Student Thesis Archive

2022

• Brooke Croxall, “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, April 2022).
• Merlin Hart, “Retarding the Growth of Oxide on Aluminum Thin-Films,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2022).
• Ed Krzymowski, “Electron Cryotomography of Bacterial Secretion Systems,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, December 2022).
• Winston McElwain, “National Vision Optics Lab Order of operations manual,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, May 2022).

2021

• Kenan Fronk, “Storage of Al/AlF3 Thin-Film Mirrors in 327 K Oven,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, April 2021).
• Jenny Kang, “Red/green Colorblindness Simulation: Creating a Colorblind Friendly Environment,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, April 2021).
• Devin Lewis, “Degradation of Lithium Fluoride Mirror Coatings in Humid Environments,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, November 2021).
• Logan Page, ““Stainless Uranium” - Oxidation Prevention in Uranium-Niobium Alloys,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2021).
• Gabe Richardson, “Computational Development of a Miniature Quantum Dot Spectrometer for Use in Space,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2021).

2020

• James Erikson, “Photoluminescence Lifetime as an Indicator of Temperature in Materials,” Advisor: David Allred, John Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2020).

2019

• Daniel Jones, “Photometric and Polarimetric Signatures of Geosynchronous Satellites,” Advisor: David Allred, Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, April 2019).
• Nick Steil, “Connecting Physics and Finance,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, December 2019).

2018

• Alexandra Davis, “Oxidation of Aluminum Under Various Thicknesses of Aluminum Fluoride,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, December 2018).
• Jesse Richmond, “Surface-Atmosphere Interactions with Ultraviolet Light on Mars,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2018).

2017

• Stephanie Thomas, “Preventing Oxidation of Aluminum Mirrors with Cadmium and Zinc Barriers,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, May 2017).
• Spencer Willett, “Making aluminum shine again, removing polymers used to protect aluminum from oxidization,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, August 2017).

2015

• Brandon McKeon, “Characterization of Silicon Dioxide Thin Film Deposition,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2015).

2014

• Jason Kyle Anderson, “Developing Atomic Layer Deposition Techniques of Tungsten on Carbon Nanotube Microstructures,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2014).
• Collin Brown, “Infiltration of CNT forests by Atomic Layer Deposition for MEMS Applications,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2014).

2013

• Jordan Bell, “Thickness Uniformity Of Uranium Oxide Films Sputtered While Undergoing Planetary Motion,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2013).
• James Schwab, “Investigations of the Causes of Expansion for Yttrium Oxide Films,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, April 2013).

2012

• Richard Hansen, “Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Carbon-Nanotube-Templated Metallic Microstructures,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, July 2012).
• Stuart Harper, “Statistical Analysis of Noise From Solid Rocket Motors,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, October 2012).

2011

• Alison Wells, “Determining The Cause Of Metal Oxide Film Growth Due To Exposure To Vacuum Ultraviolet Light,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, August 2011).

2010

• Devon Mortensen, “Determining The Cause Of Yttria Film Growth Due To Exposure To Vacuum-Ultraviolet Light,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, August 2010).

2009

• Jon Brame, “Selectively Grown Silicon Nanowires For Transistor Devices,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2009).
• Michael Rasmussen, “,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2009).

2008

• Bryan Hicks, “Diode Properties of Nanotube Networks,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, April 2008).
• Elisabeth Strein, “Studying And Eliminating Adventitious Carbon Contamination On Silicon Wafers,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, August 2008).

2007

• Guillermo Antonio Acosta, “Scandium Oxide Thin Films and Their Optical Properties in the Extreme Ultraviolet,” Advisor: David Allred (PhD Dissertation, December 2007).
• Robert Gillis, “Determining The Extreme Ultraviolet Constants Of Thoria By Spectral Ellipsometry.,” Advisor: David Allred (Capstone, August 2007).
• Jacqualine Jackson, “Determining The Refractive Index Of Scandium Oxide In The Euv Using Kramers-Kronig On Thin-Film Transmission Data,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, April 2007).

2006

• S. Andrew Ning, “Creation of an Intermediate Environment and Utilizing Switchable Microwave Absorbent Material to Aid in Performing Work on Mars,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, August 2006).

2005

• William Ray Evans, “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, January 2005).

2004

• Guillermo Antonio Acosta, “Developing a Technique for measuring Thickness of Thin Films, From 5 to 15 Nanometers, Using Atomic Force Microscopy ,” Advisor: David Allred (Masters Thesis, August 2004).
• Kristi Adamson, “Determining Chemical Composition of Sputtered Uranium Oxide Thin Films through X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2004).
• Paul Archer, “Determining Favorable Conditions for Endolithic Growth: UV Protection and Desiccation Prevention,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, June 2004).
• Luke Bissell, “Determining Ruthenium's Optical Constants in the Spectral Range 11-14 NM,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, August 2004).
• Jedediah Edward Jensen Johnson, “Thorium Based Mirrors for High Reflectivity in the EUV,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, August 2004).
• Richard Sandberg, “Optical Applications of Uranium Thin-Film Compounds for the Extreme Ultraviolet and Soft X-Ray Region,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, August 2004).

2003

• Ryan Camacho, “Microstructural Analysis of Copper Thin Films for Characterization of Stress-Induced Voiding Mechanisms,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, May 2003).
• Ross Robinson, “Removing Contaminates from Silicon Wafers to Facilitate EUV Optical Characterization,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, August 2003).

2001

• Joseph S. Choi, “In Situ Ellipsometry of Surfaces in an Ultrahigh Vacuum Thin Film Deposition Chamber,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, June 2001).
• Cort Johnson, “Developing an Improved Extreme Ultraviolet Filter,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2001).
• Matthew B Squires, “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, August 2001).

1999

• Matthew B. Squires, “On Determining the Optical Constants of Sputtered U and a-Si at 304 and 484 Å,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, March 1999).

1998

• Pavel Leonidovich Brovkin, “The Physics of Low-Capacitance JFETs,” Advisor: David Allred (Masters Thesis, April 1998).
• Adam Fennimore, “Morphology and Oxidation of U/Al and UN/Al Multilayer MIrrors,” Advisor: David Allred (Honors Thesis, February 1998).

1996

• Gregory B. Thompson, “Reactive Gas Sputtering of Lithium Compound Thin Films,” Advisor: David Allred (Senior Thesis, June 1996).

1993

• Ming Cai, “The Characterization of Mo/Si Soft X-Ray Multilayers by Raman Spectrpscopy and Other Techniques,” Advisor: David Allred (PhD Dissertation, December 1993).

1991

• Cheryl Barnett Davis, “Deep-Level Photoluminescience of ZNxCd1-xTe,” Advisor: David Allred (Masters Thesis, December 1991).
• Fang Yuan, “Characterization of Boron Films Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition and their Applications in X-Ray Imaging,” Advisor: David Allred (PhD Dissertation, December 1991).