James Edward Baciak, Jr.
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2004
Assistant Professor

 

Research interests

Radiation measurements, room temperature gamma-ray spectroscopy, radiation instrumentation, scintillation detectors, compound semiconductor materials, national security - nuclear nonproliferation, active and passive interrogation, gas detectors.

Recent publications

  • J. E. Baciak and Z. He, "Long-Term Stability of 1-cm Thick Pixelated HgI2 Gamma-Ray Spectrometers Operating at Room Temperature," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2004.
  • J. E. Baciak and Z. He, "Spectroscopy on Thick HgI2 Detectors: A Comparison Between Planar and Pixelated Electrodes," IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 1220-1224, August 2003.
  • J. E. Baciak and Z. He, "Comparison of 5 mm and 10 mm Thick HgI2 Pixelated Ray Spectrometers," Nuclear Instruments and Methods Part A, Vol. 505, pp. 191-194, June 2003.
  • J. E. Baciak and Z. He, "Development of a model for gamma-ray spectra generation using pixelated mercuric iodide detectors," in X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detectors and Applications, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4784, pp. 119 127, 2002.
  • Z. He and J. E. Baciak, "Large volume HgI2 gamma-ray spectrometers," in Unattended Radiation Sensor Systems for Remote Applications, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceeding, Vol. 632, pp. 113-117, 2002.
  • J. E. Baciak, Z. He, and R. P. DeVito, "Electron Trapping Variations in Single-Crystal Pixelated HgI2 Gamma-Ray Spectrometers," IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 1264-1269, June 2002
  • J. E. Baciak and K. J. Kearfott, "Review of Fetal Radiation Dose Protection and Dosimetry Issues for Medical Procedures,"Radiation Protection Management, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 39-43, January/February 2000.