Graduate Students

Ph.D. Alumni

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Lucinda Pringle, Ph.D.

Dissertation:

Submission Date: April 2008

Faculty Advisor: Brent Koplitz

Field of Research: Experimental Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics

 

Pascal Enohnyaket, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Determination of Molecular Weight and Other Characteristics of Co- and Ter-Polymers using Automatic Continuous Online Monitoring of Polymerization Reactions (ACOMP).

Submission Date: August 10th 2007

Faculty Advisor: Wayne Reed

Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics

 

Espen Sagvolden, Ph.D.

Dissertation: The Density-Functional Theory Of Systems With Non-integer Particle Numbers And The Relevance Of The Gradient Expansion To Atoms And Molecules

Submission Date: March 29th, 2007

Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew

Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory

 

Joseph P. Hooper, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Studies of the Itinerant Metamagnet Sr₃Ru₂O₇

Submission Date: May 11th, 2006

Faculty Advisor: Zhiqiang Mao

Field of Research: Low Temperature Condensed Matter Physics

 

Lucian Constantin, Ph.D.

Dissertation:

Submission Date:

Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew

Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory

 

Timothy Michael Schuler, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Electronic Structure And Hybridization Of Strongly Correlated Transition Metal Systems

Submission Date: October 11th, 2004

Faculty Advisor: David Ederer

Field of Research: Experimental Solid State Physics

 

Alina M. Alb, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Automatic, Continuous Online Monitoring Of Polymerization Reactions (ACOMP) - Progress In Characterization Of Polymers And Polymerization Reactions

Submission Date: June 3rd, 2004

Faculty Advisor: Wayne F. Reed

Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics

 

Khazhgery Kh. Shakov, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Population Control In Nearly Degenerate N-State Atoms

Submission Date: March 16th, 2004

Faculty Advisor: James H. McGuire

Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic Physics

 

Nancy J. Ruzycki, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Structure and Properties of the Anatase Polymorph of Titanium Dioxide

Submission Date: July 7th, 2003

Faculty Advisor: Ulrike Diebold

Field of Research: Surface Science

 

Jessica L. Graber, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Algebraic Mean Field Theory of SP(3,R)

Submission Date: June 27th, 2003

Faculty Advisor: George Rosensteel

Field of Research: Mathematical Physics

 

Shannon D. Willoughby, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Theoretical Investigations Of Co/Pt Alloys And Supercells

Submission Date: March 28th, 2003

Faculty Advisor: James M. MacLaren

Field of Research: Theoretical Solid State Physics

 

Azida Hosein-Sooklal, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Model Selection And Optimization Of The Sodium Ion Channel Through The Use Of Single And Ensemble Pulse Protocols

Submission Date: March 27th, 2003

Faculty Advisor: Armin Kargol

Field of Research: Cellular Biophysics

 

Olga V. Dulub, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study Of Clean And Copper Covered Zinc Oxide Systems

Submission Date: October 30th, 2002

Faculty Advisor: Ulrike Diebold

Field of Research: Surface Science

 

Gina A. Sorci, Ph.D.

Dissertation: A Technique for Studying Polymer Interactions With Concentration Gradients Using Light Scattering and Viscometry

Submission Date: July 12th, 2002

Faculty Advisor: Wayne F. Reed

Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics

 

Alim B. Alchagirov, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Equations Of State Motivated By The Stabilized Jellium Model

Submission Date: July 11th, 2002

Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew

Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory

 

Jianmin Tao Ph.D.

Dissertation: Density Functional Theory Of Atoms, Molecules And Solids: Construction Of Accurate Meta-Generalized Gradient Approximations For Exchange And Correlation

Submission Date: April 2nd, 2002

Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew

Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory

 

Albert H. "Kip" Davis, Jr., Ph.D.

