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Author:

Sahin, Dagistan

Title:

Tracing footprints of Environmental events in tree ring chemistry using Neutron Activation Analysis

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

neutron activation analysis
NAA
kzero
k0
Westcott formalism
Geant4
MCNP
Monte Carlo
tree ring
Dendrochemistry
climate

File:

Download DagistanSahinPhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenan Unlu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenan Unlu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Igor Jovanovic, Committee Member
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Committee Member
Peter Ian Kuniholm, Special Member
Charlotte Pearson, Special Member

Author:

Ucar, Dundar

Title:

Modeling and Design of A New Core-Moderator Assembly and Neutron Beam Ports for the Penn State Breazeale Nuclear Reactor (PSBR)

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

PSBR
Breazeale
TRIGA
Neutronic
Thermal
Hydraulics
MCNP
ANSYS
Fluent
Analysis
Design
Cold
Neutron
Beam Port
CFD

File:

Download DundarUcar_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenan Unlu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenan Unlu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Maria Nikolova Avramova, Committee Member
Thomas Fu Yuan Lin, Committee Member
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Member

Author:

Karriem, Veronica

Title:

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THERMAL HYDRAULIC FEEDBACK MECHANISM WITH A QUASI-FIXED POINT ITERATION SCHEME FOR CONTROL ROD POSITION MODELING FOR THE TRIGSIMS-TH APPLICATION

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

TRIGA reactor
MCNP
COBRA-TF
Partially inserted control rods
PSBR
Thermal hydraulic and neutronic coupling methods
CTF
TRIGSIMS

File:

Download vkarriem_phd.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria Nikolova Avramova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gallagher, Joshua

Title:

A Comparison of Techniques for Radiation Induced Displacement Damage Predictions

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Radiation damage
Displacement damage
MCNP
SRIM/TRIM

File:

Download Gallagher_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Motta, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Azaree Lintereur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xing Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Corak, Gokhan

Title:

Improvements on Power Calibration and Core Monitoring at the Penn State Breazeale Reactor

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

MCNP
FMESH
PSBR
Penn State Breazeale Reactor
Power Correction
Fission Matrix Method
ADVANTG
Detector Response
Fission Chamber
Gamma Ion Chamber
Compensated Ion Chamber

File:

Download Gokhan_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

William Walters, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marek Flaska, Major Field Member
Kenan Unlu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jeffrey A Geuther, Special Member
Douglas Wolfe, Outside Unit & Field Member
Arthur Motta, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Hagopian, Victoria

Title:

Updates to the Godiva-IV Model with Experimental Improvements to K-eff Values

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Godiva IV
k-eff
ICSBEP Benchmark
MCNP
ENDF/B-VII.1
ENDF/B-VIII.0
HEU-MET-FAST-086

File:

Download Hagopian_Masters_Thesis_-_FINAL_UPDATED.pdf

Committee Members:

Leigh Winfrey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean Paul Allain, Program Head/Chair
Xing Wang, Committee Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Special Signatory