Physics
In its the Physics Department awards one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.
Key:
- Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
Committee Chair + Other Committee Members
2024-2025
- Rachel Leia Bailey, (Honors)
Patricia Vahle + Saskia Mordijck, Clem Hamelin
- Mia Pearl Bridges, (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Saskia Mordijck, Ross Iaci
- Russell Alan Burns (EPAD), (Honors)
Saskia Mordijck + Jonathan Frey, Todd Averett
- Connor Joseph Cassidy, (Honors)
Andrew Jackura + Saskia Mordijck, Ryan Vinroot
- Denis Furletov, (Honors)
Justin Stevens + Saskia Mordijck, Timothy Davis
- Evan Bradley Jackson, (Honors)
David Armstrong + Saskia Mordijck, Christopher Bailey
- Erin Latham McDonald (EPAD), (Honors)
Jonathan Frey + Doug Beringer , Sarah Day
- Verona Leura Miller, (Honors)
Todd Averett + Saskia Mordijck, Jeremy Pope
- Aaron Ostenfeld, (Honors)
Patricia Vahle + Saskia Mordijck, Clem Hamelin
- Rahul Kishore Pamadi (EPAD), (Honors)
Ran Yang + Jonathan Frey, Benjamin Whiting
- Emma Porter Small (EPAD), (Honors)
Jonathan Frey + Doug Beringer , Yuming Sun
- Liam Michael Staker, (Honors)
Joshua Erlich + Saskia Mordijck, Ryan Vinroot
- Qiyuan Su, (Honors)
Irinia Novikova + Saskia Mordijck, Gunter Luepke
2023-2024
- Grace Yeh-Eun Saetbyul Cha (EPAD), (Honors)
Hannes Schniepp + Jonathan Frey, Jeffery Nelson
- Lela Backes Creamer, (Honors)
Saskia Mordijck + Seth Aubin, Paul Davies
- George Matthew French, (Honors)
Marc Sher + Keith Griffioen, Alexander Angelov
- Gwendolyn Rose Galleher, (Honors)
Saskia Mordijck + Marc Sher, Leah Shaw
- Angela Huang (EPAD), (Honors)
RanYang + Jeffrey Nelson, Peter Vishton
- Nicholas Holland, (Honors)
Saskia Mordijck + Eugeniy Mikhailov, Heather Sasinowska
- Julius Frederic Kiewel, (Honors)
Saskia Mordijck + Sarah Day, David Armstrong
- Julia Ann Merti (EPAD), (Honors)
Ran Yang + Jeffrey Nelson, Gunter Luepke
- Leo Thomas Murphy,
(Honors)Saskia + Irina Novikova, Pierre Clare - Ramisa Akther Rahman, (Honors)
Irina Novikova + Allison Costa, Iaci Ross
- Claudia Grace Smith (EPAD), (Honors)
Ran Yang + Jeffrey Nelson, Peter Vishton
2022-2023
- Paul Conrad Anderson, "" (Honors)
George Vahala + Keith Griffioen, Chi-Kwong Li
- Balin Alexander Armstrong, "" (Honors)
Konstantinos Orginos + Keith Griffioen, Andreas Stathopoulos
- Jude Joseph Bedessem, "" (Honors)
Josh Erlich + Keith Griffioen, Pierre Clare
- Marguerite Duffy Bright (EPAD), "" (Honors)
Dennis Manos + Jeffrey Nelson, Donglai Gong
- Javier Eduardo Chiriboga, "" (Honors)
Saskia Mordijck + Keith Griffioen, Justin Stevens, Patel Mainak
- Sarah Marie Hawkins, "" (Honors)
Jeffrey Nelson + Keith Griffioen, Rob Carman
- Michael Tristan Hurst, "" (Honors)
David Armstrong + Keith Griffioen, Todd Averett, Chad Vance
- Tyler McLean Hutchison (EPAD), " (Honors)
Ran Yang + Jeffrey Nelson, Harsimran Somal
- Ubaid Kazianga, "" (Honors)
Mumtaz Qazilbash + Keith Griffioen, Margaret Saha
- Luke Antonio Mrini, "" (Honors)
Joshua Erlich + Keith Griffioen, Pierre Clare
