Yuefeng Zhu
Associate Research Scientist, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
NERS
NEL 3018
(734) 763-8566
Education:
PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Nuclear Engineering, 2012
M.S., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Nuclear Engineering, 2005.
B.S., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Nuclear Engineering, 2002.
Research Interests: ^top
Room-temperature semiconductor radiation detectors.
Publications: ^top
1. J. Xia, M. Streicher, Y. Zhu, Z. He “Measurement of Electron Mobility-Lifetime Product in 3-D Position-Sensitive CdZnTe Detectors Using the VAD UMv2.2 Digital Readout System”. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 2018; 65(11): 2834-2837
2. D. Goodman, M. Streicher, Y. Zhu, Z. He “Identification of intervening materials in gamma-ray spectroscopy measurements using angularly deconvolved spectra with multiple sources in the field of view”. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 2018; 65(3): 924-931
3. J. Xia, Y. Zhu, Z. He “Efficient temperature corrections for gamma-ray energy reconstruction in 3-D positionsensitive CdZnTe detectors”. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2018
4. M. Streicher, Y. Zhu, D. Goodman, S. Brown, S. Kiff, Z. He “Fast Neutron Detection Using Pixelated CdZnTe Spectrometers”. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 2017; 64(7): 1920-1926
5. M. Streicher , S. Brown, Y. Zhu, D. Goodman, Z. He “Special Nuclear Material Characterization Using Digital 3-D Position Sensitive CdZnTe Detectors and High Purity Germanium Spectrometers”. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 2016; 63(5): 2649-26256
6. M. Streicher, S. Brown, Y. Zhu, D. Goodman, Z. He “A Method to Estimate the Atomic Number and Mass Thickness of Intervening Materials in Uranium and Plutonium Gamma-ray Spectroscopy Measurements”. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 2016; 63(5): 2639 – 2648
7. Y. Zhu, S. E. Anderson, Z. He “Sub-Pixel Position Sensing for Pixelated 3-D Position Sensitive Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Gamma-Ray Detectors”. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 2011; 58(3): 1400-1409
8. J.C. Kim, S.E. Anderson, W. Kaye, F. Zhang, Y. Zhu, S.J. Kaye, Z. He “Charge sharing in common-grid pixelated CdZnTe detectors”. Nucl. Instru. & MethNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2011; A654(1): 233-243
9. M. Deniz, S. Lin, V. Singh, J. Li, H.T. Wong, Y. Zhu “Measurement of (nu)over-bar(e)-electron scattering cross section with a CsI(Tl) scintillating crystal array at the Kuo-Sheng nuclear power reactor”. Physics Review D. 2010; 81(7): 072001
10. Y. Zhu, S. Lin, V. Singh “Measurement of the intrinsic radiopurity of 137Cs/235U/238U/232Th in CsI(Tl) crystal scintillators”. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2006; A557(2): 490-500
11. Y. Zhu, Y. Li, H.T. Wong “Energy & position reconstruction on CsI(Tl) scintillator detector array in TEXONO experiment”. High Energy. Phys. & Nucl. Phys . 2005; 29(3): 288-294
12. H. Chen, H. Li, M.D. Reed, A.G Sundaram, J. Eager, J.W. Hugg, S. Abbaszadeh, M. Li, G. Montemont, L. Verger, Y. Zhu, Z. He “Development of large-volume high-performance monolithic CZT radiation detector”. Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering , 2018
13. Z. He, Y. Zhu “Advancement on larger volume 4x4x1.5 cm3 CZT detectors”. IEEE nuclear science symposium 2018
14. Y. Zhu, G.D. Geronimo, Z. He “Building the Next-Generation 1-keV Noise ASIC System for Room-Temperature Semiconductor Gamma-ray Detectors”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2018
15. B. Williams, J. Xia, Y. Zhu, Z. He “Energy Resolution Improvement for High Energy Interactions in Pixelated Semiconductor Detectors Using Principal Component Analysis”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2018
16. J. Xia, D. Goodman, Y. Zhu, Z. He “Detection and Measurements of 3 to 8 MeV Gamma Rays in 3-D Position Sensitive CdZnTe Detectors Using the Orion Digital Readout System”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2018
17. Y. Zhu, Z. He “Development of 3-by-3 High Performance CdZnTe Array System Using VAD_UM v2.2 ASIC and Direct-attachment Technology”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2017
18. Y. Zhu, Z. He “Noise Reduction for Pixelated Room-Temperature Detectors Using VAD_UM v2.2 Digitizer ASIC”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2016
19. M. Streicher, Y. Zhu, Z. He “CdZnTe gamma-ray spectroscopy in high flux environments using digital pulse processing techniques”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2015
20. F. Zhang, Y. Zhu, M. Streicher, Z. He “New nonlinearity calibration method for 3-D position-sensitive CdZnTe detectors”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2014
21. M. Streicher, Y. Zhu, F. Zhang, Y.A. Boucher, C.G. Wahl, H. Yang, Z. He “A portable 2 × 2 digital 3D CZT imaging spectrometer system”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2014
22. Y. Zhu, F. Zhang, Y.A. Boucher, J. Mann, Z. He “Performance Comparison of Steering-Grid and Simple-Pixel CdZnTe Detectors”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2013
23. Y. Zhu, Z. He “Performance of a 2-keV digitizer ASIC for 3-D position-sensitive pixellated semiconductor detectors”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2012
24. C.R. Brown, Y. Zhu, H. Yang, Z. He “Adjacent 2-Pixel Event Discrimination in 3-D Position Sensitive Imaging CdZnTe Detectors Using the UM_VAD ASIC”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2012
25. W. Kaye, F. Zhang, Y.A. Boucher, W. Wang, J.C. Kim, Y. Zhu, Z. He “Event Classification in 3D Position Sensitive Pixelated CdZnTe Detectors”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2011
26. Y.A. Boucher, F. Zhang, W. Kaye, Y. Zhu, C. Herman, Z. He “Criteria Selection for 20x20x15 mm(3) Pixelated CdZnTe Semiconductor Detectors”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2010
27. H. Yang, F. Zhang, Y. Zhu, Z. He “Efficiency Measurement on 6.0 cm(3) 3-D CdZnTe Detectors”. IEEE nuclear science symposium, 2010
28. Y. Zhu, Z. He “Calculation of Electron Cloud Distribution in 3-D Position Sensitive CdZnTe Detectors Using MLEM method”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2009
29. J. Kim, S.E. Anderson, W. Kaye, S.J. Kaye, Y. Zhu, F. Zhang, Z. He “Study on Effect of Charge Sharing Events in Common-Grid Pixelated CdZnTe Detectors”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2009
30. Y. Zhu, S.E. Anderson, Z. He “Digital Signal Processing Methods for room temperature 3-D position Sensitive CdZnTe/HgI2 detectors”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2008
31. Y. Zhu, W. Kaye, F. Zhang, Z. He “Stability and characteristics of 3D HgI2 detectors at different cathode bias”. IEEE nuclear science symposium , 2007