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E-mail: devol@clemson.edu
Certified Health Physics, American Board of Health Physics, 1997
Engineer-in-Training, South Carolina Board of Registration, 1999
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Current research projects include:
- Environmental monitoring of alpha- and beta-emitting radionuclides in water
- Statistical analysis of monitoring data
- Environmental monitoring of gamma-ray emitters
- Digital signal processing of radiation signals
- Numerical modeling of detectors
For current syllabi, please search the Clemson University Syllabus Respository.
EE&S 812 Environmental Nuclear Engineering
EE&S 883 Advanced Topics in Health Physics
Hughes, L.D., DeVol, T.A., “Evaluation of Control Chart Methods for On-line Radiation Monitoring,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 277, No. 1, 227-234 (2008).
Ayaz-Maierhafer, B., DeVol, T.A., “Determination of Absolute Detection Efficiencies for Detectors of Interest in Homeland Security,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods, A579, 410-413 (2007).
Chandrikamohan, P., DeVol, T.A., “Comparison of Pulse Shape Discrimination Methods for Phoswich and CsI:Tl Detectors,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 54, No. 2; 398-403 (2007).
DeVol, T.A., Theisen, C.D., DiPrete, D.P., “Effect of Quench on Alpha/Beta Pulse Shape Discrimination of Liquid Scintillation Cocktails,” Operational Health Physics, 92, No. 5; S105-S111 (2007).
Powell, B. A., Hughes, L. D., Soreefan, A. M., Falta, D. A., Wall, M., DeVol, T. A., “Elevated Concentrations of Primordial Radionuclides in Sediments from the Reedy River and Surrounding Creeks in Simpsonville, South Carolina,” Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 94, No. 3; 121-128 (2007).
Hughes, L.D., DeVol, T.A., “Evaluation of flow cell detector configurations combining simultaneous preconcentration and scintillation detection for monitoring of pertechnetate in aqueous media,” Analytical Chemistry, 78, No. 7; 2254-2261 (2006).
Hughes, L. D., DeVol, T.A., “Teflon Coated PIPS Detector Flow Cell for Monitoring of 99Tc in Groundwater,” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 267, No.2, 287-295 (2006).
Fjeld R.A., DeVol T.A., Leyba, J.D., “Measurement of Radionuclides Using Ion Chromatography and On-Line Radiation Detection,” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 263, No. 3, 635-640 (2005).
Hughes, L. D., Powell, B. A. Soreefan, A. M., Falta, D. A., DeVol, T. A., “Anomalously High Levels of Uranium and Other Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in Private Wells in the Piedmont Region of South Carolina,” Health Physics, Vol. 88, No. 3, 248-252 (2005).
Roane, J.E., DeVol, T.A, “Evaluation of an Extractive Scintillation Medium for the Detection of Uranium in Water,” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Vol. 263, No. 1, 51-57 (2005).
DeVol, T.A., Woodruff, R.L., “Uranium in Hot Water Tanks: A Source of TENORM,” Health Physics, Vol. 87, No. 6, 659-663 (2004).
Ayaz, B., DeVol, T.A., “Experimental-Theoretical Response of ZnS(Ag) Scintillating Discs for Gross Alpha-Measurements of Aqueous Radioactivity,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 51, No. 4, 1688-1692 (2004).
DeVol, T.A., Powell, B.A., “Theoretical Organically Bound Tritium Dose Estimates,” Health Physics, 86, 183-186 (2004).
Fjeld, R. A., Roane, J. E., Leyba, J. D., and DeVol, T. A., "Sequential and Simultaneous Radionuclide Separation-Measurement with Flow-cell Radiation Detection," in Radioanalytical Methods in Interdisciplinary Research, Fundamentals in Cutting-Edge Applications, C. A. Laue and K.L. Nash, editors, American Chemical Society, ACS Symposium Series 868, Washington, DC, 105-119 (2004).
Clemson University Innovation award, 2003
Elda E. Anderson award, 2004.