Index:

• Publications
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Advanced Variance Reduction in Monte Carlo
    • Computational Nuclear Engineering
    • Facility Vulnerability/Defense Applications
    • Medical Applications
  • N.C. State University, Dept of Nuclear Engineering
    • Dissertation Related
    • Education Related
    • The Master's Era
• Formal Presentations
• Thesis/Disseration
• Experimental Summaries
• Thesis Committees

999. J. C. Wagner, D. E. Peplow, and S. W. Mosher
     "FW-CADIS Method for Global and Semi-Global Variance Reduction of Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Calculations"
     in preparation for Nuclear Science and Engineering (2012).
     PDF

999. D. E. Peplow, T. M. Miller, B. W. Patton, and J. C. Wagner
     "Hybrid Monte Carlo/Deterministic Methods for Active Interrogation Modeling"
     submitted to Nuclear Technology (2012).
     PDF

999. D. E. Peplow, S. W. Mosher, and T. M. Evans
     "Consistent Adjoint Driven Importance Sampling using Space, Energy and Angle"
     ORNL/TM-2012/7, in preparation (2012).
     PDF

59. A. M. Ibrahim, D. E. Peplow, J. C. Wagner, S. W. Mosher, and T. M. Evans
    "Acceleration of Monte Carlo Criticality Calculations Using Deterministic-Based Starting Sources"
    accepted for Physor 2012 in Knoxville, TN (Apr 2012).
    PDF

56. A. M. Ibrahim, D. E. Peplow, J. C. Wagner, S. W. Mosher, and T. M. Evans
    "Acceleration of Monte Carlo Criticality Calculations Using Deterministic-Based Starting Sources"
    Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 105, 539-541 (2011).
    PDF, Presentation Slides

55. J. C. Wagner, S. W. Mosher, T. M. Evans, D. E. Peplow and J. A. Turner
    "Hybrid and Parallel Domain-Decomposition Methods Development to Enable Monte Carlo for Reactor Analyses,"
    Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology 2, 815-820 (2011).
    Abstract, PDF

54. A. M. Ibrahim, M. E. Sawan, S. W. Mosher, T. M. Evans, D. E. Peplow, P. P. H. Wilson, J. C. Wagner
    "Global Evaluation Of Prompt Dose Rates In ITER Using Hybrid Monte Carlo/Deterministic Techniques,"
    Proceedings of the Nineteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) (Part 2)
    Fusion Science And Technology 60, Number 2, 676-680 (2011).
    PDF

52. A. M. Ibrahim, S. W. Mosher, T. M. Evans, D. E. Peplow, M. E. Sawan, P. P. H. Wilson, J. C. Wagner, and T. Heltemes
    "ITER Neutronics Modeling Using Hybrid Monte Carlo/Deterministic And CAD-Based Monte Carlo Methods,"
    Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection
    Nuclear Technology 175, Number 1, 251-258 (2011).
    PDF

50. J. C. Wagner, D. E. Peplow, S. W. Mosher, and T. M. Evans
    "Review of Hybrid (Deterministic/Monte Carlo) Radiation Transport Methods, Codes, and Applications at Oak Ridge National Laboratory,"
    Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology 2, 808-814 (2011).
    Abstract, PDF

49. D. E. Peplow
    "Monte Carlo Shielding Analysis Capabilities with MAVRIC,"
    Nuclear Technology 174, Number 2, 289-313 (2011).
    Abstract, PDF

48. J. C. Wagner, T. M. Evans, S. W. Mosher, D. E. Peplow and J. A. Turner
    "Hybrid and Parallel Domain-Decomposition Methods Development to Enable Monte Carlo for Reactor Analyses,"
    Joint International Conference on Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications and Monte Carlo 2010 (SNA + MC2010)
    Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan, October 17-20, 2010
    Abstract, Official Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

47. J. C. Wagner, D. E. Peplow, S. W. Mosher, and T. M. Evans
    "Review of Hybrid (Deterministic/Monte Carlo) Radiation Transport Methods, Codes, and Applications at ORNL,"
    Joint International Conference on Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications and Monte Carlo 2010 (SNA + MC2010)
    Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan, October 17-20, 2010
    Abstract, Official Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