Dissertation: Spin Dependent Tunneling in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

Submission Date: December 8th, 2000

Faculty Advisor: James M. MacLaren

Field of Research: Theoretical Solid State Physics

 

Tstetsa N. Dankova, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Algebraic Mean Field Theory

Submission Date: November 21st, 2000

Faculty Advisor: George Rosensteel

Field of Research: Mathematical Physics

 

Min Li, Ph.D.

Dissertation: A Comprehensive Study of Oxygen Induced Restructuring of Rutile TiO₂(110) Surfaces

Submission Date: July 20th, 2000

Faculty Advisor: Ulrike Diebold

Field of Research: Surface Science

 

Federico E. Zahariev, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Approaches to Excited-State Density Functional Theory

Submission Date: May 16th, 2000

Faculty Advisor: Mel Levy (Chemistry)

Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory

 

Salomon Francisco Itza-Ortiz, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Ionization-Excitation Of The Negative Hydrogen Ion And The Helium Atom By Compton Scattering

Submission Date: May 15th, 2000

Faculty Advisor: James H. McGuire

Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic Physics

 

Thomas Draeger, Ph.D.

Dissertation: A Macsyma Program for Computing Analytic Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients for U(3) É SO(3)

Submission Date: April 7th, 2000

Faculty Advisor: George T. Rosensteel

Field of Research: Mathematical Physics

 

Catalina Gonzalez Huizar, Ph.D.

Dissertation: The Shake Effect in Electron Capture

Submission Date: April 6th, 2000

Faculty Advisor: James H. McGuire

Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic Physics

 

Sergei G. Tolmanov, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Thomas Peak of the Second Kind in Proton-Helium Collisions

Submission Date: April 3rd, 2000

Faculty Advisor: James H. McGuire

Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic Physics

 

Zidan Yan, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Exchange-Correlation Energies for Jellium Surfaces: Consistent Results from Advanced Density Functionals

Submission Date: April 1st, 2000

Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew

Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory

 

Xiaoyang Chen, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Optimizing the Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction: Two and Three Particle Systems

Submission Date: October 14th, 1999

Faculty Advisor: Robert D. Purrington

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Lisa Pollack, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Density Functional Theory and Pseudopotential Characterizations of the Electron Gas in Two and Three Dimensions

Submission Date: July 23rd, 1999

Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew

Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory

 

Robert P. Winarski, Ph.D.

Dissertation: The Electronic Structure Of Hard Materials

Submission Date: April 9th, 1999

Faculty Advisor: David Ederer

Field of Research: Experimental Solid State Physics

 

Weidong Huang, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Theoretical Studies of the Magneto-Optic Effects in Metals

Submission Date: November 20th, 1998

Faculty Advisor: James M. MacLaren

Field of Research: Theoretical Solid State Physics

 

Shane Stadler, Ph.D.

Dissertation: The Electronic Structures Of Tungsten Carbides, Borides, And Silicides

Submission Date: April 13th, 1998

Faculty Advisor: David Ederer

Field of Research: Experimental Solid State Physics

 

Lanping Zhang, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Growth, Structure and Properties of Metal and Metal Oxide Films

Submission Date: April 7th, 1998

Faculty Advisor: Ulrike Diebold

Field of Research: Surface Science

 

Frank A. Dodaro, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Role of the Nuclear Orientation in Hot Rotating Nuclei

Submission Date: October 2nd, 1995

Faculty Advisor: Alan Goodman

Field of Research: Mathematical Physics

 

Hapu Arachchige Ranjith Vasantha Wijesundera, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Trapped and Anti-Trapped Surfaces in Friedmann Universes

Submission Date: April 13th, 1995

Faculty Advisor: Frank J. Tipler

Field of Research: Relativity & Cosmology

 

Snehasish Ghosh

Dissertation: Polyelectrolyte Conformation, Interactions and Hydrodynamics as Studied by Light Scattering

Submission Date: February 28th, 1994

Faculty Advisor: Wayne F. Reed

Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics

 

Yudong Wang, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Dynamics in Ion-Molecule Collisions at High Velocities: One- and Two- Electron Processes

