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Ora Cullen Senior Thesis: Gravity-Induced Quantum Entanglement via Higher Order Inverted Oscillator Potential Advisor: Miles Blencowe

Stephanie Damish Senior Thesis: Detailed Modeling of Secondary Neutral Helium in the Heliosphere Advisor: Hans Mueller

Hadiye Nisa Kuvvet Senior Thesis: Noise Reduction in Quantum Systems Through a Kalman Filter Advisor: Alex Rimberg

Declan O'Scannlain Senior Thesis: Numerical Investigation of the Energy Spectrum in Hooke's Atom Advisor: Rufus Boyack

Rujuta Purohit Senior Thesis: AGNs and IMBH in Local Dwarf Galaxies Advisor: Ryan Hickox

Sophia Rubens Senior Thesis: The Jet Mechanism of Gravitationally Lensed Blazar PKS 1830-211 Advisor: John Thorstensen

Kendall Sippy Senior Thesis: Impacts of AGN Radiation on Planetary Atmospheres Advisor: Ryan Hickox

Allan Wang Senior Thesis: Three-Body Orbits in General Relativity Advisor: Robert Caldwell

Nathaniel Alden Senior Thesis: Anomalies in the decay rates if B-mesons and strong gravity Advisor: Roberto Onofrio

Wynter Alford Senior Thesis: Analysis of dipolar decoupling sequences using average Hamiltonian theory and Floquet theory Advisor: Chandrasekhar Ramanathan

Chase Alarado-Anderson Senior Thesis: The Stress of Love: Tidal Effects & Orbital Parameters on M Dwarf Planet Habitability Advisor: Elisabeth Newton and John Thorstensen

Abigail Burrows Senior Thesis: Eddington ratio distributions in the low-redshift AGN population Advisor: Ryan Hickox

Jack Duranceau Senior Thesis: Discovery and Characterization of Exoplanetary System TOI3353 Advisor: Elisabeth Newton and Ryan Hickox

Matthew Goodbred Senior Thesis: First Principles Theory of the Reconnection Rate in Relativistic Pair Plasmas Advisor: Yi-Hsin Liu

Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas Senior Thesis: Assessing the accuracy of measures of shape on quassar broad features Advisor: Ryan Hickox

Grace Kwon Senior Thesis: Interpretation of Plasma Signatures from the CREX-2 Sounding Rocket Mission Advisor: Kristina Lynch

Cassidy Nicks Senior Thesis: Mechanical Quantum Analog of Black Holes that Emit Hawking Radiations Advisor: Miles Blencowe

Shadi Ali Ahmad Senior Thesis: Relative Subsystems and Entanglement in Gauge Theory Advisor: Alexander R.H. Smith

Christopher Candelora Senior Thesis: Characterization of the Charge Carriers in Graphene Devices Advisor: Chandrasekhar Ramanathan

Owen Eskandari Senior Thesis: Hamiltonian Engineering of Dipolar Coupled Spin Systems Using Reinforcement Learning Advisor: Chandrasekhar Ramanathan

Clara Goldberger Senior Thesis: A New Method of Estimating Density Profiles of Auroral Roars and Observation of Presence of a Lower Density Gap Advisor: James LaBelle

Paola Karapataki Senior Thesis: Curvature Effects on Bosonic Dark Matter Mixing around Compact Objects Advisor: Devin Walker

Edward McManus Senior Thesis: Over the Picket Fence: A Simulated Analysis of STEVE Picket Fence Drivers Advisor: Kristina Lynch

Zehua Song Senior Thesis: The Sensitivity of Space-based Gravitational-Wave Detectors to The Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background Advisor: Robert Caldwell

Ben Squarer Senior Thesis: Numerical Model for Computing the Reactivities of Kappa-Distributed Nuclear Plasmas Advisor: Roberto Onofrio

Ian Siehl Senior Thesis: Information theory and exoplanetary atmospheres: A new way to detect life Advisor: Marcelo Gleiser

Timothy Strang Senior Thesis: Neural Nets for Hartree-Fock Advisor: James Whitfield

Brian Drisdelle Senior Thesis: Wave Packets and Superluminality in Neutrino Time-of-Flight Measurements Advisor: Roberto Onofrio

Will Kaufman Senior Thesis: Using Reinforcement Learning for Quantum Control in Magnetic Resonance Advisor: Chandrasekhar Ramanathan

Jack Parker Senior Thesis: Uncovering Hidden AGN: A Search for Central Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies Advisor: Ryan Hickox

Eashwar Sivarajan Senior Thesis: On the Detection of the Oscillatory Unruh Effect Advisor: Miles Blencowe

Claire Trop Senior Thesis: Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Tracked through Doppler shifted AM Radio Transmissions Advisor: James LaBelle

Relating Flows and Currents in Auroral Arcs Joshua Gutow Advisor: Kristina Lynch

A Luminosity Function for Field Ultra-diffuse Galaxies Joshua Perlmutter Advisor: R yan Hickox

An Analysis of Optical Polarization Angle Variations in Blazar Jets Tara Sweeney Advisor: Jedidah Isler

Modeling Astrospheres of Cool Main-sequence Stars According to Observable Stellar Parameters Gregory Mark Szypko Advisor: Hans Mueller

Tara E. Gallagher Fabrication and Characterization of Graphene Devices Advisor: Chandrasekhar Ramanathan  

Adam Burnett Senior Thesis: Testing Theories of Aural Radio Emissions With Direction-of-Arrival Measurements Advisor: James LaBelle

Krishan Canzius Senior Thesis: Entanglement Metrcis in Quantum Spin Chains Advisor: Chandrasekhar Ramanathan

Emily Golitzin Senior Thesis: Follow-up on a Swift/BAT Detected Seyfert II: Gas Ionization, Kinematics and the Spectral Energy Distribution of SWIFT J0446.4 + 1828 Advisor: Ryan Hickox

Raphael Hviding Senior Thesis: Understanding the Galactic Scale Effect of AGN with Fabry-Perot Spectroscopy from SALT Advisor: Ryan Hickox

Alana Juric Senior Thesis: Studying the Space Weather of Exoplanets in Binary Star Systems Advisor: Hans Mueller

Chenguant Li Senior Thesis: Memory Reactivation in Neural Networks Advisor: Alex Rimberg

Katherine Mentzer Senior Thesis: Extracting Density-Density Correlations From Quantum Degenerate Gases Advisor: Kevin Wright

Saba Nejad Senior Thesis: Does Gravity Enforce Macrorealism Advisor: Miles Blencowe

Andrew Sun Senior Thesis: Time-Dependent Simulation of Neutral Helium in the Heliosphere Advisor: Hans Mueller

Douglas Tallmadge Senior Thesis: Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion as an Undergraduate Laboratory Advisor: Robyn Millan

William Tremml Senior Thesis: Methods of Approximating Divergence-Free Vector Fields for Ionospheric Data Advisor: Kristina Lynch

Kent Ueno Senior Thesis: Entanglement Spectra of Engineered NMR Spin Hamiltonians Advisor: Chandrasekhar Ramanathan

Erik Weis Senior Thesis: Benchmarking Quantum Computers Using Electronic Structure Algorithms Advisor: James Whitfield

Anne Woronecki Senior Thesis: Optical Trapping and Transportation of an Ultracold Cloud Using a Focus Tunable Lens Advisor: Kevin Wright

Samuel Greydanus Senior Thesis: Approximating Matrix Product States with Machine Learning Advisor: James Whitfield

Margaret Lane Senior Thesis: X-Ray Spectral Modeling of Obscured AGN with Torus Models and Comparison to Mid-IR Emission Advisor: R yan Hickox

Jack Neustadt​ Senior Thesis: Optical Observations of Galactic Supernova Remnants Advisor: R obert Fesen

Lucas Bezerra​ Senior Thesis: Fast Wavefront Characterization of Optical Traps for Quantum Gases Advisor: Kevin Wright

Pawan Dhakal​ Senior Thesis: High Precision Helium Spectroscopy and Quantum Gravity Effects Advisor: R oberto Onofrio

Oscar Friedman​ Senior Thesis: Time Evolution of the Wigner Flow Function Advisor: Miles Blencowe

Muhammad Kiani​ Senior Thesis: Fabrication and Characterization of Graphene Devices Advisor: Chandrasekhar Ramanathan

Luis Martinez​ Senior Thesis: Bubbles in My Scalar Field Soup: A Study on Oscillons in Cosmology Advisor: M ercelo Gleiser

Jonathan Vandermause​ Senior Thesis: Characterization and Control of Nuclear Spin Systems Advisor: Chandrasekhar Ramanathan

Kathryn Waychoff​ Senior Thesis: Zonal Wind Variability of the Jovian Planets Advisor: Robyn Millan

William Athol Senior Thesis: Design and Validation of a Zero Field and Low Field EDMR System Advisor: Chandrasekhar Ramanathan

Matthew Digman Senior Thesis: Gravitational Anomaly in Anistropic Spacetimes Advisor: Robert Caldwell

Nina Maksimova Senior Thesis: Testing Alternatives to the Standard Cosmological Model using the Cosmic Microwave Background Advisor: Robert Caldwell

Laurel Anderson Senior Thesis:  Experimental Control of Spin Chain Dynamics Advisor:  Chandrasekhar Ramanathan

Todd Anderson Senior Thesis:  Orbital Dynamics Model of a CubeSat Swarm Under Aerodynamic Torque in LEO Advisor:  Kristina Lynch

Spencer Diamond Senior Thesis:  Plasma Etch Characterization for Use in Cavity Optomechancis Experiment Advisor:  Alex Rimberg

Peter Horak Senior Thesis:  Attitude Estimation for Rocket-Borne Sensorcraft Advisor:  Kristina Lynch

Sarah Pasternak Senior Thesis:  Design and Early Verification of an Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance (EDMR) System Advisor:  Chandrasekhar Ramanathan

Nathan Utterback Senior Thesis:  Kinematic Modeling and Analysis of the Galactic Supernova Remnant 3C58 (G130.7 + 3.1) Advisor:  R obert Fesen

Benjamin Katz Senior Thesis: Special-Relativistic Effects of a Microscale Oscillator on a Macroscopic Quantum State Advisor:  Miles Blencowe

Alexander Meill Senior Thesis: Implementing Measurement-Based Quantum Computing in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Advisor:  Chandrasekhar Ramanathan

Michael Chilcote Senior Thesis: Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Ionospheric Sounding Using AM Radio Advisor: James LaBelle

Aryeh Drager Senior Thesis: Using Multimedia Pre-Lecture Assignments to Improve the Introductory Physics Experience Advisor: Robyn Millan

Emily DeBaun Senior Thesis: Nonlinear Dynamics of a Biological Cell in a Uniform Electric Field Advisor: Miles Blencowe

Nicholas Knezek Senior Thesis: An Analysis of Energetic Oxygen Interaction with Europe in the Jovian Magnetosphere Advisor: Robyn Millan

Amanda Slagle Senior Thesis: Vector Field Mapping and Analysis Using Finite Sensor Swarms Advisor: Kristina Lynch

Dhrubo Jyoti Senior Thesis: Numerical Explorations of Dipolarly-Coupled Chaotic Quantum Spin Systems Advisor: Lorenza Viola

John Roland Senior Thesis: Fabrication of Nano-Mechanical Resonators for the Study of the Quantum to Classical Transition Advisor: Alex Rimberg

Julianna Scheiman Senior Thesis: The Feasibility of Using POES Satellite Data and Ground-Based Riometer Data to Examine Relativistic Electron Events Advisor: Robyn Millan

Ian Boneysteele Senior Thesis: Delta Pion Channels Advisor: Timothy Smith

Laura DeLorenzo Senior Thesis: The Non-Linear Dynamics of a DC Voltage Biased Microwave Cavity With An Embedded Josephson Junction Advisor: Miles Blencowe

Ian Hayes Senior Thesis: Microwave Resonators for the Study Of the Quantum-To-Classical Transition Advisor: Alex Rimberg

Umair Siddiqui Senior Thesis: Design, Calibration and Use of a Collimated Electron Source for Plasma Sheath Studies Advisor: Kristina Lynch

Evan W. Brand Senior Thesis: Dynamics of an Oscillating Classical Heisenberg Spin Chain Advisor: Miles Blencowe

Benjamin Chapman Senior Thesis: Nonlinear Effects in Oscillator Chains Advisor: Miles Blencowe

Matthew Schenker Senior Thesis: VLBI Mapping of H2O Megamasers in MRK 1419 Advisor: John Thorstensen

Wendell Smith Senior Thesis: The Entangled Twin Paradox Advisor: Miles Blencowe

Steven J. Weber Senior Thesis: Radio Frequency Quantum Point Contacts With On-Chip Inductors Advisor: Alex Rimberg

Phillip Bracikowski Senior Thesis: Study of Mesospheric Dust Advisor: Kristina Lynch

Alexander Crew Senior Thesis: Data Analysis of Magnetic Fields from the ROPA Sounding Rocket Advisor: Kristina Lynch

Parker Fagrelius Senior Thesis: Understanding Quantum Mechanics: Entangling our Reality Advisor: Marcelo Gleiser

Brendan Huang Senior Thesis: Investigation of Microscopic Photon and Phonon Non-Demolition Schemes Advisor: Miles Blencowe

Leon Maurer Senior Thesis: Low Temperature Coulomb Blockade Advisor: Alex Rimberg

Bennet Meyers Senior Thesis: Bremsstrahlung X-Rays Produced in Lightning Stroke Events Advisor: Robyn Millan

David Strauss Senior Thesis: VLF Propagation Study at 24kHz Advisor: James Labelle

Karl Yando Senior Thesis: Monte Carlo Simulation of the NOAH POES Particle Detector Module and Analysis of Relativistic Electron Fluxes Advisor: Robyn Millan

Jordan Zastrow Senior Thesis: An Optical Study of the Circumstellar Medium in Cassiopeia A Advisor: Robert Fesen

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Past Senior I.S. projects .

• Discuss possible self-designed topics with potential advisors  before  summer.
• Choose topic in late summer.
• Start reading background material.
• Conduct literature search* and record search strategy in your notebook.
• Apply for Copeland Funds for research equipment and travel.
• Collect or build equipment, write code, or perform initial calculations.
• Develop thesis outline and record in your notebook.
• Obtain preliminary results.
• Present oral progress report to faculty and majors in December.*
• Write thesis draft including at least two substantial chapters.
• Email thesis draft PDF to the Physics Administrative Coordinator by 5 p.m. the last day of classes.*
• Collect final data or finish calculations.
• Complete thesis manuscript.*
• Deliver first complete draft of thesis to your advisor before Spring Break.†
• Email a copy of the PDF to [email protected] and carbon-copy your I.S. advisors
• Upload a copy of the PDF to the OpenWorks repository
• Print just the cover page of your Independent Study thesis
• Bring the cover page to the Office of the Registrar in APEX (Gault Library) anytime during regular office hours
• Receive your numbered I.S. button!
• Present results at the  Senior Research Symposium  poster session.
• Digitally archive corrected thesis manuscript PDF.
• Defend thesis orally before the physics faculty.*

* Complete in the semester indicated or risk an NC (No Credit) for that semester. † Your adviser is not expected to read or comment on a draft submitted after this date. ‡ Failure to meet the deadline set by the Registrar could result in an NC (No Credit).

Introduction

The yearlong senior thesis project, or senior  Independent Study  (I.S.), allows you to experience the beauty and cohesiveness of physics by working on an extended project closely with a faculty advisor. There are few projects, even though narrow in scope, that do not require a breadth of understanding and a dependence on the lecture and laboratory material covered in the major courses. Thus, the senior thesis is an integral part of your education. It can provide a stimulating climax to your college career while, at the same time, it can be a defining introduction to your profession. 

This guide is written to clarify past questions and is not intended to dampen any of your enthusiasm for your senior thesis project. It does assume that you will enrolled in Physics 451-452 during successive Fall and Spring Semesters. The Physics Department reserves the right to update the guide at any time.

We do not expect you to embark on a project unaided by an advisor, but you should not expect your advisor to do the work for you (conduct the library search, construct the apparatus, develop the simulation, perform the calculation, take the data, and (re)write the thesis). Advisors advise and guide while you do the work. 

Understanding the science in your project is extremely important and time should be taken to reflect on its meaning. This might mean, for example, not taking a last data run so you can understand the meaning of the previous data runs.

Thesis Topics

The Physics Department encourages you to consider your senior thesis topic early. During your junior year, the physics senior December talks and spring poster session can suggest multiple possibilities. You may test a topic during your Physics 401 self-designed project.

The most successful topics are often extensions of ongoing faculty research or take advantage of existing faculty expertise and available equipment. Self-designed projects are riskier, as you yourself are responsible for formulating the motivating scientific questions. Seniors considering a self-designed proposal must prepare a detailed project proposal, including a literature review, and convince a faculty member to advise the project. 

During the summer before your senior year, the physics chair will email you with possible projects suggested by the physics faculty and ask you to rank your top three choices. 

After receiving your preferences, the chair will then consult with the faculty to distribute advisors to seniors and report back to you, so you will know your project and advisor before the beginning of your senior year. Project limitations include:

• Projects must extend our knowledge of physics using experiment or simulation or theory.
• Explicitly prohibited are projects whose sole intent is the construction of an object (for example, a hovercraft) or projects which are tutorial courses (for example, solving a set of problems from a particular textbook).
• Interdepartmental projects are possible for double majors and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• The resources for the project must be either available or readily acquired. Copeland funds can be a great resource, but all Copeland applicants must clearly describe a back-up plan in case they are not funded.

You must keep a complete, written record of the project either in ink in a paper bound notebook or in a web-based electronic lab notebook like  Lab Archives , which your advisor (or others) may read to learn the details of your work. Your notebook is a scientific diary. It should be kept current each day and contain all relevant information for future researchers to duplicate or extend your work. Upon completion of your senior thesis, your advisor will keep your notebook.

Oral Progress Report

Near the end of the first semester, you will give a 10-15 minute public slide-show lecture on your senior thesis progress. This public event will motivate you to early accomplishment, provide you with valuable feedback, and inspire younger students.

Thesis Manuscript

The thesis manuscript summarizes and communicates your research to your student and faculty colleagues. To do so with integrity and clarity will document your work for future investigators while providing perspective for yourself. 

The manuscript should be complete but not verbose, be well illustrated including drawings or photographs of relevant equipment, and contain appropriate references to the literature. Below are some guidelines toward the construction of a scientific thesis manuscript. 

• Prologue Title page sample Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgments (optional) Abstract
• Body Introduction and Literature Review Procedure or Methodology Results and Analysis Comparison among Experiment, Computation, Theory Conclusion and Recommendations for Further Work
• Epilogue References (see the  Physical Review Style Guide  for proper form) Appendices (optional – may contain computer programs, data sets, and so on)
• Multiple options for  mathematical typesetting  exist, including (but not limited to) LaTeX.
• Each of the sections in the above outline should begin on a new page.
• Pages should be numbered sequentially.
• Figures and Tables should be numbered sequentially, have self-contained captions, and appear in the text following (but near to) the first reference to them.
• All statements of fact which are not common knowledge must be referenced (see “Plagiarism” in the Code of Academic Integrity of the  Scot’s Key ). A thesis containing plagiarized material will result in an NC for 452. 
• Good references for form and style include: The Physical Review Style Guide . The Technical Writer’s Handbook  by Matt Young (2002).
• The manuscript must be printed double-sided at high resolution on 8.5 x 11″ white paper.
• The printed manuscript should be ring or spiral bound so that it opens flat and is durable.
• One printed manuscript is for the advisor and a second is for the department. Double majors will print additional manuscripts.
• The corrected manuscript must be  digitally archived  before the final Friday of the spring semester.

The oral exam will be scheduled at a mutually convenient time for you, your first reader (advisor) and your second reader during the period in the Spring Semester allotted by the Registrar. The only visitors allowed in this exam will be departmental faculty. Exceptions can be made by agreement of all those present, or if the thesis is interdepartmental. 

You will be expected to present an uninterrupted 20-minute overview of your project followed by questions on the thesis by the faculty committee. The presentation will be interrupted if it exceeds the 20-minute limit. The questions can be expected to turn to a general nature by the end of the exam. 

You will share your senior thesis results with the campus community by presenting a poster at the  Senior Research Symposium . Guidelines for the three-foot by five-foot poster are at our poster page . The poster will remain in the department.

Especially important in determining the senior thesis grade are the quality of the I.S. Monday manuscript and the performance in the oral exam. Among other considerations are your level of engagement throughout the thesis process, the difficulty of the project, the quality of the notebook, and the caliber of the oral progress report and poster presentation. All considerations are translated into one of the following grades:

• Honors  (outstanding in all regards)
• Good  (above average in all regards)
• Satisfactory  (acceptable overall)
• No Credit  (not acceptable)

Additional College regulations regarding the senior thesis are sent to seniors and will apply.

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Senior Theses

Physics Department Senior thesis titles grouped by year.

• Nicholas Brooke, 2021.5. Morphological Analysis of Hubble Images of Dust-Reddened Quasars (Eilat Glikman)
• Majd Hamdan, 2022. Numerical Investigation of the Evolution of Oscillons (Noah Graham)
• Jonathan Landrigan, 2022. Towards Optogalvanic Spectroscopy of Ytterbium Atoms (Paul Hess)
• Nicholas Leshaw, 2022. Quantifying the Size of Laser Beams (Paul Hess)
• Benjamin Mathews, 2022. Evolution of Oscillons in an Expanding Universe (Eilat Glikman)
• Beckett Nasvik-Dykhouse, 2021.5. Characterizing an Ultrafast Pulsed Laser (Michael Durst)
• Griffin Shapiro, 2022. Modelling a Quadruply-Lensed Quasar with Lenstronomy (Eilat Glikman)
• Thomas Slap, 2021.5. Simulation of non-linear analog effects through a WaveNet Neural Architecture (Noah Graham)
• Jacob Thompson, 2021.5. Designing and Developing an Incoherent Light Source for Ytterbium Ion Trap Testing (Paul Hess)
• Liam Wynne, 2021.5. Building a Subharmonic Harmonizer for Undertonal Spectral Composition (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Samuel Yurak, 2022.   Long Wavelength Imaging in a Temporal Focusing Microscope (Michael Durst)
• Omar Alseed, 2021. Simulating Hamiltonian Dynamics Using Product Formulas (Chris Herdman)
• Sergio Bobadilla, 2021. A Compact Circuit Solution for Mode-hop-free Tuning of Diode Laser Wavelength (Paul Hess)
• Theodore Culman, 2021.   Astronomical Data Reduction and Analysis of Red Quasar Candidates (Eilat Glikman)
• Che Bradley, 2021. Understanding radio emission in dust reddened quasars (Eilat Glikman)
• Gebermedhin Dagnew, 2021. Finite-size scaling of unsupervised machine learning in the Ising model (Chris Herdman)
• Tommy Eastman, 2021. Numerical Simulations of Temporal Focusing Microscopy in Python (Michael Durst)
• Erik Felix, 2021. Geometrical Approaches to Teaching Relativity to Undergraduates (Noah Graham)
• Diego Garcia, 2021. Low Redshift z < 0.2 Quasars: QSO and Host Galaxy Relationship (Eilat Glikman)
• Katherine Glew, 2021. Computational Modeling of Quantum Entanglement in a Bose-Einstein Condensate (Chris Herdman)
• Da Thi Hoang, 2020.5. Theoretical prediction and experimental results of one-photon absorption in cold 85-Rb atoms (Anne Goodsell)
• Sydney Hom, 2021.   Shaping Femtosecond Laser Pulses with Higher-Order Dispersion (Michael Durst)
• Matthew Hyer,2021. Attending to Dolphin Vocalizations (Noah Graham)
• Alex Kang, 2021. Multifocus Microscopy (Michael Durst)
• Kazuto Nishimori, 2021. Fourier Light-Field Microscopy (Michael Durst)
• Taegan Kopfler, 2021.   Discharge Tube Spectroscopy of Ytterbium in a Czerny-Turner Monochromator (Paul Hess)
• Brendan Philbin, 2021. Using thermal annealing to improve equilibration of path integral Monte Carlo Systems (Chris Herdman)
• Thomas Sacco, 2021. The effect of fluorescent background removal on features of a Raman spectrum (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Sawyer Tadano, 2021. Analysis of the effect of current on Tc in Bi-2223 (Susan Watson)
• Michael Wasserstein, 2021. Examining the Impact of Microphysics Parameterizations in Simulations of a Vermont Winter Storm (Noah Graham)
• David Cohen, 2020. Model-Free Prediction of Chaotic Dynamics with Echo State Networks (Jeffery Dunham)
• Nathan Evans, 2020. Classical vs Quantum Hardness Predictions in Adiabatic Quantum Computing (Chris Herdman)
• Daniel Gause, 2020. Structural Analysis of Potential Dual Quasar Pairs Using Galactic Modeling Software (Eilat Glikman)
• Edward Hoffman, 2020.   Wavenumber Scales in Processing Raman Spectra (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Bing Ibrahim, 2020. Modelling the Trajectories of Cold Atoms in Different Quantum States (Anne Goodsell)
• Adin Insoft, 2020. The Effect of Emissivity: How an Object’s Emissivity Value Impacts Its Infrared Temperature (Jeffery Dunham)
• Isaac Feldman, 2020. Musical Instrument Recognition Using Fourier Analysis and Deep Learning (Noah Graham)
• Max Lutzius, 2020. Modeling Crystals of Cold Trapped Ions (Paul Hess)
• Joe Moscatelli, 2019.5. Designing an Optical Tweezer for Biophysical Applications (Paul Hess)
• Emma Nelson, 2020. Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy Using Two Channels for Imaging Multiple Fluorophores (Michael Durst)
• Katherine Novey, 2020. Computational Wave Scattering for Abrikosov Vortices in Superconductors (Noah Graham)
• Nicholas Schrope, 2020.   An Application and Explanation of the Acoustooptic Modulator (Anne Goodsell)
• Gregory Suczewski, 2020. Quantum Paradoxes in Single Photon Interference Experiments (Susan Watson)
• Isabel Weber Cravioto, 2020. Photothermal Detection of Gold Nanoparticles (Michael Durst)
• Sasha Clarick, 2019.  Optimizing Ferromagnetic J ij  for Trapped  171 Yb +  ions. (Paul Hess)
• Sadie Coffin, 2019.  Analysis of Hubble Images of the Host Galaxies of Red Quasars. (Eilat Glikman)
• Diego Espino, 2019.  Engineering an Aural Voltage Analyzer. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Amanda R. Kirkeby, 2019.  Bridging the Gap: The Mechanical and Electrical Design of a Hot-wire Detector. (Anne Goodsell)
• Asher Lantz, 2019.  Quantum Entanglement in a Spin Glass during the Adiabatic Algorithm. (Chris Herdman)
• Jeffrey Ou, 2019.   Effects of Gravitational Sag on Spherically Symmetric Hollow Bose-Eistein Condensates. (Anne Goodsell)
• Alejandro Martinez Perez, 2019.  Analyzing Chaotic and Periodic States of a Nonlinear Mechanical Oscillator. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Karla Nunez, 2019.  Is MRK231 a Local Red Quasar Analog? (Eilat Glikman)
• Roo Weed, 2019.  Configuration of a Raman Spectrometer for Art Historical Research. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Samuel Q. Wood, 2019.  Hall Effect: A Tool for Undergraduate Research. (Susan Watson)
• Zachary M. Berzolla, 2018.  Modeling a Middlebury College Microgrid. (Rich Wolfson)
• Noelle Blose, 2018.  Floquet Topological Phase in  PT -symmetric Lattices. (Noah Graham)
• Graham Booth, 2018.  Representing Quantum States with Neural Networks. (Noah Graham)
• Gloria S. Breck, 2018.  Fourier Analysis of Frequencies, Ascertaining Anharmonicity, and Explorations of Equal Temperament in  The Well-Tempered Clavier.  (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Alex Browne, 2018.  Applications of Dead Reckoning Technology in the Fire Service. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Bennett Doherty, 2018.  Building an Automated Laser Alignment System. (Michael Durst)
• Tyler Farrell, 2018.  Reflective Enhancement of Snow on Solar Energy Production. (Tyler Farrell)
• Michael Lally, 2018.  Effect of Initial Cloud Size on Velocity Determined for Laser-Cooled Atoms. (Anne Goodsell)
• Leo F. McElroy, 2018.  Information Measures of Complexity Applied to the Ising Model. Automatic Differentiation for Numerical Geometric Constraint Solving. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Emma Moskovitz, 2018.  Increasing Sample Rate to Improve Image Quality with a Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscope. (Michael Durst)
• Caroline B. Owen, 2018.  Gravitational and Electromagnetic Radiation in Spherical Coordinators. (Noah Graham)
• Nimrod Sadeh, 2018.  Simulating a Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor in MATLAB. Emergence and Complexity in Reactor Engineering. (Noah Graham)
• Avery Travis, 2018.  Microwave Demonstrations for the Undergraduate Physics Classroom. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Jacob Volz, 2018.  Numerical Studies of Entanglement for Particles Trapped in an Optical Lattice. (Chris Herdman)
• Eduardo Alejandro, 2017.  Characterizing Charged Coupled Device Cameras. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• E. Noelle Blose, 2017.  An Introduction to the Integer Quantum Hall Effect. (Noah Graham)
• Milena Crnogorcevic, 2017.  Probing Quasar/Galaxy Co-Evolution with OSIRIS. (Eilat Glikman)
• Max deJong, 2017.  Detection Electronics for Scanning Laser Microscopy. (Michael Durst)
• Ian Delabie, 2017.  Characterization of Frequency Generating Devices and Disciplination of Cesium Atomic Clocks. (Anne Goodsell)
• Rene Gonzalez, 2017.  Modeling Rubidium-85 Trajectories in Preparation for Ionizing-Wire Installation. (Anne Goodsell)
• Gurlyn Singh Grewal, 2017.  Integer Quantum Hall Effect in GaAs Heterostructure. (Susan Watson)
• Jing He, 2017.  Calibration of a Numerical Hydrodynamic Model of the Inland Sea in Lake Champlain. (Noah Graham)
• Cole Hilscher, 2017.  Searching for Dust-Reddened Quasars in Stripe 82. (Eilat Glikman)
• Jovita Kar Ching Ho, 2017.  Application of Savitsky-Golay Filters in Analyzing Chaotic Nonlinear Dynamics of a Damped, Driven, Chaotic Torsional Pendulum. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Noah Klammer, 2017.  Smart Tracking to Increase the Efficiency of the Middlebury College Solar Farm. (Richard Wolfson)
• Sarah Lake, 2017.  Assembly of a Fiber-optic Probe for Raman Spectrographic Analysis. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Colin Laurence, 2017.  Shaping Ultrashort Laser Pulses Using an Electrically Tunable Lens. (Michael Durst)
• Larson Lovdal, 2017.  Construting a Simple and Versatile Optical Tweezer. (Anne Goodsell)
• Bryce McIntyre, 2017.  Measurement of Magnetic Fields with a GaAs Quantum Hall Sensor. (Susan Watson)
• Kirsten McNeil, 2017.  Dispersion and Nonlinearities in Optical Fiber Delivery. (Michael Durst)
• Alex Nichols, 2017.  Adding Depolarization Measurements to Raman Spectroscopy. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Evan Patz, 2017.  Effects of Magnetic Field on Measurements of Launched Rubidium-85 Atoms. (Anne Goodsell)
• Asa Phillips, 2017.  Parallel Programming and High Performance Computation: Analyzing Chaotic Data. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Vivian Sabla, 2017.  Using the Crank-Nicolson Method to Numerically Model Nonlinear Wave Equations. (Noah Graham)
• Felix Yanwei Wang, 2017.  On the Efficiency of Bird-inspired Dual-wing Generator. (Richard Wolfson)
• Alex Williamson, 2017.  Reduction of GNIRS Cross-Dispersed Spectra for Dust Reddened Quasars. (Eilat Glikman)
• Bracken, Robert,   2016.  AGN X-ray Analysis: Development of Column Density Simulations Through Application of Clumpy Torus Model. (Eilat Glikman)
• Conroy, Kevin, 2016.  Zero Point Calibrations of the Middlebury College Observatory’s CCD Camera. (Eilat Glikman)
• Drobac, Alec, 2016.  Predicting Optical Light Obscuration in Active Galactic Nuclei using Monte Carlo Simulation. (Eilat Glikman)
• Egan, Spencer, 2016.  Solitons and Oscillons in Lattice Field Theories. (Noah Graham)
• Epstein, Jacob, 2016.  Construction and Characterization of an Upright Two-Photon Microscope. (Michael Durst)
• Erwin, Emma, 2016.  Launching Laser-Cooled Atoms. (Anne Goodsell)
• Feinberg, Eli, 2016.  Quantum Bit Detection Schemes using Radio Frequency Reflectometry. (Susan Watson)
• Friedrichs, Drew, 2016.  A COMSOL Fluid Dynamics Evaluation of the R/V David Folger. (Rich Wolfson)
• Ghimire, Biswash, 2016.  Second-Order Parareal Algorithm in Mathematica. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Goodman, William, 2016.  Fourier Transforms and Musical Chord Identification. (Noah Graham)
• Gordon, Teddy, 2016.  Detection Electronics for a Laser Scanning Microscope. (Michael Durst)
• Judy, Michael, 2016.  Optical Tweezers for Middlebury College. (Anne Goodsell)
• Longo, Richard, 2016.  Observing and Analyzing Laser-cooled Atoms. (Anne Goodsell)
• Matt, Sebastian, 2016.  Analyzing the Casimir Effect by Quantum Scattering. (Noah Graham)
• Robey, Kyle, 2016.  Characterization of a Temporal Focusing Microscope. (Michael Durst)
• Ronan, James, 2016.  Using Symmetry in Physics with Representations and Lie Groups. (Noah Graham)
• Schaaf, Wilder Evans, 2016.  Characterization of the Effects of Magnetic Field on Niobium Nitride Inductors. (Susan Watson)
• Slotkin, Peter, 2016.  Dark Matter in the Earth-Region. (Rich Wolfson)
• Warner, Ross, 2016.  Image Processing with Fourier Transforms. (Noah Graham)
• Wojciechowicz, Matthew, 2016.  An Integer Quantum Hall Effect in a GaAs Heterostructure. (Susan Watson)
• Anderson, Benjamin, 2015.  Solving the Equations of Stellar Structure with Mathematica. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Bakker, Noah, 2015.  Quantized Conductance in Gold Wire. (Susan Watson)
• Ballard, Jonathan, 2015.  Creating a 3D Microscope Using Commercial Depth Sensors. (Michael Durst)
• Egan, Spencer, 2015.  Solitons and Oscillons in Gauge Invariant Lattice Field Theories. (Noah Graham)
• Feinman, Jason Daniel Saunders, 2015.  The Effects of Climate Change: Modeling Energy Consumption of Residential Buildings. (Rich Wolfson)
• Habib, Adela, 2015.  Spectral Energy Distributions of RED Quasars. (Eilat Glikman)
• Henry, Brandon, 2015.  The Random Field Ising Model and Applications to the Financial Markets. (Noah Graham)
• Hobbie, Jacob, 2015.  Numerical and Parallel Computation Techniques in Physics. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Hunsicker, John Quincy, 2015.  Studies of the Energy Generating Mechanisms in Redshift Four Quasars. (Eilat Glikman)
• Isaacs, Zack, 2015.  The Integer Quantum Hall Effect in a GaAs Heterostructure. (Susan Watson)
• Liang, Kevin, 2015.  Spinors, Rotations, and the Foucault Pendulum. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• McIntyre, Colin Alex, 2015.  Building a Laser Scanning Microscope. (Michael Durst)
• Schiff, Adam R., 2015.  Effects of Varying Metallicity in Solar-Like Stars. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Taft, Kristen, 2015.  Analysis of Middlebury’s Solar Tracker Array. (Rich Wolfson)
• Wood, Jake, 2015.  Modeling Numerical Solutions to Partial Differential Equations: A Study in Waves. (Noah Graham)
• Beatty, Nate, 2014.  Multimode Laser Wavelength Measurement. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Coughlin, Benjamin, 2014.  Methods of Spin Decoupling in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Harper, Colleen, 2014.  Preparing for Initial Observations of Laser-cooled Atoms. (Anne Goodsell)
• Harvey, Duncan Peter, 2014.  Raman Spectroscopy and Spectrograph Design. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Hemphill, Eric, 2014.  Integer Quantum Hall Effect in a GaAs Heterostructure. (Susan Watson)
• Henry, Brandon, 2014.  Applications of Renormalization Group Theory to Random Field Markov Processes and Financial Markets. (Noah Graham)
• Hughes, Philip M., 2014.  Understanding Draker Data Acquisition on Middlebury’s Solar Farm. (Rich Wolfson)
• Kjellstrand, Björn, 2014.  An Introduction to the Renormalization Group and its Applications. (Noah Graham)
• Lustgarten, Benjamin, 2014.   Building a Helium-Neon Laser and Analyzing Optical Properties. (Anne Goodsell)
• Mailly, Madeline, 2014.  Identifying Red Quasar Host Galaxy Morphologies. (Eilat Glikman)
• Narawat, Poomirat (Drew), 2014.  Re-pumping Laser Stabilization for Cooling Atoms. (Anne Goodsell)
• Najarian, Maya Lin, 2014.  Using Integral-Field Spectroscopy of Dust Obscured Quasars to Probe Quasar/Galaxy Co-Evolution. (Eilat Glikman)
• Schaaf, Wilder Evans, 2014.  Characterization of the Effects of Magnetic Field on Niobium Nitride Inductor. (Susan Watson)
• Campbell, Kendrick, 2013.  Emission-Line Images and Fluxes of CTB1, Milne 56, and CTB 109. (Frank Winkler)
• Fitzpatrick, Mattias, 2013.  Fast Readout of Gate-Defined Quantum Dots in One-Dimensional Structures. (Susan Watson)
• Forrow, Aden, 2013.  The Variable-Phase Method in Dirac Scattering. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Gerschel, Misha, 2013.  Designing and Building a Light-Sensitive Sun Tracker. (Rich Wolfson)
• Grossman, Matthew, 2013.  GPU Programming for Physics Applications. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Gyory, Will, 2013.  Exploring Rotational Motion with Geometric Algebra. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Philip, Henry R., 2013.  Implementation of Circuits for Laser Temperature Stability. (Anne Goodsell)
• Putko, Joseph, 2013.  Tycho’s Supernova Remnant: Optical Proper Motions. (P. Frank Winkler)
• Scully, Brendan Johannes, 2013.  Modeling the Energy Output of Photovoltaic Systems. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Torman, Andrew, 2013.  Heat Transfer with Application to Nuclear Reactors. (Rich Wolfson)
• Weidner, Erik, 2013.  Modelling Trajectories of Rydberg Atoms in an Electric Field. (Anne Goodsell)
• Weigl, Dustin, 2013.  Examining the Potential Difference Created at Resonant Frequencies in a Piezoelectric Material. (Rich Wolfson)
• Wentz, Karly, 2013.  Optimization of an Energy-Producing Spin Bike. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Andrews, Alison, 2012.  Calibrating Images of Laser Cooling. (Anne Goodsell)
• Ansari, Talha, 2012.  The Curious Case of SR830: Mysterious Oscillations of the Lock-in Amplifier Output. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Basarab, Brett, 2012.  Wormholes and Interstellar Travel. (Noah Graham)
• Clement, Alexander, 2012.  Designing a Stabilized Laser System for Laser Cooling. (Anne Goodsell)
• Delaney, Marc, 2012.  Searching for Supernova Remnants in Galaxy NGC 6946 through Deep High Resolution Imaging in Hα, S II and O III Emission Lines (Frank Winkler)
• Ellis, Spencer, 2012.  Effects of the Sunspot Cycle on U.S. Climate. (Richard Wolfson)
• Fitzsimmons, Connor, 2012.  Vacuum Chamber Design for a Magneto-Optical Trap. (Anne Goodsell)
• Hathaway, Samuel, 2012.  Identification of Isotopes Via Particle Track Measurement in a Diffusion Cloud Chamber. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Keiser, Andre, 2012.  Modeling 3-D Magnetic Fields in the Solar Corona. (Richard Wolfson)
• Kunz, Sabine, 2012.  Solid State Hydrogen Storage. (Noah Graham)
• Maroscher, Eli, 2012.  Modeling Fractals in Stereoscopic 3D. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Montroy, John, 2012.  Moving Towards Fiber Optics. (Anne Goodsell)
• Ogren, Kristofer, 2012.  The Coincidence Method in Nuclear Physics. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Schanz-Garbassi, Astrid, 2012.  Properties of Piezoelectric Energy Generation. (Rich Wolfson)
• Shaw, Erik, 2012.  The Weak Field Zeeman Effect in Atomic Mercury and Argon. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Allen, Brent, 2011.  Direct Detection of Gravitational Radiation. (Noah Graham)
• Brown, Benjamin, 2011.  Stellar Spectroscopy: Velocity Curves of Pulsating & Binary Starts with IRAF. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Curme, Chester, 2011.  Critical Phenomena and Vehicular Traffic Models. (Noah Graham)
• Garrett, John William, 2011.  Visual Processing in the Eye. (Noah Graham)
• Xuefeng Liao, Quincy, 2011.  Models and Simulations of Ferromagnetic Hysteresis. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Martin, William Campbell, 2011.  The Bionic Platypus: Design and Implementation of a Pectoral Rowing Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. (Susan Watson)
• Mercer, Cameron M., 2011.  Petrogenesis of Two New Eucrites from Northwest Africa: Evidence from Petrography, Mineral Chemistry, and Bulk Chemistry. (Anne Goodsell)
• Stark, Thomas, 2011.  The Road to Laser Cooling Rubidium Vapor. (Anne Goodsell)
• Stensland, Jared, 2011.  Measuring the Band Gaps of Silicon and Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes. (Susan Watson)
• Waite, Hannah, 2011.  Building a Laser Harp. (Stephen Ratcliff)
• Walker, Hilary, 2011.  Tunneling Probability of the Simple Harmonic Oscillator. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Woods, Nathaniel, 2011.  Gamma Ray Spectroscopy of Heavily Shielded Sources. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Aibar, Belfor Daniel, 2010.  The Hall Effect: A Tool for Undergraduate Study. (Susan Watson)
• Alidoust, Nasser, 2010.  Torque Magnetometry In Niobium Thin Films And Stripe Phase LBCO. (Noah Graham)
• Crow, Daniel E, 2010.  Group Theory, Representation Theory And Their Applications In Physics. (Noah Graham)
• Erwin, Jenny Rose, 2010.  Small Scale Energy Harvesting: An Adaptation Of The Windbelt. (Susan Watson)
• Freundlich, Charlie, 2010.  How Green Is The Biomass Plant? (Rich Wolfson)
• Jia, Eliot, 2010.  Training a Hidden Markov Model for Speech Recognition. (Noah Graham)
• Kennedy, Max Clayton, 2010.  On Solar Asymmetric Bipoles and Coronal Mass Ejections. (Rich Wolfson)
• Khan, Shujaat Ali, 2010.  Modeling Chaos And Periodicity In A Driven Torsional Pendulum. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Luby, Michael, 2010.  On The Feasibility Of Transmitting Jet Stream Wind Power Via A Long Cylindrical Belt. (Rich Wolfson)
• Muhlhausen, Tom, 2010.  Constructing Practical Circuits For Simple Chaotic Equations. (Jeffrey Dunham)
• Robertson, Hannah I., 2010.  The Physics of Timbre: Multi-Instrument Pitch Separation and Identification. (Noah Graham)
• Rosenblatt, Anna, 2010.  Visual Processing: Optimizing A Basis. (Noah Graham)
• Wood, Micah, 2010.  Effects Of Substrate Synthesis On Nanotube Conductance. (Susan Watson)

