NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: N E 305 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Physical Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the operational principles of nuclear radiation detectors in the context of how radiation interacts with matter Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the best choice of detector for a given type of radiation and its limitations Audience: Undergraduate 3. Operate basic nuclear counting instrumentation: gas-ionized and solid-state detectors, nuclear instrumentation module, power supplies, signal amplifiers, oscilloscopes, and single- and multi-channel analyzers Audience: Undergraduate 4. Estimate experimental uncertainties in counting measurements and calculate errors associated with quantities derived from such measurements Audience: Undergraduate 5. Take laboratory notes and prepare clearly written experimental reports Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the operational principles of nuclear radiation detectors in the context of how radiation interacts with matter Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the best choice of detector for a given type of radiation and its limitations Audience: Undergraduate 3. Operate basic nuclear counting instrumentation: gas-ionized and solid-state detectors, nuclear instrumentation module, power supplies, signal amplifiers, oscilloscopes, and single- and multi-channel analyzers Audience: Undergraduate 4. Estimate experimental uncertainties in counting measurements and calculate errors associated with quantities derived from such measurements Audience: Undergraduate 5. Take laboratory notes and prepare clearly written experimental reports Audience: Undergraduate