Archive for November 2022
Multi-scale modeling of Radiation Therapy – Bridging the gap from Physics to Biology
SPEAKER: Jan Schuemann, Ph.D. (he/him/his) Associate Professor Associate Director of Physics Research Head of the Multi-scale Monte-Carlo Modeling Lab DATE/TIME: FRI, 11/18/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: Zoom Abstract: Modeling approaches offer a strong tool to understand mechanisms of complex processes, allowing us to probe correlations that are not accessible with experimental techniques. My lab…
Read MoreSafe Enough? The History of Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Nuclear Safety.
SPEAKER: Thomas Wellock Historian DATE/TIME: FRI, 11/04/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 Etcheverry Hall Abstract: Since the dawn of the Atomic Age, nuclear experts have confronted a deceptively simple question: When is a reactor “safe enough” to adequately protect the public? And, for 70 years, they have pursued a deceptively simple answer that quantified…
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