Dr. Richard Woolf
Graduation Date : 2010
Advisor : James Ryan
Thesis Title: Development and Characterization of a Fast Neutron Imaging Telescope (FNIT) for 1-20 MeV Neutrons from the Sun and Nuclear Material
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here]
Current Position : Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC |
Dr. Trevor Morgan
Graduation Date : 2010
Advisor : James Ryan
Thesis Title: Measurements of the 2001 April 15 and 2005 January 20 Ground-Level Enhancements by the Milargro Water Cerenkov Detector
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here] |
Dr. Burcin Dönmez
Graduation Date : 2006
Advisor : James Ryan
Thesis Title: Characterization of Single-Sided CdZnTe Strip Detectors for Hiogh Energy Astrophysics Applications
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here] |
Dr. Abe Falcone
Graduation Date : 2001
Advisor : James Ryan
Thesis Title: Observation and Study of GeV Solar Energetic Particles Using the Milagrito Extensive Air Shower Detector
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here]
Current Position : Senior Research Associate, Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Penn State University |
Dr. C. Alex Young
Graduation Date : 2001
Advisor: James Ryan
Thesis Title: Solar flare gamma-ray spectroscopy with CGRO-COMPTEL
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here]
Current Position: Solar Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD |
Dr. Martina Arndt
Graduation Date : 2000
Advisor : James Ryan
Thesis Title: X- and Gamma-Ray Observations of the 15 November 1991 Solar Flare
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here]
Current Position: Associate Professor and Chair, Dept. of Physics, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA |
Dr. S. Cheenu Kappadath
Graduation Date : 1998
Advisor : James Ryan
Thesis Title: Measurement of the Cosmic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Spectrum from 800 keV to 30 MeV
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here]
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
Dr. Benjamin Hersh
Graduation Date : 1996
Advisor: James Ryan
Thesis Title: Photometric Studies of Cygnus X-1 from 322-473 keV with the Solar Maximum Mission
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here] |
Dr. Richard S. Miller
Graduation Date : 1995
Advisor: Dr. James M. Ryan
Thesis Title: A Search for Radiative Neutrino Decay and Its potential Contribution to the Cosmic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here]
Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL |
Dr. R. Marc Kippen
Graduation Date : 1995
Advisor: James Ryan
Thesis Title: Locations and Spectra of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here]
Current Position: Project Leader / Technical Staff Member, Space Science & Applications Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM |
Dr. Douglas A. Biesecker
Graduation Date : 1994
Advisor: James Ryan
Thesis Title: On the Occurence of Solar Flares Observed with thw Burst and Transient Source Experiment
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here]
Current Position: Solar Physicist, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO |
Dr. Debadarshi Bhattacharya
Graduation Date: 1990
Advisor: Dr. Edward Chupp
Thesis Title:Observations of Cosmic Gamma - Ray Sources and Their Contribution to the Diffuse Gamma - Ray Background
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here] |
Dr. Renu Saxena
Graduation Date : 1990
Advisor: James Ryan
Thesis Title: Ground Level Atmospheric Neutron Flux Measurements in the 10-170 MeV Range
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here]
Current Position: Medical Physicist, Stereotactic Radiosurgery Institute, Gurnee, IL |
Dr. Parameswaran Sreekumar
Graduation Date : 1989
Advisor: John Lockwood
Thesis Title: Ground Level Atmospheric Gamma Ray Flux Measurements in the 1-6 MeV Range
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here]
Current Position: Head of Space Astronomy and Instrumentation, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO Satellite Center, Bangalore, India |
Dr. Mark L. McConnell
Graduation Date : 1987
Advisor: Edward Chupp
Thesis Title: Gamma Ray Imaging Observations of the Crab and Cygnus Regions
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here] [Astrophysics Data System entry here]
Current Position : Professor and Chair, Dept. of Physics, University of New Hampshire |
Mr. Jason Legere
Graduation Date : 2005
Advisor: Mark McConnell
Thesis Title: Developing a Compton Polarimeter to Measure Polarization of Hard X-Rays in the 50-300 keV Energy Range
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here]
Current Position: Project Manager, Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire |
Mr. Mickel McClish
Graduation Date : 2002
Advisor: James Ryan
Thesis Title: The Characterization of Orthogonal Coplanar Strip CZT Detectors of 5 and 10 mm Thickness
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here]
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Radiation Monitoring Devices, Watertown, MA |
Mr. Kipp Larson
Graduation Date: 2000
Advisor: Dr. Alen D. Drake (Electrical Engineering)
Thesis Title: Analog Circuit for Measuring the Depth of Interaction of Gamma - Ray Events in a CZT Strip Detector with Coplanar Anodes
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here]
Current Position:
Deputy Mission Operations Manager for Kepler Spacecraft,
Ball Aerospace, Boulder, CO |
Ms. Cornelia B. Wunderer
Graduation Date : 1997
Advisor: James Ryan
Thesis Title: Feasibility Study of SONTRAC - A Neutron Tracking Telescope for Solar, Atmospheric and Other Applications
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here]
Current Position: German Electron Synchrotron Radiation Facility (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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Mr. C. Alex Young
Graduation Date : 1996
Advisor: Dawn Meredith (Physics)
Thesis Title: Wavelet Based Analysis of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Burst Time Series
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here]
Current Position: Solar Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD |
Mr. Brian K. Dann
Graduation Date : 1996
Advisor: Allen Drake (Electrical Engineering)
Thesis Title: Front End Electronics Development for the Minute-of-Arc Resolution Gamma-Ray Imaging Experiment
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here]
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Ms. Sandra J. Fletcher
Graduation Date : 1995
Advisor: Mark McConnell
Thesis Title: The Search for Celestial 2.2 MeV Neutron Capture Line
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here]
Current Position: Mission Control Center, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX |
Mr. Raid M. Suleiman
Graduation Date : 1995
Advisor: James Ryan
Thesis Title: COMPTEL Measurements of Nuclear Gamma-Ray Lines in Solar Flares
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here]
Current Position: Solar & Stellar Physics Division, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA |
Mr. R. Marc Kippen
Graduation Date : 1991
Advisor: James Ryan
Thesis Title: Monte Carlo Simulation of the COMPTEL Gamma-Ray Telescope
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here]
Current Position: Project Leader / Technical Staff Member, Space Science & Applications Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM |
Mr. Kent Reinhard
Graduation Date : 1989
Advisor: James Ryan
Thesis Title: Neureal Network Approach to Event Location with an Anger Camera for Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Thesis Availability: [download PDF here]
Current Position: Physics, Astronomy & Engineering Instructor, Southeast Community College, Lincoln, NE |