Publications

Applying a bicorrelation method for determining the angular correlation of gamma-rays using gamma-gamma coincidence
Faculty Member: Sheldon Landsberger
De Luna, Brandon, Smith, Kevin, Marin, Stefan, Landsberger, Sheldon. RADIATION MEASUREMENTS (2025) , 187
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2025.107481

From research to production: scaling up isotope activities and lessons learned
Faculty Member: Derek Haas
Tipping, T. N., Nolting, D. D., Lapka, J. L., Haas, D. A.. JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-025-10445-z

Cyclic Background Noise Variations on Infrasound Microbarometers From Micrometeorology and Human Activity
Malach, Amrit K., Bowman, Daniel C., Wharton, Sonia, Turley, Reagan S., White, Robert L., Schalk, Walter. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS (2025) , 52 (19)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116415

A flow-through gamma detection system for sub-surface radioxenon tracer measurements in LYNM PE1
Couture, Alexander H., Archambault, Brian C., Bertschinger, K., Crockett, Kaylan J., Ewing, R. James, Hubbard, Charles W., Johnson, Christine M., Myjak, Mitchell J., Perea, Rose S., Puyleart, Andrew J., Sharma, Manish. JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY (2025) , 334 (10) , 7205-7216.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-025-10417-3

Comparison of neutron activation analysis and passive counting for environmental radioactivity measurements
Faculty Member: Derek Haas
Kaitschuck, Nicholas, Bekker, JohnPeter, Haas, Derek, Landsberger, Sheldon. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY (2025) , 289
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107766

A systematic exploration of the hydrolysis products of the uranium trioxide polymorphs and their optical vibrational spectra
Faculty Member: Sheldon Landsberger
Kaitschuck, Nicholas, Barth, Brodie, Hutter, Tanya, Landsberger, Sheldon, Felton, Daniel, Hunt, Rodney, Miskowiec, Andrew, Spano, Tyler L.. JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS (2025) , 616
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.156085

The appropriate environmental sample to educate novice students in environmental radioactivity measurements using gamma ray spectroscopy
Faculty Member: Sheldon Landsberger
Martin, Christopher, Cockerline, Kayla, Landsberger, Sheldon. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY (2025) , 290
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107815

Rapid high precision analysis of uranium content in Texas ores using gamma-ray spectrometry
Faculty Member: Sheldon Landsberger
Martin, C., Almaz, E., Sabry, M., Landsberger, S.. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY (2025) , 290
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107812

Experimental Evaluation of Maximum-Likelihood-Based Data Preconditioning for DE-SPECT: A Clinical SPECT System Constructed With CZT Imaging Detectors
Faculty Member: Elena Zannoni
Jin, Yifei, Zannoni, E. M., Meng, Ling-Jian. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON RADIATION AND PLASMA MEDICAL SCIENCES (2025) , 9 (5) , 553-563.
https://doi.org/10.1109/TRPMS.2024.3520668

Meeting ReportPIDS: Instrumentation Development of a Miniaturized Nuclear Imaging Capsule for Minimally Invasive Molecularly Targeted Cancer Surgery
Faculty Member: Elena Zannoni
Patel, Krishan, Confalonieri, Lorenzo, O'fallon, Linzie, Galvez, Stephan, Whittemore, Anthony, Ikoma, Naruhiko, Zannoni, Elena maria. JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE (2025) , 66

Development of a robot-assisted platform for adaptive and reconfigurable SPECT imaging
Faculty Member: Elena Zannoni
Confalonieri, Lorenzo, Alambeigi, Farshid, Zannoni, Elena Maria. JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE (2025) , 66

First Multi-isotope Pre-Clinical Imaging Study with DE-SPECT: A Hyperspectral SPECT System for in Vivo 3-D Gamma-Ray Spectrometry of Multifunctional Molecular Imaging of Peripheral Vascular Disease
Faculty Member: Elena Zannoni
Jin, Yifei, Zannoni, Elena maria, Thorn, Stephanie, Jang, Sun-joo, Nazari, Matthew, Burns, Rachel, Sankar, Poopalasingam, Zhang, Feng, Streicher, Michael, He, Zhong, Metzler, Scott, Liu, Chi, Sinusas, Albert, Meng, Ling jian. JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE (2025) , 66

Small Animal Total-Body Dynamic Imaging of Alpha-Emitter Radiopharmaceutical Therapy with the Upgraded Alpha-SPECT-Mini System
Faculty Member: Elena Zannoni
Yang, Can, Zannoni, Elena maria, Fong, Ching, Qing, Ansong, Huang, Xiaopei, Ouyang, Zhonghua, Deleon, Brendan, Du, Yong, Ray, Sangeeta, Sgouros, George, Meng, Ling jian. JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE (2025) , 66

Leaching of Potentially Toxic Elements from Paper and Plastic Cups in Hot Water and Their Health Risk Assessment
Faculty Member: Sheldon Landsberger
Mohery, Mahmoud, Hamam, Kholoud Ahmed, Landsberger, Sheldon, Hakeem, Israa J., Soliman, Mohamed. TOXICS (2025) , 13 (8)
https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics13080626

The economics of small modular reactors at coal sites: A program-level analysis within the state of Texas
Faculty Member: Kevin Clarno
Wieser, Eric, Clarno, Kevin, Haas, Derek, Webber, Michael E.. ENERGY POLICY (2025) , 202
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114572

