Theses from 2018
Investigation of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Delivery Accuracy on an Elekta Linear Accelerator, Addie Barron
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
Analytical Models of Neutron Spectral Fluence, Kerma and Absorbed-Dose for Proton Therapy, Suman Shrestha
Endorectal Digital Prostate Tomosynthesis, Joseph Robert Steiner
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
Quantum simulations on square and triangular Hubbard models, Kuang-Shing Chen
Evaluation of an automated delivery verification system for volumetric modulated arc therapy treatments, John-Paul Grenier
Strongly correlated ultra-cold bosonic atoms in optical lattices, Kalani Hettiarachchilage
Magnetic deflections of ultra-high energy cosmic rays from Centaurus A, Azadeh Keivani
Coupling between spin, lattice, and charge at the surface of complex transition metal compounds, Guorong Li
Chemical composition and structure study of surfaces and ultrathin films of complex compounds, Yi Li
Energy spectra comparisons for matched clinical electron beams on Elekta linear accelerators using a permanent magnet spectrometer, David McLaughlin
Single-crystal metal oxides and supported metal nanoclusters as model catalyst sytems, Matthew C. Patterson
Earth occultation imaging of the low energy gamma-ray sky with the Fermi/Gamma-ray Burst Monitor, James Craig Rodi
Spectral breast CT : effect of adaptive filtration on CT numbers, CT noise, and CT dose, Justin Silkwood
A secondary monitor unit calculation algorithm using superposition of symmetric, open fields for IMRT plans, Adam Michael Watts
Assessment of detection and characterization of simulated lung nodules with low-dose CT, Kendrick J. Williams
Simple and Fast Reconstruction of 6 MV Radiotherapy Doses to the Whole Body, Lydia Joyce Wilson
Numerical investigations of Holstein phonons on the periodic Anderson model, Peng Zhang
Dissertations from 2012
Searches for gravitational waves from perturbed black holes in data from LIGO detectors, Sarah Elizabeth Caudill
Proton dose calculations in homogeneous media, John Wesley Chapman, Jr.
Strongly correlated electron behavior in transition metal intermetallics: enhanced thermoelectricity and quantum criticality in FeGa₃ and superconductivity in NiBi₃, Neel Saman Kumara Haldolaarachchige
Neutrino data analysis using the side muon range detector (SMRD) of the Tokai to Kamiokande (T2K) long baseline neutrino experiment, Jeremiah John Haremza
Development and validation of an electron Monte Carlo model for the Elekta Infinity accelerator, Guy Merritt Harris
The feasibility of using megavoltage CT for the treatment planning of HDR cervical brachytherapy with shielded tandem and ovoid applicators, Jeffrey Roger Kemp
Evaluation of a proton pencil bean algorithm for dose calculations in heterogenous media, Nels C. Knutson