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Calvin R. Howell

Professor of Physics
Physics
Box 90308, Durham, NC 27708-0308
221 Dfell, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Introduction to Nuclear Scattering - TUNL REU Program · May 24, 2019 Lecture TUNL, Durham, NC USA
Measurements of Short-lived Fission Product Yields from Photon-Induced Fisson of Special Nuclear Materials - Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Symposium 2019 · February 19, 2019 - February 20, 2019 Invited Talk U.S. Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration , Albuquerque, NM USA
Measuring the Dynamics of Plant-Environment Interactions using Nuclear Physics - The University Scholars Program · November 14, 2018 Invited Talk Duke University, Durham, NC USA
Low-Energy QCD Research at TUNL - The 22nd International Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics · July 9, 2018 - July 13, 2018 Invited Talk Caen, France

This international conference is held every three years.

Low-Energy Nuclear-Physics Research at HIGS - MAMI nuclear-physics seminar series · July 2018 Invited Talk Johannes Gutenberg University , Mainz, Germany
Low-Energy QCD Research at HIGS - The Second International Conference on Nuclear Photonics · June 24, 2018 - June 29, 2018 Invited Talk Extreme Light Infrasture-Nuclear Physics, Brasov, Romania
HPV of Deuteron Photodisintegration at HIGS2 - Workshop on Hadronic Parity Nonconservation, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics · March 15, 2018 - March 16, 2018 Invited Talk Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, CA USA
Photo-Fission Product Yields of Special Nuclear Materials - Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Symposium 2018 · February 21, 2018 - February 22, 2018 Invited Talk U.S. Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration, Rockville, MD USA

Annual meeting of grantees of the NNSA SSAA program.

HIGS2: Facility and Research Opportunities · August 1, 2013 Lecture Low-Energy Community Meeting, East Lansing, MI
HIGS2: Facility and Research · July 1, 2013 Lecture The Fifth Workshop on Hadron Physics in China and Opportunities in US, Huangshan, China
Collaborative Research: ARI-MA: Nuclear Data Measurements Using Gamma Rays · July 1, 2013 Lecture Sixth Annual Academic Research Initiative Grantees Program Review, Leesburg, VA
Photo-Induced Precision Cross-Section Measurements on Actinide Nuclei using Monoenergetic and Polarized Photon Beams · June 1, 2013 Lecture 2013 Stewardship Science Academic Programs Annual Review Symposium, Albuquerque, NM
Measuring the Dynamical Responses of Plants to Changes in Environmental Conditions Using Radioactive Isotopes · April 1, 2013 Lecture Physics department colloquium, George Washington University, Washington, DC
STEM: A Call to Service · April 1, 2013 Lecture Workshop on Promoting Diversity in STEM, George Washington University, Washington, DC
STEM: A Call to Service · March 1, 2013 Lecture Science Pipeline ConNEXTion workshop: Establishing Your Roots in STEM, Davidson, NC
What is the Value of Curiosity-Motivated Research? · March 1, 2013 Lecture Science Pipeline ConNEXTion workshop: Establishing Your Roots in STEM, Davidson, NC
Neutron-Deuteron Breakup: A Probe of the Neutron-Neutron Interaction · August 1, 2012 Lecture The 7th International Workshop on Chiral Dynamics, Newport News, VA
Nuclear Data Measurements Using Gamma Rays and Radiation Detector Development · July 1, 2012 Lecture The Annual Grantees Conference for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Academic Research Initiative
My Personal Path and Research · February 1, 2012 Lecture Symposium entitled Blazing Trails: African Americans in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at the SciWorks Science Center and Environmental Park, Winston-Salem, NC
Measuring Plant-Environment Feedback Dynamics for Resource Allocation Using Short-lived Radioisotopes · November 1, 2011 Lecture Physics faculty seminar, Duke University
Nuclear Data Measurements on Actinides Using the High Intensity Gamma-ray Source · April 13, 2010 Lecture DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection Office ARI Grantees Conference, Alexandria, VA
Measuring Dynamical Responses of Plants to Environment Change Using Short-lived Radioisotope · October 1, 2008 Lecture Graduate School Seminar for Medical Physics Program at Duke University
Measurements of Few-Nucleon Reactions at HIGS_x000B_ · August 1, 2008 Lecture Gordan Conference on Photonuclear Reactions, Tilton, NH

Service to the Profession


Member - NSAC Committee of Visitors to the DOE Office of Nuclear Physics · December 2019 Committee Service U.S. Department of Energy, Rockville, MD USA
Reviewer - The 2019 DOE Office of Science (SC) Review of DOE National Laboratory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion · November 2019 Consulting U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC
Co-chair - Organizing Committee for the Ninth International Workshop on Chiral Dynamics, · 2018 Event/Organization Administration TUNL, Durham, NC
Member - Scientific Advisory Committee, Center for Excellence in Nuclear Training and University-based Research · 2018 - 2019 Committee Service Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas USA
Co-chair - Organizing Committee of the International Workshop on Next Generation Laser Compton Gamma-ray Source · November 2016 Event/Organization Administration Bethesda, MD USA
Member - DOE review panel for research center grant proposal · November 2016 Committee Service Department of Energy,
Co-chair - Program Committee of the 2016 Nuclear Photonics Conference · October 2016 Event/Organization Administration Milpitas, CA USA
Chair - Tom Bonner Prize Committee, APS Division of Nuclear Physics · 2016 Committee Service
Member - Board of Trustees of the Southeastern Universities Research Association · 2016 - 2019 Committee Service SURA, Washington, DC USA
Vice Chair - Tom Bonner Prize Committee, APS Division of Nuclear Physics · 2015 Committee Service American Physical Society,
Member - International Scientific Advisory Board ELI-NP · 2014 - 2019 Committee Service Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
Member : NSF REU panel for review of the Physics REU proposals · September 20, 2012 - November 10, 2012 Committee Service
Member - Physical Review Editorial Board · 2012 - 2014 Editorial Activities
Chair line - Executive Committee of the APS Few-Body Topical Group · 2011 - 2014 Committee Service American Physical Society,
Member - DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellow Selection Committee · 2010 - 2013 Committee Service Krell Institute,
member of review panel : Site Review of Department of Energy Center of Excellence · September 30, 2009 - October 1, 2009 Committee Service Yale University, New Have, CT
Member - Majorana Senior Advisory Committee · 2009 - 2016 Committee Service Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN USA

Service to Duke


Conduct Accountability Committee (Department) · 2019 Committee Service Duke University,
Pratt Dean Review Committee (University) · 2019 Committee Service
Faculty Tenure and Promotion Review Committee (Department) · 2018 Committee Service Duke University, Durham, NC USA
Review Committee for the Reappointment of the Vice Provost for Research (University) · 2018 Committee Service Duke University,
Selection Committee for the Sloan Scholarship (University) · 2018 - 2019 Committee Service
Dean's Graduate Fellowship Committee (School) · 2017 Committee Service Duke University,
Physics Department Fellowship Committee (Department) · 2017 Committee Service
TUNL Radiation Safety Committee (Department) · 2016 - 2019 Committee Service TUNL,
Selection Committee of the TUNL and HEP REU Program (Department) · 2016 - 2019 Committee Service Duke University,
Trinity Diversity Advisory Committee (School) · 2016 - 2018 Committee Service Duke University,
Graduate Admissions Committee (Department) · 2016 Committee Service Physics Department, Duke University,
HIGS Scheduling Committee (Department) · 2016 - 2019 Committee Service TUNL,
Selection Committee of the TUNL and HEP REU Program (Department) · 2015 - 2019 Committee Service Duke University,