Operationalizing Rad/Nuc Detection Capabilities to Defend Against Proliferation

All dates for this event occur in the past.

This is a Zoom seminar.

Speaker:  Dr. Robert T. Brigantic, Chief, Operations Research Scientist, and the Statistical Modeling and Experimental Design Team Lead with the National Security Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Abstract: This presentation will overview research missions at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and how they relate to on-going Enabling Technology and Innovations (ETI) research thrust areas. We will then concentrate on various completed and on-going efforts to model and simulate radiological/nuclear detection (RND) operational processes and concepts of operations (CONOPS). This work is headed by our Operations Research team at PNNL. We will overview different models and results from passenger screening for radiation at U.S. international airports to roll-on/roll-off vehicle screening off-load operations at U.S. ports of entry. 

Bio: Dr. Robert T. Brigantic is Chief, Operations Research Scientist and also the Statistical Modeling and Experimental Design Team Lead with the National Security Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He is a retired U.S. Air Force officer who joined PNNL in 2005 after completing a 22-year career on active duty with the United States Air Force. His technical concentration areas include operational modeling and simulation, systems analysis, statistical pattern recognition/artificial intelligence, imagery analysis, design of experiments, and multi-objective optimization. He also serves as PNNL’s lead for the Enabling Technology and Innovations (ETI) Consortium.

Category: Nuclear Seminar
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