Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Enqvist Research Group (LOKE)
Led by Andreas Enqvist · Materials Science and Engineering
What we study
The lab studies nuclear security, detection, and materials, using experiments with nuclear materials and detectors. They also explore reactor physics, thermal hydraulics, and machine learning for nuclear applications.
What working here is like
- Building & testing
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Operation Desert Heat
The team conducted measurements with scintillation detectors to study nuclear materials.
NCERC experiments
Experiments were conducted at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center to study nuclear material assemblies.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- The BUTTON-30 detector at Boulby
2026 · Journal of Instrumentation
Builds a detector to test new technology for detecting neutrino interactions.
- Exploration of Nuclear Material Discrimination Modeling and Boron Composition Effects
2026 · UF Journal of Undergraduate Research
Studies how to better identify nuclear materials using radiation signals.
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- Applying Machine Learning Algorithms to Classify Digitized Special Nuclear Material Obtained from Scintillation Detectors
2025 · Journal of Nuclear Engineering
Uses machine learning to improve the detection of nuclear materials.
- Designing lightweight neutron absorbing composites using a comprehensive absorber areal density metric
2024 · Applied Radiation and Isotopes
- Preliminary investigations into optimizing detector configuration for nondestructive assay of fresh nuclear fuel
2024 · Nuclear Engineering and Design
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How to reach out
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