2015 San José State University Nuclear Summer School - SCHEDULE Will be covered in Lab Prep Lectures Chapter 10 -- Radiation Detection and Measurement Techniques

Will be covered if we have time Chapter 11 -- Radiometric Dating

WEEK ONE

Saturday 13-Jun-15 1200 - 2000 H. SIlber/TAs Student arrival, pick up at airport, International House, get together dinner.

Sunday 14-Jun-15 1200 - 2000 H. Silber/TA's Student arrival, pick up at airport, International House, get together dinner.

Monday 15-Jun-15 0830 - 0900 H. Silber (SJSU) Welcome, Information from NCSS Site Director for SJSU

0900 - 0930 T. Baisden NCSS Introduction and Expectations

0945-1200 T. Baisden Chapter 1 -- History of Nuclear Science

1300 - 1430 V. Maraschin (SJSU) Lecture: Radiation safety, radiation survey meters

1445 - 1630 T. Baisden Chapter 9 -- Counting Statistics

Tuesday 16-Jun-14 0830 - 1200 V. Maraschin (SJSU) Lecture: Radiation safety, radiation survey meters

Quiz 1 distributed 1300 - 1330 T. Baisden Lab Prep Lecture - General Counting and G-M tubes

1330 - 1700 T. Baisden/TAs Expt-I-1: Determining the Working Characteristics of a Geiger-Mueller Counter

Expt-I-2: Counting Statistics

Expt-I-3: Shelf Ratios - Radiation as a Function of Distance from the Source

Expt-I-4: Determination of the Resolving Time of a G-M Tube

Expt-I-5: Determination of GM counting Efficiency for Beta and Gamma Radiation

Expt-I-6: Determination of the Limit of Detection and Minimum Detectable Activity of a G-M SystemExpt-I-7: Learning to Use Micropipets

Wednesday 17-Jun-15 0830 - 1200 T. Baisden Chapter 2 -- Nuclei, Isotopes and Isotope Separation

1300 - 1330 T. Baisden Lab Prep Lecture - Isotope Generators and Measurement of Half-lives

1400 - 1700 T. Baisden/TAs Expt-II-1: Determination of the Half-Life of 137mBa Using the “Mini-Generator”

Expt-II-2: Separation of 137mBa from 137Cs by Sulfate Precipitation

Expt-II-3: Separation of 234mPa from a Uranium Solution by Adsorption on a MnO2 Precipitate

Expt-II-4: Determination of the Half-lives for Two Components Curve Resolution

Thursday 18-Jun-15 0830 - 1200 T. Baisden Chapter 3 -- Nuclear Mass and Stability

1330 - 1400 T. Baisden Lab Prep Lecture - Liquid Scintillation Counting

Labs I due 1400 - 1700 T. Baisden/TAs Expt-III-1: Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry-Experiment 1: Comparison of Counting Vials (TAs will provide data)

Expt-III-2: Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry-Experiment 2: Efficiency Determination by the Internal Standard Method

Expt-III-3: Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry-Experiment 3: Double Isotope Counting Expt-III-4: Cerenkov Counting of 40K (finish Expt III - all sections)

Friday 19-Jun-15 0835 - 1200 T. Baisden Chapter 4 -- Radioactive Decay

1330 -1500 T. Baisden Lecture and Lab catch up

Quiz 1 - Due 1530 - 1630 R. Wilson (ANL) Guest Lecture: "The Chemistry and Radiochemistry of Protactinium"

1730 - 1930 Dinner with Guest Lecturers Dinner with Dr. Wilson

Saturday 20-Jun-15 0900 - 1900 Field Trip San Francisco Bay tour, Pier 39, City

2015 San José State University Nuclear Summer School - SCHEDULE Will be covered in Lab Prep Lectures Chapter 10 -- Radiation Detection and Measurement Techniques

Will be covered if we have time Chapter 11 -- Radiometric Dating

WEEK TWO

Monday 22-Jun-15 0830 - 1000 V. Maraschin (SJSU) Review of Radiation Safety

Lab II due 1015 - 1200 T. Baisden Chapter 4 -- Radioactive Decay (cont)

Quiz 2 distributed 1300 - 1330 D. Ensor Lab Prep Lecture

1330 - 1700 D. Ensor/TAs Expt-IV-1: Self-Absorption of Weak Beta Radiation

Expt-IV-2: Absorption of Beta Radiation

Expt-IV-3: Absorption of Gamma Radiation

Expt-IV-4: Thickness Gauging by Radioactive Tracer Techniques

Tuesday 23-Jun-15 0830 - 0945 T. Baisden Chapter 5 -- Radioactive Decay Laws

1000 - 1200 D. Ensor Lecture: Solvent Extraction

1300 - 1330 D. Ensor Lab Prep Lecture

1330 - 1700 D. Ensor/TAs Expt-V: Solvent Extraction Determination of Metal Ion Charge of Eu-155

Wednesday 24-Jun-15 0830 - 1000 D. Ensor Lecture: Chemistry of the Manhattan Project

