Dr. Richard R. Brey, Associate Professor

ISU Department of Physics
Campus Box 8106
Pocatello, Idaho 83209
Phone: (208) 282-2667
FAX: (208) 282-4649
email: brey@physics.isu.edu
Office: Physical Science 233


POSITIONS

July 1999-Present Idaho State University, Associate Professor of Physics
July 1994-1999 Idaho State University, Assistant Professor of Physics
Director, Health Physics Program
Director, Environmental Assessment Laboratory
Jan. 1994 - June 1994 Purdue University School of Health Sciences
Teaching Assistant
Aug. 1990 - Dec. 1993 Purdue University
DOE Graduate Fellow
May 1991 - Aug. 1991 INEL, EG&G Idaho, Environmental Technology Unit
Intern
Aug. 1989 - Aug. 1990 Purdue University School of Health Sciences
Teaching Assistant
May 1987 - Aug. 1987 American Electric Power Service Corp., Nuclear Operations, Radiological Support Section, Columbus, OH
Intern
July 1983 - July 1986 Indiana & Michigan Electric Company, D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Station, Bridgman, MI
Chemistry Radiation Protection Technician

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 1994, Health Physics, Purdue University
M.S. 1990, Health Physics, Purdue University
B.S. 1988, Health Physics/Industrial Hygiene, Purdue University
A.A.S. 1983, Nuclear Power Technology, Terra Technical College

 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

American Board of Health Physics

 

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Health physics fundamentals
Radiation detection instrumentation theory.
The physics and modeling of hazardous material transport through porous media

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

Honor Societies:
Phi Kapa Phi National Honor Society
Eta Sigma Gamma Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society

Fellowships and Scholarships:
DOE Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Fellowship
I.N.P.O. Graduate Fellowship & I.N.P.O. Undergraduate Scholarship
Health Physics Society Fellowship
D.C. Cook Scholarship/Internship Award

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Health Physics Society
Eastern Idaho Chapter of the Health Physics Society & ISU Student Branch Advisor
American Nuclear Society
American Industrial Hygiene Association
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
American Academy of Health Physics

 

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

Radiocolloids in Leachate from the NRC Field Lysimeter Investigations; R.R. Brey, T. Butikofer, J.W. McConnell, and R.D. Rogers, Waste Management, Vol. 18 No. 1 pp 39-53, 1998

An Evaluation of 222Rn Concentrations in Idaho Ground Water; L.R. Paulus, T.F. Gesell, R.R. Brey, Health Physics Vol. 74 No. 2, February 1998.

Review of Lead Decontamination Products Treatability Report - EET TechXtract, Brey and Paulus Radiation Protection Management, Vol. 14, No. 3, May/June 1997, p 53.

Estimation of Exposure Rates to Workers from Recycled Radioactively Contaminated Steel Disposal and Storage Containers; R.R. Brey, T.D. Taylor, T.F. Gesell, Radiation Protection Management, Volume 12, No. 5 (September/October 1995), pp. 38-50

A Preliminary Investigation of the Existence of Radiocolloids in Leachate from the Epicor-II Resin/Linear Lysimeter Project; R.R. Brey, J.W. McConnell, R.D. Rogers, T.M. Sullivan. Waste Management, Vol. 14 No. 7 pp 581-588, 1994.

Average Beta Energy Estimation, R.R. Brey, G. Gibbons, L. Paulus, K. Claver, P. Jenkins , J. Cassidy (In Press, Radiation Protection Management)

Analysis of Ore Samples Employing Photon Activation of the Metastable States of Gold and Silver; A.P. Tonchev, J.F. Harmon, R. Brey (In Press Nuclear Instrumentation & Methods in Physics Research -Section A)

Articles Submitted to Refereed Journals

Evaluation and Optimization of a Proportional Counter-based Detector System for Detection of High Energy Beta Particles with Application to Strontium-90 Surface Contamination, K. T. S. Islam, R. Brey, T. Gesell, L. Johnson, C. McIsaac (Under Review. Radiation Protection Management)

Investigation of Irradiated Soil Byproducts, R.R. Brey, R. Rodriguez, J.F. Harmon, P. Winston (Submitted to Waste Management October 1998)

Evaluation of the ALNOR RAD-101 Electronic Dosimeters, D.L. Collaer, R.R. Brey, T.R. Gesell, J. Cassidy (Submitted to Radiation Protection Management November 1998)

Characterization of Radioactive Waste N13.50 Standard, J.M. Hylko, B. Bowman, R. R. Brey, R. Landolt, C.D. Massey, J.E. Riley, M.H. Shanks, M.A. Smith, D.P. Taggart, R. Thacker, S. Voris, J.R. Wachter, Draft ANSI Standard currently under ANSI Review

 

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