§ Curriculum vitae

Dr. Mohamed Salah Hussein

Reactor & Radiation Physicist. Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Revised 2026-10-01

1 Profile

Reactor and radiation physicist with thirteen years of Monte Carlo reactor modelling at the Royal Military College of Canada, a doctoral design study of a new reactor concept for burning weapons-grade material, two decades of university and college teaching, and a Master of Engineering Management completed in 2026.

2 Appointments

2023–present: Research Fellow (remote, part-time), INTI International University, Malaysia (remote from Kingston).Nuclear and radiation science, SMR reactors, environmental radiation, physics education.
2023–2023: Senior Research Fellow, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario.Thorium-based fuel for small modular reactors: fuel sustainability and waste management through better fuel utilisation. Paper in preparation.
2022–present: Professor, St. Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario.Teaching chemistry and physics.
2019–2022: Assistant Professor (contractual), Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario.Nuclear science and engineering, reactor physics, physics. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Listed in the RMC instructor directory 2020–2021.
2021–2022: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario.Physics, general chemistry, health and radiation physics, nuclear science and engineering.
2017–2021: Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Associate, Royal Military College of Canada, via Calian Group, Kingston, Ontario.Reactor physics research under contract staffing.
2017–2019: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario.Reactor physics.
2009–2017: Reactor Physics Researcher, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario.Monte Carlo modelling of CANDU 6 and the Deuterium Critical Assembly in MCNP and Serpent; design of the Multispectrum CANDU Reactor. Seven papers 2013–2016 and the PhD thesis (2017), funded by NSERC and UNENE.
1995–2007: Physics teacher, Secondary schools.Physics taught to British, American, Egyptian, Indian and UAE national curricula. Distinguished Teacher Award, Abu Dhabi Educational Zone, 2007.
1993–1995: Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.Experimental physics for undergraduates.

3 Education

2024–2026: Master of Engineering Management, Engineering Management. Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario.Conferred May 2026. Coursework: nuclear regulations and waste management, shielding engineering and advanced microdosimetry, project and production management, quality control, risk analysis, operations research.
2026–2026: Introduction to OpenMC, Open-source Monte Carlo neutron and photon transport. OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Online.Certificate, June 2026.
2022–2022: Graduate Diploma, Education and Digital Technology. Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario.Graduated June 2024.
2010–2017: PhD, Nuclear Science and Engineering. Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario.Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Thesis accepted 31 May 2017. Supervisors Hugues Bonin and Brent Lewis. Funded by NSERC and UNENE.
2007–2008: MSc, Physics and Technology of Nuclear Reactors. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.The PTNR programme, running since 1956. Project: characteristics of the CZT detector.
1999–2003: MSc, Nuclear Radiation Detectors. Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.Thesis: a direct statistical mathematical model to calculate the full-energy-peak efficiency of HPGe detectors.
1997–1998: Postgraduate Diploma, Information Technology. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
1991–1992: Postgraduate Diploma, Radiation Physics. Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
1986–1990: BSc, Physics. Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.

4 Publications

M. S. Hussein (2025). Comprehensive Seismic Hazard Identification, Consequences, Risk Analysis and Mitigation for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Main Dam and Saddle Dam. Master of Engineering Management project, Ontario Tech University.
M. S. Hussein (2022). Emerging Augmented Reality as a Technology Tool to Enhance Learning Chemistry. Technology and the Curriculum: Summer 2022 (Ontario Tech University, Pressbooks).
J. Wallenius, M. Hussein (2018). Uranium Nitride Fuels for Application in CANDU Reactors. International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2018), 3603–3611.
Mohamed Salah Hussein (2017). Design of a Multispectrum CANDU Reactor for Burning Actinides: An Approach of Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Fuel Recycling. PhD thesis, Royal Military College of Canada (supervisors H. Bonin, B. Lewis), 363 pp..
M. Lovecký, R. Škoda, M. S. Hussein, J. J. Song, P. K. Chan (2016). The application of UWB1 nuclear fuel depletion code on a CANDU fuel bundle. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 90: 127–139. doi
M. S. Hussein, H. W. Bonin, B. J. Lewis, P. K. Chan (2015). Design of a MultiSpectrum CANDU-based Reactor, MSCR, with 37-Element Fuel Bundles Using Serpent Code. 7th International Conference on Modelling and Simulation in Nuclear Science and Engineering.
M. Lovecký, R. Škoda, M. S. Hussein, J. Song, P. K. Chan (2015). Burnable Absorbers in CANDU Fuel Bundle Depletion with UWB1 Code. 7th International Conference on Modelling and Simulation in Nuclear Science and Engineering.
M. S. Hussein, H. W. Bonin, B. J. Lewis (2014). Burnup Calculation of a CANDU6 Reactor Using the Serpent and MCNP6 Codes. 19th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference.
M. S. Hussein, H. W. Bonin, B. J. Lewis (2014). Calculation of the Radial and Axial Flux and Power Distribution for a CANDU 6 Reactor with both the MCNP6 and Serpent Codes. 19th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference.
M. S. Hussein, B. J. Lewis, H. W. Bonin (2013). Numerical Verification/Validation of the Theory of Coupled Reactors for Deuterium Critical Assembly, using MCNP5 and Serpent Codes. 12th International Conference on CANDU Fuel.
M. S. Hussein, H. W. Bonin, B. J. Lewis (2013). Numerical Verification of the Theory of Coupled Reactors for a Deuterium Critical Assembly Using MCNP5. 34th Annual Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society.
M. S. Hussein, et al. (2011). Direct Statistical Mathematical Model to Calculate the Full Energy Peak Efficiency of HPGe Detector. 2nd International Workshop on Real Time Measurement, Instrumentation and Control.
M. S. Hussein, et al. (2011). Validation of Direct Statistical Mathematical Model to Calculate Full Energy Peak Efficiency of Different Germanium Detector Sizes. 2nd International Workshop on Real Time Measurement, Instrumentation and Control.

