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RED² Awards at 66th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society

The 66th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society was held from July 25-29, 2021 in Phoenix, AZ where the RED² Laboratory participated both remotely and virtually in poster and presentation sessions.

RED² undergraduate student, Sherry Adadi (left) and graduate student, Sena Dalak (right), presenting at their first HPS conference.


Included in the technical program were projects presented by both undergraduate and graduate RED²students. Click on the title to view the abstracts!

Emergency Response and Consequence Management

S Dalak, S Dewji Estimation of Protection Factors for the Transport of Radioactive Material
A Rosenstrom, E Asano et al. Dosimetry Assessment of Reference Populations Exposed to Prompt Radiation Fields from Nuclear Weapons
DE Margot, LD Cochran et al. Uncertainty Propagation in ICRP 66 Human Respiratory Tract Model (HRTM) Applications in DCAL

 

Decontamination and Decommissioning

EA Asano, D Coleman et al. Hybrid Radiation Transport Methods for Detector Response Modeling of US EPA Superfund Counts Per Minute (CPM) Calculator
CE Bayne, CC Smith et al. Design Concept for Autonomous Robot for Sub-surface Environmental Characterization at Decommissioning Sites

Risk Assessment

A Kalinowski, D Pawel et al. Comparison of Cancer Risk Estimates from Internalized Uptake of Environmental Radionuclides

 

Nuclear Medicine

A Willis, S Adadi et al. Estimation of Skin Dose Rate Contamination from I-131 Therapy Patients
LC Aziz, SA Dewji Estimated Dose Rates to Members of the Public from External Exposure to Pediatric Patients Receiving 131I Thyroid Treatment
LC Aziz, SA Dewji Exposure Rate and Detector Response Data for Operational Monitoring of I-131 Patient Release
SA Dewji, A Willis et al. Design of a Mobile Brachytherapy Unit to Deliver Treatment to Patients in Remote Locations.
A Rosenstrom, M Santana et al. Radiation Protection Considerations for High Power Linear Accelerators Used in FLASH Radiotherapy

 

Occupational Monitoring and Dose Reconstruction

S Dalak, RH Mendleski et al. TLD Sensitivity Analysis for Improvement of Dose Reconstructions for the Department of Energy RadiationExposure Monitoring System

 

Special congratulations to RED² Ph.D. student, Ethan Asano, as recipient of the prestigious 2020-2021 Health Physics Society Fellowship awards, as well as Sean Dalak, Andrew Rosenstrom, Autumn Kalinowski, and Dmitri Margot for receiving HPS travel grant awards!

2021 HPS presentation by RED² Ph.D. student, Ethan Asano, entitled, “Air Exchange Rate Impact on Actinon, Thoron, and Radon Activity Equilibrium Factor and Inhalation Fractional Equilibrium Factor Determination in Vapor Intrusion Risk and Dose Models”.
2021 HPS presentation by RED² Ph.D. student, Andrew Rosenstrom, entitled, “Radiation Protection Considerations for High Power Linear Accelerators Used in FLASH Radiotherapy”.
2021 HPS presentation by RED² undergraduate senior design team member, Mark Dailey, entitled, Design of a Mobile Brachytherapy Unit to Deliver Treatment to Patients in Remote Locations