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Emily Caffrey

Objective

An internship in a health physics related field; my interests range from radiation ecology to emergency preparedness and nonproliferation.

Education

June 2012

June 2010

M.S. Radiation Health Physics

B.S. Nuclear Engineering

Oregon State University Corvallis, OR

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

Experience

Radiation Health Physics

Oregon State University has approximately one hundred radiation use laboratories.  As a student technician, I assisted in setting up new labs and decommissioning old ones, including the removal and surveying of laboratory equipment.  I also completed several projects such as waste drum survey and disposal and inventory of NORM were completed. 

Regular Duties Include:

  • Monitoring of personnel and laboratories for radiation exposure
  • Annual wipe surveys and inspections of all radiation use laboratories
  • Weekly wipe surveys of radiation safety facilities
  • Acquisition, storage, handling and disposal of radioactive materials
  • Package inspection and survey
  • Use of detection and laboratory equipment- Geiger-Mueller counters, ion chambers, liquid scintillation counters
  • Liquid waste sampling and disposal

Engineering

  • CFD and heat transfer calculations to verify design characteristics of the VHTR
  • Simulated fluid flow and heat transfer in upper plenum of VHTR using Gambit/Fluent

Skills

  • Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
  • Stella Proficient
  • RESRAD/RESRAD Biota
  • MCNP5/MCNPX
  • EGSnrc Proficient
  • 3D Doctor, Voxelizer

Leadership Experience

  • ANS/HPS Student Chapter President
  • Phi Sigma Rho (a national engineering sorority) Vice President of Standards and VP of Social
  • Phi Sigma Rho Rush Chair

Employment History

1/2008-7/2010

Radiation Safety Technician

Oregon State University
Office of Radiation Safety

11/2008-10/2009

Engineer

Oregon State University
Department of NE/RHP

1/2008-6/2008

Mathematics Tutor

Oregon State University Academic Success Center


(This résumé was posted on 29 November 2011.)

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