46. D. E. Peplow and L. M. Petrie, Jr.
    "Modeling Criticality Accident Alarm Systems with SCALE 6.1,"
    Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 102, 297-299 (2010)
    Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

45. A. Ibrahim, D. E. Peplow, T. M. Evans, P. P. H. Wilson, and J. C. Wagner
    "Improving the SN Adjoint Source and Geometry Representation Capabilities in the SCALE Hybrid Shielding Analysis Sequence,"
    the proceedings of the American Nuclear Society Joint Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Isotopes and Radiation Division Biology and Medicine Division Las Vegas, NV, April 19-23, 2010.
    Abstract, PDF

44. A. Ibrahim, S. W. Mosher, T. M. Evans, D. E. Peplow, M. E. Sawan, P. P. H. Wilson, and J. C. Wagner
    "ITER Neutronics Modeling Using Hybrid Monte Carlo/SN and CAD-based Monte Carlo Methods,"
    he proceedings of the American Nuclear Society Joint Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Isotopes and Radiation Division Biology and Medicine Division Las Vegas, NV, April 19-23, 2010.
    Abstract, PDF

43. D. E. Peplow, S. W. Mosher, and T. M. Evans
    "Hybrid Monte Carlo/Deterministic Methods for Streaming/Beam Problems,"
    the proceedings of the American Nuclear Society Joint Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Isotopes and Radiation Division Biology and Medicine Division Las Vegas, NV, April 19-23, 2010.
    Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

42. D. E. Peplow, T. M. Miller, and B. W. Patton
    "Hybrid Monte Carlo/Deterministic Methods for Active Interrogation Modeling,"
    the proceedings of the American Nuclear Society Joint Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Isotopes and Radiation Division Biology and Medicine Division Las Vegas, NV, April 19-23, 2010.
    (Nominated for the "Best of RPSD2010" session to be held at the next National Meeting.)
    Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

41. A. M. Ibrahim, D. E. Peplow, T. M. Evans, J. C. Wagner, and P. P. H. Wilson
    "Improving the Mesh Generation Capabilities in the SCALE Hybrid Shielding Analysis Sequence,"
    Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 100, 302-304 (2009).
    Abstract, PDF

40. D. E. Peplow, T. M. Evans and J. C. Wagner
    "Simultaneous Optimization of Tallies in Difficult Shielding Problems,"
    Nuclear Technology 168, No. 3, 785-792 (2009).
    Abstract, PDF

38. J. C. Wagner, E. D. Blakeman, and D. E. Peplow
    "FW-CADIS Method for Variance Reduction of Monte Carlo Calculations of Detailed Distributions and Multiple Localized Quantities,"
    in the proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Advances in Mathematics, Computational Methods, and Reactor Physics Saratoga Springs, New York, May 3-7, 2009.
    Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

37. D. E. Peplow and Lester M. Petrie, Jr.
    "Criticality Accident Alarm System Modeling With SCALE,"
    in the proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Advances in Mathematics, Computational Methods, and Reactor Physics Saratoga Springs, New York, May 3-7, 2009.
    Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

36. J. C. Wagner, D. E. Peplow, and T. M. Evans
    "Automated Variance Reduction Applied to Nuclear Well-Logging Problems,"
    Nuclear Technology 168, No. 3, 799-809 (2009).
    Abstract, PDF

35. J. C. Wagner, D. E. Peplow, and T. M. Evans
    "Automated Variance Reduction Applied to Nuclear Well-Logging Problems,"
    Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 99, 566-569 (2008)
    Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

33. D. E. Peplow and J. C. Wagner
    "Simultaneous Optimization of Tallies in Difficult Shielding Problems,"
    Transactions of the 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding (ICRS-11) and the 15th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD-2008) of the American Nuclear Society p. 29, Pine Mountain, GA, April, 2008.
    Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

32. E. D. Blakeman, D. E. Peplow, J. C. Wagner, B. D. Murphy, and D. E. Mueller
    "PWR Facility Dose Modeling Using MCNP5 and the CADIS/ADVANTG Variance-Reduction Methodology,"
    ORNL/TM-2007/133, September 2007
    Abstract, PDF, OSTI Information Bridge

31. J. C. Wagner, E. D. Blakeman, and D. E. Peplow, "Forward-Weighted CADIS Method for Global Variance Reduction,"
    Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 97, 630-633 (2007)
    Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

