John S. Neal, Ph.D.
Consulting Medical Physicist
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Nuclear & Radiological Engineering
The University of Tennessee
Master of Science in Physics
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science in Physics
United States Naval Academy
Memberships
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
Publications
Lee K., et al.: Measurement of Spin Observables Using a Storage Ring with Polarized Beam and Polarized Internal Gas Target. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 70, No. 6, February 1993, pp. 738-741.
Miller, M.A., et al.: Measurement of Quasielastic 3He(p,pN) Scattering from Polarized 3He and the Three-Body Ground State Spin Structure. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 74, No. 4, January 1995, pp. 502-505.
Milner, R.G., et al.: The spin dependent momentum distributions of the neutron and proton in 3He. Physics Letters B, Vol. 379, Nos. 1-4, June 27, 1996, pp. 67-72.
Neal, J.S. and Townsend, L.W.: Predicting Dose-Time Profiles of Solar Energetic Particle Events Using Bayesian Forecasting Methods. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 48, No. 6, December 2001, pp. 2004-2009.
Cooper, J.C.; Koltick, D.S.; Mihalczo, J.T.; Neal, J.S.: Evaluation of ZnO(Ga) Coatings as Alpha Particle Transducers within a Neutron Generator. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment , Vol. 505, Nos. 1-2, June 1, 2003, pp. 498-501.
Mihalczo, J.T.; Mattingly, J.K.; Neal, J.S.; Mullens, J.A.: NMIS plus gamma spectroscopy for attributes of HEU, PU and HE detection. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B, Vol. 213, 2004, pp. 378-384.
S.A. Pozzi, J.S. Neal, R.B. Oberer, and J.T. Mihalczo, “Monte Carlo Analysis of Neutron Detection with a BaF2 Scintillation Detector,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, volume 51, number 3, June 2004.
Neal, J.S.; and Townsend, L.W.: Prediction of Solar Particle Event Proton Dose Using Early Dose Rate Measurements. Acta Astronautica (pending).
Neal, J.S. and Townsend, L.W.: Multiple Solar Particle Event Dose Time Profile Predictions Using Bayesian Inference. International Conference on Radiation Shielding and 13th Topical Meeting on Radiation Protection Shielding, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, May 9-14, 2004, Radiation Protection and Dosimetry (pending).
Townsend, L.W.; and Neal, J.S.: A Simple Method for Solar Energetic Particle Event Dose Forecasting. 3rd International Workshop on Space Radiation Research, Port Jefferson, New York, May 16-20, 2004, Radiation Research (pending).
Biography
Dr. Neal has a wide range of experience in nuclear and radiological engineering including nine years as an engineering officer in the United States nuclear navy and as a shift technical advisor at the Y-12 National Security complex in Oak Ridge, TN. In addition to his role as a consulting medical physicist with West Physics, Dr. Neal currently conducts research in radiation materials and detector development as well as space environment dose prediction.
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