Research in nuclear security and safeguards aims to keep our societies safe from the impacts of nuclear materials while enabling secure, beneficial use of nuclear materials and technologies. Ensuring that nuclear materials and technology are used solely for peaceful purposes is one of our society’s most pressing challenges. Therefore, efforts are urgently needed to ensure the timely detection and understanding of the signatures of nuclear proliferation, including the detection and characterization of nuclear materials at all stages of the nuclear fuel cycle.
Our mission is to meet this challenge by developing advanced tools to improve detection and timeliness for decision-makers and skilled talent for careers in nuclear security and nonproliferation. This includes areas such as stewardship programs, detection of illicit or clandestine nuclear programs, and radiation signature detection systems. Also, applications that can discover lost and orphaned nuclear sources. Implementation examples of such technology can be found in air- and sea ports, nuclear facilities, and national and international monitoring stations.
Faculty
Research Interests: Nuclear Security and Detection, Electronic Materials, Non-Destructive Examination, Radiation Imaging; applied aspects of cargo monitoring, detector testing and characterization for gamma-ray spectroscopy, and development and analysis of techniques for environmental sampling and surveys related to on-site inspections.
Ph.D., 2010, Chalmers, University of Technology, Sweden
Research Interests: Nuclear Security and Detection, Nuclear Fuels and Materials, Reactor Physics and Thermal Hydraulics, Nuclear Fusion, Machine Learning and AI, Engineering Education
Lab Website: Enqvist Research Group
Ph.D., 1993, University of Paris, XI
Research Interests: Radiochemistry, Nuclear Security and Detection, Nuclear Fuels and Materials, Energy Materials, Nanomaterials
Lab Website: Wall Research