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Randy Schwarz email: RandySchwarz@mcnpvised.com Education: M.S. Computer Science, Washington State University, Tri-Cities, WA, 2005. M.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Washington, Tri-Cities, WA, 1990. B.S.Physics, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 1986. |
Positions and Experience:
Schwarz Software & Consulting/Visual Editor Consultants Richland, WA, 7/01 – present, Owner. Responsibilities: MCNP Visual Editor development, Teaching and Consulting.
Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) Richland, WA, 10/96 – 12/2006, Senior Research Engineer, Materials and Engineering Analysis. Responsibilities: Nuclear Engineer with expertise in Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) applications and scientific visualization.
Westinghouse Hanford Company Richland, WA, 9/86 – 9/96, Advanced Scientist, Radiation Physics and Shielding. Responsibilities: Shielding and reactor physics analysis.
Research and Professional Experience:
Principal Investigator for the following Grants:
DOE Phase 1 grant, July 22, 2002, through April 21, 2003, DE-FG03-02ER83568
DOE Phase 2 grant, June 27, 2003 through June 26, 2005, DE-FG02-03ER83844
DOE Phase 1 grant, June 27, 2005 through March 26, 2006DE-FG02-05ER84178
NASA Phase 1 grant, January 20, 2006 through July 24, 2006 NNL06AA48P
DOE Phase 1 grant, June 20, 2007 through March 19, 2008 DE-FG02-07ER84735
NASA Phase 2 grant, December 1, 2006 through December 2, 2008 NNL07AA10C
Awards
1998 Tri-Cities Engineer of the Year. Awarded by the Washington Society of Professional Engineers
Technical Meeting Papers
R.A. Schwarz, L.L. Carter, T.P. Dole, S.M. Fredrickson, and B.M. Templeton, "Graphical User Input Interface for MCNP," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 69, 401 (1993).
R.A. Schwarz, L.L. Carter, and N. Shrivastava, "Creation of MCNP Input Files with a Visual Editor," Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Radiation Shielding, 454-459, April 1994, Arlington, Texas.
R.A. Schwarz, R.J. Morford, L.L. Carter, G.B. Jones, and J. Greenborg, Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Radiation Shielding, 1225-1232, April 1994, Arlington, Texas.
R.A. Schwarz and L.L. Carter, "Visual Editor for Creating MCNP Input Files," Proc. Int. Conf. on Mathematics and Computations, Reactor Physics, and Environmental Analyses, 1146-1147, April 30 - May 4, 1995, Portland, Oregon.
R.A. Schwarz, D.E. Bullock, and J. Greenborg, "ALARA Calculations Using Interactive Visualization Tools," Proc. 1996 Topical on Radiation Protection and Shielding, Vol. 2, 1004-1011, 1996, No. Falmouth, Massachusetts
R.A. Schwarz and L.L. Carter, "Visual Editor for Creating MCNP Input Files," Proc. Int. Conf. on Mathematics and Computations, Reactor Physics, and Environmental Analyses, 1146-1147, April 30 - May 4, 1995, Portland, Oregon.
L.L. Carter and R.A. Schwarz, "Visual Creation of Lattice Geometries for MCNP Criticality Calculations," Trans. Amer. Nucl. Soc., 77, 223 (1997).
R.A. Schwarz and L.L. Carter, "Visual Editor to Create and Display MCNP Input Files," Trans. Amer. Nucl. Soc., 77, 311-312 (1997).
R.A. Schwarz, L.L. Carter, K.E. Hillesland, and V.E. Roetman, "Advanced MCNP Input File Creation Using the Visual Editor," Proceedings. of the American Nuclear Society Topical, Technologies for the New Century, 2, 317-324, April 1998, Nashville, Tennessee
L.L. Carter and R.A. Schwarz, "The Visual Creation and Display of MCNP Geometries and Lattices for Criticality Problems," Trans. Amer. Nucl. Soc., (1999).
L.L. Carter, R.A. Schwarz, and J. Pfohl, "A Microsoft Windows Version of the MCNP Visual Editor," Trans. Amer. Nucl. Soc., 81, 256-257 (1999).
R.A. Schwarz, L.L. Carter, and W. Brown, "Particle Track Visualization Using the MCNP Visual Editor," Proc. Am. Nucl. Soc. Topical Radiation Protection for Our National Priorities Medicine, the Environment and, the Legacy, 324-331, 2000, Spokane, Washington
R.A. Schwarz, L. L. Carter, "Current State of Monte Carlo Visualization Tools," Advanced Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics, Particle Transport Simulation and Applications, p. 815-819, October 23-26, 2000, Lisbon, Portugal
R.A. Schwarz, "Current Status of the MCNP Visual Editor," Proceedings of the 2002 Topical on Radiation Protection and Shielding, April 14-18, 2002, Santa Fe, New Mexico
R.A. Schwarz, "Fission Source Visualization for Criticality Problems using Source Point Generation Plotting," Proceedings of the 2002 Topical on Radiation Protection and Shielding, April 14-18, 2002, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
R.A. Schwarz, "Simple Visualization Techniques used to Optimize the Shielding Configuration of a Reactor on Mars," Proceedings of the 2002 Topical on Radiation Protection and Shielding, April 14-18, 2002, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
A.L. Schwarz, R. A. Schwarz, and L. L. Carter, "3-D Plotting Capabilities in the Visual Editor for Release 5 of MCNP," Proceedings of the 2003 Topical on Mathematical and Computational Sciences, April 6-10, 2003, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
R.A.. Schwarz, A.L. Schwarz, and L. L. Carter, " Conversion Of Computer Aided Design (CAD) Output Files To Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) Input Files," The Monte Carlo Method: Versatility Unbounded in a Dynamic Computing World, Chattanooga, TN, April 17-21, 2005
R.A. Schwarz, A.L. Schwarz, and L. L. Carter, "Wizards and Visualization Features for MCNP Geometries and Sources," The American Nuclear Society's 14th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, Carlsbad New Mexico, USA. April 3-6, 2006
A.L. Schwarz, R. A. Schwarz, "Graphical User Interface for Simplified Transport Calculations", 61st Annual Health Physics Society Meeting, Spokane, Washington, July 17-21, 2016