Student Thesis Archive

Advisor:

2018

  • Ryan Doel, “Refining the Model of Ionic Wind Propulsion by Analyzing Thrust Dependence on Electrode Geometry,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Capstone, January 2018).

2015

  • Daniel Eliason, “Improving Ion Injection into a Cylindrical Malmberg-Penning Trap,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Senior Thesis, April 2015).

2012

  • William Hall, “Measuring Plasma Modes near the Cyclotron Frequency in a Finite Non-Neutral Plasma: A Search for Bernstein Modes,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Senior Thesis, April 2012).
  • Mark Andrew Hutchison, “Modeling Radial Bernstein Modes in a Finite-Length Axisymmetric Non-Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Masters Thesis, December 2012).
  • David Johnson, “Characterization of a Helmholtz Coil for Maintaining a Flat Magnetic Field in a Plasma Chamber,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Senior Thesis, August 2012).

2011

  • Chad Williams, “Electron Elimination As a Step Toward Long-Term Non-Neutral Ion Plasma Confinement,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Senior Thesis, August 2011).

2010

  • Daniel Erickson, “Characterizing the Operation of a Rotating Wall Device on a Non-neutral Ion Plasma,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Senior Thesis, December 2010).

2009

  • Mark Hutchison, “Computational Analysis Of The Relative Decay Constants For 7be, 7be+, And 7be++,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Honors Thesis, August 2009).
  • Jordan Stutz, “Sequencing The Creation And Characterization Of A Non-Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Senior Thesis, April 2009).

2008

  • Colby Dawson, “Integrator Circuitry Used To Determine The Radial Profile Of A Non-Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Senior Thesis, April 2008).
  • Brent Hicks, “Development And Characterization Of An Ft-Icr/Ms System For A Non-Neutral Plasma,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Senior Thesis, April 2008).

2007

  • David K Olson, “Development of a MeVVA based beryllium-7 plasma source,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Masters Thesis, July 2007).

2005

  • David Olson, “Construction and Characterization of a Specialized Malmberg-Penning Trap for Confinement of a Nonneutral Radionuclide Plasma,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Senior Thesis, August 2005).
  • Samuel Tobler, “Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Modes of Oscillation in Non-Neutral Electron Plasmas,” Advisor: Bryan G Peterson (Senior Thesis, April 2005).