CHE-361 LECTURE COURSE SCHEDULE
NUCLEAR AND RADIOCHEMISTRY SUMMER SCHOOL - 2011

Week One

Date Time Activity Professor
Monday
June, 13 		9:00am Orientation
Medical Dept., Bldg. 490
(Large Conf. Room) 		Louis Peña (NCSS Site Direct.)
Cindi Biancarosa & Kathy
Gurski (OEP), Michiko Tanaka (Res. Library)
1:30pm Lecture:Introduction (Ch 1)
  • Nuclear Chem - A Historical Perspective
  • Basic Concepts
  • Decay Kinetics
 Prof. Cody Folden
Texas A&M University
Cyclotron Institute
Email: folden@comp.tamu.edu
Tuesday
June, 14 		9:00am Radiation Safety Training
(Bldg 902 Classroom) 		BNL Training Staff
1:30pm Lecture: Nuclear Properties (Ch 2)

  • Nuclear masses
  • Nuclear binding energy
    		•  Prof. Cody Folden
    Wednesday
    June, 15     		9:00am Radiation Safety Training
    (Bldg 902 Classroom)     		BNL Training Staff
    1:30pm Lecture: Theory of Alpha Decay (Ch 7)

  • Alpha Decay Energetics
  • Alpha Decay Theory
  • Proton Decay
    		•  Prof. Cody Folden
    Thursday
    June, 16     		8:30am Lecture: Beta and Gamma Decay
    Characteristics (Ch 8 & 9)

  • Beta Decay Energetics
  • Beta Decay Theory
  • Gamma Decay
    		•  Prof. Cody Folden
    Friday
    June, 17     		8:30am Exam Review Prof. Cody Folden
    9:30am Exam 1
    2:00pm  Special Topic Seminar:
    Applications of 14C dating: The Vinland Map Controversy     		Dr. Garman Harbottle
    Brookhaven National Laboratory
    Chemistry Dept.(ret.)
    Email:   garman@bnl.gov
    3:30pm Term Paper: Discussion   Dr. Louis Peña
    Week Two
    Date Time Activity Professor
    Monday
    June, 20     		9:00am Lecture: Decay Kinetics (Ch 3)

  • Decay and Dating
  • Activities, and first order reactions
  • Consecutive decays, and special equilibrium conditions
  • Nuclear dating methods (U238, age of universe)
    		•  Prof. David Robertson
    University of Missouri, Columbia
    Department of Chemistry
    Email:  RobertsonJo@missouri.edu
    Tuesday
    June, 21     		8:30am Lecture: Interactions of Radiation with Matter
    (Ch 17) Charged Gammas

  • Heavy ion interactions with matter
  • Electron interactions with matter
  • Electromagnetic interactions with matter
    		•  Prof. David Robertson
    1:30am Field Trip: Stony Brook University T.A.s
    Wednesday
    June, 22     		8:30am Lecture: Interactions of Radiation with Matter -
    Neutrons (Ch 17)

  • Neutron interactions with matter
  • Radiation and health
    		•  Prof. David Robertson
    Thursday
    June, 23

    		 8:30am Lecture: Radiation Detectors and Instrumentation (Ch 18)

  • Radiation detectors
  • Imaging methods
    		•  Prof. David Robertson
    2:00pm Special topic Seminar:

    Space Radiation Environment and Accelerator-based Simulation     		Dr. Greg Nelson
    Loma Linda Univ. Medical School
    Dept. of Radiation Medicine
    Email:  gnelson@dominion.llumc.edu
    3:30pm Term Paper: Final Selection Dr. Louis Peña
    Friday
    June, 24     		8:30am Exam Review Prof. David Robertson
    9:30am Exam 2
    Week Three
    Date Time Activity Professor
    Monday
    June, 27    		 8:30am Lecture: Atomic Structure 1

