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February 13, 2013

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Sean Robinson

Richland, WA 99352

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Bio

Sean Robinson is a research scientist working in the area of Homeland Security. He has led a variety of simulation, modeling and analysis tasks pertinent to detection algorithm development and placement of interdiction equipment at U.S. borders. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Washington, where he worked on modeling of gamma-ray detection technology for the NASA/DOE Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) project. His current technical work is heavily involved in numerical simulation, modeling, Monte-Carlo particle transport, data analysis and anomaly detection. His current technical work is heavily involved in numerical simulation, modeling, Monte-Carlo particle transport, data analysis and anomaly detection. Sean served as the Project manager and later science lead to the Secure the Cities Initiative fixed site project for The U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, to develop a multi-lane detector for source detection, identification and interdiction in multi-lane traffic applications. He is currently involved in several projects, to develop algorithms to compare active and passive radiation images for object identification, optimize the capability of distributed and airborne detectors to spatially localize sources, and to model and evaluate the performance of hypothetical detector systems. Since 2004, Sean has been instrumental in the production of more than 50 internal and external reports.

Professional ExPerience

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Richland, Washington (2004 Present)Proven team leader and project manager with a focus on creative problem solving and joining technically diverse staff with tasks.Produced more than 50 technical documents on a variety of scientific and technical topics centering around radiation detection and detector applicationsAnalyzed data, methodologies and mathematical approaches for a diverse set of projectsTechnical liaison to guide and direct test deployment effortsHighly creative, personally producing more than 60 white papers and funding proposals on diverse and novel scientific concepts

EDUCATION

1999 - B.A. Physics (Math Minor), with honors, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR

2002 - M.S., Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

2004 - Ph.D., Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Accreditations and certification

Certified Radiation Worker 1 (Present)

Passport up to date

U.S. Government Clearance information available upon request

OTHER SKILLS

Proficient in C, C++, Ruby, Matlab, Labview, NetLogo, SQL, experience with a variety of others and capable with new languages

Project Manager with experience in budget and time management in group settings

Proficient in visualization of large and complex data sets; communication of results to technical and non-technical audiences

Experience with statistical methods for detection, anomaly detection and count-starved systems

Published track record of signature extraction from multidimensional data sets

Database programming (SQL/MySQL)

Comprehensive history of Monte-Carlo simulations (MCNP and others)

Parametric studies and deterministic modeling

Inverse problem solving, inversion techniques and optimization problems

Documented track record of creative problem solving, nonlinear thinking, brainstorming

Experience with radiation detection systems and equipment

Experience with lab automation (LabView etc.), data production

Data analysis techniques and management of large data sets

Operating Systems (DOS, Windows, Linux, Unix)

Former competitive gymnast; background in parkour, jujutsu, TKD, judo, fencing, taijutsu, capoeira, strength training and bodybuilding.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Robinson, S.M., K.D. Jarman, W.K. Pitts, A. Seifert, A.C. Misner, M.L. Woodring, and M.J. Myjak, Imaging for dismantlement verification: Information management and analysis algorithms, Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. Phys. Res. A, 662(1):81-89, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2011.09.036, 2011.

S.M. Robinson, R.C. Runkle, R.J. Newby, A Comparison of Performance Between Organic Scintillation Crystals and Moderated 3He-based Detectors for Fission Neutron Detection, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, Volume 652, Issue 1, p. 404-407.

Fagan D.K., Robinson S.M., Runkle R., Statistical Methods applied to gamma-ray spectroscopy algorithms in nuclear security missions, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes (2012).

S.M. Robinson, S.D. Kiff, E.D. Ashbaker, E. Flumerfelt, and M. Salvitti, Effects of high count rate and gain shift on isotope identification algorithms, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A (29 August 2009)

S.M. Robinson, S.E. Bender, E.L. Flumerfelt, C.A. LoPresti, M.L. Woodring, Time Series Evaluation of Radiation Portal Monitor Data for Point Source Detection, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 56, 6 (Dec. 2009).

