Theses

Student Theses

Sam Biggs, "Internship with Fotonika-LV in Riga, Latvia: Research in Spectroscopy and Electromagnetic Levitation Coils" (Capstone, 2024).
Thomas Draper, "Language, Information, and Quantum Theory" (Senior Thesis, 2024). Full Text PDF
Aidan Gillam, "Designing a Map for Quantum Teleportation Protocols" (Senior Thesis, 2022). Full Text PDF
Taylor Kimball, "Path Integral Method for Calculating Work Statistics in Quantum Thermodynamics" (Senior Thesis, 2022). Full Text PDF
Leif Hagen, "Probing Self-Gravitational Interaction at the Mesoscopic Scale through Matter-Wave Interferometry" (Senior Thesis, 2022).
Rebekah Sheffield, "Trends in Temperature Dependence of Grain Boundary Mobility" (Senior Thesis, 2021).
Chanhyun Pak, "Interdimensional Quantum Cloning" (Senior Thesis, 2021).
Jason Saunders, "Quantum Metrology with Limited Measurement Resources" (Senior Thesis, 2021). Full Text PDF
Benjamin Szamosfalvi, "Verifying Silicon Photonic Optical Hybrid Designs through Simulation" (Senior Thesis, 2021). Full Text PDF
Scott Johnstun, "Optimizing the Phase Estimation Algorithm Applied to the Quantum Simulation of Heisenberg-Type Hamiltonians." (Senior Thesis, 2021). Full Text PDF
Matthew Lawyer, "Bohmian Mechanical Trajectories for the Simple Harmonic Oscillator" (Senior Thesis, 2020). Full Text PDF
Joel Temple, "Physics Problem-Solving Methodology in Application to Non-Physics Problems" (Capstone, 2020). Full Text PDF
Nathan Stone, "Linear Time Prime Factorization Using Weak Value Amplification" (Senior Thesis, 2020).
Paul W. Bailey, "Universal Quantum Circuitry: Deutsch Gate Construction Using GaAs/InAs Quantum Dots" (Senior Thesis, 2020). Full Text PDF
Richard Barney, "Quantum Erasure and Coherence Recovery through the Stern-Gerlach Effect" (Senior Thesis, 2018). Full Text PDF
AJ Rasmusson, "Error-Disturbance Uncertainty Relations Simulated on a Quantum Computer" (Senior Thesis, 2018). Full Text PDF
Rachel Kimberlyn Gardner, "Modeling Quantum Energy Teleportation" (Senior Thesis, 2017).
Christina Horne, "Analyzing the Dynamics of Coupled Quantum Harmonic Oscillators" (Senior Thesis, 2017). Full Text PDF
Jacob Collings, "Quantifying the Uncertainty of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Relation: Preparation vs. Measurement Uncertainty" (Senior Thesis, 2015). Full Text PDF
John Gardiner, "Explorations in Quantum Channels" (Senior Thesis, 2015). Full Text PDF
Joshua Matern, "Simultaneous Determination of Three Different Spin Projections Using Entanglement and Weak Measurement" (Senior Thesis, 2014). Full Text PDF
Ryan Thomas Sayer, "Quantum Dynamics Using Lie Algebras, with Explorations in the Chaotic Behavior of Oscillators" (Masters Thesis, 2012). Full Text PDF
Nathan John Steiger, "Quantum Uncertainty and Conservation Law Restrictions on Gate Fidelity" (Honors Thesis, 2011). Full Text PDF
Nathan Steiger, "Quantumn Uncertainty and Conservation Law Restrictions on Gate Fidelity" (Honors Thesis, 2010). Full Text PDF
Bailey Hsu, "Inhomogeneity-Induced Spin Current in Atomic and Condensed Matter Systems" (PhD Dissertation, 2010). Full Text PDF
Adam Hall, "Describing Two Charged Particles In A Magnetic Field Using Trajectories And Wave Equations Through Factorization" (Senior Thesis, 2009). Full Text PDF
Lucas Earl, "Explorations In Quantum Relativity" (Senior Thesis, 2008). Full Text PDF
Johanna Sorensen, "Reciprocal Beauty" (Capstone, 2006).
Mark Transtrum, "Quantum Mechanics In Snyder Space" (Honors Thesis, 2006). Full Text PDF
Vern Hart, "Airy Wave Packets As Quantum Solutions For Recovering Classical Trajectories" (Senior Thesis, 2006). Full Text PDF
Jared R Stenson, "Representations for Understanding the Stern-Gerlach Effect" (Masters Thesis, 2005). Full Text PDF
Daniel James, "A Semi-Classical Study Of Electron Blurring In The Longitudinal Stern-Gerlach Magnet" (Senior Thesis, 2004). Full Text PDF
Jason Lott Evans, "On the Variability of the Fine Structure Constant" (Masters Thesis, 2004). Full Text PDF
Philip Du Toit, "Spin Current: The Contribution of Spin to the Probability Current for Nonrelativistic Particles" (Honors Thesis, 2001). Full Text PDF
Jay Seokjae Kim, "A Study of Quantum Clocks" (Masters Thesis, 1999). Full Text PDF
Brent E. Kraczek, "Study of Quantum Computation Through Simulation of Shor's Algorithm on a Classical Computer" (Honors Thesis, 1999). Full Text PDF
Brent Morring, "Complimentarity Versus Uncertainty" (Senior Thesis, 1997). Full Text PDF
Zerubbabel A. Johnson, "Simulation of a Quantum Computer on a Classical Computer" (Honors Thesis, 1997). Full Text PDF
Damian P. Menscher, "Modeling the Quantum Computer on the Classical Computer" (Honors Thesis, 1997). Full Text PDF
Lee Loveridge, "Applying Supersymmetry to Quantum Mechanics with a study of Bound States in the Continuum" (Senior Thesis, 1996). Full Text PDF
Dwight Sederholm, "Strongly Coupled Positronium: Solution Methods and Potentials" (Masters Thesis, 1995). Full Text PDF
Arle S. Beckwith, "Particle Interferometry to Understand the Quantum Entity" (Senior Thesis, 1994). Full Text PDF
Steven K. Sullivan, "A Study of the Classical and Quantum Mechanical Equations of Motion for the Radiating Nonrelativistic Electron" (Masters Thesis, 1994). Full Text PDF
Eric W. Hirschmann, "The Behavior of Electromagnetic Precursors in Dielectric Media" (Honors Thesis, 1991). Full Text PDF