MONTE CARLO RADIATION TRANSPORT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: N E 305 and ( N E 405 , N E 408 , PHYSICS/B M E/H ONCOL/MED PHYS 501 or N E/MED PHYS 569 ) or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Physical Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Use an industry-relevant software package to perform Monte Carlo radiation transport simulations for analysis of fixed source and/or multiplying systems Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain how random processes are used to simulate a single particle transport history through an engineering system, including source, streaming and collisions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explain how the paths of many particle transport histories are combined to provide estimates of engineering results Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze the statistical performance of a simulation and suggest ways to improve that performance Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Apply Monte Carlo radiation transport to a problem related to your research Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Use an industry-relevant software package to perform Monte Carlo radiation transport simulations for analysis of fixed source and/or multiplying systems Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain how random processes are used to simulate a single particle transport history through an engineering system, including source, streaming and collisions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explain how the paths of many particle transport histories are combined to provide estimates of engineering results Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze the statistical performance of a simulation and suggest ways to improve that performance Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Apply Monte Carlo radiation transport to a problem related to your research Audience: Graduate