Recent Graduate Dissertations & Theses
2010-2019
Student | Degree | Adviser (Discipline) | Thesis Title |
Deyan Mihaylov (2019) | Ph.D. | Andrei Kryjevski | Aspects of Photoexcited Dynamics in Semiconductor Nanostructures from Many-Body Perturbation Theory Utilizing Density Functional Theory Simulation Results |
Cody Gette (2019) | Ph.D. | Mila Kryjevskaia | Exploring the Complex Relationships among Reasoning, Content Understanding, and Intuition in Physics |
Rachel Downing (2019) | M.S. | Sylvio May | From ionic liquids to lipid bilayers: Applying lattice models to 2 and 3 dimensional composite liquids |
Amal Altayyar (2019) | M.S. | Erik Hobbie (MNT) | Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Films Dip-Coating by Colloidal Nanocrystals Bilayer Films |
Meshal Alzaid (2019) | Ph.D. | Erik Hobbie (MNT) | Flexible Nanocomposite Thin Films for Electronic Devices |
Brian Farlow (2019) | Ph.D. | Warren Christensen | Square Peg Thinking, Round Hole Problems: An Investigation of Student Thinking about and Mathematical Preparation for Vector Concepts in Cartesian and Non-Cartesian Coordinates Used in Upper-Division Physics |
Kent Ridl (2018) | M.S. | Alexander Wagner | Free Energy Minimization and Multicomponent, Multi-Phase Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of van der Waals Fluid Mixtures |
Vijay Shah (2018) | M.S. | Alan Denton | Guiding Self-Assembly of Functionalized Nanoparticles by Computational Modeling of Effective Interactions |
Wyatt Davis (2018) | M.S. | Alan Denton | Computational Modeling of Polymer Crowding: Influence of Solvent Quality and Dimensionality on Conformations |
Samuel Brown (2018) | M.S. | Erik Hobbie (MNT) | Silicon Nanocrystals: Optical Properties and Self-assembly |
Aaron Feickert (2018) | Ph.D. | Daniel Kroll/Stuart Croll | Multi-Scale Simulation Methods of Crosslinked Polymer Networks and Degradation |
Mohammad Parsa (2018) | Ph.D. | Alexander Wagner (MNT) | Lattice Gases with Molecular Dynamics Collision Operator |
Theresa Elder (2017) | M.S. | Andrew Croll (MNT) | Bending and Force Recovery in Polymer Films and Microgel Formation |
Abu Taufique (2017) | M.S. | Erik Hobbie | A Novel Macroscopic Technique to Measure the Nanomechanics of Durable Multifunctional Nanosheets |
Eid Almutairi (2017) | M.S. | Erik Hobbie (MNT) | Mechanical Properties of Multilayers of Carbon Nanotube Polystyrene Nanocomposites |
Guilherme Bossa (2017) | Ph.D. | Sylvio May | Electrostatic Interactions at Dielectric Interfaces: From Membranes to Colloids |
Matthew Semler (2016) | Ph.D. | Erik Hobbie | Properties of reinforced carbon nanotube and laser-crystallized silicon films |
Ahmed Elbaradei (2016) | M.S. | Erik Hobbie (MNT) | The free and restricted diffusion of silicon nanocrystal clusters |
Alex Waters (2016) | M.S. | Erik Hobbie | Single-wall carbon nanotube thin films: Processing measurement and methodology |
Damith Rozairo (2016) | Ph.D. | Andrew Croll (MNT) | Properties of block copolymer interfaces |
John Harris (2015) | Ph.D. | Erik Hobbie | The nature of single-wall carbon nanotube-silicon heterojunction solar cells |
Bekele Gurmessa (2015) | Ph.D. | Andrew Croll | Buckling instabilities of nanoscale polymer films and colloidal particle layers |
Joseph Miller (2014) | Ph.D. | Erik Hobbie (MNT) | Optical properties and ensemble characteristics of size purified silicon nanocrystals (pdf) |
Jared Risan (2013) | M.S. | Andrew B. Croll and Fardad Azarmi (M.Eng.) | Method for compliance controlled adhesive switching and magnetically controlled switchable adhesives (pdf) |
Stephan Loew (2013) | Ph.D. | Sylvio May | Thermodynamic and kinetic modeling of mixed lipid membranes and their interaction with macromolecules (pdf) |