- Benjamin Nicholas Sanders (EPAD), "" (Honors)
Hannes Schniepp + Jeffrey Nelson, Jonathan Frey, Joshua Puzey
- Tianchen Shi (EPAD), "" (Honors)
Ran Yang + Jeffrey Nelson, Hannes Schniepp
- Jordan Monique Shields, "" (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Keith Griffioen, Chi-Kwong Li
- Catherine Elizabeth Sturner, "" (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Keith Griffioen, Jonathan Frey
- Avi Kahn Urbach (EPAD), "" (Honors)
Ran Yang + Jeffrey Nelson, Jim Deverick
- Lauren Vannell, "" (Honors)
Todd Averett + Keith Griffioen, Beverly Sher
2021-2022
- Alexander Toyryla, "" (Honors)
Irina Novikova + David Armstrong, Jonathan Frey - Carson Stillman (EPAD), "" (Honors)
Ran Yang + Bill Cooke, Rachel Frazier - Gordon Jameson Crouse, "" (Honors)
Saskia Mordijck + David Armstrong, Pierre Clare - Jacob Brotman-Krass (EPAD), "" (Honors)
Ran Yang + Bill Cooke, Lee Kirkpatrick - Jiahui Li, "" (Honors)
Irina Novikova + David Armstrong, Paul Davies - Joshua O'Cain, "" (Honors)
Justin Stevens + David Armstrong, Daniel Vasiliu - Michael Parker, "" (Honors)
Todd Averett + David Armstrong, Robert Pike - Mikayla Huffman, "" (Honors)
Marc Sher + David Armstrong, Rowan Lockwood, Kelsi Singer - Morgan Logsdon, "" (Honors)
Seth Aubin + David Armstrong, Stephen Trefethen - Qian Niu, "" (Honors)
Chris Carone + Joshua Erlich, Paul Davies , David Armstrong - Seth Gnesin, "" (Honors)
Saskia Mordijck + David Armstrong, Shannon White - Sofia Brown, "" (Honors)
Irina Novikova + David Armstrong, Stephen Trefethen
2020-2021
- Austin Batz, "" (Honors)
Joshua Erlich + Sarah Day, Todd Averett - Andrew Beling, "" (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Todd Averett, Jonathan Frey - Lauren Carver, "" (Honors)
David Armstrong + Todd Averett, Sarah Day - Elizabeth Salata, "" (Honors)
Justin Stevens + Mainak Patel, Todd Averett - Stuart Thomas, "" (Honors)
Christopher Monahan + Christopher Monahan, Todd Averett, Andreas Stathopoulos
2019-2020
- Quinn Campagna, "" (Honors)
David Armstrong + Carey Bagdassarian, Keith Griffioen - Bennett Atwater, "" (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Tyler Meldrum, Keith Griffioen - Michael Cairo, "" (Honors)
Todd Averett + Paul Davies, Keith Griffioen - Alexander Fay, "" (Honors)
Eugeniy Mikhailov + Nahum Zobin, Keith Griffioen, Irina Novikova - Aiden Harbick, "" (Honors)
George Vahala + Richard C. Marcus, Keith Griffioen - Matthew McEneaney, "" (Honors)
Justin Stevens + James M. Kaste, Keith Griffioen - Carrington Metts, "" (Honors)
David Armstrong + Rachel Varra, Keith Griffioen - Jorden Smyth, "" (Honors)
William Cooke + James Deverick, Keith Griffioen - Hana Warner, "" (Honors)
Irina Novikova + Jonathan Frey, Keith Griffioen - Kangning Yang, "" (Honors)
Irina Novikova + Anya Lunden, Keith Griffioen
2018-19
- Zachary Baldwin, ""
Justin Stevens + Seth Aubin, Margaret Saha - Anne Blackwell, "" (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Marc Sher, Christopher Bailey, Anne Blackwell - Anne-Katherine Burns, ""
