Doctorates

1935:

Kenneth Lyle Warren
Thesis: "A Study of the Phenomenon of Wetting Films"
Advisor: Clark Wells Chamberlain

1948:

David Franklin Bleil
Thesis:"Induced Polarization: A Method of Geophysical Prospecting"
Advisor: C. Duane Hause

1951:

Frederick William Kuether
Thesis: "The Average Energy Required for the Formation of an Ion-Pair by the Total Absorbtion of 1000-Volt Electrons in Air"
Advisor: Thomas H. Osgood
M. S., Physics - 1946 - Michigan State College
B. A., Physics - 1944 - Miami University (Ohio)

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1953:

Edward Frank Carr
Thesis: "The Influence of a Magnetic Field on Microwave Dielectric Constant of a Liquid Crystal"
Advisor: Robert D. Spence
B. S., Physics - 1943 - Michigan State College

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Piyare L. Jain
Thesis: "Proton Resonance in Nematic Liquid Crystals"
Advisor: Robert D. Spence

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Nathan Lankford Nichols
Thesis: "The Near Infrared Spectrum of Nitric-Oxide"
Advisor: Duane Hause
M. S., Physics - 1945 - University of Michigan
B. S., Mathematics/Education - 1939 - Western Michigan College of Education

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Salah Izzat Tahsin
Thesis: "Propagation of a Sound Pulse in a Medium With a Complex Elastic Modulus"
Advisor: Robert D. Spence
M. S., Physics - 1951 - Michigan State College

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1954:

Jerry Arnold Cowen
Thesis: "The Temperature Dependence of the Ferromagnetic Resonance Line Width in Single Crystals of Iron and Nickel"
Advisor: Robert D. Spence
M. S., Physics - 1950 - Michigan State College
B. S., Physics - Harvard University

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Halbert Frederick Gates
Thesis: "Determination of the Ratio P/Q of the Photoelastic Constants of Optical Glasses by Means of Two Different Ultrasonic Methods"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann

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Albert Ernest Smith
Thesis: "The Effect of the Source Aperture on Diffraction Grating Images"
Advisor: C. Duane Hause
M. S., Physics - 1951 - Michigan State College
A. B., Physics - 1949 - Atlantic Union College

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1955:

James Milton Barnes
Thesis: "The Determination of the Elastic Constants of Optical Glasses by an Ultrasonic Method"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. S., Physics - 1950 - Michigan State College
B. S., Physics - 1948 - Michigan State Normal College

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Sankarambadi S. Chari
Thesis: "A Study of the Measurements of Ultrasonic Absorption in Liquids"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann

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Walter L. Gessert
Thesis: "A Study of Different Ultrasonic Stroboscopes and Their Usefulness for the Study of Wave Propagation and Acoustic Birefringence"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann

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Adolph P. Loeber
Thesis: "The Use of Light Refraction for the Investigation of Stationary Ultrasonic Waves"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann

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1956:

Donald Ora Van Ostenburg
Thesis: "Charge Transfer Upon Contact Between Metals and Insulators"
Advisor: Donald J. Montgomery
M. S., Physics - 1953 - Michigan State College
B. S., Physics - 1951 - Calvin College

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Richard Edwin Michel
Thesis: "Quadrupole Resonance Studies"
Advisor: Robert D. Spence
M. S., Physics - 1953 - Michigan State College
B. S., Physics - 1950 - Michigan State College

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1957:

Robert Gail Cunningham
Thesis: "Static Electrification of Filaments"
Advisor: Donald J. Montgomery
B. S., Physics - 1950 - Michigan State College

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Olen Kraus
Thesis: "Interaction Between the Sodium Nuclei and the Lattice of Sodium Chloride"
Advisor: Robert D. Spence
M. S., Physics - 1952 - Michigan State College
B. S., Physics - 1950 - Pennsylvania State College

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Robert Bruce Miller
Thesis: "A Study of the Intensity Distribution of the Light Diffracted by Ultrasonic Waves"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. S., Physics - 1950 - Michigan State College
B. A., Physics - 1933 - Manchester College

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Donald DuWayne Snyder
Thesis: "Some Properties of Separated Isotopes of Lithium"
Advisor: Donald J. Montgomery
B. A., Physics and Mathematics - 1948 - Emmanuel Missionary College

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1958:

Mack Alfred Breazeale
Thesis: "The Use of Light Refraction for the Study of Progressive Ultrasonic Waves"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. S., Physics - 1954 - Missouri School of Mines
B. A., Physics - 1953 - Berea College

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Richard Dwight Ewing
Thesis: "A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Azurite, Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2"
Advisor: Robert D. Spence
M. S., Physics - 1954 - Michigan State College

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Richard Henry Kropschot
Thesis: "The Thermoelectric Power of Copper Alloys"
Advisor: Frank J. Blatt
M. S., Physics - 1950 - Michigan State College
B. S., Physics - 1948 - Michigan State College

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Walter Georg Mayer
Thesis: "Determination of the Elastic Constants of Sapphire by Different Ultrasonic Methods"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. S., Physics - 1955 - Michigan State University
A. B., Physics - 1953 - Hope College

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John Hubert Muller
Thesis: "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Crystal Structure"
Advisor: Robert D. Spence
M. S., Physics - 1954 - Michigan State College
B. A., Physics - 1949 - Princeton University

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Beverly Hall Van Horne
Thesis: "The Infrared Spectra of Deuterium Chloride and Nitric Oxide"
Advisor: C. Duane Hause
M. S., Physics - 1945 - Northwestern University
B. A., Physics - 1940 - Emmanuel Missionary College

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Kenneth Leo Zankel
Thesis: "The Diffraction of Light by Ultrasonic Waves Progressing with Finite but Moderate Amplitudes in Liquids"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. S., Physics - 1955 - Florida State University
B. S., Physics - 1951 - Rutgers University

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1959:

Robert Glenn Brown
Thesis: "Infrared Spectra of Methyl-Bromide and Methyl-Iodide in the 2.2 Micron Region"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
M. S., Physics - 1956 - Michigan State University
B. S., Mathematics - 1953 - Yale University

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Glen Alan Mann
Thesis: "Magnetic Rotation Spectra of Nitric Oxide in the Near Infrared"
Advisor: C. Duane Hause
M. S., Physics - 1953 - Michigan State College
B. S., Physics - 1951 - Michigan State College

1960:

Abdul Salam Abdul Amir Abbass
Thesis: "On the Scattering of Waves From a Cone of Finite Length"
Advisor: Alfred Leitner
M. S., Physics - 1955 - University of Michigan
B. S., Physics - 1951 - Higher Teachers College - Iraq

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Nguyen Tu Ban
Thesis: "Viscosity of Molten Lithium-6 and Lithium-7"
Advisor: Donald J. Montgomery
M. S., Physics - 1955 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1954 - Pennsylvania State University

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Philip Eugene Wigen
Thesis: "Paramagnetic Resonance Absorption in Several Electron Irradiated Crystals"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
B. A., Physics - 1955 - Pacific Lutheran College

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Walter Bruce Zimmerman
Thesis: "Infrared Absorption Spectra of Isotopically-Enriched Lithium"
Advisor: Donald J. Montgomery
M. S., Physics - 1957 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1955 - Emmanuel Missionary College

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1961:

Myron Paul Hagelberg
Thesis: "The Diffraction of Linearly Polarized Light by Ultrasonic Waves in Transparent Solids"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. S., Physics - 1956 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1954 - Michigan State College

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Logan E. Hargrove, Jr.
Thesis: "Some Effects of Progressive Ultrasonic Waves on Light Beams of Arbitrary Width"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. S., Physics - 1959 - Oklahoma Agriculture and Mechanical College
B. S., Physics - 1956 - Oklahoma Agriculture and Mechanical College

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Justin Chi Ching Huang
Thesis: "Final State Interaction in Strange Particle Production"
Advisor: Julius S. Kovacs
M. S., Physics - 1959 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1957 - University of Washington

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Richard Gordon Leffler
Thesis: "The Effect of Isotopic Composition on the Electrical Resistance of Lithium"
Advisor: Donald J. Montgomery
M. S., Physics - 1955 - Michigan State University
B. A. - 1953 - Emmanuel Missionary College

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Ramzi Hanna Misho
Thesis: "Effect of Isotopic Composition on Infrared Absorption of Thin Films of Lithium-Fluoride and Lithium Hydride"
Advisor: Donald J. Montgomery
M. S., Physics - 1957 - Colorado State University
B. S., Physics - 1955 - College of Science, Baghdad, Iraq

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Ernest Paul Riedel
Thesis: "The Application of Shubnikov Groups to the Determination of Antiferromagnetic Structures"
Advisor: Robert D. Spence
M. S., Mathematics - 1957 - University of Wisconsin
B. S., Engineering Physics - 1954 - Cornell University

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1962:

Billy Dean Cook
Thesis: "A Direct Method of Determining Ultrasonic Waveforms by Light Diffraction"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. S., Physics - 1959 - Michigan State University
Thesis: "Diffraction of Light by Ultrasonic Waves of Various Standing Wave Ratios"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
B. S., Physics - 1957 - Oklahoma State University

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Robert Kleinberg
Thesis: "A Study of the Antiferromagnetic Structures in CuCl2·2H2O, CoCl2·6H2O, and NiCl2·H2O[Cupric-Chloride Dihydrate, Cobaltous-Chloride Hexahydrate and Nickel-Chloride Hexahydrate]"
Advisor: Robert D. Spence
M. S., Physics - 1957 - University of Illinois
B. S., Physics - 1955 - Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute

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Burton Wister Scott
Thesis: "Transport Properties of Dilute Copper Alloys"
Advisor: Frank J. Blatt
M. S., Physics - 1960 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1958 - University of Colorado  

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George Clark Summerfield
Thesis: "Heavy Mesons and Their Effects on the NN and NN-bar Scattering Amplitudes"
Advisor: Don B. Lichtenberg
B. S., Physics - 1958 - Michigan State University

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1963:

Kottilil Achyuthan
Thesis: "Ultrasonic Methods and Photo-Elastic Constants"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. Sc., Physics - 1946 - Madras University
M. A., Physics - 1945 - Madras University
B. Sc., Physics - 1944 - Madras University

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William Errol Blass
Thesis: "Rotation-Vibration of Axially Symmetric Molecules with Localized Perturbations"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
B. A., Physics - 1959 - St. Mary's College

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John William Boyd
Thesis: "Analysis of Vibration-Rotation Spectra of Axially Symmetric Molecules, With Application to TriDeuterated-Iodomethane"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
B. S., Physics - 1957 - Michigan State University

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Kun-Mo Thomas Chung
Thesis: "Molecular Asymmetric-Top Vibration-Rotation Hamiltonians"
Advisor: Paul M. Parker
B. S., Physics - 1959 - Seoul National University

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Julian Anthony Crawford
Thesis: "The Electrical Conductivity of Single Crystal Chromic-Oxide"
Advisor: Donald J. Montgomery
M. S., Physics - 1958 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1954 - Michigan State University

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Ronald Ames Hill
Thesis: "Analysis of the Spectra of Planar Asymmetric Molecules, With Application to Hydrogen Selenide"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
M. S., Physics - 1958 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1957 - Michigan State University

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Daniel Richard Killoran
Thesis: "On the Diffraction of Waves From a Finite Wedge"
Advisor: Alfred Leitner
B. A., Physics - 1959 - Johns Hopkins University

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William Wright Lester
Thesis: "A Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Propagation of Plane Finite Amplitude Waves in Real Fluids"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. S., Physics - 1958 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1956 - Michigan State University

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James Evans Parker
Thesis: "Pion Production in Neutron-Proton Collisions in the Neighborhood of 1.6 BeV/c"
Advisor: Joseph Ballam
B. S., Physics - 1956 - Michigan State University

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Adolph Eric Smith
Thesis: "A Search for Biological Effects of Magnetic Fields"
Advisor: Donald J. Montgomery
M. S., Physics - 1955 - University of Illinois
B. S., Physics - 1950 - New York City College

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Robert Joseph Spahn
Thesis: "On the Diffraction of Plane Electromagnetic Waves by an Infinite Slit"
Advisor: Alfred Leitner
B. S., Physics - 1958 - Michigan College of Mining and Technology

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Robert Fred Vieth
Thesis: "Paramagnetic Relaxation of Substitutional Impurities in AlCl3·6H2O"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
M. A., Physics - 1958 - University of California
B. S., Physics - 1956 - University of Wisconsin

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1964:

Joseph Lee Aubel
Thesis: "Magnetic Rotation Spectra of Nitrogen-Dioxide and Nitric-Oxide in the Near Infrared"
Advisor: C. Duane Hause
B. S., Physics - 1958 - Michigan State University

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Yen Fu Bow
Thesis: "Propagation of Plane Compressional Waves of Finite Amplitude in Real Fluids (A Theoretical Approach by the Method of Implicit Functions)"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. S., Physics - 1956 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1946 - Chekiang University

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Jack William Beal
Thesis: "Studies of Beam Deflection for a Three-Sector Cyclotron"
Advisor: Morton M. Gordon
M. S., Physics - 1962 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1960 - Texas Technological College

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Vincent Anthony Genusa
Thesis: "Analysis of Centrifugal Distortion Effects in Asymmetric Rotator Molecules by the Energy Moment Method"
Advisor: Paul M. Parker
B. S., Physics - 1959 - Northeast Lousiana State College

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Sitaram Singh Jaswal
Thesis: "Lattice Dynamics of Perfect and Imperfect Crystals of Sodium-Chloride Structure"
Advisor: Donald J. Montgomery
M. Sc., Physics - 1959 - Punjab University
B. Sc., Physics - 1958 - Punjab University

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William Richard Klein
Thesis: "A General Treatment of Fraunhofer Light Diffraction by Ultrasonic Gratings"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. S., Physics - 1962 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1960 - Central Michigan University

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Charles McWilliams Randall
Thesis: "Applicability of the Lorentz-Oscillator Model to Infrared Absorption in Lithium Fluoride"
Advisor: Donald J. Montgomery
M. S., Physics - 1962 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1960 - Union College

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1965:

Richard Milton Fuller
Thesis: "Far Infrared Absorption in Thin Films of Pure and Mixed Alkali-Halides"
Advisor: Donald J. Montgomery
M. S., Physics - 1959 - University of Michigan
B. A., Physics - 1955 - DePauw University

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Raymond John Krisciokaitis
Thesis: "The L-Auger Spectrum of Indium-113 as Derived From the Electron Capture Decay of Tin-113"
Advisor: Sherwood K. Haynes
B. A., Physics - 1958 - University of Connecticut

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James Joseph LePage
Thesis: "Magnetothermal Oscillations and the Fermi Surface of Beryllium"
Advisor: Frank J. Blatt
M. S., Physics - 1960 - Arizona State University
B. S., Physics - 1958 - Arizona State University

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David Julian Sellmyer
Thesis: "Galvanomagnetic Investigation of the Fermi Surface of Gold-Tin"
Advisor: Peter Schroeder
B. S., Engineering Physics - 1960 - University of Illinois

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Howard Jay Van Till
Thesis: "The Magnetic Susceptibility of Some Thiurea-Coordinated Transition-Metal Halides in the Paramagnetic and Antiferromagnetic States"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
B. S., Physics - 1960 - Calvin College

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Libor Jiri Vilinsky
Thesis: "The Michigan State University Iron-Free Double Focusing Beta-Ray Spectrometer"
Advisor: Sherwood K. Haynes
M. A., Physics - 1956 - University of Rochester
B. A., Physics - 1954 - Vanderbilt University

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1966:

Gerald Palmer Alldredge
Thesis: "On the Role of Two-Phonon Processes in the Energy Relaxation of a Heated Electron Distribution"
Advisor: Frank J. Blatt
M. S., Physics - 1960 - Texas Technological College
B. A., Physics - 1958 - Texas Technological College

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Ronald Lavern Auble
Thesis: "A study of Nuclear Energy Levels in 121Sb, 123Sb, 125Sb and 127I using Beta-Ray and Gamma-Ray Specroscopy"
Advisors: William H. Kelly and Herbert H. Bolotin
M. S., Physics - 1962 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1960 - Heidelberg College

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Ronald Wilbur Beery
Thesis: "An Experimental Measurement of Cosmic Ray Muon Scattering by Aluminum, in the Momentum Region of 1.6 BeV/c"
Advisor: Joseph Ballam
B. S., Physics - 1957 - Western Michigan University

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Richard Eugene Berg
Thesis: "Precise Methods for Pre-Calculation of Cyclotron Control Settings"
Advisor: Henry G. Blosser
M. S., Physics - 1963 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1960 - Manchester College

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Roger Leon Dilling
Thesis: "A Study of Coriolis Resonance in Polyatomic Molecules with Symmetry C3V"
Advisor: Paul M. Parker
M. S., Physics - 1963 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1961 - Manchester College

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Hyang Key Lee
Thesis: "Analysis of Nucleon-Nucleus Scattering with the WKB Method"
Advisor: Hugh McManus
M. S., Physics - 1961 - University of Wisconsin
B. S., Physics - 1960 - Michigan State University

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Merrit Lee Mallory
Thesis: "Phase Space Density Studies on Cyclotron Ion Sources"
Advisor: Henry G. Blosser
M. S., Physics - 1961 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1960 - Michigan State University

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David Francis Savickas
Thesis: "Dynamical Effects of Isotropic Radiation"
Advisor: Richard Schlegel
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1962 - St. Mary's College

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1967:

Thomas Leslie Barnett
Thesis: "The Determination of A0 for Axially Symmetric Molecules"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - West Virginia University

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Carl Anthony Baumgardner
Thesis: "Theory of an Electric-Current-Flow Induced Polarization Effect on the Optical Absorption of a Semiconductor"
Advisor: Truman O. Woodruff
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - University of Detroit

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George J. Berzins
Thesis: "High Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectral Studies of the Decays of 117Te, 119gTe, 119mTe, 129gTe, and 129mTe"
Advisor: William H. Kelly
B. S., Physics - 1962 - Michigan State University

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Louis Martin Beyer
Thesis: "The Michigan State University Six Gap Beta-Ray Spectrometer and its Application to the Beta-Ray and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopic Studies of Stronium-83 and Tellurium-131m"
Advisor: William H. Kelly
M. S., Physics - 1963 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - Murray State College

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Bruce Curtiss Burkey
Thesis: "The Interaction of Spin Waves with Drifted Conduction Electrons"
Advisor: Michael J. Harrison
M. S., Physics - 1963 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics/Mathematics - 1961 - Hiram College

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John Addis Casey
Thesis: "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Antiferromagnetic Rb2MnCl4·2H2O"
Advisor: Robert D. Spence
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - Loyola College (Baltimore)

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Arthur Jared Crandall
Thesis: "Measurement of the Velocity of Sound in Water by Optical Methods"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1961 - St. Lawrence University 

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Robert Cleland Etherton
Thesis: "Conversion-Electron and Gamma-Ray Experiments with the Decay of 82Br and 83Sr"
Advisor: William H. Kelly
M. S., Physics - 1956 - Southern Illinois University
B. S., Physics - 1950 - Southern Illinois University

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Dennis Jack Flood
Thesis: "Field Emission in a Magnetic Field"
Advisor: Frank J. Blatt
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - Wittenberg University

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David V. Grillot
Thesis: "Reaction Matrices for Finite Nuclei"
Advisor: Hugh McManus
M. S., Physics - 1962 - Ohio University
B. S., Physics - 1959 - Ohio University 

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Richard Walter Hohly
Diploma of Advanced Graduate Study
M. S., Mathematics - 1962 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1961 - University of New Hampshire

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George Taylor Johnston III
Thesis: "Electron Spin-Lattice Relaxation of Cr(CN)5NO in KBr and KCl"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
M. S., Physics - 1965 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - Michigan State University

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Donald Bruce Keck
Thesis: "High Resolution Absorption, Zeeman and Magnetic Rotation Spectra of the Fundamental and Satellite Bands of Nitric Oxide in the Near Infrared"
Advisor: C. Duane Hause
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - Michigan State University 

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Raymond Lee Kozub
Thesis: "An Investigation of the (p, d) Reaction on N = Z Nuclei in the 2s-1d Shell"
Advisor: Edwin Kashy
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - Wisconsin State College, River Falls

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Lorenz Anthony Kull
Thesis: "An Investigation of the (p, d) Reaction in 1p Shell Nuclei"
Advisor: Edwin Kashy
B. S., Physics - 1963 - Illinois Institute of Technology

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Norman Duane Love
Thesis: "A Specific Heat Study of Cesium Tetrachloromanganate(II) Dihydrate [Cs2MnCl4·2H20] in a Magnetic Field"
Advisor: Harold Forstat
M. S., Physics - 1962 - Western Michigan University
A. B., Physics - 1960 - Albion College

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Andrew Rostyslaw Melnyk
Thesis: "The Interaction of Electromagnetic Radiation with a Bounded Plasma"
Advisor: Michael J. Harrison
M. S., Physics - 1963 - Michigan State University
A. B., Physics - 1961 - St. Mary's College 

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Norman Kent Moncur
Thesis: "Analysis of the Spectra of Planar Asymmetric Molecules, with Application to Hydrogen Telluride"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1962 - San Jose College

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Melvin Dennis Olman
Thesis: "High Resolution Absorption, Zeeman and Magnetic Rotation Spectra of Nitrogen Dioxide in the Near Infrared"
Advisor: C. Duane Hause
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1961 - Michigan State University

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Paul Elmer Petersen
Thesis: "Theoretical Investigation of the Conduction Band Carrier Density in InSb Under Carrier Multiplication Conditions"
Advisor: Truman O. Woodruff
M. S., Physics - 1961 - University of Iowa
B. S., Physics - 1955 - Iowa State University

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Robert Gordon Ponzini
Thesis: "The Effects of Unitary Symmetry Upon Meson Production in Proton-Antiproton Annihilation"
Advisor: Julius S. Kovacs
M. S., Physics - 1962 - Marquette University
B. S., Physics - 1960 - University of Santa Clara

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Vincent Alan Rowe
Thesis: "Phonon Drag Thermopower in Cadmium, Zinc and Magnesium"
Advisor: Peter Schroeder
M. S., Physics - 1965 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1963 - Marquette University

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Lewis Emil Snyder
Thesis: "A Study of Coriolis-Type Resonance in Hydrogen Sulfide"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
M. A., Physics - 1964 - Southern Illinois University
B. S., Physics - 1961 - Indiana State College

