Ian S. HamiltonIan S. Hamilton

Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering

Date of Appointment: 1999
Office: 58B Zachry Engineering Center
Phone: (979) 845-8101
Fax: (979) 845-6443
E-mail: hamilton@cedar.tamu.edu

Mailing Address: Texas A&M University
Department of Nuclear Engineering
3133 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3133

Education
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1995
M.S., Health Physics, Texas A&M University, 1993
B.S., Biology, State University of New York at Albany, 1992

Courses
NUEN 402, Radiation Detection and Isotope Technology
NUEN 409, Radiological Safety
NUEN 479, Radiation Protection Engineering
NUEN 476/489, Radiation Measurements Lab
NUEN 679, Practical Applications in Health Physics

Areas of Interest
 Radiation detection and measurement
Radiological dose and risk assessment (internal and external sources)
Radon and naturally occurring radioactive materials
Biological effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
Cancer-targeted radiation therapy agents

Curriculum Vita

PUBLICATIONS
Krieger, K.V., Hamilton, I.S., “Analysis of Small Sample Geometry for Concurrent Identification and Quantification of Mixed-Nuclide Samples,” in “Instrumentation, Measurements and Dosimetry,” Medical Physics Publishing, pp. 23-31, 2000.

Thompson, J.M., Thompson, E.A., Hamilton, I.S., “An Approach to Evaluating the Societal Risks and Agricultural Impacts from a Proposed Plutonium Processing Facility.” in Hlth. Phys. 77(2): S32-39, August 1999.

Thompson, E.A., Thompson, J.M., Hamilton, I.S., “Potential agricultural impacts of accidents at a proposed plutonium processing facility at the Pantex Plant.” in Creation and Future Legacy of Stockpile Stewardship; and Isotope Production, Applications, and Consumption, J.M. Hylko and R.L. Salyer editors, Medical Physics Publishing, pp. 229-234, 1999.

Thompson, J.M., Thompson, E.A., Hamilton, I.S., “Independent assessment of the hazards of proposed plutonium processing facilities at the Pantex Plant.” in Creation and Future Legacy of Stockpile Stewardship; and Isotope Production, Applications, and Consumption, J.M. Hylko and R.L. Salyer editors, Medical Physics Publishing, pp. 25-28, 1999.

Comfort, C.M., Hamilton, I.S., “Health physics concerns during delayed neutron measurements for actinide waste isotopes.”  Addendum to Creation and Future Legacy of Stockpile Stewardship; and Isotope Production, Applications, and Consumption, J.M. Hylko and R.L. Salyer editors, Medical Physics Publishing, 1999.

Hearne, D.D., Hamilton, I.S.,  “Feasibility study of 99mTc production by neutron capture and solvent extraction at a 1-MW TRIGA facility.”  Addendum to Creation and Future Legacy of Stockpile Stewardship; and Isotope Production, Applications, and Consumption, J.M Hylko and R.L. Salyer editors, Medical Physics Publishing, 1999.

Freeman, B. L., Faleski, T. J., Hamilton, I. S., Parish, T., and Rock, J.C.,"Conventional and explosive pulsed power development at Texas A&M University," in 8th International Conference on Megagauss Magnetic Field Generation and Related Topics, Tallahassee, Florida, October 19-23, 1998.

Hamilton, I.S., Thompson, E.A., Thompson, J.M., “Environmental and agricultural impacts of accidents postulated for missions proposed for the USDOE Pantex Plant.”  in “International Radiological Post-Emergency Response Issues Conference ­ Meeting Proceedings,” USEPA,  pp. 18-21, 1998.  

Hamilton, I.S., Thompson, J.M., Thompson, E.A., Krieger, K.V., Charbeneau, R.J., Landsberger, S., Maidment, D., Hay-Wilson, L., Barnes, D., Beard, C.A., Hartley, R., Sweeten, J., “Independent safety and risk assessment for a proposed plutonium conversion facility in the Texas Panhandle,” in Amarillo National Resource Center’s “1998 Researchers’ Conference Proceedings,” pp. 93-96,1998.

Hamilton, I.S., Charbeneau, R.J., Barnes, D.L., “Characterization of the risks associated with producing mixed-oxide fuel at Pantex.”  in “ANS Transactions,” TANSAO Vol. 78, pp. 201, 1998.

Hamilton, I.S., Emery, R.J., “The A&M ­ UT health protection engineering student pipeline: an assessment of the experience during the first two years,” in Good Practices in Health Physics, G.R. Komp and M.A. Thompson editors, Medical Physics Publishing, pp. 113-120, 1998.  

Hamilton, I.S., Thompson, J.M., Thompson, E.A., “A preliminary assessment of relative societal risk for missions proposed for the USDOE Pantex Plant.”  Draft report for the Amarillo National Resource Center for Plutonium (ANRCP); November 1997.

Hamilton, I.S., Cloud, M.A., Emery, R.J., Mullani, N., “A computer-based radiation safety records management system for positron-emission tomography dose calibrators.”  Rad. Saf. Off. 2(3): 32-37; June 1997.