David Armstrong & Phiala Shanahan + Daniel Runfola, Seth Aubin - Jacopo Gliozzi, ""
Enrico Rossi + Seth Aubin, Pierre Clare - Ravn Jenkins, ""
Irina Novikova + Seth Aubin, Nahum Zobin, Eugeniy Mikhailov - Austin Kalasky, ""
Eugeniy Mikhailov + Seth Aubin, Chi-Kwong Li - John Mitchell, ""
Joshua Erlich + Seth Aubin, Chi-Kwong Li - Mary Robinson, "" (Honors)
David Armstrong + Seth Aubin, Pierre Clare - Connor Simpson, ""
George Vahala + Seth Aubin, Matthew Haug - Charles Soulen, ""
William Cooke + Seth Aubin, Hannes Schniepp - Jessica Sydnor, ""
Jeffrey Nelson + Seth Aubin, Heather Sasinowska
2017-18
- Elena Amparo, "" (Honors)
Jozef Dudek + Irina Novikova, Andreas Stathopoulos - Alexandra Cramer, "" (Honors)
Justin Stevens + Irina Novikova, Heather Sasinowska - Benjamin Halkowski, "" (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Timothy Costelloe, Mary Melfi, Irina Novikova - William Laney, "" (Honors)
Wouter Deconinck + Kevin Weng, William Cooke, Gina Hoatson - Kevin Nelson, "" (Honors)
Michael Kordosky + Irina Novikova, Michael Kordosky, Evgenia Smirni - Nathan Super, "" (Honors)
Irina Novikova + Keith Griffioen, Adwait Jog - Ryan Wilmington, "" (Honors)
Mumtaz Qazilbash + Nathan Kidwell, Irina Novikova
2016-17
- Brandon Buncher, "An Analysis of the Effects of Isocurvature Fluctuations in Dantes Inferno Multi-Field Inflation Models" (Honors)
Joshua Erlich + Gina Hoatson, Jun-Ping Shi
- John Donahue, "" (Honors)
Christopher Carone + Gina Hoatson, Ryan Vinroot - Karen Ficenec, "" (Honors)
Marc Sher + Gina Hoatson, Rowan Lockwood, Wouter Deconinck
- Melissa Guidry, "" (Honors)
Eugeniy Mikhailov + Gina Hoatson, Junping Shi
- Jacob Gunnarson, "" (Honors)
Wouter Deconinck + Gina Hoatson, Joel Levine
- Calvin Hensler, "" (Honors)
William Cooke + Mainak Patel, Gina Hoatson
- Michael Kopreski, "" (Honors)
Joshua Erlich + Gexin Yu, Gina Hoatson
- William Lawrence, "" (Honors)
John Delos + Gina Hoatson, William Cooke, Lawrence Leemis - Stephanie Wang, "" (Honors)
Mumtaz Qazilbash + Gina Hoatson, Hannes Schniepp
- Wenqing Zhao, "" (Honors)
Keith Griffioen + Gina Hoatson, Victoria Costa
- Dmitriy Zhigunov, "" (Honors)
Eugene Tracy + Gina Hoatson, Nahum Zobin
2015-16
- Ashna Aggarwal, "An Analysis of Optical Quantum Noise in Coherent Interactions for a Three-level Atom" (Honors)
Irina Novikova + Henry Krakauer, Ryan Vinroot - Peibo An, "" (Honors)
Todd Averett + Henry Krakauer, Junping Shi - Haley Bauser, "Light Entanglement Through a Rubidium Vapor Cell" (Honors)
Irina Novikova + Henry Krakauer, Kristin Wustholz - Eve Chase, "" (Honors)
Patricia Vahle + Henry Krakauer, Junping Shi - Samuel Girdzis, "" (Honors)
William Cooke + Henry Krakauer, Hannes Schniepp - Ian Hage, "" (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Henry Krakauer, Matthew Haug - Matthew Heffernan, "" (Honors)
Andre Walker-Loud + Henry Krakauer, Bruce Campbell - Wade Hodson, "" (Honors)
Eugene Tracy + Henry Krakauer, Peter Vishton, Marc Sher - Jackson Olsen, "" (Honors)
Joshua Erlich + Henry Krakauer, Daniel Vasiliu - Hunter Rew, "" (Honors)
