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Calvin R. Howell

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

Selected Grants


REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Particle Physics at TUNL and Duke

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2026

Neutron Scattering Experiments

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory · 2023 - 2025

Measurements of Prompt and Delayed Neutron and Gamma-ray Emissions from PhotonInduced Fission of 235U, 238U and 239Pu

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Department of Homeland Security · 2020 - 2025

Two and Three-body Photodisintegration of the Triton at Energies Below 30 MeV

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2022 - 2025

Measurements of Prompt Neutron Differential Multiplicity in Photofission of 235U, 238U and 239Pu

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2022 - 2025

REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Particle Physics at TUNL and Duke

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2026

Neutron Scattering Experiments

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory · 2023 - 2025

Measurements of Prompt and Delayed Neutron and Gamma-ray Emissions from PhotonInduced Fission of 235U, 238U and 239Pu

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Department of Homeland Security · 2020 - 2025

Two and Three-body Photodisintegration of the Triton at Energies Below 30 MeV

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2022 - 2025

Measurements of Prompt Neutron Differential Multiplicity in Photofission of 235U, 238U and 239Pu

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2022 - 2025

Regional Training Program: Promoting Undergraduate Minority Persistence in Nuclear Physics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Central University · 2022 - 2025

High Intensity Gamma Ray Source Scintillation Attenuation Spectrometer and Filter Stack Monoenergetic Calibration

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Los Alamos National Laboratory · 2024 - 2024

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Graduate School Award

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · 2017 - 2024

Studies of Nuclear Structure Using Neutrons and Charged Particles

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 1997 - 2024

Beam test for the ComPair instrument

ResearchSenior 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

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2021 - 2022

REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Particle Physics at TUNL and Duke

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2022

Measurements of Neutron-induced Fission Product Yields and Fission Neutron Energy Distributions

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2018 - 2021

Measurements of Short-Lived Fission Product Yields from Photon-Induced Fission of Special Nuclear Materials

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2018 - 2021

Cross Section Measurements of Photonuclear Reaction Pathways Towards Promising Medical Isotopes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2017 - 2020

Ninth International Workshop on Chiral Dynamics, 2018

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2018 - 2020

DukeMed Activated

Public ServiceAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019

REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Physics at TUNL/Duke University

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2019

Studies of Nuclear Structure Using Neutrons and Charged Particles

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 1997 - 2019

Photo-Fission Product Yields of Special Nuclear Materials

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2015 - 2018

Radiative Capture and Gamma-Induced Reactions at Low Energies

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of North Georgia · 2017 - 2018

Neutron-Induced Fission Studies and Reactions on Special Nuclear Materials

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2015 - 2018

International Workshop on the Next Generation Gamma-ray Sources

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2015 - 2017

Collaborative Research: ARI-MA:Nuclear Data Measurements Using Gamma Rays and Radiation Detector Development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Department of Homeland Security · 2011 - 2017

Stellar Evolution Studied with an Optical Time Projection Chamber

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Connecticut · 2014 - 2016

Advanced Conceptual Design for the Majorana Demonstrator

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Oak Ridge National Labs · 2010 - 2016

Photo-induced precision cross-section measurements on actinide nuclei using monoenergetic and polarized photon beams

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2009 - 2015

Fission Product Yields of 235U, 238U, 239Pu and Neutron Induced Reactions on Specific Nuclei

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2006 - 2015

REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Physics at TUNL/Duke University

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2015

Radionuclide Imaging Technologies for Biological Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2010 - 2014

Cross-disciplinary Training in Medical Physics

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2013

IDBR: Development of a System for Measuring Dynamic Biological Response in Plants Using Coincidence Counting

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2007 - 2012

Operation Efficiency and Performance Enhancements and Completion of HINDA at HIGS

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 1997 - 2009

High Voltage System for Scintillation Detectors at HIGS

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 1997 - 2009

Breast Elemental Composition Imaging

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2007

Measurement of Neutron-induced Reaction Cross Sections

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2002 - 2006

Support for the 17th International IUPAP Conference on Few-Body Physics

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2003 - 2004

NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Standards and Technology · 2004 - 2004

External Relationships


  • Nuclear Photonics - International Research Training Advisory Board
  • Nuclear Science Advisory Committee
  • Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA)

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