Neutron Measurement Laboratory

NML student Kholod Mahmoud presented her work on enhancing Positron Emission Tomography using the positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy technique at the 2023 NSS MIC RTSD conference.

Prof. Angela Di Fulvio has been promoted to Associate Professor. Congratulations, Angela! Read more here.

Congratulations to NML student Jianxin Zhou, who has just passed his prelim and becomes a PhD Candidate! His thesis project is on “Machine-learning Models and Shielding Materials for Radiation Protection of Patients and Personnel in Particle Therapy”.

NML student John Leland attended the International Nuclear Data and Analytical Techniques (INDAT) Summer School cohosted by UC Berkeley and UC Davis. This program consists of lectures and hands-on activities involving nuclear detection, analysis techniques, and aspects of the nuclear data pipeline, from measurement and modeling to compilation and evaluation.

NML students John Leland and Jacob Fritchie presented their work at the 2023 UPR Meeting.

Jacob presented his work on experimental characterization of silicon photomultipliers, and Ming presented the work on the assay of spent TRISO fuel using a neutron multiplicity counter with gamma sensitivity of 10-12.

The “Ex core Microreactor Monitoring (EM 2 for Autonomous Operation” project that Prof. Di Fulvio leads is funded by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and aims to develop new concepts of integrated microreactor monitoring that enable their unattended and reliable operation over their lifetime.

We seek motivated undergraduate students from University of Illinois-Chicago for a summer internship on this topic.

Apply online by March 1st:
https://go.npre.illinois.edu/UGfellow

To receive more information about this opportunity, contact
Prof . Angela Di Fulvio

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Congratulations to Ming Fang and Jianxin Zhou. Ming Fang is the recipient of the 2022 J. D. Williams Student Paper Award (2nd place) at the INMM meeting and Jianxin Zhou the Best Graduate Presentation (Radiation Measurements topic) at the ANS Student Conference! Different conferences, same high research quality!