Sensing and Collecting Radioactive Materials as a Project to Teach Engineering Design

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D. Drake
A. Milko
A. Moscoe
J. Munro
P. Nearing
G.G. Patterson
R. Puri
A. Shah
M. Smith
K. Stott
D. Tadla
R. Thomas
Van Gemeren
S. Virtue
J. Vu
C. Wong
S. Younan
C. Yu
N. Merchant
S. McNamee
Z. Marych
T. Majdi
J. Strack
D. Andronache
K. Boniface
A. Bot
J. Boudreau
H. Brar
L. Chen
A. Dickson
T. Doodeman
Y. Fernandes
M. Fitzpatrick
S. Holden
C.W. Hollingshead
D. Jalbert
S. Johnson
Y. Kim
Adriaan Buijs

Abstract

The remote detection and isolation of radioactive materials is both a challenging engineering design project and a relevant issue given modern nuclear circumstances. This project is used in the undergraduate capstone class of the Engineering Physics Department at McMaster University to teach students engineering design. This paper discusses the course outline and learning outcomes of the students who took the course over the 2014-2015 academic year.

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