Students

Ph.D. Students

Name Degree - Year Current Location
Alan Wall Physics - 2013 Air Force Research Laboratory
Blaine Harker Physics - 2017 Blue Ridge Research and Consulting
Brent Reichman Physics - 2018 Lockheed Martin
Kevin Leete Physics - 2021 L3 Harris
Mylan Cook Physics - Current  
Logan Mathews Physics - Current  
Tyce Olaveson Physics - Current  

M.S. Students

Name Degree - Year Current Location
Micah Shepherd Physics - 2007 Penn State Appl. Res. Lab. (Ph.D. Penn State)
Ben Shafer Physics - 2007 PABCO Building Products, LLC
Derek Thomas Physics - 2008 Coreform, Inc. (Ph.D. U. Texas at Austin)
Michael Gardner Physics - 2009 Ford (Ph.D. Penn State)
Curtis Wiederhold Mech Eng. - 2011 Ph.D. Candidate, U. Texas at Austin
David Krueger Physics - 2012 Amazon
Jarom Giraud Physics - 2013 Johnson Controls
Michael Muhlestein Physics - 2013 U.S. Army ERDC-CRREL (Ph.D. U. Texas at Austin)
Ben Christensen Physics - 2013 Lockheed Martin
Trevor Stout Physics - 2015 NOAA (Ph.D. Penn State)
Eric Whiting Physics - 2016 Ph.D. Candidate, Penn State
Kyle Miller Physics - 2016 Ph.D. Candidate, UCLA
Joseph Lawrence Physics -  2018  
Mylan Cook Physics - 2018 Ph.D. Candidate, BYU
Aaron Vaughn Physics - 2020 NASA Langley Research Center
Francisco Irarrazabal Physics - 2021 MD Acoustics
Reese Rasband Physics - 2021 Ball Aerospace Technology Corp.
James Brady Physics - Current
Jacob Ward Physics - Current
Mark Anderson Physics - Current
Matt Christian Mech. Eng.- Current

B.S. Students

Name Degree - Year Current Location
Seth Tomlinson Physics - 2007 Greenbusch Consulting
Hales Swift Physics - 2007 Sandia National Laboratory
Derek Thomas Appl. Phys. - 2007  Coreform (M.S. BYU, Ph.D. U. Texas at Austin)
Michael Gardner Appl. Phys. - 2007 Ford (M.S. BYU, Ph.D. Penn State)
Cole Duke Appl. Phys. - 2007 LDS Church (M.S. BYU)
Trent Mouton Physics - 2008 ----  (Ph.D. ----)
Jarom Giraud Appl. Phys. - 2009 Johnson Controls (M.S. BYU)
David Krueger Appl. Phys. - 2009 Amazon (M.S. BYU)
Matthew Shaw Physics - 2009 Ford (M.S. BYU, Ph.D. Penn State )
Curtis Wiederhold Mech. Eng. - 2009 Postdoc, U. CO Boulder, (M.S. BYU, Ph.D. U. Texas at Austin)
Devin Young Physics - 2009 M.S. Candidate, U. Utah
Jessica Morgan Physics - 2011 Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (M.S. BYU, Ph.D. Penn State)
Julia Vernon Appl. Phys. - 2011 ---- (M.S. Penn State)
Michael Muhlestein Physics - 2011 Ph.D. Candidate, U. Texas at Austin (M.S. BYU)
Troy Taylor Appl. Phys. - 2011 Johnson Controls (M.S. Penn State)
Ben Christensen Appl. Phys. - 2012 Lockheed Martin (M.S. BYU)
Garrett Porter Appl. Phys. - 2012 Hoover & Keith Consulting
Marc Jenkins Appl. Phys. - 2012 Seagate Cloud Systems
Trevor Jerome Appl. Phys. - 2012 NAVSEA (Ph.D., Penn State)
Stuart Harper Appl. Phys. - 2012 Software Engineer, TruHearing
David Hart Physics - 2013 --- (Ph.D., CS, BYU)
Shanell Reynolds Appl. Phys. - 2013 ---
Ken Bostwick Mech. Eng. - 2013 --- (M.S., U. Texas at Austin)
Spencer Perry Phys. Teach. - 2013 Science Teacher, Lee's Summit School District
Josh Bodon Appl. Phys. - 2013 Cirrus Logic (M.S., BYU)
Trevor Stout Appl. Phys. - 2013 NOAA (M.S. BYU, Ph.D., Penn St.)
Jazmin Myres Appl. Phys. - 2014 U.S. Naval Air Command (NAVAIR)
Zachary Anderson Physics - 2014 Computer Programmer
Hsin-Sing Pope Appl. Phys. - 2014 ---
Rachael Bakaitis Physics - 2014 U.S. Air Force
Cameron Vongsawad Appl. Phys. - 2015 Teacher, Copper Hills High School, UT
Sam Hord Appl. Phys. - 2015 M.S. Candidate, U. Texas at Austin
Joseph Thaden Physics - 2015 U.S. Air Force
Darren Torrie Appl. Phys. - Current Google (M.S. Penn State)
Michael Pearson Physics - Current  
Kevin Leete Appl. Phys. - 2015 L3 (Ph. D. BYU)
Aaron Vaughn Physics - CurrentBYU  
Caleb Goates Appl. Phys. - Current  

NSF REU/RET Program Participants

Name Degree - Year Current Location
Tara Tubbs Lycoming College REU - 2007
Emily Egan (Savage) LSU REU - 2007
Molly Jones U. Michigan REU -2008, 2009
Dorothy Manuel   REU - 2008
Brad Moser Webb City Schools RET - 2009, 2010
Jessica Morgan BYU REU - 2010
Chris Bronson   RET - 2011
Chris Ross   RET - 2011, 2012
Sarah Young BYU Idaho REU - 2014