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Student Thesis Archive

All Advisors Allred, David Anderson, Brian Ballif, Jae Barnett, Dean Bass, Robert Bennion, Adam Bergeson, Scott Berrondo, Manuel Boizelle, Benjamin Campbell, Branton Chesnel, Karine Christensen, Clark Colton, John Davis, Robert Decker, Daniel Della Corte, Dennis Dibble, William Dixon, Dwight Dudley, Duane Durfee, Dallin Eastmond, John Ellsworth, John Evenson, William Eyring, Carl Fletcher, Harvey Frandsen, Benjamin Gardner, Andrew Gardner, John Gee, Kent Hales, Richard Hales, Wayne Hansen, Kimball Harrison, Kent Hart, Grant Hart, Gus Hatch, Dorian Hess, Bret Hill, Max Hintz, Eric Hirschmann, Eric Hoyt, Gordon Jeffery Kraczek, Elizabeth Jensen, Gary Joner, Mike Jones, Douglas Jones, Steven Knight, Larry Larson, Everett Lawler, M. Jeannette Leishman, Timothy Lewis, James Marshall, Milton Mason, Grant McNamara, Harold Merrell, Duane Migenes Gaetan, Victor Miller, Martin Moody, Joseph Mosenkov, Aleksandr Neilsen, David Neilsen, Traci Nelson, Mark Palmer, Paul Peatross, Justin Peterson, Bryan Powers, Nathan Ragozzine, Darin Rasband, Neil Rees, Lawrence Rivera, Felipe Sandberg, Richard Shepherd, Micah Sommerfeldt, Scott Spencer, Ross Stephens, Denise Stokes, Harold Strong, William Taylor, Benjamin Thomas, Derek Transtrum, Mark Turley, Steve Van Huele, Jean-Francois Vanfleet, Howard Vanfleet, Richard Verhaaren, Chris Ware, Michael All Years 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1948 1940 1939 1938 1936 1935 1934 1933