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Charles Emery Taylor
Thesis: "Nuclear Spin-Lattice Relaxation of Several Nuclei in Antiferromagnetic Rb2MnCl4·2H2O"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
M. A., Physics - 1963 - Williams College
B. A., Physics - 1961 - Williams College

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John Arthur Woollam
Thesis: "Electron Transport Properties of Metallic Tin in High Magnetic Fields and at Liquid Helium Temperatures"
Advisor: Peter A. Schroeder
M. S., Physics - 1962 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1961 - Kenyon College

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John Bos Van Zytveld
Thesis: "The Effects of Sample Size, Magnetic Field and Temperature on the Electrical Resistivity and Thermopower of Aluminum"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
A. B., Physics - 1962 - Calvin College

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1968:

John Charles Abele
Thesis: "Fermi Surface Studies of Aluminum and Dilute Aluminum-Magnesium Alloys Using the Magnetothermal Oscillation Technique"
Advisor: Frank J. Blatt
M. S., Physics - 1965 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1963 - Willamette University

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Robert Joseph Heck
Thesis: "Polaron Effects on the Optical Properties of Semiconductors"
Advisor: Truman O. Woodruff
M. S., Physics - 1965 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - University of Detroit

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John Oscar Kopf
Thesis: "Janus: A Realtime Timesharing Computer System for Use in Nuclear Physics Experiment"
Advisor: Aaron Galonsky
M. A., Physics - 1962 - University of Connecticut
B. A., Physics - 1960 - University of Connecticut

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Joseph Thomas Longo
Thesis: "The High-Field Galvanomagnetic Properties of AuAl2, AuGa2 and AuIn2"
Advisor: Peter A. Schroeder
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1964 - University of Detroit

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James Nathaniel McElearney
Thesis: "Low Temperature Adiabatic Studies of Magnetic Phase Boundaries in Antiferromagnets"
Advisor: Harold Forstat
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - Stanford University

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Howard Eugene Petterson
Thesis: "The Strain-Optical Constants of Some Sodium Halides"
Advisor: Egon A. Hiedemann
M. A., Physics - 1947 - University of Minnesota
A. B., Physics - 1943 - Whitman College

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James Lewis Snelgrove
Thesis: "Energy Dependence and Spectroscopy in the 16O(p,d)15O and 15N(p,d)14N Reactions"
Advisor: Edwin Kashy
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1964 - Tennessee Polytechnic Institute 

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Harry Joseph Trodahl
Thesis: "Quantum Oscillations in the Peltier Effect in Zinc"
Advisor: Frank J. Blatt
M. S., Physics - 1965 - Michigan State University
A. B., Physics - 1963 - Moravian College

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1969:

Dwight Beecher Beery
Thesis: "Gamma Ray Spectroscopy Studies of the Excited States of Odd Proton (Odd Mass) Nuclei in the Z = 50-62, N = 64-82 Range"
Advisor: William H. Kelly
M. S., Physics - 1962 - Indiana University
B. A., Physics - 1959 - Manchester College

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Lamar Eugene Bullock
Thesis: "Simultaneous Analysis of the First Positive Band System of N2 in the Near Infrared Excited by a Hollow Cathode Discharge"
Advisor: C. Duane Hause
M. A., Physics - 1962 - Western Michigan University
B. S., Physics - 1960 - Western Michigan University

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Hans Rudolph Fankhauser
Thesis: "Part I: Effect of Phonon and Electron-Electron Induced Interband Transitions on the Thermopower of the Transition Metals. Part II: Lattice Dynamics of Crystals with Molecular Impurity Centers"
Advisor: Frank J. Blatt
Diplom., Physics - 1964 - ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

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Ronald Joseph Gripsover
Thesis: "A Study of Vacancies in Tungsten Quenced in Superfluid Helium"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 1965 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1963 - Villa Madonna College

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James John Kolata
Thesis: "Proton Spin Flip in the Reaction 12C(p, p') 12C* [4.44] and 120Sn(p, p') 120Sn* [1.17]"
Advisor: Aaron Galonsky
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1964 - Marquette University

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Michael David Miller
Thesis: "Model Dependence of the Binding Energy of Nuclear Matter"
Advisor: Peter S. Signell
M. S., Physics - 1967 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1964 - Pennsylvania State University

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Robert Alton Paddock
Thesis: "A Study of the Energy Levels of 18Ne, 22Mg, 26Si, 30S, 34Ar, and 38Ca by the (p, t) Reaction"
Advisor: Walter Benenson
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1964 - Washington and Lee University

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Richard Wayne Peterson
Thesis: "Determination of A0 for Deuterated Methyl Halides"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics and Mathematics - 1964 - Wisconsin State College, River Falls

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Phillip James Plauger
Thesis: "Spectroscopy in the Titanium Isotopes via (p, d) and (p, t) Reactions"
Advisor: Edwin Kashy
A. B., Physics - 1965 - Princeton University

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William Frederick Long
Thesis: "Chiral Dynamics Calculations of Single Pion Production in Pion-Nucleon Inelastic Scattering"
Advisor: Julius S. Kovacs
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1963 - William Jewell College

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Michael Stephen Sher
Thesis: "S- and P-Wave Effective Range Parameters for the Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction"
Advisor: Peter S. Signell
M. S., Physics - 1964 - University of Missouri
B. A., Physics - 1962 - Washington University

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Donald Anthony Slanina
Thesis: "The Optical Potential in Proton-Nucleus Scattering"
Advisor: Hugh McManus
B. A., Physics - 1960 - St. Mary's College

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Darryl Leonard Steinert
Thesis: "An Evaluation of Relativistic Thermodynamics"
Advisor: Richard Schlegel
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - Alma College

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Kenneth Marvin Thompson
Thesis: "Inelastic Proton Scattering at 40 MeV from the Even Nickel Isotopes"
Advisor: Charles R. Gruhn
M. S., Physics - 1965 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1963 - North Central College, Naperville, IL

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Glenn Thomas Williamson
Thesis: "A Study of the Production and Decay of Resonant States in Peripheral High Energy Collisions"
Advisor: Hugh McManus
M. S., Physics - 1967 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1963 - Michigan State University

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Peter Lee Willson
Thesis: "Electric Field Induced Spectra of Linear and Axially Symmetric Molecules"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1964 - Eastern Illinois University

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Gary Lee Wismer
Diploma of Advanced Graduate Study
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1965 - University of Detroit

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Krishna Kumari Yallibandi
Thesis: "Crystallographic Symmetry of the Magnetically Ordered State"
Advisor: Paul M. Parker and Robert D. Spence
M. Sc., Mathematics and Physics - 1958 - AndhraUniversity
B. Sc., Mathematics - 1957 - AndhraUniversity
B. Sc., Mathematics - 1955 - Arts College

1970:

Douglas Leslie Bayer
Thesis: "Inelastic Proton Scattering From 16O at Bombarding Energies From 24.6 to 40.1 MeV"
Advisor: Walter Benenson
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1965 - Knox College

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Richard Eugene Blank
Thesis: "Molecular Constants of NO2 from High-Resolution Absorption Spectra and Magnetic Circular Dichroism and Magnetic Circular Birefringence Spectra of NO and NO2"
Advisor: C. Duane Hause
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1964 - University of Rochester

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John F. Devlin
Thesis: "A Study of the Effect of Crystal-Field Anisotropy on Magnetically Ordered Systems"
Advisor: Robert D. Spence
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1966 - Harpur College

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Carl J. Duthler
Thesis: "Dependence of the Helium II film Transfer Rate on Pressure Head, Film Height and Substrate"
Advisor: Gerald L. Pollack
A. B., Physics - 1966 - Calvin College

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Christopher Warren Fairall
Thesis: "The Anisotropic Antiferromagnet - Theory and Experiment"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
B. S., Physics - 1966 - Florida State University

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Garold Frederic Fritz
Thesis: "Coupling Between Pressure and Temperature Waves in Liquid Helium"
Advisor: Gerald L. Pollack
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1966 - University of Toledo

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Willard Marion Gersbacher, Jr.
Thesis: "Energy Bands, Surface States and Resonant Transmission of Electrons in Finite One-Dimensional Crystals"
Advisor: Truman O. Woodruff
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1965 - Grinnell College

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Charles William Leming
Thesis: "Sublimation Pressures of Solid Argon, Krypton and Xenon"
Advisor: Gerald L. Pollack
M. S., Physics - 1967 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1965 - Eastern Illinois University

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William Lucas Pickles
Thesis: "Deuteron Elastic and Inelastic Scattering from 14N and 16O at 20 MeV"
Advisor: Edwin Kashy
M. S., Physics - 1965 - University of Illinois
B. A., Mathematics - 1964 - University of Texas
B. S., Physics - 1963 - University of Texas

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George Frederick Trentelman
Thesis: "An Experimental Test of the Isobaric Multiplet Equation"
Advisor: Edwin Kashy
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1966 - Clarkson College of Technology

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Liek Wilardjo
Thesis: "A Complete Fourth-Order Vibration-Rotation Hamiltonian of H2O-Type Molecules"
Advisor: Paul M. Parker
M. S., Physics - 1965 - Michigan State University
B. Sc., Physics - 1962 - Gama University, Indonesia

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Paul Bascom Williams
Thesis: "Theory of Transition Element Superconductors"
Advisor: Michael J. Harrison
B. S., Physics - 1960 - Wayne State University

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1971:

Peter Tone Bailey
Thesis: "Magnetic Measurements of Antiferomagnetic KMnCl3·H2O and LiCuCl3·H2O"
Advisor: Harold Forstat
M. S., Physics - 1967 - University of Illinois
B. S., Physics - 1965 - University of Illinois

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Ronald Leon Carter
Thesis: "Electrical Resistivity of Aluminum Alloys at Room Temperature"
Advisor: Frank J. Blatt
M. S., Physics - 1964 - Iowa State University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - Iowa State University

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David Harlan Current
Thesis: "Soft Sphere Model for Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance in Rare Earth Trichlorides Under Hydrostatic Pressure"
Advisor: Edward H. Carlson
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Northwestern University
B. A., Physics - 1963 - Carleton College

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John D. Dreisbach
Thesis: "Performance Estimates of a Median Plane Injection System for the MSU Cyclotron"
Adviser: Henry G. Blosser
B. A., Physics - 1964 - Hiram College

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Clyde Henry Evans
Thesis: "Quantum Theory and the Independent Existence of Physical Objects"
Adviser: Richard Schlegel
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1966 - University of Detroit

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Dennis Edward Gallus
Thesis: "The Transferred Hyperfine Effect in ErCl3 "
Adviser: Edward H. Carlson
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1966 - University of Detroit

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Jan Paul Hessler
Thesis: "The Low Temperature Cooperative Behavior of the Rare Earth Salts GdCl3 and PrCl3"
Adviser: Edward H. Carlson
B. A., Physics - 1965 - Kalamazoo College

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Thomas Yao-Ting Kuo
Thesis: "Energy Dependence of Proton Inelastic Scattering From 40Ca"
Advisor: Charles R. Gruhn
M. S., Physics - 1965 - Dalhousie University
B. S., Physics - 1962 - Taiwan Normal University

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Helmut Wolfram Laumer
Thesis: "Proton Induced Reactions on 14N and 16O and the Creation of Elements Lithium, Beryllium and Boron"
Advisor: Sam Austin
M. S., Physics - 1967 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1966 - University of Chicago

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Yoshikazo Ernesto Nagai
Thesis: "Nonleptonic Decays of Hyperons"
Advisor: Peter S. Signell
M. A., Physics - 1968 - University of Rochester
M. S., Physics - 1965 - Tokyo University of Technology
B. S., Physics - 1962 - University of Sao Paulo

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Donald Lester Parker
Thesis: "Antiproton-Proton Interactions From 1.51 to 2.90 GeV/c"
Advisor: Gerald L. Smith
B. S., Physics - 1966 - Spring Hill College

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Fred Luke Petrovich
Thesis: "Some Observations Concerning the Use of Realistic Forces in a Microscopic Description of the Inelastic Scsattering of Nucleons from Nuclei at Medium Energies"
Advisor: Hugh McManus
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 1963 - Clarkson College
B. S., Physics - 1963 - Clarkson College

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Deanne Dorothy (Blake) Proctor
Thesis: "Analysis of the Light Curves of Ten Eclipsing Binary Stars"
Adviser: Albert P. Linnell
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1965 - Iowa State University

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Laurence Joseph Sowash
Thesis: "Fixed-u Finite-Energy Sum Rule Calculations for pN Scattering Using Realistic Spectral Functions"
Adviser: Peter S. Signell
M. S., Physics - 1965 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1963 - St. Louis University

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Richard Ross Todd
Thesis: "Gamma-Ray Spectroscopic Studies of Members of the A = 141 Decay Chain"
Advisor: William H. Kelly
M. A., Physics - 1963 - Southern Illinois University
B. A., Mathematics - 1960 - Southern Illinois University

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Lawrence Edward Turner, Jr.
Thesis: "Carbon and Oxygen Production During the Helium Burning Phase in Intermediate Mass Stars"
Adviser: R. Erik Zimmermann
M. S., Physics - 1970 - Michigan State University
M. A., Mathematics - 1968 - Pacific Union College
B. S., Physics and Mathematics - 1968 - Pacific Union College

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John Stephen Zetts
Thesis: "A Test of the Flynn, Bass, Lazarus Theory Using Quenched Platinum"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics and Mathematics - 1964 - Youngstown University

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1972:

Thomas Marshall Amos, Jr.
Thesis: "Neutron Yields From Proton Bombardment of Thick Targets"
Advisor: Aaron Galonsky
M. S., Physics - 1967 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1965 - Hampden-Sydney University

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Robert Scott Averback
Thesis: "The Thermopower of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys, and Indium and Lead, in a Magnetic Field"
Advisor: Jack Bass 
B. S., Physics - 1966 - Dickinson College

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Robert Bass
Thesis: "High Field Magnetoresistance of AuGa, AuPb2, Au2Pb"
Advisor: Peter Schroeder
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1966 - Drexel Institute of Technology

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Robert Stephen Cole
Thesis: "Recoil Corrections to the Hydrogen Hyperfine Splitting of Order (me /mp )a 6lna -1"
Advisor: Wayne W. Repko
M. S., Physics - 1967 - University of Washington
A. B., Physics - 1965 - University of California, Berkeley

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Paul Stanley Eastman
Thesis: "Antiproton-Deuteron Interactions From 1.60 to 2.90 GeV/c"
Advisor: Gerald A. Smith
M. S., Physics - 1967 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1965 - St. Olaf College

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Stanley Haim Fox
Thesis: " 14N(p,p') at 29.8, 36.6 and 40.0 MeV"
Advisor: Sam Austin
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1964 - Williams College

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Richard Harry Howell
Thesis: "Proton Spin Flip Probability in Inelastic Scattering on 120Sn and 124Sn at 30 MeV"
Advisor: Aaron Galonsky
M. A., Physics - 1967 - Miami University
B. A., Physics - 1965 - Miami University

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Duane Clark Larson
Thesis: "Inelastic Proton Scattering from 138Ba and 144Sm and its Microscopic Interpretation"
Advisor: Sam Austin
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1966 - Wisconsin State University, River Falls

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Nancy Marie (Zander) Larson
Thesis: "Three-Body Problem: A Formalism and Computer Code for Arbitrary Kinds of Particles"
Advisor: Jack Hetherington
M. S., Physics - 1969 - Michigan State University
B. S., Mathematics - 1967 - Michigan State University

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Carl Jerome Maggiore
Thesis: "Energy Dependent Study of Inelastic Proton Scattering From 48Ca"
Advisor: Charles R. Gruhn
M. S., Physics - 1967 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1965 - Creighton University

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Shakir M. Mustafa
Thesis: "Validity of the Many-Body Approximations in Spherical Nuclei"
Advisor: Truman O. Woodruff 
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1961 - University of Baghdad

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Richard D. Nelson
Thesis: "The Vibrational Properties of Impure Quantum Crystals"
Advisor: William Hartmann
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1967 - West Virginia State College

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Lolo Marangkup Panggabean
Thesis: "Proton Induced Spallation of 20Ne and the Astrophysical Production of the Lithium Isotopes"
Advisor: Sam Austin
MAT, Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1963 - Bandung Teacher Training College

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Ivan Dwight Proctor
Thesis: "A Study of 17O and 17F Through Charged Particle Reactions"
Advisor: Walter Benenson
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1966 - Iowa State University

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Lawrence Edward Samuelson
Thesis: "Properties of Gamma-Ray Transitions in 56Co, from 56Ni Decay and 56Fe(p,ng) 56Co and in 48V from 48Cr Decay and 48Ti(p,ng)48V"
Advisor: William H. Kelly
B. S., Physics - 1966 - Iowa State University

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David Allan Sumberg
Thesis: "Fourth Order Centrifugal Distortion Coefficients for Nonlinear Triatomic Molecules"
Advisor: Paul M. Parker
M. S., Physics - 1966 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1964 - Utica College of Syracuse University

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Richard Trilling
Thesis: "Simple Excitations of Doubly Closed Shell Nuclei"
Advisor: Hugh McManus
M. S., Physics - 1965 - Syracuse University
B. S., Physics - 1963 - Massachusetts Insitute of Technology

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1973:

Dario Cabib
Thesis: "I. Statistical Mechanics of the Half-Filled Band Hubbard Model. II. Random Ising Chains"
Advisor: Thomas Kaplan
Laurea, Physics - 1971 - University of Pisa

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John Curtis Collins
Thesis: "Phase Selection Mechanism in Isochronous Cyclotrons Producing High Resolution Beams"
Advisor: Morton M. Gordon
B. S., Physics - 1967 - Wittenberg College

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Mohsen Khoshnevisan
Thesis: "I. A Study of Vacancies in Quenched Tungsten. II. Design and Construction of a Field Ion Microscope System with a Multiple Sample Capability"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 1971 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1968 - San Jose State College
B. A., Mathematics - 1968 - San Jose State College

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Terry Wayne McDaniel
Thesis: "The Construction of a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer and a Study of Magnetic Interactions in Dilute Alloys with Atomic Order-Disorder Transitions"
Advisor: Carl Foiles
M. S., Physics - 1971 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1968 - Wittenberg University

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Thomas Orian Milbrodt
Thesis: "Helium II Film Transfer Rates for Solid Argon Beakers"
Advisor: Gerald L. Pollack
M. S., Physics - 1970 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1968 - Bowling Green University

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Ronald Dean Painter
Thesis: "Vibrations of Disordered Binary Chains"
Advisor: William Hartmann
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1967 - University of Redlands

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Joseph Ralph Pernicone
Thesis: "Lattice Thermal Conductivity, Electronic Thermal Resistivity and Electrical Resistivity of Tin in a Magnetic Field at Helium Temperatures"
Advisor: Peter A. Schroeder
M. S., Physics - 1970 - Michigan State University
M. S., Mathematics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1966 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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James Allen Rice
Thesis: "A Study of Several Odd-Odd s-d Shell Nuclei Via the (p,d) Reaction at 35 MeV"
Advisor: B. Hobson Wildenthal
M. S., Physics - 1970 - University of Illinois
B. S., Physics - 1967 - Northern Illinois University

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Randal Charles Ruchti
Thesis: "A Measurement of the Polarization Parameter in Neutron-Proton Charge Exchange Scattering from 2 - 12 GeV/c"
Advisor: Maris Abolins
M. S., Physics - 1970 - University of Illinois, Urbana
B. S., Physics - 1968 - University of Wisconsin

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Paul Daniel Willson
Thesis: "Analysis of Asymmetric Rotor Molecule Spectra and Data Acquisition and Treatment by a Minicomputer"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
M. S., Physics - 1969 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1967 - Mankato State College

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1974:

George Edmond Bohannon
Thesis: "Nucleon-Nucleon Two-Pion Exchange"
Advisor: Peter Signell
M. S., Physics - 1971 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1969 - Oklahoma City University

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Chwan K. Chiang
Thesis: "Thermopower of Metals in High Magnetic Fields"
Advisor: Frank J. Blatt
M. S., Physics - 1970 - Western Michigan University
B. S., Physics - 1966 - Taiwan Normal University

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David Kent Christen
Thesis: "Thermal Conductivity of Solid Argon"
Advisor: Gerald L. Pollack
M. S., Physics - 1970 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1967 - University of Illinois

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Robert Reid Doering
Thesis: "Isobaric Analog State Transitions in (p, n) Reactions on 48Ca, 90Zr, 120Sn, and 208Pb at 25, 35, and 45 MeV"
Advisor: Aaron I. Galonsky
M. S., Physics - 1970 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1968 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Clyde H.Evans
Thesis: "Quantum Theory and the Independent Existence of Physical Objects"
Advisor: Richard Schlegel
M. S., Physics - 1968 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - University of Detroit

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Jeffrey L. Imes
Thesis: "The Ultralow Temperature Magnetic Susceptibility of Copper Tetraphenylporphine Using a 3He-4He Dilution Refrigerator"
Advisor: William P. Pratt, Jr.
M. S., Physics - 1971 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1969 - Wright State University

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James Michael Mountz
Thesis: "A Study of the Reaction pbar + n -->p+ + p - + p - from 1.09 to 1.43 GeV/c"
Advisor: Horace Zee Ming Ma
M. S., Physics - 1971 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1969 - Wright State University

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John Douglas Mountz
Thesis: "Test of Pole Extrapolation in PP --> D++N at 6 GEV/c"
Advisor: Gerald Smith
M. S., Physics - 1971 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1969 - Wright State University

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Jon Lynn Opsal
Thesis: "(1) Sublimation and Vapor Pressure of Ar36 and (2) The Combined Effects of Impedance Matching and Phonon Attenuation on Kapitza Resistance"
Advisor: Gerald L. Pollack
M. S., Physics - 1971 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1969 - Eastern Washington State College

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Bingley Bing Wing Poon
Thesis: "a-Particle Model of 16 O"
Advisor: George F. Bertsch
M. S., Physics - 1971 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1969 - Fu Jen Catholic University

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David Lawrence Show
Thesis: "A Study of the (p, d) Reaction in the Germanium Isotopes"
Advisor: B. Hobson Wildenthal
B. A., Physics - 1969 - Andrews University

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William Frederick Steele
Thesis: "A Survey of the ( 3 He, 7 Be) Reaction at 70 MeV"
Advisor: Gerard M. Crawley
A. B., Physics - 1969 - University of California, Berkeley

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Charles Ralph Stirrat
Thesis: "The Magnetic Behavior of Several Transition Metal Salts - Some Low Dimensional Effects"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
M. S., Physics - 1970 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1968 - Wisconsin State University, River Falls

