Ph.D. Candidate
B.S. Physics at Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, 2017
Stefano graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Physics in 2017. His undergraduate research focused on quantum spin squeezing and interaction of electromagnetic fields with molecules. His graduate research interest include the physics of fission processes and the analysis of experimental data.
Projects: Nuclear fission cross-correlations and multiplicities
Ph.D. Candidate
B.S.E. Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University, USA, 2017
Chris joined DNNG in Fall 2017. He has previous experience in commercial nuclear power as a co-op student with Dominion Resources, and has performed undergraduate research projects pertaining to radon detection and tensioned metastable fluid detectors. His current research interests include active interrogation systems, nuclear non-proliferation, and imaging devices.
Projects: Active interrogation
Ph.D. Candidate
M.S. Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University, USA, 2018
Abbas graduated from Purdue University, with a master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering. He joined the DNNG group in Fall 2018. His research at Purdue University involved transient analysis of neutrons in a sub-critical system for detection of special nuclear materials (SNM) and medical radioisotope applications. His current research interest includes neutron transient measurements in presence of high gamma fields, accelerator based active interrogation (AI) systems and neutron imaging techniques.
Projects: Active interrogation
Ph.D. Candidate
M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2022
B.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2019
Nathan joined DNNG in Summer 2016 as a CVT Undergraduate Research Fellow, developing custom silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) readout electronics for application in a handheld dual-particle imager. In Fall of 2019, Nathan continued with the group as a Ph.D. student. His graduate research focuses on angular momentum-energy correlations in nuclear fission.
Projects: Nuclear Fission
Ph.D. Candidate
M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2023
B.S. Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University, USA, 2020
Juliann graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering and a certificate in Safety Engineering in Spring 2020. She joined the DNNG in Fall 2020. During her undergraduate studies, she spent multiple summers working with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), which is where her current research began. Currently, she works as a full time engineer at LANL while continuing her research improving nuclear data sensitivity capabilities for neutron noise measurements.
Projects: Neutron noise measurement simulated nuclear data sensitivities
Ph.D. Pre-Candidate
B.S.E Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2020
M.S.E Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2021
Ricardo graduated from the University of Michigan in 2020 with a B.S.E in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences and then joined the DNNG in the Fall of 2020 while pursuing a master’s degree. In the Fall of 2021, he continued with the DNNG as a Ph.D. student. His current research interests include organic scintillators and nuclear safeguards. His graduate research focuses on particle imaging for nonproliferation applications.
Projects: Handheld dual particle imager
Ph. D. Candidate
B.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2018
M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2020
Flynn joined DNNG in the Winter of 2020. He completed his masters degree with a focus on Rossi-alpha measurements analysis for subcritical, reflected assemblies. His current research focuses on applying and refining fast neutron multiplicity counting techniques to measurements of kilogram-scale subcritical assemblies.
Projects: Fast neutron multiplicity counting, neutron noise, nuclear safeguards