30. D. E. Peplow, E. D. Blakeman, and J. C. Wagner, "Advanced Variance Reduction Strategies for Optimizing Mesh Tallies in MAVRIC,"
    Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 97, 595-597 (2007)
    Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

28. D. E. Peplow, S. M. Bowman, J. E. Horwedel, and J. C. Wagner
    "Monaco/MAVRIC: Computational Resources for Radiation Protection and Shielding in SCALE"
    Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 95, 669-671 (2006)
    Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

27. D. E. Peplow and J. C. Wagner
    "Automated Variance Reduction for SCALE Shielding Calculations"
    in the proceedings of the American Nuclear Society's 14th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, p. 391-393, Carlsbad, NM, April 2-6, 2006.
    Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

999. B. T. Rearden, L. M. Petrie, D. E. Peplow, M. A. Jessee, D. Wiarda, M. L. Williams, R. A. Lefebvre, J. P. Lefebvre, I. C. Gauld, and S. Goluoglu
     "SCALE 6.1 Enhancements for Nuclear Criticality Safety"
     submitted to Physor 2012 in Knoxville, TN (Apr 2012).
     PDF

60. D. E. Peplow and L. L. Wetzel
    "Methods for Detector Placement and Analysis of Criticality Accident Alarm System"
    accepted for Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 106, June 2012, Chicago.
    PDF

58. B. T. Rearden, L. M. Petrie, D. E. Peplow, M. A. Jessee, D. Wiarda, M. L. Williams, R. A. Lefebvre, J. P. Lefebvre, I. C. Gauld, and S. Goluoglu
    "SCALE 6.1 Enhancements for Nuclear Criticality Safety"
    International Conference on Nuclear Criticality (ICNC 2011) (2011).
    PDF

57. J. M. Risner, D. Wiarda, M. E. Dunn, T. M. Miller, D. E. Peplow, B. W. Patton
    "Production and Testing of the VITAMIN-B7 Fine-Group and BUGLE-B7 Broad-Group Coupled Neutron/Gamma Cross-Section Libraries Derived from ENDF/B-VII.0 Nuclear Data,"
    NUREG/CR-7045, ORNL/TM-2011/12, Sept. 2011.
    PDF

51. J. M. Risner, D. Wiarda, T. M. Miller, D. E. Peplow, B. W. Patton, M. E. Dunn, B. T. Parks
    "Development and Testing of the VITAMIN-B7/BUGLE-B7 Coupled Neutron-Gamma Multigroup Cross-Section Libraries,"
    accepted for IRSD 2011 IRSD 2011 (2011).
    Abstract, PDF

39. D. Wiarda, M. E. Dunn, D. E. Peplow, T. M. Miller, and H. Akkurt
    "Development and Testing of ENDF/B-VI.8 and ENDF/B-VII.0 Coupled Neutron-Gamma Libraries for SCALE 6"
    NUREG/CR-6990 ORNL/TM-2008/047, February 2009
    Abstract, PDF

24. D. E. Peplow
    "A Computational Model of the High Flux Isotope Reactor for the Calculation of Cold Source, Beam Tube, and Guide Hall Nuclear Parameters"
    ORNL/TM-2004/237, November 2004
    Abstract, PDF

21. D. E. Peplow and Y. Y. Azmy
    "GipGui: A GUI for the GIP Cross Section Preparation Code"
    Poster/presentation at the M&C 2003, the Nuclear Mathematical and Computational Sciences Conference, A Century in Review - A Century Anew April 6-10, 2003, Gatlinburg, TN
    Full Text HTML, PDF, Presentation Slides

17. B. T. Rearden and D. E. Peplow
    "Comparison of Sensitivity Analysis Techniques in Monte Carlo Codes for Multi-Region Criticality Calculations"
    Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 85, 163-165 (2001)
    Abstract, PDF, Rearden's Presentation Slides

999. M. Monterial, V. J. Jodoin, J. P. Lefebvre, D. E. Peplow, and D L. Hooper
     "Automating the Coupling of ORIGEN with GADRAS via the Fallout Analysis Tool for National Technical Nuclear Forensics,"
     Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) 53rd Annual Meeting in July 2012 Orlando Fla.
     PDF