  • Simple models
  • Fermi gas model
  • Nucleon-nucleon interactions
  • NN systems, structure of the deuteron, NN isobaric spin multiplets, symmetries
    		•  Prof. Paul Mantica
    Michigan State University
    Department of Chemistry
    Email: Mantica@msu.edu
    Tuesday
    June, 28     		8:30am Lecture: Atomic Structure 2

  • Nuclear shells, LS interactions, simple predictions
  • Nuclear harmonic oscillator, Deformed oscillator
  • Nillson Pairing interactions
    		•  Prof. Paul Mantica
    Wednesday
    June, 29     		8:30am Lecture: Formalisms – Transformation and Symmetries

  • Symmetry operations
  • Spherical tensors
  • Applications of angular momentum transfer
    		•  Prof. Paul Mantica
    Thursday
    June, 30    		 8:30am Lecture: Collective models of the nucleus

  • Rotational model
  • Nuclear vibrations
  • Giant resonances
    		• Prof. Paul Mantica
    2:00pm Tour: Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) Elaine Lowenstein and Prof. Roy Lacey
    Friday
    July, 1    		  8:30am Exam Review Prof. Paul Mantica
    9:30am Exam 3
    2:00pm Special Topics Seminar:
    Research at RHIC     		Prof. Roy Lacey
    Stony Brook University
    Department of Chemistry
    Email: roy.lacey@sunysb.edu
    Week Four
    Date Time Activity Professor
    Monday
    July, 4     		  HOLIDAY  
    Tuesday
    July, 5     		9:00am Lecture: Mechanics and Models of Nuclear Reactions (Ch 10)

  • Energetics
  • Reaction Types and Mechanisms
  • Scattering
  • Direct, Compound Nucleus, Photonuclear, Heavy Ion, and High-Energy Nuclear Reactions
    		•  Prof. Romualdo de Souza
    Indiana Universityy
    Department of Chemistry
    Email: desouza@indiana.edu
    2:00pm Lecture: Fission Processes (Ch 11)

  • Probability
  • Product distributions
  • Excitation energy of fragments
  • Dynamic properties of fragments
    		•
    Wednesday
    July, 6     		9:00am Lecture: Radiochemistry of 18-F Dr. Richard Ferrieri
    Brookhaven National Laboratoryry
    Medical Department
    Email: rferrieri@bnl.gov
    2:00pm Lecture: Nuclear Reactions in Nature (Ch 12)

  • Stellar
  • Atmospheric
    		•
    Thursdayay
    July, 7     		8:30am Lecture: Reactors and Accelerators (Ch 14)

  • Fission
  • Fusion
  • Accelerators
  • Cyclotrons & Synchrotrons
    		•
    2:00pm Tour: National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), Environmental Science Beamlines Dr. Jeff Fitts
    Brookhaven National Laboratoryry
    Environmental Science Dept.
    Email: fitts@bnl.gov
    Friday
    July, 8     		8:30am Exam Review Prof. Romualdo de Souza
    9:30am Exam 4
    1:30pm Special Topic Symposium: Nuclear Security

  • National Urban Security Technology Laboratory
  • Nuclear Material Control, Protection, and Accounting
  • Early Response to the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Disaster
    		•  Pamela Greenlaw
    Natl. Urban Security Technol. Lab.
    U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
    Email: Pamela.Greenlaw@dhs.gov

    Dr. Leslie Fishbone
    Brookhaven National Laboratory
    Nonprolif. & Nat’l Security Dept.
    Email: fishbone@bnl.gov

    Dr. Steve Musolino
    Brookhaven National Laboratory
    Nonprolif. & Nat’l Security Dept.
    Email: musolino@bnl.gov
    Week Five
    Date Time Activity Professor
    Monday
    July, 11     		7:30am Field Trip: Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Entergy Staff
    Tuesday
    July, 12     		8:30am Lectures: Health Physics

  • Health Physics
  • Radiobiology
    		•  Prof. Terry Button
    Stony Brook University
    Depts. Radiology & Biomed. Engin.
    Email: terry.button@stonybrook.edu

