Julie Ezold

Julie Ezold
Ezold at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2018
Born
Julie Graudons
Alma materRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Known forTennessine
Scientific career
InstitutionsOak Ridge National Laboratory
Websitewww.ornl.gov/staff-profile/julie-g-ezold

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.[2]

Career

Ezold has worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory since completing her postgraduate studies in 1992.[3] 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.[3] 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.[7][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.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Merritt students to receive awards" (PDF). Fulthon History. 1977-09-21. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  2. ^ a b "Women @ Energy: Julie Ezold". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  3. ^ a b c "East Tennessee Geological Society". www.etgs.us. Retrieved 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. 180 (1): 179–185. doi:10.1007/bf02039917. ISSN 0236-5731. S2CID 96623591.
  5. ^ "Oak Ridge at 75". Chemistry World. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  6. ^ a b "Julie Ezold". Marquis Who's Who Top Engineers. 2018-02-12. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  7. ^ a b c "Julie Ezold". Who's Who Lifetime Achievement. 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  8. ^ "ORNL Awards — The Whole Shebang". Atomic City Underground. 2007-11-20. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  9. ^ author., Fisher, Louis (2013). Presidential war power. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700619313. OCLC 844774969. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Alumni/ae Notes - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)". www.rpi.edu. Retrieved 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. Bibcode:2010PhRvL.104n2502O. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.142502. PMID 20481935.
  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 $^{249}\mathrm{Bk}$$+$$^{48}\mathrm{Ca}$ reactions". Physical Review C. 83 (5): 054315. Bibcode:2011PhRvC..83e4315O. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.83.054315.
  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. 185 (3): 473–483. Bibcode:2017NSE...185..473H. doi:10.1080/00295639.2016.1272973. ISSN 0029-5639. OSTI 1348297. S2CID 125423356.