Submission Date: July 21st, 1992

Faculty Advisor: James H. McGuire

Field of Research: Theoretical Atomic Physics

 

Robert MacLellan Peitzsch

Dissertation: Light Scattering and Osmotic Pressure Studies of Glycosaminoglycans

Submission Date: October 11th, 1991

Faculty Advisor: Wayne F. Reed

Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics

 

Xiao Li

Dissertation: Polyelectrolyte Properties of Glycosaminoglycans As Studied By Laser Light Scattering

Submission Date: August 30th, 1991

Faculty Advisor: Wayne F. Reed

Field of Research: Polymer Physics & Biophysics

 

Yue Wang

Dissertation: Exchange and Correlation in Many-Electron Systems

Submission Date: August 8th, 1991

Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew

Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory

 

Guy V. Norton, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Theory and Application of Scattering from an Object in an Ocean Waveguide

Submission Date: April 10th, 1990

Faculty Advisor: Robert D. Purrington

Field of Research: Theoretical Acoustic Scattering

 

Jules Gustave Mollere III, Ph.D.

Dissertation: How Does the Choice of Boundary Conditions as Infinity Affect Frame Dragging Inside Rotating Shells?

Submission Date: November 30th, 1987

Faculty Advisor: Frank J. Tipler

Field of Research: Relativity & Cosmology

 

Michael Ray Norman, Ph.D.

Dissertation: A Simplified Self-Interaction Correction Applied to Atoms, Insulators, and Metals

Submission Date: December 2nd, 1983

Faculty Advisor: John P. Perdew

Field of Research: Solid State Theory/Density Functional Theory

 

John Michael Daley, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Nuclear Energy Levels of ⁷⁸Br and ⁸⁰Br from the (p, nγ) Reaction

Submission Date: July 2nd, 1976

Faculty Advisor: Salvatore G. Buccino

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Vernon Michael Cottles, Ph.D.

Dissertation: The Energy Level Structure of ²⁰³Ti and ²⁰⁵Ti from the (n, n'γ) Reaction

Submission Date: April 2nd, 1975

Faculty Advisor: Salvatore G. Buccino, Raymond Morris Wilenzick (co-chairs)

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Dirk H. Lueders, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Properties and Structure of ^74,76Br from the ^74,76Se(p,n) Reaction

Submission Date: July 12th, 1974

Faculty Advisor: Salvatore G. Buccino

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Kai Li Ko Yuan, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Studies of Microemulsions

Submission Date: November 15th, 1974

Faculty Advisor: Dewey F. Sears

Field of Research: Thermal Physics

 

John J. P. Meehan, Ph.D.

Dissertation: The Nuclear Structure of ⁸⁰Br

Submission Date: April 6th, 1973

Faculty Advisor: Frank E. Durham

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

John Aloysius Hicks, Ph.D.

Dissertation: 'In Beam' Mössbauer Scattering with W¹⁸⁶

Submission Date: July 11th, 1972

Faculty Advisor: Raymond M. Wilenzick

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Basilios D. Papaioannou, Ph.D.

Dissertation: An M-Matrix Formulation of the Scattering of Identical or Non-Identical Spin-1 Particles

Submission Date: April 14th, 1972

Faculty Advisor: Robert D. Purrington

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Robert Elkin Hill, Jr., Ph.D.

Dissertation: Angular Correlation Studies in ⁵⁴Mn

Submission Date: July 16th, 1971

Faculty Advisor: Salvatore G. Buccino

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Joseph Ralph Linn, Jr., Ph.D.

Dissertation: Internal Conversion Electron Spectroscopy of the ⁷⁵As(p,n)⁷⁵Se and ⁷³Ge(p,n)⁷³As Reactions

Submission Date: July 16th, 1971

Faculty Advisor: Frank E. Durham

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Kearny Quinn Robert, Jr., Ph.D.

