Ph.D. in
Physics and Astronomy
1997 - 1998
Fall Semester 1997
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
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
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
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
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
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
Spring Semester 1998
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
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
Lowell I. McCann
Thesis: "Fluid Diffusion in Porous Silica"
Advisor: Brage Golding
B. S., Physics - 1991 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls
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
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
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
Summer Semester 1998
William Paul Abbett
Thesis: "A Theoretical Investigation of Optical
Emission In Solar Flares"
Advisor: Robert Stein
B. S., Physics - 1991 - Michigan State University
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
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
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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