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Author:

Stefansson, Gudmundur

Title:

Extreme Precision Photometry and Radial Velocimetry from the Ground

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astrophysics
astronomy
exoplanets
extrasolar planets
instrumentation
observations
spectroscopy
planets

File:

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Committee Members:

Suvrath Mahadevan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suvrath Mahadevan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Member
Randall Lee Mcentaffer, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Outside Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member
Frederick R Hearty, Committee Member
Donald P Schneider, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vaishampayan, Abha Madhav

Title:

The role of sensemaking practices in supporting spatial cognition

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

spatial thinking
sensemaking
perspective taking
cognition
embodied cognition
middle school
astronomy

File:

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Committee Members:

Julia Diane Plummer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julia Diane Plummer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member
Christopher Palma, Committee Member
Lynn S. Liben, Outside Member
Rose Mary Zbiek, Program Head/Chair

Author:

McCoy, Jake

Title:

Applied Nanofabrication for X-ray Grating Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astrophysics
astronomy
spectroscopy
x-ray
diffraction gratings
nanofabrication

File:

Download McCoy-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Randall Lee McEntaffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randall Lee McEmtaffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abraham David Falcone, Committee Member
Fabien Grise, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier-McKinstry, Outside Member
Suvrath Mahadevan, Committee Member
Randall Lee McEntaffer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

MacDonald, Mariah

Title:

Constraining the formation and evolution of super-Earths via dynamics

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astronomy
astrophysics
astrobiology
exoplanets
planet formation
resonant chains
planetary dynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Rebekah Dawson-Rigas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rebekah Dawson-Rigas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric B Ford, Committee Member
Jason Wright, Committee Member
Bradford James Foley, Outside Member
Suvrath Mahadevan, Committee Member
Randall Lee Mc Entaffer, Program Head/Chair

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:

Huston, Macy

Title:

Needles in the Milky Way Haystack: Searching for Dim Stars, Distant Planets, and Extraterrestrial Technology

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

astronomy
astrophysics
seti
technosignatures
stars
planets
brown dwarfs
microlensing

File:

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Committee Members:

Ian Czekala, Major Field Member
Sarah Shandera, Outside Unit & Field Member
Caryl Gronwall, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jason Wright, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Luhman, Major Field Member

Author:

Zawadzki, Brianna

Title:

Investigating Planet Formation Through Simulation, Observation, and Machine Learning

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

astronomy
protoplanetary disks
exoplanets
planet formation
machine learning
interferometry
imaging

File:

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Committee Members:

Bradford Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
Kevin Luhman, Major Field Member
Robin Ciardullo, Program Head/Chair
Ian Czekala, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Ford, Major Field Member

Author:

Kerby, Stephen

Title:

Multiwavelength Analysis and Classification of Fermi Gamma-ray Sources: Pulsars, Blazars, and More from the Unassociated List

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

astronomy
active galactic nuclei
astrophysics
gamma-ray
X-ray

File:

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Committee Members:

Abe Falcone, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Derek Fox, Major Field Member
Michael Eracleous, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
V. Ashley Villar, Major Field Member
Miguel Mostafa, Outside Field Member
Stephanie Wissel, Outside Unit & Field Member