Cornelia Chilian
Ph.D.
Researcher
Department of Engineering Physics
Department of Engineering Physics
Research interests and affiliations
Research interests
Development of the Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) methodfor samples of a priori unknown composition by implementing simultaneous and iterative correction of gamma-attenuation and thermal and epithermal neutron self-shielding
- NAA applied to exotic materials, catalysts, fuel cells and rare earth elements
- Laboratory Information Management System for NAA
- Radioactive tracers
- Software for gamma ray spectrometry and k0 NAA method for stable flux reactors
Affiliation(s)
- SLOWPOKE Laboratory, Director
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
- 2400 NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- 2401 Reactor design and operation
- 2402 Radioactive materials
- 3102 Nuclear physics
- 3108 Experimental methods and instrumentation
Publications
Recent publications
Journal article
Journal article
Journal article
Journal article
Chavez-Gomez, P., Pelzmann, T., Hall, D.R., Chilian, C., Laberge Lebel, L. & Robert, É. (2022). Carbon fiber damage evolution under flame attack and the role of impurities. Fire and Materials, 15 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/fam.3091
Mathew, F., Chilian, C., Montgomery, L. & Kildea, J. (2021). Development of a passive gold-foil Nested Neutron Spectrometer to validate the active current-mode He-3 measurements in a high neutron fluence rate radiotherapy environment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 985, 7 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164662
Ngapo, T.M., Champagne, C., Chilian, C., Dugan, M.E.R., Gariepy, S., Vahmani, P. & Bilodeau, P. (2021). Pemmican, an endurance food: Past and present. Meat Science, 178, 11 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2021.108526
Koclas, C., Muftuoglu, A., Teyssedou, A. & Chilian, C. (2019). A commissioning rod assembly for the Jamaican SLOWPOKE-2 nuclear reactor. Review of Scientific Instruments, 90(6), 9 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5088500
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Teaching
ENE6110: Nuclear Engineering Laboratory
Supervision at Polytechnique
COMPLETED
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Master's Thesis (2)
- Abdollahi Neisiani, M. (2017). Quantifyng Rare Earth Element Content in High Concentrated Samples by ko-NAA (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2736/
- Raouafi, H. (2012). Étude numérique de l'autoprotection spatiale dans des échantillons fortement absorbants irradiés dans le réacteur SLOWPOKE (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/947