- Optimization of Fueling Strategies and Material Surveillance through Real-time Tracking in Pebble Bed Reactors (sponsored by the DOE-NEUP)
- Non-destructive Plutonium Assay in Pyroprocessing Bulk Materials with a 3D Boron-Coated-Straw Detector Array (sponsored by the DOE-NEUP)
- Enhanced FLASH Proton Therapy Using Real-Time Dose and Range Monitoring (sponsored by BEAT initiative – Cancer Center at Illinois and OSF HealthCare Cancer Institute)
- Ex-core Microreactor Monitoring (EM2) for autonomous operation (sponsored by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
- Statistical Methods and Machine Learning for Quantitative Radiation Imaging and Characterization of Special Nuclear Material (sponsored by the NNSA – NSSC3 consortium)
Past projects
- Positronium Annihilation Lifetime Tomography
- High-Fidelity Radiation Detection and Light Readout Models based on Scintillators and Silicon Photomultipliers (sponsored by Sandia National Lab)
- Acoustic Contrast Agents Sensitive to Ionizing Radiation (sponsored by the NRC)
- Point-cloud segmentation for radiation therapy (sponsored by the JUMP-ARCHES)
- Radiation damage in geopolymer composites (sponsored by CERL)
- Licensing of Micro Modular Nuclear Reactor for Siting at UIUC (sponsored by UltraSafe Nuclear Corporation)