Student Thesis Archive

Advisor:

2018

  • Michael Carlson, “ICP-MS Skimmer Cone Shock Simulations Compared to Experimental Measurements,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, April 2018).
  • Joseph Chandler, “Modeling Ion Sheath Formation in an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, April 2018).
  • Carson Evans, “Electron Collisions and Ionization of Argon Gas in the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, April 2018).

2015

  • Matthew R Zachreson, “Comparing Theory and Experiment for Analyte Transport in the First Vacuum Stage of the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (PhD Dissertation, August 2015).

2013

  • Nicholas J Eyring, “Development and Validation of an Automated Directivity Acquisition System Used in the Acquisition, Processing, and Presentation of the Acoustic Far-Field Directivity of Musical Instruments in an Anechoic Space,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Masters Thesis, December 2013).
  • David Perkins, “Neoclassical Computation of Temperature Anisotropy in the National Spherical Torus Experiment,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, August 2013).

2012

  • Matthew R Zachreson, “Comparing Theory and Experiment for Analyte Transport in the First Vacuum Stage of the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Masters Thesis, December 2012).

2010

  • Steven Schmidt, “Description, Development History, and Research Utilizing FENIX 10: Direct Simulation Monte-Carlo Simulation Software,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Capstone, July 2010).

2009

  • Daniel Wilcox, “Calculating The Sampling Cone Gas Flow In An Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, April 2009).

2008

  • William R Somers, “Testing Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Methods Against the Fluid Equations in the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Masters Thesis, August 2008).
  • Charles Woods, “A Study Of Gas Dynamics Under Poiseuille Conditions: A Comparison Of The Fluid Equations And Dsmc,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, April 2008).

2007

  • Adam Payne, “Analyzing The Skimming Process Of An Icp-Ms Using A Monte Carlo Simulation,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, August 2007).
  • Melissa Powell, “Parallelizing Simulations Of Nonneutral Plasma Instabilities In A Malmberg-Penning Trap,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Capstone, December 2007).
  • Andrew Sampson, “Trace Element Analysis In A Numerical Simulation Of An Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, August 2007).

2006

  • Jaron Krogel, “Simulating the Inductively-Couple Plasma Mass Spectrometer Using the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, January 2006).

2003

  • Donald M. Cannon, “Calculations of M=0 Normal Modes in Cold Non-Neutral Plasmas Using a Scaled Spherical Coordinate System,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, July 2003).
  • James Aamodt Hart, “A Particle-In-Cell Code for Modelling Ultracold Plasmas,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, April 2003).
  • Eric L. Peterson, “The Landau Damping of a Manhole Cover,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Honors Thesis, February 2003).
  • Lance Smemoe, “Interactive Waves Simulation,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer, Garth Hill, Jason Dzubak (Capstone, April 2003).

2002

  • Erik C Bard, “Resonant Cyclotron Damping,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Masters Thesis, December 2002).

2000

  • Thomas Grant Jenkins, “Vibrational Modes of Thin Oblate Clouds of Charge ,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Masters Thesis, December 2000).

1999

  • Thomas Grant Jenkins, “The Dynamic Alternating-Direction-Implicit Algorithm,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, April 1999).

1997

  • Cavendish McKay, “Collisionless Damping of Plasma Waves in Finite-Length Non-Neutral Plasmas,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Senior Thesis, April 1997).
  • Deborah L Paulson, “Thermal Equilibrium of Warm Clouds of Charge with Small Aspect Ratio,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Masters Thesis, August 1997).

1995

  • Kenneth C Hansen, “The Linear and Nonlinear Stages of the Electrostatic Modes of Warm, Nonneutral Plasma,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Masters Thesis, December 1995).
  • Y. E. Young, “The Piecewise Parabolic Method in Plasma Simulation,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Honors Thesis, March 1995).

1994

  • R. K. Berg, “Solutions of the Convection Equation by the Piecewise Parabolic Method,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Honors Thesis, April 1994).

1993

  • Johnny Kline Jennings, “A Numerical Solution of the Electrostatic Plasma-wave Mode Equation for Cold, Nonneutral Plasmas,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (PhD Dissertation, April 1993).
  • Michael B Ottinger, “Comparison of Dispersion Relations from Theory and Particle Simulation for a Cylindrically Confined Electron Plasma,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Masters Thesis, December 1993).

1992

  • Jinyun Lin, “One-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation Model for Carbon Plasma in a Capillary Device,” Advisor: Ross Loren Spencer (Masters Thesis, December 1992).