Speakers

In 1999 John Fulton received Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Atmospheric Science from Texas A&M University. John continued his studies at Colorado State University where he received a Master’s Degree in Atmospheric Science for work on the implication of Vortex Rossby Waves on Hurricane Inner Core Dynamics. John joined Sandia National Laboratories in 2001.  During John’s early career he work in emergency response and consequence analysis regarding release of radiation from Radiological Dispersal Devices, Improvised Nuclear Devices, and State Sponsored Nuclear Weapons.  In this area he led the development of Turbo FRMAC which calculates radiation levels in the environment that potentially indicate the need for emergency action.  He also led the development of SHARC which predicts prompt nuclear effects, and atmospheric transport of fallout as well as conventional explosive equivalents.  John next moved to the Nuclear Power Plant side of Sandia where he led the development of the RASCAL software which predicts the atmospheric transport and environmental footprint of a nuclear power plant severe accident and further lead the Atmospheric Transport and Consequence group for the launch safety analysis of the Mars 2020 mission.  Currently John is the manager for the Accident Consequence Modeling and Analysis department at Sandia where he has programmatic responsibilities for the Space Nuclear Launch Safety and MACCS programs. The focus of John’s department is atmospheric transport, human health impact, long term remediation, economic and environmental impact of radiation along with predictive modeling of the mechanisms that lead to such releases.