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NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Jason Hayward

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series
Date
Oct 13, 2020   4:00 - 4:50 pm  
Speaker
Jason Hayward, Professor, Associate Department Head for Graduate Studies and Research, Department of Nuclear Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Cost
Free and Open to the Public
E-Mail
nuclear@illinois.edu
Phone
217-333-2295
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Radiography detector development for x-ray and neutron imaging

Abstract: Radiography and tomography may take advantage of the properties of attenuation of slow neutrons, fast neutrons, x-rays, muons, or more than one modality.  My group has had recent or has ongoing work in each area, working on detector development, algorithm development, or both, as will be briefly described. This talk describes some highlights of our detector development work for cold neutron imaging, where 15 micron resolution has been achieved with a scintillating lithium glass fiber array, and 9 MV x-ray imaging, where a Tb-doped glass has been found to have similar performance to the standard, higher cost cadmium tungstate alternative.

Bio: Jason Hayward, UCOR Fellow, is a Professor and the Associate Head of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Tennessee.  Hayward holds joint appointments with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Y12 National Security Complex, and the UTK-ORNL Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research.  He also serves as the Nuclear Engineering Director of Graduate Studies and as the Deputy Executive Director for the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium.  He teaches classes in detection, imaging, and nondestructive assay of nuclear materials; radiation biology; and engineering design.  Hayward is the recipient of a DOE Science CAREER award.  ASEE has also recognized him with a New Faculty Research Award and as a ‘faculty under forty’ highlight.  Hayward is an IEEE Senior Member, an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, and a member of the Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee.  He holds a PhD in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences from the University of Michigan.  Prior to his time in academia, Hayward served as a U.S. Naval Officer for eight years, working for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, the Office of Naval Research and the Naval Research Laboratory.

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