Eugeniy Mikhailov + Henry Krakauer, George Rublein - Owen Wolfe, "" (Honors)
Eugeniy Mikhailov + Henry Krakauer, Gunter Luepke
2014-15
- William Bergan, "Measurements of the Lead-hydrocarbon Cross Section Ratio for Charged-current Neutrino Interactions" (Honors)
Jeffrey Nelson + Patricia Vahle,Nahrum Zobin and Gina Hoatson
- David
Geroski , "Persistent Population Biases in Branching Random Walk Algorithms" (Honors)
Shiwei Zhang + George Rublein and Gina Hoatson - Christopher Haufe, "GEANT4 Simulation of Detector Properties in the MOLLER Experiment" (Honors)
Wouter Deconinck + Mark Hinders and Gina Hoatson - Rachel Hyneman, "Near-Field Effects in Radio Frequency Emission from Particle Showers in a Dense Medium" (Honors)
Patricia Vahle + Gregory Smith and Gina Hoatson - Cora Karamitsos, "
Verication of Medium Energy Geometries & Calibration of the Test Beam" (Honors)
Jeff Nelson + Iyabo Osiapem and Gina Hoatson
- Brandon
Kriesten , "A Study of the Cosmic Ray Rate in the CHIPS-M Prototype Detector" (Honors)
Patricia Vahle + Pietro Paparella and Gina Hoatson - Alice Perrin, "3D Printing Scintillating Detectors for Field Emission Detection in Niobium SRF Cavities" (Honors)
Wouter Deconinck + Elizabeth Harbron and Gina Hoatson - Andrew Smith, "Studies of Polarized 3He Cell Lifetimes" (Honors)
Todd Averett + Cary Humber and Gina Hoatson - David Specht, "Growth and Characterization of Gold Nanostructures Produced from Diatomaceous Algae" (Honors)
Bill Cooke + Randolph Chambers and Gina Hoatson - Marcus Starman, "Effect of Hyperons on Pion Asymmetries Measured in the Qweak Experiment" (Honors)
Wouter Deconinck + Larry Leemis, Joshua Erlick and Gina Hoatson - Christopher Zoghby, "Production of B Modes in the CMB from Physics Beyond the Standard Model" (Honors)
Joshua Erlich + Carey Bagdassarian and Gina Hoatson
2013-14
- Jesse Evans, "Implementation and Evaluation of
Four Wave Mixing in Optical Gyroscopes" (Honors)
Irina Novikova + Henry Krakauer, Gunter Luepke
- Arlough
Hollingshad , "Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Cryogenic Capability" (Honors)
Mumtax Qazilbash + Henry Krakauer, Robert Pike
- Anne Mennen, "Clinical and Physiological Analysis of Very Long Apneas in Premature Infants" (Honors)
John Delos + Henry Krakauer, Christopher Del Negro
- Timothy Milbourne, "Investigating the Use of Quadrupolar Nuclei for NMR-Based Quantum Information Processing" (Honors)
Gina K. Hoatson + Henry Krakauer, Robert L. Vold, Tyler K. Meldrum
- Nicholas Penthorn, "Precision Polarimetry of Polarized 3He" (Honors)
Todd Averett + Henry Krakauer, AndreasStathapoulos
- Rachel Taverner, "Determination and Simulation of Kinematic Parameters in the Qweak Experiment" (Honors)
Wouter Deconinck + Henry Krakauer, Mary Lou Zapf
- Elana Urbach, "Development of an Ultracold Rubidium-85 System for Magnetic Molecules and Feshbach Physics" (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Henry Krakauer, Gunter Luepke
2012-13
- Bain Bronner, (Honors)
Henry Krakauer + Eugeniy Mikhailov, Gunter Leupke - Daniel Brooker, (Honors)
