Students at HRIBF

Students at HRIBF

Special announcement: UTK-ORNL Distinguished Fellowships for Graduate Students
Deadline: Feb. 1, 2010

2007
Name University Degree Project or Thesis Title
Tom Swan University of Surrey expected MPhys Study of the 130Te(d,p) reaction in inverse kinematics as a calibration for 132Sn(d,p)
Gemma Wilson University of Surrey BS Masters project
Kelly Chipps Colorado School of Mines BS Ph.D. project
Brian Moazen University of Tennessee BS Ph.D. project
Steven Padgett University of Tennessee BS Ph.D. project - Decay spectroscopy of very neutron rich nuclei near the r-process path
Rama Katakam University of Tennessee MS - 2007 Pulse Shape Analysis Studies in Si(Li) Detector
Juan Pablo Urrego-Blanco University of Tennessee BS Ph.D. project
Araceli Sandoval Ibanez UNAM BS Ph.D. project
Thomas L. Lewis University of Tennessee BS Summer project - Selective Suppression of Sulfur by Photodetachment in a RF Quadrupole Ion Cooler
Elton Freeman University of Tennessee BS Masters project - Production rates from 54Fe+58Ni reaction
Lucia Cartegni University of Tennessee BS Ph.D. project - Search for α-decay of 112Cs relevant for the rp-process nucleosynthesis
Mustafa M. Rajabali University of Tennessee MS Ph.D. project - Gamma-ray Spectroscopy of nuclei near 78Ni
Sergey V. Ilyushkin Mississippi State University MS Ph.D. project - Beta decay of neutron-rich Cu and Ga isotopes
Chris Goodin Vanderbilt University MS Ph.D. project
Stephen Pittman University of Tennessee BS Ph.D. project
Kyle Schmidt University of Tennessee BS Ph.D. project
Ryan Kapler University of Tennessee BS MS project
Brenna M. Krieger Rutgers University Undergraduate BS project - Targets for g factor measurements of short-lived states


2006
Name University Degree Project or Thesis Title
Zhanwen Ma University of Tennessee Ph.D. Measurement of the 32S(p,d)31S reaction and its astrophysical implications
Kyung Yuk (Andy) Chae University of Tennessee Ph.D. Interference effects among Jπ=3/2+ resonances in the 19Ne system & Searching for resonances in the unbound 6Be nucleus
Jake Livesay Colorado School of Mines Ph.D. Inelastic and elastic scattering of protons from radioactive 7Be
Abigail Gaddis Furman University B.S. Summer project
Josh Howard Tennessee Technological University BS Summer student
Stanley Paulauskas Tennessee Technological University BS Summer student
Jun Tokiwa Tennessee Technological University BS Summer student
David Simpson East Tennessee State University BS Summer project
Steven Padgett University of Tennessee Summer project
Rama Katakam University of Tennessee BS Masters project
Elton Freeman University of Tennessee BS Masters project
Juan Pablo Urrego-Blanco University of Tennessee BS Ph.D. project
Araceli Sandoval Ibanez UNAM BS Ph.D. project
Clarke Nelson Vanderbilt University BS Ph.D. project
Carola Jost University of Mainz BS Ph.D. project
Suzanne Lapi Simon Fraser University BS Ph.D. project
RIA Summer School Attendees
Sergey Illushkin Mississippi State University MS Ph.D. project - Beta decay of neutron-rich Cu and Ga isotopes


