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1. CAPACITIVELY COUPLED CONTACTLESS CONDUCTIVITY DETECTION: INSTRUMENTATION AND DESIGN

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Author:: Eck, Andrew
Title:: CAPACITIVELY COUPLED CONTACTLESS CONDUCTIVITY DETECTION: INSTRUMENTATION AND DESIGN
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: conductivity detection
contactless
electrode geometry
electrical shielding
microstrip
coplanar waveguide
File:: Download Thesis_-_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Alex Kozhevnikov, Thesis Supervisor
Alex Kozhevnikov, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jayanth R Banavar, Faculty Reader

2. Graphene Field-Effect Biosensing Devices with Water Top Gate

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Author:: Koger, Brandon M
Title:: Graphene Field-Effect Biosensing Devices with Water Top Gate
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: graphene
field-effect
FET
biosensing
File:: Download koger_thesis_2011.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Jun Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Jun Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

3. SYNTHESIS OF MONODISPERSE SILVER NANOPARTICLES FOR USE IN LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS

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Author:: Plansinis, Brent William
Title:: SYNTHESIS OF MONODISPERSE SILVER NANOPARTICLES FOR USE IN LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: silver nanoparticles
luminescent solar concentrator
citrate reduction
photostability
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Bruce Paul Wittmershaus, Thesis Supervisor
Bruce Paul Wittmershaus, Thesis Honors Advisor
Chuck Yeung, Faculty Reader
Bruce Paul Wittmershaus, Thesis Supervisor

4. A feasibility study of intensity versus energy analysis as a means of testing low energy electron diffraction techniques on the Au(111) crystal

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Author:: Schuette, Daniel
Title:: A feasibility study of intensity versus energy analysis as a means of testing low energy electron diffraction techniques on the Au(111) crystal
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Au(111)
surface physics
LEED
File:: Download Thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Renee Denise Diehl, Thesis Supervisor
Renee Denise Diehl, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. Geometric Frustration in Nanomagnet Clusters

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Author:: Bartell, Jason M
Title:: Geometric Frustration in Nanomagnet Clusters
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Geometric Frustration
Nanomagnets
Spin ice
File:: Download GeometricFrustration.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Peter E Schiffer, Thesis Supervisor
Peter E Schiffer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

6. TAU NEUTRINO DOUBLE BANG MIMICS WITH ICECUBE

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Author:: Boyer, Lance L
Title:: TAU NEUTRINO DOUBLE BANG MIMICS WITH ICECUBE
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Neutrino
Astrophysics
Physics
IceCube
File:: Download Tau_Double_Bang_Mimics_with_IceCube.pdf.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Douglas Cowen, Thesis Supervisor
Douglas Cowen, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

7. Analysis and Improvement HAWC's Core-Fitter

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Author:: Chambers, Landon Martin
Title:: Analysis and Improvement HAWC's Core-Fitter
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: HAWC
Event Reconstruction
Core-fitter
File:: Download Landons_thesis_copy.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Tyce De Young, Thesis Supervisor
Tyce De Young, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

8. Dosimetry in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis

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Author:: Bradley, Lena Renee
Title:: Dosimetry in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: dosimetry
digital breast tomosynthesis
DBT
dose
mammography
dosimeter
ionization chamber
File:: Download Bradley_Dosimetry_in_DBT.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Mark Strikman, Thesis Supervisor
Mark Strikman, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Andrew D A Maidment, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

9. PROGRESS TOWARDS A MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRON ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENT USING COLD CS AND RB ATOMS IN A 1D OPTICAL TRAP

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Author:: Ebert, Matthew Fitzgerald
Title:: PROGRESS TOWARDS A MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRON ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENT USING COLD CS AND RB ATOMS IN A 1D OPTICAL TRAP
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Electron electric dipole moment
trapped neutral atoms
File:: Download EDMThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: David Scott Weiss, Thesis Supervisor
David Scott Weiss, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

10. ANALYSIS OF CASCADE RECONSTRUCTION IN ICECUBE AND DEEPCORE

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Author:: Prikockis, Michael Vito
Title:: ANALYSIS OF CASCADE RECONSTRUCTION IN ICECUBE AND DEEPCORE
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: IceCube
Neutrinos
Monte Carlo
DeepCore
File:: Download CascadeFinal.PDF
Thesis Supervisors:: Tyce De Young, Thesis Supervisor
Tyce De Young, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

