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Naser Burahmah

Assistant Professor of Physics


Contact

Academic

Email:
naser.burahmah@ku.edu.kw
Affiliation:
Kuwait University
Department:
Physics
College:
Science
Address:

Room No : S02A1062

South Campus

College of Science

+965 (Office)

Education

Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering,  University of Tennessee – Knoxville, USA

M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering,  University of Tennessee – Knoxville, USA

Nuclear Security Science and analysis Certificate, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, USA

B.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, USA


Research Interest

  • Medical Isotopes Production
  • Space Radiation Environment
  • Radiation Modeling and Transport
  • Nuclear Security Science and Analysis
  • Radiation Protection and Safety
  • Medical Physics


Biography


Selected Publications

*Title: Pa 229 cross section measurements via deuteron irradiation of Th 232
Author(s): Burahmah, N., J. R. Griswold, L. H. Heilbronn, L. A. Bernstein, A. S. Voyles, J. T. Morrell, M. Zack, and R. Copping. Physical Review C 108, no. 2 (2023): 024609.
*Title: A comparison among FLUKA, Geant4, HETC-HEDS, MCNP6, and PHITS.
Author(s): Zaman, F. A., Townsend, L. W., de Wet, W. C., Looper, M. D., Brittingham, J. M., Burahmah, N. T., et al. Space Weather, 2022, e2021SW002895
*Title: Transport model predictions of 225Ac production cross sections via energetic p, d and α irradiation of 232Th targets.
Author(s): Burahmah, Naser, Justin R. Griswold, Lawrence H. Heilbronn, Saed Mirzadeh
Applied Radiation and Isotopes (2021) 172, 109676.
*Title: Comparison of Doses in Lunar Habitats Located at the Surface and in Crater.
Author(s): Burahmah, Naser T., and Lawrence H. Heilbronn
Aerospace 10, no. 11 (2023): 970.
*Title: The Lunar Radiation Environment: Comparisons between PHITS, HETC-HEDS, and the CRaTER Instrument.
Author(s): Zaman, Fahad A., Lawrence W. Townsend, Wouter C. de Wet, and Naser T. Burahmah.
Aerospace 8, no. 7 (2021): 182.
* Title: Dose measurement at Provision Center for Proton Therapy.
Author(s): Burahmah, N. and Heilbronn, L.
Health Physics 126 (4), 252-258
*Title: The Lunar Radiation Environment: Comparisons between PHITS, HETC-HEDS, and the CRaTER Instrument.
Author(s): Zaman, Fahad A., Lawrence W. Townsend, Wouter C. de Wet, and Naser T. Burahmah
Aerospace 8, no. 7 (2021): 182.
*Title: Production of 229Th via Fast Neutron Bombardment
Author(s): N. Burahmah, J. Griswold, L. Heilbronn, L. Bernstein, A. Voyles, J. Morrell, M. Zack, and R. Copping
ACS Spring 2022 Meeting, March 20 – 24, 2022, San Diego, CA, USA
*Title: Cross Section Measurements of 229Pa and 230Pa at Low Deuteron Energies
Author(s): N. Burahmah, J. Griswold, L. Heilbronn, L. Bernstein, A. Voyles, J. Morrell, M. Zack, and R. Copping
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators (AccApp’21), November 30 - December 4, 2021, Washington, DC, USA


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