2005
Name University Degree Project or Thesis Title
Ryan Fitzgerald University of North Carolina Ph.D. Measurement of the 1H(7Be,8B)γ cross section
Dennis Ji-Bin Fong Vanderbilt University Ph.D. Fission studies with 252Cf: Half-lives of excited states, isomeric structures in 113,115,117Pd and neutron multiplicities
Cybele Jewett Colorado School of Mines Ph.D. A study of 21Na(p,γ)
Zach Owens University of Tennessee BS Summer project - Commissioning of Pixie-16 electronics
Cem Ozen University of Tennessee PhD Auxiliary-field Monte Carlo
Elizabeth Padilla-Rodal UNAM PhD Estudios de los isotopos de Germanio y Selenio utilizando COULEX y haces de iones radioactivos
Pedro Ruiz-Diaz University of San Luis Potosi BS Summer project
David Simpson East Tennessee State University BS Summer project - Development of automatic calibration subroutines for DSSD
Noor Tantawy University of Tennessee PhD Study of the N= 77 isotones near the proton-drip line; isomeric decays of 140Eu, 142Tb, 144Ho, and 146Tm
Jeffry Thomas Rutgers University Ph.D. Single-neutron excitations of the N=51 Isotones 83Ge and 85Se
B. A. Schwer Tennessee Technological University BS Improving Energy Resolution for Neutron-Transfer Experiments at the HRIBF
N. D. Smith Tennessee Technological University BS Fabrication of CH2 and CD2 Targets for Radioactive Ion Beam Experiments
J. A. Howard Tennessee Technological University BS Analysis of the Astrophysically Important 28Si(p,t)26Si Reaction
J. M. James Colorado School of Mines BS Development of techniques for off-line correction of non-linear signals from thin large area resistive-strip silicon detectors
M Sikora Rutgers University BS Determination of Depletion Depths and Non-Uniformities in Thick Large Area Resisitive Strip Silicon Detectors
Luis Alberto Barrera Flores University of Guadalajara BS Summer project


2004
Name University Degree Project or Thesis Title
Lise-Lotte Andersson Lund University Masters In quest of excited states in 61Ga
Jonathan Doupe University of Toronto PhD Assessment of strategies for measuring 36Cl in natural samples
Philip Gore Vanderbilt University PhD Shifted Identical Bands from Er to Pb, Gamma-vibrational Bands in 104-108Mo, 108-112Ru, and 112-116Pd and Chiral Bands in 106Mo
Arcadio Huerta-Hernandez UNAM/IF Masters Summer project
Emma Johansson Lund University Masters The quest for excited states in 62Ge
Gustav Petersson Chalmers University PhD Separation and measurement of uranium produced with inverse fission


2003
Name University Degree Project or Thesis Title
Hassina Bilheux Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines PhD Design and initial comparative evaluation studies of conventional 'surface'-and new concept 'volume' type, all permanent magnet Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion sources
Jean-Christophe Bilheux Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines PhD Design studies of high-power fast diffusion-release targets and fast vapor-transport systems for radioactive ion beam
Trinitario Martinez University of Valenciz PhD High-spin studies in bromine nuclei with N near Z nuclei
Mladen Matev University of Tennessee PhD Self-consistent description of high-spin states in exotic nuclei
Sandra Pascual-Vasquez UNAM Masters Summer project
Nengachuan Shu CIAE PhD 18F(p,alpha)15O and 18F(p,γ)19Ne reaction rates


2002
Name University Degree Project or Thesis Title
Luc Dessieux University of Tennessee Masters X-ray burst simulations
Agnieszka Korgul University of Warsaw PhD Single particle energies in double-magic 132Sn region
Eric Lingerfelt University of Tennessee Masters Software for visualization of nuclear reaction rates
Will Newton University of Tennessee Masters QRPA description of giant resonances
Xianzhen Zhao Texas A&M PhD  


2001
Name University Degree Project or Thesis Title
Wm. David Kulp, III Georgia Tech PhD Nuclear Structure of the N=90 Isotones
Suzanne Parete-Koon University of Tennessee Masters Nova element synthesis calculations
Jennifer Jo Ressler University of Maryland PhD First half-life measurement for rp-process waiting point nucleus 80Zr with novel delayed gamma tagging method


2000
Name University Degree Project or Thesis Title
Charles Barton III Clark University PhD  
B. D. McDonald Georgia Tech PhD Radioactive Decay Studies
Don Olive Vanderbilt University PhD Investitations of the isovector giant dipole resonance in 208Pb and 40Ca by (pol p, p'γ) at 200 MeV and of the GDR excitation in 208Pb by intermediate-energy heavy ions


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