The following is a list Wright Lab graduate alumni, with their thesis titles and advisors, from 1965 to the present. Please also see our list of undergraduate research projects.
Year |
Graduate |
Advisor |
Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Salvatore Aiola | J.W. Harris | Jet and heavy-flavor measurements in pp and Pb–Pb collisions with ALICE |
| 2019 | James Mulligan | J.W. Harris | Inclusive jet measurements in Pb-Pb collisions with ALICE |
| 2018 | Elena Gramellini | B. Fleming | Measurement of the negative pion and positive kaon total hadronic cross sections on argon at the LArIAT experiment |
| 2018 | Hackenburg, Ariana | B. Fleming | Measurement of a Neutrino-Induced Charged Current Single Neutral Pion Cross Section at MicroBooNE |
| 2018 | Cushman, Jeremy | K. Heeger | A search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in tellurium-130 with CUORE |
| 2018 | Lollo, Anthony | J. Harris | Phase slips in isolated mesoscopic superconducting rings |
| 2017 | Brubaker, Benjamin | S. Lamoreaux | First Results from the HAYSTAC axion search |
| 2017 | Horvat, Stephen | H. Caines | Measurement of the collision energy dependence of jet-quenching signatures of de-confinement at STAR |
| 2017 | Kashkanova, Anna | J. Harris | Optomechanics with Superfluid Helium |
| 2017 | Mason, David | J. Harris | Dynamical Behavior near Exceptional Points in an Optomechanical System |
| 2017 | Shkarin, Alexey | J. Harris | Quantum Optomechanics with Superfluid Helium |
| 2017 | Oh, Saehanseul | J. Harris | Correlations in particle production in proton-lead and lead-lead collisions at the LHC |
| 2017 | Adams, Corey | B. Fleming | First Detection of Low Energy Electron Neutrinos in Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers |
| 2016 | Underwood, Mitchell | J. Harris |
Cryogenic Optomechanics with a Silicon Nitride Membrane
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| 2016 | Pierpoint, Zachary | R. Maruyama | |
| 2015 | Hubbard, Antonia | R. Maruyama | Muon Induced Backgrounds in the DM-Ice17 NaI(Tl) Dark Matter Detector |
| 2015 | Pettus, Walter |
K. Heeger, |
Cosmogenic Activation in NaI Detectors for Dark Matter Searches |
| 2015 | Cooper, Nathan | V. Werner | Structure of A=76 Nuclei and Fast-Timing Studies of the Rare-Earth Region |
| 2014 | Malagon, Ana | O. K. Baker | Search for 140 microeV Pseudoscalar and Vector Dark Matter Using Microwave Cavities |
| 2010 | Casperson, Robert | V. Werner | Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Mixed-Symmetry States and Large Boson Systems |
| 2009 | Qian, Jing | A. Heinz | |
| 2009 | Williams, Elizabeth | V. Werner | A Study of Transitional Collective Behavior in Heavy Nuclei |
| 2009 | Winkler, Ryan | A. Heinz | Spectroscopy of 215Ac and (p,t) Studies of the Stable Palladium Isotopes |
| 2008 | Deibel, Catherine | P.D. Parker | The 26mAl(p,gamma)27Si Reaction Rate in ONe Novae |
| 2008 | Wrede, Christopher | P.D. Parker | Nuclear Energy Levels of 31S and Astrophysical Implications |
| 2006 | Meyer, Deseree | R.F. Casten & C.W. Beausang | Nuclear Structure Studies in the Rare Earth and Trans-lead Regions |
| 2006 | Parikh, Anuj | P.D. Parker | Production of 26Al in Oxygen-Neon-Magnesium Novae |
| 2006 | Ricard (McCutchan), E.A. | R.F. Casten | Critical Phase/Shape Transitions in Heavy Nuclei |
| 2005 | Lewis, Rachel | P.D. Parker | 26mAl + p Resonances in 27Si |
| 2004 | Hecht, Adam | C.W. Beausang | Nuclear Chiral Symmetry in the Mass A ~ 130 Region |
