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     Ph.D., Duke University

     M.S., The Ohio State University
     B.S.E., Duke University

Here's what I study:

My research is in the field of heat transfer. I study how energy moves in, and through physiological systems. I have a particular interest in tissue & organ heating effects from exposure to radio-frequency (RF) fields. This work has implications to health & safety standards for a variety of devices (e.g., cell phones, wireless LANs) as well as therapies to treat certain cancers. It's also a fascinating field of research!

Here are some recent papers:

Nelson, D.A., Curlee, J.S., Curran, A.R., Ziriax, J.M. and Mason, P.A. "Determining localized garment insulation values from manikin studies: computational method and results" European Journal of Applied Physiology 95(5-6):464-73(2005)

Walters, T.J., Ryan, K.L., Nelson, D.A., Blick, D.W., Mason, P.A. “Effects of Blood Flow on Skin Heating Induced by Millimeter Wave Irradiation in Humans” Health Physics 86(2):115-120 (2004)

Nelson, D.A., T.J. Walters, K.L. Ryan, K.B. Emerton, W.D. Hurt, J.M. Ziriax, L.R. Johnson, and P.A Mason,. “Inter-Species Extrapolation of Skin Heating Effects from Millimeter Wave Irradiation: Modeling and Experimental Results” Health Physics 84(5):608-15 (2003)

Gasjek, P., T.J. Walters, W.D. Hurt, J.M. Ziriax, D.A. Nelson and P.A. Mason, “Empirical Validation of SAR Values Predicted by FDTD Modeling” Bioelectromagnetics 23:37-48 (2002)

Nelson, D., M. Nelson, T.Walters, and P. Mason, "Thermal Effects of Millimeter Wave Irradiation: Model Results" IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 48(11):2111-2120 (2000)