Student Thesis Archive

Advisor:

2022

Emma McClure, “Dielectric spectroscopy on 2D and 3D metal halide perovskites using an interdigitated electrode geometry,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, August 2022).
Alex Thomas Mumford, “Developing a system for automated crop steering in cannabis,” Advisor: John S Colton (Capstone, April 2022).

Spencer King, “Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis in Apoferritin,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2021).
Nathan Schwartz, “Neural Network Solutions to Cylindrical Microwave Cavities,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2021).

Alexandra Christensen, “Brachytherapy Implant Evaluation Using New Isodose Surface Metrics,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2020).
James Erikson, “Photoluminescence Lifetime as an Indicator of Temperature in Materials,” Advisor: John S Colton, David D Allred (Senior Thesis, April 2020).
Charles Lewis, “Neural Network Approximations of the Temperature of CdTe Quantum Dots,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, June 2020).

Daniel Boyce, “Using platinum nanoparticles on ferritin to form hydrogen gas from methyl viologen and organic acids,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, August 2019).
Matthew Richards, “Ferritin-bound Platinum Nanoparticles in Hydrogen Production,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2019).
Micah Shelley, “RF magnetron sputtering of arsenic-doped p-type zinc oxide,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2019).
Colter Stewart, “Optical Constants of Amorphous Zinc Arsenide (Zn3As2) via Spectroscopic Ellipsometry,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2019).

Scott Crossen, “Optically Detected magnetic Resonance: Computational Predictions and Experimental Results,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2018).
Heather Hogg, “Temperature Dependence of Photoluminescence Lifetime of Rhodamine B,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2018).
J. Ryan Peterson, “Sputtering p-Type Arsenic-doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2018).

Kameron Hansen, “Ferritin encapsulated PbS, PbSe, and MoS$_2$ Nanocrystals for Photovoltaic Applications,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2017).

Jacob Embley, “Electron Spin Coherence in Silicon Vacancy Defects of Proton-irradiated Silicon Carbide,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2016).
Michael Meehan, “Continous Wave Operation and Mode-Locking of Ti:Sapph Lasers,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, June 2016).
Cameron Olsen, “Permanganate-Based Synthesis of Semiconducting Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in the Protein Ferritin,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2016).

Stephen Erickson, “Tunable Band Gaps of Nanocrystals Encapsulated by the Protein Ferritin,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2015).
Kyle Miller, “Electron Spin Echo and Coherence Times in Silicon Carbide Defects,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2015).

Daniel Craft, “Non-Exponential Electron Spin Decay in Indium Arsenide Quantum Dots,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, April 2013).
Tyler Drue Park, “Characterization of InGaAs Quantum Dot Chains,” Advisor: John S Colton (Masters Thesis, July 2013).
Jane Tanner, “Off-line Prototype of an On-line Sheet Shape Measurment System,” Advisor: John S Colton (Honors Thesis, April 2013).

David Meyer, “Spin Lifetime Measurements in a 14nm GaAs Quantum Well,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, August 2012).

Dallas Smith, “Optical Measurement of Electron Spin Lifetimes in Gallium Arsenide,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, June 2011).
Scott Thalman, “Photoluminescence Lifetimes of Quantum Dots,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, August 2011).

Steven Allen, “Phase-Sensitive And Dual-Angle Radiofrequency Mapping In 23na Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” Advisor: John S Colton (Honors Thesis, July 2010).
Stephen Brown, “An Object-Oriented Framework for Experimental Control in the Colton Spin Dynamics Laboratory,” Advisor: John S Colton (Capstone, August 2010).
Aaron Jones, “Photoluminescence Of Indium Gallium Arsenide Quantum Dots And Dot Chains,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, May 2010).

Benjamin Heaton, “Nuclear-Electron Coupling In GaAs Spin States And Control Of The Effects,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, August 2009).

Daniel Jenson, “A System For Simultaneously Driving Three Discrete Nuclear Resonances In GaAs: Theory And Experiment,” Advisor: John S Colton (Senior Thesis, December 2008).