• Baldwin-Bott, Dorian, “Evaluating a Physics Problem Tutorial Format in Upper-Level Undergraduate Electromagnetism Courses,” Advisor: John Colton (Capstone, Aug 2024).
• Biggs, Sam, “Internship with Fotonika-LV in Riga, Latvia: Research in Spectroscopy and Electromagnetic Levitation Coils,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Capstone, Aug 2024).
• Bowler, Brent, “Absolute Mountain Heights on Saturn's moon, Titan,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Buck, Joseph, “Optimization of the Triple-Shell Inertial Confinement Fusion Capsule,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Camacho, Conner, “Recovering Intrinsic Molecular Disk Properties in ALMA Imaging of Massive Galaxies: Precision Measurements of CO Hole Radii,” Advisor: Benjamin Boizelle (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Christiansen, Mason, “Testing and Modeling Novel Thermophotovoltaic Devices,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2024).
• Clement, Kaelyn, “Photometry of Three Variable Stars Classified as Pulsators by the ATLAS Survey,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Clift, Jay, “Remotely Extinguishing Flames through Transient Acoustic Streaming using Time Reversal Focusing of Sound,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Senior Thesis, Jun 2024).
• Cutler, Mitchell, “Data-driven decomposition of crowd noise from indoor sporting events,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, May 2024).
• Derieg, Benjamin, “A Census of Dust and Gas Properties in Early-type Galaxies using the ALMA Archive,” Advisor: Benjamin Boizelle (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Dobbs, Corey Emerson, “[Title],” Advisor: (Masters Thesis, Aug 2024).
• Draper, Thomas, “Language, Information, and Quantum Theory,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Eggers, Bryce, “Algorithms for identifying and enumerating large-angle rigid unit modes,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Fleming, Taylor, “AstroPyplyne: ARCSAT Data Reduction in Astropy,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Greenburg, Michael, “Computationally Modeling Rough Circular Conducting Mirrors,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Grow, Jordan, “Making Micro Gas Chromatography Channels with Binder Jetting,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Capstone, Jul 2024).
• Guerrette, Jacob, “The Milky Way's Structure: How it Compares to Other Galaxies and What That Implies About its Evolutionary History,” Advisor: Aleksandr Mosenkov (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Hedelius, Bryce Eric, “[Title],” Advisor: Dennis Della Corte (Masters Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Hendry, Zachary, “Crest Factor Analysis of Launch Vehicle Noise,” Advisor: Micah Shepherd (Capstone, Apr 2024).
• Hilbig, Mitchell, “Uncovering the Local Structure of Amorphous Topological Insulator Bi\textsubscript{2}Se\textsubscript{3} with X-ray Scattering,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Jensen, Chandler, “Applications of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in the STEM Classroom,” Advisor: Adam Bennion (Capstone, Jun 2024).
• Krumholz, Peter, “Magnetization and Magnetic Domain Density in Co/Pt Thin Films,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Aug 2024).
• Manwaring, Tanner, “Cost-effective multi-dimensional imaging of terahertz pulses via compact cameras,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Martin, Tayler, “Development of a High-Energy Electron Spectrometer For the Study of Lepton-Catalyzation in Nuclear Fusion Reactions,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Morrell, Tim, “Detecting Stellar Radial Velocity through Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Data,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Nelsen, Maia, “Altjira: A Likely Hierarchical Triple Discovered through Non-Keplerian Motion,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Redd, Aaron, “A COMPARISON OF PTYCHOGRAPHY PROGRAMS FOR LENS-LESS IMAGING WITH A HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION SOURCE,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Robins, Luke, “Coherence Effects in Nonlinear Thomson Scattering from Electrons Born of the Same Atom,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Rydalch, Tanner, “Stability and oxidation of Al mirrors coated with Xe-passivated LiF thin films,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Jun 2024).
• Shakespear, Zac, “Silicates as an Explanation for Discrepancies in Atmospheric Modeling of L-Type Brown Dwarfs,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Spendlove, Jay Clark, “[Title],” Advisor: (Masters Thesis, Aug 2024).
• Stapley, Alexandra Kathryn Kanani, “[Title],” Advisor: (Masters Thesis, Jun 2024).
• Streeter, Jacob, “Assessing the Impact of Meteorological Effects on Military Jet Aircraft Noise,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Feb 2024).
• Tobias, Derek, “Detailed Hotspot Temperatures of Io's Pele Volcano Region,” Advisor: Benjamin Boizelle (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Wallin, Nikolai, “Critical Collapse in Vacuum Spacetimes,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Senior Thesis, Apr 2024).
• Watts, Denzil, “Color Index Analysis and Temperature Calibration of the High Amplitude δ Scuti V2455 Cygni,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Jan 2024).
• Whipple, Sierra, “Terahertz circular dichroism of R/S-MBA$_2$PbI$_4$,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Jun 2024).
• Anderson, Christian N, “Stability, Longevity, and Regulatory Bionetworks,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2023).
• Anderson, Russel, “Source-Gap Analysis: A New Method for Analyzing Environmental Problems,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Capstone, Apr 2023).
• Avila, Joseph, “Directivity of the Muted Trumpet,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Mar 2023).
• Banks, Elisabeth Elanor, “Photometric Analysis of the High-Amplitude δ Scuti V2455 Cygni,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Basham, Andrew, “Improving super resolution in time reversal focusing among a resonator array by restricting the angle of incidence,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Senior Thesis, Jun 2023).
• Bellows, Samuel David, “Acoustic Directivity: Advances in Acoustic Center Localization, Measurement Optimization, Directional Modeling, and Sound Power Spectral Estimation,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (PhD Dissertation, Jun 2023).
• Belot, Josh, “Machine Learning Predictions of Curie Temperatures,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, May 2023).
• Billings, Virginia, “An In-Depth Analysis of a Fault-Tolerant Imaging System,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Boyer, Burke, “Improving the Efficiency of a Photodynamical Planetary Model,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Bradford, Collin, “Automating Nuclear Reactor Modeling for Simulation Using OpenMC and Python,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Apr 2023).
• Campbell, Gibson, “The Periods of a Near-Earth Orbit Asteroid,” Advisor: Aleksandr Mosenkov (Senior Thesis, Dec 2023).
• Carlisle, Edison, “Modeling Circumnuclear Dust Emission Using ALMA Observations of Early-type Galaxies,” Advisor: Benjamin Boizelle (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Carter, Colton, “Gadolinium Polyvinyl Toluene Neutron Detection,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Senior Thesis, Sep 2023).
• Cook, Mylan Ray, “[Title],” Advisor: Kent Gee (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2023).
• Cunningham, Carson, “Initial Acoustical Findings of the Space Launch System Measurement,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
• Davidson, Jared R, “Constructing Stellar Mass Models for Early-type Galaxies with Circumnuclear Disks,” Advisor: Benjamin Boizelle (Masters Thesis, Aug 2023).
• DeFord, Michael, “The Development and Characterization of Tunable Alumina-Carbon Nanotube Composite Structures,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
• Dille, Mara, “A Synthesis: Comparing and contrasting my experience in the two areas of scientific/ technical writing and reflections on classroom learning,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Jun 2023).
• Dunford, Adam, “The BYU Rocketry High Power Rocket Process Workbook: Establishing enduring engineering practices,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Capstone, Aug 2023).
• Epps, Kristi, “Similarity Spectra and Coherence-Based Analysis of Noise from an Installed GE-F404 Engine,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Feltman, Jacob Michael, “Hard X-ray, Optical Transient Grating for Probing Ultrafast Dynamics in Solids,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Fenn, Olivia, “The Characteristic Problem in Ideal General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics with Constraint Damping,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Senior Thesis, Jun 2023).
• Forsyth, Joshua David, “[Title],” Advisor: Chris Verhaaren (Masters Thesis, Dec 2023).
• Freeman, Jeffery, “Blend Performance Research and Development of Blendtec Back-of-House Blender,” Advisor: Nathan Powers (Capstone, Dec 2023).
• Freeman, Nicholas, “Investigations of a Binary Asteroid Dynamical Model,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Galland, Isaiah, “At-wavelength Reflectance Measurements for Aluminum Mirrors in the Far Ultraviolet,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Gallion, Alex, “Photodegradation of Self-Immolating Polymers as a Potential Solution to Optical Scattering,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Gardner, Carson, “The Effects Jet Engine Configurations Have On Acoustical Propagation,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
• Giforos, William, “nPSF: PSF Fitting Software for Trans-Neptunian Objects,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Jun 2023).
• Hamilton, Parker Kip, “Enhanced Capabilities for Investigating Local Structure and Magnetism: Three Dimensional Magnetic Pair Distribution Function and Symmetry Mode Analysis,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Masters Thesis, Aug 2023).
• Hancock, Joshua, “Mechanisms for Chemical Vapor Deposition Carbon Nanotube Growth by Surface Modification of 316L Stainless Steel,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
• Harkness, James Gordon, “[Title],” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Masters Thesis, Dec 2023).
• Hawkins, Corey, “Time-Correlation of Speckle Data to Measure the Dynamics of Magnetic Fluctuations of Magnetite Nanoparticles Through the Superparamagnetic Transition,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Heilesen, Seneca, “Investigations into u’-band Photometry of the Haumea System,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Hollingsworth, Scott, “Modeling sound propagation in a laboratory tank with open ocean models,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Jun 2023).
• Hopps, Alexandra, “Characterizing the sound speed variability in laboratory water tank,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Capstone, Jun 2023).
• Jensen, Naomi, “The dependence of sound radiation on position of acoustic source in an enclosure,” Advisor: Micah Shepherd (Capstone, Aug 2023).
• Jeppson, Sam, “Electroabsorption as a method to accurately measure the band gap and exciton binding energy in 2D metal halide perovskites,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Jones, Braedon Craig, “Local Atomic and Magnetic Structure of Multiferroic (Sr,Ba)(Mn,Ti)O3,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Masters Thesis, Dec 2023).
• Jones, Joshua, “A Census of Molecular Gas Properties of Early-Type Galaxies from the ALMA Archive,” Advisor: Benjamin Boizelle (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• King, Daniel, “Simulating the TE01δ Mode of a Dielectric Resonator in Free Space,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
• Leigh, Christian, “Damage Thresholds and Alignment of BYU High-Power Laser System,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Lindsay, Chapman, “Impedance Spectroscopy on Metal Halide Perovskites to Produce a Temperature Dependent Series,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
• Mastroianni, Caitlin, “Microcontroller Lesson Manual for Teachers and Students Alike to Improve Understanding of Electricity and Circuits through Hands-On Application,” Advisor: Adam Bennion (Capstone, Apr 2023).
• McCombs, Christian, “Comparison between x-ray free electron laser phase contrast imaging (PCI) and hydrodynamic simulations of void collapse in PETN single crystals,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Senior Thesis, Jun 2023).
• McInnes, CJ, “Understanding Federal Criminal Procedure: A Comprehensive Guide for Honors Interns at the Salt Lake Division Headquarters of the FBI,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Capstone, Aug 2023).
• Miller, Grant, “Designing Upper-Division Undergraduate Physics Course Problem Tutorials,” Advisor: John Colton (Capstone, Apr 2023).
• Mitchell, Kendall, “Slowing of Oxidation for Aluminum Thin-Films through use of High-Volume Oxygen Absorbers,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Moats, Levi, “The Impact of Standing Water Levels on the Dawn Chorus in a Western Migratory Bird Refuge,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
• Myckowiak, McKenna, “Follow-Up Observations of Faint Short-Period Variable Stars,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Dec 2023).
• Nuttall, Jacob, “Maximum Entropy Approach to Bayesian Inference of Geoacoustic and Source Parameters Using Sound From Transiting Ships,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
• Nuttall, Kristina, “Magnetic Spin Correlations in NaYbO2 at Near-zero Temperatures,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Page, Logan Coleman, “[Title],” Advisor: Chris Verhaaren (Masters Thesis, Aug 2023).
• Pak, Chanhyun, “Ultracold Neutral Plasma Evolution in an External Magnetic Field,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Jun 2023).
• Peatross, Aaron, “Stability of Photophoretic Trapping of Microscopic particles in a Laser Beam,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Porter, Jason Nicholas, “[Title],” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Masters Thesis, Dec 2023).
• Proudfoot, Benjamin C N, “Understanding the Origin, Evolution, and Dynamics of Transneptunian Binaries,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2023).
• Ricks, Matthew, “Dynamic probing of the high pressure and temperature phase transitions of Iron on millisecond timescales,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Senior Thesis, Jun 2023).
• Roberts, Spencer McLeod, “[Title],” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Dec 2023).
• Robertson, Megan, “Survey of Acoustic Conditions of Elementary and Secondary Schools in Utah County and Voice Amplification Systems,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Romrell, Blake, “Metal Halide Perovskite Exciton Tuning Through Composition Variations and Alloying,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Schnebly, Landon, “Development of Robust Gold Nanoparticle Samples for Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging at Modern Beamlines with Increased X-ray Flux,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Scoresby, Conner, “Near-Infrared Single and Binary Spectral Fits for Investigating a Color Gap in L/T Transition Brown Dwarfs,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Shumway Harmer, Madi, “Physics Modeling For Pre-Med Undergraduates,” Advisor: Adam Bennion (Senior Thesis, Dec 2023).
• Smith, Donovan, “Retardation of the oxidation of aluminum thin films in low-oxygen and cryogenic environments,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Apr 2023).
• Stark, Brenden, “Preparation and Simulation of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm Type 4 Secretion System,” Advisor: Dennis Della Corte (Capstone, Aug 2023).
• Stevens, Aria Carolyn, “Figure-8 Electron Motion in Nonlinear Thomson Scattering within a Strong Laser Field,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Suggs, Christiana, “High Time Density Light Curves of Six Short Period Variable Stars,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Nov 2023).
• Tackett, Justin, “The Eigenvalue Problem of Ideal General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics with Constraint Damping,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
• Tidd, Elliot, “Magnetic Pair Distribution Function Software Development and Application to Manganese Telluride,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Dec 2023).
• Turner, Savanah Kay, “[Title],” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Masters Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Webb, Doug, “Determining the Best Placement of Optical Particulate Counter Measurement Equipment within a Known Geometry,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Capstone, Apr 2023).
• Yankura, Daniel, “Data Analysis and Modeling With a Hybrid Detector,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Zappala, Emma, “Exploring the Magnetic Dynamics of CrMnFeCoNi,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
• Allen, Kandin, “Upgrade to High Intensity Laser System at Brigham Young University,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Anderson, Bryce, “Developing Improvements to the Teaching of Lock-In Amplifiers in Physics 245,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Capstone, Jun 2022).
• Anderson, David, “Teaching the Practical Principles of Fourier Optics in an Undergraduate Laboratory,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Capstone, Apr 2022).
• Argyle, Paul, “Dynamics of Spinning Three-Body Gravitational Systems using the Post-Newtonian Approximation,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Aslett, Zan, “Verification and Study of Soliton Behavior of Trivelpiece-Gould Modes of a Non-Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Capstone, Mar 2022).
• Baral, Raju, “Short-Range Magnetic Correlations, Spontaneous Magnetovolume Effect, and Local Distortion in Magnetic Semiconductor MnTe,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2022).
• Beus, Ty Spencer, “Quantum Decoherence in Time-Dependent Anharmonic Systems,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (PhD Dissertation, Jun 2022).
• Buckway, Taylor Jordan, “Tabletop Extreme-Ultraviolet Source Using High Harmonic Generation for Polarization Sensitive Imaging,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Masters Thesis, Jun 2022).
• Campbell, Emma, “Photometric Analysis and Modeling of a TESS Object of Interest,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Chandler, Carson Karl, “Requiring Students to Create, Revise, and Communicate Scientific Models Positively Impacts Students’ Scientific Modeling in BYU’s Physics 108 Course,” Advisor: Adam Bennion (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Christensen, Isaac, “Searching for Brown Dwarf Binary Systems: Testing the PSF Fitting Code,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Christensen, Jacob, “Pair Distribution Function Analysis of the Short-Range Magnetic and Atomic Correlations in Manganese Telluride,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Croxall, Brooke, “The Indices of Refraction of SiO 2 and AlF 3 in the XUV Determined from Simultaneous Reflection and Transmission Measurements on XUV Diodes,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Apr 2022).
• Cvetko, Luke, “Filling in the Blanks for the Unit Cell of Hafnium-Doped Nitinol,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Davis, Henry D, “Sacrificial Powder Pressure Control for Infiltration of Microscale Metal Parts,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Capstone, Apr 2022).
• Davis, Jayson, “Attitude Control Mechanism for High-Power Colligate Competition Rockets,” Advisor: (Capstone, Apr 2022).
• de Souza Menezes, Matheus, “Scanning Electron Microscope Analysis of Acanthocephalus dirus,” Advisor: Felipe Rivera (Capstone, Aug 2022).
• Dobbs, Corey, “Characterization of Low-Frequency Limit of Absorptive Panels in Laboratory Water Tank through Acoustic Intensity Measurements,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Capstone, Apr 2022).
• Dodson, Evan, “Infrared Transflectance of the Radial Artery Using Monte Carlo Simulations,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Durrant, Taggart, “Initial comparison of a Falcon-9 reentry sonic boom with other launch-related noise,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Sep 2022).
• Edelman, Rachel, “Measured high-resolution directivity of guitar amplifiers,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Capstone, Jun 2022).
• Ehlert, Joey, “Efficacy of Enforced Parsimony on a Machine Learning Model of Gravity,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Fanning, Kane, “Deconvolution and the Magnetic Pair Distribution Function,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Gibson, Alexis, “Heat Capacity and Thermodynamic Functions of Sodium Rare Earth Ternary Fluorides,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Gillam, Aidan, “Designing a Map for Quantum Teleportation Protocols,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Golightly, Emily, “Super Resolution, Time Reversal Focusing Using Path-Diverting Scatterers,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Greenwell, Sam, “Analyzing Frequency Spectra of Crowd Speech,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Capstone, Apr 2022).
• Hagen, Leif, “Probing Self-Gravitational Interaction at the Mesoscopic Scale through Matter-Wave Interferometry,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Hall, Christian, “Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Active Galactic Nuclei with The Astronomy Research Consortium (Arc) 3.5m Telescope,” Advisor: Benjamin Boizelle (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Harding, Tyler, “H-alpha and H-beta Variations in X Persei and Gamma Cassiopeiae,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Hart, Merlin, “Retarding the Growth of Oxide on Aluminum Thin-Films,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Hatch, Camdon, “Investigation into Electrical Properties of 50 Micron Spiral Filaments,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Capstone, Aug 2022).
• Hodge, Daniel Steven, “Single-Shot, Ultrafast, Multi-Frame X-Ray Imaging of Defect-Bearing Ablator Materials in Extreme Conditions,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Masters Thesis, Dec 2022).
• Houston, Griffin, “Sound Power-Based Analysis of the Delta IV Heavy Launch Vehicle,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Aug 2022).
• Jensen, Jacob, “H-alpha color index observations of open-star clusters,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Sep 2022).
• Johnson, Kira, “Imaging of Magnetic Domains at Remanence in Cobalt-Platinum Multilayers with N = 20 Repeats,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Capstone, Apr 2022).
• Jorgensen, Jeremy John, “Accurate Band Energies of Metals with Quadratic Integration,” Advisor: Gus Hart (PhD Dissertation, Apr 2022).
• Kimball, Taylor, “Path Integral Method for Calculating Work Statistics in Quantum Thermodynamics,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Kingsley, Adam David, “Improving Spatial Resolution of Time Reversal Focusing Using Arrays of Acoustic Resonators,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2022).
• Krzymowski, Ed, “Electron Cryotomography of Bacterial Secretion Systems,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Dec 2022).
• Laker, Mayalen, “The Emission Ratio of the [O III] λ λ5007, 4959 Å Doublet with Redshift,” Advisor: Benjamin Boizelle (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Larsen, Kyle Grant, “Multiscale Modeling and Analysis of X-ray Windows, Microcantilevers, and Bioimpedance Microelectrodes,” Advisor: Robert Davis (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2022).
• Laughlin, Kevin Robert, “Thin Film Carbon Nanofuses for Permanent Data Storage,” Advisor: Robert Davis (PhD Dissertation, Jun 2022).
• Logan, Jared, “Optimizing Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring with Monte Carlo Simulations,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Capstone, Sep 2022).
• Maciel, Corbin, “A Compilation of Dose Studies in Particle Therapy Treatment for Cancer,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• McClure, Emma, “Dielectric spectroscopy on 2D and 3D metal halide perovskites using an interdigitated electrode geometry,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Aug 2022).
• McElwain, Winston, “National Vision Optics Lab Order of operations manual,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, May 2022).
• McKay, Grace, “Comparing Blast Wave Propagation over a Porous Ground,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• McKenzie, James, “Domain-Boundary Intersection Defect Networks and Coset Graphs,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Merrill, Cooper, “Spectral Decomposition of a T-7A Red Hawk Installed GE F404 Engine,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Apr 2022).
• Morris, Connor, “MILCDock: Machine Learning-Enhanced Consensus Docking for Virtual Screening in Drug Discovery,” Advisor: Dennis Della Corte (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Mortenson, Michael Craig, “Physics-Guided Machine Learning in Ocean Acoustics Using Fisher Information,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Masters Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Mumford, Alex Thomas, “Developing a system for automated crop steering in cannabis,” Advisor: John Colton (Capstone, Apr 2022).
• Newey, Joshua, “Space-Time-Resolved Simulation of Photon Vacuum Polarization and Bhabha Scattering,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Aug 2022).
• Patchett, Brian Dale, “Focusing of High-Amplitude Sound Waves Using the Time Reversal Process,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2022).
• Rackham, Johnathon Michael, “Modeling Inter-Particle Magnetic Correlations in Magnetite Nanoparticle Assemblies Using X-ray Magnetic Scattering Data,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Masters Thesis, Jun 2022).
• Rasband, Reese David, “Considerations for and Development of Sound Level Maps for the M16A4 Rifle,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Aug 2022).
• Romero Carranza, Mahonri, “Measuring Nonlinear Thomson Scattering at Arbitrary Emission Angles,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, Aug 2022).
• Scott, Ryan, “Space-Time Resolving Quantum Electrodynamic States of Two Charges,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Spencer, Dallin, “Dynamical Evidence for the Existence of a Second Satellite of Eris,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Spendlove, Jay, “Connecting Local Grain Boundary Structure to Grain Boundary Interfacial Energy with Machine Learning,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Steenblik, Parker, “Review of Equations for the Calculation of Thermophysical Properties and of the Advancement of Molten Salt Computational Simulations Through Machine Learning,” Advisor: Dennis Della Corte (Senior Thesis, May 2022).
• Terry, Kaylyn, “Mode-based Models with Realistic Boundary Conditions for a Laboratory Water Tank,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Capstone, Apr 2022).
• Tveten, Daniel, “Analysis of Energy Flow in a Laser Focus Capable of Particle Trapping,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Vaka, Michael, “Mapping In-situ Morphological Phase Transitions of Magnetic Domains in [Co/Pt]_N Multilayers,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Dec 2022).
• Walker, Colby Singint, “Effect of X-Ray Illumination on Magnetic Domain Memory in [Co/Pd]/IrMn Multilayers,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Masters Thesis, Dec 2022).
• Westcott, Lincoln, “Modern Physics for 5th and 6th Grade Students,” Advisor: Adam Bennion (Capstone, Apr 2022).
• Westover, Tyler Richard, “Design and Characterization of a Miniaturized Spectrometer for Wearable Applications,” Advisor: Robert Davis (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2022).
• Windham, Zackary, “Three-body Systems and Kozai-Lidov Oscillations in the Post-Minkowskian Approximation to General Relativity,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
• Wu, Bethany, “Mini-batch k-Means Clustering on Ship Noise Spectrograms,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Aug 2022).
• Alley, Malissa, “Characterizing the Acoustic Transparency of Mylar,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Anderson, Mark, “Weather-Robust Systems for Outdoor Acoustical Measurements,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Jul 2021).
• Atkinson, Nicholas, “Simulations of Nonlinear Thomson Scattering by Protons as a Means to Characterize Ultra Intense Lasers,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Barnes, Lucas, “The Physics of Knocking Over LEGO Minifigures With Time Reversal Focused Vibrations,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Beus, Loic, “Identifying Possible Binary Brown Dwarf Systems Using Point Spread Function Model Fitting,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Dec 2021).
• Burke, Katherine, “Density of Fluoride-Lithium-Beryllium Molten Salts Using the Archimedean Dual-Sinker Method,” Advisor: (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Cass, RJ, “Young’s Modulus of Tungsten Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube Structures,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Davidson, Jared, “An Examination of the δ Scuti Variable GW Draconis from 20 years of data,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Devenport, Gregory, “Design of Simple Aircraft and Visualization of Fluid Velocity and Vorticity,” Advisor: (Capstone, Dec 2021).
• Edwards, Ethan, “Modeling Surface Imperfections on Diffraction Gratings for the Extreme Ultraviolet,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Fletcher, Ethan, “Clarifying the role of the lattice degree of freedom in the canonical metal to insulator transition in V2O3,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Fronk, Gabriel, “Acoustic Vector Intensity Measurements in a Confined Underwater Environment,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Fronk, Kenan, “Storage of Al/AlF3 Thin-Film Mirrors in 327 K Oven,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Apr 2021).
• Funk, Kristen, “Quantization of SU(3) Yang-Mills Theory,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Gibson, Ethan Jacob, “Numerical Renormalization of Divergences in QED,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Gifford, Kennedy, “Transcriptome Response of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Meta-Analysis,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Capstone, Apr 2021).
• Graham, Abigail, “Surveying Hidden Planets in Kepler Exoplanetary Systems Using Transit Timing Variations,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Hansen, Jarrod, “Searching for Brown Dwarf Binaries using GAIA, UKIRT and SpeX,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Harkness, James, “Interfacing to Metal 3D Printed Micro-Gas Chromatography Columns,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Capstone, Jul 2021).
• Hedelius, Bryce, “Learning inter-atomic forces with an SE(3)-Transformer,” Advisor: Dennis Della Corte (Senior Thesis, Jun 2021).
• Hendrickson, Kate, “Modeling the Mutual Inclinations of Exoplanets,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Irarrazabal Oliva, Francisco Javier, “Relative Infrasound Calibration of Microphones with Application to Outdoor Vector Intensity Measurements,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Aug 2021).
• Johnstun, Scott, “Optimizing the Phase Estimation Algorithm Applied to the Quantum Simulation of Heisenberg-Type Hamiltonians.,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Jones, Braedon, “Modeling defects in Nb3Sn Superconductor Resonance Cavities with Ginzburg-Landau Theory,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Kang, Jenny, “Red/green Colorblindness Simulation: Creating a Colorblind Friendly Environment,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Apr 2021).
• King, Spencer, “Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis in Apoferritin,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Kohls, Isa, “FABRICATING MICRO-CHANNELS USING 3D PRINTING AND INFILTRATION,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Dec 2021).
• Kurniawan, Yonatan, “Bayesian, Frequentist, and Information Geometry Approaches to Parametric Uncertainty Quantification of Classical Empirical Interatomic Potentials,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Masters Thesis, Dec 2021).
• Leete, Kevin Matthew, “Spatiospectral Features in Supersonic, Highly Heated Jet Noise,” Advisor: Kent Gee (PhD Dissertation, Jun 2021).
• Lewis, Devin, “Degradation of Lithium Fluoride Mirror Coatings in Humid Environments,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Nov 2021).
• Liechty, Sam, “Design of the Laboratory Nuclear Astrophysics Research (LNAR) Beam,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Lindorff, Carsen, “Assessing and Improving the Basic Business Skills of Physics Undergraduates,” Advisor: Nathan Powers (Capstone, Apr 2021).
• Manner, Eric, “Involving Time Delays in Gradient-Based Optimization Methods,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Manwaring, Michael, “Surface Modification of 316L Stainless Steel for Carbon Nanotube Growth,” Advisor: Felipe Rivera (Senior Thesis, Dec 2021).
• Mathews, Logan, “Launch Acoustics of the Falcon 9 Rocket: Source Characteristics and Models,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2021).
• McPherson, Daniel, “Exploring the Dynamics of Magnetic Fluctuations in Magnetite Nanoparticles,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Millecam, Todd, “Coming of age of Allotrope: Proceedings from the Fall 2020 Allotrope Connect,” Advisor: Dennis Della Corte (Capstone, Aug 2021).
• Miller, Andrew Jared, “A Hybrid Method for Auralizing Vibroacoustic Systems and Evaluating Audio Fidelity/Sound Quality Using Machine Learning,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Minson, Paul S, “Quantitative STEM: A Method for Measuring Temperature and Thickness Effects on Thermal Diffuse Scattering Using STEM/EELS, and for Testing Electron Scattering Models,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Masters Thesis, Dec 2021).
• Oldham, Christena, “Rapid Bacterial Capture wth Modified Magnetic Nanoparticles for Sepsis Diagnosis,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Oliver, Hayden, “Discovering New Superalloys Using Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Page, Logan, ““Stainless Uranium” - Oxidation Prevention in Uranium-Niobium Alloys,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Pak, Chanhyun, “Interdimensional Quantum Cloning,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Pedersen, Katrina Lynn, “[Title],” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2021).
• Pfost, Hannah, “Light and Truth: Measuring Unseen Harm in Individuals and Communities,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Rasband, Joshua, “Two Reduced Models of Nerve Behavior,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Rasmussen, Emma, “Modeling an Electron Sensitive Scintillator,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Read, Charlotte, “Fe3O4 nanoparticles investigated by vibrating sample magnetometry and muon spin relaxation,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Richardson, Gabe, “Computational Development of a Miniature Quantum Dot Spectrometer for Use in Space,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Saunders, Jason, “Quantum Metrology with Limited Measurement Resources,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Schwartz, Nathan, “Neural Network Solutions to Cylindrical Microwave Cavities,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Sheffield, Rebekah, “Trends in Temperature Dependence of Grain Boundary Mobility,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Dec 2021).
• Sprenkle, Robert Tucker, “Temperature Relaxation and Magnetically Suppressed Expansion in Strongly Coupled Ultracold Neutral Plasmas,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2021).
• Steele, Jackson, “A New Photometric Redshift Method for Galaxies with 0.01 Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Steele, Rochelle Julia, “An Analysis of Two Photometric Redshift Methods and Their Uses for Finding Void Galaxies,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, Dec 2021).
• Stevens, Jade, “Analysis of 𝜇SR Data From 5nm and 20nm Magnetite Nanoparticles,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Capstone, Aug 2021).
• Szamosfalvi, Benjamin, “Verifying Silicon Photonic Optical Hybrid Designs through Simulation,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Townsend, McKayla, “Bragg Coherent Diffraction Strain Imaging of Temperature-Varied 14YWT Microcrystals,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Capstone, Aug 2021).
• Treter, Jonathan, “Sloppy Model Analysis of Buchholtz Neuron Model,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Jun 2021).
• Trump, Jason, “Planetarium Use in Introductory Astronomy Courses,” Advisor: M. Jeannette Lawler (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Turner, Savanah, “The Search for Brown Dwarf Binary Systems: Improving the Spectral Fitting Code,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Vongsawad, Cameron Taylor, “Development and Characterization of an Underwater Acoustics Laboratory Via in situ Impedance Boundary Measurements,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Masters Thesis, Dec 2021).
• Westhoff, Zach, “A Microcontroller-Integrated Miniature Infrared Spectrometer for Noninvasive Sensing of Physiological Signals,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Capstone, Apr 2021).
• Williams, Kinamo, “Asymptotic and Bayesian Approaches to Uncertainty Quantification of Interatomic Models,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Apr 2021).
• Adams, James, “Design and Manufacturing of Control System for Monochromator,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Capstone, Aug 2020).
• Bailey, Paul W., “Universal Quantum Circuitry: Deutsch Gate Construction Using GaAs/InAs Quantum Dots,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Bekker, Brayden, “Machine-Learned Interatomic Potential for Superalloy Discovery,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Jun 2020).
• Bennett, Tyler, “Helical Resonator for a Dual-Species Ion Trap,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Christensen, Alexandra, “Brachytherapy Implant Evaluation Using New Isodose Surface Metrics,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Christensen, John, “Brillouin Zone Reduction for Band Structure Integration,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Clark, Ian, “The Periods and Stability of ZZ Piscium,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Day, Carter, “Effects of Illumination Shadows in Interference Pattern Structured Illumination Imaging,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Senior Thesis, Jun 2020).
• Ducharme, Nicolas, “Connections between magnetic correlations and local crystalline structure in two dilute magnetic semiconductors: Li(Zn,Mn)As and (Ba,K)(Zn,Mn)2As2,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Eberhard, John-Michael, “Statistical Spectral Fitting of Brown Dwarf Binary Candidates,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Erikson, James, “Photoluminescence Lifetime as an Indicator of Temperature in Materials,” Advisor: David Allred, John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Fields, Jacob, “Gamma-ray Burst Afterglow Dynamics in Inhomogeneous Interstellar Media,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Jul 2020).
• Foulk, Nate, “Two-Dimensional Integration of Electronic Bands through Quadratic Interpolation,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Aug 2020).
• Francis, Benjamin Lane, “Information Geometry and Model Reduction in Oscillatory and Networked Systems,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (PhD Dissertation, Jun 2020).
• Gaunt, Caleb, “Web-Based Controllers for the ROVOR Observatory,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Hamilton, Parker, “Computed Phase Diagrams for Superalloys Using Nested Sampling,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Haslam, Dallin, “Exploration of Vacuum-Tube Combo Guitar Amplifier Directivities,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Aug 2020).
• Hensley, Derek, “Mapping Grain Boundary Metastable Sates with Unsupervised Learning,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Hodge, Daniel, “Intensity Dependence of Radiation Scattered by Electrons in a Laser Focus,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, May 2020).
• Howard, Amanda, “Rapid Separation of Bacteria from Blood Using Surface-Modified Magnetic Nanoparticles for Sepsis Diagnosis,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Dec 2020).
• Hughes, Jake, “A New Approach to PDF Symmetry Mode Calculations,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Capstone, Aug 2020).
• Jones, Zachary, “Wind-Induced Microphone Noise Reduction in Outdoor Sound Level Measurements,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Jul 2020).
• Lawyer, Matthew, “Bohmian Mechanical Trajectories for the Simple Harmonic Oscillator,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Oct 2020).
• Lewis, Charles, “Neural Network Approximations of the Temperature of CdTe Quantum Dots,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Jun 2020).
• Lowe, Melanie, “Introduction to Nested Sampling,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Dec 2020).
• Martin, Jessica, “Assessing Lab Assistant Attitude Shifts and Strength in Undergraduate Physics Labs,” Advisor: Nathan Powers (Capstone, Aug 2020).
• Ostergaard, Sarah, “Acoustic Directionality of Explosions as Scale-Model Volcanoes,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Dec 2020).
• Pack, Alden Roy, “Superconductivity at its Limit: Simulating Superconductor Dynamics Near the Superconducting Superheating Field in Eilenberger and Ginzburg-Landau Theory,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (PhD Dissertation, Apr 2020).
• Petersen, Dallen, “Motorized Mirror Controller with 3D Printed Parts,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Porter, J. Nicholas, “Etalon interference wavelength metrology using webcams,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Senior Thesis, Dec 2020).
• Pratt, Brittni Tasha, “Polarization of Nonlinear Thomson Scattering from a High-Intensity Laser Focus,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Masters Thesis, Aug 2020).
• Puente, Timothy, “Press Cut-off Redesign,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Capstone, Apr 2020).
• Roberts, Spencer, “Mechanical Characterization of Carbon Nanotube based Neural Probes,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2020).
• Romero Carranza, Mahonri, “Nonlinear Thomson Scattering: Minimum Useful Focal Spot Size as a Function of Laser Pulse Duration,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Aug 2020).
• Rowley, Joseph Timothy, “Sp2 Bonded Carbon for Soft X-Ray Detector Windows,” Advisor: Robert Davis (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2020).
• Schulzke, Christoph Alexander, “Angular Dependence of Nonlinear Thomson Scattering From Electrons in a High Intensity Laser Focus,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Masters Thesis, Dec 2020).
• Simpson, Paige, “The Performance of Time Reversal in an Elastic Cavity as a Function of Volume,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Senior Thesis, Jun 2020).
• Stone, Nathan, “Linear Time Prime Factorization Using Weak Value Amplification,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Sun, Yance, “Investigation of Coherence between Electrons Born from the Same Atom when Emitting Nonlinear Thomson Scattering,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2020).
• Taylor, Ellyse, “Rubidium Vapor Transport Through Micron-Scale Channels,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2020).
• Temple, Joel, “Physics Problem-Solving Methodology in Application to Non-Physics Problems,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Capstone, Aug 2020).
• Van Komen, David Franklin, “Deep Learning to Predict Ocean Seabed Type and Source Parameters,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Masters Thesis, Aug 2020).
• Vaughn, Aaron Burton, “Physical Characterization of Crackle-Related Events in Military Jet Aircraft Noise,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Aug 2020).
• Wallace, Carla, “High-Amplitude Time Reversal Focusing of Ultrasound in Air,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2020).
• Westover, Tyler Richard, “Electrical Characterization and Annealing of DNA Origami Templated Gold Nanowires,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Whetten, Benjamin, “Wavenumber Error in Interference Pattern Lensless Imaging,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Senior Thesis, Apr 2020).
• Andrews, Bryan, “Driver Controls Analysis and Redesign,” Advisor: (Capstone, Apr 2019).
• Baird, Camille, “Methods of Fabrication and Testing for Resonating Micro-Rings and Disks as Sensors,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Barker, Jacob, “3D Visualization of Light Scattered by a Free Electron in a Relativistic Laser Focus,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Mar 2019).
• Bellows, Sam, “Analysis of Directivity Factors and Indices of Human Speech,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Benfell, Nate, “Reversing Time to Find Families: Reviewing Backwards Integration as a New Method of Family-finding in the Kuiper Belt,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Boyce, Daniel, “Using platinum nanoparticles on ferritin to form hydrogen gas from methyl viologen and organic acids,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Aug 2019).
• Brown, Caleb, “Power Requirements of the Water and Vacuum Pumps for a Cummins 2.8 L Diesel Engine,” Advisor: (Capstone, Jun 2019).
• Bugg, Adam, “Using small robotic telescopes to monitor Cepheid variable stars,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Cahoon, Alex, “Instrumental Developments for a Surface Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect (SMOKE) Magnetometer,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Capstone, Apr 2019).
• Carlson, Jared, “Simulations of Magnetic Vortex Nucleation at Grain Boundaries in RF Superconducting Cavities,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, May 2019).
• Chipman, Damyn, “Viscous Aerodynamics Modeling Using a Mesh-Free Approach,” Advisor: (Capstone, Apr 2019).
• Christensen, Adam, “Hybrid neutron detection optics for gadolinium-acrylic disks in liquid scintillator,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Aug 2019).
• Clayton, Chad, “Low-cost sound attenuation for retail Blendtec home blenders,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Capstone, Aug 2019).
• Cook, Mylan Ray, “Using Coherence to Improve the Calculation of Active Acoustic Intensity with the Phase and Amplitude Gradient Estimator Method,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Dame, Rudger, “Calculating Roughness of Planetary Surfaces Using 3D Terrain Models,” Advisor: (Capstone, Apr 2019).
• Dodson, Berg Daniel, “Electrical Conductivity of the Aluminum Oxide Diffusion Barrier Following Catalytic Carbon Nanotube Growth,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Masters Thesis, Dec 2019).
• Draper, Christian D, “Search for Dwarf Emission Line Galaxies in Galaxy Voids,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2019).
• Frischknecht, Elisabeth, “Exoplanetary Candidates Around HD100546 in Archival ACS Data,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Goates, Caleb Burley, “Analytical Expressions for Acoustic Radiation Modes of Simple Curved Structures,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Jun 2019).
• Gregg, Josh, “Electromagnetic excitation technique for nonlinear resonant ultrasound spectroscopy,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Senior Thesis, Jun 2019).
• Hill, Sarah, “Constructing a Helical Resonator for a Dual-Species Ion and Atom Trap,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Howe, Leslie, “Levitating Microscopic Particles in a Laser Beam via Photophoresis,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2019).
• Hoyt, Travis Nathan, “Improvements to Sound Power Measurements for Large, Extended Sources in Semi-Reverberant Rooms Using Generalized Energy Density,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Aug 2019).
• Jackson, Jarom Silver, “Mechanically Scanned Interference Pattern Structured Illumination Imaging,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (PhD Dissertation, Jun 2019).
• Johnston, Daniel, “Copper Complexes as Influenza Inhibitors,” Advisor: (Capstone, Apr 2019).
• Jones, Daniel, “Photometric and Polarimetric Signatures of Geosynchronous Satellites,” Advisor: David Allred, Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Lambert, Christian, “Emergence in Flocking Boids with Graph Theory,” Advisor: Manuel Berrondo (Senior Thesis, Feb 2019).
• Lenhart, Eric, “Emergent Properties of the Transport of Sand,” Advisor: Manuel Berrondo (Senior Thesis, Aug 2019).
• Lim, Hyun, “Dynamical Compact Objects in Numerical Relativity,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2019).
• Lysenko, Eric, “Direct Measurement of Seismo-acoustic Wave Coupling,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Jun 2019).
• McKnight, Quin, “Isotopic Separation and Spectroscopy of Ytterbium-173(3/2) using Laser Cooling,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Miller, Jared, “Altering Listening Environments Through Active Noise Control,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Capstone, Apr 2019).
• Morgan, Wiley Spencer, “Using Symmetry to Accelerate Materials Discovery,” Advisor: Gus Hart (PhD Dissertation, Apr 2019).
• Nelson, Michael, “Nuclear Event Classification via Graphically Driven Computation,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Nuttall, Michelle, “Determining Transition Temperature of Lipids by Observing the Passage of TPP through a Lipid Bilayer,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Capstone, Dec 2019).
• Nyshadham, Chandramouli, “Materials Prediction Using High-Throughput and Machine Learning Techniques,” Advisor: Gus Hart (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2019).
• Packard, Miriam, “Standardizing Light Curves of RR Lyraes in the Globular Cluster NGC 5466,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Parkes, Mason, “Investigating a loss of Magnetic Domain Memory in a [Co/Pd]/IrMn Thin film,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Aug 2019).
• Pincock, Seth, “Modeling the Orbits of Trans-Neptunian Triple 47171 Lempo,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Dec 2019).
• Price, Paige, “Locking a Cavity to a Laser for Laser Phase Noise Measurements,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Capstone, Apr 2019).
• Proudfoot, Benjamin, “Modeling The Formation Of The Collisional Family Of The Dwarf Planet Haumea,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Richards, Matthew, “Ferritin-bound Platinum Nanoparticles in Hydrogen Production,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Rose, Michael Thomas, “Noise Control of Vacuum-Assisted Toilets,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Jun 2019).
