2019
Timothy Sullivan
"The Dynamical State of a Young Stellar Cluster"
Advisor: Bruce Wilking
Nathan Roth
"Decoding the History of the Early Solar System Using Comet Volatile Compositions"
Advisor: Erika Gibb
Tera Glaze
"A Computational Study of Sleep and the Hemisphere of the Brain"
Advisor: Sonya Bahar
2018
Waruni Jayawardana
"Nanoporous Carbon Scaffolds for Energy Storage Applications"
Advisor: Eric Majzoub
Christopher L. Carr
"Functionalized Nanoporous Carbons for Hydrogen Storage Applications"
Advisor: Eric Majzoub
2016
Gang Wang
"Density Functional Theory Investigations of Hydrogen Storage Materials"
Advisor: Eric Majzoub
2015
Dongxue Zhao
"Nano-structured Materials for Energy Storage Applications"
Advisor: Eric Majzoub
2014
Adam D. Scott
"Speciation Dynamics of an Agent-Based Evolution Model in Phenotype Space" Advisor: Sonya Bahar
2013
David Peaslee
"Characterization of Nano-Scaled Metal-Hydrides Confined in Nano-Porous Carbon Frameworks" Advisor: Eric Majzoub
Kristen Erickson
"Optical Spectroscopic Surveys of Two Star-Forming Regions"Advisor: Bruce Wilking
2012
Glenn Carlson
"Handel's Maser-Soliton Theory of Ball Lightning"
Advisor: Peter Handel
Kari Anne Wojtkowski
"Characterization of Volatiles Associated With Young Stellar Objects"
Advisor: Erika Gibb
Kaushalya Premachandra
"Complex Scaling Behavior in Animal Foraging Patterns"
Advisor: Sonya Bahar
2011
Timothy Hudson Mason
"First-Principles Studies of Complex Hydrides for Li-Ion Battery and Hydrogen Storage Applications"
Advisor: Eric Majzoub
2010
Amanda Marie Truong
"Quantum 1/f Noise in Infrared Detectors and Scanning Tunneling Microscopes"
Advisor: Dr. Peter Handel
David Coss
"Weak Shear Study of Galaxy Clusters by Simulated Gravitational Lensing"
Advisor: Dr. Ricardo Flores
Daisuke Takeshita
"A Study of Synchronization of Nonlinear Oscillators: Application to Epileptic Seizures"
Advisor: Dr. Sonya Bahar
2009
Nathan Daniel Dees
"The Role of Stochastic Resonance and Physical Constrains in the Evolution of Foraging Strategy"
Advisor: Dr. Sonya Bahar
Roxana Contreras
"Cognitive and Cellular Levels of Synchronization in the Central Nervous System"
Advisor: Dr. Sonya Bahar
2008
Jinfeng Wang
"Characterization and Synthesis of Nanoscale Materials"
Advisor: Dr. Phil Fraundorf
2007
Eric Mandell
"Characterization of Carbon Nanostructures in Electron Microscopy"
Advisor: Phil Fraundorf
2006
Jorge Brea
"Analysis and Modeling of Stochastic Oscillations with Applications to Biology"
Advisor: Frank Moss
Minh Truong
"Superfield Calculation of Loop Contribution in Extra Dimensional Theories"
Advisor: Ta-Pei Cheng
2005
Shaine Joseph
“Lens Design and Optimization Using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms”
Advisor: Vengu Lakshminarayanan
Adam Tournier
“Quantum 1/f Noise and the Resulting Phase Noise in High-Stability Resonant Sensors”
Advisor: Peter Handel
Joseph Baugh
"Probing the Classical/Quantal Boundary Using the Stark Effect"
Advisor: Jacob Leventhal
Zhongyu Zhang
"Search for Post-Starburst(E+A) Galaxies in the Cluster Abell 3266"
Advisor: Ricardo Flores
2002
Bo He
"Probing Extra Dimensions By Lepton-Flavor Nonconserving Quantum Loop Effects"
Advisor: Ta-Pei Cheng
2001
Gabor Balazsi
"Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Noisy Excitable Systems"
Advisor: Frank Moss
Srinivasa Varadharajan
"Wavelet Analysis of Electroretinograms and Its Clinical Application
Advisor: V. Lakshminarayanan
2000
Wentao Qin
"Direct Space (Nano)crystallography via High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy"
Advisor: Phil Fraundorf
Kevin Dolan
"Analysis of Biological and Physical Systems Using Nonlinear Topological Methods"
Advisor: Frank Moss
1998
Michael J. Way
"Spectroscopic Studies of Abell Clusters"
Advisor: Ricardo Flores
1997
Chang Shen
"Lateral Displacement Maps Obtained From Scanning Probe Microscope Images"
Advisor: Phil Fraundorf
1996
Lu Fei
"Instrument Response Function for Scanning Force Microscopy and Defects on Mica Induced by 50 Kilo-Electron-Volt Argon Ions"
Advisor: Phil Fraundorf
Lucio Mule'Stagno
"Quantitative Non-Destructive Study of Sub-Micron Defects in Very Large Integrated-Circuit Silicon Using Transmitted and Reflected Infrared Laser Scattering"
Advisor: Phil Fraundorf
Lucy He
"Photoionization of Laser Excited Barium"
Advisor: Jake Leventhal
