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Graduate Projects

Research Projects

2024-2025

Kenneth Buffo

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Characterizing Thin-film Adjustable X-ray Optics With Optical Interferometry
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Exploring Molybdenum Limitation of Nitrogen Assimilation in the Archean Oceans
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Modulation of VLF Chorus by ULF Waves During Pulsating Aurora Events
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Pacti and R2U2 Integration – Formal Methods for the Common Engineer
Joshua Laird

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Trilobite Diversity Response to the End-Ordovician Mass Extinction: Beta Diversity as a Mechanism to Maintain Alpha Diversity; and Habitat Occupancy Relationship to Extinction Risk
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The Development of Glassy Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
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Guaranteed-Safe and Energy Efficient Trajectory Generation for Urban Air Mobility: Enabling Seamless Autonomous Integration into Civilian Airspace
John Momberg

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Differential Rotation in Be Stars 
Jessica Mondoskin

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Long Term Stability Testing of ‘Mini-T’ Fluxgate Magnetometers for Use in Future Space
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Development of the Thin Film Drawing Process of Lithium Glassy Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries

2023-2024

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Scientific Machine Learning Augmentation of Computational Fluid Dynamics
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Identification of Spin Centers in Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Induced by Irradiation with Magnetic Resonance Simulations
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Stable Isotope Analysis of Fossilized Plants for C cycling and N soil Availability during the Phanerozoic
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Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Spacecraft Trajectory and Systems
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STEM Engagement of K-12 Undergraduate Development Through Project Based Learning
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Exploring the Effects of Gamma Radiation on Organic Materials for Radiation Shielding
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Advancing UAV-Manned Aircraft Integration Through Optimal Control
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Development of Ceramic Inks for the Electrohydrodynamic Inkjet Printing of Functional Electronic Devices
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Plasma Wave-Particle Interaction in a Dipole Magnetic Field
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Injected Domain Turbulence Generation for Computational Fluid Dynamics
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Synthesis, Structures, and Properties of New Mixed Oxy-Sulfide-Nitride Glassy Solid Electrolytes

2022-2023

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Assessing the Capabilities of Adjustable X-ray Mirrors with Thin-film Actuators
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Exploring the Relationship between Environmental Biofilms and the Corrosion of Metal Surfaces
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Theory of a Single Silicon Vacancy in Silicon Carbide as a Quantum Magnetometer
KentonGreene

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Characterizing and Flight Demonstrating a New, High Stability Fluxgate Magnetometer Design
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Characterizing Energy Spectra of Precipitating Solar Wind H+ and H- in the Martian Atmosphere
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A Spectroscopic Study of the Symbiotic Star AG Draconis
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Extended Target Tracking via LiDAR for Spacecraft Relative Navigation
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Development of Safe All-Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Thin-Film Glassy Solid-State Electrolytes