Health Physics Research at ISU

Current student enrollment:  A.S. = 5,  B.S. = 10,  M.S. = 38,   Ph.D. = 7.

Undergraduate Research  & Capstone Projects (past and present)

M.S. Thesis Topics - Present (tentative titles)

Jennifer Backstrom:  High-dose Indicator/Dosimeter, Using Congo Red Dye

Lawrence Burke:  Optimization of Filtering Media Selection with Respect to Dust Loading in Alpha Spectrum Air Monitors Operated in Southeastern Idaho

Thayne Butikofer:  Detection Limits and Survey Methods for Portable Health Physics Field Instruments at the INEEL

Jonathan Case:  Development of a Dosimeter System for Linear Accelerator Beam Characterization over a Wide Range of Absorbed Doses and Absorbed Dose Rates for Radiobiological Applications

Rebecca Case:  Evaluation of Commercially Available Drinking Water Filtration Media for Household Use Using Photon-Electron Rejecting Alpha Liquid Scintillation Spectroscopy (PERALS) - Efficiency for Total Uranium Removal

Kristi Moser-McIntire: A Comparison of Three Methods for Measuring Environmental Radiation - 2003

John Kwofie:  Bremsstrahlung-Based Methods for Characterizing Heavy Metals and Radioactive Elements in Waste Assay Systems - 2003

Tobin Mott: Comparison of a Passive and an Active Sampling Method for Tritiated Water Vapor in Air - 2002

David Georgeson:  Reproducibility Study of a Gelatin-Based Tissue-Equivalent Volumetric Dosimeter - 2001

Gregory Gibbons: An Investigation of the Origin of 152Eu in Columbia River Sediment - 2000

Peter Jenkins:  Investigation of Environmental Concentration of Airborne Gamma-Ray Emitting Radionuclides with an Ultra High Volume Total Suspended Particulate Air Sampler - 2000

Douglas Walker:  Comparison of In Situ Gamma-Ray Spectrometry Measurements to Conventional Soil Sampling Methods at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) - 2000

Jiwen Liu:  The Relation Between Surface 7Be Concentration and Global Climate Change - 2000
 

Ph. D. Dissertation Topics - Present

E.E. Lin Roethlisberger:  Biologically-based Radiation Dosimetry

Ph.D. Dissertation Topics - Past

Bradley J Schraeder:  Development and Validation of a Dry Deposition Model - 2003

Catalin Frujinoiu: Cavity Effects for Absorbed Dose Measurements Using TLDs - 2001
 

PUBLICATIONS
Peer reviewed journal articles

A Monte Carlo Investigation of Electron Backscattering. Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2001), C. Frujinoiu and R. R. Brey.

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  Radiation Protection Management May/June 2000 Volume 17, No. 3, p23.

Radiocolloids in Leachate from the NRC Field Lysimeter Investigations; R. R. Brey, T. Butikofer, J. W. McConnell, and R.D. Rogers, Waste Mangement, Vol. 18 No. 1 pp39-53, 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.

Average Beta Energy Estimation, R. R. Brey, G. Gibbons, L. Paulus, K. Claver, P. Jenkins, J. Cassidy, Radiation Protection Management, July/August 1998.

Proceedings

Iodine Neutron Capture Therapy: A New Generation of Radiotherapy for the Thyroid, K. F. Ahmed, A. G. Stephens, R. D. Spall, R. R. Brey, J. S. Bennion, American Nuclear Society Transactions, Paper and Presentation, Volume 77, 1997 p45 Albuquerque, New Mexico November 1997.

Abstracts and Poster Papers

Comparison of Desiccant Materials used for Monitoring Atmospheric Tritium Concentrations in a High Tritium Background Environment, J. Case, R. Dunker, L. Paulus, R. Brey, Submitted to Health Physics 2002.

Study of the I-129 (gamma, n) I -128 Photonuclear Reaction, G. Kharashvili, R. Brey, Submitted to Health Physics 2002.

Shielding Analysis at Two Radiation Oncology Sites, N. Gee, R. Brey, M. Davidson, Submitted to Health Physics 2002.

A Fricke Dosimetric Technique to Calculate G-Values for Accelerator Produced Photons, J. Macklin, R. Brey, Submitted to Health Physics 2002.

Examination of HPGe Efficiency for Varying Amounts of Similar Density Material, A. Arndt, R. Brey, Submitted to Health Physics 2002.

Homogeneity and Self-Absorption Considerations for Small Cylinder Geometries Used During Soil Gamma Spectrometric Analysis, Health Physics, J. Case, R. Dunker, and R. Brey, (Abstract & Poster Paper) Vol. 80, No. 6, June 2001 S98 Supplement.

Quality Assurance and Control Procedures for Area Dosimeters Developed for a Shielding Integrity Survey, Health Physics, A. Arndt, R. Brey, (Abstract & Poster Paper) Vol. 80, No. 6, June 2001 S101 Supplement.

An MCNP Examination of Electron Backscattering, Health Physics, C. Frujinoiu, R. Brey and T. Gesell, (Abstract & Poster Paper) Vol. 80, No. 6, June 2001 S101 Supplement.

Calibration of High-Dose LiF Crystal Optical Dosimeters, Health Physics, N. Gee and R. Brey, (Abstract & Poster Paper) Vol. 80, No. 6, June 2001 S102 Supplement.

Neutron Spectroscopy by Phantom Flux Depth Measurements for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy,  C. J. Watchman, R. R. Brey, T. F. Gesell, and Y. Harker (Abstract & Poster Paper) submitted to Health Physics 1-2000.

A Review of Cavity Theory and a Proposal for a Microdosimetric Interpretation of TLD's Cavities for the Case of Electronic Fields,  C. Frujinoiu, T. F. Gesell, and R. R. Brey (Abstract & Poster Paper) submitted to Health Physics 1-2000.

Investigation of a Prototype Radiocolloid System,  D. K. Garretson, R. R. Brey and T. F. Gesell (Abstract & Poster Paper) submitted to Health Physics 1-2000.

Use of the ICRP-66 Lung Model to Study the Potential Health Risks Associated with Po-210 Effluent at a Southeastern Idaho Elemental Phosphorous Facility,  J. J. Helms, T. F. Gesell and R. R. Brey (Abstract & Poster Paper) submitted to Health Physics 1-2000.

Photon Activation Anaylsis of I-129.  J. C. Seeber, R. R. Brey, J.F. Harmon, and T.F. Gesell (Abstract & Poster Paper) submitted to Health Physics 1-2000.