Explore our collection of dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from the Department of Physics below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2019
Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in Turbulent Clouds: A Combined Cloud Chamber and Theoretical Study, Kamal Kant Chandrakar
Energy Transfer Between Eu2+ and Mn2+ for Na(Sr,Ba)PO4 and Ba2Mg(BO3)2, Kevin Bertschinger
Laser Induced Phase Transformations and Fluorescence Measurements from Nanodiamond Particles, Nick Videtich
LIGHT PROPAGATION THROUGH A TURBULENT CLOUD: COMPARISON OF MEASURED AND COMPUTED EXTINCTION, Eduardo Rodriguez-feo Bermudez
LOCATION, ORBIT AND ENERGY OF A METEOROID IMPACTING THE MOON DURING THE LUNAR ECLIPSE OF JANUARY 21, 2019 & TESTING THE WEAK EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE WITH COSMOLOGICAL GAMMA RAY BURSTS, Matipon Tangmatitham
Synthetic Saturable Absorber, Armin Kalita
The Solvation Energy of Ions in a Stockmayer Fluid, Cameron John Shock
UNDERSTANDING THE VERY HIGH ENERGY γ-RAY EMISSION FROM A FAST SPINNING NEUTRON STAR ENVIRONMENT, Chad A. Brisbois
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2018
ANGLE-RESOLVED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF PLASMONIC RESONANCES, Aeshah Khudaysh M Muqri
Effects of Ionic Liquid on Lithium Dendrite Growth, Ziwei Qian
EFFECTS OF MASS AND DISTANCE UNCERTAINTIES ON CALCULATIONS OF FLUX FROM GIANT MOLECULAR CLOUDS, Matt Coel
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Current Atmospheric Refraction Models in Predicting Sunrise and Sunset Times, Teresa Wilson
FIRST-PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES OF BORON NITRIDE, Kevin Waters
MAGNETLESS AND TOPOLOGICAL EDGE MODE-BASED ON-CHIP ISOLATORS AND SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING IN MAGNETO-OPTIC MEDIA, Dolendra Karki
MORPHOLOGY AND MIXING STATE OF SOOT AND TAR BALLS: IMPLICATIONS FOR OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND CLIMATE, Janarjan Bhandari
Novel Faraday Rotation Effects Observed In Ultra-Thin Iron Garnet Films, Brandon Blasiola
PROBING QUANTUM TRANSPORT IN THREE-TERMINAL NANOJUNCTIONS, Meghnath Jaishi
STUDY OF THE CYGNUS REGION WITH FERMI AND HAWC, Andrew Robare
Synthesis and Applications of One and Two-Dimensional Boron Nitride Based Nanomaterials, Shiva Bhandari
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATION OF 2D TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES, Mingxiao Ye
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2017
CVD SYNTHESIS, PROCESSING, QUANTIFICATION, AND APPLICATIONS OF BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES, Bishnu Tiwari
Gamma/Hadron Separation for the HAWC Observatory, Michael J. Gerhardt
LABORATORY STUDIES OF THE INTERSTITIAL AEROSOL REMOVAL MECHANISMS IN A CLOUD CHAMBER, Sarita Karki
QUANTUM INSPIRED SYMMETRIES IN LASER ENGINEERING, Mohammad Hosain Teimourpour
Search for High-Energy Gamma Rays in the Northern Fermi Bubble Region with the HAWC Observatory, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares
Synthetic Saturable Absorber Using Non-Uniform Jx Waveguide Array, Ashfiqur Rahman
The Intrinsic Variability of the Water Vapor Saturation Ratio Due to Mixing, Jesse Anderson
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2016
FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDIES OF GROUP IV AND GROUP V RELATED TWO DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS, Gaoxue Wang
LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS OF CONTACT NUCLEATION BY MINERAL DUSTS, BACTERIA, AND SOLUBLE SALTS, Joseph Niehaus
Studies of invisibility cloak based on structured dielectric artificial materials, Ran Duan
Testing Lidar-Radar Derived Drop Sizes Against In Situ Measurements, Mary Amanda Shaw
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2015
BARIUM CONCENTRATIONS IN ROCK SALT BY LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY, Kiley J. Spirito
FUNCTIONALIZED BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES FOR ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS, Boyi Hao
GEOMETRY INDUCED MAGNETO-OPTIC EFFECTS IN LPE GROWN MAGNETIC GARNET FILMS, Ashim Chakravarty
LABORATORY AND FIELD INVESTIGATION OF MIXING, MORPHOLOGY AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SOOT AND SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS, Noopur Sharma
MULTISCALE EXAMINATION AND MODELING OF ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN NANOSCALE MATERIALS AND DEVICES, Douglas R. Banyai
RELATIVISTIC CONFIGURATION INTERACTION CALCULATIONS OF THE ATOMIC PROPERTIES OF SELECTED TRANSITION METAL POSITIVE IONS; NI II, V II AND W II, Marwa Hefny Abdalmoneam
