Ph.D. Thesis Projects


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

 


M.S. Thesis Projects

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


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]


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

 

 


Senior Thesis Projects


Shirley Dame

Graduation Date: 2011
Advisor: Mark McConnell
Project Title:A Study of the Orbital Neutron Albedo Flux with COMPTEL


Tuyen Nguyen

Graduation Date: 2008
Advisor: Mark McConnell
Project Title: INTEGRAL Analysis of a 2.2 MeV Source Candidate


Procheta Mallik

Graduation Date: 2005
Advisor: James Ryan
Project Title: Analysis and Design Optimization of FNIT - A Fast Neutron Imaging Telescope


Eric Foley

Graduation Date: 2003
Advisor: Mark McConnell
Project Title: Imaging the Gamma-Ray Sky at 2.2 MeV


Leila Mizouni

Graduation Date: 2002
Advisor: Mark McConnell
Project Title: A Study of Gamma-Ray Emissions from a Black Hole Binary System

 

 


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