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MARTIN C. EDELSON
Ames Lab Senior Scientist
Iowa State University Adjunct Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering

E-mail: edelson@ameslab.gov


Ames Laboratory
130 Spedding Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-4987
Fax: (515) 294-1230
Languages: English, French and German
Available to Consult: Yes

ENVIRONMENTALLY-RELATED PROJECT INTERESTS:

Designing Transportable Multifunctional Field Laboratory for use in
Conditions of Ecological Disasters (joint with Prof. G. Barenboim,
State Center for Water Monitoring, Moscow, Russia)
Risk communications related to environmental management
 
Laser Decontamination of Metals
 
Retrospective Waste Site Performance Evaluation by Tree-Ring Analysis

EDUCATION

1964, B.S., Chemistry, The City College of New York
1967, M.A., Physical Chemistry, The City College of New York
1973, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, The University of Oregon
1973-1977, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Physical Chemistry, The University of British Columbia

EXPERIENCE

1996-1999, Director, Ames Laboratory, Environmental Technology Development Program
1995-1996, Technical Program Manager, Ames Laboratory, Environmental Technology Development Program
1992-1996, Assistant Program Director, Ames Laboratory, Environmental Technology Development Program
1990, Associate Member of the ISU Graduate Faculty, Iowa State University
1989-Present, Adjunct Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Iowa State University
1986-1997, Director, Ames Laboratory, Nuclear Materials Safeguards and Security Program
1990, Associate Member of the ISU Graduate Faculty, Iowa State University
1982-1986, Chemist, Ames Laboratory
1979-1982, Associate Chemist, Ames Laboratory
Dec. 1977-July 1979, Postdoctoral Research, Ames Laboratory

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE

Applications of high-resolution optical spectroscopy to the characterization of materials.
Development of laser-based methods for materials processing and characterization.
Risk communications related to DOE environmental programs.


EXTENSION/OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

Technical editor, "Risk Excellence Notes," June 1998-Present.

Member, Core Support Team, DOE Center for Risk Excellence, February 1998-Present.

Organized symposium, "Monitoring Worker Exposure During ER/WM Activities," Columbia, MD, September 1997.

Ames Laboratory Alternate Representative to Laboratory Coordinating Council (interlaboratory group working with DOE's Office of Industrial Technologies), February 1996-Present.

Organized symposium, "Land Use Policy and Environmental Restoration - A Look Into DOE's Future," Gaithersburg Hilton Hotel, March 16-17, 1994.

Ames Laboratory Representative to the DOE Laboratory Directors Environmental and Occupational/Public Health Standards Steering Group, 1990 - Present.

Organized (with W. J. Haas, Jr., Ames) review of NDA Proposals submitted to Buried Waste Integrated Demonstration at Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, held in Dallas, TX, November 25-27, 1991.

Reviewed proposals on contamination control technology submitted to the Buried Waste Integrated Demonstration, Denver CO, November 18, 1991.

Organized and presided over Symposium on Field Methods of Analysis, held at the ASTM Annual Meeting, January 1991, San Diego, CA.


PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND AWARDS

1997 Licensed Invention Award, Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company.

State of Iowa Governor's Volunteer Award, May 10, 1991.

Award of Appreciation from ASTM Committee C-26 (Nuclear Fuel Cycle), July 1991.

Member, Optical Society of America; Society for Applied Spectroscopy; Sigma Xi; American Chemical Society; Laser Institute of America.


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

International activities in England, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Former Soviet Union.

Over 100 publications and presentations, some of which are listed below.

Edelson, M.C., "Using 'Best Science' in Conveying Risk to the Public," a commentary accepted for publication by the Journal of the Franklin Institute.

Demmer, R., Ferguson, R., H-m. Pang, and Edelson, M., "Light Ablation for Decontamination," Elevated Temperature Coatings: Science and Technology - I, N.B. Dahotre, J.M. Hampiklan, and J.J. Stiglich, Eds., The minerals, Metals, and Materials Society, 1995, pp. 407-417.

Rhee, J. Y., Lipert, R. J., Hamrick, Y. M., and Edelson, M. C., "Application of Lasers to the Decontamination of Bulk-Contaminated Wastes," Proc. for the Symposium on Waste Management, Tucson, AZ, 1994, pp. 1663-1666.

Lim, H. B., Carney, K. P., Edelson, M. C., Brenner, I. B., and Houk, R. S., "Extraction Discharge Source for ICP-AES: Spectral Linewidths and Interference Effects," Spectrochim. Acta, Vol. 48B, pg. 1617, 1993.

Lipert, R. J., Lee, S. C., and Edelson, M. C., "Application of Diode Lasers to Actinide Atom Monitoring," App. Spectrosc., Vol. 46, pg. 1307, 1992.

Pang, H-M., Baldwin, D., and Edelson, M. C., "Macroscopic Surface Cleaning Using a High Repetition Rate Ultraviolet Laser," LEOS '92 Conference Proceedings, IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Soc., Hynes Conv. Center, Boston, pg. 150, Nov. 16-19, 1992.

Edelson, M. C., "High Resolution Plasma Spectrometry," Inductively Coupled Plasmas in Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2nd Edition, edited by A. Montaser & D.W. Golightly, VCH Publishers, New York, 1992.

Vera, J. A., Murray, G. M., Weeks, S. J., and Edelson, M. C., "Isotopic abundance determination by inductively coupled plasma high-resolution laser excited atomic and ionic fluorescence spectroscopy," Spectrochim. Acta, Vol. 46B, pg. 1689, 1991.

Edelson, M. C., Winge, R. K., Eckels, D. E., and Douglas, J. G., "High-Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma - Atomic Emission Spectroscopy Applied to Problems in Nuclear Waste Management," Proceedings, 31st Annual INMM Meeting, Los Angeles, pp. 964-969, July, 1990.

Edelson, M. C., DeKalb, E. L., Winge, R. K., and Fassel, V. A., "Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy of Plutonium- I. High Resolution Spectra of Plutonium Emitted in an Inductively Coupled Plasma," Spectrochimica Acta, Vol. 41B, pg. 475, 1986.

Edelson, M. C., and Fassel, V. A., "Isotopic Abundance Determinations by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry," Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 53, pg. 2345, 1981.

Edelson, M. C., Hayes, J. M., and Small, G. J., "Application of Non-Photochemical Hole Burning to the Two-Photon Spectroscopy of Impurity Molecules in Low Temperature Glasses," Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 60, pg. 307, 1979.

Bree, A., Edelson, M. and Taliani, C., "The Two-Photon Excitation Spectrum of Fluorene
Near 4.2 K," Chemical Physics, Vol. 30, pg. 343, 1978.

Bree, A. and Edelson, M., "A Study of the Second Order Phase Transition in Biphenyl at 40K Through Raman Spectroscopy," Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 46, pg. 500, 1977.

Edelson, M. and Bree, A., "The Geometry of trans-Stilbene in the Liquid Phase," Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 41, pg. 562, 1976.



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