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Radiation Protection and Shielding
This course covers basic principles and concepts of radiation protection and shield design: dosimetric units and response functions, hazards of radiation doses, radiation sources, basic methods for dose evaluation, and shielding design techniques for photons and neutrons.
Instructor
Ken Shultis (jks@ksu.edu) joined the K-State faculty in 1969 and became a key player in the rebuilding of the nuclear engineering program. Once the only nuclear faculty member in 2000, he is now Nuclear Program Director over a thriving area with more than 60 students and $4.5 million in research. Author and co-author of five books, Dr. Shultis specializes in radiation shielding and interaction effects.
Credit hours
3 Undergraduate
Mode of Delivery
Internet
Prerequisites
NE 495: Elements of Nuclear Engineering