Dissertations from 2020
Calibration Transients In LIGO Detectors, Thomas Daniel Abbott
Vibrational and Electronic Structure of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals Formed on Metal Oxide Nanoclusters and Single-Crystal Surfaces, Nadra Ibrahim Sakr
Theses from 2019
Determination of Scatter Fractions, Albedos, and Tenth Value Layers for Shielding of Synchrotron Beamline Hutches, Bethany Lynn Broekhoven
Computational Feasibility of Simulating Whole-Organ Vascular Networks and Their Response to Injury, William Patrick Donahue
Determination of Conversion Factors for Various Calibration Geometries using Barium-133 in a Silver Zeolite Cartridge, Amin Hamideh
High Power and Optomechanics in Advanced LIGO Detectors, Terra Christine Hardwick
Measurements of the 16C + 12C and 16C + 13C Fusion Cross Sections with Implications for Astrophysics, Ashley Ann Hood
Microscopic View on Structure and Dynamics in Polymer Nanocomposites, Stefan Otto Huber
Observations of Lightning Produced Gamma-ray Flashes with TETRA-II, Donald John Pleshinger
Stray Radiation Dose from X-ray and Proton Beam Radiation Therapies, Christopher William Schneider
Scintillation Event Localization in Novel Hemi-Ellipsoid Detector for SPECT, Hanif R. Soysal
Evaluation of Ventilation Assistance for Improving Respiratory Reproducibility in Radiation Therapy, Cameron J. Sprowls
Nonlinear Optical Studies of Bulk and Thin Film Complex Materials, Joel E. Taylor
Framework for Algorithmically Optimizing Longitudinal Health Outcomes: Examples in Cancer Radiotherapy and Occupational Radiation Protection, Lydia Joyce Wilson
Dissertations from 2018
Theoretical Studies of Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in Atoms and Molecules via High-Order Harmonic Generation, Paul Vincent Abanador
Investigation of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Delivery Accuracy on an Elekta Linear Accelerator, Addie Barron
Observation of High-Energy Gamma-Rays with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) On-board the International Space Station, Nicholas Wade Cannady
Development of a Slab-based Monte Carlo Proton Dose Algorithm with a Robust Material-dependent Nuclear Halo Model, John Wesley Chapman Jr
Broadband Measurement and Reduction of Quantum Radiation Pressure Noise in the Audio Band, Jonathan Daniel Cripe
Bipartite Quantum Interactions: Entangling and Information Processing Abilities, Siddhartha Das
BEAM THEORY FOR CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM NONLINEAR OPTICS---EXPOSING CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM CORRELATIONS OF TRANSVERSE-SPATIAL MODES, Robert Nicholas Lanning
Singularity Resolution in Anisotropic and Black Hole Spacetimes in Loop Quantum Cosmology, Sahil Saini
Analytical Models of Neutron Spectral Fluence, Kerma and Absorbed-Dose for Proton Therapy, Suman Shrestha
Endorectal Digital Prostate Tomosynthesis, Joseph Robert Steiner
The Effects of Pressure and Magnetic Field on Phase Transitions and Related Physical Properties in Solid State Caloric Materials, Ahmad Ikhwan Us Saleheen
Dissertations from 2017
Resonant Interactions in Strong Field Laser Physics, Seth Jacob Camp
Development of the Focal Plane Instrumentation of the SEparator for CApture Reactions (SECAR), Kyle Joerres
Numerical Simulations of Mass Transfer in Close and Contact Binaries Using Bipolytropes, Kundan Vaman Kadam
Development of a Low-Energy Monoenergetic Electron Separator, Sergio Martín López Cáceres
Development and Applications of a Real-time Magnetic Electron Energy Spectrometer for Use with Medical Linear Accelerators, Paul Ethan Maggi
Exact Numerical Study of Disordered Systems, Conrad Wilson Moore
Energy-Constrained Quantum Communication and Digital Dynamical Decoupling, Haoyu Qi
Manipulating physical properties of complex materials by processing, Mohammad Saghayezhian
The Effects of Instrumental Noise on Searches for Generic Transient Gravitational Waves in Advanced LIGO, Marissa Walker
Database Plan Quality Impact on Knowledge-based Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning of Prostate Cancer, Phillip Douglas Hardenbergh Wall
The Role of Defects in the Metal-Nonmetal Transition in Metallic Oxide Films, Gaomin Wang
Ex-companions of Supernovae Progenitors, Zhichao Xue
Dissertations from 2016
Feedback Control Theory in Stochastic Dynamical Systems, Ashkan Balouchi
Design of a Passive Intensity Modulation Device for Bolus Electron Conformal Therapy, Erin Leanne Chambers
Structure and Dynamics of Layered Transition Metal Compounds Driven by Broken Symmetry, Chen Chen
Microscopic Study of Structure, Chemical Composition and Local Conductivity of La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 Films, Lina Chen
Thermoelectric Properties of Novel Layered Transition-Metal Compounds, Zhenyu Diao
Data-Driven Rational Drug Design, Yun Ding
Study of Condensed Matter Systems with Monte Carlo Simulation on Heterogeneous Computing Systems, Sheng Feng
Interplay Effects in Highly Modulated Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Lung Cases Treated with Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy, Desmond Joseph Fernandez
Advances in Quantum Metrology: Continuous Variables in Phase Space, Bryan Tomas Gard
Minimizing Decoherence in Optical Fiber for Long Distance Quantum Communication, Manish Kumar Gupta
