Final Exams

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Final Exam: Calculating Nature Naturally: Toward Quantum Simulation of Quantum Fields

Natalie Klco (Advisor: Martin Savage)
June 5, 2020 - 1:00pm
Aether

Final Exam: Greedy sparse sensor selection from a practical perspective

Emily E Clark (Advisor: Jose Kutz), University of Washington
June 8, 2020 - 11:00am
Remote

Final Exam: Data-Driven Methods for Physics-Constrained Dynamical Systems

Daniel E Dylewsky (Advisor: Jose Kutz), University of Washington
June 9, 2020 - 2:00pm
Zoom

Past Events

Final Exam: An investigation of student difficulties in qualitative and quantitative physics problems: Examples from linear kinematics, rolling motion, fluid mechanics, and vector superposition: Sheh Lit Chang (Advisor: Peter Shaffer), University of Washington - May 26, 2020
Final Exam: Precision Mechanical Rotation Sensors for Terrestrial Gravitational Wave Observatories: Michael P Ross (Advisor: Jens Gundlach), University of Washington - May 21, 2020
Final Exam: Quantum Monte Carlo studies of the BCS-BEC crossover: Adam C Richie-Halford (Advisor: Aurel Bulgac), University of Washington - May 20, 2020
Control Theory for C. elegans Calcium Imaging Dynamics: Charles S. Fieseler (Advisor: Jose Kutz), University of Washington - March 18, 2020
Final Exam: A Fourier-Bessel Test of the Gravitational Inverse-Square Law: John G. Lee (Advisors: Blayne Heckel and Eric G Adelberger), University of Washington - March 10, 2020
The Tritium Recoil-Ion Mass Spectrometer Experiment (TRIMS): Lin, Ying-Ting (Advisor: Diana M S Parno), University of Washington - December 2, 2019
Final Exam: Heteronuclear Feshbach Resonances in Ultracold Mixtures of Ytterbium and Lithium: Alaina M Green (Advisor: Subhadeep Gupta) - November 19, 2019
Advancing Atom Interferometry with a Bloch-bands Approach: Katherine McAlpine (Advisor: Subhadeep Gupta) - November 18, 2019
Final Exam: Magnetic Field Determination for Run 1 of the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment: Rachel E Osofsky (Advisor: Alejandro Garcia) - November 15, 2019
Final Exam: Probing Sulfur and Phosphorus Electronic Structure with Experimental Developments and Theoretical Calculations of Tender X-ray Emission Spectroscopy: William M Holden (Advisor: Gerald Seidler), University of Washington - November 1, 2019
Final Exam: Development of Laboratory-Based X-ray Spectroscopies for Materials Research : Evan Patrick Jahrman (Advisor: Gerald T. Seidler), University of Washington - August 19, 2019
A Comprehensive Radiogenic Background Model for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: Micah Buuck (Advisor: Jason Detwiler), University of Washington - July 26, 2019
Final Exam: Developments for the measurement of the beta-neutrino angular correlation in the the decay of He-6: Yelena S Bagdasarova (Advisor: Alejandro Garcia) - July 11, 2019
Final Exam: Using Advanced X-ray Spectroscopic Methods to Probe Actinide 5f Electronic Structure : Alexander Ditter (Advisor: Gerald T. Seidler) - June 13, 2019
Final Exam: The Search for Double-Beta Decay to Excited States in 76-Ge using the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: Ian S Guinn (Advisor: Jason Detwiler), University of Washington - June 3, 2019
Final Exam: Optical study of 2d magnets and their heterostructures for valleytronic: Ding Zhong (Advisor: Xiaodong Xu), University of Washington - May 30, 2019
Final Exam: Better Input, Better Output: Improving Photometric Redshifts by enhancing training data and optimizing : John Bryce Kalmbach (Advisor: Andrew J. Connolly) - May 30, 2019
Final Exam: Fission Dynamics in a Microscopic Theory: Shi Jin (Advisor: Aurel Bulgac), University of Washington - May 29, 2019
Final Exam: Nonequilibrium nanoparticle dynamics for the development of Magnetic Particle Imaging : Carolyn G Shasha (Advisor: Kannan Krishnan) - May 21, 2019
Final Exam: Design and Optimization of Dielectric Metasurface Optics: Alan Zhan (Advisor: Arka Majumdar), University of Washington - May 20, 2019