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William Thomas Wagner
Thesis: "A High Resolution Study of Proton Inelastic Scattering from 207Pb, 208Pb and 209Bi"
Advisor: Gerard M. Crawley
M. S., Physics - 1970 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1968 - University of Wisconsin, Madison

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1975:

Clare Ben Morgan
Thesis: "States in 116Sb From 116Te Decay and 116Sn (p, ng)116Sb"
Advisor: William H. Kelly
M. S., Physics - 1971 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1970 - Michigan State University

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Gary Louis Neiheisel
Thesis: "Superexchanged-Coupled Electron-Spin Pairs in Iron Tetraphenylporphine Chloride at Low Temperatures"
Advisor: William P. Pratt, Jr.
M. S., Physics - 1971 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1969 - Thomas More College

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Paul Richard Newman
Thesis: "Metamagnetism in Low Dimensions"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
B. S., Physics - 1970 - Antioch College

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Nilton Penha Silva
Thesis: "Variational Approach to an Approximate Hamiltonian for Strongly-Correlated Narrow-Band Electrons - Relation to Band Calculations and Theory of Exchange in Insulators"
Advisor: Thomas A. Kaplan
M. S., Physics - 1969 - University of Minas Gerais, Brasil
B. S., Physics - 1965 - University of Minas Gerais, Brasil

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Rem Sing Tu
Thesis: "A. Effect of Interatomic Interactions in the Zero Bandwidth Hubbard Hamiltonian B. Theory of Superexchange Interactions in Magnetic Insulators"
Advisor: Thomas A. Kaplan
M. Sc., Physics - 1970 - University of New Brunswick
B. Sc., Physics - 1961 - National Taiwan University

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Paul Daniel Zemany, Jr.
Thesis: "A study of p-bar d Interactions from 1.09 to 1.43 GeV/c"
Advisor: Horace Zee Ming Ma
M. S., Physics - 1972 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1970 - Indiana Institute of Technology

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1976:

Wilton C. Chung
Thesis: "Empirical Renormalization of Shell-Model Hamiltonians and Magnetic Dipole Moments of sd-Shell Nuclei"
Advisor: B. Hobson Wildenthal
B. S., Physics - 1971 - University of the Philippines

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Kenneth Edward Gilbert
Thesis: "The Effect of Internal Nucleon Motion and Nuclear Binding on Elastic Pion-Nucleus Scattering"
Advisor: Jack H. Hetherington
B. S., Physics - 1967 - Mississippi State University

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Dennis Warren Mueller
Thesis: "Coulomb Displacement Energies of 1f7/2 Shell Mirror Nuclei"
Advisor: Edwin Kashy
M. S., Physics - 1975 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1968 - McMurray College

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Earl Lewis Stone III
Thesis: "(1) A Field Ion Microscope Study of Dilute Platinum Cobalt (2) Transport Measurements on High Purity Tungsten at Low and Ultra-Low Temperatures"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 1972 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1968 - Cornell University

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1977:

Philip Allen Gaubis
Thesis: "Raman Scattering From Two Phonon Excitations and From Electronic Nitrogen Impurity Levels in Cubic Silicon Carbide"
Advisor: Priscilla Colwell
M. S., Physics - 1974 - Michigan State University
M. S., Electrical Engineering - 1969 - Purdue University
B. E. E. - 1968 - General Motors Institute

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Edward Felix Grabowski
Thesis: "A Light Beating Study of the Thermal Excitations of a Bilipid Layer"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
B. A., Physics - 1969 - Western Michigan University

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John Jesse Higgins
Thesis: "De Haas-Van Alphen Study of AuGa2 Alloy Phase"
Advisor: Peter A. Schroeder
M. S., Physics - 1968 - North Carolina State University
B. A., Physics - 1966 - North Carolina State University

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Felix Marti
Thesis: "Resonance Line Formation in Expanding Decelerating Atmospheres"
Advisor: Peter D. Noerdlinger
M. S., Physics - 1975 - Michigan State University
Lic. - 1963 - University of the Republic, Uruguay
Engr. - 1963 - University of the Republic, Uruguay

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William Bruce McFarland
Thesis: "Ratio of Electron Capture to Positron Emission in Heavy Nuclei"
Advisor: Wayne W. Repko
M. S., Physics - 1974 - Michigan State University
B. A., Chemistry - 1969 - Western Michigan University

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Barry Jay Thaler
Thesis: "The Magnetothermoelectric Effect in Single Crystal Aluminum and Indium at Liquid Helium Temperatures"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 1974 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1972 - SUNY, Stony Brook

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1978:

Nguyen Truong Lam
Thesis: "A Calorimetric Study of Cox Ni1-x Cl2•H2O, Theory and Experiment"
Advisor: Harold Forstat
M. S., Physics - 1971 - University of Waterloo
B. S., Physics - 1969 - University of Montreal

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Azam Niroomand-Rad
Thesis: "Studies of the Centrifugal Distortion Theory of Triangular Triatomic Molecules"
Advisor: Paul Parker
M. S., Physics - 1971 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1970 - SUNY, Albany

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Phillip Frank Schewe
Thesis: "Deep Inelastic Muon Scattering at 270 GeV"
Advisor: K. Wendell Chen
M. S., Physics - 1973 - University of Illinois
B. S., Physics - 1972 - University of Illinois

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Paul Smith
Thesis: "Features of the (p, a) Reaction"
Advisor: Jerry Nolen
M. S., Physics - 1973 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1968 - University of Michigan

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1979:

Robert C. Ball
Thesis: "Measurement of the Structure Function F2 in Muon Scattering at 270 GeV"
Advisor: K. Wendell Chen
B. S., Physics - 1974 - Michigan State University

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Raymond Peter DeVito
Thesis: "Determination of the Coulomb Correction and Isovector Term of the Nucleon-Nucleus Optical Model Potential from Neutron Elastic Scattering at 30.3 and 40 MeV"
Advisor: Sam Austin
A. B., Physics - 1975 - Rutgers College

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James Ridgeway Gillis
Thesis: "Analysis of Infrared Spectra of Asymmetric Rotor Molecules with Application to HDSe, H2S and H2Se"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
M. S., Physics - 1974 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1969 - Montana State University

1980:

Juan Javier Bautista
Thesis: "Thermal Conductivity of Solid Argon"
Advisor: Gerald L. Pollack
M. S., Physics - 1974 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1971 - St. Mary's University

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Brent J. Blumenstock
Thesis: "Transport Properties of Cd and W, Ti1+xS2 and Al at Low Temperatures"
Advisor: Peter Schroeder
M. S., Physics - 1977 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1975 - Michigan State University

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Chi Wai Lee
Thesis: "The Electrical Resistivity and the Thermoelectric Ratio of Potassium and Dilute Potassium-Rubidium Alloys Below 1K"
Advisor: Jack Bass
B. S., Physics - 1974 - CUNY, City College of New York

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David Carl Mundinger
Thesis: "A Hydrodynamic Theory of Heavy Ion Collisions"
Advisor: George F. Bertsch
B. S., Physics - 1975 - Michigan State University
B. S., Systems Engineering - 1972 - Michigan State University

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Steven Dale Steenwyk
Thesis: "The Temperature Dependence of the Resistivity of Noble Metals from 0.03 to 9K"
Advisor: Peter Schroeder
M. S., Physics - 1978 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1974 - Calvin College

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1981:

Daniel Adams Bauer
Thesis: "Leptonically Produced Multimuon Final States in Muon Scattering at 270 GeV"
Advisor: K. Wendell Chen
B. A., Physics - 1974 - Lewis and Clark College

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Wayne Harold Bentley
Thesis: "High Spin Structure of 116Sb and 118Sb"
Advisor: William H. Kelly
M. S., Physics - 1975 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1973 - Michigan State University

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Glenn Fletcher
Thesis: "The Effect of d Electron Correlation on the Mixed Valence Phase of Samarium Sulfide"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
B. S., Physics - 1969 - Rochester Institute of Technology

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Robert Clare Melin
Thesis: "Multipole Moments of 232Th, 234,236,238U from Proton Inelastic Scattering"
Advisor: Jerry Nolen
M. S., Physics - 1977 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1974 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Karen Sue Stricker
Thesis: "A Study of the Pion-Nucleus Optical Potential"
Advisor: Hugh McManus
M. S., Physics - 1975 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1973 - Michigan State University

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1982:

James Arthur Carr
Thesis: "Pion Inelastic Scattering and the Pion-Nucleus Interaction"
Advisor: Hugh McManus
B. S., Mathematics - 1974 - Michigan State University

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Terry Clayton Awes
Thesis: "A Study of the Mechanism of 16O-Induced Reactions Between 140 and 160 MeV Incident Energies"
Advisor: C. Konrad Gelbke
M. S., Physics - 1981 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1977 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Michael Carl Goetz
Thesis: "The Thermal Conductivity of Silver-Ion Superionic Conductors"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
M. S., Physics - 1977 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1975 - University of Notre Dame

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Vernon Othmar Heinen
Thesis: "The Effect of Hyperfine Coupling on the Electrical Resistivity of Au(Yb) Alloys at Ultralow Temperatures"
Advisor: William P. Pratt, Jr.
B. S., Physics - 1977 - University of Minnesota

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James Edward Hylen
Thesis: "Phi Meson and Accompanying Strange Particle Production in 16 GeV/c p+p Interactions"
Advisor: Horace Ma
M. Ed. - 1972 - University of Hartford
B. S., Physics - 1971 - Michigan State University

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James Eadus Huffman
Thesis: "Magnetothermal Oscillations in Graphite Intercalation Compounds"
Advisor: Frank J. Blatt
M. S., Physics - 1979 - Michigan State University
A. B., Physics - 1977 - Calvin College

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Arno George Ledebuhr
Thesis: "Experimental Studies of Isobaric Quintets"
Advisor: Hamish Robertson
B. S., Physics - 1976 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Raad Abdul-Karim Radhi
Thesis: "Calculations of Elastic and Inelastic Electron Scattering in Light Nuclei with Shell Model Wave Functions"
Advisor: B. H. Wildenthal
M. S., Physics - 1975 - University of Basrah, Iraq
B. S., Physics - 1972 - University of Basrah, Iraq

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Devaraj Sahu
Thesis: "Microscopic Theory of Ferroelastic Phase Transitions in Alkali Cyanides"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M. S., Physics - 1973 - Berhampur University, India
B. S., Physics - 1971 - Khallikote College, India

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Haitook Sarafian
Thesis: "A Study of Nuclear Pion Absorption"
Advisor: Hugh McManus
Lic., Physics - 1973 - Pars College, Iran
A. Lic., Physics - 1971 - Pars College, Iran

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James Stephen Shell
Thesis: "Spin-Glass Behavior in Dilute Alloys with Atomic Order-Disorder Transitions"
Advisor: Carl Foiles
M. S. - 1976 - University of Michigan
B. S. E., Engineering - 1975 - University of Michigan

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1983:

Dale Edward Bardin
Thesis: "An Analysis of the Digitally Enhanced High Resolution Infrared Spectra of CD3Br and CH3CN"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
M. S., Physics - 1977 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1974 - Michigan State University

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Janaki Narayanaswamy
Thesis: "A Study of the Gamow-Teller Strength in 40,42,44,48Ca From the (p,n) Reaction at 120 MeV"
Advisor: Sam Austin
M. S., Physics - 1972 - Osmania University, India
B. S., Physics - 1970 - University of Madras

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1984:

David William Heys
Thesis: "Application of the Green's Function Monte Carlo Method to Hamiltonian Lattice Methods"
Advisor: Daniel Stump
B. Sc., Physics - 1980 - University of Manchester, England

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William Charles Lane
Thesis: "An Analysis of the ν2 Fundamental Infrared Absorption Bands of H2S and H2Se"
Advisor: T. Harvey Edwards
M. S., Physics - 1978 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1975 - Wheaton College

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John Marshall Thomsen
Thesis: "Problems in Ordered and Disordered Ising Systems"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
A. B., Physics - 1980 - Harvard University

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Zhao Zhi Yu
Thesis: "The Electrical Resistivity and the Thermoelectric Ratio of Potassium, Sodium, Lithium, and Potassium-Rubidium Alloy from 0.07K to 4.2K"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 1973 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1969 - Peking University

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1985:

Alireza Abbasabadi
Thesis: "Using the Barbieri-Rimiddi Lowest-Order Equation for Calculating the Decay Rate and the Energy shift of Positronium"
Advisor: Wayne W. Repko
M. S., Physics - 1975 - Tehran University
B. S., Physics - 1969 - Tehran University

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Timothy Allen Antaya
Thesis: "The Development of a Discharge Heated Penning Ion Source for Multiply-Charged Ions in a K=500 Superconducting Cyclotron"
Advisor: Henry G. Blosser, Morton M. Gordon
B. A., Physics - 1977 - University of Michigan, Flint

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Stephen R. W. Cooper
Thesis: "Large Transverse Momentum Direct Photon, π0 and η Production With a Carbon Target"
Advisor: Carl Bromberg
M. S., Physics - 1980 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1976 - Michigan State University

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Mark Steven Curtin
Thesis: "Beta Decay Studies of Neutron-Rich Nuclei"
Advisor: Jerry Nolen
B. S., Physics - 1978 - Michigan State University

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Edward Joseph Garboczi
Thesis: "Theory of the Elastic and Vibrational Properties of Central Force Random Networks"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
M. S., Physics - 1983 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1980 - Michigan State University

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Bruce Earl Hasselquist
Thesis: "Measurement of Light Particle-Complex Fragment Coincidence Cross Sections"
Advisor: Gerard M. Crawley
B. S., Physics - 1978 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Hong-Xing He
Thesis: "Computer Generated Vitreous Silica Networks and Elastic Properties of Glasses"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
B.S., Physics - 1970 - Beijing University

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Harry Louis Melanson
Thesis: "Comparison of the Polarizations of Inclusively Produced Lambdas and Antilambdas by Protons, Antiprotons and Kaons"
Advisor: Maris Abolins
B. S., Physics - 1978 - Michigan State University

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Joseph John Molitoris
Thesis: "Non-Equilibrium and Quantal Aspects of Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions"
Advisor: Horst Stöcker
M.S., Mathematics - 1983 - University of North Florida
B.S., Physics - 1981 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Bradley Marc Sherrill
Thesis: "The Atomic Masses of 57Cu and 59Zn"
Advisor: Walter Benenson
M. S., Physics - 1982 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics/Mathematics - 1980 - Coe College

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John Allen Slate
Thesis: "A Comparison of Neutral to Charged Current Neutrino-Neutron Interactions in a Wide Band Neutrino Beam at Fermilab"
Advisor: Maris Abolins
B. S., Physics - 1977 - Michigan State University

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San-Yi Tang
Thesis: "Phase Transitions in Two Dimensional Diatomic Molecular Systems"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M.S., Physics - 1983 - Michigan State University
B.S., Physics - 1981 - Shanghai University of Science & Technology

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Brian R. York
Thesis: "The Effect of Composition on the Sandwich Thickness of Potassium-Ammonia Graphite Intercalation Compounds"
Advisor: Stuart Solin
B. S., Physics - 1978 - Michigan Technological University

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John William Zwart
Thesis: "Sample Dependency of the Low Temperature Electrical Resistivity of Dilute Copper-Silver Alloys, Silver and Palladium"
Advisor: Peter Schroeder
M. S., Physics - 1979 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1977 - Calvin College

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1986:

Michael William Curtin
Thesis: "Composite Fragment Production for Intermediate Heavy Ion Collisions"
Advisor: David Scott
M. A., Physics - 1977 - State University of New York, Stony Brook
B. S., Physics - 1975 - Michigan State University

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Amad Amjadi
Thesis: "Nernst-Ettinghausen Measurements on Aluminum Below 1K"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 1980 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1974 - Arya Mehr University, Iran

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Kevin Breckenridge Beard
Thesis: "High Energy Gamma Rays in Intermediate Energy Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions"
Advisor: Edwin Kashy
M. S., Physics - 1982 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1978 - Kalamazoo College

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James Edward Duffy
Thesis: "Particle Response Functions in Samarium Isotopes"
Advisor: Gerard Crawley
M. S., Mathematics - 1977 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1975 - Carroll College

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Jeffrey Frank Himm
Thesis: "The Solubility of Xenon in Simple Organic Solvents and in Aqueous Amino Acid Solutions"
Advisor: Gerald L. Pollack
B. S., Mathematics - 1979 - Michigan State University

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Sami Husein Mahmood
Thesis: "Characterization and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy on NiV and NiMo Superlattices"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M.S., Physics - 1984 - Michigan State University
B.Sc., Physics - 1978 - University of Jordan

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William Erich Ormand
Thesis: "Isospin-Symmetry Violation in Light Nuclei"
Advisor: B. Alex Brown
M. S., Physics - 1982 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1979 - North Carolina State University

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Bruce Allen Remington
Thesis: "Neutron-Fragment Coincidence Measurements in 14N + 165Ho and Ni Reactions at 35 MeV/Nucleon"
Advisor: Aaron Galonsky
M. S., Physics - 1981 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1975 - Northern Michigan University

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Jian-Qun Wu
Thesis: "Subbarrier Fusion in Light and Medium Heavy Systems"
Advisor: George Bertsch
B. S., Physics - 1982 - University of Nanjing

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1987:

Silvana Patrizia Angius
Thesis: "Streamer Chamber Study of Intermediate-Energy Nuclear Collisions with CCD Cameras"
Advisor: G. M. Crawley
M.S., Physics - 1983 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1978 - Universita degli Studi, Milano

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Charles D. Bloch
Thesis: "Neutrons in Coincidence with Intermediate-Mass Fragments at Large Angles from 14N + Ag Reactions at 20 and 35 MeV/Nucleon"
Advisor: Walter Benenson
M. S., Mathematics - 1983 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 1980 - Wayne State University
B. S., Physics - 1978 - Wayne State University

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David James Fields
Thesis: "The Emission of Complex Fragments From Highly Excited Nuclear Systems"
Advisor: C. Konrad Gelbke
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Tennessee Technological University

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N. Kedarnath
Thesis: "Optical Properties of Ordered and Disordered Systems"
Advisor: Carl Foiles
M.S., Physics - 1984 - Michigan State University
B.Sc., Physics - 1977 - Birla Institute of Technology and Science

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Bruce Forrest Milton
Thesis: "Phase Selection in the K500 Cyclotron and the Development of a Non-linear Transfer Matrix Program"
Advisor: Henry G Blosser
B. Sc., Physics - 1981 - McGill University

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Xiao-Wen Qian
Thesis: "Structural and Electrical Properties of Graphite Intercalation Compounds and Graphite Fiber Compounds"
Advisor: Stuart Solin
B.Sc., Physics - 1982 - University of Nanjing

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Daniel Fox
Thesis: "Angular Correlations Near the Fermi Energy"
Advisor: Gary Westfall
B. S., Physics - 1983 - Michigan State University

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Wen-Qing Tang
Thesis: "Elastic Behavior of Noncrystalline Networks"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
M. S., Physics - 1984 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1980 - East China Normal University, Shanghai

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Shi Yin
Thesis: "Electrical Transport Measurements Below 1K on Cold-Worked Potassium"
Advisor: William P. Pratt, Jr.
M. S., Physics - 1984 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Sichuan University

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1988:

Zi-Ping Chen
Thesis: "Two-Particle Correlations at Small Relative Momenta, Measured for the Reactions 14N + Au at E/A = 35 MeV and 16O + Au at E/A = 94 MeV"
Advisor: C. K. Gelbke
B. S., Physics - 1983 - Peking University

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Yi-Bing Fan
Thesis: "Structural and Dynamical Studies of Layered Solids"
Advisor: Stuart Solin
B. A., Physics - 1983 - Peking University

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Gregory George Kenning
Thesis: "Finite Size Effects in Copper Manganese Spin Glasses"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M.Sc., Physics - 1983 - Queens University
B.Sc., Physics - 1981 - University of Manitoba

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Anna Rosa Lampis
Thesis: "High-Energy Gamma Rays in Heavy-Ion Collisions"
Advisor: John Stevenson
M.S., Physics - 1985 - Michigan State University
Deg., Physics - 1980 - University of Study, Cagliari

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Jeong Ho Lee
Thesis: "A Study of Statistical Equilibrium in a Nuclear System at Low Bombarding Energies"
Advisor: Walter Benenson
M. S., Physics - 1985 - Michigan State University
B. S., Civil Engr. - 1981 - Korea Military Academy

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Ai Gia Nguyen
Thesis: "Characteristics of Charm Particles Produced by 800 GeV P-P Collisions"
Advisor: Carl Bromberg

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Carlos Walter Salgado-Galeazzi
Thesis: "A Study of Direct Photon Production at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings"
Advisor: Bernard Pope
M. S., Physics - 1982 - Michigan State University
Lic., Astronomy - 1979 - University of the Republic, Montevideo

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Jon Michael Slaughter
Thesis: "Electron Transport, Magnetic and Galvanomagnetic Properties of Ag-Co Layered Structures"
Advisor: William P. Pratt, Jr.
M.S., Physics - 1986 - Michigan State University
B.S., Physics - 1982 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Weizhu Xia
Thesis: "On the Transport Properties and Dynamics of Disordered Systems"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Nankai University

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Jing Zhao
Thesis: "Low Temperature Electronic Properties of Alkali Alloys and Thin Potassium Wires"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 1987 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Guangxi University

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1989:

Joel Moritz Gales
Thesis: "Vibrational Dynamics in Disordered Dipolar and Ionic Solids and Layered Silicates"
Advisor: Michael Thorpe & S. D. Mahanti
M. S., Physics - 1990 - University of Toledo
B. A., Physics - 1977 - Swarthmore College

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Yi-Yun Huang
Thesis: "Superconductivity and Metal-Insulator Transitions in Layered Solids: High Tc Oxides and Graphite Intercalation Compounds"
Advisor: Stuart Solin
M. S., Physics - 1986 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1984 - Nankai University

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Wei Jin
Thesis: "Structure, Dynamics and Superconducting Correlations of Layered Solids"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M. S., Physics - 1986 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1984 - Jilin University

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Soon Il Lee
Thesis: "X-Ray Studies of Layered Rigidity and C-Axis Expansion in Intercalated Layered Solids"
Advisor: Stuart Solin
M. S., Physics - 1984 - Seoul National University
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Seoul National University

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David G. J. Mikolas
Thesis: "Studies of the Beta Decay of Light Projectile Fragments Far from Stability"
Advisor: Jerry A. Nolen
B.S., Astronomy & Astrophysics - 1983 - Michigan State University

