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Author:

Full, Steven Joseph

Title:

DYNAMIC BUCKLING OF FREE RODS IN FLIGHT

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

dynamic buckling

File:

Download SJFull_Thesis_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Vidmar, David Michael

Title:

Investigating Possible Deterministic Chaos in Syllables of Zebra Finch Song

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

chaos
zebra finch
time series analysis
nonlinear dynamics
songbird vocalization
maximal lyapunov exponents
minimum embedding dimension

File:

Download vidmar_david_chaosinbirdsong.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dezhe Jin, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Jaffe, Matthew Scott

Title:

The Inverse Scattering Transform for Use in Loop Quantum Cosmology

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

gravity
loop quantum gravity
loop quantum cosmology
difference equation
cosmology
inverse scattering
IST
transform

File:

Download Physics_Thesis_-_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor
Martin Bojowald, Thesis Supervisor

Author:

Breysse, Patrick Conrad

Title:

Bayesian Analysis Techniques for Gravitational Wave Data

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

Gravitational Waves
LIGO
Data Analysis
Bayesian Statistics

File:

Download Breysse_Patrick_BayesianAnalysis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Lee S Finn, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Legenski, Nicole Victoria

Title:

FORCE FIELDS FOR METALLIC CLUSTERS AND NANOPARTICLES

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

Density Functional Theory
Force Field
Gold
Silver
Copper

File:

Download ACTUAL_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert C Forrey, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Baldoni, Daniel Joseph

Title:

Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Graphene on Copper Substrates

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

graphene
chemical vapor deposition
Raman spectroscopy.

File:

Download Baldoni_Daniel_ChemicalVaporDepositionGrowthOfGraphene.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Ying Liu, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Banavar, Samhita Prarthana

Title:

One dimensional behavior of superfluid helium

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

superfluid
helium
Josephson
quantum mechanics
dimension

File:

Download sbanavar_thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Moses Hung Wai Chan, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Su, Stephanie Yiin-ling

Title:

ELUCIDATING THE EQUILIBRIUM STATE OF C60 MOLECULES ON Ag(111)

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

C60
Fullerene
Flipping
Ag(111)
hops
bright
dim
LEED
DFT
STM
hex
top

File:

Download Thesis_Allfinal.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Renee Denise Diehl, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Grigas, Chris James

Title:

Frustrated Magnetism In Out-of-plane and In-plane Systems

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

solid state physics
magnetism
frustration
spin ice
artificial spin ice

File:

Download Chris_Grigas_SHC_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor
Peter E Schiffer, Faculty Reader

Author:

Slotcavage, Daniel John

Title:

Investigation of Proximity-induced Superconductivity in Platinum Nanowires

Area of Honors:

Physics

Keywords:

Proximity effect
superconductivity
nanowires
platinum nanowires
mini-gap state
magnetoresistance

File:

Download DanSlotcavageThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Supervisor
Moses Hung Wai Chan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Christine Masters, Thesis Honors Advisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Faculty Reader