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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering

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Archived Journals (denotes student):

2022

  1. Aaron Burkhardt, Abigail Bickley, and James E. Bevins, "Spatially-Variant Isotope Production Burnup Modeling in a CANDU-6 Reactor for Nuclear Treaty Monitoring," Annals of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 168, April 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108901.

2021

  1. Nicholas J. Quartemont, George Peterson, Colton Moran, Adib Samin, Buguo Wang, Charles Yeamans, Brandon Woodworth, Darren Holland, James C. Petrosky, and James E. Bevins, "ATHENA: A Unique Radiation Environment Platform at the National Ignition Facility," Nuclear Instruments and Methods Phys. Res. A, Vol. 1016, November 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2021.165777.
  2. N. Quartemont and J. E. Bevins, "Regularized heuristic method for activation monitor neutron spectrum unfolding," Nuclear Instruments and Methods Phys. Res. A, Vol. 1014, October 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2021.165722. 
  3. Darren E. Holland, Robert J. Olesen, and James E. Bevins, "Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm Optimization of a Directionally Sensitive Radiation Detection System using a Surrogate Transport Model," Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol 104, September 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.engappai.2021.104357
  4. N. Quartemont, N. Gharibyan, K. Moody, and J. E. Bevins, “Uranium Integral Fission Product Yields for a Spectrally-Shaped 14.1 MeV Neutron Source at the National Ignition Facility,” Applied Radiation and Isotopes, April 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2021.109711.
  5. Robert J. Olesen, James B. Cole, Darren E. Holland, Erik M. Brubaker, and James E. Bevins, “Regenerative Neural Network for Rotating Scatter Mask Radiation Imaging,” Radiation Mea- surements, March 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.radmeas.2021.106565.
  6. Lansing S. Horan IV, Darren E. Holland, Megan Bruck Syal, James E. Bevins, “Impact of neutron energy on asteroid deflection performance,” Acta Astronautica, vol. 183, June 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.02.028.
  7. Ryan K. Chapman, Andrew S. Voyles, Narek Gharibyan, Lee A. Bernstein, and James E. Bevins, “Measurement of the 160Gd(p,n)160Tb excitation function from 4–18 MeV using stacked-target activation,” Applied Radiation and Isotopes, vol. 171, May 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2021.109647.
  8. B. V. Egner, Michael Febbraro, and James E. Bevins, “Characterization of a Boron-Loaded Deuterated Liquid Scintillator for Fast and Thermal Neutron Detection,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods Phys. Res. A, vol. 996, April 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2021.165153.
  9. B. V. Egner, Darren Holland, Larry Burggraf, and James E. Bevins, “Development of a Mod- ular Mixed-Radiation Directional Rotating Scatter Mask Detection System,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods Phys. Res. A, vol. 987, Jan 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2020.164820.

2020:

  1. T. A. Laplace, B. L. Goldblum, J. E. Bevins, D. L. Bleuel, et al,. “Comparative scintillation performance of EJ-309, EJ-276, and a novel organic glass,” Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 15, November 2020, DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/11/p11020.
  2. R. J. Olesen, B. E. O’Day, Darren Holland, Larry Burggraf, and James E. Bevins, “Characterization of novel rotating scatter mask designs for gamma direction identification,” Nucl. Instruments Methods Phys. Res. Sect. A Accel. Spectrometers, Detect. Assoc. Equip., vol 954, no. 21, 2020.
  3. N. J. Quartemont, A. A. Bickley, and James Bevins, "Nuclear Data Covariance Analysis in Radiation Transport Simulations Utilizing SCALE Sampler and the IRDFF Nuclear Data Library," Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 482-491, March 2020.
  4. Amy Hall, Daniel A. Gum, Richard Ferrieri, John Brockman, and James E. Bevins, "Development of an Experimentally-Validated MCNP6 Model for 11C Production via the 14N(p,α) Reaction Using a GE PETTrace Cyclotron," Nuclear Technologies, 2020. (in press)
  5. N. J. Quartemont, J. E. Bevins, R. Slaybaugh, and L. Bernstein, "Analysis of an Energy Tuning Assembly for Simulating Nuclear Weapon Environments at the National Ignition Facility," Journal of Radiation Effects Research and Engineering, 2020. (in press)
  6. W. D. Johnston, M. L. Dexter, J. W. McClory, and J. E. Bevins, "Simulating Surface-interacting nuclear Detonations using RECIPE and SHAMRC," Journal of Radiation Effects Research and Engineering, 2020. (in press)