Austin Van Sickle (2012) | M.S. | Erik Hobbie (MNT) | Temperature dependent optical properties of silicon quantum dot/polymer nanocomposites (pdf) |
Goetz Kaehler (2012) | Ph.D. | Alexander Wagner | Fluctuations in the lattice Boltzmann method ( pdf) |
Deyan Mihaylov (2012) | M.S. | Val Marinov | Hot electron effect in ultrathin photovoltaic devices ( pdf) |
Eric Foard (2012) | Ph.D. | Alexander Wagner | A numerical and analytical analysis of the physics of phase-separation fronts ( pdf) |
2000-2009
Student | Degree | Adviser | Thesis Title |
Marissa Detschel (2009) | M.S. | Ken Lepper | -- |
Qun Li (2006) | M.S. | Alexander Wagner |
Theory of the Lattice Boltzmann Method for Multi-Phase and Multicomponent Fluids (pdf) |
Feng Hong (2004) | Ph.D. | Orven Swenson | Photoemission Applied to Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Detection of Explosives at Ambient Pressure ( pdf) |
Bin Lu (2002) | M.S. | Tree-Level Scattering of Massive Fermions by a Massless Antisymmetric Tensor Field (pdf) | |
Terry Glenn Pilling (2002) | Ph.D. | Patrick F. Kelly | Gauge Gravity, Strings, and Antisymmetric Tensors ( pdf) |
Benjamin Alan Meier (2000) | M.S. | Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometry |
1990-1999
Student | Degree | Thesis Title |
Feng Hong (1999) | M.S. | Modeling of Ion Drift in an Applied Electric Field in Ambient Pressure Air for Laser Ionization Detection Applications |
Alfred Meidinger (1999) | Ph.D. | Magnetometry Based on EIT |
Charro Lee Gruver (1998) | M.S. | Gravitation with Torsion Including a Scalar Field |
Paul Alan Seifert (1998) | M.S. | Bounds on the Mass of the Kuiper Belt |
Huaan Zhang (1996) | M.S. | Dipole-Dipole Interaction in Refractive Index Enhancement Without Absorption |
Jinsong Lin (1996) | M.S. | Electro-Optic Beam Steering |
Russell LeRoy Meyer (1995) | M.S. | Stimulated Raman Scattering in Hydrogen for 532 nm Radiation |
Xinghai Jiang (1995) | Ph.D. | The Charge-Density Wave in Chromium Alloys |
Dan Chen (1994) | M.S. | Computer Simulations of Heterophase Interfaces |
Fen Chen (1994) | M.S. | Substrate Vibrational Signals Produced by the Gray Sunflower Seed Weevil |
Jing Sun (1993) | M.S. | Multibody Interactions in the Embedded Atom Method: Applications to Surface Reconstruction |
Kevin Grant Moter (1992) | M.S. | Correlation of Fluctuations in the Blume-Capel Model |
Abdalla Hasan Hazaimeh (1992) | Ph.D. | Bardeen-Cooper-Schreiffer Universal Constants Generalized |
Qinghui Wang (1992) | M.S. | Radiation |
Kenneth L. Murphy (1992) | Ph.D. | Relaxed Structures of Small-Angle Grain Boundaries |
Md. Shah Alam (1992) | Ph.D. | Capacitance-Voltage Characteristics of Organic Insulating Filnms on Semiconductors |
Xinghai Jiang (1991) | M.S.. | Bioacoustics of Sunflower Seed Weevils |
Zhizhong Hu (1990) | M.S. | Ground-State Energy of Liquid Helium-Three in Quantum Thermodynamic Perturbation Theory |
Kenneth L. Murphy (1990) | M.S. | Phase Transitions at Ising-Model Interfaces |
Joonbum Park (1990) | M.S. | Spherical Volume of Uniform Concentration into an Infinite Medium |
1980-1989
Student | Degree | Thesis Title |
Gong Liu (1989) | M.S. | The Dilaton Mechanism in the Kinetic Theory of Polymer Fracture |
Husain Hassan Mosawi (1989) | M.S. | Ray Tracing Analysis of Nonimaging Concentrator Performance |
Jia-Ruey Duann (1989) | Ph.D. | Effect of Thin Si Films on Field Emission from Mo and Ta Cathodes |
Christina M. Keller (1988) | Ph.D. | Ground State Energy of Boson Matter: A New Microscopic Approach |
Ikbal A. Zahroon (1988) | Ph.D. | Conversion of Hb(CO)1 to a Quickly Reacting, Low Quantum Efficiency Form: Implications for Models Describing Ligand-Linked Conformational Change in Hemoglobin |
Chwen-Shell Ho (1988) | Ph.D. | Microscopic Theory of Electron-Spin-Polarized Quantum Substances |
