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Author:

He, Matthias

Title:

Statistical Inference on the Distribution of Exoplanetary Systems: Correlations in Planetary System Architectures

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

astronomy
astrophysics
exoplanets
exoplanet demographics
Kepler mission
forward modeling
population models

File:

Download MatthiasYangHe-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
G. Jogesh Babu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jason Wright, Major Field Member
Kevin Luhman, Major Field Member
Rebekah Ilene Dawson, Program Head/Chair
Eric Ford, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Ningxiao

Title:

New Fabrication and Metrology Methods for Blazed, Radially-ruled Gratings

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

X-rays
accretion disks
absorption lines
quasars
diffraction grating
customized groove patter
period
mapping
metrology

File:

Download Thesis_NingxiaoZhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Cowen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fabien Grise, Major Field Member
Michael Eracleous, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rebekah Ilene Dawson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Davis, Brian

Title:

Late-Stage Evolution of Low- and Intermediate-Mass Stars

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

Planetary nebulae
Post-AGB
PAGB stars
Stars
Stellar evolution

File:

Download phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robin Ciardullo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Fuentes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Major Field Member
Caryl Gronwall, Major Field Member
Rebekah Ilene Dawson, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhu, Shifu

Title:

The X-ray and multiwavelength properties of radio-loud AGNs

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

black hole physics
quasars
active galactic nuclei
jets
X-rays
radio continuum

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Committee Members:

Robin Ciardullo, Major Field Member
Cindy Gulis, Major Field Member
Kohta Murase, Outside Unit & Field Member
Donald Schneider, Major Field Member
William Brandt, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rebekah Dawson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cañas, Caleb

Title:

Characterization of transiting planets and brown dwarfs using near-infrared spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

Exoplanets
Stellar binaries
Brown dwarfs
Transits
Spectroscopy

File:

Download Canas_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
Suvrath Mahadevan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Randy McEntaffer, Major Field Member
Eric Ford, Major Field Member
Chad F. Bender, Special Member
James Kasting, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rebekah Dawson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

, Sameer

Title:

Unveiling the Circumgalactic Medium Using a Cloud-by-cloud, Multiphase, Bayesian Ionization Modeling Approach

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

UV Spectroscopy
Optical Spectroscopy
Ionization Modeling
Bayesian Methods
Circumgalactic Medium
Galaxy evolution
Absorption Line Systems
Intergalactic Medium

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Committee Members:

Miguel Mostafa, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robin Ciardullo, Major Field Member
Jane Charlton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Eracleous, Major Field Member
Eric Ford, Major & Minor Field Member
Rebekah Dawson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bowman, Will

Title:

Robust Estimation of the Physical Properties of z~2 Emission-line Galaxies

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

galaxy formation
galaxy evolution
spectral energy distribution fitting

File:

Download Bowman_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Shandera, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Eracleous, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Major Field Member
Rebekah Dawson, Program Head/Chair
Robin Ciardullo, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Joel Leja, Major Field Member
Donghui Jeong, Major Field Member
Caryl Gronwall, Dissertation Co-Advisor

Author:

Kanodia, Shubham

Title:

Developing new tools and techniques to probe the M dwarf planet population

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

exoplanets
astronomical instrumentation
m dwarfs
astrostatistics

File:

Download PSU_Thesis_Shubham_Kanodia_modified.pdf

Committee Members:

Suvrath Mahadevan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Randy McEntaffer, Major Field Member
Jason Wright, Major Field Member
Eric Ford, Major Field Member
James Kasting, Outside Unit & Field Member
Frederick Hearty, Major Field Member
Rebekah Ilene Dawson, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Donovan, Benjamin

Title:

A Path Toward Future Large-Scale, High-Performance Soft X-ray Spectrometers

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

Astronomy
Astrophysics
Space Instrumentation
X-ray Spectrometer
X-ray Optics
Reflection Gratings

File:

Download Donovan_Dissertation_RevFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

James Tutt (he/him), Major Field Member
Miguel Mostafa, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suvrath Mahadevan, Major Field Member
Michael Eracleous, Major Field Member
John Nousek, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rebekah Ilene Dawson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dong, Jiayin

Title:

Tracing Dynamical Evolution of Planetary Systems: From Protoplanets to Young and Mature Planetary Systems

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

Exoplanets
Debris disks
Planet formation
Dynamics

File:

Download JiayinDong_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Bradford Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rebekah Dawson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Wright, Major Field Member
Eric Ford, Major & Minor Field Member
Kevin Luhman, Major Field Member
Rebekah Dawson, Program Head/Chair