5 Conferences

2023: Attendee, M&C 2023, Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, Niagara Falls
2018: Paper, International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2018), Cancún
2015: Two papers, 7th International Conference on Modelling and Simulation in Nuclear Science and Engineering, Ottawa
2014: Two papers, 19th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Vancouver
2013: Paper and presentation, 12th International Conference on CANDU Fuel, Kingston
2013: Paper, 34th Annual Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society, and student poster, 38th CNS/CNA Student Conference, Toronto
2011: Two papers, 2nd International Workshop on Real Time Measurement, Instrumentation and Control, UOIT, Oshawa

6 Teaching

Royal Military College of Canada (2019–2022): Nuclear Science and Engineering; Reactor Physics; Physics; General Chemistry; Health and Radiation Physics
St. Lawrence College (2022–): Chemistry; Physics
Secondary schools (1995–2007): Physics to British, American, Egyptian, Indian and UAE national curricula
Alexandria University (1993–1995): Experimental Physics laboratories
Courses taught: Nuclear Science and Engineering (2019–2022); Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering for Military Professionals (CBRN) (2021–2022); General and Fundamental Chemistry (2022–2023); Advanced Mathematics (2018–2024); Physical Chemistry (2018–2020); Radiation Transport and Computational Modelling (2017–2020); Modern and Fundamental Physics, with Lab (2016–present); Radiation Detection Techniques (2005–2007); Medical Physics and Bio-engineering (2005–2007); Electronic Circuit Analysis (2004–2007); Information Technology Applications (2004–2007); Secondary-school physics (1995–2007); Experimental physics laboratories (1993–1995). Full list and courses ready to teach at /teaching.

7 Skills

Reactor physics codes: MCNP5 / MCNP6.1, Serpent 1 and 2, WIMS-AECL 3.1.2.1, UWB1, OpenMC
Methods: Monte Carlo neutron and photon transport; full-core 3-D modelling; burnup and depletion; code-to-code verification and validation; coupled-reactor theory; flux and power tallies
Reactors: CANDU 6 (Gentilly-2), Deuterium Critical Assembly, Multispectrum CANDU Reactor concept, SMRs
Radiation physics: Health and radiation physics, shielding engineering, microdosimetry, nuclear radiation detectors, environmental radiation
Management: Project and production management, quality control, risk analysis, operations research, nuclear regulations and waste management
Computing: High-performance parallel computing (HPCVL, MPI), Linux and Windows, MATLAB
Languages: Arabic (native), English (professional)

8 Training & certification

2026: Introduction to OpenMC, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.
2022: Higher Education Teaching Certificate, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University.
2019: SLOWPOKE Reactor Operator Training.
2017: Radiation Safety Officer and Transport of Dangerous Goods Officer, Radiation Safety Institute of Canada.
2016: MCNPX-PoliMi Training Workshop, University of Michigan.
2015: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (SGS901), Queen’s University, Kingston.
2014: Nuclear Nonproliferation, Safeguards and Security in the 21st Century, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
2011: ZED-2 Reactor Physics Winter School, AECL, Chalk River Laboratories.
2011: CANDU Reactor Physics Course, Canadian Nuclear Society, Toronto.

9 Awards

2014: Brookhaven National Laboratory award to attend the summer course on Nuclear Nonproliferation, Safeguards and Security.
2011: Award to attend the ZED-2 Reactor Physics Winter School, AECL Chalk River.
2011: NSERC award for the Canadian Nuclear Society reactor physics course.
2007: Distinguished Teacher Award, Minister of Education, Abu Dhabi Educational Zone.
2005: IDRAC Center award, Abu Dhabi, for infusing thinking skills into science teaching.
2004: Zayed University award for using T3 tools in physics teaching.
1996: Award, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, for information technology in science teaching.
1991: Two Excellence Medals, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, during the liberation of Kuwait.

10 Funding, memberships & service

Funding: Doctoral research funded by NSERC and UNENE (University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering); computing at HPCVL, Queen's University.
Affiliation: Affiliated with the Canadian Nuclear Society and the Canadian Nuclear Association.
2011–2019: Instructor team, Science Rendezvous Kingston (RMC).
2015–2018: Judge, FLASF Science Fair, Queen’s University, Kingston.