Advisor:
2021
- Rochelle Julia Steele, “An Analysis of Two Photometric Redshift Methods and Their Uses for Finding Void Galaxies,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, December 2021).
2020
- Caleb Gaunt, “Web-Based Controllers for the ROVOR Observatory,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, April 2020).
2019
- Christian D Draper, “Search for Dwarf Emission Line Galaxies in Galaxy Voids,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (PhD Dissertation, August 2019).
- Daniel Jones, “Photometric and Polarimetric Signatures of Geosynchronous Satellites,” Advisor: David Allred, Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, April 2019).
- Rochelle Steele, “Photometric Survey for Dwarf Galaxies Within Intergalactic Voids,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, April 2019).
- Nicholas Van Alfen, “Survey and Data Reduction of Blazars Using the ROVOR Telescope,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, April 2019).
2018
- Lauren Hindman, “Flaring Rate of Northern Blazars,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, May 2018).
2017
- McKay Osborne, “Extracting Long-term Periodicity in Markarian 501 from Optical Wavelength Filters,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, May 2017).
- Joe Rivest, “Optical Photometric Evidence for a Binary Black Hole in Mrk 501,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, May 2017).
- Parkes Whipple, “Blazar Polarimetry with the ROVOR Telescope,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Capstone, July 2017).
2016
- Marcus Holden, “Periodicity of Markarian 501,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, April 2016).
- Ryan Lesser, “Measuring Redshifts of Emission-line Galaxies Using Ramp Filters,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, April 2016).
- Katrina Pedersen, “Automating the Data Reduction Process for Geosynchronous Satellite Spectra,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, August 2016).
2014
- Adam George, “Light propagation through multilayer finger model,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, June 2014).
- Matthew McNeff, “Observing Astronomical Redshift Through Optical Red and Blue Slope Filtes,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, August 2014).
2013
- Nichole Millward Maughan, “Simulation of 810 nm Light Propagation Through the Human Finger for Non-Invasive Blood Analysis,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, June 2013).
- Thayne McCombs, “Development of a Data Reduction Pipeline for the ROVOR Observatory,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, August 2013).
2012
- Benjamin Boizelle, “Establishing a Multi-year Monitoring Project of Low-luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, August 2012).
2011
- Evan Hansen, “Weather Station for the ROVOR Telescope,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, June 2011).
- Cynthia Knight, “The Nature of the Most Isolated Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, April 2011).
- Bret Little, “Telescope Automation through CelestialGrid,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, April 2011).
- Jacob Nelson, “The Variability of "Normal" Galactic Nuclei,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, April 2011).
2010
- Brian K Bucklein, “In Search of Empty Places: Voids in the Distribution of Galaxies,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (PhD Dissertation, July 2010).
- Cameron Pace, “BVRI Comparison Stars Near Selected Very-High Energy Blazars,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, May 2010).
- Richard Pearson, “Markarian 501 Monitoring Campaign Using ROVOR,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, May 2010).
2008
- Jonathan Daniels, “Light Curves For Supernova Sn2006jc,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, August 2008).
- Janalee Harrison, “Monitoring Variability In 1es 1959+650 With Rovor,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, December 2008).
2007
- Eric Allan, “Observing The Variability Of AGN: Aperture Photometry Vs. PSF Fitting,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, August 2007).
- Adam Johanson, “Galaxy Nuclear Variability As A Probe Of AGN Structure,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, April 2007).
2006
- Aaron Paget, “ROVOR: Protection From The Elements Ensuring Safe Observational Conditions,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Capstone, June 2006).
2005
- Christopher Olsen, “Collimation and Focusing of the Optics of the 22 Inch Rovor Telescope,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, August 2005).
2004
- Peter Brown, “Observing Gamma Ray Burst Afterglows from BYU's Orsen Pratt Observatory,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, August 2004).
- Joseph Hopper, “Current State of the Software Used to Control the Remote Observatory for Variable Object Research,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Senior Thesis, January 2004).
- Stephen Richard McNeil, “Detection of Small-Amplitude Optical Variability in Galactic Nuclei,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (PhD Dissertation, August 2004).
2002
- Jonathan Barnes, “Goldhelox Phase 0/1 Safety Certification ,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, December 2002).
- Jacob P. Fugal, “Characteristics of a Slitless Spectroscopic Near-Infrared Emission-Line Galaxy Survey,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Honors Thesis, April 2002).
1998
- David Rich Miller, “A Simulation of Synthetic Aperature Stellar Interferometry Using Post Acquisition Time Correlation,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, April 1998).
- Peter W A Roming, “A Long-slit Spectral Analysis of the Nuclear Region of M101 and M33 and a Search for Non-Nuclear Seyfet Activity in M33,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (PhD Dissertation, August 1998).
1997
- Bryan Lee Paul, “Voids in the Nearby Universe: A Study of the CfA Redshift Catalog,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, April 1997).
- Michael Dean Rice, “Galactic Distribution Function of Two Superclusters,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, August 1997).
1995
- Eric George Bow Hintz, “Multicolor, Two-Dimensional Photometric Study of Galaxies in Rich Abell Clusters,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (PhD Dissertation, August 1995).
- Peter W A Roming, “An Imaging Search for Non-Nuclear Seyfert Activity and Evidence for Mass Outflow from the Nucleus of M101,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Masters Thesis, April 1995).
1994
- Kristen Adams, “A Presentation of the Mapping of LBN434 and Its Ramifications on the Assumption of Clear Seeing at high Galactic Lattitudes,” Advisor: Joseph Moody (Honors Thesis, July 1994).