While classical problems of nuclear security and safeguards may focus on plant protection or identification of materials of interest, the contemporary nonproliferation requires a wider approach, including deep understanding of policy in addition to fundamental and applied aspects of both, nuclear and radiological engineering. Nuclear nonproliferation has recently brought a new and unique class of research problems that demand a balance of understanding of nuclear reactor design and radiation detection. Nuclear and radiological branches of engineering have traditionally been divided into nearly self-contained disciplines. Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, Medical Physics: Advanced radiation detection, nuclear security and safeguards, advanced nuclear systems design and analysis with emphasis on safety and performance.
She is a co-author of Active Interrogation in Nuclear Security: Science, Technology, and Systems, published by Nature Springer in 2018, and over a hundred of journal publications, conference proceedings and presentations. Erickson is the Director of the Consortium for Enabling Technologies and Innovation, a $25M Consortium sponsored by DOE National Nuclear Security Administration and composed of twelve institutions of higher education and twelve national laboratories with an objective to create a research and education environment to support cross-cutting technologies across three core disciplines: the umbrella of (1) computer and engineering science research specifically in a form of machine learning and high performance computing will support and enhance (2) advanced manufacturing and (3) nuclear detection technologies. Her research is focused on bridging a critical gap between the reactor engineering and nuclear nonproliferation communities by integrating theoretical reactor analysis and design and experimental detection. in Nuclear Science and Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 20, respectively. M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008.Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011.
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