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Author:

Lehmer, Bret D

Title:

Characterizing the X-ray Properties and Evolution of Distant Galaxies Using Deep Extragalactic Surveys

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

normal galaxies
astronomy
X-rays
Chandra

File:

Download blehmer-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

W Nielsen Brandt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald P Schneider, Committee Member
Michael Eracleous, Committee Member
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Committee Member
Douglas Cowen, Committee Member

Author:

Saez, Cristian

Title:

THE X-RAY EVOLUTION OF INFLOWS AND OUTFLOWS IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

active galactic nuclei
X-ray astronomy
AGN
astronomy
extragalactic astronomy

File:

Download saez_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Eracleous/George Chartas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Chartas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Eracleous, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephane Coutu, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member

Author:

Swenson, Craig Arnel

Title:

X-ray, Ultraviolet, and Optical Flares in Gamma-ray Burst Light Curves

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astronomy
astrophysics
GRB
gamma-ray burst
Swift
bayesian

File:

Download swenson_dissertation_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Pete Roming, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Andrew Nousek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric D Feigelson, Committee Member
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member
Stephane Coutu, Special Member

Author:

Terrien, Ryan Carl

Title:

New spectroscopic tools and techniques for characterizing M dwarfs and discovering their planets in the near-infrared

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astronomy
m dwarfs
near-infrared spectroscopy
stellar abundances
radial velocity
exoplanets

File:

Download Terrien-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Suvrath Mahadevan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kasting, Committee Member
Lawrence William Ramsey, Committee Member
Abraham David Falcone, Committee Member
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Member

Author:

Halverson, Samuel Peter

Title:

Photonic systems for high precision radial velocity measurements

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

exoplanets
spectroscopy
photonics
optical fibers
radial velocity
near-infrared
astronomy

File:

Download Halverson-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Suvrath Mahadevan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suvrath Mahadevan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lawrence William Ramsey, Committee Member
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Member
Kurt Gibble, Outside Member

Author:

Worth, Rachel J

Title:

Dynamics of Life: Large-Scale Simulations of the Behavior of Small Bodies in Systems of Multiple Large Bodies

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astrophysics
astronomy
astrodynamics
n-body simulations
Alpha Centauri
lithopanspermia
astrobiology
planet formation

File:

Download Worth-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Steinn Sigurdsson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Member
Eric B Ford, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Outside Member

Author:

Bower, Corinne Alane

Title:

Facilitating children's understanding of astronomy through a spatial perspective-taking intervention

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

spatial cognition
developmental psychology
spatial perspective-taking
spatial skill intervention
science education
astronomy

File:

Download CBower_Dissertation_eTDversion_10May2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn Susan Liben, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lynn Susan Liben, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Julia Diane Plummer, Outside Member

Author:

Bridge, Joanna S

Title:

Using Emission Lines to Characterize Galaxy Properties: From the Nearby to the Distant Universe

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astronomy
astrophysics
galaxies
emission lines
star formation

File:

Download Bridge_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Caryl Ann Gronwall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Bruce Ciardullo, Committee Member
Michael Eracleous, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Outside Member
Donald P Schneider, Committee Member

Author:

Hagen, Lea May

Title:

Swift/UVOT Observations of Star Formation and Dust Attenuation in both Local and High Redshift Galaxies

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

star formation
dust
Swift
ultraviolet
UVOT
galaxies
astronomy
Small Magellanic Cloud
M33
M31

File:

Download Lea_Hagen_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Caryl Ann Gronwall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Hiram Siegel, Committee Member
Robin Bruce Ciardullo, Committee Member
Sarah Elizabeth Shandera, Outside Member
John Andrew Nousek, Committee Member

Author:

Molina, Mallory Elyse

Title:

Resolving Black Hole and Star-Formation Activity in Nearby Galaxies

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astronomy
galaxies
AGN
Star formation
dust
attenuation
LINERs

File:

Download Molina-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Eracleous, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Eracleous, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Member
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Committee Member
Stephane Coutu, Outside Member
Robin Bruce Ciardullo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Download Stefansson-Dissertation.pdf

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:

Download Vaishampayan_dissertation_C_I.pdf

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:

Download Dissertation.pdf

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

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

Keywords:

astronomy
astrophysics
seti
technosignatures
stars
planets
brown dwarfs
microlensing

File:

Download Thesis__4_.pdf

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:

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

Keywords:

astronomy
active galactic nuclei
astrophysics
gamma-ray
X-ray

File:

Download Thesis_Templated_Final.pdf

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

Author:

Zawadzki, Brianna

Title:

Investigating Planet Formation Through Simulation, Observation, and Machine Learning

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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:

Joshi, Prathamesh

Title:

Advancements in and operations of gravitational-wave searches during the fourth observing run

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Gravitational waves
astronomy
data analysis
gravitational-wave searches
LIGO

File:

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Committee Members:

Irina Mocioiu, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Major Field Member
Chad Hanna, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Donghui Jeong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Shandera, Major Field Member