Student Thesis Archive

Advisor:

2016

  • Joseph Lawrence, “Enumeration Method for Search of Low-energy Structures on Graphene,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, August 2016).
  • Erik Swenson, “Nanostructures Formed by Calcium Substitution in Graphane,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, April 2016).

2013

  • Timothy Hecht, “,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, June 2013).
  • Jorge Jimenez Blanco, “Reducing Scan Time in MRI by Under-Sampling,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, April 2013).
  • Conrad Rosenbrock, “Calculation Of Optical Absorption Spectra Using A Supervised Neural Network,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Honors Thesis, April 2013).

2011

  • Jaren Norris, “A Computational Study of Carbon Nanotubes Embedded In Silicon,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Honors Thesis, June 2011).

2010

  • Scott Horton, “,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, April 2010).
  • Daniel S Jensen, “Real-Space Approach to Time Dependent Current Density Functional Theory,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Masters Thesis, August 2010).
  • Reid Kraniski, “,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, April 2010).

2009

  • Daniel Anderson, “Measurement Of The Adhesion Force Between A Carbon Nanotube And A Curved Silicon Surface,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Capstone, August 2009).
  • Michael Fogarty, “Simulations Of The Interactions Of Silicon With Carbon Nanotubes,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, April 2009).

2008

  • Ian James, “Transmission Electron Diffraction in Tellurium Modified TiO2,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, April 2008).
  • Ivan Grigoryevich Okhrimenko, “Implementation of Optical Spectra Calculations in FIREBALL: A Local-Orbital Density Functional Theory Approach,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (PhD Dissertation, August 2008).
  • Steven Phillips, “Photodarkening In Tellurium-Modified Titanium Dioxide Nanocrystals,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, August 2008).

2007

  • Daniel Jensen, “Computation Of Two-Center Two-Electron Integrals For Excited-State Calculations,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, August 2007).
  • Laren Mortensen, “An Accelerated Surface-Hopping Method For Computational Semiclassical Molecular Dynamics,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, April 2007).
  • Tyson Ririe, “Optical Properties Of Close-Packed And Sparse Quantum Dot Arrays,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, August 2007).

2006

  • Christopher Braniff, “Synthesis and Characterization of Manganese Oxide Nanocrystals,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, August 2006).
  • D. Lawrence Whipple, “Study Of The Photoluminescence Of Nanocrystals Using Ultrafast Upconversion,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, December 2006).

2005

  • Eric Wald, “Photoaccoustic Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Capstone, September 2005).

2003

  • Josh Holt, “Simulating the Generation of Ultrafast Optical Superconinuum Pulses,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, August 2003).

1999

  • Christopher Bass, “Characterization of CdSe Nanocrystal Photodiodes,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, August 1999).
  • Mary Landon Martin, “Determining Spin Wave Stiffness in a Colossal Magnetoresistive Thin Film,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Honors Thesis, June 1999).
  • Rodion Tikhoplav, “Effect of Pressure on Optical Properties of Pure and C60 Doped MEH-PPV,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Masters Thesis, December 1999).

1997

  • Steve Summers, “Ultrashort Laser Pulses,” Advisor: Bret C Hess (Senior Thesis, April 1997).