• Schulzke, Christoph, “Calculating Radiation Emitted by Laser-Driven Relativistic Electrons,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Jan 2019).
• Shelley, Micah, “RF magnetron sputtering of arsenic-doped p-type zinc oxide,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Spencer, Alex, “Automating Noise Reduction Procedures for Exoplanet Research,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Steele, Rochelle, “Photometric Survey for Dwarf Galaxies Within Intergalactic Voids,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Steil, Nick, “Connecting Physics and Finance,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Dec 2019).
• Stewart, Colter, “Optical Constants of Amorphous Zinc Arsenide (Zn3As2) via Spectroscopic Ellipsometry,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Van Alfen, Nicholas, “Survey and Data Reduction of Blazars Using the ROVOR Telescope,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Apr 2019).
• Vogel, Peter, “A Complete Physics Curriculum for an Honors and Ordinary High School Course,” Advisor: Duane Merrell (Capstone, Jun 2019).
• Ward, Jacob, “Comparing two inverse array methods for jet noise sound field reconstruction,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Sep 2019).
• Westhoff, Dunn, “Designing and Creating a 3D Rendering of a Large-scale Solar-still Fountain,” Advisor: (Capstone, Jun 2019).
• Ashby, Keir, “Improving Exoplanet Occurrence Rate Estimates with Approximate Bayesian Computation,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Averett, Tyler, “Implementation of a Robust Communications System for Robotic Mars Rover Application,” Advisor: (Capstone, Jun 2018).
• Bahr, Tyler, “Parameter Reduction of the Hodgkin-Huxley Model of Action Potential Propagation,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Baird, Sterling, “LiNO3-Free CNT Li-S Batteries towards Safe, High Specific Energy Storage: Mechanistic Studies, Ratio Effects, CNT Parameters, and Other Practical Considerations,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Sep 2018).
• Barney, Richard, “Quantum Erasure and Coherence Recovery through the Stern-Gerlach Effect,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Dec 2018).
• Bassett, Jonathan, “Chaos in the Spinning Relativistic Three-body Problem,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Black, William, “Primordial Origins of Supermassive Black Holes,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Butler, Brooks, “K-means Clustering Analysis of Geospatial Features: Optimizing the Acquisition of Training Data,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Mar 2018).
• Carlson, Clint, “Physics 492R Capstone Report: Ku-band Phase Shifter for a Phased Array Receiver,” Advisor: (Capstone, Aug 2018).
• Carlson, Michael, “ICP-MS Skimmer Cone Shock Simulations Compared to Experimental Measurements,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Chandler, Joseph, “Modeling Ion Sheath Formation in an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Clarke, Seth, “A Standardized Hα Photometric Index in Cygnus OB2,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Dec 2018).
• Clemens, Miles A, “Normally Supportive Sublattices of Crystallographic Space Groups,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Masters Thesis, Dec 2018).
• Clingo, Mitchell, “Simulating Non-linear Mode Coupling in Low Density Non-neutral Plasma using Computational Methods,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Capstone, May 2018).
• Crossen, Scott, “Optically Detected magnetic Resonance: Computational Predictions and Experimental Results,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Davis, Alexandra, “Oxidation of Aluminum Under Various Thicknesses of Aluminum Fluoride,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Dec 2018).
• Denison, Michael Hunter, “Image Source Modeling of Time Reversal for Room Acoustics Applications,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Masters Thesis, Aug 2018).
• Dodson, Adam, “Quantum Interference in the Hyperfine Transitions of Ytterbium,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Doel, Ryan, “Refining the Model of Ionic Wind Propulsion by Analyzing Thrust Dependence on Electrode Geometry,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Capstone, Jan 2018).
• Evans, Carson, “Electron Collisions and Ionization of Argon Gas in the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Fanning, Trey, “Analyzing the Lenticule Created During the Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Procedure and Creating a 3D Model,” Advisor: (Capstone, Aug 2018).
• Furlong, Trent, “Using Time Reversal Acoustics to Remotely Deliver Energy for Active Noise Control,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Senior Thesis, Jun 2018).
• Hatch, Ryan, “The Characteristic Problem in GRMHD,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Senior Thesis, Aug 2018).
• Hernandez, Andy, “H alpha filter analysis of h and chi Persei using PSF photometry,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Hindman, Lauren, “Flaring Rate of Northern Blazars,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, May 2018).
• Hogg, Heather, “Temperature Dependence of Photoluminescence Lifetime of Rhodamine B,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Hogg, Stephen, “Characterizing stress corrosion cracking in stainless steel using nonlinear resonant ultrasound spectroscopy,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Senior Thesis, Jun 2018).
• Hopkin, Tyler, “Evaluation of the Missionary Training Center Auditorium using Room EQ Wizard,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Apr 2018).
• Kane, David Alan, “Penetration Depth Variation in Atomic Layer Deposition on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Forests,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Masters Thesis, Dec 2018).
• King, Rylan, “Nondestructive Comparison of the Wahoo and King Mackerel for Use in a Novel Biomimetic Unmanned Undersea Vehicle,” Advisor: (Capstone, Dec 2018).
• Laughlin, Annie, “Creating High Surface Area Lithium Electrodes,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Jul 2018).
• Laughlin, Kevin Robert, “Thin Film Carbon Nanofuses for Permanent Data Storage,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Aug 2018).
• Lawrence, Joseph Scott, “Use of Phase and Amplitude Gradient Estimation for Acoustic Source Characterization and Localization,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Aug 2018).
• Lehnardt, Stefan, “Mechanical Properties of Multi-layer Graphene,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Capstone, Apr 2018).
• Maggard, Steven, “Statistically Weighted Orbital Elements for Kuiper Belt Objects,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Newbold, Brittni, “Modeling the Magnetic Ordering of Magnetite (Fe3O4) Nanoparticle Assemblies,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Nielson, Felicity, “Understanding Grain Boundaries Through Machine Learning in Regards to Hydrogen Embrittlement of Steel,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Oldroyd, Will, “Thermal Equilibrium Depth Modeling of Subglacial Antarctic Meteorites,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Pearce, Sean, “Photometric Calibrations of Gemini Images of NGC 6253,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Pedersen, Katrina Lynn, “Using Machine Learning to Accurately Predict Ambient Soundscapes from Limited Data Sets,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Masters Thesis, Dec 2018).
• Peterson, J. Ryan, “Sputtering p-Type Arsenic-doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Price, Seth, “Assembly of a Wein Filter with a Tektronix Programmable Power Supply,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Capstone, Jun 2018).
• Rasband, Reese, “Sound Measurements of M16A4 Rifles,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2018).
• Rasmusson, AJ, “Error-Disturbance Uncertainty Relations Simulated on a Quantum Computer,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Jun 2018).
• Reichman, Brent Owen, “Time-Domain Characterization of Nonlinear Propagation in Military Aircraft Jet Noise,” Advisor: Kent Gee (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2018).
• Richmond, Jesse, “Surface-Atmosphere Interactions with Ultraviolet Light on Mars,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Sprenkle, Robert Tucker, “Ion Friction at Small Values of the Coulomb Logarithm,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Aug 2018).
• Standring, Mark Hunter, “Open Source Jet Turbine Engine Controller for a JetCat P-100,” Advisor: (Capstone, Aug 2018).
• Van Komen, David, “Effectiveness of Subarray Beamforming for High-performance Military Aircraft Noise Source Localization,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Vaughn, Aaron, “Empirical Modeling of Laboratory and Full-Scale Jet Noise Spectra,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Welch, Emily, “Looking for Brown Dwarf Binaries with a PSF Fitting Python Script,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Aug 2018).
• Welch, Ethan, “Stabilizing Injection-Locked Lasers through Active Feedback,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Whiting, Jennifer Kay, “Development of a Real-Time Auralization System for Assessment of Vocal Effort in Virtual-Acoustic Environments,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, Apr 2018).
• Yost, Christopher, “Implementing the Algebraic Search for Cooperative Rotational Rigid-Unit Modes,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Senior Thesis, Jun 2018).
• Young, Sarah Marie, “Implementation and Optimization of Time Reversal for Use in Nondestructive Evaluation of Stress Corrosion Cracking,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Masters Thesis, Aug 2018).
• Angel, Konrie, “Improving an Electrical Circuits Lab with Models,” Advisor: Nathan Powers (Capstone, May 2017).
• Aslani, Pegah, “Active Control of Cylindrical Shells Using the Weighted Sum of Spatial Gradients (WSSG) Control Metric,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2017).
• Barfuss, Kolten, “Algorithms for Inferring the Information Topology of Statistical Mechanics Models,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Bates, Hugh, “Hα vs Hβ Index Values for the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 4151 Over a Range of Redshifts,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Beckstead, Karrie, “Standardizations of Exams for Physics 127-Descriptive Astronomy,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Brown, Ashton, “Gamma Ray Detector with Neutron Detection Capabilities for Shielded Fission Sources,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Brown, Garett, “Beyond Phase Transitions: an Algorithmic Approach to Flocking Behavior,” Advisor: Manuel Berrondo (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Chorak, John, “Characterizing a Digital Camera for Use in a Wavelength Meter ,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2017).
• Dodson, Berg, “Feasibility of an Electrical Interconnect in Carbon-Nanotube-Templated Microfabrication,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, May 2017).
• Erickson, Adam, “Modeling and Analysis of Reverberation Time Measurements at the Center for Change,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Capstone, Jan 2017).
• Farnbach, Leanne, “Statistical Spectral Fitting of Potential Brown Dwarf Binary Systems,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Felli, Derek Sean, “The Morphology and Uniformity of Circumstellar OH/H2O Masers around OH/IR Stars,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2017).
• Flaten, Suzanne, “Quantification of Human Body Weight Change using Textbook Methods and The Dynamic Model,” Advisor: (Capstone, Aug 2017).
• Gardner, Rachel Kimberlyn, “Modeling Quantum Energy Teleportation,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Aug 2017).
• Goates, Caleb, “Bandwidth Extension of Acoustic Beamforming using Phase Unwrapping and Array Interpolation,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Goodsell, Jeremy, “Coma pattern effects on a Photophoretic particle trap,” Advisor: (Capstone, Apr 2017).
• Hall, Joe, “Assembly of a beam target chamber for studying screening potentials in condensed matter,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Senior Thesis, Aug 2017).
• Hallum, Melissa, “A Comparison of the Light Curves for NGC 4151,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Hansen, Jake, “Hullq and the search for new superalloys,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Capstone, Jul 2017).
• Hansen, Kameron, “Ferritin encapsulated PbS, PbSe, and MoS$_2$ Nanocrystals for Photovoltaic Applications,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Harker, Blaine M, “Characterization of military aircraft jet noise using wavepacket analysis and other array processing methods,” Advisor: Kent Gee (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2017).
• Horne, Christina, “Analyzing the Dynamics of Coupled Quantum Harmonic Oscillators,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Matt, Kyle, “Using Model Point Spread Functions to Identify Possible Binary Brown Dwarf Systems,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Miles, Margaret, “Evaporated Aluminum Fluoride as a Barrier Layer to Retard Oxidation of Aluminum Mirrors,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Masters Thesis, Dec 2017).
• Osborne, McKay, “Extracting Long-term Periodicity in Markarian 501 from Optical Wavelength Filters,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, May 2017).
• Pack, Alden Roy, “Computational exploration of vortex nucleation in type II superconductors using a finite element method in Ginzburg-Landau theory,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Masters Thesis, Dec 2017).
• Patterson, Andrew, “Data Reduction Script for Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope Transit Survey,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Peterson, Miriah, “Calibration of a High-Throughput Spectrometer for Measuring Hyper Rayleigh Scattering,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2017).
• Pincock, Claire, “High-Resolution Speech Directivity Balloons,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Apr 2017).
• Richardson, Hyrum, “Linear and Nonlinear Properties of Pancharatnam's Phase in Polarization Optics\,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Rivest, Joe, “Optical Photometric Evidence for a Binary Black Hole in Mrk 501,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, May 2017).
• Rose, Michael, “Comparison of Multi-microphone Probes and Processing Methods for Acoustic Intensity,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Aug 2017).
• Rosenbrock, Conrad Waldhar, “Machine Learning to Discover and Optimize Materials,” Advisor: Gus Hart (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2017).
• Safsten, Emily Diane, “Using advanced PSF subtraction techniques on archival data of Herbig Ae/Be stars to search for new candidate companions,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Masters Thesis, Aug 2017).
• Squires, David, “Wavefront Sensing in the Presence of Turbulence with Holographic Interferometry,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Stevens, Tyler, “Annealing of Coated Electron-Beam Induced Deposition of Platinum Nanowires,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Succo, Kelli Fredrickson, “Acoustic Intensity of Narrowband Signals in Free-Field Environments,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Dec 2017).
• Thevenin, Spencer, “Effects of Roughness on Reflection of Monochromatic Light,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2017).
• Thomas, Stephanie, “Preventing Oxidation of Aluminum Mirrors with Cadmium and Zinc Barriers,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, May 2017).
• Tinnin, Jacob, “Analysis of the Stability and Efficiency of Lattice Boltzmann Algorithms,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Aug 2017).
• Whipple, Parkes, “Blazar Polarimetry with the ROVOR Telescope,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Capstone, Jul 2017).
• Willardson, Matthew, “Time Reversal Focusing of High Amplitude Sound in a Reverberation Chamber,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Capstone, Aug 2017).
• Willett, Spencer, “Making aluminum shine again, removing polymers used to protect aluminum from oxidization,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Aug 2017).
• Ashby, Matthew, “Measurement of Scattered Radiation from Free Electrons in an Intense Laser Focus,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Aug 2016).
• Asp, Merrill, “Adaptation in Enzyme Networks: Searching for Minimal Mechanisms,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Bell, Cameron, “Brownie Waffles: Programmatically Accelerating Human Creativity with Cross-Discipline Connections,” Advisor: (Capstone, Apr 2016).
• Berry, Kendall, “Submicron Nanoporous Polymer Support Membrane for More Transmissive X-Ray Windows,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Bodon, K Joshua, “Development, Evaluation, and Validation of a High-Resolution Directivity Measurement System for Played Musical Instruments,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Boyer, Nathan Edward, “Microfabrication with Smooth, Thin CNT/Polymer Composite Sheets,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Jun 2016).
• Bradley, Joel, “High Mass X-Ray Binary KRL2007B-367 and Adjacent Star Fey in the Optical,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Burbidge, Matt, “Investigating Integration Schemes in First Principles Materials Modeling,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Calton, Matthew Franklin, “Modeling of Acoustic Resonators and Resonator Systems for Use in Passive Noise Control,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Aug 2016).
• Crunkleton, Dan, “Strong Field Ionization of Neutral Strongly-Coupled Plasmas in a Gas Jet ,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Davis, Andrew, “Carbon Nanotube Templated Manufacturing of Hierarchically Structured Fluid Filters,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Denison, Michael, “A Method to Evaluate Nonideal Effects of Anechoic Chambers for Multiple-Angle Measurements,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Apr 2016).
• Embley, Jacob, “Electron Spin Coherence in Silicon Vacancy Defects of Proton-irradiated Silicon Carbide,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Erikson, Alex, “Dual Species Magneto Optical Trap: A Fusion Analogue,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Capstone, Dec 2016).
• Finlinson, Cory, “VocalEyes: Real-time Automated Singing Assessment,” Advisor: (Capstone, Aug 2016).
• Glines, Forrest, “Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics on Graphics Processing Units,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Gold Dahl, M. E., “Determining the Accuracy of a Partially-Stabilized Frequency Comb,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Grimes, Julia, “Pre Class Exercise to Help Understanding,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Capstone, Apr 2016).
• Griner, Dalton, “Study of Magnetite Nanoparticle Assemblies Using X-ray Resonance Magnetic Scattering (XRMS),” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Aug 2016).
• Harrison, Nicholas, “Radius and Intensity Dependence of Laser Plasma Expansion,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Hart, Spencer, “Improving Material Simulation Efficiency by Improving Interpolation Schemes,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Healey, Matthew, “Topology of the Magnetic Domains of a Co/Pt Multilayer with 16Å Cobalt Layers,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Capstone, Jun 2016).
• Heaton, Christopher, “Time Reversal Focusing of Elastic Waves in Plates for Educational Demonstration Purposes,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Capstone, Aug 2016).
• Hill, Gregory, “Single Pulse Neutron and Gamma Discrimination with Combination Glass and Liquid Hybrid Detector,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Holden, Marcus, “Periodicity of Markarian 501,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Hoyt, Travis, “Volume Velocity Estimation for Multiple-Driver Loudspeakers,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Aug 2016).
• Hunter, Rachael, “Improving Period Accuracy of Variable Stars through Radial Velocity Time Corrections,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Huntington, Dale, “Facilitated Lipid Analysis via Nano Differential Scanning Calorimetry,” Advisor: (Capstone, Jul 2016).
• Ingalls, Tanner, “Tracking a Team in the Workplace - Defining Performance Management in Real-Time,” Advisor: (Capstone, Aug 2016).
• Jackson, Jarom Silver, “In Situ Magnetic Field Characterization with the Directional Hanle Effect,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Masters Thesis, Jun 2016).
• Jensen, Zachary R, “Improvements to the Two-Point In Situ Method for Measurement of the Room Constant and Sound Power in Semi-Reverberant Rooms,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Lawrence, Joseph, “Enumeration Method for Search of Low-energy Structures on Graphene,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Aug 2016).
• Leete, Kevin, “Mach Stem formation in Outdoor Measurements of Acoustic Shocks,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Lesser, Ryan, “Measuring Redshifts of Emission-line Galaxies Using Ramp Filters,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Livingston, Shaun, “Softball Instrumentation and Dynamic Feedback System,” Advisor: (Capstone, Apr 2016).
• McArthur, Eli, “Finding the First Stars,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Jun 2016).
• McClellan, Andrew, “Hybrid Liquid Organic Scintillator and Lithium-6 Glass Neutron Detector: Correlated Pulses,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Meehan, Michael, “Continous Wave Operation and Mode-Locking of Ti:Sapph Lasers,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Jun 2016).
• Miller, Kyle Glen, “Quadspectral Nonlinearity Indicator,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Aug 2016).
• Morgan, Wiley Spencer, “Increasing the Computational Efficiency of Combinatoric Searches,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Masters Thesis, Dec 2016).
• Olsen, Cameron, “Permanganate-Based Synthesis of Semiconducting Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in the Protein Ferritin,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Ostler, Brian, “Minimizing Room Return Neutrons,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Ostrom, Derek, “Practicality of using the Wang-Landau algorithm to model real alloys,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Pedersen, Katrina, “Automating the Data Reduction Process for Geosynchronous Satellite Spectra,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Aug 2016).
• Petersen, Reese, “Atomic Layer Deposition of Hafnium Dioxide on Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Making a Dielectric Capacitor,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Peterson, John, “Response Magnitude Uniformity of Two Commercial 5-Inch Photomultiplier Tubes,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, Apr 2016).
• Pugh, McKinley, “Increasing Stability in Extended Cavity Diode Lasers using Frequency Noise Feedback,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Raymond, Alec, “Stand-alone high resolution neutron spectrometer,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Rollins, Michael, “The Influence of Room Acoustics on the Voice,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Aug 2016).
• Skousen, Aaron, “Bike Trailer/Jogger for Quadriplegic Adults,” Advisor: (Capstone, Apr 2016).
• Smith, Dallin, “X-ray Studies and Magnetic Ordering Modeling of Chains of Magnetite Nanoparticles,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Swenson, Erik, “Nanostructures Formed by Calcium Substitution in Graphane,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Terry, KaeCee, “Paired Neutron Detection,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Torrie, Darren, “Initial Laboratory Experiments to Validate a Phase and Amplitude Gradient Estimator Method for the Calculation of Acoustic Intensity from Broadband Sources,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Veach, Clarissa, “Si Coated Patterned CNT Frameworks as a Potential Medium for Purifying Large Proteins,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Whiting, Eric B, “Energy Quantity Estimation in Radiated Acoustic Fields,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Dec 2016).
• Wiggins, Brandon Kerry, “Emission from Black Holes and Supernovae in the Early Universe,” Advisor: David Neilsen (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2016).
• Zarian, Michael, “Improving the Efficiency of the Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm Using Partial-Rank Jacobian Updates,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Apr 2016).
• Alberts, Chris, “The Effects of Cryotherapy (Icing) on AMPK and Inflammatory Proteins,” Advisor: (Capstone, May 2015).
• Archibald, Lawrence, “Construction of a 408 nm Laser System for Use in Ion Interferometry,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Masters Thesis, Dec 2015).
• Barrett, Lawrence Kent, “Silicon Carbon Nanotube Lithium Ion Batteries,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Dec 2015).
• Barton, Dallin, “Nickel and Copper Electroplating of Patterned Carbon-Coated Carbon Nanotube Forests for Applications in Microelectricalmechanical Systems and Through-Silicon Vias,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Aug 2015).
• Berardi, Mark, “Quantification of Vocal Effort in Varying Acoustical Environments,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, Dec 2015).
• Burton, Ashlie, “Sound Reduction in Prostheses,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, Apr 2015).
• Burton, Cassi, “An Ideal Guitar Tuner: Optimizing Consonance by Minimizing Beating,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Capstone, Sep 2015).
• Carroll, Carla June, “A Feasibility Study of Photometric Reverberation Mapping with Meter-Class Telescopes,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Masters Thesis, Jun 2015).
• Collings, Jacob, “Quantifying the Uncertainty of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Relation: Preparation vs. Measurement Uncertainty,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Aug 2015).
• Eliason, Daniel, “Improving Ion Injection into a Cylindrical Malmberg-Penning Trap,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Erickson, Stephen, “Tunable Band Gaps of Nanocrystals Encapsulated by the Protein Ferritin,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Eyring, Nathan, “Subjective Evaluations of Acoustic Sources,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, Jul 2015).
• Farnsworth, Jackson, “Investigating Sub-Harmonics and Frequency Coupling in Structural Modes of the Cymbal,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Capstone, Aug 2015).
• Fischer, Ben, “Reduction and Analysis of KELT Data \\to Confirm Transiting Planets,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Dec 2015).
• Fletcher, James, “Time Delayed Double Pulse Variation of Radiation Scattering From Free Electrons Inside an Intense Laser Focus,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Dec 2015).
• Foster, Robert, “Examination of Time Corrections for RR Lyrae Variables in the Kepler Data,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Dec 2015).
• Gaillard, Clement, “Detecting Planets around Low-mass Stars in the Kepler Field,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Dec 2015).
• Gardiner, John, “Explorations in Quantum Channels,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Gardner, Doug, “Searching for Unresolved Binary Brown Dwarfs in the Hubble Archives,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Aug 2015).
• Gunther, Kimball, “Evanescence and Directivity of a Cymbal,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Aug 2015).
• Hatch, Aubrey, “Fabricating an SU-8 Support Structure with Non-Vertical Side Walls Using a Diffraction Grating,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2015).
• Heninger, Adam, “Comparison of Strain Coefficients of a Fiber Bragg Grating on a Cantilever Beam Obtained by Bernoulli-Euler Beam Theory and the Butter-Hocker Model,” Advisor: (Capstone, Mar 2015).
• Hicken, Bailie, “My Research Experience(s),” Advisor: (Capstone, Jun 2015).
• Hoggan, Emma, “Investigating Landau Damping through Visualization of Simulated Plasmas,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Capstone, Apr 2015).
• Hord, Samuel, “Sensitivity Analysis of Ground Impedance on Horizontal Full-Scale Rocket Motor Test Fire,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Jay, Jared, “Chaos in the Relativistic Three-Body Problem,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Johanson, Adam K, “Radio Emission Toward Regions of Massive Star Formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (PhD Dissertation, Apr 2015).
• Jones, Tyler, “Measuring Laser Wavelength with Filtered-Photodiode Color Sensors,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Jones, Zak, “Single Pixel Camera,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Aug 2015).
• Kingsley, Adam, “Instructional Lab for Undergraduates Utilizing the Hanbury Brown and Twiss Effect,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Dec 2015).
• Koelling, Curtis, “Dust Mitigation Project: An Experimental Evaluation of the Metal Fluoride Trap,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Capstone, Jun 2015).
• Lallatin, Jacob, “Heat Stress Prevention Kit,” Advisor: (Capstone, Oct 2015).
• Liu, Muxue, “Re-Calibration of the Periods of Selected Cepheids from the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project Using Time Correction,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Masters Thesis, Apr 2015).
• McKeon, Brandon, “Characterization of Silicon Dioxide Thin Film Deposition,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• McKeon, Jerika, “Simulated vs. Traditional Labs in a High School Physics Class,” Advisor: (Capstone, Apr 2015).
• Miller, Kyle, “Electron Spin Echo and Coherence Times in Silicon Carbide Defects,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Morgan, Hugh, “The Post-Newtonian Three-Body Problem,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Noyce, Steven, “Porous Cantilever Resonators for Chemical Sensing in Fluid Environments,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2015).
• Olsen, Chris, “Search for Laser Second Harmonic Generation in Helium,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Otterstrom, Nils, “Filtered Photodiodes for Laser Wavelength Metrology,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Pack, Alden, “Computational Models of Film and Bulk Superconductors in Time Varying Magnetic Fields,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Aug 2015).
• Pearson, Michael, “Rocket Noise Nonlinearity: The Importance of Atmospheric Conditions and Rocket Speed,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Porter, Aaron, “Library of X-Ray Florescence Spectra of Lanthanide Series Elements and Order of Magnitude Measurements of Absorption Conditions,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Jun 2015).
• Safsten, Alex, “Mapping Magnetic Memory in [Co/Pd]IrMn Thin Films Under Exchange Bias Conditions,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Salway, Elora, “Using Point-Spread Dunctions to Identify and Characterize Unresolved Binary Brown Dwarfs,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Smith, Benjamin, “Reflectance Measurements of Two Thin Film Materials in the UV,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Aug 2015).
• Stout, Trevor Alden, “Vector Intensity and Holography-Based Acoustic Source Characterization of a Military Jet Aircraft,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Aug 2015).
• Sutherland, Gregory J, “Characterization of Order-Disorder Phase Transition Temperature for Select Nanoparticles,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Masters Thesis, Jun 2015).
• Tarbox, Grayson Joel, “Simulations of Electron Trajectories in an Intense Laser Focus for Photon Scattering Experiments,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Thaden, Joseph, “Determining Effects of Meteorological Trends on Jet Noise Analysis,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Apr 2015).
• Vongsawad, Cameron, “Physics Education Through S.T.E.M. Outreach,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Capstone, Apr 2015).
• Walton, Ryan, “Comparative Analysis of Light Curves for Known RR Lyrae stars in the Globular Cluster M3 Using DAOPHOT and ISIS,” Advisor: Elizabeth Jeffery Kraczek (Senior Thesis, Dec 2015).
• Westover, Tyler, “Construction of Snap-Together Ion Source and Testing Facility,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Senior Thesis, Jun 2015).
• Wilkins, Abigail, “Developing A Diagnostic For Measuring The Density Of Ultracold Neutral Plasmas,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Sep 2015).
• Woodbury, Daniel, “Construction of a Compact Two-Dimensional Magneto-Optical Trap for a Cold Calcium Beam,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Wright, Katrina, “Spectral Fitting of Brown Dwarf Binaries Using C++,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2015).
• Zachreson, Matthew R, “Comparing Theory and Experiment for Analyte Transport in the First Vacuum Stage of the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2015).
• Anderson, Jason Kyle , “Developing Atomic Layer Deposition Techniques of Tungsten on Carbon Nanotube Microstructures,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
• Anderson, Zachary, “Correlation Analysis of Military Aircraft Jet Noise,” Advisor: Kent Gee, Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
• Bakaitis, Rachael, “Propagation of Nonlinear Acoustic Waves Through a Baffled, Open-ended Pipe,” Advisor: Kent Gee, Derek Thomas (Senior Thesis, Aug 2014).
• Barrett, Lawrence, “High-Aspect-Ratio Metal Microfabrication by Nickel Electroplating of Patterned Carbon Nanotube Forests,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2014).
• Batschi, Jordan, “TEM Sample Preparation for Order-Disorder Temperature Analysis of Au-Cu Nanoparticles,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Aug 2014).
• Blakley, Daniel Robert, “Introduction to the Development of a Radio Astronomy System at Brigham Young University,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (Masters Thesis, Jul 2014).
• Brady, James, “Design and Testing of a Stabilization Platform for the Naval Research Laboratory,” Advisor: Anton Bowden (Capstone, Apr 2014).
• Brown, Collin, “Infiltration of CNT forests by Atomic Layer Deposition for MEMS Applications,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
• Cai, Yanping, “Spin and Orbital Moments and Magnetic Order in Fe3O4 Nanoparticle Assemblies,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Masters Thesis, Mar 2014).
• Calton, Matthew, “An Acoustical Analysis and Loudspeaker System Design of a Local High School Auditorium,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Apr 2014).
• Carruth, PJ, “Acoustical Analysis of the Marriott Center Sound System,” Advisor: (Capstone, Jul 2014).
• Christensen, Benjamin Young, “Investigation of a New Method of Estimating Acoustic Intensity and Its Application to Rocket Noise,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Jul 2014).
• Clay, Bryce, “Silica Aerogel thin films,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2014).
• Corey, Alexander, “Construction and Testing of Four Adit Photomultiplier Tubes With Scintillating Plastic for Neutron Detection,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Dec 2014).
• Cox, Caleb, “Topographic Effects on the Reliability of Precipitation Measurement,” Advisor: (Capstone, Jul 2014).
• George, Adam, “Light propagation through multilayer finger model,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Jun 2014).
• Hansen, Eddie, “Building an Apparatus for Beta Decay Measurements,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Capstone, Dec 2014).
• Harris, Nathan, “2014 Air Force Research Laboratory Design Challenge,” Advisor: (Capstone, Aug 2014).
• Higgins, Craig, “Cadmium Capture-gated Neutron Detector Analysis of the U-235 Fission Spectrum,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, Apr 2014).
• Honick, Chuck, “Single Dish Radio Astronomy: Reaching First Light,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (Senior Thesis, May 2014).
• Humpherys, Candice Marie, “Application of an Isogeometric Boundary Element Method to the Calculation of Acoustic Radiation Modes and Their Efficiencies,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Jun 2014).
• Jex, Trevor, “Preliminary Study of a Dual PMT Lithium-Cadmium Hybrid Neutron Detector,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
• Lambert, Enoch, “Mode Stabilization of a Diode Laser Using Radio-frequency Lock Noise,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
• Lyon, Mary Elizabeth, “Towards Stronger Coulomb Coupling in an Ultracold Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (PhD Dissertation, Jul 2014).
• Mann, COLIN, “Use of Correlated Photon Pairs in Absolute Efficiency Measurement of Single Photon Source,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Sep 2014).
• Marquez, Daniel Ryan, “Estimating the Acoustic Power of Sources in Nonideal Enclosures Using Generalized Acoustic Energy Density,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Mar 2014).
• Marx, Joshua, “Determining Surface Roughness Using Extreme Ultraviolet LIght,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
• Matern, Joshua, “Simultaneous Determination of Three Different Spin Projections Using Entanglement and Weak Measurement,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Jun 2014).
• McArthur, Matthew, “Neutron Measurements with a Shielded Source & Measured and Theoretical Errors for Multiplicity Counting,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, Nov 2014).
• McNeff, Matthew, “Observing Astronomical Redshift Through Optical Red and Blue Slope Filtes,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Aug 2014).
• Morris, Joseph, “A Model of the Royden G. Derrick Planetarium using the Enhanced Acoustic Simulator for Engineers (EASE),” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Jul 2014).
• Mortensen, Jeshua, “Computing the directivities of Platonic-solid loudspeakers,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
• Myres, Jazmin, “Creation of Coherent Complex Pressure Measurements Through Overlapping Scan-Based Measurements,” Advisor: Kent Gee, Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
• Petrie, Cody, “Determining thin film roughness with EUV reflection,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Aug 2014).
• Pope, Hsinping, “Comparison of Military Aircraft Spectra to Similarity Spectra of Turbulent Mixing Noise,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Capstone, Aug 2014).
• Richards, Taylor, “Transit Time Uniformity of Two Commercial 5” Photomultiplier Tubes,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, Aug 2014).
• Rupper, Stephen, “Frequency Locking Circuits,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
• Scott, Liz, “Measuring the Index of Refraction of Y2O3 in the Extreme Ultraviolet,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Aug 2014).
• Stewart, Brigitte, “Morphological Variation in Dune Parameters on Titan Reveals Formation Environment of Dunes,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Dec 2014).
• Stoker, Emily, “A Model for A Contact Eclipsing Binary System in the Field of KOI 1152,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Jun 2014).
• Talbert, Bradford, “Calibration of a cadmium capture-gated neutron spectrometer,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
• Wendler, Tim Glenn, “Algebraic Semi-Classical Model for Reaction Dynamics,” Advisor: Manuel Berrondo (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2014).
• White, Philip, “Quantifying Climate Change: Bayesian Model for Antarctic Surface Mass Balance,” Advisor: C. Shane Reese (Capstone, Mar 2014).
• Whiting, Jenny, “On the Use of EASE and a Real-Time Convolution System for the Creation and Use of Virtual Acoustic Environments,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
• Wood, Darren, “Size Effects on L10 Ordering in CoPt Nanoparticles,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Dec 2014).
• Young, Nathaly, “Short and Long Term Variability Analysis of High Mass X-ray Binary System BD+53 2262,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2014).
• Anderson, Jeffery, “,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Capstone, Jun 2013).
• Bell, Jordan, “Thickness Uniformity Of Uranium Oxide Films Sputtered While Undergoing Planetary Motion,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Beus, Ty, “,” Advisor: Manuel Berrondo (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Bodon, Josh, “Radiation of Finite-amplitude Waves from a Baffled Pipe,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Carroll, Carla, “Broadband Photometric Reverberation Mapping with Meter-Class Telescopes,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Coburn, Caleb, “Characterizing Single Electron Radiation in an Intense Laser Field,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Craft, Daniel, “Non-Exponential Electron Spin Decay in Indium Arsenide Quantum Dots,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Eyring, Nicholas J, “Development and Validation of an Automated Directivity Acquisition System Used in the Acquisition, Processing, and Presentation of the Acoustic Far-Field Directivity of Musical Instruments in an Anechoic Space,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Masters Thesis, Dec 2013).
• Gibbs, Eric, “Symmetry-mode analysis of magnetic and displacive superstructures of La_0.5Ca_0.5MnO_3,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Gilmartin, Erin, “Unexpected Occurrences of the Pt8Ti Structure,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Dec 2013).
• Giraud, Jarom Henry, “Experimental Analysis of Energy-Based Acoustic Arrays for Measurement of Rocket Noise Fields,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Mar 2013).
• Goggins, Landon, “Preparing a Differential Scanning Calorimeter and Characterization of Membrane Stability,” Advisor: Dixon Woodbury (Physiology and Developmental Biology) (Capstone, Jun 2013).
• Groesbeck, Matthew, “Control System for Experiment Probing Potential Time-Variance in Nuclear Beta Decay Rates,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Gundlach, Nathan, “Simulating a Dirac Electron in a High-Intensity Laser Field,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Hart, David, “Bayesian Optimization Of An Equivalent Source Model For Military Jet Aircraft,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Hatch, Kelsey, “,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Dec 2013).
• Hecht, Timothy, “,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Jun 2013).
• Hoagland, David, “Design and Testing of a Helical Insert for the Purpose of Affixing Retention Devices Used in the Snow Ski Industry,” Advisor: Justin Zsiros (MET) (Capstone, Aug 2013).
• Jackson, Jarom, “Frequency Stabilization of Diode Lasers for Ion Interferometry,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• James, Brian, “Modeling Cd-based Neutron Detector Configurations,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Jensen, Zachary, “Modeling Insertion Loss of Engine Enclosures,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Jimenez Blanco, Jorge, “Reducing Scan Time in MRI by Under-Sampling,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Jung, Soyoung, “Dynamics of a Many-Spin System including Relaxation Effects : Phase Transitions, Spin Waves, and Magnetic Patterns,” Advisor: Manuel Berrondo (Senior Thesis, Dec 2013).
• Konneker, Adam, “Vertically Aligned Three Dimensionally Patterned Silicon Carbide Nanowires,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Larson, Tess, “Using DAOPHOT to Locate KOI 667.01,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Lee, Tyler, “In the Absence of Synaptobrevin and Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25, Syntaxin Seems to Hinder Vesicle Fusion,” Advisor: Dixon Woodbury (Physiology and Developmental Biology) (Capstone, Jun 2013).
• Ludlow, David, “Math Drag’n: An Application for Eliminating Algebra Mistakes in Physics Homework,” Advisor: Keith Leatham (Math Ed.) (Capstone, Apr 2013).
• Lyon, Spencer, “hsfpy - A Python Interface to the Hierarchal Spline Forest C++ Library,” Advisor: Derek Thomas (Capstone, Aug 2013).
• Maughan, Nichole Millward, “Simulation of 810 nm Light Propagation Through the Human Finger for Non-Invasive Blood Analysis,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, Jun 2013).
• McCombs, Thayne, “Development of a Data Reduction Pipeline for the ROVOR Observatory,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Muhlestein, Michael B, “Analyses of Nonlinearity Measures in High-Amplitude Sound Propagation,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Jul 2013).
• Muhlestein, Natalie, “,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Munoz, Dino, “Mega-Maser Emission from Extragalactic Sources,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Nelson, Lance Jacob, “Cluster Expansion Models Via Bayesian Compressive Sensing,” Advisor: Gus Hart (PhD Dissertation, May 2013).
• Olson, Josh, “Measurement of Plasma Density in a High Field Laser Focus,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Jul 2013).
• Park, Tyler Drue, “Characterization of InGaAs Quantum Dot Chains,” Advisor: John Colton (Masters Thesis, Jul 2013).
• Perkins, David, “Neoclassical Computation of Temperature Anisotropy in the National Spherical Torus Experiment,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Pritchett, Lukas, “Quantum Field Theory Dynamics Without Diagonalization,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Quist, Nicole, “LGB Time of Flight Facility,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, May 2013).
• Ranquist, Drake, “Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Corona: Simulation vs. Observation,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Ranquist, Emily, “A Compilation and Description of Scripts Written for the Optimization of Photometric Procedures,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Reichman, Brent, “Solving the Snoring Problem: Attenuation through Active Noise Control,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Senior Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Reynolds, Shanell, “Noise Exposure Near a Military Jet Engine,” Advisor: Kent Gee, Traci Neilsen (Capstone, Apr 2013).
• Richey, Lauren, “,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Senior Thesis, Jun 2013).
• Ritter, Danny, “Differential Scanning Calorimetry Measurements of Artificial Vesicles,” Advisor: Dixon Woodbury (Physiology and Developmental Biology) (Capstone, Jun 2013).
• Rosenbrock, Conrad, “Calculation Of Optical Absorption Spectra Using A Supervised Neural Network,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Honors Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Sandberg, Ryan, “3D Visualization of an Electron Wave Packet in an Intense Laser Field,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Schwab, James, “Investigations of the Causes of Expansion for Yttrium Oxide Films,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Apr 2013).
• Smith, John Hinckley, “Experimental Models of Patera Formation on Io,” Advisor: Jani Radebaugh (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Spencer, Michelle, “Photometric Observations Of Supernovae In BVR And I Filters,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, May 2013).
• Stoffer, Susan, “,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Dec 2013).
• Stout, Trevor, “Acoustic Intensity in Military Jet Noise Field Characterization,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Tanner, Jane, “Off-line Prototype of an On-line Sheet Shape Measurment System,” Advisor: John Colton (Honors Thesis, Apr 2013).
• Thrasher, Daniel, “Noise Characterization of an Injection-Locked Ti:sapphire Laser System,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Trevino, Matea, “Fabrication and Characterization of Superparamagnetic Magnetite (Fe3O4) Nanoparticles,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Van Orden, Seth, “ISOSUBGROUP: A Web Resource For Generating Isotropy Subgroups of Crystallographic Space Groups,” Advisor: Harold Stokes (Capstone, Aug 2013).
• Wall, Alan Thomas, “The Character of Military Aircraft Jet Noise Using Near-Field Acoustical Holography Methods,” Advisor: Kent Gee (PhD Dissertation, Apr 2013).
• White, Brace, “A Demonstration of the Sound Properties of Tubes and Bells,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Capstone, Apr 2013).
• Wilson, Josh, “Ultracold Neutral Plasma Physics at Room Temperature,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2013).
• Bassett, Brody, “,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Bastola, Suraj, “Spontaneous Fission Spectrum of Neutrons from Cf-252 with Kinetic Energies Less than 1 MeV,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Besselman, Michael J, “Advanced Numerical Methods in General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Masters Thesis, Dec 2012).
• Boizelle, Benjamin, “Establishing a Multi-year Monitoring Project of Low-luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Boyle, John, “Active Noise Control of a Baffled, Small Centrifugal Fan,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Capstone, Jun 2012).
• Brough, David B, “Investigation of Low-Stress Silicon Nitride as a Replacement Material for Beryllium X-Ray Windows,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Dec 2012).
• Christensen, Benjamin, “On The Acoustic Radiation From The Hammered Dulcimer,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Clouse, Stephen, “H2O Megamasers: Measuring the Mass of The Black Hole in the Active Nucleus of Markarian 1210,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (Senior Thesis, Jul 2012).
• Cook, Nathaniel, “Can The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Detect And Identify Interstellar Comets?,” Advisor: Denise Stephens, Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2012).
• Cunningham, Mark, “,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Doermann, Alex, “Water Flux Across Lipid Membranes Observed by Variations in Electrical Capacitance,” Advisor: Gus Hart, Dixon J. Woodbury (Capstone, Aug 2012).
• Duke, Cole Victor, “Analog Feedback Control of Broadband Fan Noise,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Jul 2012).
• Erb, Kay, “Experimental Search for Predicted Platinum Binary Alloys,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Senior Thesis, Jul 2012).
• Esplin, John J, “Active Noise Control of a Centrifugal Fan Mounted in a Mock Laptop Enclosure,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Jun 2012).
• Gardiner, Steven, “Neutron Detection Using Shards of 6Li Glass Scintillator,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Hall, William, “Measuring Plasma Modes near the Cyclotron Frequency in a Finite Non-Neutral Plasma: A Search for Bernstein Modes,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2012).
