W. Dan Reece
Professor, Nuclear Engineering
Director, Nuclear Science Center, Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Date of Appointment: 1990
Office: 58O Zachry Engineering Center
Phone: 979/847-8946
Fax: 979/845-0423
E-mail: w-reece@tamu.edu
Education
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1988
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1980
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1971
Courses Taught
ENGR 111: Foundations of Engineering
ENGR 112: Foundations of Engineering
NUEN 101: Principles of Nuclear Engineering
NUEN 201: Introduction to Nuclear Engineering I
NUEN 405: Nuclear Engineering Experiments
NUEN 606: Reactor Analysis and Experimentation
NUEN 611: Radiation Detection and Measurement
NUEN 676: Health Physics Instrumentation
Areas of Interest
- Radiation Transport
- Assessment of Effective Dose Equivalent
- Medical Application of radioisotopes
- Dosimetry
- Uses for Research Reactors
Curriculum Vita: Click Here to View
Recent Publications
Journal Articles:
- J.W. Jung and W. D. Reece, "Dosimetric characterization of 142Pr glass seeds for brachytherapy," Applied Radiation and Isotopes 66, 441-449 (2008).
- W.H. Hsu, L. A. Braby , and W. D. Reece, "Detection System Built from Commercial Integrated Circuits for Real-Time Measurement of Radiation Dose and Quality Using the Variance Method," Radiation Protection Dosimetry 128(1), 5-1 (2008).
Conference Proceedings:
- K. Vierow, F. Best, J. Ford, Y. Hassan, S. McDeavitt, J. Ragusa, W. D. Reece, L. Shao, and P. Tsvetkov, "TAMU Nuclear Safety Curriculum Development for a 21st Century Workforce," Proc. of 2008 ANS Annual Meeting, Annaheim, CA, June 2008.
