Toshiba Professor of Nuclear Engineering
342 Computer Court
Anderson, SC 29625-6510
864.656.1014
864.656.0672 FAX
E-mail: devol@clemson.edu
Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1993
M.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988
B.S. Engineering Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1987
Professional Registration
Certified Health Physics, American Board of Health Physics, 1997
Engineer-in-Training, South Carolina Board of Registration, 1999
Classes | Publications | Honors | CV
Personal Homepage: http://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/neesrwm/
Faculty Overview
Dr. DeVol’s research interests are in the areas of radiological environmental measurements, environmental health physics, statistical methods, homeland security, radioactive material process monitoring and in-situ and field portable analytical instrumentation for radioactive environmental contaminant quantification.
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
- Nuclear forensics
Professor Tim DeVol is a Co-PI on the Department of Energy, Experimental Program to Stimulate Compitetive Research Implementation Project "Radionuclide Waste Disposal: Development of Multi-scale Experimental and Modeling Capabilities" (2014-Present)
Class Information
For current syllabi, please search the Clemson University Syllabus Repository.
EES 4090 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
EES 4110/6110 Ionizing Radiation Detection and Measurement
EES 8160 Technical Nuclear Forensics
EES 8800 Environmental Risk Assessment (utilizing GoldSim Monte Carlo Simulation Software)
EES 8830 Advanced Topics in Health Physics
Selected Publications
Anay, R., Soltangharaei, V., Assi, L., DeVol, T., Ziehl, P., 2018. Identification of damage mechanisms in cement paste based on acoustic emission. Constr. Build. Mater. 164, 286–296. doi:10.1016/J.CONBUILDMAT.2017.12.207
Bliznyuk, V.N., Seliman, A.F., Husson, S.M., Lvov, Y.M., DeVol, T.A., 2018. Hybrid Nanoparticle-Polymer Brush Composites for Detection of Low-Level Radiostrontium in Water. Macromol. Mater. Eng. 303, 1700651. doi:10.1002/mame.201700651
Duval, C.E., Darge, A.W., Ruff, C., DeVol, T.A., Husson, S.M., 2018. Rapid Sample Preparation for Alpha Spectroscopy with Ultrafiltration Membranes. Anal. Chem. 90, 4144–4149. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00135
Erdmann, B.J., Powell, B.A., Kaplan, D.I., DeVol, T.A., 2018. One-dimensional Spatial Distributions of Gamma-ray Emitting Contaminants in Field Lysimeters Using a Collimated Gamma-ray Spectroscopy System. Health Phys. 114, 1. doi:10.1097/HP.0000000000000799
Seliman, A.F., Bliznyuk, V.N., DeVol, T.A., 2017. Development of stable extractive scintillating materials for real-time quantification of radiostrontium in aqueous solutions. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 314, 743–751. doi:10.1007/s10967-017-5420-x
Dogan, M., Moysey, S.M.J., Ramakers, R.M., DeVol, T.A., Beekman, F.J., Groen, H.C., Powell, B.A., 2017. High-resolution 4D pre-clinical SPECT/CT imaging of technetium transport within a heterogeneous porous media. Environ. Sci. Technol. acs.est.6b04172. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b04172
Duval, C.E., DeVol, T.A., Husson, S.M. Extractive scintillating polymer sensors for trace-level detection of waterborne uranium. Anal. Chim. Acta, 947, 1-8 (2016) – [Cover] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2016.09.029.
Duval, C.E., DeVol, T.A., Husson, S.M., 2016. Evaluation of resin radius and column diameter for the implementation of extractive scintillating resin in flow-cell detectors. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 307, 2253–2258. doi:10.1007/s10967-015-4494-6
Duval, C.E., DeVol, T.A., Wade, E.C., Seliman, A.F., Bliznyuk, V.N., Husson, S.M., 2016. Stability of polymeric scintillating resins developed for ultra-trace level detection of alpha- and beta-emitting radionuclides. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 310, 583–588. doi:10.1007/s10967-016-4913-3
Chapman, M.G., Walker, R.C., Schmitt, J.M., McPherson, C.L., Ameena, F., Kucera, C.J., Quarles, C.A., DeVol, T.A., Ballato, J., Jacobsohn, L.G., 2016. Effects of Sintering Temperature on Open-Volume Defects and Thermoluminescence of Yttria and Lutetia Ceramics. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 99, 1449–1454. doi:10.1111/jace.14119
Awards & Honors
Toshiba Endowed Professor of Nuclear Engineering, named 2012
Clemson University Innovation award, 2003 & 2011
Elda E. Anderson award, 2004.