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Zu Qi Xie
Thesis: "The Effect of Space Charge Force on Beams Extracted From ECR Ion Sources"
Advisor: Jerry A. Nolen
M. S., Physics - 1985 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Guangxi University

1990:

Zhi Xiong Cai
Thesis: "Structural Phase Transition in Two Dimensional Layered Systems"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M. S., Physics - 1989 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1986 - East China Normal University

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Daniel Alan Cebra
Thesis: "Charged-Particle Correlations from Intermediate Energy Nuclear Reactions"
Advisor: Gary Westfall
M. S., Physics - 1988 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1984 - University of Pennsylvania

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Thomas Mitchel Ewing
Thesis: "Analytic Calculation of Final State Scattering in Z0 Production via Quark-Gluon Interaction"
Advisor: Jon Pumplin
M. A., Astronomy - 1972 - University of California, Santa Cruz 
B. S., Physics - 1968 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B. S., Philosophy - 1962 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Minzhuan Gong
Thesis: "Time-Dependent Density Matrix Theory"
Advisor: M. Tohyama
M. S., Physics - 1985 - Guangxi University
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Guangxi University

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Richard Paul Kennan
Thesis: "Solubility of Nonpolar Gases in Organic Liquids and Water"
Advisor: Gerald L. Pollack
M. S., Physics - 1987 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1984 - Cornell University

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Yongsheng Li
Thesis: "Transport, Breakdown and Non-Gaussian Statistics in Disordered Systems"
Advisor: Phillip Duxbury
M. S., Physics - 1988 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1985 - Peking University

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Tapan Kumar Nayak
Thesis: "Emission Temperatures from the Decay of Particle Unstable Complex Nuclei"
Advisor: William G. Lynch
M. S., Physics - 1980 - Utkal University
B. S., Physics - 1978 - Utkal University

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Chui-Ling Tam
Thesis: "High Energy Photon Production in Nuclear Reactions"
Advisor: Edwin Kashy
M. S., Physics - 1987 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1982 - University of Zhongsan

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1991:

Yong Cai
Thesis: "Length Mismatch: Topological Characteristics of Semiconductor Alloys"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Peking University

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James Edward Clayton
Thesis: "High Energy Gamma Ray Production in Proton Induced Reactions at Energies of 104, 145 and 195 MeV"
Advisor: Walter Benenson
M. S., Physics - 1987 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1984 - Indiana University

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Wen Guang Gong
Thesis: "Two-Proton Intensity Interferometry in Intermediate energy Heavy-Ion Collisions"
Advisor: C. Konrad Gelbke
M. S., Physics - 1990 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1985 - University of Science & Technology of China

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Lawrence Harvey Heilbronn
Thesis: "Populations of Neutron-Unbound States in Intermediate Mass Fragments from 14N + Ag Reactions at E/A = 35 MeV"
Advisor: Aaron Galonsky
M. S., Physics - 1984 - University of Illinois, Urbana
B. A., Physics - 1982 - University of Montana

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Boyce Milton Humphries
Thesis: "A Study of Massive Electron Pairs and Associated Particles Produced at the CERN ISR"
Advisor: Bernard Pope
M. S., Physics - 1981 - Northeast Louisiana University
B. S., Physics - 1977 - Northeast Louisiana University

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Yeongduk Kim
Thesis: "Multi-Fragment Disitegrations in Intermediate Energy Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions"
Advisor: C. Konrad Gelbke
B. S., Nuclear Engineering - 1985 - Seoul National University

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Diandra Laia Leslie-Pelecky
Thesis: "Investigation of the Electron Spin Resonance Linewidth and Resonance Peak Position in Multilayered CuMn/Cu Spin Glasses Above the Freezing Temperature"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
B. S., Physics/Philosophy - 1986 - North Texas State University

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Yao-Jin Qian
Thesis: "The Resistivity of Potassium Films at 0.1 to 4.2 K"
Advisor: Peter A. Schroeder
B. S., Physics - 1983 - Fudan University

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Heekyung Sung
Thesis: "Structural Changes and Their Effects Upon The Magnetic Properties of Ultrathin Fe Layers"
Advisor: Carl Foiles
M. A., Physics - 1982 - Seoul National University
B. S., Physics - 1980 - Seoul National University

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Xiao Yu Wu
Thesis: "Conceptual Design and Orbit Dynamics in a 250 MeV Superconducting Synchrocyclotron"
Advisor: M. M. Gordon
M. S., Physics - 1985 - Tsing Hua University
B. S., Physics - 1983 - Tsing Hua University

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William Kenneth Wilson
Thesis: "Azimuthal Distribution in Intermediate Energy Heavy Ion Collisions"
Advisor: Gary Westfall
B. A., Philosophy - 1983 - University of North Carolina, Asheville
B. A., Physics - 1983 - University of North Carolina, Asheville

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Hongming Xu
Thesis: "The Emission Temperature and Nuclear Equation of State"
Advisor: William Lynch
M. S., Physics - 1986 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1983 - Peking University

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Ping Zhou
Thesis: "Studies on the Magnetic Properties of Clay Intercalation Compounds and Diffusion of Inert Gases in Mixed Ion Systems"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Peking University

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1992:

Richard Vincent Astur
Thesis: "A Study of the Ability of the D-zero Detector to Measure the Single Jet Inclusive Cross Section"
Advisor: Hendrik Weerts
M. S., Physics - 1990 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1986 - University of Rochester

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Yuming Chen
Thesis: "Half-Life of 32Si By Projectile Fragment Implantation"
Advisor: Edwin Kashy
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1984 - Jilin University

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Renyong Fan
Thesis: “Electrical and Magnetio-Resisitivity Measurements on Amorphous CuTi Alloys at Low Temperatures”
Advisor: William Pratt, Jr.
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Nanjing University

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William Gilbert Cobau
Thesis: "Nucleon Structure Functions From Deep Inelastic Charged Current Neutrino Scattering"
Advisor: Raymond Brock
M. S., Physics - 1988 - Michigan State University
A. B., Physics - 1986 - Princeton University

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Bao An Li
Thesis: "A Hadronic Transport Model for Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions"
Advisor: Wolfgang Bauer
M. S., Physics - 1991 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1983 - University of Lanzhou

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Hao-Sheng Lin
Thesis: “Precision Infrared and Visible Solar Photometry: A Photometric Study of the Solar Irradiance Variation”
Advisor: Jeffrey Kuhn
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Tamkang University, Taiwan

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Jih Shiuan Luo
Thesis: “CO on Pt(111) and Stepped Pt(335) Surfaces: Vibrational Stark Effect and Electron Energy Loss Investigation”
Advisor: Roger Tobin
M. S., Physics - 1985 - National Central University, Taiwan
B. S., Physics - 1983 - National Central University, Taiwan

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Bo Pi
Thesis: “A Measurement of the electron/pion Ratio Difference Between Short (250 nanosec) and (2.2 microsec) Integration Times with the D-zero Uranium-Liquid Argon Central Calorimeter”
Advisor: Maris Abolins
B. S., Physics - 1985 - Fudan University

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Donald William Sackett
Thesis: “The Electromagnetic Excitation of 11Li”
Advisor: Aaron Galonsky
M. S., Physics - 1989 - Michigan State University
B. S., Ch. Egr. - 1985 - Michigan State University

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George John Perkins
Thesis: “A Measurement of the Ratio of Neutral Current to Charged Current Deep Inelastic νμ Scattering Interactions in a Fine-Grained Neutrino Detector at FNAL”
Advisor: Raymond Brock
M. S., Physics - 1982 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1980 - Michigan State University

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Gwangho Yoo
Thesis: "Investigation of High Lying States Using Single Nucleon Transfer Reactions"
Advisor: Gerard M. Crawley
M. S., Physics - 1979 - Seoul National University
B. S., Physics - 1977 - Seoul National University

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Liang Zhao
Thesis: "Nuclear Models for Beta and Double-Beta Decays"
Advisor: B. Alex Brown
M. A., Astronomy - 1986 - Nanjing Academica Sinica
B. S., Astronomy - 1983 - Nanjing University

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Fan Zhu
Thesis: "Two Particle Correlation and Excited State Population in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions"
Advisor: William Lynch
B. S., Physics - 1984 - Wuhan University

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1993:

David Shaw Brown
Thesis: “A Comparison of High-pt Single Photon and π0 Events in π- and Proton-Nucleus Collisions at 31.5 GeV”
Advisor: Carl Bromberg
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Santa Clara University

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Kookjin Chun
Thesis: "Dissipative Quantum Tunneling of a Single Defect in a Submicron Bi Wire Below 1 K"
Advisor: Norman Birge
M. S., Physics - 1978 - Korea University
B. S., Physics - 1980 - Korea University

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Chil Hee Chung
Thesis: “Development of a new Far-Infrared Reflection-Absorbtion Spectrometer and Measurements of Dioxygen on the Pt(111) Surface”
Advisor: Roger Tobin
M. S., Physics - 1981 - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Thechnology
B. S., Physics - 1979 - Seoul National University

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Elizabeth Jean Gallas
Thesis: “A Search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles in the Fermilab Tevatron Wide Band Neutrino Beam”
Advisor: Hendrik Weerts
M. S., Physics - 1989 - Michigan State University
B. S., Engineering Physics - 1982 - University of Arizona

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Jeeseong C. Hwang
Thesis: “Scanning Tunneling Miscroscope Study of Surface Diffusion and Dislocation Motion in Atomically Flat Gold Films”
Advisor: Michael Dubson
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Seoul National University

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Kihun Joh
Thesis: "Beam Dynamics Studies of Four-Gap Low Beta Superconducting Resonators"
Advisor: Jerry Nolen
M. S., Physics - 1984 - Hanyang University, Korea
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Hanyang University, Korea

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Nengjiu Ju
Thesis: “Curvature Energy of Nuclei, Electronic Excitations of Carbon Clusters, and Thermal Properties of Sodium Clusters”
Advisor: Aurel Bulgac
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Peking University

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Tong Qing Li
Thesis: "Multi-Fragmentation and Disappearance of Flow in Intermediate Energy Heavy-Ion Collisons"
Advisor: Gary Westfall
M. Ph., Engr. Physics - 1987 - University of Birmingham, UK
B. S., Physics - 1982 - Tiantin University, PRC

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Michael Annan Lisa
Thesis: "Impact Parameter-Gated Two-Proton Intensity Interferometry in Intermediate Energy Heavy Ion Collisions"
Advisor: C. Konrad Gelbke
M. A., Physics - 1990 - State University of New York, Stony Brook
B. S., Physics - 1988 - University of Notre Dame

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Catherine Marie Mader
Thesis: “Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Models for Particle Production in Heavy Ion Collisions”
Advisor: Wolfgang Bauer
M. S., Physics - 1989 - Colorado School of Mines
B. S., Physics - 1987 - Colorado School of Mines

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Normand Mousseau
Thesis: “Structure Properties of Mismatched Alloys”
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
M. Sc., Physics - 1990 - Universite de Montreal
B. Sc., Physics - 1989 - Universite de Montreal

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Larry William Phair
Thesis: "Multifragmentation Emission in Central Collisions of 36Ar + 197Au at E/Z = 50, 80 and 110 MeV"
Advisor: C. Konrad Gelbke
M. S., Physics - 1990 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1988 - Brigham Young University

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Xania N. Scheick
Thesis: "Study of Diffuse Light in CD Galaxy Cluster"
Advisor: Jeffery Kuhn
B. S., Physics - 1988 - Case Western Reserve University

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Hyangsuk Seong
Thesis: “Structure and Dynamics of Layered Systems”
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M. S., Physics - 1987 - Seoul National University
B. S., Physics - 1985 - Yonsei University

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Zhijun Sun
Thesis: “Magnetism in Solid Helium-3”
Advisor: Jack H. Hetherington
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1983 - Nanjing University

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Yang Wang
Thesis: “Electronic and Structural Properties of Atomic Clusters”
Advisor: David Tomanek
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1984 - University of Science and Technology of China

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Wei Qing Zhong
Thesis: “Structure and Dynamics of Low-Dimensional Systems”
Advisor: David Tomanek
B. S., Physics - 1987 - University of Science and Technology of China

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1994:

James Donald Bailey
Thesis: "Phase Selection and Measurement in a Superconducting Cyclotron"
Advisor: Jerry Nolen
M. S., Physics - 1989 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1987 - University of Alaska

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Heung Jin Bak
Thesis: "Transport and Dielectric Breakdown in Composites With Complex Inclusion Microstructures"
Advisor: Peter A. Schroeder
M. S., Physics - 1982 - Hanyang University, Korea
B. S., Physics - 1980 - Hanyang University, Korea

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Jidong Chen
Thesis: "Elastic and Structural Properties of Composite Materials"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
M. S., Physics - 1994 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 1989 - New York University
B. S., Physics - 1987 - Beijing University

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Robert William Hatcher
Thesis: "Multimuon Final States in Neutrino-Nucleon Scttering"
Advisor: Raymond Brock
M. S., Physics - 1988 - Michigan State University
A. B., Physics - 1983 - University of California, Berkeley

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Georg Heinz Hoffstatter
Thesis: "Rigorous Bounds on the Survival Times in Circular Accelerators and Efficient Computation of Fringe-Field Transfer Maps"
Advisor: Martin Berz
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
Diplom, Physics - 1991 - Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt

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George William Jeffers, Jr.
Thesis: "The Island-to-Percolation Transition During Growth of Metal Films"
Advisor: Michael Dubson
M. S., Physics - 1990 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1988 - California Polytechnic State University

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James Erik Hendrickson
Thesis: "Optical and Electrical Properties of Vapor Deposited Thin Films of a Sodide and an Electride"
Advisor: William P. Pratt, Jr.
M. S., Physics - 1990 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1988 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Seong-Gon Kim
Thesis: "Stability and Dynamics of Low-Dimensional Systems"
Advisors: P. M. Duxbury & David Tomanek
M. S., Physics - 1988 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Seoul National University

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Jong-Won Kim
Thesis: "8-Tesla Superconducting Magnet for Cyclotron Studies"
Advisor: Henry G. Blosser
M. S., Physics - 1988 - Seoul National University
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Seoul National University

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Lung-Sheng Lee
Thesis: "Extraction Studies for the MSU K500 Conversion to a Proton Cancer Therapy Synchrocyclotron"
Advisor: Henry G. Blosser
M. S., Physics - 1991 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1987 - National Taiwan University

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Shang Fan Lee
Thesis: "Perpendicular Resistance and Magnetoresistance of Co/Ag Multilayers"
Advisor: Jack Bass
B. S., Physics - 1986 - National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

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Nancy Ann Silbermann
Thesis: "The RR Lyrae Variable Stars in the Globular Cluster M15"
Advisor: Horace Smith
M. S., Physics - 1989 - University of Wyoming
B. S., Astronomy - 1987 - University of Wyoming

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Michael L. Wilson
Thesis: "Proximity Induced Superconductivity in Multilayered Metallic Systems"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
B. S., Physics - 1988 - Grinnell College

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Brian Matthew Young
Thesis: "Structure Studies of Lithium-11 and Lithium-10"
Advisor: Walter Benenson
B. S., Physics - 1989 - University of Virginia

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Michael L. Wilson
Thesis: "Proximity Induced Superconductivity in Multilayered Metallic Systems"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
B. S., Physics - 1988 - Grinnell College

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Brian Matthew Young
Thesis: "Structure Studies of Lithium-11 and Lithium-10"
Advisor: Walter Benenson
B. S., Physics - 1989 - University of Virginia

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Xin Hua Yu
Thesis: "Morphologies of Metal Surfaces, Films and Clusters"
Advisor: Phillip M. Duxbury
B. S., Physics - 1987 - Peking University

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1995:

Douglas Olaf Carlson
Thesis: "Physics of Single-Top Quark Production at Hadron Colliders"
Advisor: C. P. Yuan
M. S., Physics - 1994 - Michigan State University
M. S., Applied Mathematics - 1989 - Michigan State University

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Hyunju Chang
Thesis: “Theoretical Study on Neutron Scattering of Mott Insulators”
Advisors: T. Kaplan & S. D. Mahanti
M. S., Physics - 1988 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Seoul National University

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Salvatore Thomas Fahey
Thesis: "Direct Photon Production at √s = 1.8 TeV"
Advisor: Bernard Pope
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1990 - University Rochester

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Eugene Edward Gualtieri
Thesis: "The Disappearance of Fusion-Fission and the Onset of Multifragmentation"
Advisor: Gary Westfall
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1990 - University of Pennsylvania

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Damian Orest Handzy
Thesis: "Two-Proton Intensity Interferometry for Impact-Parameter Selected 36Ar + 45Sc Collisions at E/A = 80, 120 and 160 MeV"
Advisor: C. Konrad Gelbke
B. A., Physics - 1990 - The University of Pennsylvania
B. A., Mathematics - 1990 - The University of Pennsylvania

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Lilian M. Hoines
Thesis: "Finite Size Effects and Coupling in Metallic Spin-Glasses"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 1993 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1989 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Wen Chien Hsi
Thesis: "The Onset of Vaporization in 197Au + 197Au Collisions"
Advisor: William Lynch
B. S., Physics - 1985 - Soochow University, Taiwan

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Dong-O Jeon
Thesis: "Nonlinear Effects in the Vertical Motion of Ions in a Superconducting Cyclotron"
Advisor: Morton M. Gordon
M. S., Physics - 1990 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1988 - Seoul National University

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John Henry Kelley
Thesis: “The Halo Nuclei 11Be and 8B Studied By Fragmentation Reactions”
Advisor: S. Austin
B. A., Physics & Mathematics - 1989 - Greenville College

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Paul J. McConville
Thesis: “A Quantitative Test of Quantum Transport in Ag Films”
Advisor: N. Birge
B. S., Physics - 1988 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Jeong Sun Moon
Thesis: “1/f Noise and Quantum Transport in the Low Spin-Orbit Scattering Limit”
Advisor: N. Birge
M. S., Physics - 1988 - Seoul National University
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Seoul National University

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Easwar Ramakrishnan
Thesis: "Giant Dipole Resonance in Highly Excited Lead-208 Nuclei"
Advisor: Michael Thoennessen
M. Sc., Physics - 1985 - Bombay University
B. Sc., Physics - 1983 - Bombay University

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Lee Ronald Sorrell
Thesis: "Measurement of the Nuclear Dependence of Direct Photon and Neutral Meson Production at High Transverse Momentum by Negative 515 GeV/c Pions Incident on Beryllium and Copper Targets"
Advisor: Joey Huston
M. S., Physics - 1989 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1987 - Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mathias Steiner
Thesis: “The Mirror Charge-Exchange Reaction 13C(13N,13C)13N”
Advisor: B. Sherrill
Diplom, Physiker - 1991 - Technische Hochschule of Darmstadt (Germany)

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Weishi Wan
Thesis: "Theory and Applications of Arbitrary-Order Achromats"
Advisor: Martin Berz
M. S., Physics - 1993 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1987 - Peking University

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Hong Wang
Thesis: "Substrate Morphology's Influence on the Overlayer Structure and Oscillator Strength"
Advisor: Roger Tobin
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1987 - Peking University

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Ronald Joseph Wilhelm
Thesis: "Spectral Calibration and Kinematic Analysis of the Field Horizontal Branch Stars"
Advisor: Timothy Beers
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 1988 - Bowling Green State University
B. S., Physics - 1985 - Bowling Green State University

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Qing Yang
Thesis: "Perpendicular Giant Magnetoresistance Studies of Spin-Dependent Scattering in Magnetic Multilayers"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 1995 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1989 - The University of Science & Technology of China

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Jaeyong Yee
Thesis: “Evolution of Fission-Like Reactions in Medium Energy Heavy Ion Collisions”
Advisor: G. Westfall
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Seoul National University

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Qifu Zhu
Thesis: "Resistance Imaging with a Scanning Electron Microscope"
Advisor: Michael Dubson
B. S., Physics - 1985 - Wuhan University

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1996:

Afshin Azhari
Thesis: “Structure of the Proton Unbound Nucleus 11N”
Advisor: Michael Thoennessen
B. S., Physics & Mathematics - 1988 - University of Colorado
M. S., Physics- 1991 - University of Colorado

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Boyong Chen
Thesis: "Rare Gas Atoms and Clusters of Atoms Inside Microporous Solids"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1988 - Huazhong Normal University

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Branislav R. Djordjevic
Thesis: “Disordered Properties of Continuous and Discrete Media”
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
M. S., Physics - 1989 - Belgrade University
B. S., Physics - 1983 - Belgrade University

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Eric Michael Flattum
Thesis: "A Measurement of the W Boson Mass in Proton-Antiproton Collisions at √s = 1.8 Tev" 
Advisor: Raymond Brock
M. S., Physics - 1991 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics & Mathematics - 1988 - University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

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Stefan A. Hannuschke
Thesis: “Subthreshold Pion production from Characterized Events in Ne + Al Reactions”
Advisor: Gary Westfall
Diplom, Physics - 1990 - Justus-Liebig Universitat, Giessen (Germany)

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Carl N. Hoff
Thesis: "Irreversibility and Vortex Pinning in Nb/CuX Multilayers"
Advisor: Jerry A. Cowen
B. S., Physics - 1991 - Murray State University

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Paul Robert Holody, Jr.
Thesis: “Perpendicular Giant Magnetoresistance: A Study and Application Of Spin Dependent Scattering in Magnetic Multilayers of Co/Cu and NiFe/Cu.”
Advisor: P. A. Schroeder
B. S., Physics - 1989 - University of Michigan, Dearborn

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Michael D. Jaeger
Thesis: "Electron Transport in Doped CVD Diamond Microcrystals"
Advisor: Brage Golding
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1990 - Iowa State University

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Dennis E. Kuhl
Thesis: “Electron Dynamics as Observed by Adsorbate-Induced Broadband Infrared Reflectance Change Measurements”
Advisor: Roger Tobin
M. S., Physics - 1993 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1990 - College of Wooster

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Keng-Ching Lin
Thesis: “Adsorbate-induced Infrared Reflectance Changes On Metal Surfaces”
Advisor: R. Tobin
B. S., Physics - 1988 - National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)

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Jian-Yu Lin
Thesis: “Psychoacoustical Theory and Experiments on Human Auditory Organization of Complex Sounds and the Critical Bandwidth”
Advisor: William M. Hartmann
M. S., Physics - 1996 - Michigan State University
M. S., Astrophysics - 1989 - Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica
B. S., Physics - 1983 - Nanjing Teachers College

