Student Thesis Archive

2020s

2022

Krzymowski, Ed, “Electron Cryotomography of Bacterial Secretion Systems,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Dec 2022).
Vaka, Michael, “Mapping In-situ Morphological Phase Transitions of Magnetic Domains in [Co/Pt]_N Multilayers,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Senior Thesis, Dec 2022).
Jensen, Jacob, “H-alpha color index observations of open-star clusters,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Sep 2022).
Durrant, Taggart, “Initial comparison of a Falcon-9 reentry sonic boom with other launch-related noise,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Sep 2022).
Logan, Jared, “Optimizing Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring with Monte Carlo Simulations,” Advisor: Robert Davis (Capstone, Sep 2022).
Houston, Griffin, “Sound Power-Based Analysis of the Delta IV Heavy Launch Vehicle,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Aug 2022).
McClure, Emma, “Dielectric spectroscopy on 2D and 3D metal halide perovskites using an interdigitated electrode geometry,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Aug 2022).
Newey, Joshua, “Space-Time-Resolved Simulation of Photon Vacuum Polarization and Bhabha Scattering,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Aug 2022).
Wu, Bethany, “Mini-batch k-Means Clustering on Ship Noise Spectrograms,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Aug 2022).
de Souza Menezes, Matheus, “Scanning Electron Microscope Analysis of Acanthocephalus dirus,” Advisor: Felipe Rivera (Capstone, Aug 2022).
Hatch, Camdon, “Investigation into Electrical Properties of 50 Micron Spiral Filaments,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Capstone, Aug 2022).
Edelman, Rachel, “Measured high-resolution directivity of guitar amplifiers,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (Capstone, Jun 2022).
Anderson, Bryce, “Developing Improvements to the Teaching of Lock-In Amplifiers in Physics 245,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Capstone, Jun 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).
McElwain, Winston, “National Vision Optics Lab Order of operations manual,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, May 2022).
Tveten, Daniel, “Analysis of Energy Flow in a Laser Focus Capable of Particle Trapping,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
McKay, Grace, “Comparing Blast Wave Propagation over a Porous Ground,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
Hart, Merlin, “Retarding the Growth of Oxide on Aluminum Thin-Films,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
Cvetko, Luke, “Filling in the Blanks for the Unit Cell of Hafnium-Doped Nitinol,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
Davis, Jayson, “Attitude Control Mechanism for High-Power Colligate Competition Rockets,” Advisor: (Capstone, Apr 2022).
Westcott, Lincoln, “Modern Physics for 5th and 6th Grade Students,” Advisor: Adam Bennion (Capstone, Apr 2022).
Golightly, Emily, “Super Resolution, Time Reversal Focusing Using Path-Diverting Scatterers,” Advisor: Brian Anderson (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).
Morris, Connor, “MILCDock: Machine Learning-Enhanced Consensus Docking for Virtual Screening in Drug Discovery,” Advisor: Dennis Della Corte (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
Laker, Mayalen, “The Emission Ratio of the [O III] λ λ5007, 4959 Å Doublet with Redshift,” Advisor: Benjamin Boizelle (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
Argyle, Paul, “Dynamics of Spinning Three-Body Gravitational Systems using the Post-Newtonian Approximation,” Advisor: David Neilsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
Davis, Henry D, “Sacrificial Powder Pressure Control for Infiltration of Microscale Metal Parts,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Capstone, Apr 2022).
Gillam, Aidan, “Designing a Map for Quantum Teleportation Protocols,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 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).
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).
Anderson, David, “Teaching the Practical Principles of Fourier Optics in an Undergraduate Laboratory,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Capstone, Apr 2022).
Johnson, Kira, “Imaging of Magnetic Domains at Remanence in Cobalt-Platinum Multilayers with N = 20 Repeats,” Advisor: Karine Chesnel (Capstone, Apr 2022).
Ehlert, Joey, “Efficacy of Enforced Parsimony on a Machine Learning Model of Gravity,” Advisor: Mark Transtrum (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
Mumford, Alex Thomas, “Developing a system for automated crop steering in cannabis,” Advisor: John Colton (Capstone, Apr 2022).
Fanning, Kane, “Deconvolution and the Magnetic Pair Distribution Function,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (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).
Campbell, Emma, “Photometric Analysis and Modeling of a TESS Object of Interest,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (Senior Thesis, Apr 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).
Gibson, Alexis, “Heat Capacity and Thermodynamic Functions of Sodium Rare Earth Ternary Fluorides,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
Terry, Kaylyn, “Mode-based Models with Realistic Boundary Conditions for a Laboratory Water Tank,” Advisor: Traci Neilsen (Capstone, Apr 2022).
Kimball, Taylor, “Path Integral Method for Calculating Work Statistics in Quantum Thermodynamics,” Advisor: Jean-Francois Van Huele (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
McKenzie, James, “Domain-Boundary Intersection Defect Networks and Coset Graphs,” Advisor: Branton Campbell (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
Allen, Kandin, “Upgrade to High Intensity Laser System at Brigham Young University,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
Spencer, Dallin, “Dynamical Evidence for the Existence of a Second Satellite of Eris,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
Maciel, Corbin, “A Compilation of Dose Studies in Particle Therapy Treatment for Cancer,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (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).
Scott, Ryan, “Space-Time Resolving Quantum Electrodynamic States of Two Charges,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Apr 2022).
Dodson, Evan, “Infrared Transflectance of the Radial Artery Using Monte Carlo Simulations,” Advisor: Robert Davis (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).
Merrill, Cooper, “Spectral Decomposition of a T-7A Red Hawk Installed GE F404 Engine,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Apr 2022).
Harding, Tyler, “H-alpha and H-beta Variations in X Persei and Gamma Cassiopeiae,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (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).
Christensen, Isaac, “Searching for Brown Dwarf Binary Systems: Testing the PSF Fitting Code,” Advisor: Denise Stephens (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).