• Hansen, Richard, “Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Carbon-Nanotube-Templated Metallic Microstructures,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, Jul 2012).
• Harker, Blaine, “Theoretical evaluation of continuous-wave time reversal acoustics in a half-space environment,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Honors Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Harper, Stuart, “Statistical Analysis of Noise From Solid Rocket Motors,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Oct 2012).
• Harper, Stuart, “Statistical Analysis of Noise From Solid Rocket Motors,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Dec 2012).
• Hart, Gregory, “Correcting for Reflection Attenuation in the Extreme Ultraviolet Due to Surfce Roughness,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Heilmann, Nathan Edward, “Measurement of Plasma Density in a Gas-Filled Ionizing Laser Focus,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Feb 2012).
• Hermansen, Michael, “Low-Noise Piezoelectric Driver for External Cavity Diode Lasers,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Capstone, Apr 2012).
• Hoffman, Andrew, “Improving Cadmium Capture-Gated Neutron Detection Techniques,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Hutchison, Mark Andrew, “Modeling Radial Bernstein Modes in a Finite-Length Axisymmetric Non-Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Masters Thesis, Dec 2012).
• Jackson, Amy, “Experimental Determination of the Pt K Edge K-Factor for Nanoparticle Order-Disorder Transition Analysis,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Honors Thesis, Jul 2012).
• Jenkins, Marc, “Brigham Young University E.A.R.S – Educational Acoustics Research Study,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Dec 2012).
• Jerome, Trevor, “Hearing Risk Of Referee Whistles,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Dec 2012).
• Johnson, David, “Characterization of a Helmholtz Coil for Maintaining a Flat Magnetic Field in a Plasma Chamber,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Johnson, Michael, “Characterizing and Stabilizing the Energy and Frequency of an Optical Parametric Oscillator,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Jones, Heather Patti, “Researching Effective Methods for Teaching the Phases of the Moon,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Masters Thesis, Dec 2012).
• Konneker, Adam, “,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Dec 2012).
• Krueger, David William, “Array-Based Characterization of Military Jet Aircraft Noise,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Jul 2012).
• Liu, Muxue, “Observations on the Transiting Planet around KOI1152,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 2012).
• McConkie, Thomas O, “Curious Growth of a Buried SiO2 Layer,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Masters Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Meyer, David, “Spin Lifetime Measurements in a 14nm GaAs Quantum Well,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Munyan, Andrea, “Determining the Origin of OH Megamaser Emission in Merging Galaxies,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (Senior Thesis, Apr 2012).
• Pearson, Anthony Craig, “Nanoscale Surface Patterning and Applications: Using Top-Down Patterning Methods to Aid Bottom-Up Fabrication,” Advisor: Robert Davis (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2012).
• Porter, Garrett, “BYU Acoustics Microphone Database Development,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Dec 2012).
• Rawlins, Joseph, “Infrared Colors Of Trans-Neptunian Objects Observed With Hst,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Rivera, Felipe, “Electron Microscopy Characterization of Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films and Nanoparticles,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (PhD Dissertation, Mar 2012).
• Rock, Nathan, “Characterizing Density for Low Density, Ultra-Cold Plasmas by Measuring the Free Expansion Rate of Coulomb Explosion,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Jun 2012).
• Rytting, Matthew, “Effect of Field Cooling on Magnetic Domain Memory in Exchange Coupled Thin Films,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Sayer, Ryan Thomas, “Quantum Dynamics Using Lie Algebras, with Explorations in the Chaotic Behavior of Oscillators,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Masters Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Smith, Aaron, “How Cosmological Flatness Affects Neutrino Properties,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Stauffer, Blake, “H2O Maser Observations of Planetary Nebula K3-35,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (Senior Thesis, Apr 2012).
• Vaterlaus, Zephne, “,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2012).
• Wallace, Adam, “,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2012).
• Westover, Andrew, “Evolution of Magnetic Domain Morphology in Co/Pt Thin Films,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Willey, Anthony D, “Thin Films of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanotube/Polymer Composites,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Dec 2012).
• Wyman, Richard, “Bulge Testing of Duracoat and Carbon in the Large Deflection Limit,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Apr 2012).
• Zachreson, Matthew R, “Comparing Theory and Experiment for Analyte Transport in the First Vacuum Stage of the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Masters Thesis, Dec 2012).
• Zufelt, Kyle, “Low-Z, Chemically Resistant, Microfabricated Carbon Composite Transmission Electron Microscope Grids,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2012).
• Berg, Patrick, “Co-purification of the PhLP-CCTb apical domain,” Advisor: Barry Willardson (Capstone, Jun 2011).
• Bradham, Taylor, “Sub-Reflector Proof of Concept,” Advisor: Robert Davis, David Long, BYU Electrical Engineering Dept. (Capstone, Apr 2011).
• Buehler, Tabitha Christi, “A Search for and Characterization of Young Stellar Objects in N206, An H II Complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2011).
• Bugno, Jessica Lynn, “Time-series Observations of the High Mass X-Ray Binary 4U 2206+54 to Monitor Light Variation,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Masters Thesis, Mar 2011).
• Butler, Kerianna, “Observations Of Markarian 421 With VERITAS,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan, David Kieda, Stephan LeBohec (Capstone, Dec 2011).
• Byun, Youngwoong, “Exchange Bias in [Co/Pd]/IrMn Thin Films,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Corbitt, Jacqueline, “Guiding The Experimental Search: Computational Discovery Of Palladium Jewelry Alloys With Enhanced Hardness,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Honors Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Corson, John Purvis, “Photoemission from a Laser-Driven Electron Wave Packet,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, Jun 2011).
• Cunningham, Eric Flint, “Photoemission by Large Electron Wave Packets Emitted Out the Side of a Relativistic Laser Focus,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Masters Thesis, Jul 2011).
• Davis, Brian S, “Scaling Carbon Nanotube Localization by Floating Potential Dielectrophoresis: An Enabling Geometry,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Aug 2011).
• DeWitt, Andrew, “Sensitivity Measurements for Two West Mountain Observatory CCDs and Exposure Times for Observing Exoplanets,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Draper, Christian D, “Impact of a Finite-Temperature Equation of State on Neutron Stars,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Masters Thesis, Mar 2011).
• Erickson, Christopher Joseph, “Development of a Strontium-87 Ion Interferometer,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2011).
• Felli, Derek, “The Detection of OH-MASER Satellite Lines in High Mass Star Forming Regions,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (Senior Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Frandsen, Benjamin, “X-Ray Diffuse Scattering in Relaxor Ferroelectric Material PZN-PT,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Honors Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Hansen, Evan, “Weather Station for the ROVOR Telescope,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Jun 2011).
• Herrick, Nicholas, “Controlled Attenuation Of Laser-generated High-order Harmonics For Extreme Ultraviolet Polarimetry,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Sep 2011).
• Hogan, Nathaniel, “Characterization of a Cadmium Capture-Gated Neutron Spectrometer,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Hoggan, Rita, “Cadmium Capture-Gated Neutron Detector with 6Li-Glass,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Hustedt, Caleb, “Fabrication Of Suspended Graphene Membranes Grown By Chemical Vapor Deposition (Cvd) Using Carbon Nanotubes,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Jenny, Trevor, “Ultrasonic Anechoic Chamber Qualification: Accounting For Atmospheric Absorption And Transducer Directivity,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Joner, Michael DeLoss, “High-Quality Broadband BVRI Photometry of Benchmark Open Clusters,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (PhD Dissertation, Mar 2011).
• Jorgenson, Kelsey, “Hydrogen Beta Index Calculation for Delta Scuti Variable Stars,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Keller, Samuel, “,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Dec 2011).
• Kerman, Sean, “The superstructure determination of displacive distortions via symmetry-mode analysis,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Honors Thesis, Sep 2011).
• Knight, Cynthia, “The Nature of the Most Isolated Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Little, Bret, “Telescope Automation through CelestialGrid,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Lyon, Mary Elizabeth, “Electron screening and disorder-induced heating in ultracold neutral plasmas,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Dec 2011).
• Marquez, Daniel, “Measuring the Blocked Electrical Impedance of Moving-Coil Loudspeakers: A Comparison of Six Methods,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Aug 2011).
• Maughan, Nichole, “Defect-induced Diffuse Scattering in Microporous Aluminophosphate-5,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Senior Thesis, Aug 2011).
• McKenna, David, “Tungsten Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube Forests As A Framework For 3-D Microfabrication,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Morgan, Jessica, “Simple-Source Model of Military Jet Aircraft Noise,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Muhlestein, Michael, “Acoustic and high speed video analysis of exploding gas filled balloons,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Nelson, Jacob, “The Variability of "Normal" Galactic Nuclei,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Nilsen, Matthew, “Description of Wide Range Spectrometer Development,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Capstone, Aug 2011).
• Norris, Jaren, “A Computational Study of Carbon Nanotubes Embedded In Silicon,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Honors Thesis, Jun 2011).
• Pangeni, Kamal, “Construction of a time-of-flight ion spectrometer for calibrating laser high intensity,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Jul 2011).
• Parker, Austin, “Aluminum Oxynitride Armor: Production and Modeling of Next Generation Transparent Armor for the Global War on Terror,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Capstone, Dec 2011).
• Rockwood, Alex, “Modeled Roughness Of A Sputtered Surface And Its Effects On Extreme Ultraviolet Reflection,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Shaw, Matthew D, “On the Measurement of Angular Dependent Sound Transmission through Airborne Supercritical Plates,” Advisor: Brian Anderson, Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Smith, Dallas, “Optical Measurement of Electron Spin Lifetimes in Gallium Arsenide,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Jun 2011).
• Smith, Phillip, “Radiometric Particle Levitation in Multiple Laser Beams,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Song, Jun, “Fabrication and Application of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Templated Silicon Nanomaterials,” Advisor: Robert Davis (PhD Dissertation, Oct 2011).
• Steiger, Nathan John, “Quantum Uncertainty and Conservation Law Restrictions on Gate Fidelity,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Honors Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Tarbox, Grayson, “Near-Field and Far-Field Interference of Oscillating Current Distributions,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Dec 2011).
• Taylor, R, “Microphone System Response in High Amplitude Noise Environments,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Thalman, Scott, “Photoluminescence Lifetimes of Quantum Dots,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Tippets, Cary, “Electrical and Optical Properties of Cupric Oxide Deposited by Spray Pyrolysis,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2011).
• van Langen, Patrick, “Two-Source Two-Slit Spatial Interferometer,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, May 2011).
• Vernon, Julia, “Acoustical Characterization of Exploding Hydrogen-Oxygen Balloons,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Wallace, Adam, “Lithium Glass Neutron Detector,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2011).
• Wells, Alison, “Determining The Cause Of Metal Oxide Film Growth Due To Exposure To Vacuum Ultraviolet Light,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Williams, Chad, “Electron Elimination As a Step Toward Long-Term Non-Neutral Ion Plasma Confinement,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Wood, Taylor, “Mechanical Properties of a-Carbon Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube Templated Materials,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Honors Thesis, Aug 2011).
• Abbott, Jonathan D, “Carbon Coated Tellurium for Optical Data Storage,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Apr 2010).
• Acosta, Pedro, “The Proof of a Mirror Symmetry Conjecture: FJRW-Rings and Landau-Ginzburg Orbifolds,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Honors Thesis, May 2010).
• Allen, Daniel R, “Temperature and Variability of Three Ionian Volcanoes,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Masters Thesis, Aug 2010).
• Allen, Steven, “Phase-Sensitive And Dual-Angle Radiofrequency Mapping In 23na Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” Advisor: John Colton (Honors Thesis, Jul 2010).
• Bennett, Aaron, “Homodyne Detection in a Laser Locking System,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2010).
• Black, David, “Spatial Distribution of Laser Light Absorption by Small Spheres Undergoing Mie Scattering,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2010).
• Brady, James, “Investigation of areas of low conductivity in coatings of Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) on a metallic base,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Capstone, Jan 2010).
• Brown, Stephen, “An Object-Oriented Framework for Experimental Control in the Colton Spin Dynamics Laboratory,” Advisor: John Colton (Capstone, Aug 2010).
• Bucklein, Brian K, “In Search of Empty Places: Voids in the Distribution of Galaxies,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (PhD Dissertation, Jul 2010).
• Busselberg, Christopher, “Monte Carlo Simulation of Cadmium Capture-Gated Neutron Detector,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Sep 2010).
• Cooprider, Kirstin Marie, “OH Megamasers in Merging Galaxies: A Multi-Frequency Study of IIZw096,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (Masters Thesis, Jul 2010).
• Cowles, Christian, “Cadmium Capture-Gated Neutron Detector Design and Construction,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Honors Thesis, Jul 2010).
• Erickson, Daniel, “Characterizing the Operation of a Rotating Wall Device on a Non-neutral Ion Plasma,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Senior Thesis, Dec 2010).
• Esplin, John, “How Nonideal Microphones Affect Directional Impulse Response Measurements In Room Acoustics,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Capstone, Apr 2010).
• Esplin, Taran, “Statistical Spectral Fitting of the Brown Dwarf Binary System 2M0559,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Dec 2010).
• Gardner, Calvin, “The Importance of Pattern Center Determination to Wilkinson’s Method and an Analytical Error Correction,” Advisor: Brent Adams, BYU Mechanical Engineering Dept. (Capstone, Jul 2010).
• Gilmartin, Erin, “,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2010).
• Harper, Heather, “The Behavior Of Thermal And Bremsstrahlung Radiation Emitted By Merging Binary Neutron Stars,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Capstone, Apr 2010).
• Horton, Scott, “,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Apr 2010).
• Hsu, Bailey, “Inhomogeneity-Induced Spin Current in Atomic and Condensed Matter Systems,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (PhD Dissertation, Apr 2010).
• Jensen, Daniel S, “Real-Space Approach to Time Dependent Current Density Functional Theory,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Masters Thesis, Aug 2010).
• Jibson, Daniel, “A Study Of Tangential Maser Emissions Of U Orionis,” Advisor: Victor Migenes Gaetan (Senior Thesis, May 2010).
• Johansen, Jacob, “Bohmian Trajectories in Atoms Interacting With Electromagnetic Fields,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2010).
• Jones, Aaron, “Photoluminescence Of Indium Gallium Arsenide Quantum Dots And Dot Chains,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, May 2010).
• Kraniski, Reid, “,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Apr 2010).
• Krueger, Wesley, “Holistic Solution Methods For Complex Multi-Particle Systems,” Advisor: Manuel Berrondo (Senior Thesis, Sep 2010).
• Lee, Sheng, “Generation Of Cold Atoms Using Dual Stage Laser Ablation,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, May 2010).
• Lopez, Jershon, “Characterization of a Transmission Grating for a Wide-Range Spectrometer,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Senior Thesis, Aug 2010).
• McConkie, Thomas, “Photoevaporation Of Cosmological Minihalos By The First Stars,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Aug 2010).
• McLauchlin, Chase, “How Credit Ratings Agencies Contributed to the Credit Crisis of 2007 and 2008,” Advisor: Matt Anderson (Math) (Capstone, Jan 2010).
• Morrill, Nicholas, “,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2010).
• Mortensen, Devon, “Determining The Cause Of Yttria Film Growth Due To Exposure To Vacuum-Ultraviolet Light,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Aug 2010).
• Nakata, Michael Takeshi, “Simulating the FTICR-MS Signal of a Decaying Beryllium-7 Ion Plasma in a 2D Electrostatic PIC Code,” Advisor: Grant Hart (PhD Dissertation, Apr 2010).
• Nelson, Joseph, “Spatial And Temperature Dependence Of Magnetic Domain Memory Induced By Exchange-Coupling,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, May 2010).
• Pace, Cameron, “BVRI Comparison Stars Near Selected Very-High Energy Blazars,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, May 2010).
• Pearson, Richard, “Markarian 501 Monitoring Campaign Using ROVOR,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, May 2010).
• Ralston, Nathaniel, “Simulation of Electron Diffraction Patterns in the CuAu L10 Phase,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Nov 2010).
• Rockwood, Alex, “,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2010).
• Sayer, Ryan, “Improved Power Output of Vertically-Oriented Solar Cells,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Oct 2010).
• Schmidt, Steven, “Description, Development History, and Research Utilizing FENIX 10: Direct Simulation Monte-Carlo Simulation Software,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Capstone, Jul 2010).
• Schoonmaker, Jeremy, “Photometric and Spectroscopic Time-Series of Three Delta Scuti Variables,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2010).
• Siebach, Jacob, “Characterization of He-3 Detectors Typically Used in International Safeguards Monitoring,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Aug 2010).
• Smith, Carly, “The Use of Waveform Digitizers with Solid State Detectors for Spectroscopic Applications,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, May 2010).
• Steiger, Nathan, “Quantumn Uncertainty and Conservation Law Restrictions on Gate Fidelity,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Honors Thesis, Aug 2010).
• Sutherland, Gregory, “Chaos From Second-Order Post-Newtonian Equations: The Relativistic Three-Body Problem,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, May 2010).
• Taylor II, Richard Hansen, “Prediction and Study of Binary Alloys Using First-Principles Methods,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Masters Thesis, Aug 2010).
• Tengelsen, Daniel Ross, “Acoustical Analysis of a Horn-Loaded Compression Drivers Using Numerical Analysis,” Advisor: Brian Anderson, Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, Aug 2010).
• Troxel, Daylin, “A Characterization Of The Noise Spectral Density Of A Low Noise Current Driver And Pid Controller,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2010).
• Verhaaren, Christopher Bruce, “Charged, Rotating Black Holes in Higher Dimensions,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Masters Thesis, Jul 2010).
• West, Miriam Anne, “Comparison of H-alpha and H-beta Temperature Indices in the Hyades and Coma Star Clusters and Selected H-beta Standard Stars,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Masters Thesis, Dec 2010).
• Willey, Anthony, “Increasing Plasma Intensity in a Hollow Cathode Plasma Source with a Magnetic Field,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Oct 2010).
• Xu, Buye, “Generalized Acoustic Energy Density and Its Applications,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (PhD Dissertation, Sep 2010).
• Adams, Laura, “Standardization Of Hα Photometry,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Allred, Bryce, “Absolute Calibration Of A Wide Range Spectrometer To Determine Electron Energy And Plasma Temperature,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Anderson, Daniel, “Measurement Of The Adhesion Force Between A Carbon Nanotube And A Curved Silicon Surface,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Capstone, Aug 2009).
• Archibald, James, “Construction of a 423 nm Fluorescence Probe Using Second Harmonic Generation,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2009).
• Baxter, David, “Using Seismic Attributes to Identify Stream Channels in the Uintah Basin,” Advisor: R. William Keach II (Capstone, Apr 2009).
• Black, Scott, “Maximizing Carbon Nanotube Forest Growth with 99.5% Pure Ethylene,” Advisor: Robert Davis, Richard Vanfleet (Capstone, Jul 2009).
• Booth, Alex, “Velocity Distribution of an Atomic Beam Created by Laser Induced Back Ablation,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Dec 2009).
• Brame, Jon, “Selectively Grown Silicon Nanowires For Transistor Devices,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Brimhall, Nicole, “Extreme Ultraviolet Polarimetry with Laser-Generated High-Order Harmonics: Characterization of Uranium,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (PhD Dissertation, Jul 2009).
• Brown, David, “The Relationship Between Water Contact Angle and Adhesion Peel Force in UV-treated OTS Multilayers,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Honors Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Calton, Mark, “Liquid Lithium Pendant Droplet for Laboratory Nuclear Astrophysics Beam Experiments,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Dec 2009).
• Chen, Xi, “Equalization of Loudspeakers and Enclosed Sound Fields,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2009).
• Conde, Miriam, “Microwave Interferometry In Laser Stabilization,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Conley, Hiram Jacob, “Massively Parallel Indirect Dielectrophoresis Controlled Placement of Carbon Nanotubes,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Jul 2009).
• Corson, John P., “Time-Frequency Description of Precursor Fields,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Dec 2009).
• Cox, Jordan, “A Case Study: Analysis Of A Blocked Field Goal Using Photogrammetry Calibrated With Coplanar Points,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Honors Thesis, Aug 2009).
• Cunningham, Eric, “Analysis of Acausal Superluminal Trajectories in the Bohmian Interpretation of the Klein-Gordon Equation,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Dec 2009).
• Davis, Brian, “Nanoshaving And Nanografting Of Water-Soluble Polymers On Glass Surfaces,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Honors Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Eldredge, Scott, “BYU ARES Project: Hybrid Rocket Motor,” Advisor: Jerry Bowman (Mechanical Engineering) (Capstone, Jun 2009).
• Farley, Jayrin, “Ultrasonic, Normal-Incidence Insertion Loss through Common Building Materials Using Continuous-Wave Excitation,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Capstone, Dec 2009).
• Fogarty, Michael, “Simulations Of The Interactions Of Silicon With Carbon Nanotubes,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Gardner, Michael D, “Scan-Based Near-Field Acoustical Holography on Partially Correlated Sources,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Aug 2009).
• Giraud, Jarom, “Acoustic Temperature Measurement in a Full-Scale Rocket Noise Field,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Jul 2009).
• Hall, Adam, “Describing Two Charged Particles In A Magnetic Field Using Trajectories And Wave Equations Through Factorization,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Heaton, Benjamin, “Nuclear-Electron Coupling In GaAs Spin States And Control Of The Effects,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Aug 2009).
• Howell, Steven, “Lithium Gadolinium Borate Crystal Scintillator For Low Flux Neutron Detection,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Hutchison, Mark, “Computational Analysis Of The Relative Decay Constants For 7be, 7be+, And 7be++,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Honors Thesis, Aug 2009).
• Jones, David, “Fabrication Of Transistors From Purified (7; 6) Carbon Nanotubes,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2009).
• Jones, Emmalee, “Patterning Vertical Structures for Use in Constructing Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell Molds,” Advisor: Robert Davis, Richard Vanfleet (Capstone, Apr 2009).
• Kemp, Jeffrey, “A New Method For The Diagnosis Of High Energy Plasmas From A Broadband Spectrometer,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Krueger, David, “Acoustical and Vibrometry Analysis of a Large Balinese Gamelan Gong,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Jul 2009).
• Lords, Matthew, “Predicting New Structures: The Simple Cubic and Perovskite Case,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Capstone, Mar 2009).
• Maucotel, Jordan, “Creating and Characterizing a Sequence of Counter-Propagating Pulses for Laser High-Harmonic Experiments,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Capstone, Dec 2009).
• Merrell, Debora, “Calculation Of Hydrogen Beta Color Indices For Delta Scuti Stars,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Aug 2009).
• Merrill, Daniel, “Amplifying An Ultra-Stable Diode Laser Via Injection Locking,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2009).
• Muhlestein, Joseph, “Optical Constants for Y 2 O 3 in the Extreme Ultraviolet,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Feb 2009).
• Puikkonen, Panu Tapani, “Development of an Adaptive Equalization Algorithm Using Acoustic Energy Density,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Rasmussen, Michael, “,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Ripplinger, David, “Normal Frequencies Of A String Vibrating At Large Amplitudes,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2009).
• Shaw, Matthew, “Acoustical Analysis Of An Indoor Test Facility For A 30-Mm Gatling Gun,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2009).
• Stutz, Jordan, “Sequencing The Creation And Characterization Of A Non-Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Thornock, Brian Trevor, “Comparison and Development of Methods for Measuring Directional Sound Arrivals in Rooms,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, Dec 2009).
• Verhaaren, Christopher, “Chaos In General Relativity: Spinning Particle Orbits,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Wilcken, Brian, “Magnetic Memory In Exchange Bias Thin Films,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Aug 2009).
• Wilcox, Daniel, “Calculating The Sampling Cone Gas Flow In An Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Apr 2009).
• Young, Devin, “Laboratory Testing of the Bibroacoustic Response Characteristics of Endevco 8510b-5 Piezoresistive Microphones,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Dec 2009).
• Amonson, Michael, “A Dual Stage Laser Ablation Source For Cold Atoms?,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Argyle, Bronson, “Detrended Fluctuation Analysis Of Financial Data,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Honors Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Bonham, McKay, “Observations Of LPH 123 And 127, High-Mass X-Ray Binaries, In A Two-Summer Attempt To Detect Variabilities,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Brown, Arthur, “Resistivity Measurements With Hysteresis In Crystalline Thin Films Of Vanadium Dioxide By Four-Point Probe,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Brown, Tiffany, “Finding Light Curves The High Mass X-Ray Binary System Lph 115,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Campbell, J.J., “Chaos In The Post-Newtonian Gravitational Three-Body Problem,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Capstone, Dec 2008).
• Carter, Jeremy, “Correctional Magnetic Coils For Beryllium-Based Ion Plasma Chamber,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Capstone, Aug 2008).
• Chester, Ryan T, “Error Sensor Strategies for Active Noise Control and Active Acoustic Equalization in a Free Field,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, Mar 2008).
• Curtis, Nathan, “A Patentability Assessment For The Polar Squared Impulse Response Method,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Aug 2008).
• Daniels, Jonathan, “Light Curves For Supernova Sn2006jc,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Dawson, Colby, “Integrator Circuitry Used To Determine The Radial Profile Of A Non-Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Denning, Adam W, “Early Dynamics of Ultracold Neutral Plasmas,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Jul 2008).
• Dickson, Jared, “X-Ray Powder-Diffraction Simulations From Large-Scale Defect Models,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Capstone, Apr 2008).
• Doughty, W. Todd, “Roughness Correction Model For Reflection From Perfectly Conducting Scatterers,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Earl, Lucas, “Explorations In Quantum Relativity,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Eyring, Nicholas, “Tools Used In The Development And Support Of An Anti-Oxidant Bio-Photonic Scanner,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Eyring II, Nicholas J., “Tools Used in the Development and Support of an Anti-Oxidant Bio-Photonic Scanner,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Honors Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Farmer, William, “A Program For Reverse Geocoding,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Fjeldsted, J. Isaac, “Diffraction Of Sound Waves By An Aperture In An Acoustic Baffle,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Capstone, Aug 2008).
• Giraud, Kellen, “Simulation And Manufacture Of A Quadrupole Mass Filter For A 7be Ion Plasma,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Gray, Nathan, “Extreme Ultraviolet To Visible Wide-Range Spectrometer,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Greenwald, Jared, “Generating Order 2 And 4 Free-Fermionic Nahe-Based Heterotic Models,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Harrison, Janalee, “Monitoring Variability In 1es 1959+650 With Rovor,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Dec 2008).
• Harrison, John, “Correlations Of Coupled Logistic Maps,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Henderson, Amanda, “Variable Stars In The Cluster Ngc 6882/6885,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Hicks, Brent, “Development And Characterization Of An Ft-Icr/Ms System For A Non-Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Hicks, Bryan, “Diode Properties of Nanotube Networks,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Apr 2008).
• Hurd, Katherine, “Process For Aggregation Of Micron-Sized Patterns Of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Forests,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Hutchison, David, “Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes As A Framework For Microfabrication Of High Aspect Ratio Mems,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Iverson, E. Paul, “New Aperture Photometry Technique For Brigham Young University Astronomy Group,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• James, Ian, “Transmission Electron Diffraction in Tellurium Modified TiO2,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Jenson, Daniel, “A System For Simultaneously Driving Three Discrete Nuclear Resonances In GaAs: Theory And Experiment,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Dec 2008).
• Johnson, Christopher, “GST Crystallite-Density TEM-Analysis Finds No Crystalline Structure,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Capstone, Apr 2008).
• Junkermeier, Chad Everett, “Simulation and Analysis of Cadmium Sulfide Nanoparticles,” Advisor: James Lewis (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2008).
• Kacher, Josh, “Separating Coincident Electron Backscatter Diffraction Patterns near Interfaces,” Advisor: Brent Adams, BYU Mechanical Engineering Dept. (Capstone, Apr 2008).
• Lau, Michael, “Comparison of Calibration Methods for a Fiber-Optic Hydrophone,” Advisor: Charles Emery, Ph.D.; Mirabilis Medica (Seattle company) (Capstone, Apr 2008).
• Lovstedt, Stephan P, “Improving Performance of the Filtered-X Least Mean Square Algorithm for Active Control of Noise Contatining Multiple Quasi-Stationary Tones,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Mar 2008).
• Mancuso, Gordon, “Surface Phase Transformation In Lithium Aluminate,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Mendoza, Michael, “Design And Construction Of An Anechoic Chamber,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Aug 2008).
• Mouton, Trent, “Implementing An Automated Positioning And Measurement System For The Study Of A Hypersonic Speaker,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Okhrimenko, Ivan Grigoryevich, “Implementation of Optical Spectra Calculations in FIREBALL: A Local-Orbital Density Functional Theory Approach,” Advisor: Bret Hess (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2008).
• Petersen, Robert, “Radiometric Particle Levitation In A Laser Beam At High Ambient Gas Pressure,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Phillips, Steven, “Photodarkening In Tellurium-Modified Titanium Dioxide Nanocrystals,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Porter, Natalie, “Continued Observations Of The Variable Star V577 Ophiuchi, A Binary System With A  Scuti Component,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Robertson, Daniel, “Breathing Interplay Effects During Proton Beam Spot Scanning: Simulation And Statistical Analysis,” Advisor: Harald Paganetti (Mass. General Hospital) (Capstone, Aug 2008).
• Shipp, Dustin, “Numerical Model Of Non-Collinear Parametric Down-Conversion,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Somers, William R, “Testing Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Methods Against the Fluid Equations in the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Masters Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Strein, Elisabeth, “Studying And Eliminating Adventitious Carbon Contamination On Silicon Wafers,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Swenson, Craig, “Automated Iraf Reduction Scripts For Astronomy Group At Brigham Young University,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Tanner, Ryan, “General Relativistic Models Of Rotating Astronomical Objects,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Taylor, Derek, “Comparing Takeoff and Landing Impulses of Steeplechasers for Barriers 1 and 2,” Advisor: Iain Hunter, BYU Dept. of Exercise Science (Capstone, Aug 2008).
• Taylor, James, “Elastic Scattering From Viscous Incompressible Fluid Obstacles At High Reynolds Number,” Advisor: Vianey Villamizar, Math Dept. (Capstone, Jul 2008).
• Tengelsen, Daniel, “Omnidirectional Enhancement Of A Regular Polyhedron Loudspeaker,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Aug 2008).
• Thomas, Derek C, “Theory and Estimation of Acoustic Intensity and Energy Density,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Jul 2008).
• Turner, Brendan, “Effect Of Catalyst Thickness And Barrier Layers On Patterned Vertically-Aligned Carbon Nanotube Growth,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• West, Miriam, “Photometric Search For Variable Stars In The Open Cluster Ngc 1528,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Aug 2008).
• Woods, Charles, “A Study Of Gas Dynamics Under Poiseuille Conditions: A Comparison Of The Fluid Equations And Dsmc,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Apr 2008).
• Abbott, JohnPaul, “Comparison and Analysis of Acoustic Impulse Response Analyzers and their Respective Interrogation Methods,” Advisor: Benjamin Faber (Capstone, Aug 2007).
• Acosta, Guillermo Antonio, “Scandium Oxide Thin Films and Their Optical Properties in the Extreme Ultraviolet,” Advisor: David Allred (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2007).
• Adamson, Marian, “Detection Of Trace Metal Contaminants In Model Biological Tissue With Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Allan, Eric, “Observing The Variability Of AGN: Aperture Photometry Vs. PSF Fitting,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Ard, Jason, “Computational Modeling of CdS Nanocrystals,” Advisor: James Lewis (Capstone, Mar 2007).
• Atkinson, Paul, “Characterizing An Alleged New Phase Of Titanium Dioxide,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Capstone, Aug 2007).
• Birrell, Jeremiah, “Design of a Frequency-Doubled 423 nm Laser For Use in a Calcium Interferometer,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Dec 2007).
• Brimhall, Nicole, “Extreme Ultraviolet Polarimetry with Laser-Generated High-Order Harmonics,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, Jul 2007).
• Brown, Jeffrey, “Counterfeit Coins,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Buehler, Tabitha Christi, “Development of a Method for Calculating Delta Scuti Rotational Velocities and Hydrogen Beta Color Indices,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Masters Thesis, Sep 2007).
• Callens, Adam, “Apparatus for Vacuum Heating of TEM Samples,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Capstone, May 2007).
• Christensen, Daniel, “Instrumentation And Calculations For Matter-Wave Interferometry Experiments,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Clemens, Michael, “Absolute Quantum Yield Measurements Of Density Separated Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Suspensions,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Conley, Hiram, “Imaging Ribosomes In Fluid Using The Atomic Force Microscope,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Cox, Brady, “Characterization Of Crystalline Vanadium Dioxide By Transmission Electron Microscopy,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Draper, Christian, “A Variable Star Search In The Open Cluster NGC 6940,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Duke, Cole, “Measurement and Evaluation of Blade Passage Frequency Fluctuations,” Advisor: Kent Gee, Scott Sommerfeldt (Capstone, Apr 2007).
• Duke, Connor Raymond, “Optimization of Control Source and Error Sensor Locations in Free Field Active Noise Control,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Dec 2007).
• Erickson, Christopher Joseph, “Construction of a Calcium Matter-Wave Interferometer,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Masters Thesis, Nov 2007).
• Esty, Mark, “Biological Deposition Of Iron Catalyst For Carbon Nanotube Growth,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Evanko, Liberty Rae, “Development of an H-Alpha Index for the Detection of PMS Candidates in Young Open Clusters,” Advisor: Benjamin Taylor (PhD Dissertation, Mar 2007).
• Frei, Ryan, “Simulation Of Rotational Diffusion And Hydration Of Laurdan In A Dppc Bilayer,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Gardner, Michael, “An Investigation Of Rubens Flame Tube Resonances,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Aug 2007).
• Gardner, Ryan, “Evaluating The Open Physics Abstraction Layer Programming Library For Use In Undergraduate Instruction,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, Apr 2007).
• Gillis, Robert, “Determining The Extreme Ultraviolet Constants Of Thoria By Spectral Ellipsometry.,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Aug 2007).
• Giraud, Gavin, “Observation Of Laser Pulse Evolution During Generation Of High-Order Harmonics,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Gordon, John, “Using An Optical D-Fiber As A Chemical Sensor,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Grigg, Amy, “Oxidation Effects On The Optical Constants Of Heavy Metals In The Extreme Ultraviolet,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Honors Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Harrison, Matthew, “Using Conical Spectrometers to Monitor X-ray Emission from Laser Produced Plasmas,” Advisor: Larry Knight, Alexander Shevelko (Capstone, Apr 2007).
• Jackson, Jacqualine, “Determining The Refractive Index Of Scandium Oxide In The Euv Using Kramers-Kronig On Thin-Film Transmission Data,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Jensen, Daniel, “Computation Of Two-Center Two-Electron Integrals For Excited-State Calculations,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Johanson, Adam, “Galaxy Nuclear Variability As A Probe Of AGN Structure,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Johnson, Lee, “Observation of Two-Photon Quantum Interference Using Entangled Photons,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Capstone, Aug 2007).
• Jolley, Joel, “Time-Series Ensemble Photometry Of The High-Amplitude  Scuti Star Ae Ursae Majoris,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Martin, Elise, “Surface-Roughness Corrections To Extreme Ultraviolet Thin-Film Reflectance Measurements,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Martin, Mirinda, “Testing the Smoothness of a Levitating Particle Laser Beam,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Capstone, Aug 2007).
• Moncrieff, Kathleen Elizabeth, “Development of a New Ca II H and K Spectrophotometric Temperature Index,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Masters Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Morrise, Matthew, “Equalization Metrics,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Mortensen, Laren, “An Accelerated Surface-Hopping Method For Computational Semiclassical Molecular Dynamics,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Nelson, Nicholas, “Numerical Methods For General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Nerdin, Matthew, “Solid Ion Source for Laboratory Nuclear Astrophysics Research,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Capstone, May 2007).
• Niemi, David A, “Coupling Down Converted Light Into Single Mode Fibers,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Masters Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Olson, David K, “Development of a MeVVA based beryllium-7 plasma source,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Masters Thesis, Jul 2007).
• Packard, Nathan, “Conical Soft x-ray Spectrometer,” Advisor: Larry Knight, Matt Asplund (Capstone, Apr 2007).
• Payne, Adam, “Analyzing The Skimming Process Of An Icp-Ms Using A Monte Carlo Simulation,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Phillips, Charles, “Photometric And Spectroscopic Observations Of Two  Scuti Variables: V919 Herculis And V927 Herculis,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Powell, Melissa, “Parallelizing Simulations Of Nonneutral Plasma Instabilities In A Malmberg-Penning Trap,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Capstone, Dec 2007).
• Ririe, Tyson, “Optical Properties Of Close-Packed And Sparse Quantum Dot Arrays,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Rivera, Felipe, “Solid Phase Crystallization of Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films and Characterization Through Scanning Electron Microscopy,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Masters Thesis, Dec 2007).
• Sampson, Andrew, “Trace Element Analysis In A Numerical Simulation Of An Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Schuff, Sarah, “A Photometric Search And Analysis Of Short-Period Variable Stars In The Open Cluster Ngc 7092,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Dec 2007).
• Shafer, Benjamin M, “Error Sensor Placement for Active Control of an Axial Cooling Fan,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Oct 2007).
• Shepherd, Micah Raymond, “The Effect of Nonlinear Propagation on Near-field Acoustical Holography,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Masters Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Short, Cody, “Characterization And Analysis Of The Site 1k Ccd As Used In The Tenagra Ii .81m Telescope,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Silvers, David, “X-Ray Attenuation Corrections For Human Head Hair Using PIXE,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Smidt, Joseph, “Photoevaporation Of Cosmological Minihalos By The First Stars,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Stanley, Jennifer, “Radio Astronomy At Brigham Young University,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Stanley, Nicholas, “Methods For Long Period Variability Detection Using Optical Photometry,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Jul 2007).
• Stellman, Marie, “Improvement Of Automation For Collection Of Reflectance Vs. Angle Measurements,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Swift, Hales, “Time Varying Loudness as a Means of Quantifying Loudness in Nonlinearly Propagated Acoustical Signals,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Apr 2007).
• Tanner, David, “Chaotic Scattering In The 2nd Post-Newtonian Order Gravitational Three-Body Problem,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Tanner, Michael, “Obtaining An Electron Energy-Loss Spectra Fingerprint For The
  And  Phases Of Aluminum Oxide,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Honors Thesis, Dec 2007).
• Taylor, Richard, “Logistic Maps And Synchronization,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Taylor, Stephen M, “On Connections Between Univalent Harmonic Functions, Symmetry Groups, and Minimal Surfaces,” Advisor: (Masters Thesis, May 2007).
• Thomas, Derek, “A Balloon Lens: Acoustic Scattering from a Penetrable Sphere,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Aug 2007).
• Thompson, Andrew, “Ultra-Small Scale Hydroelectric as a Supplemental Energy Source,” Advisor: Daniel Maynes (Capstone, Apr 2007).
• Thornock, Brian, “Design and Development of Phantom-to-ICP Power Conversion Circuits,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Apr 2007).
• Tomlinson, Seth, “Demonstration Of Properties Of Human Hearing Using A Cochlear Analogue,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Apr 2007).
• Turner, Matthew, “Simulating Laser Pulse Propagation Under Optimized Conditions For High-Harmonic Generation,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• van Zijll, Marshall, “A Digital Potentiometer For An Ultra Stable Laser Current Driver,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2007).
• Walch, Shannon R., “Design and Construction of A Z-Pinch Apparatus for Metal-Catalyzed Fusion Experiments,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Honors Thesis, Mar 2007).
• Wright, Matthew, “Domain Growth Law Violations In A Compressible 2d Ising Model,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Aug 2007).
• Ashby, William, “Trace Element Analysis of 9mm Bullet Lead Via PIXE Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2006).
• Baugh, Patrick, “The Usefulness Of Flat Field Images Does Time Matter?,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Dec 2006).
• Blockburger, Clark, “Analysis Of Cobalt And Iron Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts Using Transmission Electron Microscopy,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Dec 2006).
• Bonewell, Brandon, “Eighteenth And Nineteenth Century Print Ink Analysis Using The PIXE Method,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, Apr 2006).
• Braniff, Christopher, “Synthesis and Characterization of Manganese Oxide Nanocrystals,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Aug 2006).
• Broadbent, Berne, “A Photometric Search for Variable Stars in the Sparsely Populated Regions of NGC 2169 and NGC 5385,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Aug 2006).
• Dix, Gordon Robert, “Development and Comparison of Highly Directional Loudspeakers,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, May 2006).
• Doermann, Greg, “An Ultra-Stable Laser Current Controller,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2006).
• Eysser, Matheau, “Brain Stimulation Reward Is Integrated By A Network Of Electrically-Coupled Midbrain GABA Neurons,” Advisor: Scott Steffensen (Capstone, Mar 2006).
• Fillmore, Sterling, “The Density Effects of Thioglycolic Acid as a Promoter During Electrochemical Adsorption of Ferritin and the Effects of Cyclic Voltammetry on Ferritin Electrochemically Adsorbed to Atomically Flat Gold Surfaces.,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Capstone, Jul 2006).
• Fluckiger, Jacob, “Functionalization And Metallization Of Carbon Nanotube Mats,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Dec 2006).
• Geiss, John-Mark, “Deposition of Avidin Protein on Silicon Oxide Substrate,” Advisor: Robert Davis, Matthew Linford (Capstone, Dec 2006).
• Gray, Steve, “A Variable Star Search in NGC 6866,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Honors Thesis, Aug 2006).
• Green, Matthew J, “Feedback Applications in Active Noise Control for Small Axial Cooling Fans,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Aug 2006).
• Gunter, Jesse Z, “Mechanisms of the Wurtzite to Rock Salt Phase Transitions in Galium Nitride,” Advisor: Harold Stokes (Masters Thesis, Jun 2006).
• Hall, Benjamin, “PIXE Analysis Of Oil-Paint Pigments: Proof Of Principle,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, Apr 2006).
• Hart, Vern, “Airy Wave Packets As Quantum Solutions For Recovering Classical Trajectories,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Aug 2006).