53. V. J. Jodoin, R. W. Lee, D. E. Peplow, and J. P. Lefebvre
    "Application of The Origen Fallout Analysis Tool and the DELFIC Fallout Planning Tool to National Technical Nuclear Forensics,"
    ANS EPRRSD - 13th Robotics & Remote Systems for Hazardous Environments - 11th Emergency Preparedness & Response
    Knoxville, TN, August 7-10, 2011, on CD-ROM, American Nuclear Society, LaGrange Park, IL (2011).
    PDF

25. C. D. Sulfredge, R. L. Sanders, R. H. Morris, and D. E. Peplow
    "Detailed Reactor Models for the Visual Interactive Site Analysis Code (VISAC)"
    (ORNL/NRC/LTR-04/16), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, February 7, 2005
    HTML

22. D. E. Peplow, C. D. Sulfredge, R. L. Sanders, R. H. Morris, and T. A. Hann
    "Calculating Nuclear Power Plant Vulnerability Using Integrated Geometry and Event/Fault Tree Models"
    Nuclear Science and Engineering 146 No. 1, 71-87 (2004)
    HTML, PDF

20. D. E. Peplow, C. D. Sulfredge, R. L. Sanders, R. H. Morris, and T. A. Hann
    "Calculating Nuclear Power Plant Vulnerability Using Integrated Geometry and Event/Fault Tree Models"
    Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 87, 559-561 (2002)
    Full Text Summary, Transactions PDF, Color PDF, Presentation Slides

18. C. D. Sulfredge, R. L. Sanders, D. E. Peplow, R. H. Morris and T. A. Hann
    "Graphical Expert System for Analyzing Nuclear Facility Vulnerability"
    Transactions of I/ITSEC (2002)
    Full Text HTML, PDF, Sulfredge's Presentation Slides

34. D. Ilas, M. L. Williams, D. E. Peplow, and B. L. Kirk
    "Multidimensional Coupled Photon-Electron Transport Simulations using Neutral Particle S_N Codes"
    in the CD-ROM proceedings of the American Nuclear Society's Computational Medical Physics Working Group Workshop II, at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, September 30-October 3, 2007.
    Available on CD-ROM, ANS LaGrange Park, IL (2007).
    Abstract, PDF, Ilas's Presentation Slides, OSTI Information Bridge

29. R. N. Slaybaugh, M. L. Williams, D. Ilas, D. E. Peplow, B. L. Kirk, T. L. Nichols, Y. Y. Azmy, M. P. Langer
    "Radiation Treatment Planning Using Discrete Ordinates Codes"
    Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 96, 343-345 (2007)
    Abstract, PDF, Slaybaugh's Presentation Slides

26. R. A. Lillie, D. E. Peplow, M. L. Williams, B. L. Kirk, M. P. Langer, T. L. Nichols, and Y. Y. Azmy
    "Photon Beam Transport in a Voxelized Human Phantom Model: Discrete Ordinates vs Monte Carlo"
    in the proceedings of the American Nuclear Society's 14th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, p. 40-43, Carlsbad, NM, April 2-6, 2006.
    Abstract, PDF, Presentation Slides

23. F. C. DiFilippo, L. S. Papiez, V. P. Moskvin, D. E. Peplow, C. M. DesRosiers, J. O. Johnson, R. D. Timmerman, M. E. Randall, R. A. Lillie
    "Contamination dose from photoneutron processes in bodily tissues during therapeutic radiation delivery"
    Medical Physics 30, No. 10, pp. 2849-2854 (2003)
    Abstract, PDF

19. F. C. Difilippo, R. A. Lillie, D. E. Peplow, J. O. Johnson, L. S. Papiez, V. P. Moskvin, R. D. Timmerman, C. M. DesRosiers and M. E. Randall
    "Photoneutron doses in radiotherapy treatments simulated with MCNPX code version 2.2.6"
    Works in Progress Poster Presentation at the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, July 2002, Montreal, Quebec
    Abstract

16. G. B. Zeigler, D. E. Peplow and K. Verghese
    "Simulation of Microcalcification Clusters in Digital Mammography"
    Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 83, 514-516 (2000)
    Full Text Summary, PDF

15. D. E. Peplow and K. Verghese
    "Digital Mammography Image Simulation Using Monte Carlo"
    Medical Physics 27, No. 3, 568-579 (2000)
    Abstract, PDF

