Our graduate students are constantly making groundbreaking discoveries and important advances in physics. From studies on the universe's largest galaxies to the smallest of subatomic particles, read more about the cutting-edge projects being conducted in our department.
PhD Dissertations
2024 Cassell, Justin PhD SAP
Dependence of Energy Transfer on Curvature Similarity in Collisions Involving Curved
Shock Fronts
Advisor: Alexander Kostinski
2024 Babu, Rishi PhD SPH
Study of Particle Accelerators in the Universe with the HAWC Observatory
Advisor: Petra Huentemeyer
2023 Kestner, Daniel PhD SPH
Applications of Independent and Identically Distributed (IID) Random Processes in
Polarimetry and Climatology
Advisor: Alex Kostinski
2023 Boora, Manpreet PhD SAP
Fabrication and Optical Properties of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Advisor: Jae Yong Suh
2023 Rosky, Elise PhD SPH
Large cloud droplets and the initiation of ice by pressure fluctuations: Molecular
simulations and airborne in-situ observations
Advisors: Will Cantrell and Raymond Shaw
2023 Mathai, Susan PhD ATM
Physical, Optical, and Chemical Properties of Light Absorbing Aerosols and Their Climatic
Impacts
Advisor: Claudio Mazzoleni
2023 Shock, Cameron PhD SPH
On Examining Solvation and Dielectric Constants of Polar and Ionic Liquids using the
Stockmayer Fluid Model
Advisor: Issei Nakamura
2023 Mukherjee, Oindabi PhD SPH
A Search for Compact Object Dark Matter in the Universe Utilizing Gravitational Millilensing
of Gamma-ray Bursts
Advisor: Robert Nemiroff
2023 Huang, Dezhi PhD SPH
Tracing the Most Powerful Galactic Cosmic-ray Accelerators with the HAWC Observatory
Advisor: Petra Huentemeyer
2023 Dash, Sushree PhD SAP
Surface Reconstruction in Iron Garnets
Advisor: Miguel Levy
2023 Pant, Dharmendra PhD EPD5
Study of Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Bilayer Graphene Nanoflakes and Bimetallic
Chalcogenides Using First-Principles Density Functional Theory and Machine Learning
Advisor: Ranjit Pati
2022 Kaushal, Neerav PhD SAP
Toward Deep Learning Emulators For Modeling The Large-scale Structure Of The Universe
Advisor: Elena Guisarma
2022 Sharma, Sambhawana PhD SPH
Boron Nitride Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in Photovoltaics
and Biomedicine
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2022 Gao, Tong PhD SAP
Machine Learning-Driven Surrogate Models for Electrolytes
Advisor: Issei Nakamura
2022 Anderson, Jesse PhD ATM
The Variability of the Saturation Ratio in Clouds
Advisor: Will Cantrell
2022 Sachdeva, Geeta PhD SAP
Theoretical Investigation on Optical Properties of 2D Materials and Mechanical Properties
of Polymer Composites at Molecular Level
Advisor: Ravindra Pandey
2022 Puyleart, Andrew PhD SAP
Searching for Anomalous Extensive Air Showers Using the Pierre Auger Observatory Fluorescence
Detector
Advisor: Brian Fick
2021 Md Shawon, Abu Sayeed PhD SAP
Activation Scavenging of Aerosol: Effect of Turbulence and Aerosol-Composition
Advisor: Will Cantrell
2021 Lata, Nurun PhD ATM
Physiochemical Properties of Atmospheric Aerosols and Their Effect on Ice Cloud Formation
Advisor: Will Cantrell
2021 Aryal, Sandip PhD SPH
A Computational Study of Properties of Core-Shell Nanowire Heterostructures Using
Density Functional Theory
Advisor: Ranjit Pati
2021 Thomas, Subin PhD ATM
Modeling and Numerical Simulations of the Michigan Tech Convection Cloud Chamber
Advisor: Raymond Shaw
2021 Guo, Qing PhD SPH
