Subject: Radiobiology

Speaker: Steven Curtis, President, Alphatech, Inc.

Date: September, 2010 (final date to be determined)

Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Dinner starts at 6:00 p.m.)

Location:
Atomic Testing Museum, 755 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89119
(between Paradise Rd. and Swenson St.)
702-794-5161

Fee:
$20 for IEEE members
$22 for non-members
Student chapter officers are free
Pay by cash at the meeting – no checks please

RSVP: RSVP with number of attendees to Sean Vallesteros at 702-258-7160

Radiobiology
Interactions with ionizing radiation and the biochemistry in humans is the source of damage from radiological exposure events. This talk begins with the methods of interaction and compares them with other toxic and natural detrimental human body reactions.

The presentation is on the level of a health physics novice and is interactive in nature so questions can be asked and answered. The format is designed to relate these changes in DNA biochemistry with radiological damage to the human body, either as prompt radiation sickness or death and the development of cancer. Internal and external exposure are included as are shielding and protection methods involved in accidents.

About the presenter
Steve Curtis holds a BSEE and MS in Health Physics from UNLV. He worked in digital communications in the Army and briefly for the Air Force at Nellis AFB. He served as a radiological emergency team leader for the NEST and national consequence management teams for 15 years.

His current position is president of Alphatech, Inc. and he consults on matters of radiological emergency response, training and exercise, and health physics.

Steve is a program manager for national security research programs at UNLV. He is the incoming President of the Nevada Section of the American Nuclear Society and is a past-president of the Lake Mead Health Physics Society.