• Inagi, Shinji, “Acoustical Study of Organ Pipe Voicing,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Aug 2006).
• Johnson, Jedediah Edward Jensen, “Computationally Modeling the Effects of Surface Roughness on Soft X-Ray Multilayer Reflectors,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Masters Thesis, Dec 2006).
• Johnson, Michael, “Calibration Of A Von Hamos Spectometer For X-Ray Source Monitoring,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Capstone, Apr 2006).
• Krogel, Jaron, “Simulating the Inductively-Couple Plasma Mass Spectrometer Using the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Jan 2006).
• Laverty, Canon, “Standardization of H(alpha) Photometry using Open Clusters II. The Hyades,” Advisor: (Senior Thesis, Jan 2006).
• Magleby, Stephanie Allred, “The Violation of Bell's Inequality in a Deterministic but Nonlocal Model,” Advisor: William Evenson (Masters Thesis, Mar 2006).
• Marsh, Richard, “The Electron Properties of Dehydrated and Hydrated DNA,” Advisor: James P. Lewis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2006).
• Monson, Brian B, “Optimization of Active Noise Control for Small Axial Cooling Fans,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Jul 2006).
• Neff, Jason, “Characterization of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) Nanoparticles, Rutile and Anatase, using Electron Microscopy,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Apr 2006).
• Neyenhuis, Brian, “Developing A Narrow Linewidth 657 Nm Diode Laser For Use In A Calcium Atom Interferometer,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2006).
• Ning, S. Andrew, “Creation of an Intermediate Environment and Utilizing Switchable Microwave Absorbent Material to Aid in Performing Work on Mars,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, Aug 2006).
• Nutter, David B, “Sound Absorption and Sound Power Measurements in Reverberation Chambers Using Energy Density Methods,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, Aug 2006).
• Olson, Mark, “The Effect of Electrode Placement on ECG Signal,” Advisor: (Capstone, Jan 2006).
• Paget, Aaron, “ROVOR: Protection From The Elements Ensuring Safe Observational Conditions,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Capstone, Jun 2006).
• Painter, John Charles, “Direct Observation of Laser Filamentation in High-Order Harmonic Generation,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, May 2006).
• Parker, Bret, “Comparison of sound propagation in water-saturated sediment using different sediments in an Effective Density and Fluid model,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Capstone, Feb 2006).
• Paul, Justin, “Contributions to an Atomic Frequency Standard,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Aug 2006).
• Rose, Michael Benjamin, “A Search for Low-Amplitude Variability Among Population I Main Sequence Stars,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Masters Thesis, Jul 2006).
• Skinner, Brandon, “2-Dimensional Magnetic Transducers For Stringed Instruments,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Dec 2006).
• Sorensen, Johanna, “Reciprocal Beauty,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele, Patrick Madden (Capstone, Dec 2006).
• Transtrum, Mark, “Quantum Mechanics In Snyder Space,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Honors Thesis, Aug 2006).
• Vautier, Mana Philip, “Standardization of H Photometry Using Open Clusters III. The Pleiades,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Apr 2006).
• Wessel, Ryan, “Analysis of SN 2005CS and SN 2006X,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2006).
• Whipple, D. Lawrence, “Study Of The Photoluminescence Of Nanocrystals Using Ultrafast Upconversion,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Dec 2006).
• Woodland, Oliver, “Development Of An Automated Search Engine For Variable Stars In Large Clusters,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2006).
• Adams, Mark, “Measuring Absolute Brightness of Laser Generated High Harmonic Emission,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2005).
• Andelin, Daniel, “Use of Signal Processing Methods to Improve Speech Intelligibility in Throat Microphones,” Advisor: Scott Thomas (Senior Thesis, Jul 2005).
• Anderson, Lance, “High Resolution Neutron Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Bart Czirr (Photogenics) (Capstone, Dec 2005).
• Brimhall (Farnsworth), Nicole, “Thorium-Based Mirrors in the Extreme Ultra Violet Optical Application of Uranium Thin Film Compounds for the Extreme Ultraviolet and Soft X-Ray Region,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Honors Thesis, Jan 2005).
• Buehler (Bush), Tabitha, “A Photometric and Spectroscopic Study of Three 0 Scuti Stars: GW Ursae Majoris, BO Lyncis, and AN Lyncis,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Aug 2005).
• Christen, Kurt, “Matlab Simulations Of Super Luminal Energy Transport In Passive Dielectrics,” Advisor: Scott Glasgow (Capstone, Apr 2005).
• Christensen, Eric, “Direct Measurement of Absorption Rates for Laser High-Order Harmonics Generated in Helium and Neon,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2005).
• Christenson, Michael P, “Black Spaghetti: A Numerical Model of Gravitational Collapse in 4 + 1 Spacetime,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Masters Thesis, Jul 2005).
• Conlee, David, “Femtosecond and Nanosecond Laser Ablation and Chemical Functionalization on Silicon,” Advisor: (Senior Thesis, Jan 2005).
• Cullen, David, “Fingerprinting the α and γ phases of alumina using electron energy-loss spectroscopy,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Capstone, Apr 2005).
• Cummings, Elizabeth Ann, “Optical Detection of Ultracold Neutral Calcium Plasmas,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Feb 2005).
• Daily, Jared Estus, “Two-Photon Ionization of the Calcium 4S3D 1D2 Level in an Optical Dipole Trap,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Mar 2005).
• Davis, Andrew J., “A CCD Photometric Search for Variable Stars in the Open Cluster NGC 188,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Honors Thesis, Jul 2005).
• Davis, Steven, “Considerations And Instructions For Measuring Three-Dimensional Directivity Patterns For Sources Of Time Varying Amplitude,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Jul 2005).
• Dickerson, Michael, “Design, Construction, And The Testing Of An Electric Monochord With A Two-Dimensional Magnetic Pickup,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman, Scott Sommerfeldt (Capstone, Dec 2005).
• Duke, Connor, “High-Fidelity Sound Reproduction System,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Apr 2005).
• Erickson, Christopher, “A High Temperature Vapor Cell for Absorption Spectroscopy on the Calcium Intercombination Line,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Jun 2005).
• Evans, William Ray, “Determining Optical Constants for ThO2 Thin Films Spluttered under Different Bias Voltages from 1.2 to 6.5 eV by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, Jan 2005).
• Guisti, Brett, “Micro-Furnace Development for Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction Experiments,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Senior Thesis, Apr 2005).
• Hallstrom, Jeffery, “Mirror Designer User’s Guide: Using a Genetic Algorithm to Design Multilayer Mirrors,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Capstone, Aug 2005).
• Hansen, Richard, “Understanding the Reconstructive Phase Transition in Pb,” Advisor: Dorian Hatch, Harold Stokes, James R. Lewis (Capstone, Dec 2005).
• Hart, Marshall, “Trapped-Particle Asymmetry Modes Due to a Magnetic Barrier,” Advisor: Grant Mason (Senior Thesis, Mar 2005).
• Hendrickson, Adam, “Radiometric Levitation of Opaque Particles in a Laser Beam,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Jun 2005).
• Hollingshaus, Scott, “Relative Binding Affinity of Non-Occupied and Sincle-Ion-Occupied Acetylcholinesterase with Acetylcholine,” Advisor: James Lewis (Honors Thesis, Feb 2005).
• Hunter, Joshua, “Testing, Optimization and Configuration of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator,” Advisor: John Day (Utah Heart Clinic) (Capstone, Aug 2005).
• Jensen, Jamie, “Biomechanics of the Wrist Lock: An Analysis of Spiraling and Twisted Twig,” Advisor: Iain Hunter (Exercise Sci.) (Capstone, Aug 2005).
• Jensen, Reed, “Analysis of Peculiar Nonlinear Wave Behavior in a Non-Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2005).
• Keeler, Bryan, “The Behavior Of A Loudspeaker Surround,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Nov 2005).
• Lamberts, Remy, “Trace Element Analysis Of Utah Lake’s Sedimentary Sludge Using XRF And PIXE Techniques,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, Aug 2005).
• Lewis, William, “Preparation of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope to Image Semiconductor,” Advisor: (Senior Thesis, Jan 2005).
• Lindsey, Rhett, “Optical Levitation of Opaque Particles in a Laser Beam at High and Low Pressures,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2005).
• McClure, Philip, “Ligand Binding to CD1D: Importance of α-GC configuration,” Advisor: Paul Savage, Matt Peterson (C&B), Rick Jellen (Capstone, Apr 2005).
• McKnight, Thomas Kevin, “An Improved Flexible Neutron Detector For Powder Diffraction Experiments,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Masters Thesis, Jul 2005).
• Moncrieff, Kathleen, “A Photometric Search for Variable Stars in the Open Cluster NGC 6709,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Aug 2005).
• Olsen, Christopher, “Collimation and Focusing of the Optics of the 22 Inch Rovor Telescope,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Aug 2005).
• Olson, David, “Construction and Characterization of a Specialized Malmberg-Penning Trap for Confinement of a Nonneutral Radionuclide Plasma,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2005).
• Rollins, Sarah, “Acoustics of the Salt Lake Tabernacle: Characterization and Study of Spatial Variation,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, Nov 2005).
• Shafer, Benjamin, “The Construction And Qualification Of A Reverberation Chamber For Sound Absorption And Sound Power Measurements,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Capstone, Aug 2005).
• Skeen, Michael, “Constructing a Proton Therapy Facility: An Experience in the Design, Installation, and Commisioning of the Treatment Room Systems at MPRI,” Advisor: William Evenson (Honors Thesis, Aug 2005).
• Skinfill, Craig Ernest, “Electromagnetism in Gravitational Collapse,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Masters Thesis, Dec 2005).
• Smith, Jared, “Real Option Analysis In The Pharmaceutical Industry,” Advisor: Craig Merrill (Business) (Capstone, May 2005).
• Sprinkle, Michael, “Self-Aligned Palladium Silicide Process for Rigidly Attaching Carbon Nanotubes to Silicon Surfaces,” Advisor: (Senior Thesis, Jan 2005).
• Stenson, Jared R, “Representations for Understanding the Stern-Gerlach Effect,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Masters Thesis, Jul 2005).
• Sutherland, Julia Robin Miller, “Phase-Matching Optimization of Laser High-Order Harmonics Generated in a Gas Cell,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, Jul 2005).
• Tobler, Samuel, “Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Modes of Oscillation in Non-Neutral Electron Plasmas,” Advisor: Bryan Peterson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2005).
• Underwood, Bradley, “A Practical Analysis of Combining Larmor Modulation and Time of Flight Methods on a Pulsed Inelastic Neutron Spectrometer,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Senior Thesis, Apr 2005).
• Utami, Sentagi Sesotya, “An Acoustical Analysis of Domes Coupled to Rooms, with Special Application to the Darussholah Mosque, in East Java, Indonesia,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, Aug 2005).
• Wald, Eric, “Photoaccoustic Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Capstone, Sep 2005).
• Weeks, Tyler, “Absolute Soft X-Ray Calibration Of Laser Produced Plasmas Using A Focusing Crystal Von Hamos Spectrometer,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Capstone, Dec 2005).
• Wilcox, Eva, “Novel Neutron Detector for n-n Scattering Length Measurement,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Masters Thesis, Jul 2005).
• Acosta, Guillermo Antonio, “Developing a Technique for measuring Thickness of Thin Films, From 5 to 15 Nanometers, Using Atomic Force Microscopy ,” Advisor: David Allred (Masters Thesis, Aug 2004).
• Adamson, Justus, “Ultrasonic Measurement of Light Liquid Viscosity,” Advisor: Margaret Greenwood (Capstone, Jul 2004).
• Adamson, Kristi, “Determining Chemical Composition of Sputtered Uranium Oxide Thin Films through X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2004).
• Anderson, Brian E, “Derivation of Moving-Coil Loudspeaker Parameters Using Plane Wave Tube Techniques,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, Jan 2004).
• Andrus, Joel, “Development of an Energy-Based Sound Power Measurement Device,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Capstone, Apr 2004).
• Archer, Paul, “Determining Favorable Conditions for Endolithic Growth: UV Protection and Desiccation Prevention,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Jun 2004).
• Bissell, Luke, “Determining Ruthenium's Optical Constants in the Spectral Range 11-14 NM,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Aug 2004).
• Brown, Peter, “Observing Gamma Ray Burst Afterglows from BYU's Orsen Pratt Observatory,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Aug 2004).
• Butler, Thomas, “Analytical and Numerical Approaches to Specific Heat-Photon Spectrum Inversion,” Advisor: William Evenson (Senior Thesis, Jun 2004).
• Cannon, Brent, “Model Rocket Simulation with Drag Analysis,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Capstone, Apr 2004).
• Cannon, Matthew, “A Prototype Resistive Plate Chamber for Muon Radiography,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson, Richard Schirato (LANL) (Senior Thesis, Apr 2004).
• Chester, Ryan, “Construction and Evaluation of an Acoustical Scale Model of a Mosque and a Miniature Human Voice Source,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, Dec 2004).
• Currit, Jenni, “Solar Cookers for Developing Countries,” Advisor: Steven Jones, Warner Woodworth (Capstone, Dec 2004).
• Evans, Jason Lott, “On the Variability of the Fine Structure Constant,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Masters Thesis, Jul 2004).
• Faber, Benjamin Mahonri, “Active Minimization of Acoustic Energy Density in a Mock Tractor Cab,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Mar 2004).
• Frandsen, Brigham Russell, “Free Electron Acceleration by a Laser: Exploration of Evanescent Waves,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Honors Thesis, Jul 2004).
• Green, Jared, “Goethe's Theory of Color,” Advisor: David Grandy (Capstone, Jul 2004).
• Hale, Jacob, “An Ultra Low-Noise Combined Confocal Optical/Atomic Force Microscope,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2004).
• Hartsock, Daniel, “Growth Controls of Ice Crystals in Cirrus Clouds,” Advisor: Don Morgan (BYU Geography), Tim Garrett (UofU) (Capstone, Jul 2004).
• Hopper, Joseph, “Current State of the Software Used to Control the Remote Observatory for Variable Object Research,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, Jan 2004).
• Ivanushkina, Mariya, “Monitoring Period Changes in High Amplitude Delta Scuti Stars ,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Masters Thesis, Aug 2004).
• James, Daniel, “A Semi-Classical Study Of Electron Blurring In The Longitudinal Stern-Gerlach Magnet,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Nov 2004).
• Jeffery, Elizabeth, “Calibration of Standard Stars in the Galactic Cluster M67,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Senior Thesis, Jan 2004).
• Johnson, Jedediah Edward Jensen, “Thorium Based Mirrors for High Reflectivity in the EUV,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, Aug 2004).
• Johnson, Jon, “Estimating the Absolute Brightness of Magnesium Laser-Produced Plasmas,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Senior Thesis, Aug 2004).
• Kemsley, Kara, “The Effects of Source Directivity on Room Acoustics Parameters,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Senior Thesis, Apr 2004).
• Ketcheson, David, “An Algebraic Characterization of Strong Stability Preserving Runge-Kutta Schemes,” Advisor: (Senior Thesis, Jan 2004).
• Locey, Lance Lester, “Analysis and Comparison of Three Acoustic Energy Density Probes,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Dec 2004).
• Manchak, John, “Arguments Concerning Photon Concepts,” Advisor: David Grandy (Capstone, Jan 2004).
• Maxwell, Aubrie Anna, “A Comparison of Radial Velocity Scanner and Charge Coupled Device Spectral Data for Six Stars,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Masters Thesis, Aug 2004).
• Maxwell, James E, “Photometric Analysis of Cluster Fields Using Daophot and Bigphot ,” Advisor: Benjamin Taylor (Masters Thesis, Dec 2004).
• McLaughlin, Bonnie, “Creating a High Power, Laser Diode End-Pumped cw Green Laser: Cheap Green Photons,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Mar 2004).
• McNeil, Stephen Richard, “Detection of Small-Amplitude Optical Variability in Galactic Nuclei,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2004).
• Millward, Robert Steven, “Finding Solutions to the Eistein Equations ,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (PhD Dissertation, Apr 2004).
• Niemi, David, “Observation of Entangled Photons Produced in Laser Down-Conversion,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2004).
• Olson, Rebecca, “Self-Referencing Interferometer Measurement of Prism Angles with Microradian Precision,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Senior Thesis, Jan 2004).
• Owen, Jorj, “Automated, Controlled Deposition of Nanoparticles on Polyelectrolyte-Coated Silicon from Chemomechanically Patterned Droplet Arrays,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Capstone, Apr 2004).
• Painter, John, “Optical Levitation of Opaque Particles in a Laser Beam: Zero Gravity Experiment,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2004).
• Pinoli, Mario, “Molecular Modeling of the μ-helix of Poly-L-Glutamine,” Advisor: David Busath (Capstone, Aug 2004).
• Pratt, Benjamin, “Laser High-Order Harmonic Generation in Gas Cells,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Jan 2004).
• Rajikannu, John, “Physics in your Palm,” Advisor: Steven Jones (Capstone, Jan 2004).
• Raymond, Scott, “Acoustical Properties of Human Scalp Hair,” Advisor: Kullervo Hynynen (Harvard Med) (Capstone, Apr 2004).
• Rogers, Danny, “Ion Conductance Of Gramicidin A Channels In Assymetrical Sodium Chloride Solutions,” Advisor: David Busath (Capstone, Dec 2004).
• Rose, Michael, “Improving Aperture Photometry Reduction Techniques,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Apr 2004).
• Sandberg, Richard, “Optical Applications of Uranium Thin-Film Compounds for the Extreme Ultraviolet and Soft X-Ray Region,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Aug 2004).
• Smith, Heather, “Geometric Acoustic Modeling of the LDS Conference Center,” Advisor: Timothy Leishman (Masters Thesis, Nov 2004).
• Smith, Kelly, “Phase Matching of Laser High Harmonic Generation in a Semi-Infinite Gas Cell,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Honors Thesis, Feb 2004).
• Takahashi, Ribeka, “Molecular Electronics With Peptide Nanotubes: Calculation of Conventional and Complex Band Structure,” Advisor: James Lewis (Masters Thesis, Dec 2004).
• Tonks, Melinda, “Nano-Level Surface Patterning Through Chemomechanical Functionalization of Silicon and Germanium Surfaces Using an Atomic Force Microscope,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Honors Thesis, Mar 2004).
• Urry, Marie, “Determining Optical Constants of Uranium Nitride Thin Films in the Extreme Ultraviolet (1.6-35 NM),” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2004).
• Webb, Nicholas, “The Oxidation Rates of Vanadium,” Advisor: (Senior Thesis, Jan 2004).
• Whittaker, Jed D, “Mechanical Attachment of Carbon Nanotubes to Atomic Force Microscopy Tips By Selective SiO2 Deposition ,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Dec 2004).
• Xu, Degao, “Atomic Force Microscope Conductivity Measurements of Single Ferritin Molecules,” Advisor: Robert Davis (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2004).
• Zurcher, Daniel , “Classical Molecular Dynamics Algorithms,” Advisor: (Senior Thesis, Jan 2004).
• Anderson, Jacob, “Level 3 Z Tracking Algorithm,” Advisor: Steven Jones (Senior Thesis, Mar 2003).
• Briscoe, Jennifer Elayne, “A Review of the Case for the Recent Acceleration of the Expansion of the Universe ,” Advisor: Kent Harrison (Masters Thesis, Dec 2003).
• Broadbent, Curtis James, “Reversible and Irreversible Energy in Dispersive/Dissipative Optical Media,” Advisor: Scott Glasgow (Senior Thesis, Aug 2003).
• Brown, Danelle Elaine, “Atomic Granularity and Molecular Optics Computational Studies of Atomic Structure Effects in the EUV and Soft X-Ray,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2003).
• Call, Jay M., “Gravitational Collapse in 2+1 Dimensions with a Dilation Coupled to a Cosmological Constant,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Honors Thesis, Jun 2003).
• Camacho, Ryan, “Microstructural Analysis of Copper Thin Films for Characterization of Stress-Induced Voiding Mechanisms,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, May 2003).
• Cannon, Donald M., “Calculations of M=0 Normal Modes in Cold Non-Neutral Plasmas Using a Scaled Spherical Coordinate System,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Jul 2003).
• Dix, Gordon, “Design and Implementation of an Automated Intensity Scanning System at the Acoustical Testing Lab of the NASA Glenn Research Center,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Capstone, Apr 2003).
• Gatrell, Deborah L., “Pedagogical Change in a Conceptual Course: A Case Study of Physical Science 100 at BYU,” Advisor: M. Jeannette Lawler (Honors Thesis, Jun 2003).
• Hart, James Aamodt, “A Particle-In-Cell Code for Modelling Ultracold Plasmas,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Apr 2003).
• Holt, Josh, “Simulating the Generation of Ultrafast Optical Superconinuum Pulses,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Aug 2003).
• Huffmire, Casey, “A Fundamental Understanding of Patent Law for Physicists,” Advisor: Ned Israelson (Capstone, Aug 2003).
• Hughes, Travis S, “Overcoming Inhibition of Supported Bilayer Formation for Influenza A M2 Single-Molecule AFM Studies ,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Dec 2003).
• Jackson, Elke, “Rectifying Synchrotron and Monochromator Measurement Differences and Monochromator Improvements,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2003).
• Junkermeier, Chad Everett, “Iteration Methods For Approximating The Lowest Order Energy Eigenstate of A Given Symmetry For One- and Two-Dimensional Systems,” Advisor: Manuel Berrondo (Masters Thesis, Jun 2003).
• Maxwell, J. Edward, “Applying Filter Functions to Spectra Using the Cubic Spline Method,” Advisor: Benjamin Taylor (Senior Thesis, Apr 2003).
• McDonald, Matthew, “Finding Optical Constants of Uranium Oxide Mirrors Using Fortran,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Aug 2003).
• Merrill, Rebecca, “A New Scheme for External-Cavity Diode Laser Stabilization,” Advisor: Dallin Durfee (Honors Thesis, Mar 2003).
• Perry, Scott Evans, “Multienergetic External-beam PIXE as a Means of Stydying the Surface Enrichment Effect in Coins,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Masters Thesis, Jul 2003).
• Peterson, Eric L., “The Landau Damping of a Manhole Cover,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Honors Thesis, Feb 2003).
• Robinson, Ross, “Removing Contaminates from Silicon Wafers to Facilitate EUV Optical Characterization,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Aug 2003).
• Ross, Patrick William, “Plasma Diagnostics for ICF Target Fabrication,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2003).
• Scott, Mark, “Evidence for Low Temperature D-D Fusion in TID x Foils,” Advisor: Steven Jones (Senior Thesis, Aug 2003).
• Smemoe, Lance, “Interactive Waves Simulation,” Advisor: Ross Spencer, Garth Hill, Jason Dzubak (Capstone, Apr 2003).
• Tygerson, Angela, “Constructing Efficient Computer Models for Augmented Reality,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Senior Thesis, Apr 2003).
• Warner, Phillip Bernell, “A Theoretical Gamma Doradus Instability Strip ,” Advisor: Benjamin Taylor (Masters Thesis, Aug 2003).
• Whittaker, Jed, “Self-Aligned Mechanical Attachment of Carbon Nanotubes to Silicon Dioxide Structures by Selective Silicon Dioxide Chemical Vapor Deposition,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2003).
• Yasin, Zafar, “Collisional Effects in Spherically Low-Temperature Plasma Oscillations ,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Masters Thesis, Dec 2003).
• Albretsen, Jacob John, “Expanding the Standard Star Library Using CCD Photometry,” Advisor: Benjamin Taylor (Masters Thesis, Dec 2002).
• Allen, Dan, “Investigation of CdSe Nanocrystals by Chemical Doping With In and Perturbed Angular Correlation Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Apr 2002).
• Anderson, Ryan Robert, “Focusing Optics with a Constant Angle Grazing Incidence Spectrograph for Spatian and Spectral Resolution of Capilary Discharge Plasmas,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2002).
• Baird, Eric, “Gravitational Collapse of a Dilaton,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Senior Thesis, Jul 2002).
• Bard, Erik C, “Resonant Cyclotron Damping,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Masters Thesis, Dec 2002).
• Barnes, Jonathan, “Goldhelox Phase 0/1 Safety Certification ,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, Dec 2002).
• Bellville, Benjamin A., “Single-Beam Laser Traps for Opaque or Reflective Particles,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2002).
• Bliss, Cody Larry, “Optical Levitation of Intensity-Fleeing Particles in a Single-Beam Laser Trap,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Aug 2002).
• Bradford, Peter, “Constructing a Pulsed Amplifier for a Tunable Diode Laser,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2002).
• Daily, Jared Estus, “Development and Characterization of a Field Electron Emission X-Ray Source,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Senior Thesis, Apr 2002).
• Farrell (Jr.), Daniel W., “Single-Frequency 397 nm Diode Laser for Ca+ Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2002).
• Fugal, Jacob P., “Characteristics of a Slitless Spectroscopic Near-Infrared Emission-Line Galaxy Survey,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Honors Thesis, Apr 2002).
• Gee, Kent L, “Multi-Channel Active Control of Axial Cooling Fan Noise,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Aug 2002).
• Hansen, Brian, “Measuring Changes in Indices of Refraction with Respect to Temperature in Birefringent Crystals,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Dec 2002).
• Ireland, Laralee Gordon, “Numerical Modeling of Multi-Mode Active Control of Turbofan Tonal Noise Using a Boundary Element Method,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2002).
• Landen, Andrew, “High-Intensity Laser Facility at Brigham Young University,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, May 2002).
• Lee, Stephen W., “Design and Construction of a Hemispherical Boom for Measuring Sound Power Levels and Directivity Patterns,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Honors Thesis, Jan 2002).
• Ludlow, Andrew D., “Thermal Self Locking Measurements of Two Photon Absorption in Potassium Niobate,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2002).
• Lunt, Shannon, “Determining the Indices of Refration of Reactively Sputered Uranium Dioxide Thin Films from 46 to 584 Anstroms,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Masters Thesis, Dec 2002).
• Moody, Nathan C., “Construction and Testing of a Low-Finesse Fabry-Perot Interferometer for use in Atomic Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Aug 2002).
• Nakata, Michael Takeshi, “Non-Intrusive Diagnostic for a Non-Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Masters Thesis, Apr 2002).
• Smith, Heather McKnight, “Numerical Modeling of Whizzer Cone Loudspeakers,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Senior Thesis, Apr 2002).
• Strong, Joshua A., “X-Ray Fluorescence of Laser-Produced Plasmas,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Senior Thesis, Dec 2002).
• Voronov, Sergei Leonidovich, “Controlling Laser High-Order Harmonic Generation Using Weak Counter-Propagating Light,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2002).
• Wacaser, Brent Alan, “Chemomechanical Surface Patterning and Funtualization of Silicon Surfaces Using an Atomic Force Microscope ,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Masters Thesis, Dec 2002).
• Walter, Fabian Thomas, “Obtaining Soft X-Ray Constants Across the 2P Edge of Fe in Thin Films by Resonant Magnetic Scattering Experiments of Polarized Soft X-Rays,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Aug 2002).
• Wilcox, Eva, “Energy Resolution in Neutron Detection,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees, Bart Czirr (Honors Thesis, Feb 2002).
• Anderson, Brian, “The Effect of Inharmonic Partials on Pitch of Piano Tones,” Advisor: William Strong (Senior Thesis, Jul 2001).
• Balogh, David Paul, “Student Attitudes and Performance in an Online General Education Physical Science Course ,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Masters Thesis, Apr 2001).
• Choi, Joseph S., “In Situ Ellipsometry of Surfaces in an Ultrahigh Vacuum Thin Film Deposition Chamber,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, Jun 2001).
• Crookston, Matthew Byron, “Spatial Measurements of a Capillary Discharge Plasma with a Toroidal Mirror and a Grazing Incident Spectrograph,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Apr 2001).
• Du Toit, Philip, “Spin Current: The Contribution of Spin to the Probability Current for Nonrelativistic Particles,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Honors Thesis, Jun 2001).
• Evanko, Liberty Rae, “Baade-Wesselink Radii and Absolute Magnitudes for Ad Canis Minoris and Eh Librae,” Advisor: Benjamin Taylor (Masters Thesis, Dec 2001).
• Garvin, Matthew Bodell, “Restoring the BYU Spectograph to Service on the 24 inch Telescope at West Mountain Observatory ,” Advisor: Benjamin Taylor (Masters Thesis, Dec 2001).
• Hicken, Malcolm Stuart, “Wave Functions, Energy Levels, Oscillator Strengths and Lifetimes of Confined Hydrogen and Sodium Atoms ,” Advisor: Manuel Berrondo (Masters Thesis, Aug 2001).
• Housley, Matthew, “Direct CVD Growth of Carbon Nanotubes on Silicon Nitride AFM Probes,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Honors Thesis, Jun 2001).
• Jensen, Kathryn A., “Laser Tracking Using Closed Loop Feedback Control,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior Thesis, Apr 2001).
• Johnson, Cort, “Developing an Improved Extreme Ultraviolet Filter,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2001).
• Kitchen, Dale, “A Proposed Thin Film Process for Shortening Carbon Nanotube AFM Probes,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Senior Thesis, Jul 2001).
• Ludwigsen, Daniel O, “Physical Modeling of the Lips in a Player/Trombone Simulation,” Advisor: William Strong (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2001).
• Ludwigsen, Daniel O, “[Title],” Advisor: (Masters Thesis, Dec 2001).
• Madsen, John Benson, “Experiments in Laser High Harmonic Genereation with Multiple Laser Beams,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, Dec 2001).
• McKnight, Thomas, “Absolute Gamma Efficiency and Its Evaluation for Lithium Gadolinium Borate,” Advisor: Branton Campbell, Bart Czirr (Senior Thesis, Aug 2001).
• Mills, Cynthia, “Multi-Angle Reflectance Measurements in the EUV,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Honors Thesis, Mar 2001).
• Monson, Ryan, “Growth and Characterization of a Cadmium Selenide Nanocrystal Monolayer,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Honors Thesis, May 2001).
• Pack, Michael (Vern), “A Single-Lens Interferometer for Introducing Gaussian Laser Beams,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Dec 2001).
• Simmons, Jed, “Grazing Incidence Spectrometer for Measuring Laser High-Order Harmonics,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Mar 2001).
• Smith, Anthony Dale, “Nonlinear Dynamics in Systems of Discrete Symmetry ,” Advisor: Harold Stokes (Masters Thesis, Apr 2001).
• Squires, Matthew B, “The Measurment (58.4-164.0 nm) and Analysis (40.0- 600.0 nm) of the Atom Scattering Factors of Diamond and Graphite ,” Advisor: David Allred (Masters Thesis, Aug 2001).
• Terry, Nathan Burrett, “Production of Correlated Photon Pairs Through Laser Down Conversion in a BBO Crystal ,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, Dec 2001).
• Titensor, Jamie, “Creating Shaped Counter-Propagating Laser Pulses to Increase High Harmonic Production,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Dec 2001).
• Wacaser, Brent Alan, “Assembly of Groups of Au and CdSe/ZnS Nanocrystals Chemically Linked by 1,4-Benzenedimethanethol,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Honors Thesis, May 2001).
• Wang, Quan, “Experiments on Laser-Produced Plasmas and Laser Plasma-Wall Interactions,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Apr 2001).
• Ware, Michael J, “Optical Pulse Propagation in Dispersive Systems,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (PhD Dissertation, Dec 2001).
• Barnes, Levi, “Flexible Sets of Basis Functions for First Principles Calculations of Ground-State Energy in Crystalline Solids,” Advisor: Harold Stokes (Senior Thesis, May 2000).
• Cornaby, Sterling W, “Using a Charged-Coupling Device (CCD) to gether X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Information Simultaneously,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Aug 2000).
• Dias, Vivian Francis, “Active Vibration Control of a Structure Using Virtual Sensors,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Dec 2000).
• Herrera, Guillermo Aurelio, “Acoustic Modeling of Two Cellular Telephones ,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Dec 2000).
• Hullinger, Derek, “Characterization and Enhancement of a Transmission Line Driven Capillary Discharge ,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Masters Thesis, Apr 2000).
• Jenkins, Thomas Grant, “Vibrational Modes of Thin Oblate Clouds of Charge ,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Masters Thesis, Dec 2000).
• Nelson, Philip M., “Effects of Fluorination on Gramicidin A Conductance: Analysis of Data Using 3B2S Model, Symbolic Math Software and Statistical Computations,” Advisor: David D. Busath (Honors Thesis, Feb 2000).
• Oliphant, David Toone, “Characterization of Uranium, Uranium Oxide and Silicon Multilayer Thin Films,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Masters Thesis, Dec 2000).
• Schwendiman, Liberty Rae, “A PHotometric Study of the Anomalous Second Period in V567 Ophiuchi,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Jun 2000).
• Schwendiman, Liberty Rae, “A Photometric Study of the Anomalous Second Period in V567 Ophiuchi,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Jan 2000).
• Tait, Jr., Steven L, “A Comparative Study of Various Display Formats of Speech Frequncy Spectra to Aid Lip Readers,” Advisor: William Strong (Honors Thesis, Jun 2000).
• Takahashi, Ribeka, “Goldhelox Project Soft X-Ray Detecting System,” Advisor: (Senior Thesis, May 2000).
• Thompson, Michael Wayne, “Inclusion of Wave Steepening in a Frequency-Domain Model of Trombone Sound Production ,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Aug 2000).
• Thompson, Nephi, “A Three-Barrier Two-Site Analysis of Gramicidin Conductance in Fluorinated and Native Peptides,” Advisor: David Busath (Honors Thesis, Jul 2000).
• Wilson, Alma Teao, “Prequantitative Physical Mathematics and its Applications ,” Advisor: William Evenson (PhD Dissertation, Aug 2000).
• Yeates, Owen Dennis, “Transcendence: Reassessing the Religious Thinking of Sir Isaac Newton,” Advisor: David E. Bohn (Honors Thesis, Mar 2000).
• Anderson, Kenneth S., “Single-Beam Optical Trapping of Micron-Sized Particles,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Honors Thesis, Apr 1999).
• Bass, Christopher, “Characterization of CdSe Nanocrystal Photodiodes,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Aug 1999).
• Bradford, Robert K., “Characterization of Pi-Proton Events Producing Charged Tracks and Four Gammas,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, May 1999).
• Carter, Sam, “Classifying Bushes of Molecular Vibrational Modes According to their Universality Classes,” Advisor: Harold Stokes (Senior Thesis, Jan 1999).
• Cornaby, Sterling W., “Heliostat for Educational Display,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 1999).
• Garvin, Matthew Bodell, “V927 Herculis: δ Scuti γ Doradus?,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Honors Thesis, Nov 1999).
• Jenkins, Thomas Grant, “The Dynamic Alternating-Direction-Implicit Algorithm,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Apr 1999).
• Johnson, Angela, “Calculations of the Calcium 4s4p 1 P 1 0 Radiative Lifetime via Molecular Spectroscopy of the Diatomic B 1 Sigma U + State,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Honors Thesis, Jun 1999).
• Kim, Jay Seokjae, “A Study of Quantum Clocks,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Masters Thesis, Dec 1999).
• Kohl, Ian T, “Construction of a High-Intensity Femtosecond Laser System for Experiments in Intrinsic Atomic Phase Effects in High Harmonic Generation,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, Dec 1999).
• Kraczek, Brent E., “Study of Quantum Computation Through Simulation of Shor's Algorithm on a Classical Computer,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Honors Thesis, May 1999).
• Lin, Dong, “Numerical Analysis of Tow Methods to Estimate Broadband Radiation from Beams Using Distributed Structural Sensors ,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1999).
• Lunt, Shannon, “The Use of Genetic Algorithms in Multilayer Mirror Optimization,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Honors Thesis, Mar 1999).
• Martin, Mary Landon, “Determining Spin Wave Stiffness in a Colossal Magnetoresistive Thin Film,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Honors Thesis, Jun 1999).
• Perry, Scott E., “Design, Construction, and Testing of an External-Beam PIXE System for Coin and Manuscript Analysis at Brigham Young University,” Advisor: Neil Rasband (Honors Thesis, Mar 1999).
• Sorensen, Paul, “Thermovision 780 System,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 1999).
• Squires, Matthew B., “On Determining the Optical Constants of Sputtered U and a-Si at 304 and 484 Å,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, Mar 1999).
• Tikhoplav, Rodion, “Effect of Pressure on Optical Properties of Pure and C60 Doped MEH-PPV,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Masters Thesis, Dec 1999).
• Ware, Michael, “Phase Delay and Energy Flow in Angularly Dispersive Optical Systems,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Honors Thesis, Mar 1999).
• Yelifari, John Batierun, “Point Diffraction Interfeometry,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Masters Thesis, Dec 1999).
• Yu, Xiaohua, “Investigation of Diffiulty in the Self-Consistent Atomic Deformation Method for First-Principle Energy Calculations in Crystalline Solids ,” Advisor: Harold Stokes (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1999).
• Ainsworth (Jr.), Ronald E., “Trombone Tone Sustain Simulation Through Linear Prediction,” Advisor: William Strong (Senior Thesis, Dec 1998).
• Brovkin, Pavel Leonidovich, “The Physics of Low-Capacitance JFETs,” Advisor: David Allred (Masters Thesis, Apr 1998).
• Crawford, Christopher Blair, “Spectroscopic Investigations of Soft X-Ray Amplification in a Capillary Discharge,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Masters Thesis, Apr 1998).
• Fennimore, Adam, “Morphology and Oxidation of U/Al and UN/Al Multilayer MIrrors,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, Feb 1998).
• Hatt, Richard A, “Order-Parameter Proiles Across Domain Walls Arising in Ferroelastic Phase Transiions ,” Advisor: Dorian Hatch (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1998).
• Hintz, Maureen Lyn, “Photometric Abundance Calibration of Delta Scuti Variables Usig Caby Photometry ,” Advisor: Clark Christensen (Masters Thesis, Aug 1998).
• Kowallis, Karl, “Developing Finite Element Meshes for the Acoustic Simulation of Jet Engines,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Honors Thesis, Jan 1998).
• Lawler, Margaret J, “Examination of Sonoluminescence of Deuterium Bubbles,” Advisor: Steven Jones (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1998).
• Leishman, Eric Scott, “Quantum Mechanics of Rigid Boxes with Voids,” Advisor: William Evenson (Honors Thesis, Jul 1998).
• Miller, David Rich, “A Simulation of Synthetic Aperature Stellar Interferometry Using Post Acquisition Time Correlation,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, Apr 1998).
• Mumford, Jason W., “Flame Deposition as a Mechanism for Diamond Snthesis,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Senior Thesis, Apr 1998).
• Oliphant, David, “Scalar Wave Scattering from a Clinder with Dirichlet Boundary Conditions Unsiong High-Order Basis Plynomials,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Senior Thesis, Aug 1998).
• Rockwood, Troy, “A Classical Model of an Atom in a Strong Laser Field,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Honors Thesis, Jan 1998).
• Roming, Peter W A, “A Long-slit Spectral Analysis of the Nuclear Region of M101 and M33 and a Search for Non-Nuclear Seyfet Activity in M33,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1998).
• Samuels, Timothy O, “Incorporation of Loudness Measures in Evaluation of the Perceived Effectiveness of Active Noise Control,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Aug 1998).
• Bartlett, Marshall, “Pressure Dependence of Molecular Reorientation in the Low-Temperature Phases of Potassium Cyanide,” Advisor: Harold Stokes (Senior Thesis, Apr 1997).
• Fitzgerald, Holly Elizabeth, “Computational Exploration of the Entropic Prior over Spaces of Low Dimensionality ,” Advisor: Everett Larson (Masters Thesis, Aug 1997).
• George, Renee, “High-Order Basis Functions on Wires,” Advisor: Steve Turley (Honors Thesis, Feb 1997).
• Hansen, Douglas Paul, “Order-Parameter Profiles Across Domain Walls Arising in Ferroelastic Phase Transitions ,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1997).
• Hullinger, Derek, “Analysis and Design of the Solar Funnel,” Advisor: Steven Jones (Senior Thesis, Sep 1997).
• Hunter, Eric J, “Geometrical Display of Speech Spectra as an Aid to Lipreading ,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Aug 1997).
• Johnson, Zerubbabel A., “Simulation of a Quantum Computer on a Classical Computer,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Honors Thesis, Jul 1997).
• McKay, Cavendish, “Collisionless Damping of Plasma Waves in Finite-Length Non-Neutral Plasmas,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Senior Thesis, Apr 1997).
• Menscher, Damian P., “Modeling the Quantum Computer on the Classical Computer,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Honors Thesis, Jul 1997).
• Morring, Brent, “Complimentarity Versus Uncertainty,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Aug 1997).
• Nelson, Kenneth A, “The Boots Void: A Study Determining the True Center and Degree Of Emptiness ,” Advisor: Benjamin Taylor (Masters Thesis, Dec 1997).
• Paul, Bryan Lee, “Voids in the Nearby Universe: A Study of the CfA Redshift Catalog,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, Apr 1997).
• Paulson, Deborah L, “Thermal Equilibrium of Warm Clouds of Charge with Small Aspect Ratio,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Masters Thesis, Aug 1997).
• Rice, Michael Dean, “Galactic Distribution Function of Two Superclusters,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, Aug 1997).
• Snow, Clark S, “AB Initio Calculations of the Vibrational Frequencies of Oxidic Free Anions Related to a Crystal Environment ,” Advisor: Manuel Berrondo (Masters Thesis, Aug 1997).
• Summers, Steve, “Ultrashort Laser Pulses,” Advisor: Bret Hess (Senior Thesis, Apr 1997).
• Vance, Scott L., “Search for Fusion from Sonoluminescence in Ammonium Amalgam: A Null Result,” Advisor: Steven Jones (Honors Thesis, Feb 1997).
• Christiansen, David, “Development of Diagnostics for an X-Ray Laser,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Senior Thesis, May 1996).
• Dukes, Phillip R, “A Beyesian Approach to Quantum State Determination ,” Advisor: Everett Larson (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1996).
• Dukes, Phillip R, “[Title],” Advisor: (Masters Thesis, Aug 1996).
• Fairbanks, Teresa Griffin, “The Characteristic Frequency of Formamidinium-Induced Noise in Gramicidin A Channels: Voltage and Concentration Dependence,” Advisor: David D. Busath (Honors Thesis, Aug 1996).
• Gifford, Dawn K., “Comparison of ORPA Suprathermal Electron and OPA Solar Wind Proton Data from the Pioneer Venus Orbiter,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (Honors Thesis, Mar 1996).
• Huang, Ke, “An EPR Investigation of the Tetragonal Phase in BaTiO3 Along the Tetragonal-Cubic Phase Line,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1996).
• Jones, Samuel T., “Physical Analysis of Olmec Artifacts,” Advisor: Steven Jones (Honors Thesis, Mar 1996).
• Lin, Rong, “Acoustic Study of Acted Emotions in Speech,” Advisor: William Strong (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1996).
• Loveridge, Lee, “Applying Supersymmetry to Quantum Mechanics with a study of Bound States in the Continuum,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, May 1996).
• Nelson, Karl D., “Thermoacoustic Cooling,” Advisor: Mark Nelson (Honors Thesis, Dec 1996).
• Olsen, Bryan R, “High Voltage for a Capillary Discharge X-Ray Laser,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Dec 1996).
• Powell, John Morgan, “Properties of Yellow Supergiant Stars From Strogren-Crawford-Twarog Photometry ,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1996).
• Thompson, Gregory B., “Reactive Gas Sputtering of Lithium Compound Thin Films,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Jun 1996).
• Williams, B. Scott, “On Photo-Assisted Atomic Layered Epitaxy of Iron Pentacarbonyl,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Senior Thesis, Aug 1996).
• Baker, Craig Reeves, “Analysis of the Linear Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in the Nighttime Equatorial Ionosphere ,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Masters Thesis, Dec 1995).
• Bennett, Jonathan A., “Discrepancy Between Theory and Experiment of Aspect Ratio Measurements in Non-Neutral Plasmas,” Advisor: Grant Mason (Honors Thesis, Nov 1995).
• Cardall, Taylor Y., “Exploitation of Interfacial Tension as a Noninvasive Diagnostic Method for Canned Food Products,” Advisor: Steven Jones (Honors Thesis, Jul 1995).
• Copley, David C, “A Computational and Experimental Study on the Physical Modeling of the Trombone for Music Synthesis,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Apr 1995).
• Curzon, Joel, “An Evaluation of the Supreme Court Decision in Wickard v. Filburn in Light of the Original Intent of the Constitution and Early Pecedent,” Advisor: Dr. Gary Bryner (Honors Thesis, Jul 1995).
• Durfee, Curtis Scott, “The Effect of Pressure on Cyanide Reorientation in the Low-Temperature Phases of Potassium Cyanide ,” Advisor: Mark Nelson (Masters Thesis, Dec 1995).
• Eliason, Dale, “Software Intellectual Property: Billings 4,714,989 Patent Validity and Impact,” Advisor: Evan L. Ivie (Honors Thesis, Mar 1995).
• Gardner, Eric William, “A Computer Simulation of Structural Mechanics -A Mesoscopic Model-,” Advisor: Manuel Berrondo (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1995).
• Hansen, Kenneth C, “The Linear and Nonlinear Stages of the Electrostatic Modes of Warm, Nonneutral Plasma,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Masters Thesis, Dec 1995).
• Henstrom, William, “Computational Study of Cluster Models for Crystals Used as Gamma Ray Scintillators,” Advisor: Manuel Berrondo (Senior Thesis, Apr 1995).
• Hintz, Eric George Bow, “Multicolor, Two-Dimensional Photometric Study of Galaxies in Rich Abell Clusters,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1995).
• Larsen, Mitch, “Construction of Optical Components by Ultrastructure Processing,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Senior Thesis, Feb 1995).
• Lu, Jun, “Stochastic Models of Perturbed Angular Correlation Due to Diffusion of Defects in Materials,” Advisor: William Evenson (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1995).
• Neilsen, David W, “A Search for an Interior Solution in General Relativity Using Lie-Backlund Symmetries,” Advisor: Kent Harrison (Masters Thesis, Aug 1995).
• Nelson, Kenneth, “A Photometric Study of the Pulsation Period for BL Camelopardalis,” Advisor: Mike Joner (Honors Thesis, Apr 1995).
• Roming, Peter W A, “An Imaging Search for Non-Nuclear Seyfert Activity and Evidence for Mass Outflow from the Nucleus of M101,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, Apr 1995).
• Scott, Brian L, “Estimating Acoustic Radiation from a Bernoulli-Euler Beam Using Shaped Polyvinylidene Fluoride Film,” Advisor: Scott Sommerfeldt (Masters Thesis, Jan 1995).
• Sederholm, Dwight, “Strongly Coupled Positronium: Solution Methods and Potentials,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Masters Thesis, Aug 1995).
• Yamaguchi, Noe, “Pioneer Venus Orbiter Retarding Potential Analyzer Observations of the Electron Component of teh Solar Wind, and of the Venus Bow Shock and Magnetosheath,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (Honors Thesis, Mar 1995).
• Young, Y. E., “The Piecewise Parabolic Method in Plasma Simulation,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Honors Thesis, Mar 1995).
• Adams, Kristen, “A Presentation of the Mapping of LBN434 and Its Ramifications on the Assumption of Clear Seeing at high Galactic Lattitudes,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Honors Thesis, Jul 1994).
• Beckwith, Arle S., “Particle Interferometry to Understand the Quantum Entity,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Aug 1994).
• Berg, R. K., “Solutions of the Convection Equation by the Piecewise Parabolic Method,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Honors Thesis, Apr 1994).
• Guan, Hui, “Models of Perturbed Angular Correlations in Fluctuating Electric Field Gradients,” Advisor: William Evenson (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1994).
• Hu, Ping, “Theoretical Study on Domain Structure and Domain Walls in the Phase Transition of LaAgxIn1-x,” Advisor: Dorian Hatch (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1994).
• Jensen, Grant, “A Comparison of Asynchronous and Synchronous Speech Analysis,” Advisor: William Strong (Honors Thesis, Apr 1994).
• Liu, Jun, “Design of Soft X-Ray Focusing Reflector Based on Etched Film/Substrate Structure,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1994).
