{"id":154,"date":"2025-11-15T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2026-09-12T06:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T06:41:36","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-accent-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thrust Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hang in there for exciting updates on NEXT-Rad projects!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-accent-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Capabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>NEXT-RAD Laboratory<\/strong> supports research and education in radiation detection, nuclear instrumentation, and nuclear security. Current capabilities in NEXT-RAD include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Multimodal robotic system with Augmented Reality (AR)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>100 \u00b5Ci Cf-252 neutron source<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alpha-E D-D neutron generator<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Organic and inorganic gamma-ray and neutron detectors<\/strong> with associated electronics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sealed gamma-ray sources<\/strong> for calibration and experimental validation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Coming soon: High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) multidetector system<\/strong> with <strong>timing\/coincidence capabilities<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These resources support activities in radiation detection, source localization, spectroscopy, safeguards, nonproliferation, robotics, and nuclear security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery 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src=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/eaglet-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/eaglet-3-1.jpg 331w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/eaglet-3-1-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFEE58\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><mark><strong>EAGLET: nExt generAtion eaGLe Eye deTection  <\/strong><\/mark><\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/IMG_6737-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"931\" data-id=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/IMG_6737-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/IMG_6737-2.jpeg 698w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/IMG_6737-2-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFEE58\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><mark><kbd><sup>252<\/sup>Cf made it to NEXT-Rad!<\/kbd><\/mark><\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_2-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_2-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_2-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_2-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_2-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFEE58\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><mark><strong>Lacey Coates receiving DOE Stipend to present in INMM-2026<\/strong><\/mark><\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_1-scaled-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_1-432x576.jpeg 432w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2026\/09\/inmm_2026_1-1152x1536-1.jpeg 1152w, 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Capabilities The NEXT-RAD Laboratory supports research and education in radiation detection, nuclear instrumentation, and nuclear security. Current capabilities in NEXT-RAD include: These resources support activities in radiation detection, source localization, spectroscopy, safeguards, nonproliferation, robotics, and nuclear security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":522,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions\/522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/NEXT-Rad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}