| 2003 | Caprio, Mark | R.F. Casten | Structure of Collective Modes in Transitional and Deformed Nuclei |
| 2003 | Visser, Dale | P.D. Parker | Particle Decay Branching Ratios for States of Astrophysical Importance in 19Ne |
| 2002 | Cooper, Jeffery | R. Krücken | Measurement of B(M1) Values in the Crossing Region of Shears Band 1 in 197Pb and Interpretation in the Semi-classical Model |
| 2001 | Novak, John R. | C.W. Beausang | Nuclear Structure of the Odd-Neutron Radon Isotopes 203,205,207Rn |
| 1999 | Bardayan, Daniel | P.D. Parker | Explosive 17F(p,γ)18Ne Burning Through the 3+ State in 18Ne |
| 1999 | Chen, Alan | P.D. Parker | The Structure of 22Mg and its Implications for Explosive Nucleosythesis |
| 1999 | Schwartz, Jazmin | C. Lister | Coulomb Excitation of a Radioactive Beam of 78Rb |
| 1998 | Butt, Yousaf M. | P.D. Parker | The Observation of the 3/2+ State of 19F at Ex=7101 keV and its Relation to Explosive Stellar Hydrogen Burning |
| 1998 | Pope, Joseph K. | S. Kumar | Light-Isotope Production in Relativistic Au-induced Nucleus-Nucleus Reactions |
| 1998 | Yildiz, Kazim O. | P.D. Parker | The Production of 26Al in the Early Solar System by the 16O(16O,x)26Algs and 14N(16O,x)26Algs Reactions |
| 1997 | Coe, Scott D. | S. Kumar | The Search for Strangelets in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions |
| 1997 | France III, Ralph | M. Gai | Stellar Helium Burning: A Further Measurement of the Beta-Delayed Alpha-Particle Emission of 16N |
| 1997 | Nagle, James L. | S. Kumar | Antiproton Production and Search for Antideuterons and Negatively Charged Strange Quark Matter in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions |
| 1996 | Bateman, Nicholas P. | P.D. Parker | The Production of 26Al in the Early Solar System by the 12C(16O,x)26Al0 Reaction |
| 1996 | Lund, Brian J. | P.D. Parker | Isospin Character of Transitions to the 2+1 and 3-1 states of 90,92,94,96Zr |
| 1995 | Bennett, Michael | S. Kumar | Antiproton Production in High Energy Au + Nucleus Collisions |
| 1995 | Chan, Kin Chi | C. Lister | The Search for Correlated Positron-Electron Emission in U+Ta Collisions near the Coulomb Barrier |
| 1994 | Blumenthal, Daniel | C. Lister | A Study of Cooling Following Compound Nuclear Reactions |
| 1994 | Kaloskamis, Nicholas | C. Lister | APEX: An Experiment to Study Correlated Positron-Electron Production in Heavy Ion Collisions |
| 1994 | Utku, Sinan | P.D. Parker | The Connection of the Hot CNO Cycle and the rp-Process at 18F |
| 1993 | Crowell, Benjamin | P. Chowdhury | High-K Isomers and Mechanisms of K-Violation |
| 1993 | Germani, Joseph | S. Kumar | Production of Light Nuclei in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions |
| 1993 | Hahn, Kevin | P.D. Parker | The 17F (p,γ) 18Ne and 14O (α,p)17F reaction rates and the structure of 18Ne |
| 1993 | Levin,Craig | J. Markey | Sensitivity of a Highly Compressed Xenon Gas Ionization Chamber to the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of 136Xe |
| 1993 | Phlips, Bernard | J.S. Greenberg | Search for Low-Mass Short-Lived States Coupling to e+e- |
| 1993 | Zhao, Zhiping | M. Gai | The Astrophysical S-Factor of 12C (α,γ)16O from the Beta-Delayed Alpha-Particle Emission of 16N |
| 1992 | Ennis, Patrick J. | C. Lister | The Structure of the Exotic N = Z Nucleus 64Ge |
| 1992 | Greene, Senta | S. Kumar | Antiproton Production in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions |
| 1992 | Mitchell, Jeffery | S. Kumar | Forward Baryon Distributions in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions |
