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TERRENCE C. JENSEN
Physicist, Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Iowa State University

E-mail: tjensen@cnde.iastate.edu


The Center for NDE
215C ASC II
Iowa State University
1915 Scholl Road
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-6788
Fax: (515) 294-7771
Available to Consult: Yes

ENVIRONMENTALLY-RELATED PROJECTS WORKING ON

X-ray Detector System to Evaluate Heavy Metal Contamination

EDUCATION

1974 - B.S., Physics and Mathematics, Iowa State University
1980 - Ph.D., High Energy Physics, University of Rochester

EXPERIENCE

1993 - present: Scientist, Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
1990 - 1993: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
1983 - 1990: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
1981 - 1983: Scientific Associate, European Center for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland.
1980 - 1981: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Member Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies
Rush Rhees fellowship for graduate studies at the University of Rochester


RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE

Developing x-ray techniques for material characterization and inspection, including transmission and backscatter measurements. Developing new x-ray detectors for use in x-ray inspection. Modeling x-ray interactions with matter and x-ray image formation. Developing Probability of Detection (POD) formalism for x-ray NDE.


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Terrence Jensen, Craig Whitmore, and Jeffrey W. Lee, "X-ray K-edge Measurement of HEU Holdup in the Savannah River Site 321-M Facility", Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society 2nd Topical Meeting on Decommissioning, Decontamination and Reutilization of Commercial and Government Facilities, September 1999.

T. Jensen, T. Aljundi, and J.N. Gray, "Application of X-ray K-Edge Densitometry in D&D Operations", Proceedings of the International Conference on Decommissioning and Decontamination and on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management, Spectrum '98, pp. 902, The American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL (1998).

Taher Aljundi, Terrence Jensen, Doug Robinson, and Joseph Gray, "Development of an X-ray K-edge Heavy Metal Detector", Proceedings of the International Topical Meeting on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management, Spectrum '96, pp. 418, The American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL (1996).

RTSIM: A computer Model of Real-Time Radiography, T. Jensen and J.N. Gray, Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 14, p.353, D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti, eds. (1995).

Recent Developments in the X-Ray Radiography Simulation Code: XRSIM, J. Xu et al., Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 13, p. 557, D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, eds. (1994).

Application of a Microstrip Proportional Chamber to X-Ray Imaging, T. Jensen, D. Robinson, and J. N. Gray, Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 13, p. 1135, D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, eds. (1994).

Using Energy Dispersive X-Ray Measurements for Quantitative Determination of Material Loss Due to Corrosion, J. Ting, T. Jensen, and J. Gray, Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12, p. 1963, D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, eds. (1993).

Material Thickness Measurements Using Compton Backscatter, T. Jensen, and J. Gray, Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 12, p. 303, D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, eds. (1993).

Quantitative Determination of Material Compositions of Composites Using Energy Sensitive X-ray Measurements, J. Ting, T. Jensen, and J. Gray, Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 11, p. 1499, D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, eds. (1992).

Monochromatic X-ray Beams for NDT, T. Jensen and J. Gray, Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 11, p. 339, D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, eds.(1992).

A Highly Segmented NaI(Tl) Detector with Vacuum Photodiode Readout for Measuring Electromagnetic Showers at the CERN ISR, R. Batley et al., Nucl. Instrum. and Methods Vol. 242, 75 (1985).

Operational Performance of a Large Liquid Argon Photon Calorimeter, C. Nelson et al., Nucl. Instrum. and Methods Vol. 216, 381 (1983).

Calibration and Performance of a Drift Chamber Spectrometer, C. Chandlee et al., Nucl.Instrum. and Methods Vol. 215, 369 (1983).

Hadronic- and Electromagnetic-Cascade Discrimination in a Thin Lead-Argon Calorimeter, T. Jensen et al., Nucl. Instrum. and Methods Vol. 143, 429 (1977).



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