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Ehab Omar Malkawi
Thesis: “Probing the Symmetry-Breaking Mechanism Through the Electroweak Interactions of the Top Quark”
Advisor: Chien-Peng Yuan
M. S., Physics - 1994 - Michigan State University
B. Sc., Physics - 1991 - Yarmouk University

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David A. McGrew
Thesis: “Chaos in Semi-Classical and Quantum Models of Nuclei”
Advisor: Wolfgang Bauer
B. S., Physics - 1991 - Ohio State University

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James T. McKinley
Thesis: "A Measurement of the Inclusive Drell-Yan e+e Cross Section in the Invariant Mass Range of 30-60 GeV/c2 from p-pbar Collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV"
Advisor: James T. Linnemann
M. S., Physics - 1990 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1988 - Northern Illinois University

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Steven L. Snyder
Thesis: “Study and Redesign of the NSCL K500 Injection, Central Region and Phase Selection Systems”
Advisor: M. M. Gordon
B. S., Physics - 1990 - Carnegie-Mellon University

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Robert Pak
Thesis: “Collective Flow in Intermediate Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions”
Advisor: Gary Westfall
M. S., Physics - 1989 - Wayne State University
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Wayne State University

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Raman Pfaff
Thesis: "Projectile Fragmentation of Krypton Isotopes at Intermediate Energies" 
Advisor: Walter Benenson
M. S., Physics - 1989 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1987 - Michigan Technical University

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Nathan Thomas Boden Stone
Thesis: “Transitional Phenomena in Intermediate-Energy Heavy-Ion Reactions”
Advisor: Gary Westfall
M. S., Physics - 1995 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1992 - Purdue University

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Shigeru Kennedy Yokoyama
Thesis: "Ground State of 10Li and 13Be" 
Advisor: Michael Thoennessen
M. S., Physics - 1991 - Michigan State University
B. A., Applied Physics - 1984 - Hokkaido University

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Philip D. Zecher
Thesis: "Design Construction and Use of the Neutron Wall Array in Measuring the 8Li(n, gamma)9Li Astrophysics Reaction"
Advisor: Aaron Galonsky
B. S., Physics - 1990 - Ohio University

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1997:

Michael H. Fauerbach
Thesis: "Study of Light Neutron-Rich Nuclei"
Advisor: Walter Benenson
Diplom, Physics - 1992 - Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt
Vordiplom, Physics - 1988 - Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt

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Michael R. Franklin
Thesis: "Structure and Magnetism in Cobalt/X, Fe/Si and Fe/[FeSi] Multilayers"
Advisor: Carl Foiles
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1988 - Murray State University

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Njema Jioni Frazier
Thesis: "Properties of Shell-Model Wavefunctions at High Excitation Energies"
Advisor: B. Alex Brown
M. S., Physics - 1994 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1992 - Carnegie Mellon University

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Sally Janine Gaff
Thesis: "Two-Proton and Two-Neutron Correlation Functions for Intermediate
Energy Heavy Ion Reactions"
Advisor: C. Konrad Gelbke
B. S., Physics - 1992 - Taylor University

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Min-Jui Huang
Thesis: "Investigations of Hot Dilute and Hot Compressed Nuclear Matter"
Advisor: William Lynch
B. S., Physics - 1988 - National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)

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Steven A. Jerger
Thesis: "Inclusive Direct Photon Production in the Central and Forward Rapidity
Regions in Proton-Antiproton Collisions at √s = 1800 GeV"
Advisor: Bernard Pope
M. S., Physics - 1993 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1991 - University of California, Riverside

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Jong Uk Kim
Thesis: "Visualization of Two-Phase Fluid Distributions Using Laser-Induced Exciplex Flourescence"
Advisor: Brage Golding & H. Schock
M. A., Physics - 1988 - Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

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Gerd Kortemeyer
Thesis: "Computer Simulations of High-Energy Heavy Ion Collisions"
Advisor: Wolfgang Bauer
Diplom, Physics - 1993 - University Hanover (Germany)

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Evstatin Todorov Krastev
Thesis: "Electron Dynamics in Thin Epitaxial Cu(100) Films Studied by Adsorbate Induced Broadband Reflectance and Resisitivity Measurements"
Advisor: Roger Tobin
M. S., Physics - 1993 - Michigan State University
Degree, Physics - 1990 - Sofia University, Bulgaria

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Jeffrey R. Kriessler
Thesis: "Studies of Substructure in Clusters of Galaxies: A Two Dimensional Analysis"
Advisor: Timothy Beers
B. A., Physics - 1989 - Oberlin College

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Hung Liang Lai
Thesis: "Global QCD Analysis and Parton Structure of the Nucleon"
Advisor: Wu-Ki Tung
M. S., Physics - 1993 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1988 - National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)

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Harold Scot Schnyders
Thesis: "An Experimental Investigation of the Electronic Transport Properties of Molten Pure Metals and Alloys"
Advisor: John VanZytveld (Calvin College) and Jack Bass
B. S., Physics - 1991 - Calvin College

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Michael Christian Wiest
Thesis: "Using Beam Polarization to Study Anomalous Electroweak Physics and Supersymmetry"
Advisor: Daniel Stump
M. S., Physics - 1993 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1991 - Dartmouth College

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Cornelius Williams
Thesis: Multifragmentation in 84Kr + 197Au Collisions at Beam Energies of E/A = 35, 55, 70, 100, 200 and 400 MeV
Advisor: William Lynch
M. S., Physics - 1989 - Texas A & M University
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Stanford University

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Bo Zhang
Thesis: Characteristics of the Superconducting Magnets for the S800 Spectrometer"
Advisor: Brad Sherrill
M. S., Physics - 1994 - Michigan State University
B. E., Physics - 1983 - Chengdu Institute of Radio Engineering

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1998:

William Paul Abbett
Thesis: "A Theoretical Investigation of Optical Emission In Solar Flares"
Advisor: Robert Stein
B. S., Physics - 1991 - Michigan State University

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David Alan Brown
Thesis: "Accessing the Space-Time Development of Heavy-Ion Collisions With Theory and Experiment"
Advisor: Pawel Danielewicz
B. S., Physics - 1991 - Clarkson University
B. S., Mathematics - 1991 - Clarkson University

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Frank Cecil Daffin
Thesis: "Numerical Simulations of Relativistic Heavy Ion Reactions"
Advisor: Wolfgang Bauer
M. S., Physics - 1994 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1991 - Florida State University
B. S., M.E. - 1987 - Auburn University

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Gian Giuseppe DiLoreto
Thesis: "The Triple Differential Di-Jet Cross Section at √s = 1.8Tev"
Advisor: Hendrik Weerts
M. S., Physics - 1994 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1992 - University of Rochester

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Amy Kathleen (Bylsma) Engebretson
Thesis: "Surface Acoustic Wave Investigations of Hydrogen Tunneling in Niobium
Films at Low Temperatures"
Advisor: Brage Golding
B. S., Physics - 1990 - Carleton College

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Richard Joyner Genik II
Thesis: "The Search for Di-Lepton Signatures from Squarks and Gluinos in anti-proton + proton Collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV"
Advisor: James T. Linnemann
M. S., Physics - 1991 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1989 - Wayne State University

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Sangil Hyun
Thesis: "A Study of Conductivity in a Complex Geometry"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
M. S., Physics - 1989 - Seoul National University
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Seoul National University

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Kyoko Makino
Thesis: "Rigorous Analysis of Nonlinear Motion in Particle Accelerators"
Advisor: Martin Berz
M. S., Physics - 1983 - Nagoya University
B. S., Physics - 1981 - Nagoya University

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Lowell I. McCann
Thesis: "Fluid Diffusion in Porous Silica"
Advisor: Brage Golding
B. S., Physics - 1991 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Matthew Almar Miller
Thesis: "Dielectric Study of the Glass Transition in Orientally-Disordered Crystals"
Advisor: Norman O. Birge
M. S., Physics - 1994 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1991 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Joelle Lynn Murray
Thesis: "Using Computer Simulations to Study Relavistic Heavy-Ion Collisions"
Advisor: Wolfgang Bauer
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1990 - Beloit College

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Steven John Russell
Thesis: "Measuring the Transverse RMS Emittance and RMS Pulse Length of a Short Pulse, Photoinjector Produced Electron Beam with the Second Moment of its Image Charge"
Advisor: B. Carlsten (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and Bradley Sherrill 
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1989 - University of Washington

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Heiko Scheit
Thesis: "Low-Lying Collective Excitation in Neutron-Rich Even-Even Sulfur and Argon Isotopes Studied Via Intermediate-energy Coulomb Excitation and Proton Scattering"
Advisor: Thomas Glasmacher
M. S., Physics - 1997 - Michigan State University
Dipl., Physics - 1993 - Schiller International University

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Jeffrey R. Schubert
Thesis: "Extending the Feasibilty Boundary of the Isochronous Cyclotron"
Advisor: Henry Blosser
M. S., Physics - 1997 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1990 - Harvey Mudd College

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Xiaoning Wang
Thesis: "Heavy Quark Production in Perturbative QCD at HERA"
Advisor: Wu-Ki Tung
B. S., Physics - 1991 - Nankai University

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1999:

Csaba Balazs
Thesis: "Effects of Soft Gluon Resummation on Electroweak Boson Production in Hadron Collisions" 
Advisors: Wu-Ki Tung and C. P. Yuan
M. A., Physics - 1991 - Temple University
B. A., Physics - 1986 - Kossuth Lajos University

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Branislav Blagojevic
Thesis: "Atomic Diffusion and Step Dynamics on Vicinal Surfaces"
Advisor: Phillip Duxbury
B. S., Physics - 1994 - University of Belgrade

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Joseph Arthur Caggiano
Thesis: "Spectroscopy of Exotic Nuclei with the S800 Spectograph"
Advisor: Brad Sherrill
M. S., Physics - 1991 - University of Washington
B. S., Physics - 1989 - University of Washington

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Katherine Chiyoko Frame
Thesis: "Implementation and Calibration of a Kt Jet Finding Algorithm for Use in P-Pbar Collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV" 
Advisor: Hendrik Weerts
M. S., Physics - 1993 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1991 - Kenyon College

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David William Hoadley
Thesis: "Response of the Conductance and Tunneling System Dynamics in
Mesoscopic Bismuth to Applied Strain"
Advisor: Norman O. Birge
M. S., Physics - 1997 - Michigan State University
B. S., Astronomy and Astrophysics - 1992 - Michigan State University

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Young-Kyun Kwon
Thesis: "Equilibrium Geometry and Electronic Properties of Nanostructures"
Advisor: David Tomanek
M. S., Physics - 1992 - Seoul National University
B. S., Physics - 1990 - Seoul National University

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Khodr Shamseddine
Thesis: "New Elements of Analysis on the Levi-Civita Field"
Advisor: Martin Berz
M. S., Physics - 1990 - Michigan State University
B. S., Ch. E. - 1988 - American University, Beirut

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Jon Justin Kruse
Thesis: "Dissociation of 11Li"
Advisor: Aaron Galonsky
B. A., Physics - 1992 - Monmouth College

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Timothy Maurice Paul Tait
Thesis: "Signals for the Electroweak Symmetry Breaking Associated with the Top Quark" 
Advisor: C. P. Yuan
M. S., Physics - 1999 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1993 - University of California at San Diego

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Jing Wang
Thesis: "The Electromagnetic Excitation of He6 and Neutron Cross-Talk in 
Multiple-Detector System"
Advisor: Aaron Galonsky
M. S., Physics - 1995 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1991 - Fudan University

2000:

Luke Li-Ming Chen
Thesis: "Observation of Initial- and Final-State Effects in the Systems ( 6He + n), ( 8He + n) and ( 9Li + n)"
Advisor: Gregers Hansen
M. S., Physics - 1996 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1993 - Harvey Mudd College

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Barry Samuel Davids
Thesis: "Electromagnetic Dissociation of 8B and the Rate of the 7Be (p, g) 8B
Reaction in the Sun"
Advisor: Bradley Sherrill
M. S., Physics - 1995 - Michigan State University
B. S., Mathematics - 1993 - University of Chicago

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Remo Giovanni DiFrancesco
Thesis: Local Atomic Structure and the Metal-Insulator Transition of LaCaMnO3
Advisor: Simon Billinge
B. S., Physics - 1992 - Pennsylvania State University

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Frank Oliver Kuehnel
Thesis:"Magnetoconductivity of Two-Dimensional Electron Systems"
Advisor: Mark Dykman
Dpl., Physics - 1996 - Rhenish Westphalian Technical University

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Valentina Maddalena
Thesis:"Single-Neutron Knockout Reactions: Application to the Spectroscopy of 15, 16, 17, 19C"
Advisor: Gregers Hansen
Dpl., Physics - 1996 - University of Catania

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Daniel Joseph Magestro
Thesis: "Useful Transitions of Collective Flow Observables at Intermediate Energies"
Advisor: Gary Westfall
B. S., Physics - 1992 - Marquette University

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Tibor Ferenc Nagy
Thesis: "Computational Methods to Simulate Large Classical Particle Systems with
Applications to Fluids and Microporous Materials"
Advisor: S. Mahanti
B. S., Physics - 1992 - Kossuth Lajos University

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Robert James Olsson
Thesis: "The Effect of Columnar Defects on the Vortex Melting Transitions in Y Ba2Cu3 O7-d "
Advisor: William P. Pratt
M. S., Physics - 1994 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B. S., Physics - 1991 - University of Illinois

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Boris Vasilevich Pritychenko
Thesis: "Intermediate-Energy Coulomb Excitation of the Neutron-Rich Radioactive
Isotopes 26,28Ne, 28-31Na, 30-34Mg, 34,35Al, 33Si and 34P"
Advisor: Thomas Glasmacher
M. S., Physics - 1996 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1985 - Kharkov State University

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Barton John Pritzl [Astronomy & Astrophysics]
Thesis: "An Examination of the Variable Stars in the Unusual Metal-Rich Globular
Clusters NGC 6388 and NGC 6441"
Advisor: Horace Smith
B. A., Physics - 1994 - University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Christopher Ramsell
Thesis: "Experimental Study of an Ion Cyclotron Resonance Accelerator"
Advisor: R. York
B. S., Physics - 1992 - University of Kansas, Lawrence

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Jaehyon Rhee [Astronomy & Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Automated Selection of Metal-Poor Stars in the Galaxy"
Advisor: Timothy C. Beers
M. S., Physics - 1993 - Yonsei University
B. A., Physics - 1991 - Yonsei University

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Yen-Sheng Su
Thesis: "Study of Electronic Structures of Solids with Strongly Interacting Electrons"
Advisor: Thomas Kaplan
M. S., Physics - 1990 - National Taiwan University
B. S., Physics - 1988 - National Taiwan University

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Alexander S. Volya
Thesis: "Coherent and Chaotic Phenomena in Nuclear Matter"
Advisor: Scott Pratt
B. S., Physics - 1995 - St. Petersburg State University

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2001:

Viktor Z. Cerovski
Thesis:"Critical Behavior of a Class of Quantum Disordered Systems at T = 0 and Finite Temperature Magnetization Studies of Small Magnetic Clusters"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
B. Sc., Physics - 1995 - Belgrade University

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Bela Erdelyi
Thesis:"Symplectic Approximation of Hamiltonian Flows and Accurate Simulation of Fringe Field Effects"
Advisor: Martin Berz
B. Sc., - 1993 - Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj, Romania)

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Christopher James Glosser
Thesis:"Higgs Boson Production in Hadron Hadron Collisions"
Advisor: Carl Schmidt
B. S., - 1994 - Illinois State University

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Viktoria Augusta Greanya
Thesis:"Photoemission Studies of Classic and Novel Thermoelectric Materials"
Advisor: Rong Liu
B. S., - 1995 - Guilford College

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Jian Huang
Thesis:"Non-Equilibrium Proximity Effect in a SNS Junction"
Advisor: Norman O. Birge
B. S., Physics - 1992 - Beijing University

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Il-Kyoung Jeong
Thesis:"Local Structure and Dynamics of III - V Semiconductor Alloys by High Resolution X-Ray Pair Distribution Analysis"
Advisor: Simon Billinge
M. S., - 1993 - Pusan University
B. S., - 1990 - Pusan University

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Freddie Joseph Landry
Thesis:"Inclusion of Tevatron Z Data into Global Non-Perturbative QCD Fitting"
Advisor: Raymond Brock
B. S., Physics - 1992 - Louisiana State Universty

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Paul Melvin Larson
Thesis:"Electronic Structure of Narrow Gap Semiconductors: Understanding Gap Formation and Thermoelectric Properties"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
B. A., - 1994 - St. Olaf College

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Charles Edward Moreau
Thesis:"Spin Accumulation and Detection in Non-Magnetic Metals Using Ferromagnetic Metal Nanoparticles"
Advisor: Norman O. Birge
M. S., Physics - 1996 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1994 - Alma College

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Pavel M. Nadolsky
Thesis:"Multiple Parton Radiation in Hadroproduction at Lepton-Hadron Colliders"
Advisor: C. P. Yuan
M. S., Physics - 1996 - Michigan State University
Dpl., Physics - 1992 - Moscow State University

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Peter F. Peterson
Thesis: "Local Strain in ZnSe1-xTex Alloys"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
M. S., Physics - 1999 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1997 - Marquette University

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Lamya Ahmad Saleh
Thesis:"Early Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy"
Advisor: Timothy Beers
M. S., Physics - 1990 - Yarmouk University
B. S., Physics - 1986 - Yarmouk University

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Tatyana Olegivna Sharpee
Thesis:"Many-Electron Tunneling in a Magnetic Field"
Advisor: Mark Dykman
B. S., Physics - 1996 - Kiev Shevchenko University

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Robert Douglas Slater
Thesis:"Perpendicular Giant Magnetoresistance in Thin Films with Microfabricated Superconducting Top Contacts"
Advisor: William P. Pratt
B. S., Physics - 1996 - Iowa State University

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Wayne C. Tonjes
Thesis:"Angle Resolved Photoemission Studies of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides"
Advisor: Rong Liu
B. S., Physics - 1994 - Bowling Green State University

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Erik John Tryggestad
Thesis:"Low-Lying Dipole Strength in 20O"
Advisor: Michael Thoennessen
B. A., Physics - 1996 - Wittenberg University

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2002:

Connie Rebecca Bednarski-Meinke
Thesis: "Nucleation and Growth of Heteroepitaxial Diamond"
Advisor: Brage Golding
M. S., Physics - 1998 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1995 - Central Michigan University

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David John Bercik [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis:"A Numerical Investigation of the Interaction Between Convection and Magnetic Field in a Solar Flare"
Advisor: Robert Stein
B. S., Physics - 1990 - Pennsylvania State University

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Sen Cheng
Thesis:"Modeling Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions"
Advisor: Scott Pratt
Dpl., Physics - 1997 - Universitat Osnabruck

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Zachary Andrew Constan
Thesis:"All Things Coherence"
Advisor: William Hartmann
B. A., Physics - 1995 - Delta College

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Michael Wayne Davis [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Gravitational Lensing Depletion in the NOAO Deep Wide Field"
Advisor: Edwin D. Loh
M. S., Physics - 1999 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1997 - University of North Carolina

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Radu Dobrin
Thesis: "Trees, Paths and Avalanches on Random Networks"
Advisor: Philip M. Duxbury
M. S., Electrical Engineering - 2001 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1996 - Babes Bolyai University

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Khalid Fathi Eid
Thesis:"Studies of Current-Perpendicular-to-Plane (CPP) Magnetoresistance"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 1996 - Yarmouk University
B. S., Physics - 1993 - University of Jordan

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Jan H. Meinke
Thesis:"Exact Ground State of Disordered Systems"
Advisor: P. M. Duxbury
B. S., Physics - 1995 - University of Oldenburg

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Declan Mulhall
Thesis:"Quantum Chaos and Nuclear Structure"
Advisor: Vladimir Zelevinsky
B. S., Physics - 1993 - Dublin Institute of Technology

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Simona Murgia
Thesis:"Search for Large Extra Dimensions with Diphoton Events at CDF"
Advisor: Joey Huston
Laur., Physics - 1993 - University of Cagliari

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Mauricio Portillo
Thesis:"Beam Physics Developments for a Rare Isotope Accelerator"
Advisor: Jerry Nolen
M. S., Physics - 1997 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1995 - University of Texas, El Paso

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Andrew John Rader
Thesis: "Protein Rigidity and Flexibility: Applications to Folding and Thermostability"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
M. S., Physics - 1998 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1996 - University of Houston

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Wanpeng Tan
Thesis: "Probing the Freezeout Mechanisms and Isospin Effects in Multifragmentation"
Advisor: William Lynch
B. S., Physics - 1994 - Beijing University

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Marguerite Belt Tonjes
Thesis:"Using the Balance Function to Search for Late Hadronization in Au + Au Collisions at sqrt(sNN ) = 130 GeV"
Advisor: Gary Westfall
B. S., Physics - 1994 - Creighton University

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Sergei Urazhdin
Thesis:"Low-Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of the
Surface and Impurity States in Narrow Gap Semiconductors"
Advisor: Stuart Tessmer
B. S., Physics - 1995 - Rostov State University

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2003:

Emil Bozin
Thesis: "Charge Stripes and Local Structural Inhomogeneities in La(2-x) (Sr, Ba)x CuO4 High Temperature Superconductors"
Advisor: Simon J. Billinge
M. S., Electrical Engineering - 2001 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 1999 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1995 - University of Belgrade

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Subhasish Chakraborty
Thesis: "Charge Accumulation Imaging of a Two-Dimensional Electron System"
Advisor: Stuart Tessmer
M. S., Physics - 1997 - University of Calcutta
B. S., Physics - 1995 - Presidency College

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Mykyta Chubynsky
Thesis: "Rigidity and Self-Oganization of Random Networks"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
B. S., Physics - 1997 - Kiev Shevchenko University

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Jennifer Anne Church
Thesis: "Collectivity in Light Neutron-Rich Nuclei Near N = 20:
Intermediate-Energy Coulomb Excitation of 32,34Mg, 35,36Al and 37Si"
Advisor: Thomas Glasmacher
M. S., Physics - 2000 - Michigan State University
B. S., Biology - 1994 - University of California, Davis

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Ralph Ryan-Christopher Clement
Thesis: "A New Method for Nuclear Structure Measurement of Neutron Deficient Nuclei"
Advisor: Bradley Sherrill
M.S., Astronomy and Astrophysics - 2002 - Michigan State University 
M.S., Physics - 1999 - Michigan State University 
M.S., Applied Mathematics - 1996 - Michigan Technological University
B.S., Mathematics - 1996 - Michigan Technological University