    Dr. Louis Peña
    Brookhaven National Laboratory
    Medical Department
    Email: lpena@bnl.gov
    Wednesday
    July, 13     		9:00am Lectures on Isotope Production using:
    • Linear Accelerators
    • Cyclotrons
    • Nuclear Reactors
    		 Dr. Leonard Mausner
    Brookhaven National Laboratory
    Medical Department
    Email: lmausner@bnl.gov

    Dr. David Schlyer
    Brookhaven National Laboratory
    Medical Department
    Email: schlyer@bnl.gov

    Prof. Cathy Cutler
    U. Missouri at Columbia
    MURR
    Email: cutlerC@missouri.edu
    2:00pm Tour: Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer (BLIP) Dr. Leonard Mausner
    Thursday
    July, 14     		8:30am Lectures: Radiochemistry Applications

  • Radiofluorination
  • Radiometals
  • Radiochemistry using 11C
  • Labeling of nanoparticles
    		•  Prof. Silvia Jurisson
    University Missouri
    Depts. Radiology & Chemistry
    Email: JurissonS@missouri.edu

    Dr. Jacob Hooker
    Harvard Medical School
    Department of Radiology (MGH)
    Email: hooker@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

    Dr. Dimitri Medvedev
    Brookhaven National Laboratory
    Collider-Accelerator Department
    Email: dmedvede@bnl.gov
    5:00pm Term Papers: Due  
    Friday
    July, 15     		8:30am Field Trip: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Dr. John Huhm and Dr. Steve Larson (hosts)
    Week Six
    Date Time Activity Professor
    Monday
    July 18     		8:30am Lecture: Nuclear Reactor Chemistry (Ch 16)

  • Reactor chemistry
  • Nuclear fuel cycle
  • Waste processing
    		•  Prof. Ken Czerwinski
    University of Nevada
    Las Vegas Department of Chemistry
    Email: czerwin2@unlv.nevada.edu
    2:00pm Special Topics Workshop:
    Applying to Graduate School     		Prof. Robert Grubbs
    Stony Brook University
    Department of Chemistry
    Email: Robert.Grubbs@stonybrook.edu
    Tuesday
    July, 19     		8:30am Lecture: (Ch 15)

  • Actinide Chemistry
  • Transuranium Chemistry
    		•  Prof. Ken Czerwinski
    Wednesday
    July, 20     		8:30am Lecture: Open Topic

  • Students pick
    		•  Prof. Ken Czerwinski
    Thursday
    July, 21     		8:30am Student Presentations -
    Berkner, Bldg. 488 (Conf. Room B)         		 
    Friday
    July, 22     		8:30am Career and Educational Opportunities Symposium

    Medical Dept., Bldg. 490
    (Large Conf. Room)     		Prof. Lynn Francesconi
    Hunter College
    Department of Chemistry
    Email: lfrances@hunter.cuny.edu

    Prof. Ken Czerwinski
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Department of Chemistry
    Email: czerwin2@unlv.nevada.edu

    Dr. Ken Inn
    Natl. Inst. Standards & Technology
    (Radiation Metrology)
    Email: kenneth.inn@nist.gov

    Dr. Candido Pereira
    (Chemical Engineering)
    Argonne National Laboratory
    Email: pereira@anl.gov

    Prof. John Gatley
    Northeastern University
    (Radiopharmacy)
    Email: s.gatley@neu.edu

    Dr. Tigran Sinanian
    Siemens / PET-NET Solutions
    (PET Medical radioisotopes)
    Email: tigran.sinanian@siemens.com

    Thomas Boland
    (SPECT Medical radioisotopes)
    Nuclear Diagnostic Products
    Email: NDPLI@hotmail.com

    TEXTBOOK:
    Modern Nuclear Chemistry By Walter D. Loveland, David J. Morrissey, Glenn T. Seaborg. Wiley, 2006.
    Preview: http://books.google.com/books?id=pBG1k9YluvoC&lpg=PP1

     


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