Publications

Journal Articles

• Review of Electromagnetic NDE Methods for Monitoring the Degradation of Nuclear Reactor Components
  V. Frankfurt (American NTN Bearing Manuf. Corp.) and D. S. Kupperman
  Materials Evaluation Vol. 59, No. 9, pp. 1053-1057 (September 2001).
• Millimeter-Wave Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy
  N. Gopalsami, A. C. Raptis and J. Meier
  Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 73, No. 2 (2002), 259-262.
• Development of Ultrasonic Sensor for Nonintrusive Measurement of Temperature in Powder Materials
  N. Gopalsami, H.-T. Chien, W. Goldberger (Superior Graphite Co.), B. Merkle, and J. Borton
  Powder Metallurgy, Vol. 45, No. 3 (2002).
• Millimeter-Wave Radar Sensing of Airborne Chemicals
  N. Gopalsami and A. C. Raptis
  IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 646-653, April 2001.
• Steam Generator Mock-up for Assessment of Inservice Inspection Technology
  D. S. Kupperman, S. Bakhtiari, and J. Muscara (USNRC)
  Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 207/3, pp. 299-305 (July 2001).
• Spark-Discharge Ion Mobility Spectrometry for NOx Detection
  S. H. Sheen and A. C. Raptis
  Submitted to the Analytical Chemistry Journal.

Conference Papers

• Computer-Aided Analysis of Eddy Current Rotating Probe Data
  S. Bakhtiari, J. Y. Park, D. S. Kupperman, and W. J. Shack
  Proc. 4th CNS Intl. Steam Generator Conf., Toronto, May 5-8, 2002.
• Assessing Condition of Turbine Engine Ceramic Components through NDE Technology
  W. A. Ellingson, J. G. Sun, C. Deemer, S. Erdman, and C. Prested
  Invited paper presented at the Intl. Conf. on Advances in Life Assessment and Optimization of Fossil Power Plants, Orlando, March 11-13, 2002.
• Nondestructive Characterization of Environmental Barrier Coatings Applied to Monolithic Ceramics
  W. A. Ellingson, C. Deemer, S. Erdman, and A. Parikh
  ASME paper GT-2002-30645, 46th Intl. ASME Turbines and Aeroengine Technical Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 3-6, 2002.
• Volumetric X-Ray Imaging for Ceramic Microturbine Reports
  W. A. Ellingson, E. R. Koehl, J. Stainbrook; and M. Rivers (U. of Chicago)
  ASME paper GT-2002-30549, 46th Intl. ASME Turbines and Aeroengine Technical Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 3-6, 2002.
• Development of Nondestructive Evaluation Technology for High-Temperature Coatings
  W. A. Ellingson, C. Deemer, A. Parikh, and S. Erdmann
  Invited paper presented at 15th Annual U.S. Dept. of Energy Conf. on Fossil Energy Materials, Knoxville, TN, April 30-May 2, 2001.
• Millimeter-Wave/Terahertz Detection Applied to Chemical and Biological Defense
  N. Gopalsami, A. C. Raptis and A. B. Hull
  Paper presented at the Second Joint Conf. on Point Detection for Chemical and Biological Defense, Williamsburg, VA, March 1-5, 2004.
• Microwave Radar Detection of Gas Pipeline Leaks
  N. Gopalsami, D. B. Kanareykin (AOZT Finn-Trade), V. D. Asanov (AOZT Finn-Trade), S. Bakhtiari, and A. C. Raptis
  Paper presented at the 29th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE), Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, July 14-19, 2002.
• Eddy Current Analysis Round Robin Using the NRC Steam Generator Mockup
  D. S. Kupperman, J. Muscara (USNRC), S. Bakhtiari, J. Y. Park, and W. J. Shack
  Proc. of the 4th Intl. Steam Generator Conf., Toronto, Canada, May 5-8, 2002.
• Prediction of Failure Pressure and Leak Rate of Stress Corrosion Cracks
  S. Majumdar, K. Kasza, J. Y. Park, and S. Bakhtiari
  Paper presented at the 4th CNS Intl. Steam Generator conf., Toronto, May 5-8, 2002.
• Failure Pressure and Leak Rate of Steam Generator Tubes with Stress Corrosion Cracks
  S. Majumdar, K. Kasza, J. Y. Park, and S. Bakhtiari
  Invited paper presented at the 10th Intl. Conf. on Nucl. Engr. (ICONE-10), Arlington, VA, April 14-18, 2002.
• NdFeB Magnets Aligned in a 9-T Superconducting Solenoid
  T. M. Mulcahy, J. R. Hull; E. Rozendaal, and J. H. Wise (Magnequench UG)
  Paper presented at the Rare Earth Magnets and Their Applications, 17th Intl. Workshop, Newark, DE, Aug. 18-22, 2002
• Research Perspectives on the Evaluation of Steam Generator Tube Integrity
  J. Muscara (USNRC); D. R. Diercks, S. Majumdar, D. S. Kupperman, S. Bakhtiari, and W. J. Shack
  Paper presented at the USNRC Water Reactor Safety Meeting, Bethesda, MD, Oct. 24-25, 2001.
• Potential of the Acousto-Ultrasound Method to Characterize the Strength of Hot Gas Filter Materials
  P. Pastila, A.-P. Nikkila, T. Mantyla (Tempere U. of Technology); W. A. Ellingson, E. R. Koehl, and D. Sandberg
  Proc. 26th Ann. Intl. Conf. on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, Cocoa Beach, FL, Jan. 13-18, 2002.
• Characterization of Hot Gas Filter Elements
  P. Pastila, A.-P. Nikkila, T. A. Mantyla (Tempere U. of Technology); W. A. Ellingson, and E. R. Koehl
  Paper presented at 7th European Ceramic Society Mtg., Brugge, Belgium, Sept. 9-13, 2001.
• A Practical NOx Sensor Based on Ion Mobility Spectrometry
  S. H. Sheen, J. A. Jendrzejczyk, H.-T. Chien, A. C. Raptis; S. G. Ejakov, and J. H. Visser (Ford Res. Lab.)
  Paper presented at 10th Intl. Conf. on Ion Mobility Spectrometry, Dortmund, Germany, Aug. 12-17, 2001.
• Nondestructive Evaluation of Ceramic Matrix Composite Combustor Components
  J. G. Sun; M. J. Verrilli (NASA Glenn Res. Ctr.); R. Stephan (Pratt & Whitney); T. R Barnett (Southern Res. inst.); and G. Ojard (United Technologies Res. Ctr.)
  Paper presented at the 29th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Bellingham, WA, July 14-19, 2002.
• Nondestructive Evaluation of Defects and Operating Damage in CFCC Combustor Liners
  J. G. Sun, S. Erdman, R. Russel, C. Deemer, W. A. Ellingson; N. Miriyala, J. B. Kimmel, and J. R. Price (Solar Turbines, Inc.)
  Paper presented at the 26th Ann. Intl. Conf. on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, Cocoa Beach, FL, Jan. 13-18, 2002.
• Analysis of Quantitative Measurement of Defect by Pulsed Thermal Imaging
  J. G. Sun
  Paper presented at 28th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Brunswick, Maine, July 29-Aug. 3, 2001.
• Thermal Imaging Detection and Characterization of Normal Cracks
  J. G. Sun, C. Deemer, S. Erdman, and W. A. Ellingson
  Paper presented at American Ceramic Society’s 25th Ann. Intl. Conf. on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Cocoa Beach, FL, Jan. 21-26, 2001; in Ceramic Engineering and Science Proc., Vol. 22, Issue 3, pp. 237-243, 2001, eds. M. Singh and T. Jessen.
• Subsurface Damage Measurement in Silicon Wafers by Laser Scattering
  J. M. Zhang (Kansas State U.); J. G. Sun; and Z. J. Pei (Kansas State U.)
  Trans. NAMRI/SME, Vol. 30, pp. 535-542 (2002).
• Designed Experimental Study on Set-Up Parameters of Laser Scattering System
  J. M. Zhang (Kansas State U.); J. G. Sun; and Z. J. Pei (Kansas State U.)
  Paper presented at the North American Manufacturing Research Conf., NAMRC Thirty-One, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, May 20-23, 2003.

