitigation of Precipitation Effects on Portal Monitor Gamma Background Levels" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  17. G. Spence, May 2012, "Directionally Sensitive Neutron Detector For Homeland Security Applications" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  18. D. Bruss, May 2012, "DSA Preconditioning for the Sn Equations with Strictly Positive Spatial Discretization" (M.S.)
  19. N. Fredette, May 2012, "Imaging Heterogeneous Objects Using Transport Theory and Newton's Method" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  20. G. Hearn, May 2012, "Mutable Detector Array Software for the Detection of Gamma Emissions in Classrooms and the Field" (M.S.)
  21. J. Justina, May 2012, "Radiation Transport Simulation Studies using MCNP for a Cow Phantom to Determine an Optimal Detector Configuration for new Livestock Portal" (M.S.)
  22. E.T. Gitau, August 2011, "Development and Evaluation of a Safeguards System Concept for a Pebble-fueled High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor" (M.S.)
  23. R. Ghanbari, August 2011, "Development of a New Containment Method for Arms Control" (M.S.)
  24. A.M. LaFleur, August 2011, "Development of Self-Interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry (SINRD) to Measure the Fissile Content in Nuclear Fuel" (Ph.D.) See Document (About File Types)
  25. C.M. Ryan, May 2011, "Determining the Impact of Concrete Roadways on Gamma Ray Background Readings for Radiation Portal Monitoring Systems" (M.S.)
  26. M. Mella, May 2011, "Proliferation Pathways Analysis for State-Level Proliferation" (M.S.)
  27. J.J. Jarrell, December 2010, "An Adaptive Angular Discretization Method for Neutral-Particle Transport in Three-dimensional Geometries" (Ph.D.) See Document (About File Types)
  28. G. Tanase, December 2010, "The STAPL Parallel Container Framework" (Ph.D.) See Document (About File Types)
  29. X. Xu, December 2010, "The STAPL pList" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  30. J. Creasy, December 2010, "Thermal Properties of Uranium-Molybdenum Alloys, Phase Decomposition Effects of Heat Treatments" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  31. G.R. Hundley, August 2010, "Bayesian Network Analysis of Radiological Dispersal Device Acquisitions" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  32. Y. Hristova, August 2010, "Mathematical problems of Thermoacoustic and Compton Camera Imaging" (Ph.D.) See Document (About File Types)
  33. A.S. Stafford, August 2010, "Spent Nuclear Fuel Self-Induced XRF to Predict Pu to U Content" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  34. K. A. Miller, May 2010, "An Inverse Source Location Algorithm for Radiation Portal Monitor Applications" (Ph.D.) See Document (About File Types)
  35. N. Parham, May 2010, "Development of Real-Time Fuel Management Capability at the Texas A&M Nuclear Science Center" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  36. D. Strohmeyer, May 2010, "Feasibility Study of a Portable Coupled 3He Detector with LaBr3 Gamma Scintillator for Field Identification and Quantification of Nuclear Material" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  37. J.S. Feener, May 2010, "Safeguards for Uranium Extraction (UREX) +1A Process" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  38. M.R. Sternat, December 2009, "Application of a Constrained Optimization Technique to the Imaging of Heterogeneous Objects Using Diffusion Theory" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  39. D.W. Kuberski, December 2009, "Domestic Audiences, Policy Feedback, and Sequential Decisions During Military Interventions" (Ph.D.) See Document (About File Types)
  40. B. Goddard, December 2009, "Real-Time Detection of UREX+3a Extraction Streams for Materials Accountancy" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  41. E. Rauch, May 2009, "Development of a Safeguards Approach for a Small Graphite Moderated Reactor and Associated Fuel Cycle Facilities" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  42. R. Metcalf, May 2009, "New Tool for Proliferation Resistance Evaluation Applied to Uranium and Thorium Fueled Fast Reactor Fuel Cycles" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  43. J. Miller, December 2008, "Analytical Inverse Model for Post-Event Attribution of Plutonium" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  44. D.G. Ford, December 2008, "Assessment Tool for Nuclear Material Acquisition Pathways" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  45. C.R. Freeman, December 2008, "Bayesian Network Analysis of Nuclear Acquisitions" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  46. D. Sweeney, December 2008, "Reactor Power History from Fission Product Signatures" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  47. A.L. Thornton, December 2007, "Development of a Portable Neutron Coincidence Counter for Field Measurements of Nuclear Materials using the Advanced Multiplicity Capabilities of MCNPX 2.5.F and the Neutron Coincidence Point Model" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  48. T.V.K. Woddi, December 2007, "Nuclear Fuel Cycle Assessment of India: A Technical Study for U.S.-India Cooperation" (Ph.D.) See Document (About File Types)
  49. K. E. Chesson, August 2007, "A One-Group Parametric Sensitivity Analysis for the Graphite Isotope Ratio Method and Other Related Techniques Using ORIGEN 2.2" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  50. A. Solodov, August 2007, "Use of Open Source Information and Commercial Satellite Imagery for Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime Compliance Verification by a Community of Academics" (Ph.D.) See Document (About File Types)
  51. D.D.J. Giannangeli, III , May 2007, "Development of the fundamental attributes and inputs for proliferation resistance assessments of nuclear fuel cycles" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  52. N.A. Johansen, III, August 2006, "An active system for the detection of special fissile material in small watercraft" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  53. R.W. Candalino, August 2006, "Engineering analysis of low enriched uranium fuel using improved zirconium hydride cross sections" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  54. D.E. Burk , May 2005, "Forward model calculations for determining isotopic compositions of materials used in a radiological dispersal device" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
  55. M.R. Scott, May 2005, "Nuclear forensics: attributing the source of spent fuel used in an RDD event" (M.S.) See Document (About File Types)
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