2020s
2024
- 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, “Deep Learning for Source Localization in a Laboratory Tank,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (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, “TrIP - Transformer Interatomic Potential Predicts Realistic Energy Surface Using Physical Bias,” 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).
- Olsen, Scott Clair, “[Title],” Advisor: (PhD Dissertation, Aug 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, “"Vampire Plastics": An Investigation of Poly(olefin sulfone) Depolymerization and Its Dust Mitigation Abilities,” Advisor: David Allred (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).
2023
- 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, “A Colorfully Natural Twin Higgs Model,” 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, “A Large-Scale Survey of Brown Dwarf Atmospheres,” 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).
2022
- 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 SiO2 and AlF3 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).
2021
- 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, “Modeling Continental-Scale Outdoor Environmental Sound Levels with Limited Data,” 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 < z < 0.03,” 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).
2020
- 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).
2010s
2019
- 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).
2018
- 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).
2017
- 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).
2016
- 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).
2015
- 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).
2014
- 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).
2013
- 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).
2012
- 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).
2011
- 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).
2010
- 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).
2000s
2009
- 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 Y2O3 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).
2008
- 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).
2007
- 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).
2006
- 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).
2005
- 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).
2004
- 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).
2003
- 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 TIDx 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).
2002
- 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).
2001
- 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).
2000
- 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).
1990s
1999
- 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 4s4p1P10 Radiative Lifetime via Molecular Spectroscopy of the Diatomic B1SigmaU+ 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).
1998
- 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).
1997
- 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).
1996
- 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).
1995
- 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).
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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).
1994
- 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).
1993
- 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).
1992
- Campbell, Branton, “Pulsed Nuclear Magneitic Resonance Study of (NH4)2(SO4)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).
1991
- 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).
1990
- 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).
1980s
1989
- 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).
1988
- 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).
1987
- 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).
1986
- 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).
1985
- 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).
1984
- 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).
1983
- 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).
1982
- 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).
1981
- 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).
1980
- 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).
1970s
1979
- Stewart, Stephen E, “A Functional Model of a Simplified Clarinet,” Advisor: William Strong (PhD Dissertation, Aug 1979).
1978
- 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).
1977
- 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).
1976
- 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).
1975
- 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).
1974
- 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).
1973
- 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).
1972
- 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).
1971
- 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).
1970
- 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).
1960s
1969
- 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).
1968
- 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).
1967
- 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).
1966
- 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).
1965
- 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).
1964
- 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).
1963
- 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).
1962
- 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).
1961
- 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).
1960
- 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).
1950s
1959
- 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).
1958
- 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).
1957
- 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).
1956
- 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).
1955
- 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).
1954
- 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).
1953
- 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).
1952
- 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).
1951
- 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).
1950
- 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).
1940s
1948
- Gardner, Edward L., “A Further Development of the Thermistor Thermometer and its Application to Micro-Meterological Measurements,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1948).
1940
- Olsen, H. Lowell, “The effect of temperature on the velocity dispersion of ultrasonic waves in gases,” Advisor: Wayne Hales (Masters Thesis, Jan 1940).
1930s
1939
- 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).
1938
- 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).
1936
- 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).
1935
- 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).
1934
- 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).
1933
- 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).