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Dali Giorgobiani [Astrophysics and Astronomy]
Thesis: "Numerical Simulations of Solar and Stellar Convection and Oscillations"
Advisor: Robert Stein
DPL, - 1991 - University of Tblisi

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Paul Robert Heckman
Thesis: "Low-Temperature Measurement of the Giant Dipole Resonance Width in Sn"
Advisor: Michael Thoennessen
M. S., Physics - 1999 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1997 - Kutztown University

Ming Lei
Thesis: "Modeling Non-Crystalline Solids"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
B. S., Physics - 1997 - Tsinghua University

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Kathleen Louise Miller
Thesis: "Nuclear Structure Near N =Z = 28: Study of Neutron Deficient Nickel Isotopes
via One-Neutron Knockout and Intermediate-Energy Coulomb Excitation"
Advisor: Thomas Glasmacher
M. S., Physics - 2001 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1998 - Smith College

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Eduard Pozdeyev
Thesis: "CYCO and SIR: New Tools for Numerical and Experimental Studies
of Space Charge Effects in the Isochronous Regime"
Advisor: Felix Marti
DPL, Physics - 1992 - Novosibirsk State University

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Brian David Sharpee [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "An Abundance Study of IC 418 Using High Resolution, Signal-to-Noise Spectra"
Advisor: Jack Baldwin
M. S., Astronomy and Astrophysics - 1999 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1995 - University of Wisconsin, Whitewater

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Lijun Shi
Thesis: "Transport Phenomena in Heavy-Ion Reactions"
Advisor: Pavel Danielewicz
M. S., Physics - 1997 - Institute of Modern Physics, Lanzhou
B. S., Physics - 1993 - Nankai University

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Richard John Shomin
Thesis: "Examining the Caloric Curve in Ar + Sc and Kr + Nb Systems"
Advisor: William Lynch
M. S.,Physics - 1997 - Michigan State University
A. B., 1984 - University of Michigan, Flint

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2004:

Savas Berber
Thesis: "Self-Assembly and Physical Properties of Atomic Aggregates"
Advisor: David Tomanek
M. S.,Physics - 1999 - Michigan State University
DPL.,Physics - 1995 - Ege University, Ismir, Turkey

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Edward Russell Forringer
Thesis: "Phase Space Characterization of an Internal Ion Source for Cyclotrons"
Advisor: Henry G. Blosser
M. S., 1997 - Michigan State University
B. S., 1995 - Guilford College

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Karen Kinemuchi [Astrophysics and Astronomy]
Thesis: "Analysis of RR Lyra Stars of the Northern Sky Variability Survey"
Advisor: Horace Smith
M. S., Physics - 1998 - Case Western Reserve University
B. S., Physics - 1996 - Wesleyan University

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James Ryan Kruse
Thesis: "Thermally Activated Escape from a Periodally Modulated Optical Trap"
Advisor: Brage Golding
B. S., Physics - 1997 - Harvey Mudd College

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Valentin Levashov
Thesis: "Studies of Some Problems Related to Atomic Ordering,
Molecular Motion and Pair Distribution Function"
Advisor: Michael F. Thorpe
M. A., Physics - 1997 - Novosibirsk State University
B. A., Physics - 1995 - Novosibirsk State University

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Chigusa Ohbuchi
Thesis: "Structural and Electronic Properties of Rare Earth Silicides on
Si(001): Nanowires and 3D Islands"
Advisors: Norman O. Birge and Jun Nogami
M. S., 2001 - Michigan State University
B. S., 1999 - Science University, Tokyo

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Xiangyun Qiu
Thesis: "Local Structure Study of Disordered Crystalline Materials
with the Atomic Pair Distribution Function Method"
Advisor: Simon Billinge
B. S., 1999 - University of Science and Technology of China

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Jose Alberto Rodriguez
Thesis: "Studies of Longitudinal Beam Dynamics in the Isochronous Regime
with Strong Space Charge Effects Using a Small Isochronous Ring"
Advisor: Felix Marti
M. S., Physics - 2002 - Michigan State University
Cert., Physics - 1999 - University Complutense

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Regner Trampedach [Astrophysics and Astronomy]
Thesis: "Accurate Simulations of Convection in Stellar Atmospheres"
Advisor: Robert Stein
PTTL, Astrophysics - 1997 - Aarhus University

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Mina Yoon
Thesis: "Structural Transitions in Nanoscale Systems"
Advisor: David Tomanek
M. S., Physics - 2003 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 1999 - Seoul National University
B. S., Physics - 1996 - Ewha Woman's University

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Adam Yurkewicz
Thesis: "Search for Evidence of Supersymmetry in the Like-Sign Dimuon Channel at the D-Zero Experiment"
Advisor: James T. Linnemann
M. S., 2000 - Michigan State University
B. S., 1997 - State University of New York at Binghamton

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Antonio Javier Zambano
Thesis: "New Method for Detecting Domain Wall Trapping and Motion at a Constriction in
Narrow Ferromagnetic Wires Using Perpendicular-Current Giant Magnetoresistance "
Advisor: William Pratt
LICN., Physics - 1995 - University of Buenos Aires

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2005:

Leonard Apanasevich
Thesis: "High Transverse Momentum Direct Photon Production at Fermilab Fixed-Target Energies"
Advisor: Carl Bromberg
M. A.,Physics - 1990 - Northeastern University
B. S.,Physics - 1987 - SUNY, Brockport

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Mahdokht Behravan
Thesis: "Electrical Conductivity of Heteroepitaxial Diamond"
Advisor: Brage Golding
B. S., 1990 - Tehran Polytechnic University

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Daniel Ioan Bilc
Thesis: "Electronic Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of Narrow Band Gap Chalcogenides"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M. A.., 1997 - Babes Bolyai University, Romania

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Qinghong Cao
Thesis: "Single Top Quark Production and Decay at the Next-to-Leading Order in the Hadron Collision"
Advisor: C. P. Yuan
M. S., 1999 - Peking University
B. S., 1996 - Nankai University

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Michael Simpson Crosser
Thesis: "Experiments on Non-Equilibrium Superconductor-Normal Metal-Superconductor Josephson Junctions"
Advisor: Norman Birge
M. S., 2001 - Michigan State University
B. S., 1999 - Centre College

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Dan-Cristian Dinca
Thesis: "Study of the Development of Shell Closures at N=32, 34 and
Approaches to Sub-Segment Interaction-Point Determination in
32-Fold Segmented High-Purity Germanium Detectors"
Advisor: Thomas Glasmacher
M. S., 1998 - University of Bucharest
B. S., 1997 - University of Bucharest

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Gene Flanagan
Thesis: "Inclusive Jet Cross Section in p-pbar Collisions at √ s  = = 1.96 Tev"
Advisor: Joey Huston
BSC HON, Physics - 1998 - Victoria University
B. S., Physics - 1997 - Victoria University

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Matthew Joseph Goupell
Thesis: "The Use of Interaural Parameters During Incoherence Detection in Reproducible Noise"
Advisor: William Hartmann
M. S., Physics - 2003 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2001 - Hope College

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Paul T. Hosmer
Thesis: "Beta Decay Studies of 78Ni and Other Neutron-Rich Nuclei in the Astrophysical R-Process"
Advisor: Hendrik Schatz
M. S., Physics - 2001 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1999 - Hillsdale College

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Joseph Francis Kozminski
Thesis: "Measurement of the t-tbar Production Cross Section at √ s  = = 1.96 TeV and
Top Mass in the Dielectron Channel"
Advisor: Hendrik J. Weerts
M. S., Physics - 2001 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2001 - University of Notre Dame

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Irma Kuljanishvili
Thesis: "Scanning Probe Study of a Two-Dimensional Electron System and
Donor Layers Charging in Heterostructured Semiconductors"
Advisor: Stewart Tessmer
M. S., 2001 - Michigan State University
Dipl., 1991 - University of Tblisi

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Huseyin Kurt
Thesis: "Studies of Current-Perpendicular-To-Plane Magnetoresistance (CPP-MR) and Current- Induced Magnetization Switching (CIMS)"
Advisor: Jack Bass
B. S., Physics - 1999 - Bogazici University, Turkey

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Tianxiao Liu
Thesis: "Isospin Dynamics and the Isospin Dependent EOS"
Advisor: William Lynch
M. S., 2002 - Michigan State University
B. S., 1991 - Beijing University

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Xiadong Liu
Thesis: "The Study (p,d) Reactions on 13C, 11B and 10Be in Inverse Kinematics"
Advisor: B. M. Tsang
M. S., Physics - 1993 - China Institute of Metrology
B. S., Physics - 1990 - Zhejiang University

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Erin Scott McGarrity
Thesis: "Statistical Physics of Grain Boundary Engineering"
Advisor: Phillip M. Duxbury
M. S., Computer Science - 2001 - Michigan State University
B. S., Engineering - 1998 - Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis 

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Fernando Alfonso Montes
Thesis: "Beta Decay Studies in Neutron Rich Tc, Ru, Rh and Pd Isotopes and the Weak R-Process"
Advisor: Hendrik Schatz
B. A., Physics - 1997 - University De Los Andes

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Michelle S. Oullette [Astrophysics and Astronomy]
Thesis: "Heating and Cooling of Neutron Star Crusts"
Advisor: Hendrik Schatz
M. S., Astrophysics - 2001 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 1999 - Hope College

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Mark Sidney Wallace
Thesis: "Experimental and Theoretical Challenges in Understanding the rp-Process on Accreting Neutron Stars"
Advisor: William Lynch
M. S., 2001 - Michigan State University
B. S., 1998 - Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University

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Heather Zwahlen
Thesis: "Angular Distributions of Gamma Rays with Intermediate-Energy Beams and Spectroscopy of 32Mg"
Advisor: Thomas Glasmacher
M. S., Physics - 2001 - Michigan State University
B. A., Physics - 2000 - State University of New York, Geneseo

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2006:

Radu Ionut Cojocaru
Thesis: "Complex Network Problems in Physics, Computer Science and Biology"
Advisor: Phillip Duxbury
B. S., Physics - 2001 - University of Timisoara

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Andrew David Davies
Thesis: "Development of the High Velocity Transient Technique and Measurement of the 2+ g-Factors of 38,40S"
Advisor: Paul Mantica
M. S., 2002 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2000 - Westmont College

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Nathan Henry Frank
Thesis: "Spectroscopy of Neutron Unbound States in Neutron Rich Isotopes"
Advisor: Michael Thoennessen
M. S., 2001 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2000 - Concordia College

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Mikhail Valeryevich Katkov
Thesis: "Model of an Exciton-Photon System Interacting with the Lattice"
Advisor: Carlo Piermarocchi
M. S., Physics 2001 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1992 - Novosibirsk State University

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Elaine Kwan
Thesis: "Production of Nuclei Near the Drip Line by Projectile Fragmentation"
Advisor: David Morrissey
M. S., Physics - 2002 - Michigan State University
B. S., B. A., Physics - 1998 - Univ of Michigan, Dearborn

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He Lin
Thesis: "Local Structure Study of New Thermoelectric Materials"
Advisor: Simon Bilinge
M. S., Physics - 2002 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1997 - Beijing University

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Roshan Foadi
Thesis: "Higgsless Electroweak Symmetry Breaking From Theory Space"
Advisor: Carl Schmidt
M. S.,Physics - 1998 - University of Torino
B. S.,Physics - 1996 - University of Torino 

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Shashikant Laxma Manikonda
Thesis: "High Order Finite Element Methods to Compute Taylor Transfer Maps"
Advisor: Martin Berz
M. S., 2003 - Michigan State University
B. S., 2000 - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

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Michael Mocko
Thesis: "Rare Isotope Production"
Advisor: M. B. Tsang
M. S., Physics - 2002 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1996 - Comenius Universoty of Bratislava

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Ion C. Moraru
Thesis: "Proximity Effect in Ferromagnetic/Superconductor Hybrid Systems"
Advisor: Norman O. Birge
M. S., 2001 - Michigan State University
B. S., 1999 - Monmouth College

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Susan Elizabeth Musser
Thesis: "X-Ray Imaging of Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities"
Advisor: Terry Grimm
M. S., Physics - 2003 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2001 - Michigan State University

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Ryan Jordan Ringle
Thesis: "High-Precision Mass Measurement of 38Ca and Development of the Lebit 9.4-T Penning Trap System"
Advisor: Georg Bollen
M. S., Physics - 2002 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1999 - Michigan Technological University

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Guillermo Federico Quinteiro Rosen
Thesis: "Spin Interaction in Semiconductors Mediated by Itinerant Excitations"
Advisor: Carlo Piermarocchi
M. S., 2004 - Michigan State University
B. S., 2000 - University of Buenos Aires

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Dmitri Ryvkine
Thesis: "Activated Escape in Periodically Modulated Systems"
Advisor: Mark Dykman
M. S., 1998 - Ural State Conservatory

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Tao Sun
Thesis: "High Precision Mass Measurement of 37Ca and Development of LEBIT"
Advisor: Georg Bollen
M. S., 2003 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1999 - University of Science and Technology of China

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James Russell Terry
Thesis: "Probing Single-Particle Structure Near the Island of Inversion by Direct Neutron Knockout from Intermediate-Energy Beams of 26,28Ne and 30,32Mg"
Advisor: Thomas Glasmacher
M. S., 2002 - Michigan State University
B. S., 2000 - Mississippi State University

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Peter Xinya Zhang
Thesis: "Detection and Localization of Virtual Tones and Virtual Images"
Advisor: William Hartmann
B. S., Physics - 1997 - Beijing University

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2007:

Aws Ahmad-Yousef Abdo
Thesis: "Discovery of Localized TeV Gamma-Ray Sources and Diffuse TeV Gamma-Ray Emission From the Galactic Plane with Milagro Using a New Background Rejection Technique"
Advisor: James Linnemann
M. S., Physics - 2002 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2000 - University of Jordan

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Salameh Mohammad Ahmad
Thesis: "Defect Structure and Transport Properties
of Narrow Gap Semiconductor PbTe and Related Systems"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M. S., Physics - 1999 - Yarmouk University
B. S., Physics - 1996 - Yarmouk University

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Jeremy Robert Armstrong
Thesis: "A Cluster Model of 6He and 6Li"
Advisor: Vladimir Zelevinsky
M. S., 2001 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2000

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Gassem Mohammad Al-Zoubi
Thesis: "Magnetic Scattering in Dilute AgFe Kondo Wires Below the Kondo Temperature"
Advisor: Norman Birge
M. S., Physics - 2003 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 1998 - Yarmouk University
B. S., Physics - 1995 - Yarmouk University

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Christopher Michael Campbell
Thesis: "Quadrupole Collectivity Measurements in Even-Even, Neutron-Rich Silicon and Sulfur Isotopes Approaching N = 28"
Advisor: Thomas Glasmacher
B. S., Physics - 2001 - Western Kentucky University

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Joshua Marc Dyer
Thesis: "Measurement of the Diphoton Differential Cross-Section in p p-bar Collisions at √s = 1.96Tev"
Advisor: Bernard Pope
M. S., Physics - 2001 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2000 - University of Illinois

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Christopher Lyn Farrow
Thesis: "Computational Advances in Nanostructure Determination"
Advisor: Phillip Duxbury
B. S., Physics - 2000 - University of Nebraska, Omaha

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Charles Wilson Fay, IV
Thesis: "Statistical Mechanics of Vertex Cover"
Advisor: Phillip M. Duxbury
M. S., Physics - 1997 - University of Missouri, Kansas City
B. S., Physics - 1995 - University of Illinois

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Khang Hoang
Thesis: "Atomic and Electronic Structures of Novel Ternary
and Quaternary Narrow Band-Gap Semiconductors"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M. S., Physics - 2004 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2000 - University of Technology (Vietnam)

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Hyunjeong Kim
Thesis: "The Roles of the Local Structure in Electronic Properties of Various Metals"
Advisor: Simon Billinge
M. S., Physics - 2001 - University of Tennessee
B. S., Physics - 1997 - Sejong University

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William Alexander Peters
Thesis: "Study of Neutron Unbound States Using the Modular Neutron Array (MONA)"
Advisor: Michael Thoennessenn
M. S., Physics - 2002 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1999 - University of Michigan

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Brian Elliot Marsteller [Astronomy & Astrophysics]
Thesis: "The Frequency of Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars and the Origin of Carbon in the Universe"
Advisor: Timothy Beers
M. S., Astronomy & Astrophysics - 2004 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2001 - University of California, Davis

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David Joseph Meidlinger
Thesis: "Design, Fabrication and Testing of Superconducting RF Cavities for High Average Beam Currents"
Advisor: Felix Marti
M. S., 2003 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1999 - Colorado School of Mines

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Murari Regmi
Thesis: "Single Crystal Diamond Growth for Radiation Detectors"
Advisor: Brage Golding
M. S., Physics - 2005 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 1993 - Tribhuvan University (Nepal)
B. S., Physics - 1991 - Tribhuvan University (Nepal)

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Peter Henry Schury
Thesis: "High Precision Mass Measurement Near N = Z = 33"
Advisor: Georg Bollen
M. S., 2002 - Michigan State University
B. S., 2000 - Michigan Technological University

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Mouath Ghazi Shatnawi
Thesis: "Local Structure of Intercalants and Host Nanoporous Materials"
Advisor: Simon Billinge
M. S., 2001 - Yarmouk University
B. S., 1998 - Yarmouk University

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Moneeb Taiseer Shatwawi
Thesis: "Local Structure of GexSe1-x Glasses Around the Rigidity Percolation Threshold Using Atomic Pair Distribution Function and X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Techniques"
Advisor: Simon Billinge
M. S., 2001 - Yarmouk University
B. S., 1998 - Yarmouk University

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Pavel Viacheslavovich Snopok
Thesis: "Optimization of Accelerator Parameters Using Normal Form Methods on High-Order Transfer Maps"
Advisor: Martin Berz
M. S., 2007 - Michigan State University
PTTL, 2002 - St Petersburg State University

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Christopher Z. Waters [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "High Resolution Analysis of Extragalactic Globular Clusters"
Advisor: Stephen Zepf
M. S., Physics - 2004 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2001 - Michigan State University

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Stephen Weathersby
Thesis: "Damping Higher Modes in the PEP-II B-Factory Storage Ring Collider"
Advisor: Martin Berz & A Novokhatski
B. S., Physics - 2001 - San Jose State University

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Hasan Yavas
Thesis: "A High-Resolution Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering Spectrometer"
Advisor: Simon Billinge
B. S., Physics - 2000 - Bogazici University

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2008:

Neil L. Aaronson
Thesis: "Speech-On-Speech Masking in a Front-Back Dimension and
Analysis of Binaural Parameters in Rooms Using MLS Method"
Advisor: William Hartmann
M. S., Physics - 2003 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2002 - New Jersey College

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Chuan-Ren Chen
Thesis: "Phenomenology of the Littlest Higgs Model with T-Parity"
Advisor: C. P. Yuan
B. S., Physics - 1996 - National Taiwan Normal University

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Mustafa Yousef Al-Haj Darwish
Thesis: "Studies of Current Induced Magnetization Reversal and
Generation of GHz Radiation in Magnetic Nanpillars"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 2000 - Yarmouk University
B. S., Physics - 1996 - Yarmouk University

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Kenneth Wentworth Cavagnolo [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Investigating Feedback and Relaxation in Clusters of Galaxies with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory"
Advisor: Megan Donahue
M. S., Astronomy and Astrophysics - 2005 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2002 - Georgia Institute of Technology

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Nathan Michael De Lee [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Exploring the Milky Way Halo with SDSS-II SN Survey RR Lyrae Stars"
Advisor: Horace Smith
M. S., Astronomy and Astrophysics - 2005 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2002 - University of Kansas

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Christian Hicke
Thesis: “Nonlinear Resonant Phenomena in Multilevel Quantum Systems”
Advisor: Mark Dykman
M. S., 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., 2002 - Humboldt University

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Cemil Kayis
Thesis: "Scanning-Probe Study of Dopant Charging in a Semiconductor Heterostructure"
Advisor: Stuart Tessmer
B. S., Physics - 1999 - Bogazici University

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Aaron LaCluyze [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "He II Reverberation in NGC 5548"
Advisor: Jack Baldwin
M. S., Astronomy and Astrophysics - 2000 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1998 - University of Notre Dame

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Young Sun Lee [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "The SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline and the Alpha Elements of Stars in the Milky Way"
Advisor: Timothy Beers
M. S., Astronomy & Astrophysics - 2007 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 2001 - Chungnam National University
B. S., Physics - 1999 - Chungnam National University

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Ahmad Salah Masadeh
Thesis: “Defect Structure and Transport Properties
of Narrow Gap Semiconductor PbTe and Related Systems”
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M. S., 2004 - Michigan State University
B. S., 1998 - Yarmouk University

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Amit Sharma
Thesis: "Spintronics with Metals: Current Perpendicular-To-The-Plane
Magneto-Transport Studies in Metallic Multilayers and Nanopillars"
Advisors: Jack Bass and William Pratt
M. S., Physics - 2005 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1998 - Chatrapati Shahu J Maharaj University

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Aleksandra T. Tomic
Thesis: “Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Complex Electronic Materials”
Advisor: Stuart Tessmer
M. S., 2003 - Michigan State University
PTTL, 1997 - University of Belgrade

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Zeynep (Gunay) Unalan
Thesis: “A Measurement of the Top Quark’s Charge”
Advisor: Kirsten Tollefson
M. S., 2002 - Oklahoma State University
B. S., 1998 - Ege University

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2009:

Alan Matthew Amthor
Thesis: "Measurement of Excited State Structure Along the Type I X-Ray Burst RP-Process Path and Study of Burst Sensitivity to the Associated Reaction Rates"
Advisor: Bradley Sherrill
M. S., Physics - 2005 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2003 - North Georgia College

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Ivan Brida
Thesis: “A Microscopic Hyper-Spherical Model of Two-Neutron Halo Nuclei”
Advisor: Filomena Nunes
B. S., 2001 - Comenius University

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Jorge Amando Benitez
Thesis: "Uncovering the Single Top: Observation of Electroweak Top Production"
Advisor: Raymond Brock
M. S., Physics - 2004 - Michigan State University
PTTL, Physics - 2001 - Andes University

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David Arthur Chamulak
Thesis: "Nuclear Reactions in Type IA Supernovae: Effects of
Progenitor Composition and Detonation Asymmetry"
Advisor: Edward Brown
B. S., Physics - 2002 - Lawrence Technological University

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Stefano Di Chiara
Thesis: "Topics in Particle Theory"
Advisor: Sekhar Chivukula
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2003 - University of Cagliari

