Physics Seminar: Radiation Hardness Assurance for the Space Electronics

Title: Radiation
Hardness Assurance for the Space Electronics

Speaker: Dr. Özge Amutkan, Sabanci Universitesi

Abstract: The space
radiation environment is responsible for many disturbances on
electronic systems used in a space mission. Radiation effects in
space environment are important and can not be neglected because it
reduces the lifetime of the mission. The
natural space environment consists of trapped electrons and protons
in Van Allen belts, protons and heavy ions from cosmic rays and
solar flares. Total Ionization Dose (TID) and Single Event Effects
(SEE) are the most observed in-flight anomalies. In this
presentation, the natural space environment, and whys and hows of
radiation hardness assurance test methodologies are discussed.

Biography: Dr.
Özge Amutkan got her B.S. From Ankara University, Department of
Physics Engineering, in 2001. She got her PhD in Physics from Middle
East Technical University in 2010. During her PhD, she collaborated
with INFN, Pg (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Perugia) and
participated radiation hardness tests in Italy. Since August, she has
been working as a postdoctoral research associate at the Faculty of
Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University.

 Physics Seminar, 20 October 2010, FENS L045, Wednesday 13:40