Recent Graduate Dissertation/Thesis Titles
2010-2019
2000-2009
| Student | Degree | Adviser | Thesis Title |
| Marissa Detschel (2009) | M.S. | Ken Lepper | -- |
| Qun Li (2006) | M.S. | Alexander Wagner | Theory of the Lattice Boltzmann Method for Multi-Phase and Multicomponent Fluids (pdf) |
| Feng Hong (2004) | Ph.D. | Orven Swenson | Photoemission Applied to Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Detection of Explosives at Ambient Pressure ( pdf) |
| Bin Lu (2002) | M.S. | Tree-Level Scattering of Massive Fermions by a Massless Antisymmetric Tensor Field (pdf) | |
| Terry Glenn Pilling (2002) | Ph.D. | Patrick F. Kelly | Gauge Gravity, Strings, and Antisymmetric Tensors ( pdf) |
| Benjamin Alan Meier (2000) | M.S. | Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometry |
1990-1999
| Student | Degree | Thesis Title |
| Feng Hong (1999) | M.S. | Modeling of Ion Drift in an Applied Electric Field in Ambient Pressure Air for Laser Ionization Detection Applications |
| Alfred Meidinger (1999) | Ph.D. | Magnetometry Based on EIT |
| Charro Lee Gruver (1998) | M.S. | Gravitation with Torsion Including a Scalar Field |
| Paul Alan Seifert (1998) | M.S. | Bounds on the Mass of the Kuiper Belt |
| Huaan Zhang (1996) | M.S. | Dipole-Dipole Interaction in Refractive Index Enhancement Without Absorption |
| Jinsong Lin (1996) | M.S. | Electro-Optic Beam Steering |
| Russell LeRoy Meyer (1995) | M.S. | Stimulated Raman Scattering in Hydrogen for 532 nm Radiation |
| Xinghai Jiang (1995) | Ph.D. | The Charge-Density Wave in Chromium Alloys |
| Dan Chen (1994) | M.S. | Computer Simulations of Heterophase Interfaces |
| Fen Chen (1994) | M.S. | Substrate Vibrational Signals Produced by the Gray Sunflower Seed Weevil |
| Jing Sun (1993) | M.S. | Multibody Interactions in the Embedded Atom Method: Applications to Surface Reconstruction |
| Kevin Grant Moter (1992) | M.S. | Correlation of Fluctuations in the Blume-Capel Model |
| Abdalla Hasan Hazaimeh (1992) | Ph.D. | Bardeen-Cooper-Schreiffer Universal Constants Generalized |
| Qinghui Wang (1992) | M.S. | Radiation |
| Kenneth L. Murphy (1992) | Ph.D. | Relaxed Structures of Small-Angle Grain Boundaries |
| Md. Shah Alam (1992) | Ph.D. | Capacitance-Voltage Characteristics of Organic Insulating Filnms on Semiconductors |
| Xinghai Jiang (1991) | M.S.. | Bioacoustics of Sunflower Seed Weevils |
| Zhizhong Hu (1990) | M.S. | Ground-State Energy of Liquid Helium-Three in Quantum Thermodynamic Perturbation Theory |
| Kenneth L. Murphy (1990) | M.S. | Phase Transitions at Ising-Model Interfaces |
| Joonbum Park (1990) | M.S. | Spherical Volume of Uniform Concentration into an Infinite Medium |
1980-1989
| Student | Degree | Thesis Title |
| Gong Liu (1989) | M.S. | The Dilaton Mechanism in the Kinetic Theory of Polymer Fracture |
| Husain Hassan Mosawi (1989) | M.S. | Ray Tracing Analysis of Nonimaging Concentrator Performance |
| Jia-Ruey Duann (1989) | Ph.D. | Effect of Thin Si Films on Field Emission from Mo and Ta Cathodes |
| Christina M. Keller (1988) | Ph.D. | Ground State Energy of Boson Matter: A New Microscopic Approach |
| Ikbal A. Zahroon (1988) | Ph.D. | Conversion of Hb(CO)1 to a Quickly Reacting, Low Quantum Efficiency Form: Implications for Models Describing Ligand-Linked Conformational Change in Hemoglobin |
| Chwen-Shell Ho (1988) | Ph.D. | Microscopic Theory of Electron-Spin-Polarized Quantum Substances |
| Shangzhi Ren (1988) | M.S. | Ground State Energy of Nuclear Matter in Quantum Thermodynamic Perturbation Theory |
| Ping He (1988) | M.S. | Prebreakdown Characteristics of Thin Film Coated Molybdenum Electrodes |