11. DYNAMIC BUCKLING OF FREE RODS IN FLIGHT

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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

12. Investigating Possible Deterministic Chaos in Syllables of Zebra Finch Song

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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

13. The Inverse Scattering Transform for Use in Loop Quantum Cosmology

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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

14. Bayesian Analysis Techniques for Gravitational Wave Data

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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

15. FORCE FIELDS FOR METALLIC CLUSTERS AND NANOPARTICLES

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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

16. Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Graphene on Copper Substrates

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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

17. One dimensional behavior of superfluid helium

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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

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

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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

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

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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

20. Investigation of Proximity-induced Superconductivity in Platinum Nanowires

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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

21. Inhomogeneous Space-time Geometries as an Interacting Quantum System

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Author:: Chinchilli, Alexander Louis
Title:: Inhomogeneous Space-time Geometries as an Interacting Quantum System
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: quantum gravity
cosmology
general relativity
File:: Download Final_Thesis_A_Chinchilli.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Martin Bojowald, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

22. Testing the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory SImulation of Neutron and Gamma Ray Emission from Fission and Photofission in MCNPX 2.7.0

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Author:: Weldon, Robert Allen
Title:: Testing the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory SImulation of Neutron and Gamma Ray Emission from Fission and Photofission in MCNPX 2.7.0
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: MCNP
Physics
Nuclear Engineering
File:: Download thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor
Michael Fensin, Thesis Supervisor

23. On the Development of an Analog Filter with Programmable Pole Locations

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Author:: Marshall, Daniel Edward
Title:: On the Development of an Analog Filter with Programmable Pole Locations
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: analog
filter
programmable
pole
File:: Download Marshall_Daniel_OnTheDevelopmentOfAnAnalogFilter.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Steven Heppelmann, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

24. A Search for Dark Matter via Higgs Decay Using Quark Jet Substructure

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Author:: Abercrombie, Daniel Robert
Title:: A Search for Dark Matter via Higgs Decay Using Quark Jet Substructure
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Higgs boson
dark matter
invisible Higgs
quark jet
jet substructure
N-Subjettiness
Large Hadron Collider
File:: Download 1-Abercrombie_Daniel_DarkMatterViaHiggs.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Sarah Shandera, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

25. Studies of Track-like Neutrino Event Identification in the PINGU Detector

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Author:: Groh, John Collin
Title:: Studies of Track-like Neutrino Event Identification in the PINGU Detector
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: PINGU
IceCube
DeepCore
neutrino
Cherenkov radiation
neutrino mass hierarchy
neutrino oscillations
File:: Download Studies_of_Track-like_Neutrino_Event_Identification_in_the_PINGU_Detector.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Tyce De Young, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

26. Studying the Partonic Structure of the Nucleon by Means of the Beam Spin Asymmetry

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Author:: Banks, Daniel Paul
Title:: Studying the Partonic Structure of the Nucleon by Means of the Beam Spin Asymmetry
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: nuclear
physics
theoretical
quarks
nucleon
particle
scattering
parton
gluons
File:: Download Dan_Banks_Physics_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Leonard P Gamberg, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

27. Determining the Surface Structure of Si(111)-(√3x√3)R30°-B with Low-Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED)

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Author:: Marino, Kristin Elizabeth
Title:: Determining the Surface Structure of Si(111)-(√3x√3)R30°-B with Low-Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED)
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: LEED
Boron
Silicon
Physics
Low-Energy Electron Diffraction
Surface
SATLEED
EasyLEED
File:: Download Marino_Kristin_BonSi.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Renee Denise Diehl, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

28. Theory Of The Dielectric Constant Of Polar Liquids

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Author:: Tang, Qishun
Title:: Theory Of The Dielectric Constant Of Polar Liquids
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: dielectric constant
polar liquids
theory
File:: Download THEORY_OF_THE_DIELECTRIC_CONSTANT_OF_POLAR_LIQUIDS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Ralph H Colby, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

29. Fabrication of Nanoscale Aharonov-bohm Rings of Bismuth Selenide

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Author:: Hopper, David Allen
Title:: Fabrication of Nanoscale Aharonov-bohm Rings of Bismuth Selenide
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Topological Insulators
Nanofabrication
Mechanical Exfoliation
Bismuth Selenide
File:: Download Hopper_thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Nitin Samarth, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