Application of Graphene-Based 2D Materials and Exploration of Lithium Polysulfides
Solid Phases β First-Principles Study Based on Density Functional Theory
Advisor: Ravindra Pandey
2021 Acharya, Amit PhD SPH
Van der Waals Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2021 Capek, Tyler PhD SPH
Understanding the Effects of Water Vapor and Temperature on Aerosol Using Novel Measurement
Methods
Advisor: Claudio Mazzoleni
2020 Hona, Binita PhD SPH
Cosmic-Ray Acceleration in the Cygnus OB2 Stellar Association
Advisor: Petra Huentemeyer
2019 Packard, Corey PhD ATM
Investigation of Light Transport and Scattering in Turbulent Clouds: Simulations and
Laboratory Measurements
Advisor: Raymond Shaw
2019 Zhang, Jinlin PhD SPH
Light-matter interactions in plasmonic arrays, two-dimensional materials and their
hybrid nanostructures
Advisors: Jae Yong Suh and Yoke Khin Yap
2019 Zhong, Qi PhD SPH
Physics and applications of exceptional points
Advisor: Ramy El-Ganainy
2019 Chandrakar, Kamal PhD ATM
Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in Turbulent Clouds: A Combined Cloud Chamber and Theoretical
Study
Advisor: Raymond Shaw
2019 Brisbois, Chad PhD SPH
Understanding the Very High Energy Ξ³-ray Emission From A Fast Spinning Neutron Star
Environment
Advisor: Petra Huentemeyer
2019 Tangmatitham, Matipon PhD SPH
Location, Orbit and Energy of a Meteoroid Impacting the Moon During the Lunar Eclipse
of January 21, 2019 and Testing the Weak Equivalence Principle with Cosmological Gamma
Ray Bursts
Advisor: Robert Nemiroff
2018 Bhandari, Janarjan PhD IAS
Morphology and Mixing State of Soot and Tar Balls: Implications for Optical Properties
and Climate
Advisor: Claudio Mazzoleni
2018 Desai, Neel Uday PhD IAS
Investigation of Microphysical Properties of Laboratory and Atmospheric Clouds Using
Digital In-Line Holography
Advisor: Raymond Shaw
2018 Karki, Dolendra PhD SPH
Magnetless and Topological Edge Mode-Based On-Chip Isolators and Spin-Orbit Coupling
in Magneto-Optic Media
Advisor: Miguel Levy
2018 Waters, Kevin PhD SPH
First-Principles Investigation of Interfacial Properties of Boron-Nitride
Advisor: Ravi Pandey
2018 Ye, Mingxiao PhD SPH
Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2018 Jaishi, Meghnath PhD SPH
Probing Quantum Transport in Three-Terminal Nanojunctions
Advisor: Ranjit Pati
2018 Muqri, Aeshah Khudaysh PhD SPH
Angle-Resolved Optical Spectroscopy of Plasmonic Resonances
Advisor: Jae Yong Suh
2018 Wilson, Teresa A. PhD SPH
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Current Atmospheric Refraction Models in Predicting
Sunrise and Sunset Times
Advisor: Robert Nemiroff and Jennifer Bartlett
2018 Bhandari, Shiva PhD SPH
Synthesis & Applications of One & Two-Dimensional Boron Nitride Based Nanomaterials
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2017 Teimourpour, Mohammad Hosain PhD SPH
Quantum Inspired Symmetries in Laser Engineering
Advisor: Ramy El-Ganainy
2017 Yang, Fan PhD IAS
Laboratory, Computational & Theoretical Investigations of Ice Nucleation & its Implications
for Mixed Phase Clouds
Advisor: Raymond Shaw
2017 Wang, Gaoxue PhD SPH
First-Principles Studies of Group IV and Group V Related Two Dimensional Materials
Advisor: Ravi Pandey
2017 Tiwari, Bishnu PhD SPE
CVD Synthesis, Processing, Quantification, and Applications of Boron Nitride Nanotubes
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2017 Solares, Hugo Alberto Ayala PhD SPH
Search for High-Energy Gamma Rays in the Northern Fermi Bubble Region with the HAWC
