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Calvin R. Howell
Professor of Physics
Physics
howellc@duke.edu
Box 90308, Durham, NC 27708-0308
221 DFELL, Durham, NC 27708
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Selected Grants
NEUTRON SCATTERING EXPERIMENTS FOR ACTINIDES USING MONOENERGETIC NEUTRON BEAMS
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ·
2025 - 2028
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Graduate School Award
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ·
2017 - 2027
Studies of Nuclear Structure Using Neutrons and Charged Particles
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
1997 - 2027
REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Particle Physics at TUNL and Duke
Research
Senior Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2022 - 2027
Measurements of Prompt and Delayed Neutron and Gamma-ray Emissions from PhotonInduced Fission of 235U, 238U and 239Pu
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by US Department of Homeland Security ·
2020 - 2026
Two and Three-body Photodisintegration of the Triton at Energies Below 30 MeV
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2022 - 2026
Measurements of Prompt Neutron Differential Multiplicity in Photofission of 235U, 238U and 239Pu
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2022 - 2026
Neutron Scattering Experiments
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ·
2023 - 2025
Regional Training Program: Promoting Undergraduate Minority Persistence in Nuclear Physics
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by North Carolina Central University ·
2022 - 2025
High Intensity Gamma Ray Source Scintillation Attenuation Spectrometer and Filter Stack Monoenergetic Calibration
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by Los Alamos National Laboratory ·
2024 - 2024
Studies of Nuclear Structure Using Neutrons and Charged Particles
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
1997 - 2024
Beam test for the ComPair instrument
Research
Senior Investigator ·
Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration ·
2022 - 2023
Tests of the Prototypes of a CdZnTe Imaging Calorimeter and a CsI Log Calorimeter for Photon Energies 2 - 28 MeV
Research
Senior Investigator ·
Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration ·
2021 - 2022
REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Particle Physics at TUNL and Duke
Research
Senior Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2018 - 2022
Measurements of Neutron-induced Fission Product Yields and Fission Neutron Energy Distributions
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2018 - 2021
Measurements of Short-Lived Fission Product Yields from Photon-Induced Fission of Special Nuclear Materials
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2018 - 2021
Cross Section Measurements of Photonuclear Reaction Pathways Towards Promising Medical Isotopes
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2017 - 2020
Ninth International Workshop on Chiral Dynamics, 2018
Conference
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2018 - 2020
DukeMed Activated
Public Service
Advisor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2014 - 2019
REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Physics at TUNL/Duke University
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2015 - 2019
Studies of Nuclear Structure Using Neutrons and Charged Particles
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
1997 - 2019
Photo-Fission Product Yields of Special Nuclear Materials
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2015 - 2018
Radiative Capture and Gamma-Induced Reactions at Low Energies
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by University of North Georgia ·
2017 - 2018
Neutron-Induced Fission Studies and Reactions on Special Nuclear Materials
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2015 - 2018
International Workshop on the Next Generation Gamma-ray Sources
Conference
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2015 - 2017
Collaborative Research: ARI-MA:Nuclear Data Measurements Using Gamma Rays and Radiation Detector Development
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by US Department of Homeland Security ·
2011 - 2017
Stellar Evolution Studied with an Optical Time Projection Chamber
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by University of Connecticut ·
2014 - 2016
Advanced Conceptual Design for the Majorana Demonstrator
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Oak Ridge National Labs ·
2010 - 2016
Photo-induced precision cross-section measurements on actinide nuclei using monoenergetic and polarized photon beams
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2009 - 2015
Fission Product Yields of 235U, 238U, 239Pu and Neutron Induced Reactions on Specific Nuclei
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2006 - 2015
REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Physics at TUNL/Duke University
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2009 - 2015
Radionuclide Imaging Technologies for Biological Systems
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2010 - 2014
Cross-disciplinary Training in Medical Physics
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2007 - 2013
IDBR: Development of a System for Measuring Dynamic Biological Response in Plants Using Coincidence Counting
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2007 - 2012
Operation Efficiency and Performance Enhancements and Completion of HINDA at HIGS
Equipment
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
1997 - 2009
High Voltage System for Scintillation Detectors at HIGS
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
1997 - 2009
Breast Elemental Composition Imaging
Research
Consultant ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2004 - 2007
Measurement of Neutron-induced Reaction Cross Sections
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Department of Energy ·
2002 - 2006
Support for the 17th International IUPAP Conference on Few-Body Physics
Conference
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2003 - 2004
NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute of Standards and Technology ·
2004 - 2004