30. Characterization of Low-dt Non-poisson Noise in the Icecube Neutrino Detector

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Author:: Stanisha, Nick A
Title:: Characterization of Low-dt Non-poisson Noise in the Icecube Neutrino Detector
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: IceCube
Neutrino
Noise
PINGU
DeepCore
File:: Download Stanisha_Nicholas_IceCubeThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Tyce De Young, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

31. An Inexpensive Scanner-independent Motion Monitor for Research and Clinical Imaging Applications

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Author:: Wahi-anwar, Muhammad W
Title:: An Inexpensive Scanner-independent Motion Monitor for Research and Clinical Imaging Applications
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: simple
motion
monitor
MRI
artifact
detection
File:: Download thesis_final_merged.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Susan K Lemieux, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

32. Ultra-stable External Cavity Diode Lasers for Laser Cooling

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Author:: Soldner, Andrew James
Title:: Ultra-stable External Cavity Diode Lasers for Laser Cooling
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: atomic physics
laser cooling
magneto optical trap
optical molasses
collision microscope
external cavity diode laser
File:: Download SHC_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Nathan David Gemelke, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

33. Charge Carrier Transmission in Bilayer Graphene

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Author:: Zern, Zachary T
Title:: Charge Carrier Transmission in Bilayer Graphene
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Graphene
Split Gate
COMSOL Multiphysics
File:: Download ZachZernThesisFinalDraft.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Jun Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

34. Analysis of the Double Parton Distribution Functions in Quantum Chromodynamics

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Author:: Snyder, Zachary Steven
Title:: Analysis of the Double Parton Distribution Functions in Quantum Chromodynamics
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: QCD
Parton
DPDF
quantum field theory
quantum chromodynamics
File:: Download SnyderZachary_Analysis_of_DPDF_in_QCD_2015.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Anna M. Stasto, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

35. Synthesis And Characterization Of Silicon Doped Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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Author:: Slimak, John Edward
Title:: Synthesis And Characterization Of Silicon Doped Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Carbon Nanotubes
Doping
Nanotubes
Carbon
Graphene
File:: Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

36. Studying the Use of Michel Electrons to Calibrate PINGU

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Author:: Lutton, Dylan Dale
Title:: Studying the Use of Michel Electrons to Calibrate PINGU
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Physics
IceCube
PINGU
Neutrino
Michel electron
File:: Download Lutton_Dylan_studyingtheuseofmichelelectronstocalibratepingu.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Douglas Cowen, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

37. DNA-Templated Silver Nanoclusters: A Fluorescent Dye with Novel Applications to Luminescent Solar Concentrators

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Author:: Stanko, Danielle Renee
Title:: DNA-Templated Silver Nanoclusters: A Fluorescent Dye with Novel Applications to Luminescent Solar Concentrators
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: luminescent solar concentrator
solar energy
silver nanocluster
fluorescent dye
dye photostability
polyvinyl alcohol
File:: Download Danielle_Stanko_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Bruce Paul Wittmershaus, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

38. Development of a Computer Model of Human Heat Stress with Implications for Global Warming

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Author:: Foley, Samuel Lincoln
Title:: Development of a Computer Model of Human Heat Stress with Implications for Global Warming
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Thermoregulation
Global Warming
heat stress
stress
sweat
wet-bulb
File:: Download SamuelFoley_Thermo_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Milton Walter Cole, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

39. Electrical and thermal transport in bismuth telluride/antimony telluride superlattices grown by molecular beam epitaxy

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Author:: Wisser, Jacob John
Title:: Electrical and thermal transport in bismuth telluride/antimony telluride superlattices grown by molecular beam epitaxy
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: thermoelectric
superlattices
topological insulator
File:: Download Wisser_thesis_SHC2_4-13.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Nitin Samarth, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

40. Development of High Voltage Electronics for the PINGU Expansion to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

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Author:: Quinnan, Melissa Kathryn
Title:: Development of High Voltage Electronics for the PINGU Expansion to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: IceCube
neutrinos
physics
electronics
fpga
PINGU
File:: Download Quinnan_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Douglas Cowen, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

41. A Research On The Detection Of The Entangled Red Photons In The Spontaneous Parametric Down-conversion Experiment

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Author:: Gu, Ting
Title:: A Research On The Detection Of The Entangled Red Photons In The Spontaneous Parametric Down-conversion Experiment
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: SPDC
quantum optics
quantum mechanics
entangled photons
quantum entanglement
EPR paradox
BBO crystal
File:: Download Gu_Ting_SPDC.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Steven Heppelmann, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

