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William Dunn     (Schedule)

Associate Professor

Education

Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering

North Carolina State University, 1974

 

M.S. Nuclear Engineering

North Carolina State University, 1970

 

B.S., Electrical Engineering

University of Notre Dame, 1968 

Research and Scholarship Areas
Radiation measurement and applications (gauging, nondestructive evaluation, quantitative analysis, dosimetry, tracing); Monte Carlo methods and applications; Mathematical modeling and inverse analysis. 

 Representative Recently Funded Projects

  • High-efficiency Thin-film-coated Semiconductor Neutron Detectors for Active Dosimetery Monitors, Department of Energy, 2004
  • Development of a Simple Portable Visco/densitometer, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2001
  • Development of Fibre Channel Disk Clusters, Department of Energy, 1998
  • Development of the Integrated Physics Data Miner, Department of Energy, 1997
  • Modeling and Analysis of Novel Targets for PET Radionuclide Production, Jet Process Corporation and CTI, 1996
  • Radio-optic Method for Measuring Relative Motion, National Science Foundation, 1995
  • Interactive Particle Detector Teaching Aids Based on Plastic Scintillators, Department of Energy, 1995
  • A Pattern-deviation Scanner for Precise Measurement of Internal Component Locations, National Science Foundation, 1993

Books

    
      W.L. Dunn and J.K. Shultis, Exploring Monte Carlo Methods, Elsevier Science, (in prep.).

 

Representative Recent Publications

  • W.L. Dunn, Flaw Detection by X-ray Scanning Using the Rolling-window Template-matching Procedure, Appl. Rad. Isot. 61:1217-1225 (2004). 
  • W.L. Dunn, Measurement of Lubricant Thickness on Needles Using Proton Scattering, Radiat. Phys. Chem. 71:883-884 (2004). 
  • W.L. Dunn, A Radio-optic Method for Measuring Relative Motion, Nuc. Instr. Meth. B213:481-485 (2004).
  • A.M. Yacout and W.L. Dunn, EGS OvrEzy, the Object-oriented Visual User Interface for the EGS Particle Transport Code, Nuc. Instr. Meth. B :149-154(2004). 
  • W.L. Dunn and A.M. Yacout, Corrosion Detection in Aircraft by X-ray Backscatter Methods, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 53(4-5):625-32 (2000). 
  • W.L. Dunn, M.L. Russell, B.W. Wieland, and A.M. Yacout, Monte Carlo Analysis of Multi-layer Targets for Production of 15O, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 48(10-12):1591-1600 (1997). 
  • Y. Arai and 71 others, A Modular Straw Tube Tracking System for the Solenoidal Detector Collaboration Experiment Part I. Design, Nuc. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. A381:355-71 (1996). 
  • Y. Arai and 71 others, A Modular Straw Tube Tracking System for the Solenoidal Detector Collaboration Experiment Part II. Performance, Nuc. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. A381:3782-84 (1996). 
  • W. L. Dunn, M.H. van Haaren, and A.M. Yacout, A Pattern-Deviation Photon Scanning Technique for Precise Measurement of Internal Component Locations, Nuc. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. A353:658-62 (1994). 
  • W.L. Dunn and J. Womersley, Solutions of Inverse and Optimization Problems in High Energy and Nuclear Physics Using Inverse Monte Carlo, MC93 International Conference Monte Carlo Simulation in High Energy and Nuclear Physics, P. Dragovitsch, S.L. Linn, and M. Burbank (Eds.), pp. 78-87, World Scientific, Singapore (1994). 
  • W.L. Dunn, F. O'Foghludha, and A.M. Yacout, Precise Measurement of Internal Sense-wire Locations in High Energy Physics Detectors, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 44(10/11):1321-6 (1993). 
  • A.M. Yacout and W.L. Dunn, EDXRF Analysis for Elements of Adjacent Atomic Number but Grossly Different Concentrations, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 44(10/11):1373-9 (1993). 
  • W.L. Dunn, T.S. Elleman, A. Grimes, S. Reucroft, and T. Yasuda, Neutron/Photon Damage Assessment of Commercial Plastic Scintillating Fibers, Radiat. Phys. Chem. 41(1/2):225-36 (1993). 
  • W.L. Dunn, A.M. Yacout, F. O'Foghludha, and G. Riel, Gamma-Ray and Neutron Dose-Equivalent Buildup Factors for Infinite Slabs, Nuc. Sci. Engr. 110:134-56 (1992). 

Patents

  • W.L. Dunn, Method and Apparatus for Non-Destructive Detection of Hidden Flaws, United States Patent Number 6,157,699, December 5, 2000. 
  • W.L. Dunn, H.C. Demby, M.H. van Haaren, A.M. Yacout, and M.E. Williams, Device and Method for Testing Dexterity, United States Patent Number 5,755,576, May 26, 1998.

Sundry

  • Chair, Organizing Committee for the Workshop on Use of Monte Carlo Techniques for Design and Analysis of Radiation Detectors, to be held 15-17 September 2006, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.  
  • Editorial Board, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2004 - present.
  • Guest Editor, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physic Research B213, 2004. 
  • Editorial Board, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2002 - 2004
  • Guest Editor, Applied Radiation and Isotopes 53, 2000.  
  • Guest Editor, Applied Radiation and Isotopes 48, 1997. 
  • Selected for Entrepreneurial Excellence Certificate, North Carolina, 1987.   
  • Project Manager for the State of North Carolina's bid to be the site of the Superconducting Super Collider, 1987-1988. 
  • Director, Radiation Measurement Applications Laboratory, 9 Ward Hall, Kansas State University.