Course Descriptions

Introduction to Nuclear Engineering I

• Review of Modern Physics
• Nuclear Models
• Atomic Models
• Binding Energy
• Line of Stability
• Radioactivity
• Modes of Decay (charged particles, neutrons, electromagnetic)
• Decay Chains

Introduction to Nuclear Engineering II

• Radiation Interactions
  • electron, decay constant, characteristic and bremsstrahlung
  • x-rays, Auger electrons, fission and fusion reactions, and
  • kinematics of nuclear reactions and decays
• Classical and quantum-mechanical derivations of cross sections
  • Micro- Macroscopic cross-sections
• Interactions of photons with matter
  • Photoelectric absorption, Compton Scattering, pair production,
  • Rayleigh, Thomson, and Raman scatterings, and photonuclear
• Interactions of neutrons with matter
  • Elastic scattering, inelastic scattering and cascade reactions,
  • Radiative capture, charged-particle emission, fission, and
  • Fusion reactions
• Interactions of charged particles with matter
  • Elastic, inelastic: excitation, ionization, and bremsstrahlung.
  • Semi-classical derivation of Bethe's formula of stopping power.
• Radiation effects on matter

Radiation Detection and Instrumentation

• Counting statistics and error propagation 
• Ionization chambers 
• Proportional counters 
• G-M counters 
• Scintillation detectors 
• Semiconductor detectors 
• Pulse/signal processing 
• Application of radiation detectors 
• Spectrometers and spectrum unfolding 
• Miscellaneous radiation detectors