Hi! I'm a returning Nuclear Science student. I'm interested in all types of computer simulations and particularly enjoy Monte Carlo.
My thesis work was done under Dr. Kip Matthews. I helped him experimentally verify a portable, direction finding radiation detector prototype. It used commercially available CZT modules and Compton backprojection to image several common sources within a 7 degrees and 25% FWHM angular resolution. We also verified a simple, 3D CZT model for MC simulaions using Free Monte. You can read all about it in my thesis:
For an abreviated account of the work, check out this preprint (1.7MB pdf).
The people on my thesis committee, Dr. Blair Smith, Adam Lackie, Laurie Kelly and the people at the LSU Physics Electronics Prototyping were all a big help. Thank you.
I'm proud to announce version 0.1 of Free Monte, a small and primative collection of photon transport routines I used to evaluate CZT response and material properties.
If you are interested in me, go visit my my disorganized photo album. Please patient with it, it's run off a cable mode.
If you are interested in my notes from course work, go here. Some work can be found here with much better bandwith
I'm an advocate of free software. I use Debian GNU/Linux and derivatives for all of my work. The advantages of free software are obvious to any programmer, but you no longer have to be one to use it or to see the advantages. I help teach a local newbies class and would be happy to help set you up.
Work above is provided as is, without guarantee of accuracy of suitability of purpose. No University approval is claimed or should be implied. Use it at your own risk. Any software I have authored that you find here is released for you to use and share under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Happy hacking!