Book Chapters

• 3.7. Nondestructive Evaluation Methods for CMC: Defect Characterization
  W. A. Ellingson and C. Deemer
  Invited chapter submitted for inclusion as part of MIL Handbook 17 to be published by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Progress Reports

• Microtomographic Imaging of Ceramic Membranes and Other Structural Ceramics
  W. A. Ellingson and M. Rivers
  Contribution to the Advanced Photon Source Activity Report for 2001.
• Advanced Sensors for Real-Time Control of Combustion in Advanced Natural Gas Reciprocating Engines
  S. H. Sheen, H. T. Chien and A. C. Raptis
  FY 2002 Annual Report (Dec. 2002).
• Evaluation of Post-Exposure Properties of SiC/SiC Combustor Liners Tested in the RQL Sector Rig
  M. J. Verrilli, T. R. Barnett, G. Baaklini, G. Ojard, and J. G. Sun
  NASA Report: NASA/TM-2002-211380.

Topical Reports

• Advanced Nondestructive Evaluation for Steam Generator Tubing
  S. Bakhtiari, J. Y. Park, D. S. Kupperman, S. Majumdar, and W. J. Shack
  NUREG/CR-6746, ANL-01/21 (Sept. 2001).
• Development of Advanced Fibrous Monoliths Final Report for Project of 1998-2000
  K. C. Goretta, D. Singh, T. A. Cruse, W. A. Ellingson, J. J. Picciolo, B. J. Polzin, J. L. Routbort, T. W. Spohnholtz; F. W. Zok, J. C. McNulty, M. He (U. of CA); W. M. Kriven, S. J. Lee, D. K. Kim (U. of IL); G. Hilmas, A. J. Mercer (U. of MO); M. R. Begley (U. of CT); and A. R. de Arellano-Lopez (U. of Seville)
  ANL-01/04.
• Advanced Sensors for Real-Time Control of Advanced Natural-Gas Reciprocating Engine Combustion
  S. H. Sheen, H. T. Chien and A. C. Raptis
  ANL-03/26.
• Advanced Sensors for Real-Time Control of Combustion in Advanced Natural-Gas Reciprocating Engines
  S. H. Sheen, H. T. Chien and A. C. Raptis
  ANL Report ANL-01/29.