 Ph.D. University of California Berkeley, Department of Nuclear Engineering, USA, 2017.5  M.S. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, Korea, 2011.2  B.S. Kyung Hee University, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Korea, 2009.2

 2019.09-2022.08 Assistant Professor, Jeju National University, Korea  2018.09-2019.07 Postdoctoral Researcher, Texas A&M University, USA  2017.09-2018.08 Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow, Texas A&M University, USA

 J. Park, J. Song, M. Ju, J. Chung, T. Jeon, C. Kang, S.M. Woo*, Algorithm for Computational Age Dating of Nuclear Material for Nuclear Forensic Purposes. Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, Vol.20(2), pp.171-183, 2022  E. Im, J. Kim*, S. M. Woo*, Study on the Policy Literacy for Nuclear and Renewable Energy of Republic of Korea, Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.54 (2), pp 741-748, 2022 .  J. Ryu, S.M. Woo*, M. Lee, H. Yoon, Flame propagation in hydrogen-air layers generated from a geological repository of radioactive nuclear waste, Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.54 (1) pp.130-137, 2022.  S. M. Woo, M. Lee*, J. Ryu, Reconsideration of Significant Quantity (SQ) for Pu based on the Strategic Impact Investigation of Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapon (NSNW) using Monte-Carlo Simulations, Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, Vol.19 (4), 2021.  S. M. Woo, S. S. Chirayath*, M. Fuhrmann, Can Pyroprocessing Technology Reduce Proliferation Risk of the Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle?, Energy Policy, Vol. 144, 2020.  K. Jeong*, S.M. Woo, J. Park, S. Bae, Detection of Hydrolyzed Plutonium Chloride Compounds Generated by Moisture Intrusion of Pyroprocessing Hot Cell using Density Functional Theory, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 325, 2020.  H. Suh, H. Jee, J. Kim, R. Kitagaki, S. Ohki, S. M. Woo, K. Jeong, S. Bae*, Influences of rehydration conditions on the mechanical and atomic structural recovery characteristics of Portland cement paste exposed to elevated temperatures, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 235, 2020.  S. M. Woo, S. S. Chirayath*, C. Kang, Y. Minamigawa, Semi-Empirical Analysis of the Spatial Variation of Pu Quality Ratio in a Reactor Core for Application in Pyroprocessing of Used Nuclear Fuel, Annals of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 138, 2020.  S. M. Woo, H. Kim*, S. S. Chirayath, Influence of the Spatial Pu Variation for Evaluating the Pu Content in Spent Nuclear Fuel Using Support Vector Regression, Annals of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 135, 2020.  S. Kurbanbekov*, S. M. Woo, S. Chirayath, Analysis of the DPRK’s Nuclear Weapons Capabilities by Estimating its Highly Enriched Uranium Stockpile and Natural Uranium Reserves, Science & Global Security, Vol. 27 pp. 113-123.  J. Park, H. Suh, S. M. Woo*, K. Jeong, S. Seok, S. Bae*, Assessment of Neutron Shielding Performance of Nano-TiO2 incorporated Cement Paste by Monte Carlo Simulations, Progress in Nuclear Energy, Vol. 117 pp. 1-10, 2019.  S.M. Woo, H. Boo, S. S. Chirayath*, K. Jeong, Investigations on Detecting Potential Nuclear Material Diversion from a Pyroprocessing Facility, Nuclear Technology, Vol. 205, pp. 464-473, 2019.  S. M. Woo, S. S. Chirayath*, Evaluation of Nuclear Material Accountability by the Detection Probability for Loss of Pu (LOPu) Scenarios in Pyroprocessing, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol. 51, pp. 198-206, 2019.  S. M. Woo*, S. S. Chirayath, M. Fratoni, Nuclide Composition Non-uniformity in Used Nuclear Fuel for Considerations in Pyroprocessing Safeguards, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol. 50, pp. 1120-1130, 2018.  S. M. Woo*, M. Yim, S. S. Chirayath, The Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Optimal Type-I (α) and Type-II (β) Error Values for Nuclear Material Accounting and Safeguards, Progress of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 108, pp. 281-285, 2018.  M. Lee, S. M. Woo*, A New Security Strategy for Small Medium Sized Reactor (SMR) Plants, Progress of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 108, pp. 66-70, 2018  J. Ryu, S. M. Woo*, A New Gas-Solid Reaction Model for a Voloxidation Process with Spallation, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol. 50, pp. 138-143, 2018  K . Jeong*, S. M. Woo, S. Bae, DFT Study on the Bonding Properties of Pu(III) and Pu(IV) Chloro Complexes, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology Vol. 55, 4, pp. 424-428, 2018.  S. M. Woo, S. H. Chang*, Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Design Basis Events using MARS-LMR, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 244, pp. 83-91, 2012

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