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Contact Info: Lanfranco Muzi

Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
USA

1930 SW Fourth Avenue, Suite 500
Portland, Oregon 97201

 
Fax: +1 503 725 3211

Write email to "muzila" using the domain "cs.pdx.edu"

Education:

Graduate student in Computer Science

Qualifying examination for the profession of Engineer passed in the first session of year 2002 at University of Pisa.

5-year "Laurea" in Nuclear Engineering - Innovative nuclear systems at University of Pisa (Italy) on December 12th, 2001. My thesis pertained to the application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) data to neutron-transport simulations (using the MCNP code) for radiation-treatment planning in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) for cancer.

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Languages:

Italian:

Mother tongue.

English:

- 12/02/2002 TOEFL (Computer Based Test)

Scores:

Listening: 28

Structure/Writing: 30

Reading: 30

Essay Rating: 6

Total score: 293/300 (equivalent paper-based score: 670)

(An official score report can be requested from ETS)

- June 1994: University of Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English

Work Experience:

Current:

Graduate Research Assistant at Portland State University (Portland, OR).

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March 1st, 2002 – February 29th, 2004:

Researcher at Università di Pisa, Dept. of Mechanical, Nuclear and Production Engineering (DIMNP), collaborating with Dr. Giuseppe G. Daquino under the supervision of Prof. Nicola Cerullo and Prof. Marino Mazzini.

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August 1st -October 31st 1999:

"Summer Research Assistantship" (SRA) sponsored by the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC, formerly SACLANT Undersea Research Centre).

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November 1997 – May 1998:

Contract with the Department of Mechanical, Nuclear and Production Engineering (DIMNP, University of Pisa - Italy) for the complete software design and development of the DIMNP web site.

Publications:

Articles:

-    N. Cerullo, G.G. Daquino, Muzi L. "An overview on the developments and improvements of a treatment planning system for BNCT", IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2006 53 (3): 1333-1338.

-    N. Cerullo, J.Esposito, D.bufalino, A.Mastrullo, L.Muzi, S.Palmerini – “Preliminary design of a Gd-NCT neutron beam based on compact D-D and D-T neutron source”, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2005 116(1-4):605-608, Oxford University Press

-       G.G. Daquino, N.Cerullo, M.Mazzini, R.L.Moss, L.Muzi – “Experimental and computational validation of BDTPS using a heterogeneous boron phantom”, Appl Radiat Isot. 2004 Nov; 61(5):893-7.

-       L. Muzi, A.P. Lyons and E. Pouliquen - “Use of X-ray computed tomography for the estimation of parameters relevant to the modeling of acoustic scattering from the seafloor”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B, 213 (2004) 491-497.

-       N. Cerullo, G. G. Daquino, L. Muzi and J. Esposito – “Development of a treatment planning system for BNCT based on positron emission tomography data: preliminary results”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B, 213 (2004) 637-640

-       R. L. Moss, F. Stecher-Rasmussen, J. Rassow, J. Morrissey, W. Voorbraak, W. Verbakel, K. Appelman, G. G. Daquino, L. Muzi, A. Wittig et al – “Procedural and practical applications of radiation measurements for BNCT at the HFR Petten”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B, 213 (2004) 633-636

Edited proceedings:

-       M. Mazzini, R. Ciolini, V. Giusti and L.Muzi editors, “Proceedings of the International Workshop on Neutron Capture Therapy: state of the art and 3rd Young Members Neutron Capture Therapy Meeting” (2004) Edizioni Plus – Pisa University Press, Pisa (Italy) - ISBN 88 8492 210-0

Proceedings of International Conferences/Workshops:

-       G.G. Daquino, N. Cerullo, M. Mazzini, R. Moss, L. Muzi – “BDTPS: the BNCT treatment planning system jointly developed at DIMNP and JRC/IE”, Proceedings of "International Workshop on Neutron Capture Therapy: state of the art", Pisa (Italy) 28thNovember 2003 - ISBN 88 8492 210-0

-       L.Muzi – “Quantitive studies on the application of positron emission tomography to BNCT treatment planning”, proceedings of the “Third Young Members NCT Meeting", Pisa (Italy), November 29th – December 2nd 2003 - ISBN 88 8492 210-0

-        N. Cerullo, G.G. Daquino, L. Muzi, J. Esposito – “Positron emission tomography application to the treatment planning system (TPS) in BNCT”, Research and development in Neutron Capture Therapy, Essen (Germany) 8-13 September, 2002, pages 541-545, Monduzzi Editore (Bologna, Italy).

-       L. Muzi - "Using Caronte to test innovative solutions for BNCT treatment planning", presented at the "Second Young Members NCT Meeting", Studsvik (Sweden), Otaniemi (Finland), 9-14 June, 2001

-       N. Cerullo, G. Daquino, L. Muzi – “Treatment Planning Systems used in BNCT”, Proceedings of "BNCT, Boron Neutron Capture Therapy: State of the Art, International Physical and Clinical Workshokp", Torino (Italy) 17th February 2001.

-       E. Pouliquen, A. P. Lyons, N. G. Pace, T. H. Orsi, E. Michelozzi, L. Muzi, P. A. G. Thomson - "Evidence of the dominance of sediment volume scattering above 100 kHz", Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference on Underwater Acoustic - Edited by P. Chevret and M.E. Zakharia - Reference: ECUA2000/109.

-       G.G. Daquino, L. Muzi – “A PET and MRI-Based Treatment Planning System to evaluate doses related to the real non-uniform boron distribution in the brain”, presented at the “First Young Members NCT Meeting", Petten NL, 8 - 11 September, 1999.

Invited contributions:

-       G.G.Daquino, L.Muzi - Positron Emission Tomography and Treatment Planning for BNCT – Open Workshop on Treatment Planning for BNCT – EU/US Treatment Planning Meeting, IE-JRC Petten, 5th  November, 2001 – reported in the EORTC Annual Report 2001

-       L. Muzi – Invited Contribution to the panel discussion on Applied Research And Formation In The Nuclear Technology Field, Proceedings of the “International conference on E. Fermi and nuclear energy”, Oct. 15-16, 2001, Pisa (I) (to be published).

Memos and Technical Reports:

-       G.G. Daquino, L. Muzi – “Positron Emission Tomography and Treatment Planning for BNCT”, RL 941(2002), Atti del Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Nucleare e della Produzione, Università di Pisa (I).

-       E. Pouliquen, A. P. Lyons, N.G. Pace, E. Michelozzi, L. Muzi – "Backscattering from bioturbated sediments at very high frequency", Report SR-342 NATO SACLANT Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia (I).  

   

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