Observatory
Advisor: Petra Huentemeyer
2016 Li, Jie PhD SPE
Investigation of the Resistance to Demagnetization in Bulk Rare-Earth Magnets Comprised
of Crystallographically-Aligned, Single Domain Crystallites with Modified Intergranular
Phase
Advisor: Peter D. Moran
2016 Niehaus, Joseph Daniel PhD IAS
Laboratory Measurements of Contact Nucleation by Mineral Dust, Bacteria, and Soluble
Salts
Advisor: Will Cantrell II
2015 Zhou, Hao PhD SPH
Search for TeV Gamma-Ray Sources in the Galactic Plane with the HAWC Observatory
Advisor: Petra Huentemeyer
2015 Abdalmoneam, Marwa Hefny PhD SPH
Relativistic Configuration Interaction Calculations of the Atomistic Properties of
Selected Transition Metal Positive Ions: Ni II, V II and W II
Advisor: Donald R. Beck
2015 Sharma, Noopur PhD ATM
Laboratory and Field Investigation of Mixing, Morphology and Optical Properties of
Soot and Secondary Organic Aerosols
Advisor: Claudio Mazzoleni
2015 Hao, Boyi PhD SPE
Functionalized Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Electronic Applications
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2015 Chakravarty, Ashim PhD SPH
Geometry Induced Magneto-Optic Effects in LPE Grown Magnetic Garnet Films
Advisor: Miguel Levy
2015 Yapici, Tolga PhD SPH
A Method for Determining the Mass Composition of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic-Rays by
Predicting the Depth of First Interaction of Individual Extensive Air Showers
Advisor: Brian Fick
2015 Banyai, Douglas R. PhD SPH
Multiscale Examination and Modeling of Electron Transport in Nanoscale Materials and
Devices
Advisor: John Jaszczak
2015 Dhital, Niraj PhD SPH
Search for Long-Lived Weakly Interacting Particles Using the Pierre Auger Observatory
Advisor: Brian Fick
2015 Dhungana, Kamal B. PhD SPH
Understanding Electronic Structure and Transport Properties in Nanoscale Junctions
Advisor: Ranjit Pati
2014 Gurganus, Colin PhD ATM
Investigating the Role of the Contact Line in Heterogeneous Nucleation with High Speed
Imaging
Advisor: Raymond Shaw
2014 China, Swarup PhD ATM
Morphology and Mixing State of Atmospheric Particles: Links to Optical Properties
and Ice Nucleation
Advisor: Claudio Mazzoleni
2014 Sua, Yong Meng PhD SPH
Quantum Correlations of Lights in Macroscopic Environments
Advisors: Kim Fook Lee and Jacek Borysow
2014 Liu, Chunhui PhD SPH
Interaction of Nanomaterials With Biomolecules and Lipid Membranes
Advisors: Ravi Pandey
2013 Savaikar, Madhusudan PhD SPE
Stochastic Charge Transport in Multi-island Single-electron Tunneling Devices
Advisors: John Jaszczak and Paul Bergstrom
2013 Beals, Matthew PhD ATM
Investigations of Cloud Microphysical Response to Mixing Using Digital Holography
Advisor: Raymond Shaw
2013 Dissanayake, Neluka PhD SPE
Magneto-Photonic Crystals for Optical Sensing Applications
Advisor: Miguel Levy
2013 Zhong, Xiaoliang PhD SPH
Electronic Transport in Low-Dimensional Nanostructures - Theoretical Study With Application
Advisor: Ravindra Pandey
2013 Kumar, Pradeep PhD SPE
Nonlinear Effects in Magnetic Garnet Films and Nonreciprocal Optical Bloch Oscillations
in Waveguide Arrays
Advisor: Miguel Levy
2012 Mukhopadhyay, Saikat PhD SPH
Quantum Modeling of Bioconjugated Nanomaterials
Advisor: Ravindra Pandey
2012 Mandal, Subhasish PhD SPE
Charge and Spin Transport in Nanoscale Junction from First Principles.
Advisor: Ranjit Pati
2011 Prasad, Abhishek PhD SPE
Functional ZnO Nanostructures for Electronic and Energy Application.