• Lund, Michael J., “Proposed Walk-In Labs for Physics 431: Critical Phenomena and Vapor-Liquid Coexistence,” Advisor: Dean Barnett (Senior Thesis, May 1994).
• Neff, Lisi Anne, “Mathematical and Graphical Investigation of a Complex-Variable Description of Electrostatic and Magnetostatic Fields,” Advisor: Everett Larson (Honors Thesis, Nov 1994).
• Pew, Hans Konrad, “The Development of Water Window Soft X-Ray Multilayers for X-Ray Microscopy,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1994).
• Rasband, Matthew Neil, “Motsa Optimization Using Vascular Phantoms,” Advisor: William Dibble (Honors Thesis, Apr 1994).
• Stark, Thomas Troy, “Time Resolution of Current and Temperature in a Capillary Discharge Plasma,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Dec 1994).
• Sullivan, Steven K., “A Study of the Classical and Quantum Mechanical Equations of Motion for the Radiating Nonrelativistic Electron,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Masters Thesis, Aug 1994).
• Taylor, Stuart Fisher, “Seeking the Limits of Low Temperature Nuclear Fusion: Sticking in Muon Catalyzed Fusion, and Piezonuclear Fusion in Deuterium/Condensed Matter Systems,” Advisor: Steven Jones (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1994).
• Young, Shawn, “Searching for Asymptotically Flat Metrics in Cylindrical Coordinates,” Advisor: Kent Harrison (Senior Thesis, May 1994).
• Cai, Ming, “The Characterization of Mo/Si Soft X-Ray Multilayers by Raman Spectrpscopy and Other Techniques,” Advisor: David Allred (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1993).
• Cardall, Christian Y., “Extraction of Dynamical Equations from Chaoitic Data,” Advisor: Neil Rasband (Honors Thesis, Jul 1993).
• Hasan-Sajadeia, Khader Mahmoud, “Fabrication & Characterization of Ultrasharp Tungsten Tips:An Application to Imaging Surface Local Density of States of Highly Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite Using the Topometrix 2000 Scanning Tunneling Microscope at Ambient Atmospheric Pressure & Temperature,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Dec 1993).
• Ireland, Laralee Gordon, “Filamentary Structure of the Distant Magnetotail Lobes: ISEE-3,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (Masters Thesis, Dec 1993).
• Jennings, Johnny Kline, “A Numerical Solution of the Electrostatic Plasma-wave Mode Equation for Cold, Nonneutral Plasmas,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1993).
• Karain, Wael Ishaq, “The Manufacture and Characterization of Arrays of Atomically Sharp Silicon Tips, and Their Use as Photo cathodes and Electron Sources for X-Ray Generation,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1993).
• Ottinger, Michael B, “Comparison of Dispersion Relations from Theory and Particle Simulation for a Cylindrically Confined Electron Plasma,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Masters Thesis, Dec 1993).
• Short, Steven Lee, “Concentrational Analysis of Carbon Monoxide in Blood Using FFT Raman and FTIR Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Aug 1993).
• Campbell, Branton, “Pulsed Nuclear Magneitic Resonance Study of (NH 4 ) 2 (SO 4 ) 3 ,” Advisor: Harold Stokes (Senior Thesis, May 1992).
• Chen, Lei, “Linear Perturbation Theory for a Cold, Tilted Non-Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Masters Thesis, Dec 1992).
• Clawson, Richard, “Analysis of New Family of Vacuum Solutions of the Equations of General Relativity,” Advisor: Kent Harrison (Senior Thesis, May 1992).
• Decker, Eldon Lorenzo, “High Pressure Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Measurements on C60 (TDAE)0.86,” Advisor: Dean Barnett (Masters Thesis, Aug 1992).
• Halliday, David Wayne, “A New Formalism For Dirac-Like Theories With Curved Space-Time,” Advisor: Kent Harrison (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1992).
• Hansen, Evan D., “High Purity Crystalline Silicon,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Honors Thesis, Apr 1992).
• Hilton, Nathan Rhead, “Characterization of Multilayers Using a Scanning Probe Microscope,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Honors Thesis, May 1992).
• Johnson, Mont A., “Simulation of a Simplified Violin Via Computer,” Advisor: William Strong (Senior Thesis, Apr 1992).
• Li, Mingsheng, “Charge Density and Electrostatic Potential in Molecules,” Advisor: Everett Larson (Masters Thesis, Aug 1992).
• Li, Si Ning, “Simulation of Source to Receiver Transmission in an Enclosure: Steady and Transient Spectra,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Apr 1992).
• Lin, Jinyun, “One-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation Model for Carbon Plasma in a Capillary Device,” Advisor: Ross Spencer (Masters Thesis, Dec 1992).
• Weagel, Edward F, “Inflationary Solutions for a Homogeneous Anisotropic Cosmological Model with a Scalar Field,” Advisor: Kent Harrison (Masters Thesis, Aug 1992).
• Barnes, Paul Nathan, “An Investigation of the Lamb Dip in an Ion Plasma,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Masters Thesis, Aug 1991).
• Berry, David A, “Isolation and Characterization of Microevents in Speech,” Advisor: William Strong (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1991).
• Chen, Wei, “High Precision Measurement of Electrical Resistivity of Nickel Near the Ferromagnetic Phase Transition at High Pressure,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1991).
• Davis, Cheryl Barnett, “Deep-Level Photoluminescience of ZNxCd1-xTe,” Advisor: David Allred (Masters Thesis, Dec 1991).
• Feng, Ji Lu, “Optimization of Clarinet Toneholes,” Advisor: William Strong (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1991).
• Hirschmann, Eric W., “The Behavior of Electromagnetic Precursors in Dielectric Media,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Honors Thesis, Jun 1991).
• McNeil, Stephen Richard, “Changes in the Magnetotail Lobe Structure at -18 to -38 Re Due to Changing Solar Wind and IMF Conditions,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (Masters Thesis, Dec 1991).
• Shi, Yinghua, “Development and Modeling of Cylindrically Shaped Multilayer X-Ray Reflectors,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1991).
• Wang, Jianchyun, “Test of Monte Carlo Code (MCNP) with Moderating Neutron Detector,” Advisor: Gary Jensen (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1991).
• Yuan, Fang, “Characterization of Boron Films Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition and their Applications in X-Ray Imaging,” Advisor: David Allred (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1991).
• Barrows, Eugene C, “Consequences of Inertia in Stochastic Fluids,” Advisor: Everett Larson (Masters Thesis, Aug 1990).
• Karain, Wael Ishaq, “The Use of Photosensitive Field Emission Arrays as Photocathodes,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Aug 1990).
• Moss, Celecta Dixon, “[Title],” Advisor: (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1990).
• Setzer, Stephen M., “M Giant Space Density in the MF17 Region,” Advisor: Clark Christensen (Honors Thesis, Jul 1990).
• Wang, Qi, “Raman Study of Amorphous Carbon,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1990).
• Wells, James D, “Computer Generated Basis Functions of Physically Irreducible Representations of Crystallographic Space Groups,” Advisor: Harold Stokes (Masters Thesis, Dec 1990).
• Xu, Yao Hui, “An Investigation of Oscillating Field Current Drive (OFCD) In a Reversed Field Pinch,” Advisor: Neil Rasband (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1990).
• Gray, Kevin J., “Simulated and Measured Response of Robust Multilayer X-Ray Reflectors,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1989).
• Johnson, Michael Todd, “Computer Simulation of Plasma Interactions Near Titan,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1989).
• Li, Xiaoping, “Simulation of a Simplified Violin,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Aug 1989).
• Matheson, Philip L, “Modeling of a Poloidally Symmetric Toroidal Field Divertor in a Reversed-Field-Pinch Plasma Machine,” Advisor: Grant Mason (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1989).
• Nelson, Robert James, “Simulated Performance Comparisons for Various Compositions of Thin Film Multilayer X-ray Reflectors: Degraded With 9.5A Radiation,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Aug 1989).
• Pinto, Fabrizio, “A Theoretical Scenario for the Dynamics of Formation and Early Evolution of Globular Clusters in Galaxies,” Advisor: Clark Christensen (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1989).
• Powell, John Morgan, “A Photometric and Spectroscopic Study of V567 Opiuchi,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Dec 1989).
• Ross, Toby Sean, “Microlithography for Multilayer Phase Gratings,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Aug 1989).
• Eggleston, Steve W, “New electrodynamic and electrostatic models with application sto antenna theory, superconductor slots, and lasers,” Advisor: Everett Larson (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1988).
• Li, Ping, “The First Direct Measurement of Alpha-Muon Sticking in Moun-Catalyzed Fusion,” Advisor: Steven Jones (Masters Thesis, Apr 1988).
• Macwan, Snehavadan Ema, “A Determination of Twisting of the Earth's Magnetotail at Distances 115-220 RE: ISEE-3,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (Masters Thesis, Dec 1988).
• Perez, Mario Ruben, “The Young Open Clusters NGC 2244 and NGC 2264: New Observations and a Comparative Study,” Advisor: Clark Christensen (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1988).
• Richards, Kenneth George, “Plotting Vector Field Lines: A General Approach,” Advisor: Everett Larson (Masters Thesis, Aug 1988).
• Thomas, David Wayne, “Space Density Distribution of M-Type Giants in the MF17 and MF18 Regions,” Advisor: Clark Christensen (Masters Thesis, Dec 1988).
• Alexander, Aaron L, “A photometric study of BL Herculis,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Apr 1987).
• Johnson, Scott B, “The galactic foreground reddening in the direction of the nearby Triangulum galaxy M33,” Advisor: Benjamin Taylor (Masters Thesis, Aug 1987).
• Li, Jianping, “Computer Calculations of the Resonance Frequencies of the French Horn,” Advisor: Duane Dudley (Masters Thesis, Dec 1987).
• Mills, Paul S, “Display Holograms by Zone Plate Coded Imaging,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Dec 1987).
• Papachristou, Costas J, “Symmetry Analysis of Guage - Invariant Field Equations Via A Generalized Harrison - Estabrook Formalism,” Advisor: Kent Harrison (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1987).
• Papachristou, Paraskev, “Tone color and spectral spaces for steady tones,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Aug 1987).
• Wilson, Gordon Ray, “Simulation of the Plasma Interaction With Thin Dust Clouds,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1987).
• Wu, Jin, “An Improved and Refined EPR Study of CaCO3 (II):Mn2+ Near 1.6 GPA,” Advisor: Dean Barnett (Masters Thesis, Apr 1987).
• Xu, Yuan Gong, “Influence of top thickness on violin tune,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Apr 1987).
• Cross, George Samuel, “A Pixe Facility for the Characterization of Multilayer Reflectivity,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Dec 1986).
• Eggleston, Steve W, “The Physical Nature and Applications of the Singular Associated Legendre Functions,” Advisor: Everett Larson (Masters Thesis, Dec 1986).
• Price, Rodney Delmar, “Impulse-Response Measurements in Tubes by M-Sequence Cross-Correlation,” Advisor: Paul Palmer (Masters Thesis, Apr 1986).
• Sommerfeldt, Scott D, “Simulation of a Player-Clarinet System,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Aug 1986).
• Zhang, Xiao Mao, “*Calculation of Imaging Properties of Curved Multilayers,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Aug 1986).
• Olsen, Randy Dick, “Effect of Pressure on Peltier Cooling,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (Masters Thesis, Aug 1985).
• Putnam, Rand Matthew, “Subduction Frequency Calculations for Site Point Group Representations in the Representations of the 230 Space Groups,” Advisor: Dorian Hatch (Masters Thesis, Dec 1985).
• Setterstrom, Richard D., “Deconvolution Algorithms for Impulse-Response Measurements of Rooms,” Advisor: Paul Palmer (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1985).
• Zuvich, Linda Ann, “Examining Classical Guitars Using Time-Varying Spectral Analysis,” Advisor: Paul Palmer (Masters Thesis, Dec 1985).
• Ellwanger, Margret E H, “An ESR Investigation of the Tetragonal Phase in BaTiO3 as a Function of Pressure and Temperature,” Advisor: Dean Barnett (Masters Thesis, Aug 1984).
• Felix, Jeffrey Wayne, “The Theory of Symmetry Breaking in Continuous Structural Phase Transitions,” Advisor: Dorian Hatch (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1984).
• Kim, Chulhee, “The Color Excesses of Classical Cepheids and the Structure of our Galaxy,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1984).
• Morrill, Steven M., “Low-Energy Multiple-Coulomb Scattering in Thick Foils,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1984).
• Shirley, Lyle Gordon, “Acoustic Input of Horns: Calculation and Measurement,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Apr 1984).
• Walsh, Dwight Michael, “Transverse Modes of an Optical Resonator with Gaussian Mirrors: A Theoretical Study,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1984).
• Allen, Donald Robert, “A Model for the Synthesis of Natural Sounding Vowels,” Advisor: William Strong (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1983).
• Bruening, Kevin W., “Neutron Capture Cross Section Measurements By the Missing Flux Technique,” Advisor: Gary Jensen (Masters Thesis, Aug 1983).
• Peterson, Bryan G, “Spectroscopic Determination of the Electron Density and Electron Temperature in the BYU Topolotron: Operation NA Tokamak-Like Configuration,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1983).
• Cook, Grant Osmond Jr, “Development of a Magnetohydrodynamic Code for Axisymmetric, High-B Plasmas with Complex Magnetic Fields,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1982).
• Gaines, David P., “X-Ray Emission from Laser-Produced Plasmas,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1982).
• Gholdston, Edward W, “Experimental Measurement and Analysis of Magnetic Fields in the BYU Topolotron Device,” Advisor: Mark Nelson (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1982).
• Laney, Clifton D, “Spectral types, color indices, and abundances for cepheids in the magellanic clouds and the galaxy,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1982).
• Olsen, Kathleen, “Dielectric Measurements Along the Calcite-CaCO3(II) Phase Line in Pursuit of a Tricritical Point,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (Masters Thesis, Dec 1982).
• Perkins, Raymond, “Modeling Evaporated/Sputtered Multilayers as X-Ray Diffractors,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1982).
• Petersen, Ole Johnny, “Determination of vanadium resonance correction near the x-ray k-absorption edge using a vanadium-carbon LSM,” Advisor: Larry Knight (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1982).
• Peterson, Darrell Lee, “Numerical generation and stability study of MHD equilibria for the BYU Topolotron device,” Advisor: Neil Rasband (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1982).
• Joner, Michael DeLoss, “A Photometric and Spectrographic Study of XX Cygni,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Aug 1981).
• Rock, Frederick C, “Magnetohydrodynamic Stability of Structurally Stable Toroidal Plasmas,” Advisor: Mark Nelson (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1981).
• Sheldon, Stanley J, “The Laser Induced Thermal Lens Effect,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Apr 1981).
• Stradling, Gary Lane, “A soft x-ray streak camera for laser fusion applications,” Advisor: Larry Knight (Masters Thesis, Apr 1981).
• Allen, Donald Robert, “Experiments on the Intelligibility of Low Frequency Speech Codes,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Apr 1980).
• Kinnaugh, Norman T., “Initial Transients in Organ Flue Pipes: Computer Analysis of the Effects of Two Computer Analysis of the Effects of Two Different Wind Chest Actions,” Advisor: Paul Palmer (Masters Thesis, Apr 1980).
• McKeen, Leighton E., “Reduced Density Operators and Reduced Transition Operators Expanded over Irreducible Tensor Operators,” Advisor: Everett Larson (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1980).
• Stewart, Stephen E, “A Functional Model of a Simplified Clarinet,” Advisor: William Strong (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1979).
• Jensen, Layne K., “Fission-Product Yields of Pu-239 for 1-MeV Incident Neutrons,” Advisor: Gary Jensen (Masters Thesis, Dec 1978).
• Larsen, Jack N Jr, “Using Spectroscopy to Determine Pt Concentration in Pb,” Advisor: John Eastmond (Masters Thesis, Aug 1978).
• Young, Ralph Watson, “Self-Dehancement of Impurity Diffusivity: A New Technique Demonstrated on Gold Diffusion in Lead to Pressures of 35 Kbars,” Advisor: Howard Vanfleet (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1978).
• Feltz, Kent A, “Color Excesses of Classical Cepheids,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1977).
• Melville, John G., II, “Dehancement of Gold Diffusion in Lead by Small Concentrations of Impurities in the Lead,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1977).
• Perkins, Raymond, “Interpreting the Plasma Phase Shift of a Polarization-Diplexing Microwave Interferometer,” Advisor: Andrew Gardner (Masters Thesis, Dec 1977).
• Peterson, Robert Henry, “A Visual Speech Communication Code Using Selected Partials and Formants,” Advisor: Paul Palmer (Masters Thesis, Dec 1977).
• Johnson, Albert, “Measurements of Infared Brightness Temperatures with a Rapid-Scan Spectrometer System,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (Masters Thesis, Dec 1976).
• Rich, David C., “Measurements of Pu-239 Fission Product Yields at Neutron Energies of 0.3 MeV and 0.5 MeV,” Advisor: Max Hill (Masters Thesis, Jan 1976).
• Sermon, Bradley Wayne, “A Refined Lawson Number and Other Equilibrium Criteria for a Deuterium Fueled Fusion Plasma,” Advisor: Robert Bass (Masters Thesis, Dec 1976).
• Tyagi, Som Dev, “An Investigation of the High Pressure Phase CaCO3 (II) : Mn++ Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance,” Advisor: Mark Nelson (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1976).
• Young, Karen A Halberg, “A photometric and spectrographic study of four dwarf cepheids,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Apr 1976).
• Chan, Austen Inn Young, “Microwave Measurements of Electron Density in a Spherical Inertial- Electrostatic Confinement System Using Six Ion Guns,” Advisor: Andrew Gardner (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1975).
• Clement, Gary L, “A Study of the Intelligibility of Speech Coded by Linear Prediction Using Various Numbers of Predictor Coefficients,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Apr 1975).
• Gee, Merrill Kerr, “A Study of Ribosomal Structure in B. Subtilis,” Advisor: William Dibble (Masters Thesis, Apr 1975).
• George, Robert Gordon, “A Search for the Sources of the Solar Wind in the 9.1 m Brightness Temperature,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1975).
• Jorgensen, James Doug, “The Diffusion of Mercury in Solid Lead at Pressures to Thirty-Eight Kilobars,” Advisor: Howard Vanfleet (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1975).
• Keeler, Lynn O., “A Comparison of the Intelligibility of Formant and Predictor Coefficient Coded Speech,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Apr 1975).
• Langford, Wilbur Reed, “Intermediate-band photometry of short period dwarf Cepheid variables,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (PhD Dissertation, Dec 1975).
• Parker, Dennis Lee, “Measurements of the Radius of Gyration of the 50S Ribosome Subunit from Bacillus Subtilis by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering,” Advisor: William Dibble (Masters Thesis, Apr 1975).
• Reeder, Kaye, “A Low-Frequency Formant Speech Code for the Hearing Impaired,” Advisor: William Strong (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1975).
• Westenskow, Glen Alan, “Measurements of Neutron Flux from an Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Device,” Advisor: Andrew Gardner (Masters Thesis, Dec 1975).
• Worle, Helmut A., “Comparative Study of Four Methods of Thickness Measurements of Thin Film Targets,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (Masters Thesis, Jan 1975).
• Christensen, Randall L, “A Comparison of Three Methods of Extracting Resonance Information from Predicator Coefficient Coded Speech,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Jan 1974).
• Dutson, Loren L., “A Photometric Study of HS Herculis,” Advisor: Kimball Hansen (Masters Thesis, Jan 1974).
• Ence, Brian M., “A Feasibility Study of the Combination of Retarding Potential and Time-of-Flight Techniques for Electron Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Mark Nelson (Masters Thesis, Apr 1974).
• Evans, Robert P, “Instrumentation for Continuously Recording Plasma-Induced Frequency Shifts of Two Microwave Cavity Resonances,” Advisor: Andrew Gardner (Masters Thesis, Apr 1974).
• Hall, Andreas F, “Reference Density Matrices Induced from Information Theory and their Value in the Description of the Fermi and Coulomb Holes—Calculations for the Lowest Two IS States of B+,” Advisor: Everett Larson (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1974).
• Hall, Robert Michael, “ Uvbyβ Photometry of M39,” Advisor: Kimball Hansen (Masters Thesis, Apr 1974).
• Hier, Richard G., “The Detection of Gravitational Radiation: One Step Closer to a Gravity Wave Telescope,” Advisor: Neil Rasband (Masters Thesis, Jan 1974).
• Lillywhite, Harold F, “A Preliminary Investigation into the Diffusion of Cobalt into Solid Lead,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (Masters Thesis, Apr 1974).
• Macbeth, Paul Jay Jr, “Experimental on the Open Cycle, Coaxial Flow Gas Core Cavity Reactor Engine Nuclear Rocket Engine Concept,” Advisor: Vern Rogers (Masters Thesis, Jan 1974).
• Peterson, Robert Glen, “Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering of Cells and Spores of Bacillus Subtilis,” Advisor: William Dibble (Masters Thesis, Jan 1974).
• Ridgway, Martha, “The effect of ferromagnetic domains on the shapes of neutron-diffraction peaks,” Advisor: William Evenson (Masters Thesis, Aug 1974).
• Ross, Ronald Allen, “The Diffusion of Zinc into Solid Lead at Pressures to Fifty-Two Kilobars,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1974).
• Schmutz, John Douglas, “The Diffusion of Cadmium into Solid Lead at Pressures to Forty-Two Kilobars,” Advisor: Howard Vanfleet (Masters Thesis, Jan 1974).
• Warren, Gregory Leigh, “A First-Principles Theoretical Description of the Negative Slope Melting Phenomenon in Group IV Semiconductors,” Advisor: William Evenson (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1974).
• Wheeler, Paul Andrew, “The Homomorphic Filtering Method and Linear Prediction Method of Analysis and Synthesis as Applied to French Horn Tones,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Apr 1974).
• Anderson, Steven, “[Title],” Advisor: (Masters Thesis, Jan 1973).
• Bean, Vern E., “Improvements and Critical Evaluation of the Inductance Coil Technique for Obtaining Compression Data on Solids,” Advisor: Dean Barnett (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1973).
• Chen, Ming Tzong, “Width Fluctuation Corrections to Compound Nuclear Reactions,” Advisor: Vern Rogers (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1973).
• Day, Orville Wayne, “Four Wavefunctions of the B+ Ion; Associated Oscillator Strengths; Theoretical Development of Particle-Hole Green Function,” Advisor: Everett Larson (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1973).
• Higginbotham, Keith F., “Second-kind collisions between electrons and mercury atoms in the 63P0 and 63P2 metastable levels,” Advisor: John Gardner (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1973).
• Jensen, Craig M, “A Nondestructive Method of Determining the Mass Yield From the Fission of 239Pu,” Advisor: Vern Rogers (Masters Thesis, Jan 1973).
• Peel, Roger James, “Isobaric analog doublet near 1535 keV in the 55Mn(p.8)56Fe reaction,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (Masters Thesis, Aug 1973).
• Purves, Robert Byron, “An Automatic Method for Computer Recognition for Continuous Speech,” Advisor: William Strong (PhD Dissertation, Apr 1973).
• Struve, Kenneth W, “A Study of the Technique of Utilizing a Microwave Fabry-Perot Resonator to Obtain Spatial Electron Density Distributions in a Minimum-B Plasma,” Advisor: Andrew Gardner (Masters Thesis, Apr 1973).
• Tippets, Roger D., “Narrow-Band Photometry of Visual Binaries,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Aug 1973).
• Wilcken, Stephen Kerry, “A Photometric Study of the Eclipsing Binary RZ Scuti,” Advisor: Kimball Hansen (Masters Thesis, Aug 1973).
• Benson, Alvin K, “Self-Consistent Selection of a Ferromagnetic Representation and the Accompanying Dynamical Rearrangement of Symmetry,” Advisor: Dorian Hatch (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1972).
• Feltz, Kent A, “Interstellar Reddening Near the North Galactic Pole,” Advisor: Kimball Hansen (Masters Thesis, Jan 1972).
• Gunter, John Lee, “The Variation of the Magnetization of Iron with Temperature and Pressure: Amossbauer Effect Experiment,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (PhD Dissertation, May 1972).
• Luster, James R, “Cyclotron Resonance and Alfven Wave Propagation in Dilute Bismuth-Antimony Alloys,” Advisor: Mark Nelson (PhD Dissertation, May 1972).
• Plitnik, George R., “The Calculation of Input Impedance for Double-Reed Wind Instruments and the Time-Variant Analysis and Synthesis of their Tones, Using Digital Computer Techniques,” Advisor: William Strong (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1972).
• Simmons, Rulon Eugene, “Fully Automatic Light Metering System for Microfiliming,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (Masters Thesis, Jan 1972).
• Stokes, John Loyal, “Calibration of a Thermocouple at High Pressures Using the Mossbauer Effect,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1972).
• Tien, Chang Ho, “The Tones of Spoken Chinese: A Fundamental Frequency Measurement,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, May 1972).
• Yssel, William Jay, “A System for the Measurement of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance at High Pressure and Low Temperature,” Advisor: Mark Nelson (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1972).
• Bird, Richard E., “Calculation of Aerosol Particle Parameters from Measured MIE Scattering,” Advisor: Paul Palmer (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1971).
• Candland, Calvin T, “The Diffusion of Copper into Lead at Pressures to Fifty-Six Kilobars,” Advisor: Howard Vanfleet (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1971).
• Curtin, Howard Roy, “The Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure on the Chemical Diffusion Rate and Solid Solubility of Lithium in Germanium,” Advisor: Howard Vanfleet (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1971).
• Daily, William Dean, “Alfven Wave Propagation in Interplanetary Space,” Advisor: Jae Ballif (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1971).
• Hope, Rene Carl, “A Direct Measurement of the Metastable Atom Population in Moving Striations in Argon,” Advisor: Andrew Gardner (PhD Dissertation, May 1971).
• Waymire, David R., “Isobaric Analog States in the 56 Fe (p,y)57 Co Reaction,” Advisor: Max Hill (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1971).
• Wheeler, David L, “A Feasibility Study for the High Pressure Diffusion of Antimony into Germanium,” Advisor: Howard Vanfleet (Masters Thesis, Aug 1971).
• Wrathall, Robert S, “A Study of the Band Structure of Bismuth and Bismuth-Antimony Alloys Using Cyclotron Resonance,” Advisor: Mark Nelson (Masters Thesis, Aug 1971).
• Beckstrand, Dale F, “Level Structure of 41K as Deduced from the 40K (n,y)41K and 39K(t,p)41K Reactions,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1970).
• Cahoon, David Edward, “Frequency-Time Analysis of the Bass Drum Sound,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, May 1970).
• Higbee, Glen Allen, “Speech Synthesis by Rule: Use of an Acoustic Domain Approach for the Computer-Generation of Control Parameters for a Parallel Synthesizer,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Aug 1970).
• Killpatrick, Allen R, “Observation of Superelastic Electron Scattering from Excited Mercury Atoms,” Advisor: John Gardner (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1970).
• Langley, Charley C, “Interest in Photography as Motivation in Learning Physics,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (Masters Thesis, Aug 1970).
• Luke, Stacy Wenzel, “The Origin of Long Period Micropulsations in the Geomagnetic Field,” Advisor: Jae Ballif (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1970).
• Pehrson, Bruce Nathan, “The Determination of Absolute Values of the Parameters in a Laser Light Scattering Experiment,” Advisor: Paul Palmer (Masters Thesis, May 1970).
• Perkins, Michael W, “Integral Gamma-Ray Production Cross Section Measurements With a Pu-Be Neutron Source,” Advisor: Vern Rogers (Masters Thesis, Aug 1970).
• Reiche, John Chandler, “A Dielectric Characterization of a Ferroelectric Phase of NaNO3 Above 49 Kilobars,” Advisor: Dean Barnett (Masters Thesis, May 1970).
• Rostron, Ira R., “Magnetohydrdynamics in Neutron Stars,” Advisor: Kent Harrison (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1970).
• Smith, Darrell, “Epoch Analysis of Solar Flare Producing Regions and Related Cosmic Ray Decreases for a Solar Cycle,” Advisor: Jae Ballif (Masters Thesis, Aug 1970).
• Snow, Peter Ballard, “Spins and Parities of the 1514 Kev and 1726 Kev Resonances in the 27 Al (p.8) 28 Si Reaction,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (Masters Thesis, Jan 1970).
• Steele, Donald A., “9.1 cm Radio Emission of the Sun as an Indicator of Certain Solar Terrestrial Events,” Advisor: Jae Ballif (Masters Thesis, Aug 1970).
• Walter, Roger E., “Polarization Measurements of 16.5-MeV and 22.1-MeV Neutrons Elastically Scattered from Liquid Tritium and Liquid Deuterium,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1970).
• Wilkins, Steven Curtis, “Determination of Aerosol Size-Distribution with Laser Light-Scattering at Various Wavelengths a Feasibility Study,” Advisor: Paul Palmer (Masters Thesis, May 1970).
• Wrathall, Don Morris, “Venus: A Measurement and Interpretation of Radiation Near 1.35 Centimeters Wavelength and the Microwave Phase Effect,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (PhD Dissertation, May 1970).
• Baxter, Brent Scott, “A Self Oscillating Vocal Tract Speech Synthesizer "Windbag",” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Jan 1969).
• Beck, Milton M, “The Vibrating String: The Production of Computer-Animated, Single-Concept Films Designed for Use in an Introdcutory Physics Course,” Advisor: John Eastmond (Masters Thesis, Aug 1969).
• Brown, Keith Holbrook, “X-Ray Diffraction Study of Liquid Sodium at High Pressures along the Melting Curve to 50 Kilobars,” Advisor: Dean Barnett (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1969).
• Gudmundson, Clair W, “Effects of Rare Earth S-State Ions on Fluorite Host Crystals as Revealed through Electron Paramagnetic Resonance,” Advisor: John Gardner (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1969).
• Hart, Harold Bird, “Symmetry Properties and Conservation Laws in Scalar- Tensor Theories of Gravitation,” Advisor: Kent Harrison (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1969).
• Kim, Hyun Soo, “An Investigation of the Validity of the Spin Hamiltonian of Ruby and a Determination of Parameters for a Generalized Hamiltonian,” Advisor: John Gardner (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1969).
• Reynolds, James M, “Three Demonstrations Concerning Speech for Use in a Survey Course in Acoustics,” Advisor: William Strong (Masters Thesis, Aug 1969).
• Sievers, Leroy Edison, “Large Scale Geomagnetic Activity and the Direction of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1969).
• Skousen, Rick Karl, “On the Relationship Between Flare-Producing Regions and Cosmic-Ray Decreases,” Advisor: Jae Ballif (Masters Thesis, Jan 1969).
• Tingey, David Leroy, “Optical Excitation of Mercury from the 6'So State inot Metastable Energy States,” Advisor: John Gardner (Masters Thesis, Jan 1969).
• Weyland, Jack A., “The Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure on the Chemical Diffussion Rate of Gold in Lead,” Advisor: Howard Vanfleet (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1969).
• Young, Richard Kent, “Equations of State for Lithium Fluoride and Sodium Metal to Very High Pressures and High Temperatures,” Advisor: Dean Barnett (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1969).
• Bangerter, Vern W, “Excitation and Detection System for Molecular Band Spectra of Certain Diatomic Species in the Region of 1.0 to 2.0 Microns,” Advisor: John Eastmond (Masters Thesis, Jan 1968).
• Bean, Brent L., “Raman Shifting and Frequency Doubling of Ruby-Laser Light to Generate New Wavelengths,” Advisor: Paul Palmer (Masters Thesis, Jan 1968).
• Beardall, John Smith, “Standardization of the KHG Index for Star Classification,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Jan 1968).
• Case, Lloyd A, “Evolution of Petrov Types of Spaces in General Relativity,” Advisor: Kent Harrison (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1968).
• Christensen, Carl Smyth, “Solar Cosmic Rays and the Interplanetary Magnetic Field,” Advisor: Jae Ballif (Masters Thesis, Aug 1968).
• Hurren, Weiler R, “Spin Hamiltonian Parameters as a Function of Very High Pressure- and Cation-Induced Changes in Lattice Spacing for 151Eu2+ in Cubic Crystals,” Advisor: John Gardner (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1968).
• Johnson, Stephen Llew Jr, “Narrow-Band and Intermediate-Band Photometry of Globular Star Clusters,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, May 1968).
• Lortz, Larry Evans, “The Lamb-Mossbauer Factor for Iron in Sodium Ferrocyanide,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (Masters Thesis, Jan 1968).
• Loveridge, Ronald C, “Measuring Stratospheric Aerosol by Polarized Laser Light Scattering,” Advisor: Paul Palmer (Masters Thesis, Aug 1968).
• Merrill, Ronald B, “Thermal Conduction through an Evacuated Idealized Powder over the Temperature Range of 100 to 500˚ K,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (PhD Dissertation, May 1968).
• Millet, Lorin E., “Experimental Melting Curves of Cadmium, Indium, Lead, Tin, and Zinc and Mossbauer Measurements in Iron to 90 Kilobars,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1968).
• Sievers, Helen Claire, “An Abundance Analysis of the B3 Star HD 37058,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, May 1968).
• Winters, John Burton, “Relationship Between Mariner IV Interplanetary Magnetic Field Measurements and Solar Photospheric Magnetic Fields,” Advisor: Jae Ballif (Masters Thesis, Jan 1968).
• Chen, Ming Tzong, “Detection of Currents in the Atto-Ampere Range Using Phosphors,” Advisor: John Gardner (Masters Thesis, Aug 1967).
• Gee, Martell, “The Measurement of the Gyromagnetic Ratio of the Free Electron: A Feasibility Study,” Advisor: John Gardner (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1967).
• Harnagel, Gary L, “Techniques for Detecting Cyclotron Resonance in Solids,” Advisor: John Gardner (Masters Thesis, May 1967).
• Peel, John Lloyd Jr, “Annealing of Vacancies in Gold Under High Pressure,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (Masters Thesis, May 1967).
• Snyder, Jan Steven, “Experimental Equation of State of Zinc to 100 KB and 400°C,” Advisor: Dean Barnett (Masters Thesis, Aug 1967).
• Worlton, Thomas G., “Neutron Diffraction Studies on a-Fe2O3 and Cr2O8 at High Pressures,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1967).
• Yeates, Clayne M., “Angular Distributions for Elastic and Inelastic e- Hg Scattered at Low Energies,” Advisor: John Gardner (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1967).
• Bohn, Theodore S., “A Measurement of the Radius of Gyration of Beef Pancreas Ribosomes by the Method of Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering,” Advisor: William Dibble (Masters Thesis, Jan 1966).
• Carter, Bruce K, “An Evaluation of General Education in the Physical Sciences at Brigham Young University,” Advisor: Jae Ballif (Masters Thesis, May 1966).
• Hansen, Uwe Jens, “Dielectronic Anomalies in the Cyclotron Absorption Spectrum of Lead Telluride,” Advisor: John Gardner (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1966).
• Karle, James H., “c & 1 Photometry of Visual Binaries and the Galactic Cluster-Messier 39,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Jan 1966).
• Southwell, William H., “Measurements of the Recoilless Fraction and Other Mossbauer Effects of Fe57 in Iron at High Pressures,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1966).
• Stirling, Keith Henry, “Some Large Scale Variations in the Interplanetary Magnetic Field Observed by Mariner IV Spacecraft and Their Relationship to Geomagnetism,” Advisor: Douglas Jones (Masters Thesis, Aug 1966).
• Candland, Calvin T, “[Title],” Advisor: (Masters Thesis, Jan 1965).
• Carter, Bruce K., “An Evaluation of General Education in the Physical Sciences at Brigham Young University,” Advisor: Jae Ballif (Masters Thesis, Jan 1965).
• de Gaston, Alexis Neal, “Studies of Selected Solar Phenomena,” Advisor: John Gardner (PhD Dissertation, May 1965).
• Farnsworth, Richard K., “A Study of Beef Pancreas Ribosomes an Attempt to Determine Substructure by Staining with Heavy Metals,” Advisor: William Dibble (Masters Thesis, Jan 1965).
• Hsu, James S., “A Study of the Modes of Vibration of Violin Plates,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (Masters Thesis, Jan 1965).
• Jeffery, Rondo N., “A Method for the Accurate Determination of Ultra-High Pressures with Measurements to Over 100 Kilobars,” Advisor: Howard Vanfleet (Masters Thesis, Aug 1965).
• Johansen, Carl R., “Ferromagnetic Effects at High Pressure,” Advisor: John Gardner (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1965).
• Miner, Ellis D., Jr., “Narrow-Band Photometry of F5-K5 Stars,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1965).
• Mitra, Nalini R., “Experimental Fusion Curves of Silver, Copper and Platinum to 70 Kilobars,” Advisor: Howard Vanfleet (PhD Dissertation, Jan 1965).
• Wrathall, Don Morris, “A Portable Photometric System for Observing the Nocturnal Variation of the Sodium-D Emission from the Night Sky,” Advisor: Jae Ballif (Masters Thesis, May 1965).
• Alsup, James Mcneil, “The Added Stiffness of Bass Piano Wires Due to the Copper Winding,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (Masters Thesis, Aug 1964).
• Bean, Vern E., “"Part I: The Development of Boron-Plastic Sample Chambers for the High-Pressure High-Temperature X-Ray Diffraction Tetrahedral Press,” Advisor: Howard Vanfleet (Masters Thesis, Jan 1964).
• Clark, Stephen J., “Electric Terminal Impedance Simulation of an Exponential Horn and Driver,” Advisor: (Masters Thesis, Jan 1964).
• Curtin, Howard Roy, “The Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure on the Chemical Diffusion Rate of Silver into Lead,” Advisor: Howard Vanfleet (Masters Thesis, Aug 1964).
• Howard, Blaine Noah Jr, “Neutron capture gamma rays from iron,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (Masters Thesis, Aug 1964).
• Jones, Douglas Emron, “A Measurement and Analysis of the Brightness Temperature Distribution over the Planet Venus at Wavelengths of 13.5 and 19 Millimeters utilizing the Mariner R II Spacecraft,” Advisor: Jae Ballif (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1964).
• Murri, William J, “Electron Spin Resonance of Lithium and Sodium Metal at Very High Pressures,” Advisor: John Gardner (PhD Dissertation, May 1964).
• Obarr, Gerald Leroy, “Diffraction of Laser Light by Wedges of Various Edge Parameters,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (Masters Thesis, Aug 1964).
• Shelley, Robert D., “An Investigation of the Formation of Defects in Silver at High Pressures,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (Masters Thesis, Jan 1964).
• Bassett, Irvin G, “Echolocation: Measurement of Pitch Versus Distance for Sounds Reflected from a Flat Surface,” Advisor: John Eastmond (Masters Thesis, May 1963).
• Bennion, Roy Billings, “X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Barium and Tin at High Pressures and High Temperatures,” Advisor: Dean Barnett (Masters Thesis, Aug 1963).
• Larson, Donald B, “Electron Spin Resonance of Ruby at High Pressure,” Advisor: John Gardner (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1963).
• Watts, Joseph L., “Production and Measurement of Fast Neutrons,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (Masters Thesis, Jan 1963).
• Chapman, Glen W., “Design of Electron Equipment for the Omegatron,” Advisor: Mark Nelson (Masters Thesis, Jan 1962).
• Christensen, Dean E, “Production of Fast Neutrons,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (Masters Thesis, May 1962).
• Haldar, Amrita L., “A Study of the Potential and the Field Due to Magnets with Axial Holes,” Advisor: Mark Nelson (Masters Thesis, Jan 1962).
• Matthews, George E, “Narrow Band Photometry of the Beta Canis Majoris Variable Stars,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, May 1962).
• Merrill, Ronald B, “Investigation of Chemical Diffusion at Ultra-High Pressures,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (Masters Thesis, May 1962).
• Augason, Gordon C, “"Photometry of Variable Stars - Part I: The Delta Scuti Stars,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Aug 1961).
• Bethers, P. Gordon, “Design of Sample Chamber for High-Pressure High-Temperature X-Ray Diffraction Tetrahedral Press,” Advisor: Dean Barnett (Masters Thesis, Jan 1961).
• Christensen, Herbert E, “Experimental Fusion Curves of Lead and Zinc to 105,000 Atmospheres,” Advisor: Tracy Hall (Masters Thesis, Jun 1961).
• Cook, William A, “Attempts to Quantize the Hydrogen Atom by Classical Analysis,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (Masters Thesis, Jun 1961).
• Green, James Montel, “An Eddy Current Measurement of Magnetoresistance,” Advisor: Daniel Decker (Masters Thesis, Aug 1961).
• Hansen, Uwe Jens, “A Device for Free Electron Spin Resonance Studies,” Advisor: John Gardner (Masters Thesis, Jun 1961).
• Hilton, Wilford Bruce, “The Eclipsing Binary AW Pegasi,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Jun 1961).
• Ord, Richard N., “Development of Equipment for the Measurement of the Proton Magnetic Moment in Terms of the Nuclear Magneton,” Advisor: Mark Nelson (Masters Thesis, Jan 1961).
• Shaw, Weilding T., “Design and Construction of a 100 K.V. Cockroft-Walton Accelerator,” Advisor: Dwight Dixon (Masters Thesis, Jan 1961).
• Thompson, Edgar J., “Magnetic Studies of the Free Electron: Modification and Analysis by Cyclotron Resonance of Spin Resonance Tube,” Advisor: John Gardner (Masters Thesis, Jan 1961).
• Anderson, Loren R, “Astronomical Photometer,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Jun 1960).
• Cook, William A., “[Title],” Advisor: (Masters Thesis, Jan 1960).
• Hansen, Uwe J., “[Title],” Advisor: (Masters Thesis, Jan 1960).
• Christensen, Robert William, “An Attack and Decay Amplifier Suitable for Use in a Tone Synthesizer,” Advisor: Harvey Fletcher (Masters Thesis, Jun 1959).
• Hansen, H Kimball, “A Spectrographic Study of the Eclipsing Binary RZ Scuti,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Jan 1959).
• Jones, Douglas Emron, “A measurement of the magnetic moment of Lithium7 in Bohr magnetons at 24,000 megacycles using narrow band detection,” Advisor: John Gardner (Masters Thesis, Aug 1959).
• Knight, Larry V, “Magnetic dipole detection of the cyclotron resonance of the free electron,” Advisor: John Gardner (Masters Thesis, Jan 1959).
• Strong, William J, “A Photographic Study of Single Shock Fronts,” Advisor: Gordon Hoyt (Masters Thesis, Jan 1959).
• Baker, Kay, “The Intensities of the H and H Absorption Lines of Early Type Stars,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Jun 1958).
• Cho, Yanglai, “Propagation of high pressure in the solid state,” Advisor: Richard Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1958).
• Chowdhury, P. N. Ray, “Study of Colliding Shock Fronts in Helium,” Advisor: Richard Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1958).
• Richey, Dale M, “Nuclear Emulsion Recording of Cosmic Ray Star Production Rate at 11,700 and 10,000 Feet Altitude,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Aug 1958).
• Aston, Duane R., “A Spectrographic Study of the Eclipsing Binary U Cephei,” Advisor: Harold McNamara (Masters Thesis, Jan 1957).
• Baird, Ramon C., “Collision of a Shock Front with a Wall Compared to Collision with Another Shock Front,” Advisor: Richard Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1957).
• Hyde, Gerald R., “Friction at very high pressure ,” Advisor: Tracy Hall (Masters Thesis, Jan 1957).
• Johnson, Hollis, “A Study of the Temperature Variations in a System of Standing Sound Waves by Means of a Lake Thermistor,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1957).
• Pederson, Herbert N., “Low Harmonic Transistor Oscillators Suitable for Tone Synthesis,” Advisor: Harvey Fletcher (Masters Thesis, Jan 1957).
• Austin, Michael M, “[Title],” Advisor: (PhD Dissertation, Jun 1956).
• Ellett, Mont R, “Quantitative Analysis of Coke by Spectrographic Methods,” Advisor: John Eastmond (Masters Thesis, Jan 1956).
• Lee, Thomas W., “The time variation of ion concentration in an electrically initiated shock wave,” Advisor: John Eastmond (Masters Thesis, Jan 1956).
• Parker, Jack L., “The Numerical Density of Condensation Nuclei in the Atmosphere of Utah Valley,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1956).
• Powell, Gene C., “Magnetic Recording of One Hundred Continuous Harmonic Tones for a Tone Synthesizer,” Advisor: Harvey Fletcher (Masters Thesis, Jan 1956).
• Rogers, Kenneth H., “The Production of a Low Energy Focused Positive Ion Beam,” Advisor: Martin Miller (Masters Thesis, Jan 1956).
• Decker, Daniel L, “Compensation for the Ambient Temperature Variable in Thermistor Bead Anemometry,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Aug 1955).
• Mann, Lawry Webb, “[Title],” Advisor: (Masters Thesis, Jun 1955).
• Woodford, Hugh J, “The Determination of Mass Raios of Two Ions by the Method of Cyclotron Resonance Using a Four-Plate Omegatron,” Advisor: John Gardner (Masters Thesis, Jan 1955).
• Mann, Lawry W., “The reliability of the thermistor bead anemometer as a function of relative humidity and aerosol contamination,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1954).
• Nelson, H Mark, “Nuclear Magnetic Moments of H2, LI7, NA2.3, and AL2.7 in Terms of the Proton Moment Obtained by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Absorption Using a New Comparison Method,” Advisor: John Gardner (Masters Thesis, Aug 1954).
• Sorenson, Neil R., “Determination of Sound Pressure Levels Corresponding to Musical Notation, and of the Effect of Different Rooms Upon These Levels,” Advisor: Harvey Fletcher (Masters Thesis, Jan 1954).
• Allred, Worth P., “The Relative Efficiencies of Scintillation Materials,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1953).
• Mason, Maughan S., “Natural Alpha Radioactivity in the Atmosphere,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1953).
• Dean, C Edwin, “Design, construction and testing of an electromagnet for magnetic fields up to 17,000 gauss, homogenous over an area of approximately 50 square inches,” Advisor: John Gardner (Masters Thesis, Jan 1952).
• Gorton, H. Clay, “A Determination of Atmospheric Radio-Activity,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1952).
• Staffanson, Forrest L., “Thermometer and Anemometer Measurements in a Kundt's Tube with Thermistors,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1952).
• Chapman, Ray L., “The Use of Thermistors to Measure Radiant Energy,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1951).
• Orton, James D., “Synoptic Patterns Which Develop Destructive Surface Winds Over the Great Basin,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1951).
• Miller, Martin L., “The Index of Refraction of Freon-12 Gas as a Function of Pressure From a Atmospheric Pressure to Liquefaction,” Advisor: Milton Marshall (Masters Thesis, Jan 1950).
• Gardner, Edward L., “A Further Development of the Thermistor Thermometer and its Application to Micro-Meterological Measurements,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1948).
• Olsen, H. Lowell, “The effect of temperature on the velocity dispersion of ultrasonic waves in gases,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1940).
• Ashby, Robert M., “A Study of the Techniques of Residential Air Conditioning in the Arid Regions of Western United States,” Advisor: Milton Marshall (Masters Thesis, Jan 1939).
• Hall, Maurice B., “A Study of the Diffuse Reflection of Light Through a Photographic Negative by Sensitometric Methods,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1939).
• Biddulph, Reed, “Variations of Color Sensitivity of a Photographic Emulsion by Treatment with Various Sensitizers,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1938).
• Jarvis, George A., “A Study of Subsidence within the Atmosphere,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1938).
• Lambert, Theron M., “Variations in Radio Signal Strength,” Advisor: Milton Marshall (Masters Thesis, Jan 1938).
• Richardson, Edmund A., “Reliability of Various Film Speed Ratings in Determining Correct Exposure,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1938).
• Harris, Franklin S., Jr., “A Critical Study of the Apparatus Used by Beniams in his Study of the Emission of Positive Ions from Heated Filaments Coated with Metallic Salts,” Advisor: Milton Marshall (Masters Thesis, Jan 1936).
• Cowley, Wayne B., “A Study of Brownian Movement Theory by the Oil Drop Method Using Large Oil Drops in an Ionized Air Medium,” Advisor: Carl Eyring (Masters Thesis, Jan 1935).
• Merrill, Harrison, “A Study of the Mass of Timpanogos by Kater's Pendulum,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1935).
• Alleman, Ray S., “A Determination of the Viscosities of Certain Gases by the Oil-Drop Method,” Advisor: Carl Eyring (Masters Thesis, Jan 1934).
• Beniams, Herman N., “The Emission of Positive Ions from Heated Filaments Coated with Metallic Salts,” Advisor: Milton Marshall (Masters Thesis, Jan 1934).
• Clarke, Robert A., “Determination of the Coefficient of Slip of Carbon Dioxide by the Oil-Drop Method,” Advisor: Carl Eyring (Masters Thesis, Jan 1933).
• Hodson, Waldo G., “A Study of the Formation Stages of Spark Breakdown in Carbon Dioxide & Ethyl Chloride by Means of the Elctro-Optical Shutter,” Advisor: Milton Marshall (Masters Thesis, Jan 1933).
• Huish, H. Paul, “An Experimental Determination of Ne for Carbon Dioxide by the Method of Browian Movements,” Advisor: Carl Eyring (Masters Thesis, Jan 1933).
• Sheppard, George L., “A Study of the Acoustics of the Desert Theatre Near Thatcher Arizona,” Advisor: Carl Eyring (Masters Thesis, Jan 1933).
• Smith, Ervine F., “A Measurement of the Zeeman Effect in the Sodium D Lines,” Advisor: Milton Marshall (Masters Thesis, Jan 1933).
• Watson, Henry R., “Evaporation From Free Water Surfaces,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1933).