S. M. Robinson, S. E. Bender, E. L. Flumerfelt, C. A. LoPresti, M. L. Woodring, Time Series Evaluation of Radiation Portal Monitor Data for Point Source Discrimination, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Volume 282, Number 3, 883-887, (http://www.springerlink.com/content/l8j700103qt22w15/ )

Siciliano ER, and SM Robinson. 2007. "MCNP "thin Disk" Background model." PNNL-SA-58383 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

Sean. M. Robinson, Scott D. Kiff, Eric D. Ashbaker, Sarah E. Bender, Eric Flumerfelt, Matthew Salvitti, James Borgardt, Mitchell L. Woodring, Effects of High Count Rate and Gain Shift on Isotope Identification Algorithms, 2007 IEEE NSS-MIC Conference Record, Honolulu, HI.(2007)

S.M. Robinson et.al, A Comparison of Simulated HPGe and Nal Radiation Portal Monitor Performance Using a Nuisance Source Library, 2006 IEEE NSS-MIC Conference Record, San Diego, CA.(2006)

S.M. Robinson, W.R.Kaye, J.E. Schweppe, E.R.Siciliano, Optimal Background Attenuation for Fielded Radiation Detection Systems, IEEE Transact. Nucl. Sci 54,4 (August 2007).

S.M. Robinson, E.R. Siciiliano, J.E. Schweppe, "Source Injection Distribution Functions for Alarm Algorithm Testing." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 276 No. 2 (2008).

Pagh RT, RT Kouzes, RJ McConn, JR, SM Robinson, JE Schweppe, and ER Siciliano. 2005. "Computer Modeling of Radiation Portal Monitors for Homeland Security Applications." In American Nuclear Society: ANS 2005 Winter Meeting. American Nuclear Society, Washington, DC.

S.M. Robinson, R.J. McConn Jr., R.T. Pagh, J.E. Schweppe, and E.R. Siciliano, Characteristics of multiprocessing MCNP5 on small Personal Computer clusters, Journal of Instrumentation (JINST) 1, June 2006

Eric Smith, Ken Jarman, Glen Warren, David Jordan, William Kaye, Sean Robinson, Eric Ashbaker, Edward Ellis, Andrei Valsan PNNL-15727, "Simulation of Nuisance Source Populations for Homeland Security Scenarios: Handheld Isotope Identifier Case Study", PNNL-15727, Mar. 15, 2006 (Prepared for DHS DNDO Systems Architecture Portfolio Detector Modeling and Operational Analysis Project)

S.M. Robinson, R. Kouzes, R.J. McConn Jr., R. Pagh, J.E. Schweppe, and E.R. Siciliano, 2005. "Creation of Realistic Radiation Transport Models of Radiation Portal Monitors for Homeland Security Purposes." Appearing in Applied Modeling and Computations in Nuclear Science. T.M. Semkow, S.Pomm, and S.M. Jerome, Eds. ACS Symposium Series 945. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2006, in print.

The Fermi LAT Collaboration, The On-orbit Calibrations for the Fermi Large Area Telescope, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, arXiv:0904.2226v1 [astro-ph.IM] (2009)

S. Ciprini, A. De Angelis, P. Lubrano and O. Mansutti (eds.), Gleam: the GLAST Large Area Telescope Simulation Framework, Proc. of ``Science with the New Generation of High Energy Gamma-ray Experiments'' (Perugia, Italy, May 2003). Forum, Udine 2003, p. 141.

The Full Simulation of the GLAST LAT High Energy Gamma Ray Telescope, Proceedings of the XI International Conference on Calorimetry in High Energy Physics- CALOR2004, Perugia, Italy, 2004

Graduate Thesis - The Multichromatic Wavelet Transformation as a Source Identification Tool for GLAST, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2004, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

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