Nevada Technical Associates, Inc.

Phone 702-564-2798
P.O. Box 93355, Las Vegas, NV 89193

About The Instructors

Dr. Robert Holloway formed Nevada Technical Associates, Inc. in 1994 and the company has been providing technical short courses since that time. Prior to that, he was employed by the Environmental Protection Agency in Las Vegas, Nevada as a laboratory supervisor in radiochemistry, in work related to radiation monitoring near the Nevada Test Site. He has also occasionally taught radiochemistry at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has more than 25 years experience in radiochemistry and environmental monitoring. He has published numerous scientific papers on radioactivity in the environment.

Mr. Ted Allen is a Certified Health Physicist with more than 30 years experience in the nuclear industry. He started his career in the nuclear Navy and has been employed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co.

Dr. Hermon Rao is President of Nuclear Technology Services, Inc., a full service calibration and radiological laboratory in Roswell, Georgia. He has over 25 years experience in the nuclear industry, mostly in the nuclear power industry.

Dr. Andrew Karam is employed as a consultant and as an adjunct Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He was formerly Radiation Safety Officer at the University of Rochester. He has 20 years of experience in health physics, including spending time in the Navy's nuclear power program, an environmental consulting firm, the State of Ohio, and two universities. Dr. Karam has an MS in Geological Sciences, a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences (both from the Ohio State University) and is board-certified in health physics by the American Board of Health Physics. He is a former member of the board of directors of the Health Physics Society and is past-president of the WNY Chapter of the HPS. Andrew has published over a dozen scientific and technical papers on various aspects of health physics and has given over 30 presentations at a variety of national and international meetings. Andrew is the author of a book, "Rig Ship for Ultra Quiet" based on his years in the submarine service.

Mr. Kenneth Smith is the Radiation Safety Officer for the University of California at San Diego. He is a Certified Health Physicist and a Registered Radiation Protection Technologist. He has a B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz and graduate coursework in Health Physics from San Jose State University and Georgia Institute of Technology.

Mr. Roger Sit is the Radiation Safety Officer at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is a Certified Health Physicist and has a M.S. in nuclear engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, as well as a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Mississippi. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in Nuclear Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. He was previously employed at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and the University of California, San Francisco.

Mr. Charles W. Scott is a Certified Health Physicist and is the RSO for Oak Ridge Associated Universities. He was previously employed by the Savannah River Site and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. He has an MPH from the University of South Carolina in Industrial Hygiene/Health Physics and a BS from The Citadel. He has more than 20 years experience in radiation protection including experience in Decontamination and Decommissioning.

Dr. Ron Thompson is retired from Louisiana Technical University where he was the Radiation Safety Officer and Director of the Nuclear Center. He has broad experience in the area of radiation safety and is the author of numerous scientific papers in the area of radionuclides in the environment. His Ph.D. is in chemistry from the University of Arkansas.

Instructors Wanted - We welcome resumes from those who may be interested in teaching short courses similar to the ones we offer. We are especially interested in instructors who can teach courses that we do not currently offer. Certification in Health Physics or an advanced degree in a closely related field are minimum requirements. This is a part time position only and can best be filled by someone who is currently employed but who has the time to work a few weeks each year in our courses.