Pozzi, Sara A.
ACADEMIC RANK:
Associate Professor
DATE OF INITIAL APPOINTMENT:
12/01/2007
DEGREES, WHERE AND WHEN CONFERRED:
Ph. D. Nuclear Engineering; Polytechnic of Milan, Italy, Department of Nuclear Engineering; February 2001
M.S. (Laurea) in Nuclear Engineering; Polytechnic of Milan, Italy, Department of Nuclear Engineering; October 1997
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION AND AREAS OF INTEREST:
My research interests include the development of new methods for nuclear materials identification and characterization for nuclear nonproliferation and homeland security applications. My students and I are interested in the development of accurate and efficient simulation codes used to evaluate the neutron and photon field generated in nuclear and non-nuclear materials, together with the response of radiation detectors. We are also active in performing experimental work, which is used to acquire data for model validation.
FIVE RECENT SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:
M. Flaska and S. A. Pozzi, "Identification of Neutron Sources with the Liquid Scintillator BC-501A Using a Digital PSD Method," Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Section A, 577, p. 654-663, 2007.
S. A. Pozzi and I. Pázsit, "Neutron Slowing Down in a Detector with Absorption," Nuclear Science and Engineering, vol. 154, p. 1-7, 2006.
S. Avdic, S. A. Pozzi, and V. Protopopescu, "Detector Response Unfolding Using Artificial Neural Networks", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 565, pp. 742-752, 2006.
S. A. Pozzi, R. B. Oberer, and J. S. Neal, "Analysis of the Response of Capture-Gated Organic Scintillators," IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science vol. 52 n. 6, 2005.
I. Pázsit and S. A. Pozzi, "Calculation of Gamma Multiplicities in a Multiplying Sample for the Assay of Nuclear Materials," Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A 555/1-2, pp 340-346, 2005.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Early Career Award for Engineering Accomplishment, September 2006.
- 2006 Scientific and Technical Award, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nuclear Science and Technology Division, December 2006.
- 2006 Community Outreach Award, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nuclear Science and Technology Division, December 2006.
- Department of Energy, Office of Science, Outstanding Mentor Award, August 2006.
- 2005 Scientific and Technical Award, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nuclear Science and Technology Division, April 2006.
- Research fellowship from the Polytechnic of Milan within the "Young Researchers Project" for the activity titled "Safeguarding fissile material by nuclear measurements and Monte Carlo analysis," 2001.
RESEARCH GROUP
My research group, Detection for Nuclear Nonproliferation, has a website at:
http://www-ners.engin.umich.edu/labs/dnng