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2011 Anderson, Amalia PhD SPH
Development of Record-Breaking Statistics for Climatological Time-Series Analysis.
Advisor: Alex Kostinski
2011 Pal, Partha PhD SPH
Quantum Transport in a Single Molecular Junction.
Advisor: Ranjit Pati
2010 Lee, Chee Hui PhD SPH
Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Synthesis, Functionalization and Potential Applications.
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2010 Pandey, Archana PhD SPE
PMMA-CNT Matrix for Vacuum Electronics, Biosensing and Energy Applications.
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2010 Lu, Jiang PhD SPH
Dynamics of Settling Charged Particles in Turbulence: Theory and Experiments.
Advisor: Raymond Shaw
2010 Wu, Zhuoyuan PhD SPE
Planar Magneto Photonic and Gradient Photonic Structures: Crystals and Metamaterials.
Advisor: Miguel Levy
2010 Moscatello, Jason P. PhD SPE
Growth, Modification and Integration of Carbon Nanotubes into Molecular Electronics.
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2010 Xie, Ming PhD SPE
Synthesis and Characterization of Advanced Nanomaterials for Energy Applications.
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2009 Kar, Parimal PhD SPH
Proteins in Silico-Modeling and Sampling.
Advisor: Ulrich Hansmann
2009 Panigrahi, Puspamitra PhD SPH
Controlling Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Ultra Narrow Multilayered Nanowires.
Advisor: Ranjit Pati
2009 Zhou, Ziyou PhD SPE
Metal-Oxide Film and Photonic Structures for Integrated Device Applications.
Advisor: Miguel Levy
2009 He, Haiying PhD SPH
Electron Transport in Molecular Systems.
Advisor: Ravindra Pandey
2008 Saw, Ewe Wei PhD SPH
Studies of Spatial Clustering of Inertial Particles in Turbulence.
Advisor: Raymond Shaw
2008 Pan, Lin PhD SPH
Ab Initio RCI Calculations of Atomic Properties of Selected Transition Metal Ions.
Advisor: Donald Beck
2008 Patla, Bijunath PhD SPH
Mapping the Sun as a Transparent Gravitational Lens.
Advisor: Robert Nemiroff
2008 Ochshorn, Eli PhD SPH
Studies of Thin Water Films and Relevances to the Heterogeneous Nucleation of Ice.
Advisor: Will Cantrell
2008 Vanga, Raghav PhD SPH
Relaxor Piezoelectric Film Actuators, Waveguides, and Photonic Crystals: Fabrication
and Characterization.
Advisor: Miguel Levy
2007 Gowtham, S. PhD SPE
Development of A High Performance Parallel Computing Platform and Its Use in the Study
of Nanostructures: Clusters, Sheets and Tubes.
Advisor: R. Pandey
2007 Wei, Yanjie PhD SPH
On Side-Chain and Backbone Ordering in Polypeptides.
Advisor: Ulrich Hansmann
2007 Huang, Xiaoyue PhD SPE
Dimensional Effects on the Magnetic Domains in Planar Magneto Photonic Magnetophotonic
Crystal Waveguides.
Advisor: Miguel Levy
2007 Younk, Patrick PhD SPH
Cosmic Rays at the Ankle, a study using the Pierre Auger Observatory.
Advisor: Brian Fick
2007 Chye, James PhD SPH
Determining Primaries in the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays Utilizing Surface Detector
Signal Trace Analysis.
Advisor: David Nitz
2007 Fugal, Jacob PhD SPE
In-situ Measurement and Characterization of Cloud Particles with Digital In-line Holography.
Advisor: Raymond Shaw
2007 Wang, Jiesheng PhD SPH
Phase Control of Boron Nitride Thin Films and Nanostructures.
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2007 Lau, Kah Chun PhD SPH
First-Principles Studies of Boron Nanostructures : Clusters, Sheets and Nanotubes.
Advisor: R. Pandey
2007 Kayastha, Vijaya Kumar PhD SPE
Catalytic Growth of Single-, Double-, and Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes and Studies
of their Potential Applications.