Lab III due 1015 -1200 D. Ensor Lecture: Modern Separation Techniques

Quiz 2 -Due 1300 - 1330 D. Ensor Lab Prep Lecture

1330 - 1700 D. Ensor/TAs Expt-VI: Analytical Separation of Eu3+ and Cs+ Using a Pre-packed Extraction Column

Thursday 25-Jun-15 0830 - 1000 V. Maraschin (SJSU) Radiation Safety Quiz

1030 - 1200 T. Baisden Chapter 5 -- Radioactive Decay Laws and Intro to Radiometric Dating

1300 - 1330 D. Ensor Lab Prep Lecture1330 - 1700 D. Ensor/TAs Expt-VII: Radioisotopes as Tracers in Analytical and Physical Chemistry - Determination of the Ksp of Lead Iodide

Friday 26-Jun-15 0900 - 1045 N. Wall (WSU) Chapter 8 -- Environmental Radiochemistry

Lab IV due 1100 - 1200 N. Wall (WSU) Guest Lecture “Having Fun with Environmental Radiochemistry"

Quiz 3 distributed 1300 - 1330 D. Ensor Lab Prep Lecture

1330 - 1545 D. Ensor/TAs Expt-VIII: Actinide Environmental Chemistry: Kd Measurement in Soil

1600 - 1700 T. Albrecht-Schmitt (FSU) Guest Lecture: "Plutonium and Beyond: Understanding Bonding in Actinides"

1730 - 1930 Dinner with Guest Lecturers Dinner with Profs. Ensor, Wall, and Albrecht-Schmitt

Saturday 27-Jun-15 0900 - 1900 Field Trip Excursion: California redwoods and beaches, Cowell State Park, Santa Cruz

WEEK THREE

Monday 29-Jun-15 0845 - 1030 V. Maraschin (SJSU) Radiation Safety Final Exam

Lab V due 1030 - 1200 T. Baisden Chapter 7 -- Interaction of Radiation with Matter

Quiz 3 - Due 1330 - 1430 T. Baisden Lab Prep Lecture

1430 - 1700 T. Baisden/TAs Expt-IX: Introduction to NaI(Tl) Gamma Ray Spectroscopy

Tuesday 30-Jun-15 0900 - 1200 T. Baisden Chapter 7 -- Interaction of Radiation with Matter (cont)

Lab VI due 1400 - 1530 T. Baisden Study Period - Prep for Mid-term

Wednesday 1-Jul-15 0900 - 1200 P. Karol Chapter 12 -- Nuclear Models

1430 - 1630 T. Baisden Mid-Term Examination

Thursday 2-Jul-15 0900 - 1200 P. Karol Chapter 13 -- Nuclear Structure I

Lab VII due 1300 - 1330 T. Baisden Lab Prep Lecture

1330 -1730 T. Baisden/TAs Expt-X: Introduction Gamma Ray Spectroscopy Using HPGe Detectors

Friday 3-Jul-15 0900 - 1200 P. Karol Chapter 14 -- Nuclear Structure II

1300 - 1430 P. Karol Chapter 15 -- Nuclear Reactions

1445 - 1545 R. Sudowe (UNLV) Guest Lecture "Nuclear Incidents: Radioanalytical Chemistry & Emergency Response"

1600 - 1700 TBD Guest Lecture - TBD

1800 - 1930 Dinner with Guest Lecturers Dinner with Profs. Sudowe and Karol

Saturday 4-Jul-15 All day Free Weekend Free Weekend

2015 San José State University Nuclear Summer School - SCHEDULE Will be covered in Lab Prep Lectures Chapter 10 -- Radiation Detection and Measurement Techniques

Will be covered if we have time Chapter 11 -- Radiometric Dating

WEEK FOUR

Monday 6-Jul-15 0900 - 1200 T. Baisden Chapter 6 -- Radiochemical Tracer Methods

Lab VIII due 1330 - 1400 T. Baisden Lab Lecture -- Radiation Detection and Measurement Techniques

1415 - 1630 T. Baisden/TAs Expt-XI: An Introduction to Alpha-Spectrometry Using a Silicon Surface Barrier Detector

Tuesday 7-Jul-15 0900 - 1200 T. Baisden Chapter 16 -- Cosmic Radiation and Elementary Nuclear Particles

1330 - 1700 H. VanBrocklin (UCSF) NUCLEAR MEDICINE - Introduction to radiopharmaceuticals and isotope production

Wednesday 8-Jul-15 0900 - 1730 Field Trip Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - arranged by D. Shuh

1045 - 1145 (UCB/LBNL) Visit Tour of Actinide Labs - LBL

1145 - 1245 (UCB/LBNL) Visit Lunch

1300 - 1530 (UCB/LBNL) Visit Tour of ALS (D. Shuh) and 88-inch Cyclotron

Thursday 9-Jul-15 0900 - 1030 H. VanBrocklin (UCSF) Radiopharmaceutical Design

Lab IX, X due 1045 - 1200 H. VanBrocklin (UCSF) Imaging Instrumentation

1300 - 1330 H. VanBrocklin (UCSF) Lab Preparation Lecture

1330-1700 H. VanBrocklin (UCSF) Expt-XII: Preparation and Characterization of a Radiopharmaceutical - VanBrocklin