2019:

  1. J. E. Bevins, Z. Sweger, N. Munshi, B. L. Goldblum, J. A. Brown, D. L. Bleuel, L. A. Bernstein, R. N. Slaybaugh, “Performance evaluation of an energy tuning assembly for neutron spectral shaping,” Nucl. Instruments Methods Phys. Res. Sect. A Accel. Spectrometers, Detect. Assoc. Equip., vol. 923, pp. 79–87, 2019.
  2. Bethany L. Goldblum, Andrew W. Reddie, Thomas C. Hickey, James E. Bevins, Sarah Laderman, Nathaniel Mahowald, Austin P. Wright, Elie Katzenson, and Yara Mubrak, "The nuclear network: Multiplex network analysis for interconnected systems," Applied Network Science, vol. 4, no. 36, 2019.
  3. M. Recker, E. J. Cazalas, John McClory, and James E. Bevins, "Comparison of SiPM and PMT Performance using a CLYC Scintillator with Two Optical Windows," Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 66, no. 8,  pp. 1959-1965, 2019.

2018:

  1. D. E. Holland, J. E. Bevins, et. al., “Rotating scatter mask optimization for gamma source direction identification,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods Phys. Res. A, vol. 901, pp. 104-111, 2018.
  2. K. P. Harrig, B. L. Goldblum, et al., “Neutron Spectroscopy for Pulsed Beams with Frame Overlap using a Double Time-of-Flight Technique," Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods in Physics Research Section A, vol. 877, pp. 359366, 2018.
  3. J. Bevins and R. Slaybaugh, “Gnowee: A Hybrid Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithm for Constrained, Black Box, Combinatorial Mixed-Integer Design,” Nucl. Technol., vol. 205, no. 4, pp. 542–562, 2018.
  4. Covo, M. K., Albright, et al., "88-Inch Cyclotron: The one-stop facility for electronics radiation testing," Measurement, 127, pp. 580–587, 2018.
  5. J. E. Bevins, S. Laderman, et al., “A framework for assessing alternate proliferation pathways in the age of non-state actors,” Nonproliferation Rev., vol. 25, no. 1–2, pp. 87–110, 2018.

2016:

  1. N. Benczer-Koller, G. J. Kumbartzki, et al., “Magnetic moment and lifetime measurements of Coulomb-excited states in 106Cd," Physical Review C, Vol. 94, 2016.
  2. G. J. Kumbartzki, N. Benczer-Koller, et al., “Z = 50 core stability in 110Sn from magnetic-moment and lifetime measurements," Physical Review C, Vol. 93, 2016.

2012:

  1. J. Bevins, K. Dahl, et al., “Bulk Radiation Damage Effects of a p-type B5C:Hx Thin Film on n-Si Heterojunction Diode,” Journal of Radiation Effects, Research and Engineering, Vol. 30, No1, 2012.

Refereed, in Process

  1. Brian G. Frandsen, Michael Febbraro, Thomas Ruland, Theodore W. Stephens, Paul A. Hausladen, and James E. Bevins, "Characterization of a Boron-Loaded Deuterated Liquid Scintillator for Fast and Thermal Neutron Detection," Nuclear Instruments and Methods Phys. Res. A, December 2021 (in review).

Published Proceedings (* denotes student):

