Nuclear Physics: Fundamental and Applied

1. Nuclear Physics: Fundamental and Applied Paul A. De Young Physics and Engineering deyoung@hope.edu (616) 395-7517 Education and experiences Post-doc. Research, Nuclear Structure Laboratory, SUNY (1982-1985) Ph.D., Norte Dame University (1982) A.B., Hope College (1977) Hope College, Professor (1997-2005) Associate Professor (1991-1997), Assistant Professor (1985-1991), The Kenneth G. Herrick Professor of Physics (2005-) Hope Accelerator Lab for applications of nuclear techniques Neutron detector construction at Hope Areas of expertise Structure of rare neutron-rich nuclear isotopes, neutron detection, computers and computerized data acquisition, applications of nuclear physics to measurements of environmental, biological, chemical, and thin-film samples. 4He Grants and awards RUI: Multifaceted Opportunities in Nuclear Physics for Undergraduates at Hope College NSF ($213,252)(2004) RUI: Radioactive Nuclear Beam Physics with Undergraduates at Hope College, 2001 NSF ($166,879) Received the 2001 Prize to a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution from the American Physical Society. National Superconducting Cyclotron User Executive Committee (2004-2006) Executive Director of the MoNA collaboration (2004-2005) Key publications and presentations P.A. DeYoung, et.al.,”Two-neutron Transfer in the 6He+209Bi Reaction Near the Coulomb Barrier”,Phys. Rev. C71, 051601 (2005). P.A. DeYoung and G.F. Peaslee,”Simplified Electronic Signal Processing in the Small Nuclear Physics Laboratory”,Nucl. Inst. and Meth. A551, 487 (2005). J.J. Kolata, et.al.,“A Large Segmented Neutron Detector for Reaction Studies with Radioactive Beams Near the Coulomb Barrier”,Nucl.Instr. And Meth. A, (2005). F.D. Becchetti, et.al.,”The (8Li,) Reaction at Low Energy: Direct 4H Cluster Transfer?”,Phys. Rev. C71, 054610 (2005). Acknowledgements National Science Foundation and Research Corporation MONA at the NSCL