Scholars

Associate Professor

Positions:

Interim Director, Center for Nuclear Security Science & Policy Initiatives, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering, College of Engineering

overview

Dr. Craig Marianno's areas of interest include nuclear counter terrorism, nuclear instrumentation development, exercise development, radiological consequence management and environmental health physics. From 2000 - 2009 Dr. Marianno worked for the Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL) and served in many of the National Nuclear Security Administration's emergency response teams. He has been a member and team lead for the Nuclear/Radiological Advisory Team (NRAT), Capital Region Search Team (CRST), Aerial Measurements System (AMS), Consequence Management Response Team (CMRT), Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) Search Response Team (SRT) and a Captain on the Radiological Assistance Program (RAP). He was responsible for generating the dose assessment and geographic data sets for every Nuclear Power plant exercise in which the DOE participates from 2004 to 2007. From 2007 to 2009 he managed the engineering group responsible for developing custom instrumentation for the detection of radiation in unique environments. He has a Bachelor's in Physics from the University of California at Davis, a Master's in Radiological Health Sciences from Colorado State and a PhD in Radiation Health Physics from Oregon State. He is a Certified Health Physicist, a member of the Health Physics Society and a member of the Society's Homeland Security Committee. He is also serve's in the society's "Ask the Export" for homeland security matters.

education and training

Ph.D. in Radiation Health Physics, Oregon State University - (Corvallis, Oregon, United States) 2000
M.S. in Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University - (Fort Collins, Colorado, United States) 1996
B.S. in Physics, University of California, Davis - (Davis, California, United States) 1993

selected publications

Academic Articles47

King, J., Marianno, C., & Chirayath, S. (2023). Neutron Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Dry Cask Storage Using a New Remote Monitoring System Prototype. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 197(12), 3125-3137.
Wagner, J., & Marianno, C. (2023). Tests of a Gamma Spectrometer-Neutron Counter Relationship as a Neutron Alarm Metric in Mobile Radiation Search Systems.
Harvey, T., Fuhrmann, M., Marianno, C. M., & Chirayath, S. S. (2023). A simple and low-cost directional detection technique for radiation source localization for nuclear security applications. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1050, 168129-168129.
Galindo, A. R., & Marianno, C. (2023). Remote Laboratory for Nuclear Security Education. 8(1),
King, J. W., South, D. M., Marianno, C. M., & Chirayath, S. S. (2022). Experimental and Computational Verification of a New Remote Monitoring System Design for Spent Fuel Dry Cask Safeguards Using Small-Scale, Generic Diversion Scenarios. Nuclear Technology. 208(11), 1635-1648.

Chapters4

Marianno, C. (2023). Radiation Detection for Border Monitoring. Hobbs, C., Tzinieris, S., & Aghara, S. K. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Nuclear Security. 0-0. Oxford University Press.
Lykhovyd, E., Butenko, S., Marianno, C., & Yates, J. (2023). A Network-Based Risk-Averse Approach to Optimizing the Security of a Nuclear Facility. Springer Optimization and Its Applications. Balomenos, K. P., Fytopoulos, A., & Pardalos, P. M. (Eds.), Handbook for Management of Threats. 279-298. Springer Nature.
Marianno, C. M. (2021). Emergency Response. Greenspan, E. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Nuclear Energy. 828-839. Elsevier.
Marianno, C. (2019). Dosimetry Considerations for Urban Search and Rescue Service Dogs During Radiological Incidents. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements NCRP Commentary No. 28 Implementation Guidance for Emergency Response Dosimetry. 44-45. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.