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2006 Zhou, Changgong PhD SAP
Aperture Assisted Laser Direct Write.
Advisor: Edward Nadgorny
2006 Larsen, Michael PhD SPH
Studies of Discrete Fluctuations in Atmospheric Phenomena.
Advisor: Alex Kostinski
2005 Dorofeev, Alexei PhD SPH
Simulation of Inclined Air Showers.
Advisor: David F. Nitz
2004 Gao, Da PhD SPH
Monte Carlo Simulations of Surface Phase Transitions and Morphology Dynamics.
Advisor: John A. Jaszczak
2004 Yang, Weidong PhD SPH
Pupil Phase Apodization for Achromatic Imaging of Extra-solar Planets.
Advisors: Alexander B. Kostinski and Christ Ftaclas
2004 Yang, Qiang PhD SPH
The Curvature Adaptive Optics System Modeling.
Advisors: Christ Ftaclas and R. J. Nemiroff
2003 Peng, Yong PhD SPH
Helix Formation and Folding in Biological Macromolecules.
Advisor: Ulrich Hansmann
2003 Jiang, Hutian PhD SPH
Theoretical Study of Scintillating Fluoride Crystals - Methodology and Application.
Advisor: R. Pandey
2003 Pereira, Wellesley PhD SPH
The CONCAM Global Sky Monitoring Network. Its Evolution and the Creation of a Performance
Model.
Advisor: R. J. Nemiroff
2002 Kandalam, Anil PhD SPH
Electronic Structure Calculations of Group III Nitride Clusters.
Advisor: R. Pandey
2001 Norquist, Peggy PhD SPH
Relativistic Configuration Interaction Calculations for Au LXVII, Br XXIII, Ta II,
and the negative ions of Ru, Os, and Ba.
Advisor: D. R. Beck
2001 Prasad, Raghava PhD SPH
The Effects of Motion on Magnetic Resonance for Quadrupolar Nuclei in Solids.
Advisor: B. H. Suits
2000 Leckenby, Henry (Harry) J. PhD SPH
Full Wilson-Devinney Analysis of Cataclysmic Variables Through the Computer Modeling
of the Accretion Disks.
Advisor: J. B. Rafert
2000 Hiratani, Masato PhD SPH
Theoretical Study of Dislocation Motion in Metals.
Advisor: E. M. Nadgorny
1999 Xiang, Kai-hua PhD SPH
A Theoretical Study of Structural and Electronic Properties of H-silsesquioxanes.
Advisor: R. Pandey
1999 Underdown, Frank PhD SPH
Laser Guidance of Mesoscopic Particles
Advisor: M. Renn
1999 Koivunen, Alan PhD SPH
The Feasibility of Data Decorrelation to Improve the Performance of Doppler Weather
Radar: Computational Studies.
Advisor: A. B. Kostinski
1999 O'Malley, Steven PhD SPH
Relativistic Configuration Interaction Calculations of Atomic Properties of Cs II,
Sn- and La-.
Advisor: D. R. Beck
1998 Sampath, Suresh PhD SPH
Synthesis and Study of Oxide Spinels.
Advisor: R. Pandey/J. C. Cordaro
1998 Fu, Yi PhD SAP
Collision Induced spectra in Gases.
Advisor: A. Borysow/J. B. Rafert
1998 Seng, William F. PhD SPH
Scattering and Absorption in Complex Systems: The Electro-Optics of Zn-Doped Magnesium
Orthosilicates, Aircraft Coatings, and Satellite Standards.
Advisor: J. Cordaro/J. B. Rafert
1998 Pati, Bhabana PhD SPH
Single-Mode Tunable Ti:Sapphire Laser and Its Application to Generate Coherent UV
Radiation.
Advisor: J. Borysow
1998 Swaminathan, Srirama V PhD SPH
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Materials with Large Quadrupolar Interaction.
Advisor: B. H. Suits
1998 Zapol, Peter PhD SPH
Calculations of Bulk and Defect Properties in Binary and Ternary Semiconductors.