Final Exam: MuSun: A Precision Measurement of Muon Capture in Deuterium with a Cryogenic Time Projection Chamber: Rachel A Ryan (Advisor: Peter Kammel) - March 12, 2019
Final Exam: DNA-based reaction-diffusion system for engineering programmable macroscopic materials: Sifang Chen (Advisor: Georg Seelig) - March 8, 2019
Final Exam: Investigation of Background from the Inter-Spectrometer Penning Trap and Secondary Electron Emission in the KATRIN Experiment: Luke A Kippenbrock (Advisor: Diana M S Parno) - March 7, 2019
Final Exam: Measuring the Precession Frequency in the E989 Muon g-2 Experiment: Aaron T Fienberg (Advisor: David Hertzog), University of Washington - January 18, 2019
Final Exam: A guide to modeling and interpreting nanopore experiments: Henry D. Brinkerhoff (Advisor: Jens Gundlach), University of Washington - January 14, 2019
Final Exam: Neural Mechanisms of Trial and Error Learning: a Study from Bird Song: Alison G Duffy (Advisor: Adrienne L Fairhall), University of Washington - December 6, 2018
Final Exam: Quantum Dynamics in Rugged Energy Landscapes, and Other Topics in Disordered Systems: Christopher L Baldwin (Advisor: Christopher Laumann), University of Washington - September 28, 2018
Final Exam: Search for axion-like dark matter through nuclear spin precession of mercury atoms: Yi Chen (Advisor: Blayne Heckel), University of Washington - August 16, 2018
Final Exam: The Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment: From Simulation to Reality: Nathan S Froemming (Advisor: David Hertzog), University of Washington - August 16, 2018
Final Exam: Searching for Dark Matter with Boosted Higgs(bb) Decays in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector: Nikola L Whallon (Advisor: Shih-Chieh Hsu), University of Washington - August 14, 2018
Final Exam: Simulation-based study of developing a novel dedicated breast cancer scanner (PETX) combining positron emission tomography (PET) and mammography (X-ray): Geng Zeng (Advisor: Paul E. Kinahan), University of Washington - August 13, 2018
Final Exam: Finite-beta simulations of HIT-SI and HIT-SI3 using the NIMROD code: Kyle Douglas Morgan (Advisor: Thomas R. Jarboe), University of Washington - August 9, 2018
Final Exam: Investigating and improving student understanding of superposition in introductory and quantum physics courses: Tong Wan (Advisor: Peter S. Shaffer), University of Washington - July 27, 2018
Final Exam: Improving the Accuracy and Application of Nanopore DNA Sequencing: Matthew Noakes (Advisor: Jens Gundlach), University of Washington - July 24, 2018
Final Exam: Probing valley and magnetic photoexcitations in 2D crystals and their heterostructures: Kyle L Seyler (Advisor: Xiaodong Xu), University of Washington - June 5, 2018
Final Exam: Interlayer Valley Excitons in Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Heterostructures: Pasqual B Rivera (Advisor: Xiaodong Xu), University of Washington - June 4, 2018
Final Exam: The search for a organizing physical framework for statistics: Colin H Lamont (Advisor: Paul A Wiggins), University of Washington - May 18, 2018
Final Exam: From Quantum Gravity to Combinatorial Hives: Addressing Longstanding Puzzles with Novel Approaches: John M Lombard (Advisor: Stephen R. Sharpe), University of Washington - April 3, 2018
Final Exam: Enhancing EoR limits through improved instrumental calibration of the MWA: Nichole A Barry (Advisor: Miguel Morales), University of Washington - March 1, 2018
Final Exam: Large Area Atom Interferometry for High Precision: Benjamin T Plotkin-Swing (Advisor: Subhadeep Gupta), University of Washington - December 6, 2017
Final Exam: Protoplanetary disks and planet formation: a computational perspective: Isaac J Backus (Advisor: Thomas R. Quinn), University of Washington - December 4, 2017
Final Exam: Development of new technologies for precision torsion-balance experiments: Matthew D Turner (Advisor: Jens Gundlach), University of Washington - November 28, 2017
Final Exam: Improving Axion Signal Models Through N-Body Simulations: Erik Wayne Lentz (Advisor: Leslie Rosenberg), University of Washington - October 25, 2017