Measurement of the isomeric yield ratio for <SUP>88</SUP>Zr thermal neutron absorption
Faculty Member: William Charlton
Kelly, Isaac, Flanagan, Will, Moldenhauer, Jacob, Charlton, William, Lapka, Joseph, Nolting, Donald. PHYSICAL REVIEW C (2025) , 111 (2)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.111.L021601

Measurement of a cold neutron cross section for the <SUP>40</SUP>Ca(n, α)<SUP>37</SUP>Ar reaction
Faculty Member: William Charlton
Shah, Khiloni A., Castro, Sarah T., Mathis, Kohlton D., Lapka, Joseph L., Charlton, William S., Haas, Derek A.. APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES (2025) , 226
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.112215

Measurement of a cold neutron cross section for the <SUP>40</SUP>Ca(n, α)<SUP>37</SUP>Ar reaction
Faculty Member: William Charlton
Shah, Khiloni A., Castro, Sarah T., Mathis, Kohlton D., Lapka, Joseph L., Charlton, William S., Haas, Derek A.. APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES (2025) , 226
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.112215

SOFTMAX-BASED DEEP NEURAL NETWORK IN REGRESSION
Faculty Member: Kevin Clarno
Seo, Jeongwon, Clarno, Kevin T.. PROCEEDINGS OF 2025 VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, AND UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION SYMPOSIUM, VVUQ2025 (2025)

Efficient Constrained Motion Planning Using Direct Sampling of Screw-Constraint Manifolds
Faculty Member: Mitch Pryor
Pettinger, Adam, Panthi, Janak, Alambeigi, Farshid, Pryor, Mitch. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2025) , 22 , 9793-9809.
https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2024.3513160

Unlocking underrepresented use-cases for large language model-driven human-robot task planning
Faculty Member: Mitch Pryor
Wanna, Selma, Parra, Fabian, Valner, Robert, Kruusamaee, Karl, Pryor, Mitch. ADVANCED ROBOTICS (2024) , 38 (18) , 1335-1348.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2024.2366974

Disparities in liver allocation in the United States: combined analysis of the SRTR and CDC databases
Faculty Member: William Charlton
Rinella, N. S., Charlton, W., Charlton, M. R.. LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (2024) , 30 , 204-205.

Current Burden of and Geographic Disparities in Liver Mortality and Access to Liver Transplant
Faculty Member: William Charlton
Rinella, Nicolas S., Charlton, William, Reddy, Gautham, Diaz, Paige McLean, Charlton, Michael R.. JAMA NETWORK OPEN (2024) , 7 (10)
https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.39846

CURRENT BURDEN AND GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES IN LIVER MORTALITY AND ACCESS TO LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Faculty Member: William Charlton
Rinella, Nicolas, Charlton, William, Diaz, Paige McLean, Reddy, K. Gautham, Charlton, Michael. HEPATOLOGY (2024) , 80 , S527-S528.

Incorrect resonance escape probability in Monte Carlo codes due to the threshold approximation of temperature-dependent scattering
Faculty Member: Kevin Clarno
Lentchner, Gabriel, Fritsch, William, Crowder, Robert, Walton, Noah, Lewis, Amanda, Chvala, Ondrej, Clarno, Kevin, Sobes, Vladimir. ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY (2024) , 207
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2024.110717

A Survey of Multimodal Perception Methods for Human-Robot Interaction in Social Environments
Faculty Member: Mitch Pryor
Duncan, John A., Alambeigi, Farshid, Pryor, Mitchell W.. ACM TRANSACTIONS ON HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION (2024) , 13 (4)
https://doi.org/10.1145/3657030

MaRMOT: A Modular and Reconfigurable Multiple Object Tracking Framework for Robots and Intelligent Systems
Faculty Member: Mitch Pryor
Duncan, John A., Alambeigi, Farshid, Pryor, Mitchell W.. 2024 33RD IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOT AND HUMAN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION, ROMAN 2024 (2024) , 1892-1898.
https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN60168.2024.10731203

Gaze-based Augmented Reality Interfaces to Support Scalable Human-Robot Teaming
Faculty Member: Mitch Pryor
Petlowany, Christina, Pryor, Mitch, Hahn, Nathan. 2024 33RD IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOT AND HUMAN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION, ROMAN 2024 (2024) , 1899-1906.
https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN60168.2024.10731399

Evaluation of SCALE, Serpent, and MCNP for Molten Salt Reactor applications using the MSRE Benchmark
Faculty Member: Kevin Clarno
Clarno, Kevin T., Barlow, John E., Sawyer, Tucker, Scherr, Jonathan, Hearne, Jason, Tsvetkov, Pavel. ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY (2023) , 194
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2023.110092

CTF: A modernized, production-level, thermal hydraulic solver for the solution of industry-relevant challenge problems in pressurized water reactors
Faculty Member: Kevin Clarno
Salko, Robert, Wysocki, Aaron, Blyth, Taylor, Toptan, Aysenur, Hu, Jianwei, Kumar, Vineet, Dances, Chris, Dawn, William, Sung, Yixing, Kucukboyaci, Vefa, Gurecky, William, Lange, Travis, Zhao, Xingang, Rader, Jordan, Jernigan, Caleb, Collins, Benjamin, Avramova, Maria, Magedanz, Jeffrey, Palmtag, Scott, Clarno, Kevin, Kropaczek, Dave, Hizoum, Belgacem, Godfrey, Andrew, Pointer, Dave, Turner, John, Sankaran, Ramanan, Schmidt, Rod, Hooper, Russell, Bartlett, Roscoe, Baird, Mark, Pilch, Martin. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN (2022) , 397
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2022.111927