Natela Ostrovskaya

Lecturer, Nuclear Engineering

Date of Appointment: 2006
Office: 131A Zachry Engineering Center
Phone: 979/862-4409
Fax: 979/845-6443
E-mail: natela@ne.tamu.edu

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

Education
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering (Health Physics program), Texas A&M University, 2005

Degree of Engineer-Mathematician, Applied Mathematics, Obninsk Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering, Obninsk, Kaluga region, Russia, 1997

Courses
ENGR 112, Foundations of Engineering

Areas of Interest
My research interest is mathematical and computer modeling of radiation response of human tissues and predicting changes occurring in tissues following radiation insult.

Curriculum Vita

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Radiation Research Society

AWARDS
2004 Best paper award, ANS annual meetings in Pittsburgh, PA.
2003 Best paper award, ANS annual meetings in San Diego, CA.
1997 Awarded the Degree with honors in Applied Mathematics, Obninsk Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering, Obninsk, Kaluga region, Russia

APPOINTMENTS AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2006 -present Lecturer, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University
2001-2005 Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University
2001-2005 Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University
1997-2000 Software Engineer and Assistant Technical Director on International Collaborations, Federal Environmental Emergency Response Centre of Roshydromet, (FEERC), Science and Production Association "Typhoon", Obninsk, Kaluga region, Russia.

PUBLICATIONS
N. G. Ostrovskaya and J. R. Ford, A combined tissue kinetic and dosimetric model of an airway. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 90: 57-58 (2004).
N. G. Ostrovskaya and J. R. Ford, Modeling the radiation response of respiratory tissue. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 88: 349 (2003).