Andreas Enqvist
- Director, Nuclear Engineering Program
- Associate Professor (FP&L Nuclear Engineering Professor)
- Ph.D. Chalmers, University of Technology, Sweden
- Research Interests: Nuclear safeguards, detection statistics of radiation from fissile materials, and the physics behind particle-detector interactions. Neutron physics & detectors. Neutron noise signals. Radiation signal analysis
- Office: 100A Rhines Hall
- (352) 294-2177
- enqvist@ufl.edu
- CV: CV_Andreas_Enqvist_2019
Current Members:
Ph.D. Student (Class of 2025)
Cat began her PhD in Nuclear Engineering Sciences in August 2022. She is an active-duty Major in the United States Army and she specializes in nuclear intelligence. She earned her B.S. in Physics from the United States Military Academy in 2008 and her M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Florida in 2017. Her research with Dr. Enqvist is in fresh fuel neutron and gamma signature detection. Outside of work, Cat enjoys, reading, running, and spending time with her family.
Ph.D. Student (Class of 2028)
Emily completed her bachelor’s degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, in May 2023. She came to the University of Florida and Dr. Enqvist’s group in August 2023 to pursue her PhD in Nuclear Engineering Sciences. Emily’s research is on atmospheric transport of radioxenon for localization and characterization of clandestine underground nuclear tests (UGT), and she work for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory obtaining critical data for the Livermore Attenuation and Scattering Experiment (LASE). Emily enjoys boating and fishing, reading, and training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
MS Student
MS Student (Class of 2024)
Sai earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from India in May 2019. After gaining around four years of experience in software development, he moved to the University of Florida in January 2023 to pursue a Master’s degree in Computer Science. In July 2024, Sai joined Dr. Enqvist’s research group, where his work focuses on developing machine learning models for the fresh fuel verification project. His research involves optimizing and classifying various detectors, identifying the most effective configurations to improve model performance and detection accuracy. Outside of his academic work, Sai enjoys playing sports such as volleyball and badminton, working out, and watching movies.
Former Members:
| STUDENT: | DEGREE: | POST-GRADUATION/CURRENT LOCATION: |
| Brice Turner | Posthumous PhD 2024 | |
| Ezra Cockram | PhD (2022) | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Taylor Harvey | PhD (2021) | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Noah McFerran | PhD (2020) | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Gabriel Sandler | PhD (2019) | National Nuclear Security Administration |
| Kelsey Stadnikia | PhD (2019) | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| Heaba Noureddine | BS (2019) | Naval Air Systems Command |
| Xianfei Wen (Research Scientist) | Post-Doc (2019) | University of Tennessee – Knoxville |
| Lucas Martiri | MS (2019) | Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear |
| Ira Harkness | PhD (2018) | UF Nuclear Engineering Program, Instructional Assistant Professor, Director of IT and Facilities |
| Yinong Liang | PhD (2018) | Deloitte |
| Robert Weinmann-Smith | PhD (2018) | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Allan Martin | MS (2018) | Sandia/LANL |
| Shannon Eggers | PhD (2018) | Idaho National Lab |
| Gareth Newman | PhD (2017) | SCK-CEN (the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre) |
| Haitang Wang | PhD (2017) | Amazon |
| Michael Mauger | BS (2015) | |
| Enrique Wong | MS (2015) | |
| Lucienne Behar | BS | |
| Johnathan Rosales | BS | |
| Eric Steed | BS | |
| Dennis Avery | BS |
The Team, The Team, The Team:
We especially fondly remember previous group member Brice TUrner who left us much too early. But who left a long-lasting impression:
Former Ph.D. Student (Class of 2027, posthumous degree 2024)
Brice completed his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, in May 2022. He came to the University of Florida and Dr. Enqvist’s group in August 2022 to pursue his PhD in Nuclear Engineering Sciences. He held a position at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) during his latter PhD studies and previously at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), both opportunities which he treasured, Brice’s research wass on the production and life of fission products in urban post-nuclear weapon detonation environments. Brice enjoyed Formula 1, most things Star Wars, and watching sports.