Judith Bamberger

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Richland, WA 99352
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Biography

Over the course of her career at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Ms. Bamberger has been involved in a wide range of research topics ranging from multi-phase flow characterization to aerosol physics. For the past decade Ms. Bamberger's research in multi-phase flow has focused on development and application of in-situ real-time instrumentation to characterize physical and rheological properties of particulate-laden fluids and multi-phase suspensions in both vessels and pipelines. Low power ultrasound is used to efficiently interrogate opaque suspensions. She is currently developing and deploying ultrasonic sensing systems to characterize density and concentration of inorganic solids in nuclear waste slurries, to characterize hydrates properties during drilling operations and settling of inorganic solids. She has expertise in the design and conduction of experimental studies and their subsequent analysis to characterize the performance of fluid, thermal hydraulic, and aerosol systems. As program integrator and technical contributor she has directed and contributed to field and laboratory experimental evaluations, hardware and test section design and development, state-of-the-art instrumentation system development, and data analysis.

Education and Credentials

P.E., Professional Engineer, State of Washington
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
B.S., Physics and Chemistry, Dickinson College

Awards and Recognitions

2005, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Dedicated Service Award

Selected Publications

2009

Meyer PA, JA Bamberger, CW Enderlin, JA Fort, BE Wells, SK Sundaram, PA Scott, MJ Minette, GL Smith, CA Burns, MS Greenwood, GP Morgen, EBK Baer, SF Snyder, M White, GF Piepel, BG Amidan, A Heredia-Langner, SA Bailey, JC Bower, KM Denslow, DE Eakin, MR Elmore, PA Gauglitz, AD Guzman, BK Hatchell, DF Hopkins, DE Hurley, MD Johnson, LJ Kirihara, BD Lawler, JS Loveland, OD Mullen, MS Pekour, TJ Peters, PJ Robinson, MS Russcher, S Sande, C Santoso, SV Shoemaker, SM Silva, DE Smith, YF Su, JJ Toth, JD Wiberg, XY Yu, and N Zuljevic. 2009. Pulse Jet Mixing Tests With Noncohesive Solids. PNNL-18098, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2008

Bamberger JA, PA Meyer, JR Bontha, JA Fort, F Nigl, JM Bates, CW Enderlin, ST Yokuda, DE Kurath, AP Poloski, HD Smith, GL Smith, and MA Gerber. 2008. "EVALUATING PULSE JET MIXING WITH NON-NEWTONIAN SLURRIES." In Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2007, vol. 8, no. Part B, pp. 1909-1930. American Society Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY.

2007

Bamberger JA, and PA Meyer. 2007. "CHARACTERIZING PULSATING MIXING OF SLURRIES." In Proceedings of FEDSM2007 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference July 30-August 2, 2007 San Diego, California USA , vol. 2, no. FEDSM2007-37666, pp. 201-205. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY.
Fort JA, JA Bamberger, PA Meyer, and CW Stewart. 2007. Initial Investigation of Waste Feed Delivery Tank Mixing and Sampling Issues. PNNL-17043, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Bamberger JA, LM Liljegren, CW Enderlin, PA Meyer, MS Greenwood, PA Titzler, and G Terrones. 2007. Final Report One-Twelfth-Scale Mixing Experiments to Characterize Double-Shell Tank Slurry Uniformity. PNNL-16859, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2006

Pfund DM, MS Greenwood, JA Bamberger, and RA Pappas. 2006. "Inline Ultrasonic Rheometry by Pulsed Doppler." Ultrasonics 44(2006):e477- e482. doi:10.1016/j.ultras.2006.05.027
Greenwood MS, JD Adamson, and JA Bamberger. 2006. "Long-Path Measurements of Ultrasonic Attentuation and Velocity for Very Dilute Slurries and Liquids and detection of contaminates." Ultrasonics 44(Suppl. 1):e461-e466.
Meyer PA, DE Kurath, JA Bamberger, SM Barnes, and AW Etchells. 2006. "Scaling Laws for Reduced-Scale Tests of Pulse Jet Mixing Systems in Non-Newtonian Slurries: Mixing Cavern Behavior." In WM'06, the 32nd Waste Management Conference, February 26-March 2, 2006, Tucson, AZ, p. 14 pages. WM Symposia, Inc., Tucson, AZ.