Senior Honors Thesis

A senior honors thesis is a year-long capstone experience for Tufts seniors who have met certain qualifications in liberal arts or engineering. The senior honors thesis in the Department of Physics and Astronomy takes the form of an independent research-based project culminating in a scholarly monograph that incorporates extensive research, critical analysis, and a sustained argument centered on a defined research question or hypothesis.

All senior honors theses in the Department of Physics and Astronomy must meet the following criteria:

• Is a year-long project (8 credits upon completion of two consecutive semesters in your final year at Tufts).
• Must be approved in advance by and registered through the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
• Your committee chair must be a full-time faculty member in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
• The second committee member must be a Tufts professor and may be from either Physics and Astronomy or a different department.
• A third committee member is possible, but not required. The third committee member may be from Tufts, another institution, or from outside academia.
• Culminates in a defense. The defense is a formal presentation of your thesis, followed by a discussion of it with your committee. All committee members must be present at the defense.
• Will be archived in Tufts Digital Collections & Archives when completed.

For more information, speak with your advisor and visit the  Tufts Senior Thesis  and  Policies and Procedures  websites.

Recent Senior Theses

• Nathan Burwig, An Analysis of Chronometric Cosmology and the CMB , Advisor: Krzysztof Sliwa
• Emmett Hamilton, Modeling Equilibrium Configurations of Lipid Membranes Under Large Deformations , Advisor: Timothy Atherton
• Jared Reese Shapiro, Galactic Dark Matter Density: Addressing the Core-Cusp Problem , Advisor: Mark Hertzberg
• Yongqi Zhang, Evaluating the Fourier Appoximation in Pulsar Timing Array Analysis , Advisor: Ken Olum
• Andi Gray, Probing the Structure of the Universe with Extreme Actic Galactic Nuclei and Cluster Weak-Lensing , Advisor: Anna Sajina
• Brigette Montminy, Cloud Tracking in Jupiter's Polar Regions Using JumoCam and KITAM Data , Advisor: Anna Sajina
• Matthew Farwell, Formation of Neuronal Networks in Directional Surfaces
• Jessie Yang, Constraints on Higg-Inflation Couplings
• Henry Adair, Effect of Mass, Redshift, Environment, and AGN on the Evolutionary Phase of Galaxies, Advisor: Anna Sajina
• Maxwell Kaye, An Analysis of Chronometric Cosmology
• Sadhya Garg, Fabrication and Optical Analysis of Guanine Based Photonic Films
• Paul Lutkus, Generating Images of Neutrino Interactions in Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers using Neural Networks
• Allison Culbert, Soft Matter Applications in Quantum Information Theory
• Samantha Livermore, Investigating Gamma-Ray Bursts and Their Use as Standard Candles Through the Optical Luminosity-Time Correlation
• Bayley Cornish, Optimization of W+jets sensitivity to NLO electroweak corrections at the LHC
• Lilianna Houston, Comparing the Long Term Mid-IR Variability of Different AGN Types
• Jacob Sunnerberg, Exploring the Dynamic Utility of Atomic Force Microscopy through the study of Neurons and Nanoparticles
• Dalton Glenny, Cumulative Prong Count in Electron-Neutrino Appearance Data as Probe of Neutrino Mass Hierarchy and Dirac Phase
• Kai Kharpertian,  A Deep Neural Network Approach to Generating Liquid-Argon Time Projection Chamber Images  (Experimental High Energy Physics), Advisor:  Hugh Gallagher
• Ilya Yurchenko,  Neuronal Dynamics on Patterned Substrates  (Biophysics), Advisor:  Hugh Gallagher ,  Remco Chang
• Mark Gonzalez,  Investigating the Hubble Tension with an Axion-Photon Coupling  (Astrophysics / Cosmology), Advisor:  Roger Tobin
• Michael Rosenbaum,  Viability of Predictive Methods Applied to Zwitterionic Polymers  (Condensed Matter Physics), Advisor:  Hugh Gallagher ,  James Adler

View past senior theses >

Undergraduate Contacts

Student Services Specialist

Director Undergraduate Studies

choosingphysics [at] stanford.edu (Pre-Major Advising)

Physics Major

The mission of the undergraduate program in Physics is to provide students with a strong foundation in both classical and modern physics. The goal of the program is to develop both quantitative problem solving skills and the ability to conceive experiments and analyze and interpret data. These abilities are acquired through both course work and opportunities to conduct independent research. The program prepares students for careers in fields that benefit from quantitative and analytical thinking, including physics, engineering, teaching, medicine, law, science writing, and science policy, in government or the private sector. In some cases, the path to this career will be through an advanced degree in physics or a professional program.

For B.S. in Engineering Physics information use this link

B.S. In Physics

To help in deciding which introductory sequence is most suitable, students considering a major in Physics may contact the undergraduate program coordinator ( elva [at] stanford.edu (elva[at]stanford[dot]edu) ) to arrange an advising appointment with a Physics faculty advisor. Also, see this extensive list of  Physics advising resources , including the  Physics Placement Diagnostic .  Although it is possible to complete the Physics major in three years, students who contemplate starting the major during sophomore year should make an advising appointment to map out their schedule. Students who have had previous college-level courses should make an advising appointment for placement and possible transfer credit. For advanced placement advice, see the  Registrar's website .

To learn more about the Physics major, please refer to the Bulletin information  here .

• Changes to the start of the Physics major and the introductory Physics courses  
• Changes in requirements for the Engineering Physics major  

Capstone Experience

The capstone in the major requirement is effective for the class of 2025 . This applies to:

• Undergraduates who matriculate as freshmen in AY 2021-22 or later, and who will graduate in AY 2024-25 or later
• Transfer students who enter in AY 2022-23 or AY 2023-24 and who will graduate in AY 2024-25 or later

Students must complete ONE of the following three options to fulfill the Capstone requirement for the Physics major.

• Complete a Senior thesis. The requirements for a Senior thesis are listed in the Senior Thesis and Honors information webpage . Please note that to fulfill the Capstone requirement using this option, it is unnecessary to meet the other requirements for Honors (e.g., GPA requirements). Thus, a student can complete the Capstone requirement with this option even if they are not graduating with Honors.
• Complete a research project plus a Capstone paper. Students carry out a physics-related research project, which can be pursued at Stanford or another institution during the summer quarter or the academic year. During their junior or senior year, the student submits a proposal describing the topic of their Capstone paper based on their research project and identifying their research advisor. The Director must approve the proposal for Undergraduate Studies. After this approval, the student writes a Capstone paper. This paper can be written for either  PHYSICS191  (WIM) or  PHYSICS192 . If the student chooses to write the paper in Physics 191, it will be written for one of the assignments in the style of a journal article (e.g., Physics Review Letters). If the student chooses instead to write the paper in Physics 192, then the student enrolls in that course with the official research advisor as the instructor.   If the project is carried out with an advisor at another institution, the student must identify an official advisor who is a faculty member in the Physics Department at Stanford to write their Capstone paper. If the project is carried out with a faculty member at Stanford who is not in the Physics department, then that advisor can serve as the instructor for Physics 192.
• Complete at least one of the following three courses:  PHYSICS100 ,  PHYSICS108 , or  PHYSICS171 . Note that Physics 100 and Physics 108 may have limited enrollment, so students planning to use one to fulfill their Capstone requirement should have a backup plan in case they cannot enroll in one of these courses. Physics 100, Physics 108, or Physics 171 may be counted for both the Capstone requirement and a pathway requirement for the Physics major.  This is the only instance in which a course can double-count for two different requirements.

Department of Physics

Senior thesis projects.

The following options are available to satisfy the writing intensive curriculum (WIC). There is a formal class (PH317), or, students can write a senior thesis with one-on-one guidance from a research mentor. If working with a research mentor, you will enroll in PH401 (research) and PH403 (thesis).

PH317 - Adv. Phys. Lab

12 available projects

Project information

The advanced physics lab gives students experience with designing and performing physics experiments and writing advanced lab reports. The next offering of PH317 is Winter term, 2025.

David Craig

0 available projects Continuing students: Jake Bullard ('25), Joey Takach ('24), Audra Lein ('24)

Quantum measurements Canonical structure of loop quantum cosmology/Hamiltonian cosmology Effective dynamics in loop quantum cosmology Other topics in quantum theory or gravitation

1 available project Continuing students: new!

• Physics Education Research: evaluating effectiveness and student attitudes toward new online book; evaluating effectiveness and improving quality of pedagogical representations in introductory physics

Elizabeth Gire

1 available project Graduating students: Seghers ('23), Shapton ('24) Continuing students:

• Students use of various sensemaking strategies in PH315 and PH335
• Development of course materials and assessments for Paradigms courses.

Matt Graham

0-1 available project Current students: Logan Winder ('25), Patrick Moret ('25 or '26), Elijah Zacharia ('26, active URSA)

If interested, please consider applying to URSA-ENGAGE advertisement, SURE or other scholarship programs through with lab ( http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/physics/energetics/ ). End of the Spring term is the best time to inquire unless applying for a scholarship program (then ask early, ask often).

Optoelectronics: electronic confinement and current generation in emerging semiconductor materials. Optical laser spectroscopy.

Kathryn Hadley

0 available projects Graduating students: Jones, C ('24), Jackson, D ('24)

Computational astrophysics: modeling protostellar systems; Rossby wave instabilities, plasma shocks

Patti Hamerski

1 available project

Continuing Students: New!

Physics education research — specializing in computational physics education and other topics. Reach out to learn more!!

Jeff Hazboun

1 available project Graduating students: Peter Orndoff ('24), Maddie Thompson ('24) Continuing students : Kyle Gourlie ('25), Trevor Le Rarick ('25)

Gravitational wave astronomy with pulsar timing arrays. Using signal analysis, Bayesian data analysis methods and astrostatistics to understand gravity. Computational astrophysics focused on supermassive binary blackholes.

Pavel Kornilovich (Hewlett Packard)

0 available projects

• (computational) Stable knots in nematic liquid crystals.

Davide Lazzati

2 available projects

Graduating students: Ian Busby ('24)

Computational astrophysics: 1) modeling gamma-ray burst light-cures and spectra and 2) 3D visualization of granular bodies collisions

Yun-Shik Lee

0 available projects for 24-25 Graduating students: Johnson, N ('24), Worrell C ('24)

• High-Field Terahertz spectroscopy of 2D materials

Yangqiuting (Doris) Li

3 available projects Continuing students: new!

My research focuses on enhancing students' physics learning and motivational beliefs in both introductory and advanced physics courses. Specifically, one of my research directions is to investigate students' sense-making processes in physics learning and assist them in establishing connections among physics concepts and their various representations. Another goal of my research is to reduce demographic gaps in students’ academic achievement and motivational beliefs by investigating how to create an inclusive and equitable learning environment in which all students can thrive.

Ethan Minot

2 available projects Graduating students: Bryce Wall ('24) Continuing students: Ryu Joy ('25), Miller Nelson ('25)

1. Physics experiments using atomically thin semiconductor crystals. Both application-driven* and hypothesis-driven experiments**. 2. Numerical simulation of topological physics in a solid state device using split-step Fourier method to simulate 1d wave function in a time-dependent potential. *Application example: single-pixel spectrometer that use voltage tuning and machine learning. **Hypothesis example: we suspect that van-der-Waals junctions have a new degree of freedom.

Oksana Ostroverkhova

2 available projects Graduating students: Jason Culley ('24), Claire Swartz ('24) Continuing students: Madalyn Gragg ('25), Aidan Bagshaw ('25), Corey Cleveland ('26)

Light-matter interactions in organic microcavities and plasmonic nanostructures

Project 1: organic optoelectronic devices;

Project 2: properties of 2D magnets

Vanessa Polito

1 available project Graduating students: Gessner, J. ('24), Guillen, R ('24)

Solar physics research projects will involve analysis of data from NASA satellites to study solar flares or other energetic events on the Sun and/or comparison with computational models.

Weihong Qiu

2 available projects Graduating students: Owen Williamson (BB, '24) Continuing students:

Experimental/Computation Biophysics

• Computational biophysics: modeling the interaction between molecular motors with microtubules;
• Experimental biophysics: determine how molecular motors determine the directionality of movement

Heidi Schellman

0 available projects Continuing students: Phoebe Andromeda ('25)

Neutrino physics and large scale data analysis.

Xavier Siemens

Continuing students: Pelletier (?)

• Using radio telescopes to search for pulsars
• Using radio telescopes to perform gravitational wave observations (pulsar timing)
• Searching pulsar timing data for nanohertz gravitational waves.

1 available project Continuing students: Weigel, M ('24)

How will climate change affect extreme precipitation from atmospheric rivers in western North America? Involves analyzing numerical simulations using Matlab or Python.

1 available project Graduating students: Hanna O'Meara ('24), Ty Zuber ('24), Hailey Richter ('24) Continuing students:

• computer model of cell migration

Rebecka Tumblin

• Computational astrophysics.

Metalicity of stars and planets, data mining, cluster analysis

Graduating students: Vincent Vaughn-Uding ('24)

0 available projects Graduating students: Toll, M ('23)

• Ecampus comparative study of introductory physics using educational data mining and learning analytics.
• Predictive modeling student success using various artificial intelligence methods.
• Language processing student's reflective writing.

Allied-disciplines, OSU advisors:

Chong fang (chemistry).

0-1 available projects Graduating students: Bailey-Darland, S ('23)

Using steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic methods to study fluorescence mechanisms of functional molecular systems (e.g., proteins, chromophores, biosensors) in solution. Contact Dr. Fang at [email protected] or visit the group website.

Erin Pettit (CEOAS)

College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences

Paul Cheong (Chemistry)

Computational Chemistry

Brian Woods (Nuc. Eng.)

Graduating students: Holler ('23) Continuing students: Miles, H ('24)

Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Reactor

Vince Remcho (Chemistry)

Graduating students: Chirica ('23)

Allied-disciplines, advisors outside OSU:

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Physics Department

Senior thesis.

All Reed physics seniors complete an independent project, which culminates in a written document and is defended in an oral examination conducted by faculty from within the Division of Mathematical and Natural Sciences as well as from outside that division. Almost all physics theses are two-semester projects but, in rare cases, a student may petition for a one-semester thesis.

While publishable research is not a goal of a Reed physics thesis (although it is achieved in a select number of cases), most physics theses do involve some original work that is theoretical, computational, or experimental in nature. Ideally, a thesis will include a combination of theory, numerical modeling, and experiment. The thesis is supposed to be a substantial body of work, but it is not intended to be all consuming. Students must take a course load of at least 6 units in their senior year, two unit of which are thesis, a college-level rule designed to place reasonable limits on the amount of time students dedicates to their thesis projects.

In a typical year, the physics thesis process begins with a thesis start-up meeting, during which each physics faculty member provides a brief presentation of their research interests and potential thesis topics that would be related to that research. Students then have a week to meet with individual faculty members to discuss potential projects in more detail. Ideas for potential projects may be directly related a faculty member’s research program or may be student-generated, but in either case, discussion between the faculty and the student is required to mold the initial idea into a doable thesis project. At the thesis proposal deadline, each student submits proposals for two possible projects. The faculty then meet as a group to approve one thesis project for each student and assign an appropriate faculty adviser to each project. When assigning advisers the faculty seek to distribute the workload roughly equally (in recent years, that has meant three or four thesis students per faculty member.

At the end of the first semester, each student has a mini-oral exam, where the thesis adviser and one other physics faculty member are present. In this informal setting, the student describes the progress that they have made on their project over the course of that semester and also presents a proposed schedule of work for upcoming semester. The faculty members ask questions and provide suggestions about issues that the student may want to concentrate their efforts on in the second semester.

Toward the end of the second semester, each student makes a presentation of their thesis research to the department during our weekly seminar time. Thesis documents are due on the last day of classes, and students defend their theses at a ninety-minute oral exam during reading week. Present at the exam are the thesis adviser and at least one other member of the Physics Department. Also present, and chosen by the student, are one other faculty member from the Division of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, and one faculty member from outside the MNS Division.

Thesis grades are assigned by the entire department during a department meeting following reading week. The thesis grade is assigned based on the faculty’s judgement of the quality of the research work, thesis document, mini-oral exam, oral defense exam, and seminar presentation.

Importantly, the thesis process develops a student’s technical communication skills: from reading literature to identifying a project, to giving multiple oral presentations, and ultimately to writing one’s thesis document. These skills are essential for any practicing professional, be it a physicist or otherwise.

Finally, Reed physics students in the dual degree (3/2) program do not spend a senior year at Reed, and so they do not write a Reed thesis. This feature is a potential drawback for a student considering the 3/2 program; frequently a student who had intended to pursue the 3/2 route elects instead to remain at Reed for the senior year in order to enjoy the thesis experience.

Information for Physics Majors & Minors

How to apply.

Students in the College of Arts & Sciences do not declare a major until their sophomore year. Nevertheless, students can indicate their interest in majoring in physics on their application for admission to Cornell University. Information on applying to Cornell can be found at the College of Arts & Sciences and the main Cornell Admissions site .  Please email Professor Michael Niemack, the Director of Undergraduate Studies at [email protected] with any questions about the Physics Major at Cornell.

First-Year Students Interested in Majoring in Physics

Incoming students interested in majoring in physics should attend our new student course enrollment Zoom meeting on Wednesday, July 17 at 6:00 pm EST.  Prof. Arias will lead the meeting along with members of the Society of Physics Students. Join Zoom Meeting https://cornell.zoom.us/j/98626002503?pwd=6Pf9pQ8Qce2v2hjebWW48XpXt3IIKI.1 Meeting ID: 986 2600 2503 Passcode: 950284

The Physics New Student Orientation meeting will be held on Friday, August 23 at 4:30 pm in room 120 Physical Sciences Building.

Advice about initial course selection

First-year students can request a current junior or senior majoring in physics to serve as an informal peer advisor.  Prospective majors are encouraged to join the student-run Society of Physics Students , and are also welcome to discuss pre-major course selection with the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Sophomores Declaring the Physics Major

Sophomores meeting the entrance requirements for the major (at least 2 physics and 2 math courses taken at Cornell with an average grade of B- or higher in the aforementioned courses) may apply to the major by following these steps:

1) Download and fill out both sides of the Physics Major Form .    After completing as much of the form as possible, print the form and bring it to the meeting with the DUS, Prof. Michael Niemack to complete their physics major form and admission to the major.

2) After meeting with the Director of Undergraduate Studies (see DUS Office hours below) , new majors will meet virtually with their major advisors to go over their Physics Major Course Plan (2nd page of Physics Major Form).

3) After having their Course Plan approved by their advisor, students will return the Major Form to Sue Sullivan ([email protected]) in the main Physics Office (Clark 117).

Requirements at a Glance

The minimum grade for a course to count towards the physics major is a C-. 

Course Requirements at a Glance  (updated August 2024)

The Physics Core – All physics majors must complete a core of physics and mathematics courses as follows:

Three-semester introductory physics sequence plus special relativity:

Either: PHYS 1112 – Physics I: Mechanics (students who take PHYS 1112 must either complete PHYS 2216 (1cr) or take PHYS 1116 to learn Special Relativity). PHYS 1110 – Intro. to Experimental Physics new course PHYS 2213 – Physics II: Heat/Electromagnetism PHYS 2214 – Physics III: Oscillations, Waves, and Quantum Physics PHYS 2216 – Introduction to Special Relativity

Or its more analytic “augmented” version: PHYS 1116 – Physics I: Mechanics and Special Relativity PHYS 1110 – Intro. to Experimental Physics new course PHYS 2217 – Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism PHYS 2218 – Physics III: Waves and Thermal Physics PHYS 2210 – Exploring Experimental Physics  new course

PHYS 2207 students with life/chemical/health science interests who decide to switch to the physics major may complete:

PHYS 2207 – Fundamentals of Physics I PHYS 2213 – Physics II: Heat/Electromagnetism PHYS 2214 – Physics III: Oscillations, Waves, and Quantum Physics PHYS 2216 – Introduction to Special Relativity

*NOTE: A transition from  PHYS 2208  to  PHYS 2214  is also possible for students with very strong math backgrounds.

Mathematics courses covering single and multivariable calculus, linear algebra, series representations, and complex analysis:

MATH 1910 – Calculus for Engineers  or MATH 1120 – Calculus II

Five upper-level courses beyond the three-semester introductory sequence, consisting of:

(1) The two-course sequence in modern physics: PHYS 3316 – Basics of Quantum Mechanics PHYS 3317 – Applications of Quantum Mechanics

(2) At least three semester hours of laboratory work selected from: PHYS 3310 – Intermediate Experimental Physics PHYS 3330 – Modern Experimental Optics  (crosslisted) PHYS 3360 – Electronic Circuits  (crosslisted) PHYS 4410 – Advanced Experimental Physics AEP 3640 – Modern Applied Physics Experimental Design ASTRO 4410 – Experimental Astronomy BEE 4500 – Bioinstrumentation

(3) An intermediate course in classical mechanics: PHYS 3318 – Analytical Mechanics

(4) An intermediate course in electromagnetism: PHYS 3327 – Advanced Electricity and Magnetism

*NOTE: Students who complete the  PHYS 1112 – PHYS 1110 – PHYS 2213 – PHYS 2214  or PHYS 2207 – PHYS 2213 – PHYS 2214  introductory sequence are advised to complete the 1-credit course  PHYS 2216  before taking  PHYS 3316 .

Additional Requirements:

In addition to the core, each physics major must complete at least 15 semester hours of credit in an area of concentration that has been agreed upon by the student and major faculty advisor consistent with the guidelines  found here .

Concentrations

Information on undergraduate physics concentrations .

Honors and Senior Thesis Option

A student may be granted honors in physics upon the recommendation of the Physics Advisors Committee of the physics faculty. There is no particular course structure or thesis requirement for honors.  However, we do have a senior thesis option starting with our current junior class.

Thesis Overview

Below is an overview of the basic timeline that physics majors intending to pursue a senior thesis should follow.

First Steps towards the Senior Thesis

• Students should already be working for faculty in their junior year to be considered as strong candidates for a senior thesis
• Students & faculty advisor must mutually agree  upon a thesis topic before students submit a senior thesis proposal. Faculty are under  no obligation to supervise a senior thesis
• Students submit a one page thesis proposal online to the DUS around April 15 of their junior year
• All physics majors (inside or outside concentrators) can pursue a senior thesis. Any physics faculty (and members of the field of Physics) can supervise a senior thesis. Students pursuing research outside the physics department can pursue a senior thesis, provided the thesis topic is related to physics. The DUS will determine whether thesis topics supervised by faculty outside the physics faculty are appropriate for a senior thesis. 
• After reviewing the thesis proposal, student’s GPA, and any recommendations from the student’s potential thesis advisor & faculty advisor, the DUS will approve students to register for  PHYS 4498 : Senior Thesis I. Students will then enroll in  PHYS 4498  in the fall semester of their senior year and  PHYS 4499: Senior Thesis II in the spring semester.

Eligibility To Pursue Senior Thesis

• Students should have a minimum of a 3.3 GPA in order to pursue the senior thesis
• Students should have completed  all of their Core Requirements by the beginning of the senior year (exceptions made for students having only one Core Requirement remaining)
• Students should fill out their senior thesis proposal around April 15 of their junior year, with the written permission of their faculty major advisor & thesis advisor. All thesis proposals are ultimately decided by the DUS. 
• Students should already be actively engaged in research leading towards their senior thesis by the spring of their junior year
• Students should be pursuing thesis research either within the physics department, or if outside the physics department, that is physics ­related (at the discretion of the DUS)

PHYS 4498 : Senior Year, Fall

• During the semester, students will conduct their thesis research wholly under the supervision of their thesis advisor, in a manner similar to regular independent study / research (4490).
• Near the end of the semester,  students must submit a 1 page written status report  on their thesis research, signed off by their thesis advisor, and to be submitted to the DUS for review.
• At the end of the semester,  students will also give short presentations (10 minutes) or a poster session , attended by other thesis students, to provide an update on the status of their thesis research
• At the end of the fall semester, a grade of “R” is given. That grade of “R” is replaced with the grade for PHYS 4499 when 4499 is also completed.

PHYS 4499 : Senior Year, Spring

• Enrollment for the spring semester of PHYS 4499 is contingent on completion of the 1 page report, participation in the presentation / poster session, and strong performance (A­ or higher) during the Fall semester of PHYS 4498.
• During the semester, students will conduct their thesis research wholly under the supervision of their thesis advisor, in a manner similar to regular independent study / research.
• Sometime in early May, students will present a 15 minute “thesis defense” to other thesis students, faculty, DUS, and any other interested parties. 
• Students will submit their written thesis, approved by their thesis advisor, to the DUS around May 13.

Completion of Senior Thesis

• The written thesis should be a minimum of 25 pages (not counting Abstract, TOC, Acknowledgements, Bibliography, or Appendices).
• The thesis should be written and formatted following the Cornell Thesis and Dissertation Guidelines ( https://test­graduate­school.pantheonsite.io/wp­content/uploads/2018/05/Thesis­and­Dissertation­Guidebook_s p 2018.pdf ) ,  preferably in LaTeX
• With approval of the student & advisor, PDFs of the completed theses will be archived and/or posted.
• If the student’s research work towards a senior thesis has resulted in a peer­ reviewed publication where the student was the lead author, it is acceptable to substitute that publication, together with a brief introduction section, as the written senior thesis (the 25 page minimum is waived). The thesis itself should still be formatted following the Cornell Thesis and Dissertation Guidelines.
• The senior thesis will be considered complete when 1) the oral “thesis defense” is completed, 2) the written thesis is turned in, and 3) at least 6 credits of  PHYS 4498 + PHYS 4499 are completed. 
• Final grades for  PHYS 4499 will be assigned by the DUS, in consultation with the thesis advisor.  

Additional Notes

• A maximum total of 4 credits from all research ­related classes ( PHYS 4490 : Independent Study OR  PHYS 4498 / 4499 : Senior Thesis ) can be used towards the inside or outside concentration. For instance, if a student has already used 4 credits of  PHYS 4490 towards his/her concentration, they may not also use  PHYS 4498/4499 credits towards their concentration. 
• While enrolled in PHYS 4498/9, students are not permitted to also be performing that work for pay. 
• The senior thesis will be factored into the determination of Latin honors at graduation. The thesis will not be the sole determining factor (students graduating without a thesis can graduate with high honors), but it will be factored in to some extent.

Double Majors

Students are welcome to pursue a physics major concurrently with another major; either in the college of Arts and Sciences or in another college through the concurrent degree option .

Courses used to satisfy the physics core requirements may be counted toward the requirements of another major, when permitted by the other department.  Inside concentrators may in addition count toward the requirements of another major any applicable courses used to fulfill the inside concentration requirements, again with permission of the other department.  (The above criteria are often met for inside concentrators who are double majors in Mathematics, as an example.)  However, outside concentrators may not count toward the requirements of another major any of the courses used to fulfill the outside concentration requirement.  Moreover, outside concentrations in the same area as a student's second major will not be approved.

The concepts and methods of physics impact nearly all areas of human endeavor. The Department of Physics offers courses in physics for the entire Cornell community. There are general education courses for non-scientists, well-designed introductory sequences for science and engineering majors, more advanced courses for physics majors, and rigorous programs of graduate study, up to doctoral-level independent research.  Please visit the Physics Enrollment page if you are unable to enroll in a class.     

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Non-physics majors in all Cornell colleges are eligible to earn a Physics minor.  To apply to the Physics Minor, download the Physics Minor Application here , fill it out, and scan it to [email protected] .  The Undergraduate Coordinator or Director of Undergraduate Studies will email you with the results.  While most applications are accepted on a rolling basis, applications are due for seniors graduating in December no later than December 1, and May 1 for May graduates. 

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i) An average of B- or better in two of the introductory physics courses

Requirements for the Minor

To earn a minor in physics, a student must complete the following requirements, with a minimum grade of C-, and take all courses for a letter grade: 

1. Completion of one of the 3-course Introductory Sequences (including special relativity, either in 1116 or 2216.  PHYS 2207 and 2208 can be used as replacements for 1112 and 2213 respectively).  Starting fall 2021, PHYS 1110 must be taken with PHYS 1112 or 1116, and PHYS 2210  must be taken if taking PHYS 2218.

2. Quantum Physics I (Physics 3316)*;

3. An intermediate physics lab course, chosen from PHYS 3310, 3360, 4410, AEP 3640, ECE 2100, BEE 4500, or ASTRO 4410.

4. One additional 3000+ level PHYS course of at least 3 credits.

*Students with credit for another quantum mechanics class (such as AEP 3610, CHEM 3890 or ECE 4060) may substitute a different 3000+ level physics course for PHYS 3316.

Undergraduate Awards

Each year the Department of Physics gives five awards to outstanding undergraduate students:

The Yennie Prize An award to the outstanding senior student majoring in Physics who shows unusual promise for future contributions to physics research, and who intends to earn the doctorate.

Professor Yennie was a long-time member of the Cornell Physics faculty, internationally known for his work in theoretical physics, especially in quantum electrodynamics.  He was also known to his students and colleagues as a wise and dedicated teacher.  This prize is endowed in Professor Yennie’s memory by his family and colleagues. The 2024 Yennie Prize was awarded to Brandon Li.

Kieval Prize Prize awarded to a senior Physics student who demonstrates unusual promise for future contributions to the physics research.

The funds for this award were given by the late Harry S. Kieval, Cornell ’36, a long-time professor of mathematics at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California.  The 2024 Kieval Prize was awarded to Devisree Tallapaneni.

Hartman Prize This prize honors Paul Hartman, who was a long-time professor in both departments and who played a crucial role in teaching experimental physics to students in both programs.  The prize is awarded to recognize outstanding work in experimental physics by an undergraduate in Physics and/or Applied and Engineering Physics. The 2024 Hartman Prize was awarded to Andrew DiFabbio in Physics, and Jackie Zheng in Applied and Engineering Physics.

Erik Cassel '90 Prize An award to an undergraduate majoring in physics who has demonstrated exceptional creativity and promise in applying computer programming to a project in physics or related fields. This award was established in memory of Erik Cassel, Cornell '90.

As a physics major, Erik developed the first data analysis software used in the department's introductory physics laboratory experiments. This accomplishment, and an innovative course project integrating physics content with computer graphics, laid the foundation for his successful career as a software engineer in two startups that made extensive use of physics and computer graphics. Erik's family provided the funds for the award.  The 2024 Cassel Prize was awarded to William Wang.

Bethe Thesis Prize An award to a senior undergraduate physics major who has completed an outstanding honors senior thesis.  This prize commemorates Professor Hans Bethe (1906-2005) who performed pathbreaking research in the department from the 1930s to the 1990s.  Funds for this award are provided by Peter Lyman, Cornell class of 1985.

 The 2024 Bethe Thesis Prize was awarded to Maggie Li.

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For Fall 2024, Professor Niemack will hold DUS Office Hours from 2:30 - 3:30 pm starting on Thursday, August 29 in room 389 Physical Sciences Building.  There will not be office hours on November 28.  The last scheduled DUS Office Hours for the semester will be held on December 12.

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Latin Honors and Senior Honors Thesis

Students with >3.65 GPA are encouraged to write a formal senior honors thesis that will qualify them to receive a diploma with Latin Honors:

• summa cum laude (top 15% by GPA)
• magna cum laude (next 35%)
• cum laude (other 50%)

The thesis shows a deep understanding of the concepts acquired as a Physics major, and that you can use these concepts to do original research. It should describe research performed by you in the Physics Department or elsewhere. The writing should attest to your ability to write a scientific paper. The thesis should include an introduction giving the motivation for the research project and background information, describe the methods applied and the results of the research, include a discussion section, and include appropriate citations throughout the thesis. You will receive faculty feedback on your thesis which will help you to improve your scientific writing skills.

Each year the deadline for seniors to turn in their finished theses is in March by 5:00 PM on the Monday that is the first class day after the end of spring break. This is a firm deadline that cannot be extended. Submissions should be sent to the Director of Undergraduates Studies, [email protected] . The current deadline is March 18, 2024.

All students writing a senior thesis need to report their intent to do so to the Director of Undergraduate Studies with this form . If the research was done and supervised in another department, you must find a physics faculty member to be a thesis supervisor, read your thesis and certify that it is substantial and well written. In this case, please give the names of both advisors.

A successful thesis usually contains twelve to twenty pages of text (single-spaced) plus figures, tables, and references.  Writers should consult their advisors frequently to ensure high scientific and writing quality. The librarian, Alison Verbeck, has theses from recent years in the library, so you can look at examples there, or in the  electronic repository .

All students writing a senior thesis are encouraged to present a poster describing the research at one of the two  Undergraduate Research Symposia  held each year.

We ask that students post electronic copies of their theses at the Washington University Libraries  Open Scholarship repository . The repository is a service of the Libraries to provide free access to the scholarly output of the university. More information about the repository is available on the “About” page at  openscholarship.wustl.edu . Open Scholarship already contains several senior honors projects. You can find examples listed under Student Publications in two folders – Undergraduate Theses–Restricted and Undergraduate Theses–Unrestricted.

Students may perform the research work on which they will report as volunteers, for pay, or for academic credit. An hour of work may not earn both money and credit. Students should not be paid for time spent writing theses, but may count that time toward academic credit. Seniors may use Physics 499 and/or Physics 500 to sign up for credit. These courses require manual enrollment; your advisor will request that you be registered for the class with the appropriate number of credit hours. A University-wide guideline is one unit of credit for three hours per week of research work.

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Course Credit and Senior Thesis Projects

A senior thesis can be a stand-alone project initiated at the start of senior year, but it can also be the culmination of research started at an earlier stage, for example as a summer project that later expands into a senior thesis.

We strongly recommend that students begin working on identifying possible Senior Thesis projects during the junior year. See below for advice on finding research opportunities in the Department.

Students who are carrying out Senior Thesis research are eligible to present their findings at the annual  UROP Symposium , held at the end of Spring quarter. Consult the UROP web site at the start of Spring quarter for information on submitting an abstract for the Symposium. Students can choose to give either an oral presentation or a poster presentation.

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Senior Thesis Topic: Astrophysics & Relativity

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• Start date Mar 29, 2015
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• Mar 29, 2015
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One thing you can do is to get copies of good senior theses to see what is required to write one and the depth of understanding needed. Next I would really focus on your coursework, especially mathematics courses as they will be needed for any theoretical topic. Your advisor should be able to provide a list of math courses relevant to GR. At a minimum, you will need to understand Vector Calculus and Tensor Analysis in order to deal with GR topics.  

• Mar 30, 2015

Dr David Horgan

• Apr 3, 2015

Brian T said: Hello all! I plan on doing a senior thesis in order to graduate with Honor's in Physics (Specialization Astrophysics). Although I'm only in my second year, I wish to begin research to be better prepared for when I actually pair with an adviser for directed study and thesis writing. I plan on writing a theoretical thesis (I am in an experimental research group, but would rather have a theoretical thesis). I have recently become very interested in general relativity, relativistic fluid dynamics, and electrodynamics. I have begun to study these topics by my own but still have much to learn. Does anybody have any thoughts on what would be good to study for my thesis? Of course, I do not want someone to directly tell me a topic, but rather am seeking for a little guidance to help push me in the right direction and narrow down my study. I have seen a senior thesis on the derivation of the Schwarzschild metric/solution which was interesting to read. Any ideas / topics / suggestions for reading would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

FAQ: Senior Thesis Topic: Astrophysics & Relativity

1. what is astrophysics and relativity.

Astrophysics is a branch of astronomy that studies the physical properties and behavior of celestial objects and phenomena. Relativity is a theory that describes the relationships between space, time, and gravity.

2. Why is studying astrophysics and relativity important?

Understanding astrophysics and relativity can help us gain a deeper understanding of the universe and how it works. It also has practical applications, such as improving our technology for space exploration and communication.

3. What are some current topics being researched in astrophysics and relativity?

Some current topics include black holes, dark matter, gravitational waves, and the expansion of the universe. Researchers are also studying how these concepts relate to each other and trying to uncover new mysteries of the cosmos.

4. Can you give an example of a real-world application of astrophysics and relativity?

A real-world application is the use of GPS satellites, which rely on the principles of relativity to accurately measure the time difference between Earth and the satellites. This allows for precise navigation and location tracking on Earth.

5. What skills and knowledge are required to pursue a senior thesis in astrophysics and relativity?

A strong background in physics and mathematics is essential, as well as a deep interest in astronomy and space. Good critical thinking skills, problem-solving abilities, and proficiency in data analysis are also important for conducting research in this field.

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