42. Studies of Sodium-Ammonia Solution in Porous Glass

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Author:: Low, Yeeren Immanuel
Title:: Studies of Sodium-Ammonia Solution in Porous Glass
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: high-temperature superconductivity
sodium-ammonia
confined geometry
porous media
porous glass
File:: Download Low_Yeeren_sodium-ammonia-in-porous-glass.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Moses Hung Wai Chan, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

43. TOPOLOGICAL FEATURES IN CELLULOSE MICROFIBRILS STUDIED USING COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS

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Author:: Ali, Fadil Abbas
Title:: TOPOLOGICAL FEATURES IN CELLULOSE MICROFIBRILS STUDIED USING COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: coarse-grained
cellulose
helicity
curvature
File:: Download ThesisFinal.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Vincent Henry Crespi, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

44. Linearity Measurement of Photomultiplier Tubes

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Author:: Yin, Zhiyu
Title:: Linearity Measurement of Photomultiplier Tubes
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Photomultiplier Tubes
Scintillators
Elementary particles
Linearity measurement
Cosmic Rays
File:: Download thesis_zhiyu_Yin.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Stephane Coutu, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

45. The effect of external signals and combinatorial interventions in the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition network model

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Author:: Sarathy, Danyas Sharmila
Title:: The effect of external signals and combinatorial interventions in the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition network model
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: EMT
Graph Theory
Discrete Dynamic Modeling
File:: Download Sarathy_Danyas_SchreyerThesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Reka Z Albert, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

46. STUDYING SUPERCONDUCTING FLUCTUATIONS AND COLLECTIVE MODES IN OPTIMALLY DOPED FeSe1-xTex AN UNCONVENTIONAL SUPERCONDUCTOR IN THE BCS-BEC CROSSOVER REGIME

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Author:: Vitalone, Rocco Alexander
Title:: STUDYING SUPERCONDUCTING FLUCTUATIONS AND COLLECTIVE MODES IN OPTIMALLY DOPED FeSe1-xTex AN UNCONVENTIONAL SUPERCONDUCTOR IN THE BCS-BEC CROSSOVER REGIME
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: High temperature superconductivity
Terahertz
Spectroscopy
Pump-Probe Spectroscopy
Unique Superconductors
File:: Download Vitalone_Rocco_HTSCflucts.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor
Prof. Jie Shan, Thesis Supervisor

47. Determining the Mass Composition of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays Using the Principle of Shower Universality and Data from the Pierre Auger Observatory

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Author:: Biscoveanu, Andrea Sylvia
Title:: Determining the Mass Composition of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays Using the Principle of Shower Universality and Data from the Pierre Auger Observatory
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: ultra high energy cosmic rays
particle astrophysics
pierre auger observatory
shower universality
extensive air showers
File:: Download Biscoveanu_Sylvia_UHECRs.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Miguel Alejandro Mostafa, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

48. TREEBANK: Differential Geometric Methods for Fast Template Bank Generation in Searches for Gravitational Waves

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Author:: Wang, Jonathan Zhu
Title:: TREEBANK: Differential Geometric Methods for Fast Template Bank Generation in Searches for Gravitational Waves
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: LIGO
gravitational waves
matched filtering
template bank
treebank
physics
computational physics
astrophysics
File:: Download wang_jonathan_treebankPhysics.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Chad Hanna, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

49. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RADIATION CURING UVLED ARAY FOR USE IN RHIC AT BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LAB

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Author:: Poska, Matthew J
Title:: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RADIATION CURING UVLED ARAY FOR USE IN RHIC AT BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LAB
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Radiation
Curing
File:: Download Thesis_Poska_Final_Robinett1.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Steven Heppelmann, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

50. Analysis of Unintegrated Parton Distributions in Quantum Chromodynamics

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Author:: Elias, Edgar
Title:: Analysis of Unintegrated Parton Distributions in Quantum Chromodynamics
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: QCD
Quantum Chromodynamics
parton distribution function
quantum field theory
parton
unintegrated parton
File:: Download EliasEdgar_Analysis_of_Unintegrated_PDFs_in_QCD.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Anna M. Stasto, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

