David Grant Ford

Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

David Grant Ford

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NSSPI Graduate
Nuclear Engineering

M.S., 2008

Research Group: Proliferation Risk Analysis

NSSPI Publications:

  1. William S. Charlton, David Boyle, Sunil Chirayath, David G. Ford, Claudio A. Gariazzo, Craig Marianno, Kelley Ragusa, Alexer Solodov, "Educating the Next Generation of Nuclear Safeguards and Security Experts at TAMU", GLOBAL 2011, Makuhar, Japan, December 11-16, 2011.

  2. W.S. Charlton and D.G. Ford, "A Course on the Design of Nuclear Security Systems", Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 105, Washington, D.C., October 30-November 3, 2011

  3. W.S. Charlton, D. Boyle, S.S. Chirayath, D.G. Ford, C.A. Gariazzo, C. Marianno, K. Ragusa, A. Solodov, "Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards Education at TAMU: Embracing Novel Teaching Practices", 52nd Annual Meeting of the INMM, Palm Desert, CA, July 17-21, 2011.

  4. W.S. Charlton, D.G.Ford, "Implementation of a Pilot Course at Texas A&M University on Designing Nuclear Security Systems", 52nd Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM), Palm Desert, CA, July 17-21, 2011.

  5. David G. Ford, William S. Charlton, Robert Tribble, Charles M. Folden III, William Rundell, "Nuclear Forensics Certificate Program Development at TAMU", 51st Annual Meeting for the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Baltimore, Maryland, July 11-15, 2010.

  6. D.G. Ford, W.S. Charlton, K. Ragusa, "Safeguards Education at Texas A&M University", 51st Annual Meeting for the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Baltimore, Maryland, July 11-15, 2010.

  7. C.T. Myers, W.S. Charlton, D.G. Ford, "Risk Analysis and Management of State Nuclear Security Measures", 51st Annual Meeting for the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Baltimore, Maryland, July 11-15, 2010.

  8. D. Boyle, A. Mohagheghi, A. Williams, D. Ford, "Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII): White Paper", Sandia Report, SAND2010-1586, March 2010.

  9. W.S. Charlton, D.G. Ford, W.D. Reece, W.H. Hsu, K. Ragusa, "Nuclear Safeguards Education Portal at Texas A&M University", Transactions of the 2009 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 15-19, 2009.

  10. D.G. Ford W. S. Charlton, "Safeguards Education Outreach at TAMU", 2009 Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Tucson, AZ, July 12-15, 2009.

  11. E.B. Rauch, W.S. Charlton, D.G. Ford, "Developing a Safeguards Approach for a Small Graphite Moderated Reactor and Associated Fuel Cycle Facilities", 2009 Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Tucson, AZ, July 12-15, 2009.

  12. D.G. Ford, "Assessment Tool for Nuclear Material Acquisition Pathways", M.S. Thesis, Texas A & M University, December 2008.

  13. G. Spence, D.G. Ford, W.S. Charlton, "Advanced Radiation Detection Sensor Development at TAMU", Poster presented at the Academic Research Initiative Grantees Conference, Washington, D.C., April 2008.

  14. V.D. Cleary, P.E. Rexroth, G.E. Rochau, D.H. Saltiel, D. Greneche, S. Ng, W.S. Charlton, D.G. Ford, D. Giennangeli, "Strengthening the Foundations of Proliferation Assessment Tools", Sandia Report (SAND2007-6158), September 2007.

  15. W.S. Charlton D.G. Ford, "Assessment Tool for Nuclear Weapon Acquisition Pathways", Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management, July 8-12, 2007, Tucson, AZ.

  16. W.S. Charlton, R.F. Leboeuff, C. Gariazzo, D.G. Ford, C. Beard, S. Lsberger, and M. Whitaker, "Proliferation Resistance Assessment Methodology for Nuclear Fuel Cycles", Nuclear Technology, 157 (2007).