Mumtaz Qazilbash + Hannes Schniepp, Henry Krakauer - Jennifer Hays, (Honors)
Chris Carone + George Rublein, Henry Krakauer - Patrick King, (Honors)
Henry Krakauer + Joshua Erlich, Daniel Vasiliu - Gunhee Lee, (Honors)
Henry Krakauer + Seth Aubin, Carey Bagdassarian - Matthew Loftus, (Honors)
Henry Krakauer + Michael Kordosky, Chuck Bailey - Sara Williams, (Honors)
Henry Krakauer + Mark Patterson, Bill Cooke
2011-12
- Daniel Branagan, "" (Honors)
Mumtaz Qazilbash + Mark Hinders, Henry Krakauer, Ale Lukaszew - Ariel Cukierman, "" (Honors)
Christopher Carone + Joshua Erlich, Henry Krakauer, Gexin Yu - Jacob Fry, "" (Honors)
Henry Krakauer + Gunter Luepke, Eugeniy Mikhailov, Irina Novikova - Alexander Gvakharia, "" (Honors)
Henry Krakauer + Seth Aubin, Peter Kemper - Christine McLean, "" (Honors)
Todd Averett + Mark Hinders, Henry Krakauer - Kyle Zora, "" (Honors)
Henry Krakauer + Joshua Erlich, Junping Shi
2010-11
- Kevin Cox, "" (Honors)
Irina Novikova + Eugeniy Mikhailov, Charles Perdrisat, Gunter Luepke - Jeffrey Eldred, "" (Honors)
Patricia Vahle + Irina Novikova, Charles Perdrisat, Ilya Spitkovsky - Ryan Laney, "" (Honors)
Mark Hinders + John Delos, Charles Perdrisat, Greg Bowers - Joseph Palamara, "" (Honors)
Gina Hoatson + Todd Averett, Charles Perdrisat, Robert Vold - Peyton Rose, "Optimization of Drift Chamber Performance for The Qweak Experiment" (Honors)
David Armstrong + Todd Averett, Charles Perdrisat, Sarah Day - Ronald Wilcox, "" (Honors)
Joshua Erlich + Chris Carone, Charles Perdrisat, Vladimir Bolotnikov
2009-10
- Francesca Fornasini, (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Irina Novikova, Charles Perdrisat, Hannes Schniepp - Colton O'Connor, (Honors)
Charles Perdrisat + Jeff Nelson, Mike Kordosky, Dan Cristol - Brian Richards, (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Charles Perdrisat, John Delos, Chi-Kwong Li
2008-09
- William Ames, (Honors)
Irina Novikova + Seth Aubin, Hannes Schniepp, Gina Hoatson
- Douglas Dean III, (Honors)
David Armstrong + Todd Averett, Michael Lewis, Gina Hoatson
- Joseph Goldfrank, "Collisional Transfer of Atomic Coherence" (Honors)
Irina Novikova + Seth Aubin, Guenter Luepke, Gina Hoatson
- Andrew Leister, (Honors)
Jeffrey Nelson + Jan Chaloupka, Akiko Fujimoto, Gina Hoatson
- Sara Mohon, (Honors)
Todd Averett + Seth Aubin,Geunter Luepke, Gina Hoatson
- Justin Winkler, (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Jan Chaloupka, C.K. Li, Gina Hoatson
- Andrew Favaloro
Konstantinos Orginos + Chris Carone, Andrea Stathopoulos, Gina Hoatson
2007-08
- Brian DeSalvo, (Honors)
Seth Aubin + Jan Chaloupka, Irina Novikova, Marylou Zapf - Lukas Osborne, "Using Type Ia Supernovae and Galaxy Clusters to Constrain Cosmology" (Honors)
Josh Erlich + Carl Carlson, Nahum Zobin - Ashwin Rastogi, "A G2 Electroweak Model1" (Honors)
Christopher Carone + Marc Sher, Josh Erlich, Nahum Zobin - Kevin Sapp, "Derivation of an Operator-Based Spatial Noncommutativity Parameter" (Honors)