Advisor: R. Pandey
1997 Woodraska, Donald L. PhD SPH
Monte Carlo Simulation of Diamond-Cubic {111} Surfaces.
Advisor: J. Jaszczak
1997 Pawse, Archana PhD SAP
Use of Hysteresis Parameters and Electron Spin Resonance spectroscopy for Identifying
Volcanic Ash.
Advisor: S. Beske-Diehl (Geology)
1997 Zheng, Chunguang PhD SAP
Computational Study of Collision-Induced Dipole Moments and Absorption spectra of
H2-H2.
Advisor: A. Borysow
1997 Apte, Palash PhD SPH
NMR Study and Hardness Behavior of Nanophase Al/Al-Oxide Consolidated Composite.
Advisor: B. H. Suits
1997 Gruszka, Marcin P. PhD SAP
Computational Study of Rotational-Translational Collision-Induced Absorption spectroscopy
of Gaseous CO2.
Advisor: A. Borysow/J. B. Rafert
1996 Krishnan, Ajit PhD SPH
Positron Annihilation Studies of Ferroelectrics and Related Perovskite Oxides.
Advisor: D. J. Keeble/J. B. Rafert
1996 Pakhomov, Andrew V PhD SPH
Time Resolved Laser spectroscopy for Detection of Environmentally Hazardous Metals:
Kinetic Approach.
Advisor: J. Borysow
1996 Bashyam, Ramakrishnan PhD SAP
Growth and Characterization of Diamond Films Fabricated Using Hot Filament Chemical
Vapor Deposition.
Advisor: D. J. Keeble
1996 Umlor, Michael T PhD SAP
A Positron Annihilation Investigation of Open Volume Defects in GaAs Grown by Molecular
Beam Epitaxy.
Advisor: D. J. Keeble/R. Pandey
1996 Veliah, Sundar PhD SAP
Density Functional Theory Calculations of Metal Oxide Clusters.
Advisor: R. Pandey
1995 Sutjianto, Amin PhD SPH
Study of Dissociative Hydrogen Adsorption on Lithium Oxide Terraces and Steps.
Advisor: R. Pandey/S.-W. Tam
1995 Kwiatkowski, John PhD SAP
Applications of Polarized Waves in Radar Sensing of Precipitation: Computational Studies.
Advisor: A. B. Kostinski
1995 Dinov, Konstantin PhD SAP
Rare Earth Relativistic Configuration Interaction Calculations.
Advisor: D. R. Beck
1994 Filimonov, Serguei PhD SPH
Laser Diagnostics for Plasma Processes.
Advisor: J. Borysow/E. Nadgorny
1994 Datta, Debasis PhD SPH
Ab Initio MR-RCI Calculations of [(n - 1)d + ns]N Atomic Bound States: Application
to Hyperfine Structure and Electron Affinity Studies.
Advisor: D. R. Beck
1994 Coke, Larry PhD SAP
A Computational Study of Time-Dependent Driven Cavity Flow.
Advisor: A. B. Kostinski
1994 Augustyniak, Edward PhD SPH
Kinetics of A, B, and C Triplet States of Molecular Nitrogen in the Pulsed Discharge
and Afterglow.
Advisor: J. Borysow
1993 Yang, Xiaoyang PhD SAP
Structures and Stability of Alkali Fluoride Micro-Clusters.
Advisor: R. Pandey
1993 Wilken, Douglas Edward PhD SAP
A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of the Surface Oxides on Aluminum Metal Particles.
Advisor: B. H. Suits
1991 Zuo, Jun PhD SAP
An ICECAP Study of the Lithium Trapped-Hole Center in Magnesium Oxide.
Advisor: A. B. Kunz
1991 Zhang, Yuenian PhD SAP
An EPR and ENDOR Investigation of the Vk-Centers in Single Crystal Potassium Chloride.
Advisor: S. A. Marshall
1991 Yu, Cheng PhD SAP
An EPR Investigation of Ag0 and Ag2+ in Irradiated Single Crystal of Potassium Fluoride
Doped with Silver Fluoride.
