The Faculty of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program at UC

Ayman I. Hawari

Adjunct Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering

  

B.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1987
M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1990
Ph. D. Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1995

 

Field of Specialization and Areas of Interest:

Radiation measurements, gamma-ray spectrometry, nuclear reactor dosimetry, application of neutrons in nondestructive analysis.

Recent Publications:

1. Hawari, Ayman Ibrahim, Bernard W. Wehring, Horia R. Radulescu, and Naeem M. Abdurrahman, "Feasibility of Using a Graphite Slowing-Down-Time Spectrometer in the Nondestructive Assay of Nuclear Materials," Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, A422 (1999) 846-851.

2. Ayman I. Hawari, Jianwei Chen, Bingjing Su, Zhongxiang Zhao "On-Line Burnup Monitoring Of Pebble Bed Reactor Fuel Using Gamma-Ray Spectrometry," IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Sciences (accepted).

3. Ayman I. Hawari, "Simulations of On-Line Detection of Fissile Plutonium in Irradiated Pebble Bed Reactor Fuel Using an Accelerator-Based Neutron Source," Proceedings of the ANS topical meeting on Accelerators and their Applications, November, 2001.

4. Ayman I. Hawari, Bingjing Su, Jianwei Chen, and Zhongxiang Zhao, "Investigation of On-Line Burnup Monitoring Of Pebble Bed Reactor Fuel Using Passive Gamma-Ray and Neutron Detection Methods," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 85, 98, 2001.
   

Program Responsibility:

• Advising Research Students
• Performing research in gamma-ray and neutron spectrometry, nuclear reactor dosimetry, and nondestructive assay using nuclear methods.

Consulting, Industrial Employment and Other Pertinent Data:

Associate Professor and Nuclear Reactor Program Director, North Carolina State University

Reviewer for Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research -A
Member of ANS Honors and Awards Committee

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