| Mohamed Al-Naghy (1987) | M.S. | Critical Exponent for Glassy Packing of Rigid Disks |
| Chwen-Shell Ho (1986) | M.S. | An Application of Density Functional Theory to the Crystal Field Approximation for Substitutional Defects in Ionic Crystals |
| Charles Edward Ramsett (1986) | M.S. | The Self-Interaction-Correction Local-Spin-Density Method with A Central-Field Correction |
| Ikbal A. Zahroon (1986) | M.S. | Stopped-Flow/Laser Photolysis Study of Singly Liganded Carboxyhemoglobin |
| Jia-Ruey Duann (1986) | M.S. | Effect of Electrode Surface Finish on High Voltage Breakdown in Vacuum |
| Christina M. Keller (1986) | M.S. | Ground State Energy for Liquid 4He Using a Simple Model for the Inter-Particle Potential |
| Mohammad Abdul Khaleque (1985) | Ph.D. | Study of Deoxyhemoglobin by Laser Photolysis |
| Salah Sedky Sedarous (1985) | Ph.D. | Electronic Structures of Chloroplast |
| Tung-Yen Lin (1984) | M.S. | Prebreakdown and Breakdown Phenomena Between Molybdenum Electrodes in the Presence of Thermionic Cathodes |
| Ramesh Chandra Lohia (1982) | M.S. | Superconductivity and Structural Studies of Chevrel Phase ErFexMo6Se8 |
| Hernán Roberto Costabal (1981) | M.S. | PDC and PAL Studies of Anesthetics in Model Membranes |
| Randall Philip Johnson (1980) | M.S. | A Study of Electrical Breakdown Between Plane-Parallel Molybdenum Electrodes in High Vacuum |
| Michael Ray Swann (1980) | M.S. | Aircraft Lightning Strikes; A Case Study |
| Gary Dean Withnell (1980) | Ph.D. | Gamma-Gamma Directional Correlation Study of Model Membranes |
| John Gregory Daly (1980) | Ph.D. | Laser Spectroscopy: Rare Earth Crystals and Crystals in Solution |
1970-1979
| Student | Degree | Thesis Title |
| Yee-Gee Ku (1978) | M.S. | Electrical Conduction and Breakdown in Ultrahigh Vacuum |
| Keith Paul Barnes (1978) | M.S. | Ultraviolet Surface Reflection Coefficient of Titanium Dioxide Pigmented Paint Coatings |
| Edward Duane Larson (1977) | M.S. | Proposed Experimental Determination of Two Photon Absorption Probabilities in Rare Earth Ion Systems |
| John Gregory Daly (1977) | M.S. | Radiation Blistering of He+ Implanted TZM |
| Yen Hsu (1977) | M.S. | Positron Lifetimes Study in Ribonuclease |
| Craig Randall Fahlstrom (1977) | M.S. | Surface Deformation of Molybdenum Due to Helium Ion Irradiation |
| Gary Dean Withnell (1976) | M.S. | Gamma-Gamma Directional Correlation Study of Rutile (TiO2) |
| Matthew Anthony Klee (1974) | M.S. | A Correlation Study of Molecular Fields in Glycerol |
| Wei-Kom Chu (1973) | M.S. | g-Factor of the 1.095 meV Level of 168Er |
| LeRoy Leonard Richer (1973) | Ph.D. | Gamma-Ray Directional Correlation Study of Bovine Carbonic Anydrase |
| Byung-taik Kim (1973) | M.S. | Gamma-Gamma Correlation Study of 168Er |
| William Paull O'Connor (1973) | M.S. | Harmonic Analysis of the Atmospheric Electric Potential Gradient at Fargo, August 1972-March 1973 |
| George Chao Chi Hsu (1973) | M.S. | Quantum Theory of Adhesion of Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules |
| Chandra Prakash Sharma (1972) | M.S. | Sorption Studies on Poly-L-Glutamic Acid in Solid State |
| Prafullchandra Doshi (1972) | M.S. | Low Temperature Structure of Lead Titanate |
| Orven Frederick Swenson (1971) | M.S. | A Field Emission Study of Silicon on Tungsten |
| Jagdish Chandra Gupta (1971) | M.S. | Directional Correlation STudies of Anomalous Water |
1960-1969
| Students | Degree | Thesis Title |
| Yeu Tsang Nee (1969) | Ph.D. | The Intermolecular Potential and Thermal Elastic Scattering |
| Dale Francis Anders (1968) | M.S. | Cyclic Phenol-Formaldehyde Condensates |