Advisor: S. A. Marshall
1991 Gay, David Howard PhD SAP
Ab Initio Intermolecular Potentials for CH4 and H2O Including Fourth Order Many-Body
Effects with Monte-Carlo Simulations.
Advisor: D. R. Beck
1990 Hill, Susan Ellen PhD SAP
An Ab Initio Investigation of Poly(ethylene oxide) and its Interactions with Poly(ethylene
oxide) and the alpha-Alumina (0001) Surface.
Advisor: M. J. Seel
1990 Cai, Ziyong PhD SAP
An Ab Initio Relativistic Many-Body Calculation of Hg 6p2 Resonance States, Including
Continuum Effects.
Advisor: D. R. Beck
1989 Woon, David Evan PhD EMY
Ab Initio Intermolecular Potential Energy Surfaces for the Hydrogen Sulfide Dimer,
Including Studies of the Third-Order Many-Body Perturbation Theory Correction and
Nonadditive Effects.
Advisor: D. R. Beck
1989 Kaldon, Philip Edward PhD SAP
Ab Initio Studies of the Dissociation of an Energetic Solid (Nitromethane) in the
Presence of Neighboring Charge Defects.
Advisor: A. B. Kunz
1989 Gao, Guang PhD EMY
Implementation of the KKLP Procedure to the Study of Electronic Structure of Molecular
Crystals and Its Application to RDX.
Advisor: A. B. Kunz
1987 Meng, Jie PhD EMY
The optical transition of the impurity copper ion in alkali halides.
Advisor: A. B. Kunz
1986 Lucas, David PhD EMY
The Electronic Structure of Nitromethane (CH3NO2).
Advisor: D. R. Beck
MS Theses and Reports
2024 Yeager, Dan MS SPH
Coursework masters
Advisor: Raymond Shaw
2024 Kerr, Aleister MS SAP
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2024 Balasubramaniam, Vinaayak Sivam MS SPH
Halide-Assisted Growth of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
2023 Kuntzleman, Jacob MS SPH
An exploration of cloud droplet growth by condensation and collision-coalescence in
a convection-cloud chamber
Advisor: Raymond Shaw
2021 Morgenstern, Megan MS SAP
Optical and Single Particle Properties of North Atlantic Free Tropospheric Aerosols
and Implications for Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing
Advisor: Claudio Mazzoleni
2021 Mohan, Sonali MS SPH
Preliminary Studies of Background Rejection Capabilities for the Southern Wide-field
Gamma-ray Observatory
Advisor: Petra Huentemeyer
2021 Hjorth, Zackerie MS SPH
A Surrogate Model of Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Polar Fluids: Supervised Learning
Methods for Molecular Polarization and Unsupervised Methods for Phase Classification
Advisor: Issei Nakamura
2021 Herzog, Ian MS SPH
A Combined Spectral and Energy Morphology Analysis of Gamma Ray Source HAWC J2031+415
in the Cygnus Constellation
Advisor: Petra Huentemeyer
2021 Groetsch, Samuel MS SPH
Application of Argon Pressure Broadened Rubidium Vapor Cells as Ultra-Narrow Notch
Filters
Advisor: Jacek Borysow
2021 Buiciuc, Alex MS SPH
Coursework Masters
Advisor: Ranjit Pati
2021 Rosky, Elise MS SPH
Investigating Ice Nucleation at Negative Pressures Using Molecular Dynamics: A First
Order Approximation of the Dependence of Ice Nucleation Rate on Pressure
Advisors: Raymond Shaw and Will Cantrell
2021 Rezaei, Mostafa MS SAP
Radial Basis Function Method for Computational Photonics
Advisor: Ramy El-Ganainy
2021 Hashemi, Amin MS SAP
Control of Spontaneous Emission Dynamics in Microcavities with Chiral Exceptional
Surfaces
Advisor: Ramy El-Ganainy
2021 Babu, Rishi MS SPH
Coursework Masters
Advisor: Robert Nemiroff
2021 Simonson, Lucas MS SAP
Coursework Masters
Advisor: Ramy El-Ganainy