| 1992 | Rugari,Steven | M. Gai | Broken Reglection Symmetry (And Isospin Dependence Enhanced E1 Transition) in 114Xe |
| 1991 | Henderson, Stuart D. | J.S. Greenberg | A Search for Low-Mass Long-Lived States Coupling to e+e- |
| 1990 | Smith, Michael S. | P.D. Parker | The Onset and Breakout of the Stellar Hot CNO Cycle |
| 1989 | Hubbard, Kevin M. | R. Weller | Sputtering from a Liquid-Phase Ga-In Eutectic Alloy |
| 1989 | Kaurin, Michael G. | R. Weller | Emission of Positive Oxygen Ions from Bombardment of Adsorbate-Covered Metal Surfaces |
| 1988 | Baumel, Laurie M. | R. Weller | Isotopic Composition of Boron Secondary Ions as a Function of Ion-beam Fluence |
| 1988 | Cowan, Thomas E. | J.S. Greenberg | Monoenergetic Positrons and Correlated Electrons from Superheavy Nuclear Collisions |
| 1988 | Dellagiacoma, Fabio | F. Iachello | Beta Decay of Odd Mass Nuclei in the Interacting Boson-Fermion Model |
| 1988 | Magnus, Paul V. | P.D. Parker | The 15O(α,γ)19Ne Reaction Rate and the rp Process |
| 1987 | Blauner, Patricia G. | R. Weller | Secondary Ion Emission from Aluminum and Uanodium Under Energetic Ion Bombordment |
| 1987 | Manoyan, John M. | Y. Alhassid | Shape Transitions in Hot Nuclei |
| 1987 | Sterbenz, Stephen M. | D.A. Bromley | Elastic Scattering of 14C+12C, 14C+16O, and 14C+18O |
| 1986 | Cottle, Paul D. | D.A. Bromley | Evidence for Intrinsic Reflection Asymmetric Nuclear Shapes |
| 1986 | Engle, Jonathan H. | F. Iachello | Octupole Degrees of Freedom in the Interacting Boson Model |
| 1986 | Gulmez, Erhan | J. Cizewski | High Angular Momentum Structure In A~140 Nuclei: 140Nd, 141Pm |
| 1986 | Hayes, Anna C. | D.A. Bromley | Microscopic Study of Enhanced E1 Transitions in 18O |
| 1986 | Lee, Suk-Joon | M. Strayer | Relativistic Mean Field Methods and Application to Axially Deformed Nuclei |
| 1986 | O’Connor, John P. | R. Weller | An Investigation of Sputtering and Secondary Ion Emission from Polycrystalline Metal Foils under MeV Heavy Ion Bombardment |
| 1986 | Shivakumar, Balasubramanian | D.A. Bromley | Equilibrium in Orbiting Heavy Ion Reactions |
| 1986 | Wang, Tzu-Fang | P.D. Parker | Proton Threshold States in 14O and 27Si |
| 1985 | Dichter, Bronislaw K. | S.J. Sanders | Search for Shape Isomers in 56Ni |
| 1985 | Schweppe, John E. | J.S. Greenberg | A Search for Spontaneous Positron Production in Heavy Ion - Atom Collisions |
| 1985 | Umar, Sait | F. Iachello | The Microscopic Study of Nuclear Molecular Phenomena |
| 1985 | Wu, Jianshi | F. Iachello | Group Theory Approach to Scattering |
| 1985 | Zingman, Jonathan A. | Y. Alhassid | Thermodynamics of Heated Rotating Nuclei |
| 1984 | Drigert, Mark W. | J. Cizewski | The Structure of 215, 219Ac |
| 1984 | Ennis, John F. | D.A. Bromley | Dipole Collectivity in 218Ra |
| 1984 | Ruscev, Mario | D.A. Bromley | Dipole Molecular Degrees of Freedom in 28Si and 18O and their Description within a U(4) Symmetry |
| 1983 | Schloemer, Edward C. | D.A. Bromley | Characterization of Molecular Phenomena and U(4) Symmetry in the 12C + 16O System |
| 1983 | Zouros, Theodoros J.M. | J.S. Greenberg | The Emission Anisotropy of X-Rays from Selected Transitions in Electronic Quasimolecules |
| 1982 | Champagne, Arthur E. | P.D. Parker | On the Existence of Threshold States in 26Al and Their Contribution to Its Production at Low Stellar Temperature |
| 1982 | Cunningham. Mark A. | F. Iachello | Multilevel Calculations in Odd-Mass Nuclei |
| 1982 | Kuyucak, Serdar | F. Iachello | Study of Spinor Symmetries in Nuclear Structure |