14. D. E. Peplow and K. Verghese
    "Differential Sampling for the Monte Carlo Practitioner"
    An invited paper. Progress in Nuclear Energy 36, No. 1, 39-75 (2000)
    Abstract, PDF

13. D. E. Peplow and K. Verghese
    "Differential Sampling Applied to Mammography Image Simulation"
    Nuclear Science and Engineering 135, No. 2, 103-122 (2000)
    This paper won the 1999 ANS Mark Mills Award.
    Abstract, PDF

12. D. E. Peplow and K. Verghese
    "Differential Sampling Applied to Mammography Image Simulation"
    Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 81, 145-147 (1999)
    This is a summary of the paper that won the 1999 ANS Mark Mills Award.
    Full Text Summary

11. D. E. Peplow and K. Verghese
    "Differential Sampling for Monte Carlo Mammographic Image Simulation"
    Proceedings of SPIE 3771, 98-111 (1999). (Denver, CO, July 1999 Meeting)
    Abstract

8. D. E. Peplow and K. Verghese
   "Monte Carlo Modeling of Mammographic Images"
   Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 79, 163-164 (1998)
   Full Text Summary

7. D. E. Peplow
   "Direction Cosines and Polarization Vectors for Monte Carlo Photon Scattering"
   Nuclear Science and Engineering 131, No. 1, 132-136 (1999)
   Abstract, PDF

6. D. E. Peplow and K. Verghese
   "Measured Molecular Coherent Scattering Form Factors of Animal Tissues, Plastics and Human Breast Tissue"
   Physics in Medicine & Biology 43, No. 9, 2431-2452 (1998)
   Abstract, PDF

5. D. E. Peplow and K. Verghese
   "Monte Carlo Image Simulation in Support of Improvements in Mammography"
   Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 77, 358-359 (1997)
   Full Text Summary

10. K. Verghese and D. E. Peplow
    "Collaborative Learning in Small Groups in a Mathematics Intensive NE Course"
    Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Charlotte, NC, June 1999
    Abstract, PDF

9. D. E. Peplow
   "Fiestaware Radiography"
   The Physics Teacher 37, No. 5, 316-318 (1999)
   Abstract & Photos

4. R. P. Gardner, C. L. Barrett, W. Haq and D. E. Peplow
   "Efficient Monte Carlo Simulation of O-16 Neutron Activation and N-16 Decay Gamma-Ray Detection in a Flowing Fluid for On-Line Oxygen Analysis or Flow Rate Measurement"
   Nuclear Science and Engineering 122, No. 3, 326-343 (1995)
   Abstract

3. P. Guo, D. E. Peplow and R. P. Gardner
   "Natural Gamma-Ray Log Interpretation: Semi-Empirical, Principal Components Analysis and Monte Carlo Multiply Scattered Components Approaches"
   Nuclear Geophysics 9, No. 4, 305-318 (1995)
   Abstract

2. R. P. Gardner and D. E. Peplow
   "Use of N-16 for Measuring Cooling Water Flow Rate in the NCSU PULSTAR Reactor"
   Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 70, 130-131 (1994)
   Abstract

1. D. E. Peplow, R. P. Gardner and K. Verghese
   "Sodium Iodide Detector Response Functions Using Simplified Monte Carlo Simulation and Principal Components"
   Nuclear Geophysics 8, No. 3, 243-259 (1994)
   Abstract

20. "Criticality Accident Alarm Systems with SCALE 6.1," at the American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting in San Diego, June 15, 2010.
    Presentation Slides

19. "Hybrid Monte Carlo/Deterministic Methods for Streaming/Beam Problems," at the American Nuclear Society Joint Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, Isotopes and Radiation Division, and Biology and Medicine Division, Las Vegas, NV, April 22, 2010.
    Presentation Slides

18. "Hybrid Monte Carlo/Deterministic Methods for Active Interrogation Modeling," at the American Nuclear Society Joint Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, Isotopes and Radiation Division, and Biology and Medicine Division, Las Vegas, NV, April 22, 2010.
    (Nominated for the "Best of RPSD2010" session to be held at the next National Meeting.)
    Presentation Slides

17. "Advanced Variance Reduction Methods and Their Implementation" at the Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, Oct 1, 2009.
    Presentation Slides