  1. B. G. Frandsen*, D. L. Bleuel, J. A. Brown, J. M. Gordon*, J. Batchelder, L. A. Bernstein, C. A. Brand*, B. L. Goldblum, T. A. Laplace, J. E. Bevins, "Neutron Inelastic Cross-Section Measurements of 16O and 27Al using GENESIS," in 15th International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 24-29 July 2022.
  2. J. A. Brown, J. M. Gordon*, J. Batchelder, L. A. Bernstein, J. E. Bevins, D. L. Bleuel, C. A. Brand*, B. G. Frandsen*, B. L. Goldblum, T. A. Laplace, "GENESIS: A n-coincident spectrometer for nuclear data inquiry," in 15th International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 24-29 July 2022.
  3. C. A. Brand*, D. L. Bleuel, L. A. Bernstein, B. Rusnak, M. A. Roark, B. L. Goldblum, J. A. Brown, J. M. Gordon*, T. A. Laplace, J. Batchelder, J. E. Bevins, B. G. Frandsen*, "Development and Fielding of a Spectrometer for High Flux CW/Pulsed Neutron Beam Characterization," in 15th International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 24-29 July 2022.
  4. T. S. Nagel*, C. Apgar, J. Batchelder, L. A. Bernstein, J. E. Bevins, D. L. Bleuel, C. A. Brand*, J. A. Brown, B. G. Frandsen*, B. L. Goldblum, J. M. Gordon*, T. A. Laplace, "Measurements of 35Cl(n,x) reaction cross sections," in 15th International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 24-29 July 2022.
  5. J. M. Gordon*, J. Batchelder, L. A. Bernstein, J. E. Bevins, D. L. Bleuel, C. A. Brand*, J. A Brown, B. G. Frandsen*, B. L. Goldblum, T. A. Laplace, "Measurements of the 56Fe(n,n') reaction at GENESIS," in 15th International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 24-29 July 2022.
  6. Nicholas J. Quartemont*, George Peterson, Adib Samin, Buguo Wang, Darren Holland, James Petrosky, James E. Bevins, "2N2222 BJT Device Measurements on the National Ignition Facility ATHENA-II Platform," in Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Conference, March 7-11th, 2022.
  7. Zachary D. Bretz*, Juan J. Manfredi, Darren Holland, Paul E. Adamson, Joseph W. Schumer, James E. Bevins, "Development of a Pulsed-power Neutron Source at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory," in Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Conference, March 7-11th, 2022. 
  8. P. J. Dicks*, J. E. Bevins, B. J. Borghetti, A. L. Franz, B. L. Goldblum, D. E. Holland, J. Whetzel, A. A. Bickley, "Application of Machine Learning to Multi-phenomenological Signals Analysis from Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities for Nonproliferation Applications," in Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Conference, March 7-11th, 2022.
  9. Brian Frandsen*, Michael Febbraro, and James Bevins, "Radiation Detection Performance of 3D Printable Light-Cured Plastic Scintillators," in IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, October 20th, 2021.
  10. M. Febbraro, P. A. Hausladen, A. Elliot, B. Frandsen*, J. Bevins, "3D printing of scintillator for nuclear and particle physics experiments," in 2021 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, October 12th, 2021.
  11. Aaron Fjeldsted*, James E. Bevins, Darren E. Holland, Azaree Lintereur, “The effect of input features on advanced gamma-ray spectra analysis,” in Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting, August 21st, 2021.
  12. Nicholas J. Quartemont*, George Peterson, Colton Moran, Adib Samin, Buguo Wang, Charles Yeamans, Brandon Woodworth, Darren Holland, James C. Petrosky, James E. Bevins, “Spectral Shaping of NIF Characteristic 14 MeV Neutron Output,” in IEEE Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications, May 17th, 2021.
  13. George Landon, Darren E. Holland, Azaree Lintereur, James E. Bevins, “Locally Competitive Algorithm for Sparse Radiation Source Imaging,” in IEEE Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications, May 17th, 2021.
  14. Nicholas J. Quartemont*, James E. Bevins, “Heuristic Neutron Spectrum Unfolding,” in IEEE Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications, May 17th, 2021.
  15. Marcus W. Brinker, Abigail A. Bickley, Brett J. Borghetti, Anthony L. Franz, Bethany L. Gold- blum, Jonathan Whetzel, James E. Bevins, “Machine Learning-Based Characterization of Nu- clear Fuel Cycle Operations,” in IEEE Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications, May 17th, 2021.
