Julie Ezold Explained

Julie Ezold
Birth Name:Julie Graudons
Alma Mater:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Workplaces:Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Known For:Tennessine

Julie Ezold (née Graudons) is a nuclear engineer at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She is campaign manager for the 252-Californium Campaign and was involved with the discovery of Tennessine.

Early life and education

Ezold took lessons and performed in ballet, tap, jazz, and baton at Merritt's Dance Center in Schenectady, New York. In fifth year she received an award for her examinations at Merritt.[1] During high school Ezold completed a summer program in nuclear chemistry at the University of Lynchburg.[2] She studied nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1990.[3] She earned her master's degree in nuclear engineering in 1992 at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC using the High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Career

Ezold has worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory since completing her postgraduate studies in 1992. Her early work considered Iodine-129 using Neutron Activation Analysis.[4] She is the Californium Program manager, responsible for producing 252-Californium, 249-Berkelium and 252-Einsteinium. One microgram of Californium-252 can emit 2 million neutrons a second.[5] Her work concentrates on transuranium elements and applications.[6]

She received the US Department of Energy Defense Programs Award of Excellence in 2002.[7] Her commitments to education were recognized at the UT-Battelle Awards Night for Exceptional Community Outreach.[8] In 2009 she earned a Presidential Citation from the American Nuclear Society.[9] She was awarded the Patricia Bryant Leadership Award of Nuclear Energy Institute's Women in Nuclear group.[10] In 2010 Ezold was one of the team who discovered Tennessine.[11] She studied the reactions of Berkelium-249 and Calcium-48.[12] Her recent work looks to optimize the production of transcurium isotopes.[13]

Awards and honors

In 2018 she was recognized by Marquis Who's Who Top Engineers for her sustained contributions to nuclear engineering.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Merritt students to receive awards. 1977-09-21. Fulthon History. 2018-08-08.
  2. Web site: Women @ Energy: Julie Ezold. Energy.gov. en. 2018-08-08.
  3. Web site: East Tennessee Geological Society. www.etgs.us. en. 2018-08-08.
  4. Graudons. Julie A.. Dyer. F. F.. 1994. Neutron activation analysis of LWR ion exchange mixed-bed resins for129I. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. en. 180. 1. 179–185. 10.1007/bf02039917. 96623591. 0236-5731.
  5. News: Oak Ridge at 75. Chemistry World. 2018-08-08. en.
  6. News: Julie Ezold. 2018-02-12. Marquis Who's Who Top Engineers. 2018-08-08. en-US. 2018-08-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20180808234107/https://marquistopengineers.com/2018/02/12/julie-ezold/. dead.
  7. News: Julie Ezold. 2018-06-22. Who's Who Lifetime Achievement. 2018-08-08. en-US.
  8. News: ORNL Awards — The Whole Shebang. 2007-11-20. Atomic City Underground. 2018-08-08. en-US. 2018-08-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20180808233947/http://knoxblogs.com/atomiccity/2007/11/20/ornl_awards_the_whole_shebang/. dead.
  9. Book: author., Fisher, Louis. Presidential war power. 2013 . University Press of Kansas . 9780700619313. 844774969.
  10. Web site: Alumni/ae Notes - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). www.rpi.edu. 2018-08-08.
  11. Oganessian. Yu. Ts.. Abdullin. F. Sh.. Bailey. P. D.. Benker. D. E.. Bennett. M. E.. Dmitriev. S. N.. Ezold. J. G.. Hamilton. J. H.. Henderson. R. A.. 2010-04-09. Synthesis of a New Element with Atomic Number $Z=117$. Physical Review Letters. 104. 14. 142502. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.142502. 20481935. 2010PhRvL.104n2502O. free.
  12. Oganessian. Yu. Ts.. Abdullin. F. Sh.. Bailey. P. D.. Benker. D. E.. Bennett. M. E.. Dmitriev. S. N.. Ezold. J. G.. Hamilton. J. H.. Henderson. R. A.. 2011-05-18. Eleven new heaviest isotopes of elements $Z=105$ to $Z=117$ identified among the products of $^\mathrm$$+$$^\mathrm$ reactions. Physical Review C. 83. 5. 054315. 10.1103/PhysRevC.83.054315. 2011PhRvC..83e4315O. free.
  13. Hogle. Susan. Alexander. Charles W.. Burns. Jonathan D.. Ezold. Julie G.. Maldonado. G. Ivan. 2017. Sensitivity Studies and Experimental Evaluation for Optimizing Transcurium Isotope Production. Nuclear Science and Engineering. en. 185. 3. 473–483. 10.1080/00295639.2016.1272973. 2017NSE...185..473H . 1348297. 125423356. 0029-5639.

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