News related to PhD Defense

Alex Laffoley successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on September 21, 2015: "High-Precision Half-Life Measurements for the Superallowed Fermi β Emitters ¹⁴O and ¹⁸Ne".

Calvin Tabert successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on June 17, 2015: "Electronic Phenomena in 2D Dirac-like Systems:  Silicene and Topological Insulator Surface States".

Peter Zimmerman successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on May 28, 2015: "Self-Force in Non-Vacuum Space Times: Theory and Applications".

Glynis Perrett successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on April 10, 2015: "Calibration of the Mars Science Laboratory Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer for analysis of elements and light invisible components".

Shaghayegh Vafaei successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on January 6, 2015: "A Molecular Dynamic Simulation-Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Study of Antimicrobial Peptide-Peptide Interaction".

Aron Pasieka successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on June 9, 2014: Adaptive Rank Quantum State Estimation.

Ian successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on May 1, 2014: Self-Consistent Field Theory for Smectic Ordering of Semiflexible Homo-polymers.

Russell successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on April 30, 2014: Diblock copolymer micelle structure and dynamics near the order-disorder transition.

Christopher successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on April 24, 2014: Studies of Light Element X-Ray Fundamental Parameters Used in PIXE Analysis.

Shun Lu successfully defended his thesis: “Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of Type IV Pilli and the Nanomechanical Response of Bacteria to Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide"