Anees Dhabaan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Education and Degrees

• Ph.D. in Physics, University of Birmingham, England, U.K., 1994
• M.M.S. in Medical Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1999
• M.Sc. in Nuclear Reactor Science and Engineering ,University of London, England, 1990
• B.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, 1987

Certification

• American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Radiological Physics, 2003

Special Interests

My research interest is simulating charged particle transport in dense media using Monte Carlo Codes; this will be utilized to estimate the radiation dose of unsealed radioactive sources. My research will also focus on image guided radiation therapy.

Selected Recent Publications

·        McGinley, P. and Dhaba’an, A. H., 2000, “Evaluation of the Contribution of Capture Gamma, X-ray Leakage and Scattering to Photon Dose at the Maze Door for High Energy Medical Accelerator Using a Monte Carlo Particle Transport Code,” Medical Physics, 27 (1), pp. 225-230.

·        Dhaba'an, A. H. and Beynon, T. D., 1995, “Three‑Dimensional Analysis of Candidate Blanket Designs For the Compact Tokamak Reactor Concept”, Progress in Nuclear Energy, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 1‑22.

·        Dhaba'an, A. H. and Beynon, T. D., 1994, “Albedo Calculations For Candidate Fusion Reactor Materials Used in the Inboard Side of a Compact Tokamak Reactor and the Effects of Using Such Materials on the Tritium Breeding,” Progress in Nuclear Energy, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 391‑403.

·        Beynon, T. D. and Dhaba'an, A. H., 1992, “Impact of a Limiter on the Tritium Breeding and Nuclear Heating in a Compact Tokamak Reactor,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 17‑26.