| 1982 | Rosenthal, Marc S. | P.D. Parker | High Spin States in 163Lu and 165Lu and Backbending in Rare Earth Nuclei |
| 1982 | Thomas, James H. | P.D. Parker | Ultra-Sensitive Mass Spectroscopy using a Tandem van de Graaff Accelerator to Detect 10Be and 26Al |
| 1981 | Anthony, John M. | W.A. Lanford | Charge Dependence of the Energy Loss of Heavy Ions in Matter |
| 1981 | LaMarche, Paul H. | W.A. Lanford | Hydrogen Surface Contamination in the Storage of Ultra-Cold Neutrons |
| 1981 | Willett, Stephen J. | D.A. Bromley | Spin Alignment in 12C+12C Inelastic Scattering |
| 1980 | DiCenzo, Stephanie B. | D.A. Bromley | Search for Resonance Phenomena in 28Si+28Si Reactions |
| 1980 | Groleau, Rejean | D.A. Bromley | Some Properties of the Two-Body Effective Interaction in the 208Pb Region |
| 1980 | Hindi, Munther M. | P.D. Parker | Cluster Structure of 8p-4h States in 20Ne |
| 1980 | Korotky, Steven K. | K.A. Erb |
Nuclear Molecular Orbital Effects and the 13C+13C→12C+14C Rearrangement Reaction |
| 1980 | Watson, Charles | P.K. Haff | Topics in Classical Kinetic Transport Theory with Applications to the Sputtering and Sputter-Induced Mass Fractionation of Solid Surfaces and Planetary Atmospheres |
| 1979 | Liarokapis, Efthymios | J.S. Greenberg | X-Rays from Selected Quasimolecular Transitions |
| 1979 | Tang, Henry Hong Ki | D.A. Bromley | Microscopic and Macroscopic Theories of Nuclear Dynamics |
| 1978 | Long, Jeffery M. | D.A. Bromley | A Measurement of the Total Isovector M1 Radiative Width of the 16.6-16.9 MeV Doublet IN 8Be |
| 1978 | Martz, Louis M. | P.D. Parker | Three-Nucleon Transfer Reactions and Cluster Structure in the A=15 to A=19 Nuclei |
| 1978 | Mortensen, Mark H. | C.K. Bockelman | The Collective Structure of Tungsten Nuclei |
| 1978 | Sherwood, George B. | D.A. Bromley | Sequential Transfers and Inelastic Transitions in Heavy-Ion Induced Transfer Reaction |
| 1977 | Sanders, Stephen J. | P.D. Parker | Spectroscopy of High Spin States in 16O and 20Ne using the X(12C, 8Be)Y*(α)X Reaction |
| 1977 | Tung, Peggy Pin | D.A. Bromley | Structural and Dynamic Sensitivity of Two-Proton Transfer Reactions in Mass 90 (N=50) Region |
| 1977 | Vincent, Paul J. | J.S. Greenberg | The X-Ray Spectroscopy of Electronic Quasimolecules |
| 1975 | Hadsell, Richard W. | D.A. Bromley | Search for High Spin States in Light Rigid Nuclei |
| 1975 | Hanson, David L. | K.A. Erb | Exotic Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms: Multistep Processes in Heavy-Ion Induced Transfer Reactions and Complex Particle Emission in the 12C + 14N Interaction |
| 1975 | Olmer, Catherine | K.A. Erb | Heavy-Ion Induced Multinucleon Transfer Reactions in the 2s-1d Shell |
| 1975 | Peschel, Richard E. | D.A. Bromley | The Radiative Capture Reactions 40Ca (α,γ) 44Ti and 48Ca(α,γ)52Ti in the Region of the Giant Dipole Resonance |
| 1974 | Ayik, Sakir | J.N. Ginocchio | Operator Averages and Applications in Light Nuclei |
| 1974 | Chua, Lowry T. | D.A. Bromley | Neutron Transfer between Identical Cores |
| 1974 | Cobern, Martin E. | P.D. Parker | A Study of (7Li,t) Reactions on Light Nuclei |
| 1974 | Maguire, Charles M. | C.K. Bockelman | The Spectrum of 205Pb as Excited by the (d,p) Reaction |
| 1974 | Shaw, Alan H. | J.S. Greenberg | Measurement of Transition Quadrupole and Hexadecapole Moments in Even-Even Rare Earth Nuclei |
| 1974 | Shapira, Daniel | D.A. Bromley | Statistical Effects in the Interactions of Complex Nuclei |
| 1974 | Yen, Ming-Ming King | J.N. Ginocchio | The Angular Momentum Dependence of the Distribution of Shell Model Eigenenergies |