  16. James B. Cole, Bryan V. Egner, Brian Frandsen, Darren E. Holland, James E. Bevins, “Un- supervised Probability Density Expectation Maximization Algorithm for Particle Identification in Pulse-Shape Discrimination Applications,” in IEEE Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications, May 17th, 2021.
  17. Bryan V. Egner, Michael Febbraro, James E. Bevins, “Boron-Loaded Deuterated Liquid Scin- tillator Response Characterization,” in IEEE Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Appli- cations, May 17th, 2021.
  18. Lansing S. Horan IV*, Darren E. Holland, Megan Bruck Syal, James E. Bevins, Joseph F. Wasem, "Neutron energy effects on asteroid deflection," in 7th IAA Planetary Defense Conference, 26-30 April 2021.
  19. Robert J. Olesen*, James B. Cole, Erik M. Brubaker, Darren E. Holland, James E. Bevins, “Design and Testing a Regenerative Neural Network for Radiation Imaging,” in IEEE Nuclear Science and Security Symposium, November 1st, 2020.
  20. Bryan V. Egner*, Michael T. Febbraro, James E. Bevins, “Development of a Boron-Loaded Deuterated Liquid Scintillator for Neutron Spectroscopy,” in IEEE Nuclear Science and Security Symposium, November 1st, 2020.
  21. Nicholas J. Quartemont*, Narek Gharibyan, Ken Moody, James E. Bevins, “Simulating Nuclear Weapon Neutron Environments at the National Ignition Facility,” in Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Conference, August 17th, 2020.
  22. Robert J. Olesen*, Darren E. Holland, James E. Bevins, “Imaging Fast Burst Reactor with  a Rotating Scatter Mask Imaging System,” in Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Conference, August 17th, 2020.
  23. Bryan V. Egner*, Michael T. Febbraro, James E. Bevins, “Characterization of a Boron-Loaded Deuterated Liquid Scintillator for Neutron Spectroscopy,” in Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Conference, August 17th, 2020.
  24. Aaron W. Burkhardt*, Stephen H. Baxter*, James E. Bevins, “An Assessment of the Spatial Variation of Isotopic Ratios in a CANDU Reactor for Nuclear Monitoring”, in Physics of Reactors, Cambridge, UK, March 29th, 2020.
  25. Lansing Horan*, Darren E. Holland, Megan Syal, Joe Wasem, Michael Dexter, James E. Bevins, “Neutron Energy Effects on Asteroid Deflection.” in IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 2020.
  26. Jason Seik*, Darren E. Holland, James E. Bevins, “Rotating Scatter Mask Single Voxel Char- acterization,” in ANS Student Conference, Raleigh, NC, April 5th, 2020.
  27. Sean Fitzpatrick*, Ryan S. Chapman*, Darren E./ Holland, James E. Bevins, “Evaluation of the 154-Gd(p,2n)153-Tb Cross Section,” in ANS Student Conference, Raleigh, NC, April 5th, 2020.
  28. Robert J. Olesen*, D. E. Holland, Erik Brubaker, James Cole, and James E. Bevins, “Advanced Radiation Imaging Algorithms with Rotating Scatter Masks,” in International Nuclear Materials Management Conference, Palm Desert, CA, July 18th, 2019.
  29. B. V. Egner*, D. E. Holland, L. W. Burggraf, J. E. Bevins, and V. M. Martin*, “Development of a dual-particle directional detection system using a rotating scatter mask,” in Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Conference, San Diego, CA, April 11th, 2019.
  30. W. D. Johnston*, M. L. Dexter, J. W. McClory, and J. E. Bevins, “Validation of the Impact of Reflected Shock on Surface Interacting Nuclear Detonations,” in Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Conference, San Diego, CA, April 10th, 2019.
  31. N. J. Quartemont*, J. E. Bevins, R. Slaybaugh, and L. Bernstein, “Analysis of an Energy Tuning Assembly for Simulating Nuclear Weapon Environments at the National Ignition Facility,” in Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Conference, San Diego, CA, April 11th, 2019.
  32. N. J. Quartemont*, J. E. Bevins, R. Slaybaugh, and L. Bernstein, “Development of a Novel National Ignition Facility Platform for Simulating Nuclear Relevant Neutron Environments,” in IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Sydney, Australia, November 14th 2018.
  33. J. E. Bevins, S. Bogetic*, L. A. Bernstein, R. Slaybaugh, and J. Vujic, “Metaheuristic Opti- mization Method for Neutron Spectra Shaping,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, vol. 118, Philadelphia, PA, June 18th, 2018.