Comparison of Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques for Post-Mastectomy Breast Cancer Patients, David Elward Heins
Variability of Optical Counterparts to X-ray Sources within the Galactic Bulge Survey, Christopher Bradley Johnson
A Direct Study of 20Ne(alpha,p)23Na with the HELIcal Orbit Spectrometer (HELIOS), Jianping Lai
Direct Measurements of Nuclear Reactions in Hot Stellar Environments, Kevin Thomas Macon
Circumstellar Dust Shells: Clues to the Evolution of R Coronae Borealis Stars, Edward Joseph Montiel
Complexity Theory and its Applications in Linear Quantum Optics, Jonathan Olson
Single Crystal Growth and Physical Property Investigations of Ca-FeAs-Based Superconductors, Jiayun Pan
Quantum Radiation Pressure Noise: Exposing the Quantum Mechanics of Optomechanical Interactions, Robinjeet Singh
Interactions Between Local Magnetic Moments and Itinerant Charge Carriers in Fe-based systems, Yan Wu
Dissertations from 2015
Nuclear Structure of 26Si and 32Cl for Astrophysics, Liudmyla Afanasieva
Magnetic Resonance Elastography of the Brain Using an Ergonomic Driver: Assessment of Scan-Rescan Reproducibility, Hatim Chafi
Towards the Realization of Systematic, Self-Consistent Typical Medium Theory for Interacting Disordered Systems, Chinedu Ekuma Ekuma
Optimized Aperiodic Multilayer Structures for Absorbers and Thermal Emitters, Christopher H. Granier
Dosimetric Advantages of Personalized Phantoms for Quality Assurance and Research in Radiation Dose Measurements, Andrew Michael Halloran
Anisotropic Spacetimes and Black Hole Interiors in Loop Quantum Gravity, Anton Joe
Surface Structure/Property Relationship for (001) Surface of Magnetite, Fangyang Liu
First-principles and Many-Body Methods: Implementations and Applications to Study Spintronic Materials, Ryky Nelson
Impact of Multileaf Collimator Configuration Parameters on the Dosimetric Accuracy of 6-Mv Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Plans, Nicholas Colin Petersen
Design and Validation of a Prototype Collimation System with Reduced Applicator Weights for Elekta Electron Therapy Beams, Garrett Michael Pitcher
Exploring Superconductivity in Chiral Structured AuBe, Drew Jared Rebar
Z-Spectral Modeling for Magnetization Transfer Ratio Asymmetry Calculations in Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer MRI at 3 Tesla, Ryan Nicholas Schurr
Rényi Quantum Conditional Mutual Information and Parity Quantum Optical Metrology, Kaushik Parasuram Seshadreesan
Comparison of 3D and 4D CBCT for the Localization of Moving Targets, Runyon Colie Woods
Attosecond Transient Absorption in Gases and High Harmonic Generation in Solids, Mengxi Wu
Theses from 2014
Study of the low energy solar neutrino spectrometer (LENS) concept with the uLENS prototype, Liudmyla Afanasieva
A hybrid advection scheme for conserving angular momentum on a refined Cartesian mesh, Zachary Duncan Byerly
Performance of Active Vibration Isolation in the Advanced LIGO Detectors, Ryan Thomas DeRosa
Experiences of a Novice Modeler Navigating the Alternative Certification Process, Melanie Matherne Dimler
Performance Characterization of the Dual-Recycled Michelson Subsystem in Advanced LIGO, Anamaria Effler
Some Numerical and Phenomenological Studies in Loop Quantum Cosmology, Brajesh Kumar Gupt
A Treatment Planning Comparison of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy and Proton Therapy for a Sample of Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Post-Mastectomy Radiotherapy, Margaret Hernandez
Quantum Optical Metrology, Sensing and Imaging, Kebei Jiang
A Feasibility Study of Ultra-Short Echo Time MRI for Positive Contrast Visualization of Prostate Brachytherapy Permanent Seed Implants for Post-Implant Dosimetry, Melissa Lamberto
Phases of bosons in optical lattices and coupled to artifical gauge fields, Qinqin Lu
Sign Learning Kink based Quantum Monte Carlo Applied to Multiple Large Systems H2O, N2, F2, Xiaoyao Ma
The Development of a Novel Silicon on Insulator Microdosimeter with Sensitive Volumes Modeled after Living Cells, Anthony P. Mazza
Neutron Scattering Studies of Unusual Spin Structure and Local Correlation in Complex Oxides, Dalgis Mesa
An Efficient Approach to EPID Transit Dosimetry, Bart Alan Morris
Study of ¹⁸NE using the array for Nuclear Astrophysics and Structure with exotic nuclei, Laura Pratt
Spin-Mediated Transport in Superconducting and Spin-Polarized Systems, Joseph C. Prestigiacomo
Observations of Terrestrial Gamma Flashes with TETRA And LAGO, Rebecca Ringuette
Topics in Quantum Metrology, Control, and Communications, Bhaskar Roy Bardhan
A Dosimetric Comparison of Copper and Cerrobend Electron Inserts, Ben Rusk
Characteristics of High Energy Particle Interactions from the Study of Irregular Air Showers, Amir Hosein Shadkam
Surface chemistry and growth of oxide supported metal nanoparticles, Ziyu Zhang
Theses from 2013
Impact of IUdR in rat 9L glioma cell survival for 25-35 keV photo-activated Auger electron therapy, Diane Alvarez
Photometric variability of X-ray sources in the galactic bulge, Christopher Tillman Britt
The development of an AC magneto- optic Kerr effect system for the characterization of pulsed laser deposited Co₂MnSi-xAl1-x Heusler alloy thin films, Matthew Stephen Champagne