2005

Bamberger JA, and MS Greenwood. 2005. "Evaluation of Ultrasonic Methods for In-Situ Real-Time Characterization of Drilling Mud." In Proceedings of FEDSM2005. ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and Exhibition June 19-23, 2005, Houston, TX, USA , vol. 2, pp. 499-504. Amer. Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York.

2004

Bamberger JA, and JA Glissmeyer. 2004. Release Fraction Evaluation. PNNL-14545, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Bamberger JA, and MS Greenwood. 2004. "Measuring fluid and slurry density and solids concentration non-invasively ." Ultrasonics 42(1-9):563-567.
Bamberger JA, and MS Greenwood. 2004. "Non-invasive characterization of fluid foodstuffs based on ultrasonic measurements." Food Research International 37:621-625.
Bamberger JA, and MS Greenwood. 2004. "Using ultrasonic attenuation to monitor slurry mixing in real time." Ultrasonics 42(1-9):145-148.
Bamberger JA, DS Daly, RS Brown, JA Vucelick, DK Tano, KK Anderson, and AA Diaz. 2004. "Using Radiofrequency Tags to Assess Mixing in Fluids." In Proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing. Canadian Institute for Non-Destructive Evaluation, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Greenwood MS, and JA Bamberger. 2004. "Self-Calibrating Sensor for Measuring Density through Stainless Steel Pipeline Wall." Journal of Fluids Engineering--Transactions of the ASME 126(2):189-192.

2003

Bond LJ, M Morra, MS Greenwood, JA Bamberger, and RA Pappas. 2003. "Ultrasonic Technologies for Advanced Process Monitoring, Measurement, and Control." In IMTC/03, Proceedings of the 20th IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, vol. 2, pp. 1288-1293. I E E E, Piscataway, NJ.

2002

Greenwood MS, and JA Bamberger. 2002. "Measurement of viscosity and shear wave velocity of a liquid or slurry for on-line process control." Ultrasonics 39(9):623-630.

2001

Bamberger JA, and MS Greenwood. 2001. Development of a Density Sensor for In-Line Real-Time Process Control and Monitoring of Slurries during Radioactive Waste Retrieval and Transport Operations at DOE Sites. PNNL-13719, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Bamberger JA, BL Burks, KD Quigley, SW Butterworth, and DD Falter. 2001. Technical Review of Retrieval and Closure Plans for the INEEL INTEC Tank Farm Facility. PNNL-13651, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Bamberger JA, BK Hatchell, BE Lewis, JD Randolph, and SM Killough. 2001. Evaluation of Technologies for Retrieval of Waste from Leaking Tanks. PNNL-13770, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Pappas RA, JA Bamberger, LJ Bond, MS Greenwood, PD Panetta, and DM Pfund. 2001. "Ultrasonic Methods for Characterization of Liquids and Slurries." In Conference Proceedings, IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. 7-10 Oct. 2001 , vol. 1, pp. 563-566. Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, NJ.

2000

Bamberger JA. 2000. An Assessment of Technologies to Provide Extended Sludge Retrieval from Underground Storage Tanks at the Hanford Site. PNNL-13048, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Bontha JR, JA Bamberger, TD Hylton, and TH May. 2000. Qualification of Three On-line Slurry Monitoring Devices for Application during Waste Retrieval Operations at DOE Sites. PNNL-13358, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

1999

Greenwood MS, JR Skorpik, JA Bamberger, and RV Harris. 1999. "On-line ultrasonic density sensor for process control of liquids and slurries." Ultrasonics 37(2):159-171.
Veltkamp DJ, SD Doherty, BB Anderson, M Koch, LJ Bond, LW Burgess, JR, AH Ullman, JA Bamberger, and MS Greenwood. 1999. "Process Analytical Chemistry." Analytical Chemistry 73(12):121R-180R.