- Assistant Professor
- Phone: 979-458-8162
- Email: shikhap@tamu.edu
- Office: AIEN 406D
- Website: Neutron Sensing Lab
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences University of Michigan, 2012
- M.S., Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2007
- B.S., Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2006
Research Interests
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- Neutron measurements for security and safeguards
- Radiation Shielding
- Nuclear Nonproliferation & Safeguards
- Neutron Transport
- Mathematical Modeling and Development
- Probabilistic Risk Analysis
Awards & Honors
- American Nuclear Society Young Members Group Excellence Award, 2017
- Early Career Research Award -DST, 2016
- University of Michigan Rackham Barbour Fellowship, 2011-12
- ERIN Engineering and Research Inc. Employee Recognition Award, 2008
- University of Michigan College of Engineering Regents Fellowship, 2006-2007
- Bernstein Award, 2003
Selected Publications
- R. Purty, Akanchha, S. Prasad, "Isotopic characterization and thermal neutron flux determination of a PuBe neutron source," Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 125, 144 (2017).
- S. Prasad, A. Abdulla, M. G. Morgan, I. L. Azevedo, "Nonproliferation Improvements and Challenges Presented by Small Modular Reactors", Progress in Nuclear Energy, 80, 102 (2015).
- S. Prasad, S. D. Clarke, S. A. Pozzi, E. W. Larsen, "Simulation of Neutron Pulse Height Distribution with a Response Matrix Method", Nuclear Science and Engineering, 172, 78 (2012).
- E. C. Miller, S. D. Clarke, M. Flaska, S. Prasad, S. A. Pozzi, and Enrico Padovani,"MCNPX-PoliMi Post-Processing Algorithm for Detector Response Simulations", Journal of Nuclear Materials Management, 40, 34 (2012).
- S. Prasad, N. Pinchuk, S.E. Andreson, R.F. Fleming, "Geometry Independent Indium Activation Analysis", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 624, 180 (2010).