| 1973 | Ayoub, Edward E. | D.A. Bromley | Compound Particle-Core Coupled States and Direct Nuclear Processes |
| 1973 | Cleary, Terrance P. | D.A. Bromley, Nelson Stein | The Nuclear Structure of Bismuth-209: Macroscopic and Microscopic |
| 1973 | King Jr., Charles E. | D.A. Bromley | Multistep Processes in Nuclear Transfer Reactions |
| 1973 | McVay, Lance J. | C.K. Bockelman | Single-Neutron Transfer Reactions in the p + 172Yb System: Observation of Multi-step Nuclear Processes |
| 1973 | Pisano Jr., Daniel J. | P.D. Parker | A Study of the (3He, 7Be) Reaction: A Coupled-Channels Finite-Range Analysis |
| 1973 | Wieland, Richard M. | D.A. Bromley | Nuclear Structure in the Continuum - Magnesium-24 |
| 1972 | Fritts, Martin | P.D. Parker | A Study of Nucleon-Nucleon Interactions in a Four-Body Final State |
| 1972 | Metz, William D. | C.K. Bockelman | Evidence for Particle-Vibration Coupling in 49Ca |
| 1972 | Reilly, Wilfred J. | D.A. Bromley | The Elastic Scattering of Identical Bosons |
| 1972 | Rickertsen, Larry | R. Ascuitto | Inelastic Heavy Ion Scattering |
| 1972 | Shay, Henry D. | D.A. Bromley | Radiative Helion Capture in 12C and 16O |
| 1972 | Skwiersky, Bruce M. | P.D. Parker | Study of T=3/2 States in 17F |
| 1972 | Thompson, William B. | P.D. Parker | A Study of the Charged Particle Emissions of 12C Following Proton Capture by 11B |
| 1971 | Kovar, Dennis G. | C.K. Bockelman | A Study of Two Particle-One Hole States in Pb209 by Means of the (d,p) Reaction |
| 1971 | Sie, Soey H. | J.S. Greenberg | Magnetic Moments of Excited States in Os188 and Os192 |
| 1970 | Aponick Jr., Anthony | D.A.Bromley | The Shapes of Rare Earth Nuclei |
| 1970 | Brassard, Claude | D.A. Bromley | Microscopic Structure of the C12 Giant Resonances |
| 1970 | Craig, George D. | D.A. Bromley | A Deformed Nuclear Shell Model with Application to Neon, Magnesium, and Silicon Isotopes |
| 1970 | Freidman, Marvin I. | I. Kelson & D.A. Bromley | Microscopic Bases of Collectivity in Light Nuclei |
| 1970 | Holland Jr., George E. | D.A. Bromley | Two Neutron Transfer from Nuclei Near Single and Double Closed Shells |
| 1970 | Vary, James P. | J.N. Ginocchio | Approximate Treatment of Correlations in Nuclear Spectroscopy: Applications to the Lead Region |
| 1970 | Wasielewski, Paul | D.A. Bromley | Application of Coriolis-Coupling Model to Odd-Odd Nuclei in the 2s-1d and 1f-2p Shells |
| 1969 | Hirko, Richard G. | D.A. Bromley | Structure of the SD Shell Nuclei |
| 1969 | Lindgren, Richard A. | D.A. Bromley | A Study of Light Rigid Rotor Nuclei |
| 1969 | Maher Jr., James V. | D.A. Bromley | The Nuclear Interaction of Oxygen with Oxygen |
| 1968 | Comfort, Joseph R. | C.K. Bockelman | Nuclear Structure of Manganese-56 |
| 1968 | LeVine, Michael J. | P.D. Parker | Study of T=3/2 States in N13 |
| 1967 | Casten, Richard F. | J.S. Greenberg | Collective Nuclear Structure Studies in the Osmium Nuclei |
| 1966 | Bishop, Edwin | J.S. Greenberg | Coulomb Excitation in Odd-A Rare-Earth Nuclei |
| 1966 | Poth, James E. | D.A. Bromley | Boron Induced Transfer Reactions |
| 1965 | Allen, Joseph P. | D.A. Bromley | Studies of Odd-A Nuclei in the 2s-1d Shell |
| 1965 | Birnbaum, Joel | D.A.Bromley | Studies of Nuclear Transfer Reactions at High Energy |
| 1965 | Nagatani, Kunio | D.A. Bromley | Study of the Deuteron Plus Alpha Particle Breakup Reactions |
| 1965 | Seaman, Gregory, G. | D.A. Bromley, J.S. Greenberg | Multiple Coulomb Excitation Studies in Even-Even Samarium Nuclei |