Dissertation: In-Beam Internal Conversion Spectroscopy

Submission Date: July 25th, 1970

Faculty Advisor: Frank E. Durham

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Richard Wesley Peacock, Ph.D.

Dissertation: An Investigation of Neutron-Deuteron Scattering with the Separable Interaction

Submission Date: July 24th, 1970

Faculty Advisor: Robert D. Purrington

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Benjamin J. Pellegrini, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Statistical Model Analysis of the ⁷⁵As(p,n)⁷⁵Se Reaction

Submission Date: July 24th, 1970

Faculty Advisor: Frank E. Durham

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Colvin Clarke Wellborn, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Gamma-Gamma Angular Correlations in Cu⁶⁴

Submission Date: March 20th, 1970

Faculty Advisor: Salvatore G. Buccino

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Roy Prentis Williams, Jr., Ph.D.

Dissertation: Gamma Ray Transitions in Phosphorus-29

Submission Date: December 19th, 1969

Faculty Advisor: Salvatore G. Buccino

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Walter H. Grant III, Ph.D.

Dissertation: An Investigation of the 5.96 MeV Doublet in Be¹⁰

Submission Date: July 25th, 1969

Faculty Advisor: Salvatore G. Buccino

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Vibhakar Ratilal Davé, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Nuclear Energy Levels of ¹⁵⁵Cs and ¹⁴¹Pr from the (n,n'γ) Reactions

Submission Date: July 25th, 1969

Faculty Advisor: Raymond M. Wilenzick

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Kenneth A. Hardy, Ph.D.

Dissertation: The Mössbauer Effect Following Coulomb Excitation of W¹⁸³, Hf¹⁷⁸, and Hf¹⁸⁰

Submission Date: April 25th, 1969

Faculty Advisor: Raymond M. Wilenzick

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Martha E. Head, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Some SU(6)_W Invariant Scattering and Decay Amplitudes

Submission Date: April 25th, 1969

Faculty Advisor: Robert D. Purrington

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Joseph Alvin Nelson III, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Gamma-Rays Following Neutron Inelastic Scattering in ¹⁹⁷Au

Submission Date: April 16th, 1969

Faculty Advisor: Raymond M. Wilenzick

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Charles D. Daniel, Jr., Ph.D.

Dissertation: Beta-Conversion Electron Coincidence Measurements Using Si(Li) Detectors

Submission Date: April 19th, 1968

Faculty Advisor: Frank E. Durham

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

David Carrick Russell, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Studies of the Mössbauer Effect in Even-Even Erbium Isotopes Following Coulomb Excitation

Submission Date: April 19th, 1968

Faculty Advisor: Raymond M. Wilenzick

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Robert P. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Dissertation: An Investigation of the Gamma Rays Associated With the Decay of ^110mAg, ¹²⁴Sb, ¹⁸²Ta, and ²⁰⁶Bi

Submission Date: July 21st, 1967

Faculty Advisor: Frank E. Durham

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Ronald Gerry Peacock, Ph.D.

Dissertation: The Growth of Lamellar Crystals of Colloidal Gold

Submission Date: July 21st, 1967

Faculty Advisor: Robert H. Morriss

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Edmund Harris Christy, Jr., Ph.D.

Dissertation: A Study of the Interchange Instability in Electron-Cyclotron-Heated Plasmas

Submission Date: August 3rd, 1966

Faculty Advisor: C.L. Peacock & W.B. Ard (co-chairs)

Field of Research:

 

Martin Robert Meder, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Electron-Gamma Directional Correlation Measurements in Heavy Nuclei

Submission Date: August 3rd, 1966

Faculty Advisor: Frank E. Durham

Field of Research: Nuclear Physics

 

Lionel David Dureau, Ph.D.

Dissertation: A Hamiltonian Formulation of Thermodynamics

Submission Date: July 31st, 1963

Faculty Advisor: Joseph J. Kyame

Field of Research: Thermodynamics