51. The Observation of the Valley Hall Effect in Tungsten Diselenide

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Author:: O'Hara, James Daniel
Title:: The Observation of the Valley Hall Effect in Tungsten Diselenide
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Nanoscale Physics
Ultrathin Semiconductor
Tungsten Diselenide
File:: Download thesis_template2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Prof. Jie Shan, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

52. SUBSTRATE TRANSFER OF THIN FILM TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS AND APPLICATIONS TO NOVEL CHARACTERIZATION AND INTERFACES

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Author:: Smith, Grant Thomas
Title:: SUBSTRATE TRANSFER OF THIN FILM TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS AND APPLICATIONS TO NOVEL CHARACTERIZATION AND INTERFACES
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Topological Insulators
Condensed Matter Physics
Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Substrate Transfer
File:: Download grant_smith_thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Nitin Samarth, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

53. Gated Quantum Capacitive Devices

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Author:: Thornton, Patrick Michael
Title:: Gated Quantum Capacitive Devices
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: graphene
Quantum Capacitance
Density of States
gas detection
File:: Download thesis_patrickthornton_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

54. Optimizing the Power Output of Luminescent Solar Concentrators that Use White Diffusive Backgrounds

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Author:: Schrecengost, Jonathon Ray
Title:: Optimizing the Power Output of Luminescent Solar Concentrators that Use White Diffusive Backgrounds
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Luminescent solar concentrator
air gap
white background
scatterer
LSC
diffusive
Luminescent Solar Concentrator
LSC
scatterer
white background
air gap
diffuse
Solar Energy
File:: Download Schrecengost_Schreyer_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Bruce Paul Wittmershaus, Thesis Supervisor
Darren Williams, Thesis Honors Advisor

55. DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTICAL BEHAVIORAL MONITORING DEVICE AND CLOSED LOOP REWARD DISPENSER FOR USE DURING IN VIVO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY EXPERIMENTS ALLOWS FOR EXPLORATION OF THE ROLE OF THE ALM IN GENERATING MOTOR MOVEMENTS

Open Access

Author:: Vilella, Olivia Marie
Title:: DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTICAL BEHAVIORAL MONITORING DEVICE AND CLOSED LOOP REWARD DISPENSER FOR USE DURING IN VIVO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY EXPERIMENTS ALLOWS FOR EXPLORATION OF THE ROLE OF THE ALM IN GENERATING MOTOR MOVEMENTS
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: LFP
MUA
Volitional Behavior
Nonvolitional Behavior
ALM
DREADD
File:: Download Vilella_Schreyer_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Patrick James Drew, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

56. Tight-Binding Electron Transport in Regions with Disorder and the Dirac-Separated Infinite Square Well

Open Access

Author:: Thornton, Stephen
Title:: Tight-Binding Electron Transport in Regions with Disorder and the Dirac-Separated Infinite Square Well
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: tight binding
condensed matter
electron transport
mathematica
File:: Download ThorntonFinalPhysicsThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

57. Low Dimensional Quantum Mechanical Systems and Their Open System Approximations

Open Access

Author:: Rauch, Sebastian Hale
Title:: Low Dimensional Quantum Mechanical Systems and Their Open System Approximations
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Quantum Mechanics
Open Systems
Finite Systems
File:: Download Low_Dimensional_Quantum_Mechanical_Systems_and_Their_Open_System_approximations.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Sarah Elizabeth Shandera, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

58. DETECTION OF GAMMA-X EVENTS IN LUX AND LZ DARK MATTER DETECTORS

Open Access

Author:: Herr, Corey
Title:: DETECTION OF GAMMA-X EVENTS IN LUX AND LZ DARK MATTER DETECTORS
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: dark matter
LUX
LZ
cosmology
particle astrophysics
background
File:: Download Herr_Detection_of_Gamma_X_Events.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Carmen Carmona, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

59. The Optimization and Construction of the High Energy Light Isotope Experiment

Open Access

Author:: White, Tyler
Title:: The Optimization and Construction of the High Energy Light Isotope Experiment
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: HELIX
Cosmic Rays
Isotopic Abundance
Particles
File:: Download White_Tyler_The_Optimization_and_Construction_of_the_High_Energy_Light_Isotope_Experiment.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Stephane Coutu, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

