Talks

2024 (HVL)

Title	Neutron imaging with the prototype detectors of the NOVO project [Invited]
Event	Proton seminar on research (Protonseminar om forsking)
Host	Haukeland University Hospital
Location	Bergen, Norway
Date	21 March 2024

Title	Status of the NOVCoDA demonstrator prototype – Simulations & reconstruction
Event	European Innovation Council: NOVO Kick-off Meeting
Host	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Høgskulen på Vestlandet)
Location	Bergen, Norway
Date	13 March 2024

Title	Neutron imaging with the prototype detectors of the NOVO project: Overcoming experimental and data filtering challenges in NOVO’s first physical step toward proton radiotherapy range verification [Invited]
Event	HVL Data Science Seminar Series
Host	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Høgskulen på Vestlandet)
Location	Bergen, Norway
Date	22 February 2024

2022 (HVL)

Title	PHITS-aided design of a scintillator bar array for neutron and gamma-ray imaging in particle therapy [Poster]
Event	2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference
Host	IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Location	Milan, Italy
Date	10 November 2022

Title	The argument for nuclear power (and in Vestlandet) [live audio recording: SoundCloud / Spotify] [Invited public debate]
Event	Academic Lunch Special: Nuclear power - yes or no thanks? Akademisk Lunsj Spesial: Atomkraft - ja eller nei takk?
Host	Bergen Public Library \| Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek
Location	Bergen, Norway
Date	24 August 2022

Title	Design and optimization of NOVO radiation detector prototypes with Monte Carlo simulations in PHITS
Event	2022 PhD Candidate Seminar session
Host	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Høgskulen på Vestlandet)
Location	Rosendal, Norway
Date	12 May 2022

Title	Is nuclear power our savior toward a cleaner energy future? [studio recording \| live recording] [Invited]
Event	KRONTalk
Host	Kronbar at The Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Høgskulen på Vestlandet)
Location	Bergen, Norway
Date	10 March 2022

Title	Secondary Neutron Production: in space (and ion therapy) [Invited]
Event	WANDA 2022 (Workshop for Applied Nuclear Data Activities)
Host	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Location	Online
Date	2 March 2022

2021 (HVL)

Title	Neutron and gamma-ray detection for proton therapy range verification: [2nd place winner of lightning NOVO prototype detector plans and connections to my past research in space radiation shielding talk + poster session]
Event	2021 PhD Candidate Seminar session
Host	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Høgskulen på Vestlandet)
Location	Voss, Norway
Date	14 September 2021

2021 (JAEA)

Title	Overview of the DCHAIN-PHITS activation code and its application in accelerator environments [Invited]
Event 会合名	5^th Workshop on Radiation Shielding Design Methods 第５回　放射線遮蔽設計法に係るワークショップ
Host 主催者	Atomic Energy Society of Japan, Radiation Science and Technology Subcommittee 日本原子力学会放射線工学部会
Location	Online (Kashiwa City, Chiba, Japan)
Date	4 March 2021

2019 (JAEA)

Title	Improvements to DCHAIN and its data libraries
Event	Atomic Energy Society of Japan 2019 Fall Meeting (Conference)
Host	University of Toyama, Gofuku Campus
Location	Toyama City, Toyama, Japan
Date	11 September 2019

2018 (UTK)

Title	Overview of model evaluation: “MCNP6” (2018)
Event	Mars Space Radiation Modeling Workshop 2018
Host	Southwest Research Institute
Location	Boulder, CO
Date	17 October 2018
Co-pres.	Michael B.R. Smith (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Title	Secondary neutron yields from thick-target GCR accelerator experiments
Event	20th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division of the American Nuclear Society (Conference)
Host	Radiation Protection and Shielding Division of the American Nuclear Society
Location	Santa Fe, NM
Date	29 August 2018

Title	The radiation environment on the Martian surface: A modeling challenge and benchmarking opportunity [Invited]
Event	James E. Turner Back to School Lecture Series
Host	Roane State Community College, Oak Ridge campus
Location	Oak Ridge, TN
Date	24 February 2018

2016 (UTK)

Title	Overview of model evaluation: “MCNP6” (2016)
Event	Mars Space Radiation Modeling Workshop 2016
Host	Southwest Research Institute
Location	Boulder, CO
Date	29 June 2016
Co-pres.	Michael B.R. Smith (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

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My Affiliations

UTK : The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
JAEA : Japan Atomic Energy Agency
HVL : Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Høgskulen på Vestlandet)