2020s
2023
- Shumway Harmer, Madi, “Physics Modeling For Pre-Med Undergraduates,” Advisor: Adam Bennion (Senior Thesis, Dec 2023).
- Freeman, Jeffery, “Blend Performance Research and Development of Blendtec Back-of-House Blender,” Advisor: Nathan Powers (Capstone, Dec 2023).
- Campbell, Gibson, “The Periods of a Near-Earth Orbit Asteroid,” Advisor: Aleksandr Mosenkov (Senior Thesis, Dec 2023).
- Myckowiak, McKenna, “Follow-Up Observations of Faint Short-Period Variable Stars,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Dec 2023).
- Tidd, Elliot, “Magnetic Pair Distribution Function Software Development and Application to Manganese Telluride,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Dec 2023).
- Suggs, Christiana, “High Time Density Light Curves of Six Short Period Variable Stars,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, Nov 2023).
- Carter, Colton, “Gadolinium Polyvinyl Toluene Neutron Detection,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Senior Thesis, Sep 2023).
- DeFord, Michael, “The Development and Characterization of Tunable Alumina-Carbon Nanotube Composite Structures,” Advisor: Richard Vanfleet (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
- Stark, Brenden, “Preparation and Simulation of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm Type 4 Secretion System,” Advisor: Dennis Della Corte (Capstone, Aug 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).
- Dunford, Adam, “The BYU Rocketry High Power Rocket Process Workbook: Establishing enduring engineering practices,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Capstone, 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).
- Gardner, Carson, “The Effects Jet Engine Configurations Have On Acoustical Propagation,” Advisor: Grant Hart (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
- Lindsay, Chapman, “Impedance Spectroscopy on Metal Halide Perovskites to Produce a Temperature Dependent Series,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
- Jensen, Naomi, “The dependence of sound radiation on position of acoustic source in an enclosure,” Advisor: Micah Shepherd (Capstone, Aug 2023).
- Tackett, Justin, “The Eigenvalue Problem of Ideal General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics with Constraint Damping,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Senior Thesis, Aug 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).
- King, Daniel, “Simulating the TE01δ Mode of a Dielectric Resonator in Free Space,” Advisor: John Colton (Senior Thesis, Aug 2023).
- Cunningham, Carson, “Initial Acoustical Findings of the Space Launch System Measurement,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Aug 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).
- 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).
- Fenn, Olivia, “The Characteristic Problem in Ideal General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics with Constraint Damping,” Advisor: Eric Hirschmann (Senior Thesis, Jun 2023).
- Giforos, William, “nPSF: PSF Fitting Software for Trans-Neptunian Objects,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Jun 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).
- 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).
- Ricks, Matthew, “Dynamic probing of the high pressure and temperature phase transitions of Iron on millisecond timescales,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Senior Thesis, Jun 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).
- Belot, Josh, “Machine Learning Predictions of Curie Temperatures,” Advisor: Gus Hart (Senior Thesis, May 2023).
- Epps, Kristi, “Similarity Spectra and Coherence-Based Analysis of Noise from an Installed GE-F404 Engine,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
- Yankura, Daniel, “Data Analysis and Modeling With a Hybrid Detector,” Advisor: John Ellsworth (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
- Jones, Joshua, “A Census of Molecular Gas Properties of Early-Type Galaxies from the ALMA Archive,” Advisor: Benjamin Boizelle (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
- Nuttall, Kristina, “Magnetic Spin Correlations in NaYbO2 at Near-zero Temperatures,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 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).
- Miller, Grant, “Designing Upper-Division Undergraduate Physics Course Problem Tutorials,” Advisor: John Colton (Capstone, Apr 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).
- Banks, Elisabeth Elanor, “Photometric Analysis of the High-Amplitude δ Scuti V2455 Cygni,” Advisor: Eric Hintz (Senior Thesis, 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).
- Zappala, Emma, “Exploring the Magnetic Dynamics of CrMnFeCoNi,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Senior Thesis, Apr 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).
- 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).
- Feltman, Jacob Michael, “Hard X-ray, Optical Transient Grating for Probing Ultrafast Dynamics in Solids,” Advisor: Richard Sandberg (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
- Peatross, Aaron, “Stability of Photophoretic Trapping of Microscopic particles in a Laser Beam,” Advisor: Michael Ware (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
- Carlisle, Edison, “Modeling Circumnuclear Dust Emission Using ALMA Observations of Early-type Galaxies,” Advisor: Benjamin Boizelle (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
- Stevens, Aria Carolyn, “Figure-8 Electron Motion in Nonlinear Thomson Scattering within a Strong Laser Field,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
- Billings, Virginia, “An In-Depth Analysis of a Fault-Tolerant Imaging System,” Advisor: Scott Bergeson (Senior 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).
- 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).
- Galland, Isaiah, “At-wavelength Reflectance Measurements for Aluminum Mirrors in the Far Ultraviolet,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
- Smith, Donovan, “Retardation of the oxidation of aluminum thin films in low-oxygen and cryogenic environments,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Apr 2023).
- Bradford, Collin, “Automating Nuclear Reactor Modeling for Simulation Using OpenMC and Python,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, Apr 2023).
- Boyer, Burke, “Improving the Efficiency of a Photodynamical Planetary Model,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
- Leigh, Christian, “Damage Thresholds and Alignment of BYU High-Power Laser System,” Advisor: Justin Peatross (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
- Anderson, Russel, “Source-Gap Analysis: A New Method for Analyzing Environmental Problems,” Advisor: Benjamin Frandsen (Capstone, Apr 2023).
- Romrell, Blake, “Metal Halide Perovskite Exciton Tuning Through Composition Variations and Alloying,” Advisor: John Colton (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).
- 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).
- Heilesen, Seneca, “Investigations into u’-band Photometry of the Haumea System,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
- Freeman, Nicholas, “Investigations of a Binary Asteroid Dynamical Model,” Advisor: Darin Ragozzine (Senior Thesis, Apr 2023).
- Avila, Joseph, “Directivity of the Muted Trumpet,” Advisor: Kent Gee (Capstone, Mar 2023).