60. Development and Characterization of Mixed Anchoring Elastic Multipoles in Liquid Crystal Colloids

Open Access

Author:: Crust, Kevin
Title:: Development and Characterization of Mixed Anchoring Elastic Multipoles in Liquid Crystal Colloids
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: liquid crystal colloids
colloids
multipoles
nematic
File:: Download Crust_thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Iam-Choon Khoo, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

61. An Analysis of Moments in the Inverted Harmonic Potential and Quantum Tunneling Delay

Open Access

Author:: Vizcarra, Alex Alberto
Title:: An Analysis of Moments in the Inverted Harmonic Potential and Quantum Tunneling Delay
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Quantum Tunneling TIme
Quantum Mechanics
Inverted Harmonic Oscillator
Quantum Tunneling Delay
Büttiker–Landauer
Free Travel
File:: Download UndergraduateThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Martin Bojowald, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

62. improved modeling of cherenkov light produced by neutrino interactions in the south pole ice

Open Access

Author:: Thyrum, Emily
Title:: improved modeling of cherenkov light produced by neutrino interactions in the south pole ice
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: physics
icecube
neutrino
File:: Download EmilyThyrumSchreyerThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Douglas Cowen, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

63. Optical Tweezer Employed Nanodiamond Placement

Open Access

Author:: Piazza, Benjamin
Title:: Optical Tweezer Employed Nanodiamond Placement
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: optical tweezers
quantum physics
simulation
nitrogen vacancy center
experimental design
File:: Download Piazza_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Nitin Samarth, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

64. Autofocus of phase-constrast images of yeast cells using machine learning

Open Access

Author:: Yan, April Yujie
Title:: Autofocus of phase-constrast images of yeast cells using machine learning
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: machine learning
image processing
convolutional neural network
biophysics
microscopic autofocusing
cell imaging
focus measures
File:: Download Yujie_Yan_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Lu Bai, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

65. Searching for Beyond the Standard Model Physics at the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory

Open Access

Author:: Buchanan, Mason
Title:: Searching for Beyond the Standard Model Physics at the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: particle physics
astroparticle physics
particle astrophysics
physics
Pierre Auger Observatory
File:: Download Buchanan_Mason_Searching_for_Beyond_the_Standard_Model_Physics_at_the_Pierre_Auger_Cosmic_Ray_Observatory.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Miguel Alejandro Mostafa, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

66. Characterization of Radioactive Backgrounds for the Snowball Dark Matter Detector

Open Access

Author:: Ratvasky, Rachel
Title:: Characterization of Radioactive Backgrounds for the Snowball Dark Matter Detector
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: physics
dark matter
File:: Download Ratvasky_SHC_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Maria Del Carmen Carmona Benitez, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

67. Detection of Very-High Energy Emission from the Supernova Remnant IC 443

Open Access

Author:: Hunt, Leah
Title:: Detection of Very-High Energy Emission from the Supernova Remnant IC 443
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: HAWC
supernova remnants
gamma-ray astronomy
high-energy astrophysics
File:: Download HUNT_LEAH_THESIS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Miguel Alejandro Mostafa, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

68. Diffractive Heavy Vector Meson Production at the EIC and LHeC

Open Access

Author:: Howell, Douglas
Title:: Diffractive Heavy Vector Meson Production at the EIC and LHeC
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Quantum chromodynamics
Quantum field theory
Electron-proton colliders
Heavy vector mesons
File:: Download HowellDouglas_diff_heavy_vector_meson_production_2021.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Anna Stasto, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

69. Characterizing Superconducting Qubits Using Pulse-level Control

Open Access

Author:: Mc Millan, Marquis
Title:: Characterizing Superconducting Qubits Using Pulse-level Control
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: quantum computing
quantum
computing
qubits
superconductivity
superconducting
josephson-junction
josephson
junction
physics
transmon
IBM
rabi
oscillations
rabi oscillations
probability coefficient
simulation
eigen energy
eigen states
light
matter
interaction
field strength
remote experiment
python
scipy
numpy
cooper pair box
model
theoretical
characterizing
microwaves
pulse-level
control
spectroscopy
File:: Download Undergraduate_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Nitin Samarth, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

70. Cordless Power Supply for Encased Photo Multiplier Tubes

Open Access

Author:: Hug, Samantha
Title:: Cordless Power Supply for Encased Photo Multiplier Tubes
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: PMT
Photo-Multiplier Tubes
Water Cherenkov Detector
WATCHMAN
Solenoids
Cordless Power Supply
File:: Download Hug_Samantha_CordlessPowerSupplyForEncasedPhotoMultiplierTubes.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Douglas Cowen, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