Carl Carlson + Jeff Nelson, Nahum Zobin - Christopher Silkworth, "Large N Phase Transitions on the Lattice" (Honors)
Konstantinos Orginos + Josh Erlich, Andrew Stathopoulos
2006-07
- Keith Bechtol, "Constraining Particle Physics Models with Supernovae Observations" (Honors)
Joshua Erlich + Chris Carone, Gina Hoatson, Nicholas Loehr - Paul Black, "Characterization of Hybrid 3He Cells Using NMR" (Honors)
Todd Averett + Gunter Lupke, Gina Hoatson - Justin Deighan, "Development of an ultrafast, time-resolved Schlieren imaging system" (Honors)
Jan Chaloupka + Gene Tracy, Gina Hoatson, Gunter Luepke - Ryan Ford, "Genetic Techniques for Spatial Modulation of a Laser Beam" (Honors)
Jan Chaloupka + Gina Hoatson, George Greenia - Kendra Letchworth, "Optimization of the Speed Dependent Line Shape Calculation" (Honors)
D. Chris Benner + Marc Sher, Gina Hoatson, Sarah Day - Alison Pouch, "Ultrasonic Classification of Emboli" (Honors)
Mark Hinders + Robert Welsh, Gina Hoatson,Christopher Del Negro - Kelly
Sassin , "Assembly Processes for Scintillator Planes in theMinervA Neutrino Detector" (Honors)
Jeffrey Nelson + Gina Hoatson, Gunter Luepke - Patrick Vora, "A Fourth Generation of Fermions in the Context of the Two Higgs Doublet Model Type III" (Honors)
Marc Sher + Chris Carone, Gina Hoatson, Leiba Rodman - Nicholas Walsh, "Measuring the Transversity from Pion-Pairs using a Longitudinally Polarized Target" (Honors)
Keith Griffioen + Todd Averett, Gina Hoatson, Timothy Killingback
2005-06
- Daniel Damian, "Momentum Analysis of Cosmogenic Muons in the MINOS Detectors" (Honors)
Jeffrey Nelson + John Delos, Jan Chaloupka, Nahum Zobin - Bradley DeBlois, "Monte Carlo Simulation for a New Proton Polarimeter" (Honors)
Charles Perdrisat + John Delos, Jeffrey Nelson, Michael Lewis - Peter
deCastro , "Spatially Resolved Spectrometry of Laser-Ionized Matter" (Honors)
Jan Chaloupka + John Delos, Robert Vold, Jack Kossler - Nathaniel Elberfield, "Positron Lifetime Apparatus and Measurements in Materials" (Honors)
William Kossler + John Delos, Jan Chaloupka, Ed Pease - Graham Giovanetti, "Development of Front End Electronics for the Qweak Drift Chambers" (Honors)
Keith Griffioen + John Delos, Jack Kossler, Virginia Torczon - David Rose, "Results Concerning the Aluthge Transform" (Honors)
Chris Carone + John Delos, Jan Chaloupka, Ilya Spitkovsky - Brian Spencer, "An Investigation into the Analysis of TOF-SIMS Data" (Honors)
William Cooke + John Delos, Jan Chaloupka, Michael Trosset
2004-05
- Loreto Alonzi
W.J. Kossler + Anne Reilly, Chris Carone, Robert Orwoll - Laurel Averett
William Cooke + Todd Averett, Chris Carone, Brian Holloway - Erin Buckley
Todd Averett + Jan Chaloupka, Chris Carone, Brian Kreydatus - Adam Holman
Jan Chaloupka _ Marc Sher, Chris Carone, John Lindberg - Jeremy McLean
Marc Sher + Carl Carlson, Chris Carone, David Feldman - Dillon Roach
William Cooke + Todd Averett, Chris Carone, Michael Como - Kelly Sullivan
Marc Sher + Gina Hoatson, Chris Carone, Larry Leemis - Dimitar Vlassarev
Anne Reilly + Willian Cooke, Chris Carone, Brian Holloway