Student Thesis Archive

2019

• Adam Christensen, “Hybrid neutron detection optics for gadolinium-acrylic disks in liquid scintillator,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, August 2019).
• Michael Nelson, “Nuclear Event Classification via Graphically Driven Computation,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2019).

2017

• Ashton Brown, “Gamma Ray Detector with Neutron Detection Capabilities for Shielded Fission Sources,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2017).

2016

• Gregory Hill, “Single Pulse Neutron and Gamma Discrimination with Combination Glass and Liquid Hybrid Detector,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2016).
• Andrew McClellan, “Hybrid Liquid Organic Scintillator and Lithium-6 Glass Neutron Detector: Correlated Pulses,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2016).
• Brian Ostler, “Minimizing Room Return Neutrons,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2016).
• John Peterson, “Response Magnitude Uniformity of Two Commercial 5-Inch Photomultiplier Tubes,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, April 2016).

2015

• Ashlie Burton, “Sound Reduction in Prostheses,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, April 2015).
• Aaron Porter, “Library of X-Ray Florescence Spectra of Lanthanide Series Elements and Order of Magnitude Measurements of Absorption Conditions,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, June 2015).

2014

• Alexander Corey, “Construction and Testing of Four Adit Photomultiplier Tubes With Scintillating Plastic for Neutron Detection,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, December 2014).
• Craig Higgins, “Cadmium Capture-gated Neutron Detector Analysis of the U-235 Fission Spectrum,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, April 2014).
• Trevor Jex, “Preliminary Study of a Dual PMT Lithium-Cadmium Hybrid Neutron Detector,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2014).
• Matthew McArthur, “Neutron Measurements with a Shielded Source & Measured and Theoretical Errors for Multiplicity Counting,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, November 2014).
• Taylor Richards, “Transit Time Uniformity of Two Commercial 5” Photomultiplier Tubes,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, August 2014).
• Bradford Talbert, “Calibration of a cadmium capture-gated neutron spectrometer,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2014).

2013

• Brian James, “Modeling Cd-based Neutron Detector Configurations,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, August 2013).
• Nicole Quist, “LGB Time of Flight Facility,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, May 2013).

2012

• Suraj Bastola, “Spontaneous Fission Spectrum of Neutrons from Cf-252 with Kinetic Energies Less than 1 MeV,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, August 2012).
• Steven Gardiner, “Neutron Detection Using Shards of 6Li Glass Scintillator,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, August 2012).
• Andrew Hoffman, “Improving Cadmium Capture-Gated Neutron Detection Techniques,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, August 2012).
• Adam Wallace, “,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2012).

2011

• Nathaniel Hogan, “Characterization of a Cadmium Capture-Gated Neutron Spectrometer,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, August 2011).
• Rita Hoggan, “Cadmium Capture-Gated Neutron Detector with 6Li-Glass,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2011).
• Adam Wallace, “Lithium Glass Neutron Detector,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2011).

2010

• Christopher Busselberg, “Monte Carlo Simulation of Cadmium Capture-Gated Neutron Detector,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, September 2010).
• Christian Cowles, “Cadmium Capture-Gated Neutron Detector Design and Construction,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Honors Thesis, July 2010).
• Jacob Siebach, “Characterization of He-3 Detectors Typically Used in International Safeguards Monitoring,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, August 2010).
• Carly Smith, “The Use of Waveform Digitizers with Solid State Detectors for Spectroscopic Applications,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, May 2010).

2009

• Mark Calton, “Liquid Lithium Pendant Droplet for Laboratory Nuclear Astrophysics Beam Experiments,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, December 2009).
• Steven Howell, “Lithium Gadolinium Borate Crystal Scintillator For Low Flux Neutron Detection,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2009).

2007

• Jeffrey Brown, “Counterfeit Coins,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, August 2007).
• Ryan Gardner, “Evaluating The Open Physics Abstraction Layer Programming Library For Use In Undergraduate Instruction,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, April 2007).
• David Silvers, “X-Ray Attenuation Corrections For Human Head Hair Using PIXE,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2007).

2006

• William Ashby, “Trace Element Analysis of 9mm Bullet Lead Via PIXE Spectroscopy,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2006).
• Brandon Bonewell, “Eighteenth And Nineteenth Century Print Ink Analysis Using The PIXE Method,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, April 2006).
• Benjamin Hall, “PIXE Analysis Of Oil-Paint Pigments: Proof Of Principle,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Senior Thesis, April 2006).

2005

• Remy Lamberts, “Trace Element Analysis Of Utah Lake’s Sedimentary Sludge Using XRF And PIXE Techniques,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees (Capstone, August 2005).

2002

• Eva Wilcox, “Energy Resolution in Neutron Detection,” Advisor: Lawrence Rees, Bart Czirr (Honors Thesis, February 2002).