71. Multi-periodicity from a hysteron model of cyclically sheared amorphous solids - an empirical study

Open Access

Author:: Mc Bride, Julius
Title:: Multi-periodicity from a hysteron model of cyclically sheared amorphous solids - an empirical study
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: soft condensed matter
hysteresis
computational physics
disorded systems
neural networks
File:: Download SeniorThesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor
Nathan C Keim, Thesis Supervisor

72. Simulated Hysteresis in Asymmetrically Driven Systems of Soft Spots

Open Access

Author:: Jalowiec, Travis
Title:: Simulated Hysteresis in Asymmetrically Driven Systems of Soft Spots
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: soft matter
statistical mechanics
simulation
theoretical
hysterons
hysteresis
memory
cyclic shear
amorphous solids
Preisach
frustrated interactions
asymmetric shear
File:: Download tjalowiec_thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Nathan C Keim, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

73. Chaos in Semi-Classical Cosmological Models

Open Access

Author:: Bressan, Maria
Title:: Chaos in Semi-Classical Cosmological Models
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: cosmology
quantum cosmology
chaos
File:: Download QC.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Martin Bojowald, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

74. Analysis of a Sample of BL Lac Objects with the HAWC Observatory

Open Access

Author:: Heller, Erica
Title:: Analysis of a Sample of BL Lac Objects with the HAWC Observatory
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: HAWC
Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Astronomy
AGNs
Blazars
High-Energy Astrophysics
File:: Download Heller_Erica_AnalysisofaSampleofBLLacObjectswiththeHAWCObservatory.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Miguel Alejandro Mostafa, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

75. An Alternative Approach to the Wick Rotation Through Picard-Lefschetz Theory

Open Access

Author:: Tobin, Sean
Title:: An Alternative Approach to the Wick Rotation Through Picard-Lefschetz Theory
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Picard-Lefschetz Theory
Quantum Field Theory
Path Integral
Dilaton Gravity
File:: Download Tobin_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Martin Bojowald, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

76. Diffractive Dissociation Production of Heavy Vector Mesons in Ultra Peripheral Collisions from LHC to FCC

Open Access

Author:: Saylor, Michael
Title:: Diffractive Dissociation Production of Heavy Vector Mesons in Ultra Peripheral Collisions from LHC to FCC
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: QCD
quantum chromodynamics
quantum field theory
parton distribution functions
vector meson photoproduction
proton-lead ultra peripheral collision
File:: Download Michael_Saylor_Spring_2023_Schreyer_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Anna Stasto, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

77. Improved Estimates for the Sensitivity of the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) to Tau Neutrinos

Open Access

Author:: Monteiro, Dylan
Title:: Improved Estimates for the Sensitivity of the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) to Tau Neutrinos
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Neutrino
Astrophysics
High Energy
Simulation
Monte Carlo
Detector Physics
File:: Download Monteiro_Schreyer_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Stephanie Wissel, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

78. Geometric Conditions of Hypersurface Deformations for Canonical Gravity Theories

Open Access

Author:: Shah, Aiden
Title:: Geometric Conditions of Hypersurface Deformations for Canonical Gravity Theories
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: gravity
general relativity
geometric
canonical
File:: Download Shah_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Martin Bojowald, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

79. Titania Covered Whispering Gallery Mode Silica Micro-Resonators Using Atomic Layer Deposition

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Author:: Koons, Konnor
Title:: Titania Covered Whispering Gallery Mode Silica Micro-Resonators Using Atomic Layer Deposition
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: Whispering Gallery Mode
Atomic Layer Deposition
Nanofabrication
Athermal
Titania
Silica Microspheres
Microresonators
File:: Login to Download
Thesis Supervisors:: Sahin K Ozdemir, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

80. Studies on the Structure and the Magnetic Properties of High-Entropy Spinel Oxides

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Author:: Krysko, Evan
Title:: Studies on the Structure and the Magnetic Properties of High-Entropy Spinel Oxides
Area of Honors:: Physics
Keywords:: High-entropy oxides
Crystal Growth
Condensed Matter Physics
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Thesis Supervisors:: Zhiqiang Mao, Thesis Supervisor
Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

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