Short Bio:
Seungwoo Son graduated in August 2025 with a Master of Science degree in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M University. He conducted his studies as a sponsored officer of the Republic of Korea Army through their overseas graduate education program. His research, completed under the guidance of NSSPI Faculty Fellow Dr. Farheen Naqvi, focused on improving the performance of mobile neutron resonance transmission analysis (NRTA) systems used for identifying special nuclear material in the field. Son investigated how shielding configurations, neutron source activity, and GS20 detector design influence the rate of random and false neutron-gamma coincidences, ultimately proposing methods to enhance time-of-flight resolution and isotope identification capability. He received the student poster award for the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division at the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) Annual Meeting in 2024 for presenting his research. Before joining NSSPI, Son completed his undergraduate education in applied chemistry at the Korea Military Academy and served as an officer in the Republic of Korea Army. Following the completion of his graduate degree at Texas A&M, he returned to South Korea to continue his military career as a captain in the army.
NSSPI Publications:
- S. Son, H. Watts, and F. Naqvi, "Verify the feasibility of the mobile NRTA setup with GEANT4 simulation", Poster, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting, 21-25 July 2024, Portland, Oregon.