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Jonathan Michael Cook
Thesis: “Transition Rates Beyond 48Ca: Effective Charge in the /pf/Shell”
Advisor: Thomas Glasmacher
M. S., 2006 - Michigan State University
B. S., 2003 - Florida State University

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Johannes Andreas Grote
Thesis: “High-Order Computer-Assisted Estimates of Topological Entropy”
Advisor: Martin Berz
M. S., 2005 - Michigan State University
PTTL, 2001 - University of Leipzig

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George Wesley Hitt
Thesis: “The 64Zn (t, 3He)Charge-Exchange Reaction at 115 MeV per Nucleon and Application to 64Zn Stellar Electron-Capture”
Advisor: Remco Zegers
M. S., 2005 - Michigan State University
B. S., 2003 - Virginia Commonwealth University

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Yuping Huang
Thesis: "Mixing Light and Matter Waves: Principles and Applications"
Advisor: Michael Moore
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Ohio University
B. S., Physics - 2004 - USTC

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Jiwu Liu
Thesis: "Polymer Nanoparticles and Nanoparticle Arrays"
Advisor: Phillip Duxbury
B. S., - 1996 - Xinjiang University

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David Torbet Miller
Thesis: "Intermediate-Energy Proton Knockout to Probe Single-Particle Structure and Nuclear Spin Alignment in the "Island of Inversion" Isoptopes 31,33Mg"
Advisor: Krysztof Starosta
B. S., Physics - 2004 - Case Western Reserve University

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Ryan Andrew Murdick
Thesis: "Investigations on Interfacial Dynamics with Ultrafast Electron Diffraction"
Advisor: Ching-Yu Ruan
B. S., Physics - 2002 - Oakland University

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Baradhwaj Panayancheri-Coleppa
Thesis: "Deconstructed Higgsless Models of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking"
Advisors: R. Sekhar Chivukula and Elizabeth Simmons
M. S., Physics - 2003 - Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
B. S., Physics - 2001 - University of Madras

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Eric Willam Pellegrini [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Scaling Stellar Feedback: A Study of the Physical Processes
Involved in Star-Forming Regions of Vastly Different Sizes"
Advisor: Jack Baldwin
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2004 - Michigan State University

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Alexey A. Poklonskiy
Thesis: “Evolutionary Optimization Methods for Accelerator Design”
Advisor: Martin Berz
M. S., 2007 - Michigan State University
PTTL, 2002 - St. Petersburg University

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Zsolt Rak
Thesis: "Elecronic Structure of Defects in III-VI and II-VI Semiconductors and Theoretical
Studies of Yb-Containing Intermetallics"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M. S., Physics - 1999 - Babes-Bolyai University
B. S., Physics - 1996 - Babes-Bolyai University

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Andrew Michael Rogers
Thesis: "Study of 69Br Ground State Proton Emission and Effects on the rp-Process 68Se Waiting Point"
Advisor: William Lynch
B. S., Physics - 2003 - Michigan State University

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Joshua John Savory
Thesis: "High-Precision Mass Measurement of N = Z = 34 Nuclides for RP-Process Simulations and Development for the Lebit Facility"
Advisor: George Bollen
B. S., Physics - 2004 - Kalamazoo College

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Vijay Ratan Singh [dual degree with Biochemistry]
Thesis: "Experimental and Computational Investigation of Early Events in Protein Folding"
Advisor: Lisa Lapidus
B. S., Physics - 2000 - Sri Satya Sai Inst of Higher Learning

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Terrance Timothy Strother
Thesis: "A Kinetic Theory Based Numerical Study of Core Collapse of Supernovae Dynamics"
Advisor: Wolfgang Bauer
B. S., Physics - 2003 - Wayne State University

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Rahmi Unalan
Thesis: "Measurements of the WZ DiBoson Production Cross Section at √ s  = 1.96 TeV and Anamolous Coupling Constants"
Advisor: Hari Weerts
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1999 - Bogazici University

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Teng Yang
Thesis: “Electronic and Structural Properties of Functional Nanostructures”
Advisor: David Tomanek
B. S., 1999 - Nanjing University

2010:

Neelam Dhanda [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Quasars, Clusters and Cosmology"
Advisor: G. Mark Voit
M. S., Physics - 2001 - Indian Institute of Technology
B. S., Physics - 1999 - Kurukshetra University

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Alfredo Estrade-Vaz
Thesis: "Time-of-Flight Mass Measurements of Neutron Rich Isotpoes at the NSCL"
Advisor: Hendrik Schatz
M. S., Physics - 2006 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2004 - Michigan State University

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Morewell Gasseller
Thesis: "Scanning Probe Study of Semiconductor Dopant Charging"
Advisor: Stewart Tessmer
M. S., Physics - 2004 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1991 - University of Zimbabwe

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Baruk Berta Gebremariam
Thesis: "Towards a Microscopic Energy Density Functional for Nuclei"
Advisor: Thomas Duguet
B. S., Physics - 2003 - Jimma University, Ethiopa

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Carol Jeanne Guess
Thesis: "The 150Sm(t,3He) 150Pm* and 150Nd(3He,t) 150Pm* Reactions and Applications for 2 nu and 0 nu Double Beta Decay"
Advisor: Remco Zegers
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Hope College

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Trupti Shantaram Khaire
Thesis: "Study of Proximity-Induced Spin-Triplet Pair Correlations in Ferromagnetic Josephson Junctions"
Advisor: Norman Birge
M. S., Physics - 2006 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2002 - University of Pune

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Mazin Alaya Khasawneh
Thesis: "Josephson Junctions Using a Strong Ferromagnetic Interlayer and Spin Triplet Superconductivity"
Advisor: Norman Birge
M. S., Physics - 1998 - Alabayt University
B. S., Physics - 1995 - Yarmouk University

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Hiu Ching (Jenny) Lee
Thesis: "Survey of Neutron Spectroscopic Factors and the Asymmetry Dependence of Neutron Correlations"
Advisor: Betty Tsang
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2004 - Chinese University, Hong Kong

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Giuseppe Lorusso
Thesis: "Beta-Delayed Proton Emission in the 100Sn Region"
Advisor: Hendrik Schatz
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2003 - University of Lecce

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Joel Piper
Thesis: "A Model Independent Search for New Physics in Final States Containing Leptons at the D-Zero Experiment"
Advisor: James T. Linnemann
M. S., Physics - 2003 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2001 - University of Michigan

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Raman Ramani-Kalyan
Thesis: "Electronically Induced Structure Transformation in Graphite and Silver, Studied Using Ultrafast Electron Crystallography"
Advisor: Chong-Yu Ruan
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2003 - Cambridge University

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Steven Waldauer [dual degree with Biochemistry]
Thesis: "Early Events in Protein Folding Investigated Through Ultrarapid Microfluidic Mixing"
Advisor: Lisa Lapidus
M. S., Physics - 2004 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2002 - SUNY Buffalo

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2011:

Yujie Chen
Thesis: "Developing a General Description of the Upfolded State of a Protein"
Advisor: Lisa Lapidus
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Fudan University

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Gregory Arthur Christian
Thesis: "Spectroscopy of Neutron Unbound Fluorine"
Advisor: Artemis Spyrou
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology

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Jeremiah Paul Holzbauer
Thesis: "Half Wave Resonators for Heavy Ion Linear Accelerators"
Advisor: Michael Syphers
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - University of Wisconsin, Madison

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He River Huang
Thesis: "Studies of Charge Neutral FCC Lattice Gas with Yukawa Interaction and Accelerated Cartesian Expansion Method"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M. S., Physics - 2004 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 1995 - Beijing Normal University
B. S., Physics - 1993 - Beijing Normal University

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Mohammad Ahmad Hussein
Thesis: "Top Quark Pair in Association with an Extra Jet:
Phenomenological Analysis at the Tevatron"
Advisor: Joey Huston
B. S., Physics - 1998 - University of Jordan
M. S., Physics - 2001 - University of Jordan

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Catherine Rebecca Kennedy [Astronomy & Astrophysics]
Thesis: "The History of Chemical Enrichment and the Sites of Early Nucleosynthesis:
CNO Abundances of Galactic Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars"
Advisor: Tim Beers
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2008 - University of Notre Dame

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Micha Aranda Kilburn
Thesis: "Proton-Proton Correlation Functions as a Probe to Reaction Dynamics"
Advisor: William Lynch
M. S., Physics - 2006 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2004 - Northern Michigan University

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Charles August Kuehn [Astronomy & Astrophysics]
Thesis: "RR Lyrae Stars in Large Magellanic Cloud Globular Clusters"
Advisor: Horace Smith
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Ohio State University

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Anna A. Kwiatkowski
Thesis: "High Precision Mass Measurement of 32Si and Developments at the LEBIT Facility"
Advisor: Georg Bollen
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - University of California, Berkeley

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Sean Michael McDaniel
Thesis: "A Study of Complementary Reactions: Single-Proton Knockout and Single-Proton Pickup"
Advisor: Aleksandra Gade
B. S., Physics - 2003 - Linfield College

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Rhiannon Therese Meharchand
Thesis: "Spectroscopy of 12Be using the (7Li, 7Be) Reaction Inverse Kinematics"
Advisor: Remco Zegers
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - Florida State University

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Shea Mosby
Thesis: "Spectroscopy of Neutron Unbound States in Neutron Rich Carbon"
Advisor: Michael Thoennessen
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology

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Anthony Steven Nettleton
Thesis: "A Study of the Fragmentation–Fission of 238U on a 9Be Target at 81 MeV/u"
Advisor: Brad Sherrill
M. S., Physics - 2006 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2002 - Purdue University

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Andrew Ratkiewicz
Thesis: "Collectivity of Exotic Silicon Isotopes"
Advisor: Alexandra Gade
B. S., Physics - 2006 - Indiana University, South Bend

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Angelo Joseph Signoracci
Thesis: "Effective Interactions for Nuclear Structure Calculations"
Advisor: B. Alex Brown
B. S., Physics - 2006 - University of Notre Dame

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Jason Patrick Smolinski [Astronomy & Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Investigation of Multiple Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey"
Advisor: Tim Beers
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Central Michigan University

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Peng Tian
Thesis: "High Throughput Parametric Studies of the Structure of Complex Nanomaterials"
Advisors: Simon Billinge & Phillip Duxbury
M. S., Physics - 2004 - University of Science & Technology

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Jagnyaseni Triparthy
Thesis: "Picosecond Spectroscopic Studies of Equilibrium Structural Fluctuations of Native
and Partially Unfolded States of Zn11-Substituted and Metal-Free Cytochromes C"
Advisor: Lisa Lapidus
M. S., Physics - 2002 - Utkal University
B. S., Physics - 2000 - Utkal University

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Joshua Paul Veazey
Thesis: "Scanning Probe Studies of the Pilus Nanowires in Geobacter Sulfurreducens"
Advisor: Stuart Tessmer
M. S., Physics - 2006 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2004 - University of Rochester

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Philip Jonathan Voss
Thesis: "Recoil Distance Method Lifetime Measurements
Via Gamma-Ray And Charged Particle Spectroscopy at NSCL"
Advisor: Krystof Starosta
B. S., Physics - 2006 - Central Michigan University

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Alexander Nicolaus Wittig
Thesis: "Rigorous High-Precision High-Order Computations in Strongly Non-Linear, Dynamical Systems"
Advisor: Martin Berz
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - University of Stuttgart

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2012:

Rakhi Acharyya
Thesis: "Spin Dependent Transport Studies in Magnetic, Antiferromagnetic and Half Metals"
Advisor: Jack Bass
M. S., Physics - 2005 - Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
B. S., Physics - 2002 - University of Delhi

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Ana Delia Becerril-Reyes
Thesis: "Beta Decay and Isomeric Studies of Proton Rich Nuclei Near the Endpoint of the rp-Process"
Advisor: Hendrik Schatz
B. S., Physics - 2002 - National Autonomous University of Mexico

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Arsham Farzinnia
Thesis: "Above and Beyond the Standard Model: on Phenomenology Of Lee-Wick Theory and Massive Vector Color-Octet"
Advisor: R. Sekhar Chivukula & Elizabeth Simmons
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - University of Leiden

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Weigang Geng
Thesis: "CP Violation in Single Top Quark Production"
Advisor: Reinhard Schwienhorst
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Lanzhou University

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Sarah Heim
Thesis: "Search for High-Mass Dielectron Resonances with the Atlas Detector"
Advisor: Reinhard Schwienhorst
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - University of Heidelberg

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Jenny Lyn Holzbauer
Thesis: "Measurement of Single-Top T-Channel Production Using Atlas Data"
Advisors: Bernard Pope
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - Univ of Wisconsin, Madison

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Liyuan Jia
Thesis: "Microscopic Calculation of Collective Hamiltonian on Complex Nuclei"
Advisor: Vladimir Zelevinsky
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - Jiao Tong University

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Kit Yu Lau
Thesis: "Nuclear Reactions in the Crusts of Accreting Neutron Stars"
Advisor: Hendrik Schatz
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Chinese University, Hong Kong

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Amanda Margaret Prinke
Thesis: "Searching for the Origins of Fluorine: A Measurement of the 19F(t, 3He) Reaction"
Advisor: Remco Zegers
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Michigan State University

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Megan Elizabeth Romanowich
Thesis: "Scanning Probe Studies on the Surface of Bi2Se3"
Advisor: Stuart Tessmer
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - University of Rochester

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Alisher Sanetullaev
Thesis: "Neutron Spectroscopic Factors of 56Ni via 56Ni (p,d) 55Ni Reaction in Inverse Kinematics"
Advisor: William Lynch
B. S., Physics - 2002 - Michigan State University

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Matthew Michael Steele [Astronomy & Astrophysics]
Thesis: "The Nature of the [O III] Emission Line System in the Black Hole Hosting Globular Cluster RZ2109"
Advisor: Stephen Zepf
M. S., Physics - 2005 - Bowling Green University
B. S., Physics - 2002 - Northeastern University

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David Adam Ventimiglia [Astronomy & Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Coping with Scatter in Galaxy Cluster Scaling Relationships"
Advisors: G. Mark Voit
M. S., Astronomy & Astrophysics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1993 - Michigan State University

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Hui Wang
Thesis: "Study of Particle Ratio Fluctuations and Charge Balance Functions at RHIC"
Advisor: Gary Westfall
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2004 - University of Science and Technology of China

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Steven Frederick Wolf
Thesis: "Expert and Novice Categorization of Introductory Physics Problems"
Advisor: Gerd Kortemeyer
M. S., Physics - 2005 - Dartmouth College
B. S., Physics - 2003 - Valparaiso University

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Kaijie Xu
Thesis: "Exciton Photon and Phonon Interactions in Semiconductor Quantum Dots"
Advisor: Carlo Piermarocchi
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Jianghao Yu
Thesis: "Collider Phenomenology of Heavy Charged Gauge Bosons"
Advisor: C. P. Yuan
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Peking University
B. S., Physics - 2004 - Northeast Normal University

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2013:

Andrew Baczewski
Thesis: "Integral Equation and Discontinuous Galerkin Methods
for the Analysis of Light-Matter Interaction"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
B. S., Electrical Engineering - 2007 - Michigan State University

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Travis Ray Baugher
Thesis: "Neutron-rich Chromium and Manganese Isotopes and
the Role Of the 0g9/2 and 1d5/2 Neutron Orbitals in the Region Below 68Ni"
Advisor: Alexandra Gade
B. S., Physics - 2008 - Ursinus College

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Marshall T. Bremer
Thesis: "Coherent Raman Standoff Detection"
Advisor: Marcus Dantus [Department of Chemistry]
B. S., Physics - 2006 - North Dakota State University

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Daniel David-Schechtman Coupland
Thesis: "Probing the Nuclear Symmetry Energy with Heavy Ion Collisions"
Advisor: William Lynch
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - Albion College

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Dat Than Do
Thesis: "Electronic Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of
Narrow Band Gap Semiconductors and Pseudo-Gap Systems"
Advisor: S. D. Mahanti
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - Vietnam National University

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Aaron Scott Hoffer [Astronomy & Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Observations of Physical Processes in Cluster Cores:
Connections Brtween the Intracluster Gas and the Brightest Cluster Galaxy"
Advisor: Megan Donahue
M. S., [Astronomy & Astrophysics] - 2010 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2008 - California Institute of Technology

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James D. Koll
Thesis: "Evidence for the Associated Production of a W boson and a Top Quark at ATLAS"
Advisor: James T. Linnemann
B. S., Physics - 2007 - Iowa State University

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James Thomas Laverty
Thesis: "Expanding our Understanding of Students’ Use of Graphs for Learning"
Advisor: Gerd Kortemeyer
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - St. University of Toledo

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David Louis Lincoln
Thesis: "First Direct Double-Beta Decay Q-value Measurement of the Neutrinoless
Double-Beta Decay Candidate 82Se and Development of a High-Precision Magnetometer"
Advisor: Georg Bollen
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - Albion College

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Corey Evan Musolff
Thesis: "Simulation Study of Lipid Bilayer/Nanoparticle Interactions"
Advisor: Philip Duxbury
M. S., Physics - 2003 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2000 - Michigan State University

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Ngoc Bich Nguyen
Thesis: "Investigation of the Triple-Alpha Reaction in a Full Three-Body Approach"
Advisor: Filomena Nunes
M. S., Physics - 2010 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - Vietnam National University

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John Francis Novak
Thesis: "Energy Dependence of Fluctuations and Correlation Observables of Transverse Momentum in Heavy-Ion Collisions"
Advisor: Gary Westfall
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Western Michigan University

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Daniel P. Olds
Thesis: "Refinement of Simulated Polymer-Fullerene Photovoltaic Devices
Through Small Angle Scattering and Dynamic Monte Carlo"
Advisor: Phillip Duxbury
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Michigan State University

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Carolyn C. Peruta [Astronomy & Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Modeling Galactic Chemical Evolution in Cosmological Adaptive Mesh Refinement Simulations"
Advisor: Brian O'Shea
B. S., Physics - 2006 - University of Arizona

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Christopher T. Richardson [Astronomy & Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Plasma Simulations in Astrophysical Environments"
Advisor: Jack Baldwin
M. S., Physics - 2010 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2008 - Eastern Illinois University

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Savanna Marie Shaw
Thesis: "Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in the (Lepton ν b b ) Final State at D0"
Advisor: Wade Fisher
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Simon Frasier University

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Gavril I. Shchedrin
Thesis: "Scattering Processes in Atomic Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology"
Advisor: Vladimir Zelevinsky
M. S., Physics - 2009 - St. Petersburg University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - St. Petersburg University

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Joshua A. Vredevoogd
Thesis: "Relativistic Viscous Hydrodynamics for High Energy Heavy Ion Collisions"
Advisor: Scott Pratt
B. S., Physics - 2007 - Valparaiso University

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Kathleen Ann Walsh
Thesis: "Scanning Probe Microscopy of Protein Nanowires"
Advisor: Stuart Tessmer
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - Wichita State UniversityYi Xing Wang
Thesis: "Study of Phase in Ferromagnetic Spin-Triplet Josephson Junctions"
Advisor: Norman Birge
B. S., Physics - 2002 - Nanjing University

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Daniel Winklehner
Thesis: "Ion Beam Extraction From Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources and
Subsequent Low Energy Beam Transport"
Advisor: Daniela Leitner
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Technical University of Vienna
B. S., Physics - 2003 - Technical University of Vienna

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Michael David Youngs
Thesis: "Using Emitted Light Clusters as a Probe of the Symmetry Energy"
Advisor: William Lynch
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - Michigan State University

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He Zhang
Thesis: "The Fast Multipole Method in the Differential Algebra Framework
for the Calculation of 3D Space Charge Fields"
Advisor: Martin Berz
B. S., Physics - 2001 - University of Science & Technology of China

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2014:

Anushka Udara Abeysekara
Thesis: "Understanding Nature’s Particle Accelerators Using High Energy Gamma-Ray Survey Instruments"
Advisor: James T. Linnemann
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Creighton University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - University of Colombo

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Enrique Arrieta-Diaz
Thesis: "Observation of νμ Charged Currents Events in an Off-Axis Horn-Focused Neutrino Beam Using the NO-Nu-A Phototype Detector"
Advisor: Carl Bromberg
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Andes University

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Vincent Maximilian Bader
Thesis: "Quadrupole Collectivity in Neutron-Deficient Sn Nuclei: 104Sn"
Advisor: Alexandra Gade
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - University of Mainz

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Brent Wendolyn Barker
Thesis: "Dissipation and Dynamics in Quantum Many-Body Systems"
Advisor: Pavel Danielewicz
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - Indiana University - Pennsylvania

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Bradley R. Barquest
Thesis: "An Advanced Ion Guide for Beam Cooling and Bunching for Collinear Laser Spectroscopy of Rare Isotopes"
Advisor: Georg Bollen
B. S., Physics - 2001 - University of California, Berkeley

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Carla Frances Benatti
Thesis: "Modeling of Accelerator Systems and Experimental Verification of Quarter-Wave Resonator Steering"
Advisor: Michael Syphers
B. S., Physics - 2008 - Boston University

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Scott Edward Bustabad
Thesis: "From Fundamental Fullerenes to the Cardinal Calcium Candidate: The Development of a Laser Ablation Ion Source and its Diverse Application at the Lebit Facility"
Advisor: Georg Bollen
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Georgia Institute of Technology

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Kiseok Chang
Thesis: "Development of a High-Brightness Electron Beam System Towards Femtosecond Microdiffraction and Imaging and its Applications"
Advisor: Chong-Yu Ruan
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Chung Ang University
B. S., Physics - 2002 - Chung Ang University

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Adam Louis Fritsch
Thesis: "The Search for Cluster Structure on 14C with the Prototype AT-TPC"
Advisor: Wolfgang Mittig
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Wabash College

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Eric Gingrich
Thesis: "Phase Control of the Spin-Triplet State in S/F/S Josephson Junctions"
Advisor: Norman Birge
B. S., Physics - 2006 - Albion College

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Saurabh Gujarathi
Thesis: "Ab Initio Nanostructure Determination"
Advisor: Philip Duxbury
M. S., Physics - 2006 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay)

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Kritsada Kittimanapun
Thesis: "Investigation of Ion Capture in an Electron Beam Ion Trap Charge-Breeder for Rare Isotopes"
Advisor: Georg Bollen
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Suranaree University of Technology
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Prince of Songkla University (Thailand)

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Xu Lu
Thesis: "Thermoelectric Properties of Natural Mineral Based Tetrahedrite Compounds"
Advisor: Donald Morelli [Material Science]
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Sichuan University

