Western Kentucky University

Applied Physics Institute - Research

Nuclear Science

Fundamental nuclear physics; applied nuclear physics; physics of x-ray, gamma-ray, and neutron detection; reactor physics; radiation shielding physics.

Material Science

Non-desctructive measurements of the elemental content in bulk compounds using neutrons; ion beam analysis of materials using particle accelerators; X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence studies of materials.

Nanoscience

Electronic olfactory sensing based on 3D nanosctructures.

Environmental Science

Coal analysis to reduce fossil fuel power plant emissions to the atmosphere; humanitarian demining and environmental cleanup using nuclear techniques; remote handled transuranic waste characterization; Technetium-99 monitoring; incinerator waste analysis.

Cyber Physical Systems

Sensor networks; data acquisition and analysis; controls; SCADA security.

 

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