Hageman named Fellow of Health Physics Society

San Antonio -- May 24, 2004 -- John P. Hageman, a principal scientist and radiation safety officer at Southwest Research Institute^® (SwRI^®), has been selected a Fellow of the Health Physics Society, a nonprofit scientific professional organization with a mission to promote the practice of radiation safety. The award is given to senior members of the Health Physics Society "in recognition of their significant administrative, educational and/or scientific contributions to the profession of health physics."

Hageman came to the Institute in 1976 as a research engineer in the Nondestructive Testing and Nuclear Services Department, where he managed the radiation control program to ensure compliance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Transportation and state of Texas regulations.

In 1987, he transferred to the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA), a federally funded research and development center established by the NRC at SwRI. At the CNWRA, he managed several projects related to the NRC's high-level radioactive waste program and was principal investigator for a project that developed a systematic and comprehensive approach to determine the sufficiency and adequacy of NRC regulations for handling high-level waste.

Since 1996, Hageman has served as SwRI's radiation safety officer and is responsible for the use of a large variety of radionuclides under a Broad Radioactive Material License issued for research and development. He is also responsible for the safe operation of a wide variety of radiation-producing machines used for laboratory analyses and SwRI's High-Level Radiation Effects Facility.

Hageman has been a member of the Health Physics Society since 1977 and has served on various national committees for the society including chairman of the Publications Committee and chairman of the Local Arrangements Committee, and since 1999 has been an associate editor of Operational Health Physics, a supplement to the society's scientific journal, Health Physics. In 2003, he was elected to the society's Board of Directors. He has also served as president of the South Texas Chapter (STC), chairman of the STC Nominating Committee and is a member of the STC Task Force for Homeland Security. Since 1984, Hageman has served as editor-in-chief for the STC newsletter, The Billet.

He holds a bachelor of science degree in physics from The University of Texas at Arlington and a master of science degree in radiological sciences-medical health physics from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. In 1999, Hageman became a Certified Health Physicist with the American Board of Health Physics. He is co-inventor on one patent, U.S. 5,861,701, "Charged-Particle Powered Battery."

For more information, contact Deborah S. Deffenbaugh, Communications, (210) 522-2046, Southwest Research Institute, PO Drawer 28510, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510.

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