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Bai Nie
Thesis: "The Development of YB Fiber Lasers and Their Applications"
Advisor: Marcus Dantus [Department of Chemistry]
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Nanjing University

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Jenni Minttu Eleonora Portman
Thesis: "Ultrafast Science: A Multiscale Modeling Approach to Femtosecond Electron Diffraction and its Applications"
Advisor: Philip Duxbury
M. S., Physics - 2007 - University of Milan
B. S., Physics - 2005 - University of Milan

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Jenna Kathleen Smith
Thesis: "Unbound States in the Lightest Island of Inversion: Neutron Decay Measurements of 11Li, 10Li, and 12Be"
Advisor: Michael Thoennessen
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Rhodes College

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Jesse Daniel Snyder
Thesis: "Spectroscopy of 15Be"
Advisor: Michael Thoennessen
B. S., Physics - 2008 - Western Michigan

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Steven Ragnar Stroberg
Thesis: "Single-Particle Structure of Neutron-Rich Silicon Isotopes and the Breakdown of the N=28 Shell Closure"
Advisor: Alexandra Gade
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2009 - University of California, Berkeley (Nuclear Engineering)

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Zhensheng Tao
Thesis: "Development of High-Brightness Ultrafast Electron Microscope for Studying Nanoscale Dynamics Associated with Strongly Correlated Materials"
Advisor: Chong-Yu Ruan
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Fudan University
B. S., Physics - 2005 - Fudan University

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2015:

Jacob William Clifford
Thesis: "Analysis of Cooperative Transcription Factor Binding at the DNA Sequence Level"
Advisor: David Arnosti (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - Michigan State University

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Tzong-Ru Terry Han
Thesis: "Ultrafast Electron Crystallography Studies of Charge-Density Waves Materials and Nanoscale Ice"
Advisor: Chong-Yu Ruan
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Boston University
B. S., Physics - 2001 - University of California, Berkeley

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Mengling Zhang Hettinger
Thesis: "Thermomagnetic Phenomena in Mesoscopic and Paramagnetically Limited Superconductors"
Advisor: Alex Levchenko
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Tianjin Normal University

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Thomas Barrett Hettinger [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Stellar Multiplicity Analysis With Time-Resolved Spectroscopy and Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulations"
Advisor: Jay Strader
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2009 - University of Florida

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Michael David Jones
Thesis: "Spectroscopy of Neutron Unbound States in 24O and 2323N"
Advisor: Michael Thoennessen
B. S., Physics - 2011 - University of North Carolina

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Yingjie Li
Thesis: "Studies of the Microwave Instability in the Small Isochronous Ring"
Advisor: Felix Marti
M. S., Physics - 2007 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 1999 - Chinese Academy of Science
B. S., Physics - 1994 - Chinese Academy of Science

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Ling-Ying Lin
Thesis: "Rare Isotope Beam Energy Measurements and Scintillator Developments for ReA3"
Advisor: Daniela Leitner
M. S., Physics - 2003 - National Taiwan Normal University
B. S., Physics - 2001 - National Taiwan Normal University

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Eric John Macaulay
Thesis: "Misleading and Conflicting Cues in Human Sound Localization"
Advisor: William Hartmann
M. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2004 - Illinois Wesleyan University

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William Michael Martinez
Thesis: "Amplitude Control of Spin-Triplet Supercurrent in Superconducting/Ferromagnetic/Superconducting Josephson Junctions”
Advisor: Norman Birge
M. S., Physics - 2010 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2008 - Michigan State University

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Zachary Paul Meisel
Thesis: "Extension of the Nuclear Mass Surface for Neutron-Rich Isotopes of Argon through Iron"
Advisor: Hendrik Schatz
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Michigan State University

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Christopher Scott Morse
Thesis: "Nuclear Structure of Proton-Rich Intermediate Mass Nuclei Studied With Advanced Lifetime Measurement Techniques"
Advisor: Hironori Iwasaki
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Westmont College

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Stephen James Quinn
Thesis: "Capture Cross Sections for the Astrophysical P Process"
Advisor: Artemisia Spyrou
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - University of Notre Dame

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Michael James Scott
Thesis: "Search for the Isovector Giant Monopole Resonance via the 28Si( 10Be,10B+ γ) Reaction at 100 MeV/u"
Advisor: Remco Zegers
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Central Michigan University
B. S., Physics - 2006 - Central Michigan University

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Rachel Hodges Showalter
Thesis: "Determination of Density and Momentum Dependence of Nuclear Symmetry Potentials with Asymmetric Heavy Ion Reactions"
Advisor: Man-Yee Betty Tsang
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2009 - University of Virginia

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Yung-Hsiu Tang
Thesis: "Diamond Heteroepitaxial Lateral Growth"
Advisor: Brage Golding
M. S., Physics - 2009 - National Taiwan University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - National Taiwan University

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Patrick Brian Hagerty True
Thesis: "Search for W' Production in the Single-Top Channel with the ATLAS Detector"
Advisor: Kirsten Tollefson
M. S., Physics - 2010 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2008 - University of Washington

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Sean Robert Wagner
Thesis: "Study of Organic-Inorganic Hetero-Interfaces and Electrical Transport in Semiconducting Nanostructures"
Advisor: Pengpeng Zhang
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Michigan State University

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Jack Robert Winkelbauer
Thesis: "Precision Measurement of Isospin Diffusion in Peripheral Sn + Sn Collisions at 70 MeV/u"
Advisor: Man-Yee Betty Tsang
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Western Michigan University

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Zhen Zhu
Thesis: "Electronic Properties of Complex Nanostructures"
Advisor: David Tomanek
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Nanjing University

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2016:

Daniel Maloney Alt
Thesis: "Design and Commissioning of a 16.1 MHz Multiharmonic Buncher for the ReAccelerator at NSCL"
Advisor: Michael Syphers
M. S., Physics - 2013 - Michigan State University
M. S., Astronomy - 1997 - Yale University
B. S., Physics - 1996 - Case Western Reserve University

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Michael Bennett
Thesis: "Isospin Mixing and the 30P(p, γ)31S Reaction Rate"
Advisor: Christopher Wrede
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Westmont College

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Winston Dylan Carr
Thesis: "Electronic and Thermal transport in Copper-Based Chalcopyrite Semiconductors for Thermoelectric Applications"
Advisor: Donald Morelli
M. S., Physics - 2014 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Missoui University of Science and Technology

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Thomas Patrick Connor [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Multi-Wavelength Observations of Galaxy Clusters: Population Evolution and Scaling Relations for Intermediate-Redshift Clusters"
Advisor: Megan Donahue
B. S., Physics - 2011 - Case Western Reserve University (AST)

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Brian David Crosby [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Semi-Analytic Modeling of Stellar Populations in Astrophysical Simulations"
Advisor: Brian O'Shea
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - University of Minnesota

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Ian Matthew Dayton
Thesis: "Measuring Proximity Induced Effects in Topological Insulators Using Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques”
Advisor: Stuart Tessmer
M. S., Physics - 2014 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2012 - University of Illinois

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Jun Hong
Thesis: "Effects of Nonlocality of Transfer Reactions"
Advisor: Pavel Danielewicz
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Feng-Kuo Hsu
Thesis: "Control of Lasing from a Highly Photoexcited Semiconductor Microcavity"
Advisor: Chih-Wei Lai
B. S., Physics - 2009 - National Taiwan University

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Emily Hannah Johnson
Thesis: "Constraints on Models for the Higgs Boson with Exotic Spin and Parity"
Advisor: Wade Fisher
M. S., Physics - 2010 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - Michigan State University

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Gregory Robert Meese [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "AGN Feedback and Delivery Methods for Simulations of Cool-Core Galaxy Clusters"
Advisor: Brian O'Shea
M. S., Physics - 2013 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2011 - University of Delaware

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Titus Dan Morris
Thesis: "Systematic Improvements of Ab-Initio In-Medium Similarity Renormalization Group Calculations"
Advisor: Scott Bogner
B. S., Physics - 2009 - University of Arkansas-Fayetteville

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Shreya Nad
Thesis: "Growth and Characterization of Large, High Quality Single Crystal Diamond Substrates via Microwave Plasma Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition"
Advisor: Stuart Tessmer
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 2009 - University of Delhi
B. S., Physics - 2007 - University of Delhi

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Bradley Daniel Schoenrock
Thesis: "Search for Standard Model Top Quark and Z Boson Associated Production at ATLAS"
Advisor: Reinhard Schwienhorst
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Northern Michigan University

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Cheng Sun
Thesis: "Excitonic Structure and Dynamics in Graphene Quantum Dots"
Advisor: John McGuire
B. S., Physics - 2008 - Tsinghua University

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Suwat Tangwancharoen
Thesis: "Design and construction of the SpiRIT TPC"
Advisor: William Lynch
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Khon Kaen University (Thailand)

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Luke Joseph Titus
Thesis: "Effects of Nonlocality of Transfer Reactions"
Advisor: Filomena Nunes
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Kenneth Aaron Whitmore
Thesis: "Experimental Study of 19C via Gamma-Ray Lifetime and Knockout Measurements"
Advisor: Hironori Iwasaki
B. S., Physics - 2011 - William Jewell College

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Chunli Zhang
Thesis: "Interplay Between Single-Particle and Collective Motion Within Nuclear Density Function Theory"
Advisor: Witold Nazarewicz
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Peking University

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Yaxing Zhang
Thesis: "Fluctuation Spectra of Mesoscopic Vibrational Systems"
Advisor: Mark Dykman
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Beihang University

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2017:

Joshua William Bradt
Thesis: “Measurement of Isobaric Analogue Resonances of 47Ar With the Active-Target Time Projection Chamber”
Advisor: Daniel Bazin
M. S., Physics - 2015 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2013 - University of Rochester

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Andrew McRae Chegwidden
Thesis: "A Multivariate Analysis Search For a Single-Top Quark Produced in
Association with Missing Energy in Proton-Proton Collisions at the Large Hadron Collider at a Center-of-Mass Energy of √ s  =8 Tev with the ATLAS Detector"
Advisor: Raymond Brock
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2004 - US Military Academy

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Alex Thomas Deibel [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Starquakes, Heating Anomalies and Nuclear Reactions in the Neutron Star Crust"
Advisor: Edward Brown
M. S., Astronomy & Astrophysics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - University of Michigan

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Thomas Michael Broen Finzell[Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: “A Detailed Study of Gamma-Ray Nova V1324 SCO”
Advisor: Laura Chomiuk
B. S., Physics - 2011 - University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Jennifer Ranae Glick
Thesis: "Quantum Information Theory of Measurement"
Advisor: Chris Adami (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)
M. S., Physics - 2014 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2011 - Colorado Scool of Mines

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Joseph Allen Glick III
Thesis: "Ferromagnetic Josephson Junctions Carrying Spin-Triplet Supercurrent for Cryogenic Memmory"
Advisor: Norman Birge
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Colorado School of Mines
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Colorado School of Mines

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Jie Guan
Thesis: "Stability and Electronic Properties of Low-Dimensional Nanostructures"
Advisor: David Tomanek
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Nanjing University
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Nanjing University

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Tung-Wu Hsieh
Thesis: "Fabrication and Characterization of Quasi-2D Correlated Systems"
Advisor: Xianglin Ke
Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - National Taiwan University

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Bin Hwang
Thesis: "Ultrafast Transient States in Nonequilibrium Quantum Systems"
Advisor: Phillip Duxbury
M. S., Physics - 2011 - National Taiwan University
B. S., Physics - 2009 - National Taiwan University

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Joshua Paul Isaacson
Thesis: "ResBos2: Precision Resummation for the LHC Era”
Advisor: C.-P. Yuan
M. S., Physics - 2015 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2011 - Case Western University

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Dena Izadi
Thesis: "Heterogeneity in Protein Folding Explored by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy"
Advisor: Lisa Lapidus
M. S., Physics - 2009 - Isfahan University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - Shiraz University

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Eric Michael Lunderberg
Thesis: "Subbarrier Coulomb Excitation at ReA3 - Commissioning of the SeGA-JANUS Experimental Setup"
Advisor: Alexandra Gade
B. S., Physics - 2012 - Hope College

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Charles Robert Loelius
Thesis: "Electromagnetic Transition Strengths Studied with Doppler-Shift Techniques Across the Contours of the Valley of Stability"
Advisor: Hironoru Iwasaki
B. S., Physics - 2012 - Rutgers University

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Bethany Niedzielski
Thesis: "Phase Sensitive Measurements of Ferromagnetic Josephson Junctions for Cryogenic Memory Applications"
Advisor: Norman Birge
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B. S., Physics - 2011 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Guy Morland Parsey
Thesis: “A Global Modeling Framework for Plasma Kinetics: Development and Applications"”
Advisor: Phillip Duxbury
M. S., Physics - 2013 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2011 - Univ of California, Santa Barbara

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Nathan Michael Parzuchowski
Thesis: “Nuclear Spectroscopy with the In-Medium Similarity Renormalization Group”
Advisor: Scott Bogner
M. S., Physics - 2014 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University

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Anthony Douglas Szedlak
Thesis: "Structures and Boolean Dynamics in Gene Regulatory Networks"
Advisor: Carlo Piermarocchi
M. S., Physics - 2013 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan Technological University

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Yanhao Tang
Thesis: "Spin Dynamics and Optical Nonlinearities in Layered e-GaSe and Colloidal CdSe Nanocrystal Quantum Dots"
Advisor: John McGuire
B. S., Physics - 2011 - Peking University

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Non Thongprong
Thesis: "Modeling of Emerging Solar Cell Materials and Devices"
Advisor: Phillip Duxbury
M. S., Physics - 2014 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Mahidol University (Thailand)

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Eremey Vladimirovich Valetov
Thesis: "Field Modeling, Symplectic Tracking and Spin Decoherence for EDM and Muon g-2 Lattices"
Advisor: Martin Berz
M. S., Physics - 2010 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 2005 - Moscow State University
B. S., Physics - 2004 - Moscow State University

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2018:

Alexander Connor Dombos
Thesis: "β-Decay Total Absorption Spectroscopy Around A=100-110 Relevant to Nuclear Structure and the Astrophysical R Process"
Advisor: Artemis Spyrou
M. S., Physics - 2014 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2012 - Kalamazoo College

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Florian Figge
Thesis: "Orientational Dynamics of Water and Hydrophobic Interfaces"
Advisor: John McGuire
M. S., Physics - 2016 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - Albert Ludwigs University

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Kathleen Elizabeth Fry
Thesis: "Experimental Constraints on Nucleosynthesis in Oxygen-Neon Novae"
Advisor: Christopher Wrede
B. S., Physics - 2013 - Tennessee Technical University

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Connor Adrian Glosser
Thesis: "The QuEST for Active Media Models: a Self-Consistent Framework for Simulating Wave Propagation in Nonlinear Systems"
Advisor: Carlo Piermarocchi
M. S., Physics - 2014 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University

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Christopher John Izzo
Thesis: "Mass Measurements of Neutron-Rich Cobalt Isotopes beyond N = 40 and the Development of Single Ion Penning Trap Mass Spectrometer for Rare Isotopes" 
Advisor: Georg Bollen
M. S., Physics - 2015 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2013 - Washington University

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Samuel Israel Lipschutz
Thesis: "The (P,N) Charge-Exchange Reaction in Inverse Kinematics as a Probe for Isovector Giant Resonances in Exotic Nuclei"
Advisor: Remco Zegers
M. S., Physics - 2014 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2012 - George Washington University

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Amy Elizabeth Lovell
Thesis: "A Deeper Understanding of the Inputs for Reaction Theory Through Uncertainty Quantification"
Advisor: Filomena Nunes
M. S., Physics - 2015 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2013 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Juan Jose Manfredi, Jr.
Thesis: "Asymmetry Dependence of Spectroscopic Factors:
A Study of Transfer Reactions on Rare Argon Isotopes at 70 MeV/U"
Advisor: Man-Yee Betty Tsang
M. S., Physics - 2015 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2012 - Washington University

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Matthew Mondragon
Thesis: "A Measurement of W Boson Production in Association With Jets at the Atlas Detector in PP Collisions at √ s  =8 TeV"
Advisor: Joey Huston
B. S., Physics - 2011 - University of Maryland

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Kirill Moskovtsev
Thesis: "Nonlinear Dynamics of Coupled Electron-Vibrational Systems"
Advisor: Mark Dykman
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Moscow Institute Of Physics & Technology

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Abhilash Nair
Thesis: "The Relevance of Physics: A Critical Look at Ways in Which Students Find meaning in Introductory Physics"
Advisor: Vashti Sawtelle
M. S., Physics - 2015 - University of Illinois, Chicago
B. S., Physics - 2011 - University of Illinois, Chicago

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Samuel John Novario
Thesis: "Effective Beta-Decay Operators with Coupled Cluster Theory"
Advisor: Morten Hjorth-Jensen
M. S., Physics - 2015 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2011 - Notre Dame University

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Wei Jia Ong
Thesis: “Quantifying the Urca Cooling Impact of Mass 61 Nuclei in X-Ray Bursting Systems ”
Advisor: Hendrik Schatz
B. S., Physics - 2012 - Washington University

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Alanna Shannon Pawlak
Thesis: “Collaborative Learning Environments in Introductory Physics”
Advisor: Marco Daniel Caballero
B. S., Physics - 2012 - Depaul University

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Kannokkorn Pimcharoen
Thesis: "Modeling of Charge Injections and Transport in Organic Semiconductors with Applications to Conducting Atomic Force Microscopy""
Advisor: Philip Duxbury
B. S., Physics - 2007 - Silpajorn University

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Aimee Elizabeth Shore
Thesis: "Perceptual Squelch of Room Effect in Listening to Speech”
Advisor: William Hartmann
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Smith College

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Christopher James Sullivan
Thesis: "Constraining Nuclear Weak Interactions in Astrophysics and New Many-Core Algorithms for Neuroevolution"
Advisor: Remco Zegers
M. S., Physics - 2014 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Westmont College

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Christopher Gibson Willis
Thesis: "A Search for Z' Production in the Dielectron Final State with the ATLAS Detector Using 36.1 fb-1 of Proton-Proton Collision Data at √ s  =13 Tev in Run-2 of the Large Hadron Collider"
Advisor: Raymond Brock
M. S., Physics - 2013 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - James Madison University

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Fei Yuan
Thesis: "Addition and Removal Energies via the In-Medium Similarity Renormalization Group Method"
Advisor: Morten Hjorth-Jensen
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - National Taiwan University

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Mengzi Zhu
Thesis: "Neutron Scattering Studies on Correlated Transition Metal Oxides"
Advisor: Xianglin Ke
B. S., Physics - 2012 - Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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2019:

Jonathan Elijah Barney
Thesis: "Charged Pion Emission from 112Sn + 124Sn and 124Sn + 112Sn Reactions With the SπRIT Time Projection Chamber"
Advisor: William Lynch
M. S., Physics - 2015 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University

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Lisa Marie Carpenter
Thesis: "Cluster Structure and Three-Body Decay in 14C"
Advisor: Wolfgang Mittig
M. S., Physics - 2016 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2014 - Bucknell University

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Cho-Ying Chuang
Thesis: "Multicolor Fluorescence Optical Tweezers Methods and Applications to Nucleic Acid Folding"
Advisor: Matthew J. Comstock
M. S., Physics - 2017 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 2009 - National Tsing Hua University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - National Tsing Hua University

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Brandon Alexander Elman
Thesis: "Probing Proton Cross-Shell Excitations in 70Ni Using Nucleon Knockout Reactions"
Advisor: Alexandra Gade
B. S., Physics - 2014 - Temple University

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Dillon Kyle Frame
Thesis: "Ab Initio Simulations of Light Nuclear Systems Using Eigenvector Continuation and Auxiliary Field Monte Carlo"
Advisor: Dean Lee
B. S., Physics - 2014 - North Carolina State University

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Robert A. Hipple
Thesis: "Nonlinear Dynamics of Charged Particles: Analysis, Computation and Simulation"
Advisor: Martin Berz
M. S., Physics - 1993 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 1990 - Kalamazoo College

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Maximilian Nathan Hughes
Thesis: "Precision Measurements in 20F β-Decay"
Advisor: Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic
B. S., Physics - 2013 - Clemson University

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Xueying Huyan
Thesis: "Precision Measurements of the β-Energy Spectrum in 6He Decay"
Advisor: Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic
B. S., Physics - 2011 - Lanzhou University

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Justin G. Lietz
Thesis: "Computational Developments for Ab Initio Many-Body Theory"
Advisor: Morten Hjorth-Jensen
B. S., Physics - 2013 - University of Arizona

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Han Liu
Thesis: "Reaction Mechanism Dependence of the Population and Decay of He10"
Advisor: Michael Thoennessen
B. S., Physics - 2013 - Sichuan University

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Samuel Stephen Marinelli
Thesis: "Constraints on Lorentz-Invariance Violation with the HAWC Observatory"
Advisors: James Linnemann, Kirsten Tollefson
B. S., Physics - 2012 - Vanderbilt University

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Zachary Mattheson
Thesis: "Fission in Exotic Nuclei Using Density Functional Theory"
Advisor: Witold Nazarewicz
B. S., Physics - 2011 - University of Utah

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Andrew Jacob Miller
Thesis: "Measurements of Charge Radii of Neutron-Deficient Calcium Using Collinear Laser Spectroscopy at BECOLA"
Advisor: Kei Minamisono
B. S., Physics - 2014 - Abilene Christian University

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Jacob Alexander Morrison
Thesis: “Effect of New Samples in the T2K Off-Axis Near Detector for the T2K Oscillation Analysis ”
Advisor: Kendall Mahn
M. S., Physics - 2018 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2015 - University of Alabama

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Derek Elwin Neben
Thesis: "Perturbative Measurements of Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source Plasmas"
Advisor: Guillaume Machicoane
M. S., Physics - 2016 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2014 - Michigan State University

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Andrew Wei Jin Tan
Thesis: "Tailoring the Growth and Electronic Structure of Organic Molecular Heterinterfaces"
Advisor: Peng Peng Zhang
B. S., Physics - 2014 - Linfield College

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Rachel Charlotte Taverner Titus
Thesis: "Astrophysical Applications of Gamow-Teller Strengths in the A = 78-100 Region"
Advisor: Remco Zegers
B. S., Physics - 2014 - College of William and Mary

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Mengze Zhu
Thesis: "Neutron Scattering Studies on Correlated Transition Metal Oxides"
Advisor: Xianglin Ke
B. S., Physics - 2012 - Shanghai JiaoTong University