Class of 2017
Senior research topics, honors, and what's next:
2. Alexander Minoru Kalauoka Austin (pdf), BS-PHYS, Advisor: Cooke, “Stability of Solar Salt at High Temperatures.”
3. Caroline Elise Braunstein (pdf), BS-PHYS, Advisor: Griffioen, “Determining the Size of the Proton through Statistical Analysis.”
4. Brandon Mark Buncher (pdf), Honors,*PBK, *MS, BS-PHYS/SCL, Advisor: Erlich, “An Analysis of the Effects of Isocurvature Fluctuations in Dante’s Inferno Multi-Field Inflation Models.”
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
5. Ciaran Alsandair Buteux (pdf), BS-PHYS/PHIL, Advisor: Nelson, “A Full-Scale High Voltage Test for the protoDUNE Detector's Time Projection Chamber.”
6. Hannah Mackenzie Coombs (pdf), BS-PHYS, Advisor: Averett, “PID Analysis for 3He Polarimetry.”
7. Caio Figueiredo Davison (pdf),*MS, BS-PHYS, Advisor: Griffioen, “Pursuing Improvements in Radial Time Projection Chamber Design.”
8. John Canty Donahue (pdf), Honors, *PBK, BS-PHYS/SCL, Advisor: Carone, “A Numerical Study of Non-Perturbative Unification.” Ph.D. in Physics, New York University, New York, NY
9. Thomas James Feeney (pdf), BS-PHYS/PHIL, Advisor: Averett, “Constructing and Testing a Cherenkov Particle Detector for Nuclear Physicists at Jefferson Lab.”
10. Karen Diane Ficenec (pdf), Honors, *PBK, BS-PHYS/SCL Advisor: Sher, “3-3-1 Models with Unique Lepton Generations and Analysis of Higgs Decays.” Masters of Science in Business Analytics, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
11. Melissa Anne Guidry (pdf), Honors, *PBK, BS-PHYS/MATH/SCL, Advisor: Mikhailov, “Exploring the Multi-Mode Structure of Atom-Generated Squeezed Light.” Fulbright Academic Grant in Physics, Ecole Normale Superieure Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
12. Jacob LeRoy Gunnarson (pdf), Honors, BS-PHYS/CL, Advisor: Deconinck, “Characterization of Venusian Atmospheric Dynamics Using Venus Express Images and Ground-based Observations.”
Research Scientist - Using Cassini Data to Study the Atmosphere of Saturn, Hampton University, VA
13. Calvin Ernest Hensler (pdf), Honors, BS-PHYS Advisor: Cooke, “Characterizing the Growth Rate of a Corrosion Layer on Stainless Steel in a Molten Salt Environment.”
14. Ian Samuel Rudell Huber (pdf), BS-PHYS/SCL Advisor: Cooke, “Using COMSOL to Model a 1-D Lithium-Ion Battery.”
15. Zachary George Hutcheson (pdf), BS-PHYS/MATH, Advisor: Armstrong, “Particle Tracking Inefficiencies in the Qweak Experiment.”
16. Kevin Michael Kay (pdf), BS-PHYS/MUSC, Advisor: Griffioen, “Harmonic Analysis of the Soprano Clarinet” Master of Arts in Humanities, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
17. Benjamin Edward Kincaid (pdf), BS-PHYS, Advisor: Kordosky, “Portable Battery Powered NIM Logic Pulse Generator.” Ph.D. in Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
18. Michael Christopher Kopreski (pdf), Honors, *PBK, *MS, BS-PHYS/MATH, “Holographic Non-Perturbative Thermodynamic Systems.” Advisor: Erlich, Fulbright Research Scholarship, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
19. William Edward Lawrence (pdf), Honors, *MS, BS-PHYS, Advisor: Delos, “Examination of Noninvasive Alternatives to Blood Pressure Waveform Measurement in Preterm Infants.”
20. Jordan Taylor Leek (pdf), BS-PHYS/THEA/MCL, Advisors: Hinders & Holliday, “Acoustical Response of Traditional Speakers to Single-Frequency Sine Waves.”
21. Edward Clayton Leland (pdf), BS-PHYS/CSCI, Advisor: Cooke, “Time of flight Imaging of Tissue.”
22. Jacob Maxwell McCormick (pdf), BS-PHYS/MCL, Advisors: Armstrong & Deconinck, “GEANT4 Simulation of Pion Detectors for the MOLLER Experiment.” Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
23. Austin Keller Milby (pdf), BS-PHYS, Advisors: Wojtsekhowski & Averett, “Numerical Solution to Non-Uniformity Correction in Wide Aperture Target Magnet.”
24. Jeffrey Hill Musk II, BS-PHYS Advisors: Averett & Martin, “SNL NUDET Shockwave Modeling.”
Masters in Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
25. Zachary Richard Thomas (pdf), BS-PHYS, Advisor: Novikova “Magnetic Shielding Free Rubidium Magnetometer.”
26. Andrew Jonathon Torma (pdf), BS-PHYS/CHEM, Advisor: Lukaszew, “Ferromagnetism of Thin Films Using MOKE.”
27. Ethan MacKenzie Voytko (pdf), BS-PHYS, Advisor: Erlich “Multi-field Inflation with a Curved Field-Space Metric.”
28. Jennifer Guanyu Wang (pdf), BS-PHYS, Advisor: Stevens, “Analysis of Lepton Pair Production at GlueX.”
29. Stephanie Lianglei Wang, Honors, BS-PHYS/CL, Advisor: Qazilbash, “Infrared Study of Recluse Spider Silk.” Master in Medical Physics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
30. Wenqing Zhao (pdf), Honors, *PBK, BS-PHYS/PHIL/SCL, Advisor: Griffioen “Wrinkleless Mylar Shell Prototype for BONuS Detector: Design and Procedure.” Juris Doctor, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
31. Dmitriy Zhigunov (pdf), Honors, BS-PHYS/MATH/CL, Advisor: Tracy, “Hawking Radiation and Classical Tunneling: A Numerical Study.” Ph.D. in Physics, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