SEARCH FOR LONG-LIVED WEAKLY INTERACTING PARTICLES USING THE PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY, Niraj Dhital
Search for TeV Gamma-Ray Sources in the Galactic Plane with the HAWC Observatory, Hao Zhou
STUDY OF NON-RECIPROCAL DICHROISM IN PHOTONIC STRUCTURES, Anindya Majumdar
UNDERSTANDING ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN NANOSCALE JUNCTIONS, Kamal B. Dhungana
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2014
A THEORETICAL STUDY OF INTERACTION OF NANOPARTICLES WITH BIOMOLECULE, Chunhui Liu
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF THE CONTACT LINE IN HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION WITH HIGH SPEED IMAGING, Colin Gurganus
MORPHOLOGY AND MIXING STATE OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES: LINKS TO OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND CLOUD PROCESSING, Swarup China
QUANTUM CORRELATIONS OF LIGHTS IN MACROSCOPIC ENVIRONMENTS, Yong Meng Sua
THE THREE DIMENSIONAL SHAPE AND ROUGHNESS OF MINERAL DUST, Xinxin Woodward
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2013
ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN LOW-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES - THEORETICAL STUDY WITH APPLICATION, Xiaoliang Zhong
Investigations of Cloud Microphysical Response to Mixing Using Digital Holography, Matthew Jacob Beals
MAGNETO-PHOTONIC CRYSTALS FOR OPTICAL SENSING APPLICATIONS, Neluka Dissanayake
NONLINEAR EFFECTS IN MAGNETIC GARNET FILMS AND NONRECIPROCAL OPTICAL BLOCH OSCILLATIONS IN WAVEGUIDE ARRAYS, Pradeep Kumar
OPTIMAL SHAPE IN ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING BY SMALL ASPHERICAL PARTICLES, Ajaree Mongkolsittisilp
QUADRUPOLE LEVITATION OF PARTICLES IN A THERMODYNAMICALLY REALISTIC CLOUD ENVIRONMENT, Nicholas A. Black
STOCHASTIC CHARGE TRANSPORT IN MULTI-ISLAND SINGLE-ELECTRON TUNNELING DEVICES, Madhusudan A. Savaikar
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Calibration of the HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory, Nathan C. Kelley-Hoskins
Charge and spin transport in nanoscale junction from first principles, Subhasish Mandal
Measurements of ice nucleation by mineral dusts in the contact mode, Kristopher W. Bunker
Quantum modeling of bioconjugated nanomaterials, Saikat Mukhopadhyay
Stability of diphenylalanine pepide [i.e. peptide] nanotube studied by molecular dynamics simulation, Haiqing Zhao
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Characterizing a single photon detector, Paul N. Rojas
Development of a quartz-enhanced photoacoustic instrument for the characterization of aerosol optical properties, Mathew Hollinger
Development of record-breaking statistics for climatological time-series analysis, Amalia Anderson
Four-window technique for measuring optical-phase-space-time-frequency tomography, Rachel A. Blaser
Functional ZnO nanostructures for electronic and energy applications, Abhishek Prasad
Measuring energy spectra of TeV gamma-ray emission from the Cygnus region of our galaxy with Milagro, Jessica G. Galbraith-Frew
Planar magneto-photonic and gradient-photonic structures : crystals and metamaterials., Zhuoyuan Wu
Quantum transport in a single molecular junction, Partha Pratim Pal
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Boron nitride nanotubes : synthesis, characterization, functionalization, and potential applications, Chee Huei Lee
Dynamics of settling charged particles in turbulence : theory and experiments, Jiang Lu
Electron transport in molecular systems, Haiying He
Growth, modification and integration of carbon nanotubes into molecular electronics, Jason P. Moscatello
PMMA-CNT matrices for vacuum electronic, biosensing and energy applications, Archana Pandey
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Controlling electronic and magnetic properties of ultra narrow multilayered nanowires, Puspamitra Panigrahi
Metal-oxide film and photonic structures for integrated device applications, Ziyou Zhou
Proteins in silico-modeling and sampling, Parimal Kar
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Electronic properties of zig-zag carbon nanotubes : a first-principles study, Pavan Kumar Valavala
Studies of spatial clustering of inertial particles in turbulence, Ewe Wei Saw
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2007
First-principles studies of boron nanostructures, Kah Chun Lau
In-situ measurement and characterization of cloud particles using digital in-line holography, Jacob P. Fugal
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Pupil phase apodization for achromatic imaging of extra-solar planets, Weidong Yang