Name: Caleb J. Sanken
Host: Craig Bradley
Picture receiving certificate from Jim Rushton
Abstract Title: Positioning and Controlling Exposure of Measurement Devices to Determine Particle Deposition Characteristics
Caleb Sancken attends school in Valparaiso University and is majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He plans to graduate in 2006 with a Bachelor of Sciences in Mechanical Engineering. He is from the town Tolono, IL and he has been to Tennessee before but this is his first time at the lab. He likes knowing how things work and engineering allows him to investigate how nature works while using the creative process to help humanity. Mechanical engineering seems to be the broadest of the engineering disciplines, giving him a wide variety of career paths and a good foundation of technical knowledge. This summer he was particularly interested in the intersection of electronics/computers and machines--in robots, for instance. His project involves determining whether chemical-mechanical means are appropriate to prevent redispersion of radiological contamination shortly after a RDD detonation; if chemical-mechanical means are appropriate, then I will work on what specifications such equipment should have. When he is not at the Lab, his interests include computers and singing, primarily; although, he also enjoys reading and dabbling in digital photography.
Craig Bradley expands on the work from intern Caleb Sancken:
Caleb is working on a DHS internship project. Our group, the Remote Systems Group has a lot of experience in design and development of equipment for use in hazardous environments. We have been looking at ways that this experience can be used to help the Department of Homeland Security. Caleb's work helps by taking an in-depth look at the requirements and potential solutions to problems resulting from a radioactive dispersal device, or RDD, sometimes called a "dirty bomb".
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