  34. D. E. Holland, J. E. Bevins, L. W. Burggraf, and B. E. O’Day, “Rotating scatter mask opti- mization for gamma source direction identification,” presented at the Symposium on Radiation Measurement and Applications, Ann Arbor, MI, June 14th, 2018.
  35. J. R. Stickney*, J. E. Bevins, E. Cazalas, and J. W. McClory, “Pulse Height Spectra Analysis of a Neutron Energy Tuning Assembly,” presented at the Symposium on Radiation Measurement and Applications, Ann Arbor, MI, June 13th, 2018.
  36. R. J. Olesen*, B. O. Day, D. Holland, L. Burggraf, and J. Bevins, “Characterization of Rotating Scatter Mask Designs for Novel Applications in Photon Detection,” presented at the Symposium on Radiation Measurement and Applications, Ann Arbor, MI, June 13th, 2018.
  37. Z. T. Condon*, L. W. Burggraf, J. V. Logan, B. E. O’Day, R. J. Olesen, J. E. Bevins, and J.C. Petrosky, “Multisource Location Using a Rotating Scatter Mask to Predictably Attenuate Full Energy Gamma-Ray Emissions,” presented at the Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Technology Technical Interchange Meeting, Tucson, AZ, April 19th, 2018.
  38. James E. Bevins, Bethany L. Goldblum, Elie Katzenson, James Kendrick, Rebecca Krentz- Wee, Sarah Laderman, Yubing Tian, “Alternate Nuclear Proliferation Pathways in the Age of Non-State Actors,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, vol. 117, pp. 1009–1012, Washington, D.C., October 30th, 2017 (invited).
  39. M. K. Covo et al., “88-Inch Cyclotron: The one-stop facility for electronics radiation testing,” presented at IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace), pp. 484-488, Padua, July 2017.
  40. James E. Bevins, Bethany L. Goldblum, Tom Hickey, Elie Katzenson, James Kendrick, Rebecca Krentz-Wee, Sarah Laderman, Yubing Tian, Collin Ting, Alexa J Wehsener, “Alternate Nuclear Proliferation Pathways in the Age of Non-State Actors,” presented at Advances in Nuclear Non- proliferation Technology and Policy Conference, Santa Fe, NM, September 2016.
  41. J. Bevins, R. Slaybaugh, L. Bernstein, E. Henry, W. Dunlop, “Targeted Modification of Neu- tron Energy Spectra for National Security Applications,” presented at Hardened Electronics And Radiation Technology Technical Interchange Meeting, Monterey, CA, April 2016.
  42. J. Bevins, R. Slaybaugh, L. Bernstein, W. Dunlop, E. Henry, “Application of Metaheuristic Optimization Methods for Neutron Spectral Shaping Applications,” presented at Conference on Data Analysis, Santa Fe, NM, March 2016.
  43. G. Kumbartzki, N. Benczer-Koller, et al., “Magnetic Moments of the 2+ and 4+ States in 110SN*,” presented at Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, 2015, vol. 60, no. 13.
  44. A. Stevenson and J. Bevins, “Project Nimble Elder: Investigation of Practical Solutions for Active Interrogation,” presented at Hardened Electronics And Radiation Technology Technical Interchange Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, April, 2013.
  45. A. Stevenson, J. St. Ledger, and J. Bevins, “The AFNWC Nuclear Dust Cloud Modeling Initia- tive,” presented at Hardened Electronics And Radiation Technology Technical Interchange Meeting, Monterey, CA, March 2012.
  46. S. Karki, J. E. Bevins, Joseph Sandstrom, C. Clayton, M. S. Driver, B. Nordell, J. W. McClory, J. C. Petrosky , K. I. Pokhodnya and A. N. Caruso, “Fabrication and transport properties of a-B5C:Hx to n-type Si heterojunction diodes”, American Physical Society March Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 2011.
  47. Abigail A. Bickley, James Bevins, Anthony Caruso, James Petrosky, John McClory, Peter Dow- ben, and William Miller, “ Design and testing of a boron carbide based neutron spectrometer for homeland security applications,” Abstracts Of Papers Of The American Chemical Society, vol. 242. 1155, 2011.
  48. James Bevins, John McClory, James Petrosky, and Anthony Caruso, “Theoretical Performance of a p-type B5C:Hx Thin Film on n-Si Neutron Detector”, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, vol. 103, pp. 212-216, November 2010.
  49. J. Bevins, J. P. Hayward, J. Mihalczo, “Monte Carlo simulations of passive time correlation measurements for monitoring HEU in large storage arrays,” Proceedings of 50th INMM Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, July 2009.
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