16. "Criticality Accident Alarm System Modeling With SCALE" at the 2009 International Conference on Advances in Mathematics, Computational Methods, and Reactor Physics (M&C 2009) sponsored by the Mathematics and Computation Division of the American Nuclear Society, in Saratoga Springs, New York, May 7, 2009.
    Presentation Slides

15. "FW-CADIS Method for Variance Reduction of Monte Carlo Calculations of Detailed Distributions and Multiple Localized Quantities" at the 2009 International Conference on Advances in Mathematics, Computational Methods, and Reactor Physics (M&C 2009) sponsored by the Mathematics and Computation Division of the American Nuclear Society, in Saratoga Springs, New York, May 5, 2009.
    Presentation Slides

14. "Advanced Variance Reduction Methods and Their Implementation" at the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 27, 2009.
    Presentation Slides

13. "Simultaneous Optimization of Tallies in Difficult Shielding Problems" at the 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding (ICRS-11) and the 15th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD-2008) of the American Nuclear Society, in Pine Mountain, GA, April 14, 2008.
    Presentation Slides

12. "Advanced Variance Reduction Strategies for Optimizing Mesh Tallies in MAVRIC" at the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, November 14, 2007. (Invited talk.)
    Presentation Slides

11. "Monaco/MAVRIC: Computational Resources for Radiation Protection and Shielding in SCALE" at the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, November 16, 2006. (Invited talk.)
    Presentation Slides

10. "Automated Variance Reduction for SCALE Shielding Calculations" at the American Nuclear Society's 14th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Carlsbad, NM, April 5, 2006.
    Presentation Slides

9. "Photon Beam Transport in a Voxelized Human Phantom Model: Discrete Ordinates vs Monte Carlo" at the American Nuclear Society's 14th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Carlsbad, NM, April 3, 2006.
   Presentation Slides

8. Invited panelist in "Java Pros and Cons - Roundtable" at the American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, June 16, 2004.
   Presentation Slides

7. "GipGui: A GUI for the GIP Cross Section Preparation Code" Poster/presentation at the Nuclear Mathematical and Computational Sciences Conference A Century in Review - A Century Anew (Mathematics & Computation Division of the American Nuclear Society), Gatlinburg, TN, April 9, 2003. Presentation Slides

6. "Calculating Nuclear Power Plant Vulnerability Using Integrated Geometry and Event/Fault Tree Models" at the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, 8th Topical Meeting for Emergency Preparedness & Response, Washington, DC, November 20, 2002.
   Presentation Slides

5. "Differential Sampling Applied to Mammography Image Simulation" at the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Long Beach, CA, November 17, 1999. This was an invited talk to dicuss the Nuclear Science and Engineering paper that won the American Nuclear Society's Mark Mills award.

4. "Differential Sampling for Monte Carlo Mammographic Image Simulation" at the Annual Meeting of SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering), Denver, CO, July 19, 1999.

3. "Collaborative Learning in Small Groups in a Mathematics Intensive NE Course" at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Charlotte, NC, June 22, 1999.

2. "Monte Carlo Modeling of Mammographic Images" at the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, November 18, 1998.

1. "Monte Carlo Image Simulation in Support of Improvements in Mammography" at the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, November 17, 1997. (Invited talk.) Winner of the American Nuclear Society Reactor Physics Division's "Best Paper" Award.

• PhD Dissertation: "Monte Carlo Mammography Image Simulation with Measured Coherent Scattering Form Factors and Differential Sampling" (1999) North Carolina State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Advised by Professor Kuruvilla Verghese.

• MS Thesis: "Sodium Iodide Detector Response Functions Using Simplified Monte Carlo Simulation and Principal Components" (1993) North Carolina State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Advised by Professors Robin P. Gardner and Kuruvilla Verghese.

• "Monte Carlo Image Simulation Benchmarks"
  1998 Activity Report.
  Full Text

• "Measurement of Molecular Coherent Scattering Form Factors"
  1997 Activity Report.
  Full Text

• Gary B. Zeigler, II
  "Direct Detection of Microcalcification Pairs in Simulated Digital Mammograms"
  Masters Thesis, North Carolina State University, September 2002
  title page

• Unpublished paper