Friday 10-Jul-15 0900 - 1030 H. VanBrocklin (UCSF) Positron Emitting Radiopharmaceuticals

1045 - 1200 H. VanBrocklin (UCSF) Imaging in Drug Development

1300 - 1700 H. VanBrocklin (UCSF) Guest Lectures "Nuclear Medicine Workshop”

1330 - 1430 A. Boswell (Genetech) Molecular Radioprobes for Quantitative and Mechanistic Studies of Drug Disposition

1445 - 1545 F. Chin (Stanford) PET Radiochemistry Development for Imaging Diseases in Living Subjects

1600 - 1700 L. Hu (UC Davis) Life of a Graduate Student After the DOE/ACS Summer School

1730 - 1900 Workshop Speakers Dinner with Prof. VanBrocklin and workshop lecturers

Saturday 11-Jul-15 Field Trip Excursion: San Francisco, Marin Headlands State Park, Golden Gate Bridge (UCSF Nuclear Facilities late afternoon)

WEEK FIVE

Monday 13-Jul-15 0930 - 1030 P. Grant (LLNL) Guest Lecture "Nuclear Forensics”

1045 - 1145 K. Moody (LLNL) Guest Lecture "Super Heavy Element Discoveries"

Quiz 4 distributed 1300 - 1330 T. Baisden Lab Prep Lecture

Lab XI due 1345 - 1630 T. Baisden/TAs Expt-XV: Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) of Silver

Tuesday 14-Jul-15 0900 - 1200 Students Presentations

1300 - 1430 T. Baisden (LLNL) Guest Lecture "The National Ignition Facility and the Quest for Inertial Confinement Fusion”

1445 - 1600 T. Baisden/TAs Finish Expt-XV: Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) of Silver

Wednesday 15-Jul-15 0845 - 1545 Field Trip Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

0930 - 1000 West Badge Office BADGING - Must have acceptable photo ID (drivers license or passport) to present at the Badge Office to visit LLNL

1000 - 1130 Seaborg Institute/ A. Kersting Seaborg Institute (3 projects, career paths)

1145 - 1315 Lunch Poppy Ridge (plus 3 from LLNL)

1330 - 1445 T. Baisden (tour guide) National Ignition Facility (NIF)1500 - 1545 S. Tumey (tour guide) Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS)

Thursday 16-Jul-15 0900 - 1200 T. Baisden Chapter 17 -- Fission and Nuclear Power

Lab XII due 1300 - 1400 V. Maraschin (SJSU) Expt XIII: Radioimmunoassay of Insulin

Friday 17-Jul-15 0900 - 1200 T. Baisden Chapters 18 -- Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Nuclear Waste Disposal

Quiz 4 - Due 1400 - 1515 M. Jensen (CSM) Guest Lecture -“Hijacking Proteins with Plutonium”

Quiz 5 distributed 1530 - 1645 P. Mantica (MSU) Guest Lecture - "Nuclear Chemistry Research at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams"

1800 - 1930 Dinner with Guest Lecturers Dinner with Profs. Mantica and Jensen

Saturday 18-Jul-15 Field Trip Excursion: Monterey area and aquarium tour

2015 San José State University Nuclear Summer School - SCHEDULE Will be covered in Lab Prep Lectures Chapter 10 -- Radiation Detection and Measurement Techniques

Will be covered if we have time Chapter 11 -- Radiometric Dating

WEEK SIX

Monday 20-Jul-15 0900 - 1200 D. Shuh (LBNL) Guest Lecture "Advanced X-Ray Techniques, Synchrotron Light Sources"

Lab XV due 1330 - 1500 T. Baisden Chapter 20 -- Nuclear-based Analytical Methods

1500 - 1700 T. Baisden/TAs Study Period - Prep for Final Exam

Tuesday 21-Jul-15 0900 - 1200 D. Robertson (U. of Missouri) Chapter 19 - Nucleosynthesis

Quiz 5 - Due 1330 - 1430 D. Robertson (U. of Missouri) Guest Lecture "When electrons are not enough…application of radiochemistry"

Lab XIII due 1430 - 17:00 D. Robertson (U. of Missouri) Feedback from Students to National Summer Schools Director

Wednesday 22-Jul-15 0900 - 1000 T. Baisden Study Period - Prep for Final Exam

1030 - 1200 T. Baisden/H. Silber/TAs Opportunities for Graduate Education in Nuclear Science/ How to apply to Graduate Programs/Fellowships

1400 - 1600 H. Silber (SJSU) Get packing supplies, study for final

Thursday 23-Jul-15 0900 - 1200 V. Maraschin (SJSU) Lab Clean-up and Survey

1330 - 1530 T. Baisden Final examination

Friday 24-Jul-15 0900 - 1100 T. Baisden/TAs Course evaluation / Student Feedback/UPS Packing / Prepare for departure

1100 - 1200 T. Baisden Announcement of top student, issue grades, concluding remarks and festivities

1330 - 1500 Everyone Lunch

Saturday 25-Jul-15 0600 - end H. Silber/TA's Students departure