Rusi Taleyarkhan’s research featured on cover of British Royal Society Journal
The front cover decision was made by the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (JAAS) editorial board. The board gives this honor based on field expert recommendations to highlight major events of fundamental relevance impact numerous fields of science and engineering, including the nuclear field.
Taleyarkhan and his team found that where conventional nuclear, or alpha radiation spectroscopy sensors fail, the go-to method is mass-spectroscopy which can take weeks to deploy and is cost prohibitive. He said, “A tool that can rival mass spectrometer techniques and provide results within the hour has long been a dream.”
Among his team members were David DiPrete, laboratory fellow at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Brian Archambault, senior scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Nathan Boyle, NE alumnus, post-doctoral research assistant and US intelligence community fellow. Taleyarkhan’s graduate student, Catalin Harabagiu, also contributed to this effort.
Learn more about the School of Nuclear Engineering.
Schedule a tour of PUR-1.
Writer: Ashvini Malshe, malshea@purdue.edu
Source: Rusi Taleyarkhan, rusi@purdue.edu