Shangzhi Ren (1988) | M.S. | Ground State Energy of Nuclear Matter in Quantum Thermodynamic Perturbation Theory |
Ping He (1988) | M.S. | Prebreakdown Characteristics of Thin Film Coated Molybdenum Electrodes |
Mohamed Al-Naghy (1987) | M.S. | Critical Exponent for Glassy Packing of Rigid Disks |
Chwen-Shell Ho (1986) | M.S. | An Application of Density Functional Theory to the Crystal Field Approximation for Substitutional Defects in Ionic Crystals |
Charles Edward Ramsett (1986) | M.S. | The Self-Interaction-Correction Local-Spin-Density Method with A Central-Field Correction |
Ikbal A. Zahroon (1986) | M.S. | Stopped-Flow/Laser Photolysis Study of Singly Liganded Carboxyhemoglobin |
Jia-Ruey Duann (1986) | M.S. | Effect of Electrode Surface Finish on High Voltage Breakdown in Vacuum |
Christina M. Keller (1986) | M.S. | Ground State Energy for Liquid 4He Using a Simple Model for the Inter-Particle Potential |
Mohammad Abdul Khaleque (1985) | Ph.D. | Study of Deoxyhemoglobin by Laser Photolysis |
Salah Sedky Sedarous (1985) | Ph.D. | Electronic Structures of Chloroplast |
Tung-Yen Lin (1984) | M.S. | Prebreakdown and Breakdown Phenomena Between Molybdenum Electrodes in the Presence of Thermionic Cathodes |
Ramesh Chandra Lohia (1982) | M.S. | Superconductivity and Structural Studies of Chevrel Phase ErFexMo6Se8 |
Hernán Roberto Costabal (1981) | M.S. | PDC and PAL Studies of Anesthetics in Model Membranes |
Randall Philip Johnson (1980) | M.S. | A Study of Electrical Breakdown Between Plane-Parallel Molybdenum Electrodes in High Vacuum |
Michael Ray Swann (1980) | M.S. | Aircraft Lightning Strikes; A Case Study |
Gary Dean Withnell (1980) | Ph.D. | Gamma-Gamma Directional Correlation Study of Model Membranes |
John Gregory Daly (1980) | Ph.D. | Laser Spectroscopy: Rare Earth Crystals and Crystals in Solution |
1970-1979
Student | Degree | Thesis Title |
Yee-Gee Ku (1978) | M.S. | Electrical Conduction and Breakdown in Ultrahigh Vacuum |
Keith Paul Barnes (1978) | M.S. | Ultraviolet Surface Reflection Coefficient of Titanium Dioxide Pigmented Paint Coatings |
Edward Duane Larson (1977) | M.S. | Proposed Experimental Determination of Two Photon Absorption Probabilities in Rare Earth Ion Systems |
John Gregory Daly (1977) | M.S. | Radiation Blistering of He+ Implanted TZM |
Yen Hsu (1977) | M.S. | Positron Lifetimes Study in Ribonuclease |
Craig Randall Fahlstrom (1977) | M.S. | Surface Deformation of Molybdenum Due to Helium Ion Irradiation |
Gary Dean Withnell (1976) | M.S. | Gamma-Gamma Directional Correlation Study of Rutile (TiO2) |
Matthew Anthony Klee (1974) | M.S. | A Correlation Study of Molecular Fields in Glycerol |
Wei-Kom Chu (1973) | M.S. | g-Factor of the 1.095 meV Level of 168Er |
LeRoy Leonard Richer (1973) | Ph.D. | Gamma-Ray Directional Correlation Study of Bovine Carbonic Anydrase |
Byung-taik Kim (1973) | M.S. | Gamma-Gamma Correlation Study of 168Er |
William Paull O'Connor (1973) | M.S. | Harmonic Analysis of the Atmospheric Electric Potential Gradient at Fargo, August 1972-March 1973 |
George Chao Chi Hsu (1973) | M.S. | Quantum Theory of Adhesion of Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules |
Chandra Prakash Sharma (1972) | M.S. | Sorption Studies on Poly-L-Glutamic Acid in Solid State |
Prafullchandra Doshi (1972) | M.S. | Low Temperature Structure of Lead Titanate |
Orven Frederick Swenson (1971) | M.S. | A Field Emission Study of Silicon on Tungsten |
Jagdish Chandra Gupta (1971) | M.S. | Directional Correlation STudies of Anomalous Water |
1960-1969
Students | Degree | Thesis Title |
Yeu Tsang Nee (1969) | Ph.D. | The Intermolecular Potential and Thermal Elastic Scattering |
Dale Francis Anders (1968) | M.S. | Cyclic Phenol-Formaldehyde Condensates |