Final Exam: T6SS in P. aeruginosa: A novel model for toxin delivery: Jacqueline Corbitt (Advisor: Paul A Wiggins), University of Washington - August 11, 2017
Final Exam: An investigation of student understanding of basic concepts in Galilean and special relativity: Alexis Rebecca Werner Olsho (Advisor: Peter S. Shaffer), University of Washington - August 9, 2017
Final Exam: Cold Mixed-Species Trapped Ion Chains for Quantum Computing: Tomasz P Sakrejda (Advisor: Boris B. Blinov), University of Washington - August 9, 2017
Final Exam: Surface Alpha Interactions in P-Type Point-Contact HPGe Detectors: Maximizing Sensitivity of 76Ge Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Searches: Julieta Y Gruszko (Advisor: Jason Detwiler), University of Washington - August 4, 2017
Final Exam: Reduced Limit on the Permanent Electric Dipole Moment of $^{199}$Hg: Brent Graner (Advisor: Blayne Heckel & Boris B. Blinov), University of Washington - July 28, 2017
Final Exam: Polarized Lepton-Nucleon Elastic Scattering, Beam Dump Experiments, and Search for New Physics: Yu-Sheng Liu (Advisor: Gerald Miller), University of Washington - July 27, 2017
Final Exam: Adsorption of gasses on suspended nanotubes and graphene: Boris Dzyubenko (Advisor: David Cobden), University of Washington - July 25, 2017
Final Exam: Magneto transport properties in atomic thin WTe2: Zaiyao Fei (Advisor: David Cobden), University of Washington - July 25, 2017
Final Exam: The Structure and Dynamics of the Bacterial Replisome: Sarah Marie Mangiameli (Advisor: Paul A Wiggins), University of Washington - July 24, 2017
Final Exam: Supersymmetric Localization and Probe Branes in the AdS/CFT Correspondence: Brandon J Robinson (Advisor: Andreas Karch), University of Washington - July 20, 2017
Final Exam: Developing the Precision Magnetic Field for the E989 Muon g-2 Experiment: Matthias Smith (Advisor: David Hertzog), University of Washington - July 20, 2017
Final Exam: MspA Nanopore for High-Resolution Single-Molecule Enzyme Dynamics: Jonathan M Craig (Advisor: Jens Gundlach), University of Washington - July 17, 2017
Final Exam: Electronic Transport Phenomena in Low Dimensional and Topological Materials: Songci Li (Advisor: Anton Andreev), University of Washington - July 14, 2017
Final Exam: Harnessing cell-to-cell variations to probe bacterial structure: Julie A. Cass (Advisor: Paul A Wiggins), University of Washington - June 2, 2017
Final Exam: Measurement of the W boson mass with the D0 detector: Michelle Brochmann (Advisor: Gordon T. Watts), University of Washington - June 1, 2017
Final Exam: Electron Detection Systems for the KATRIN Spectrometer and Detector Section: Eric L Martin (Advisor: R. G. Hamish Robertson), University of Washington - May 31, 2017
Final Exam: Addressing Beyond Standard Model physics using cosmology: Akshay A. Ghalsasi (Advisor: Ann E Nelson), University of Washington - May 22, 2017
Final Exam: Statistics and Applications of Baryon Correlation Functions in Lattice QCD: Michael L Wagman (Advisor: Martin J. Savage), University of Washington - May 19, 2017
Final Exam: Ytterbium and Lithium Quantum Gases: Heteronuclear Molecules and Bose-Fermi Superfluid Mixtures: Richard Roy (Advisor: Subhadeep Gupta), University of Washington - May 1, 2017
Final Exam: Correcting for Muon-Catalyzed Fusion in the Measurement of the Rate of Muon Capture on the Deuteron: Michael H. Murray (Advisor: Peter Kammel), University of Washington - March 16, 2017
Final Exam: An image segmentation, lineage and analysis tool for bacteria: Applications in cell proliferation and cytoplasmic dynamics: Stella Stylianidou (Advisor: Paul A Wiggins), University of Washington - March 7, 2017
Final Exam: A Piezoelectrically Tuned RF-Cavity Search for Dark Matter Axions: Christian Boutan (Advisor: Gray Rybka), University of Washington - February 3, 2017
Final Exam: Ion Photon Entanglement with the Parabolic Mirror Trap: Chen-Kuan Chou (Advisor: Boris B. Blinov), University of Washington - January 18, 2017
Final Exam: ATLAS Pixel DAQ Upgrade: Nick Dreyer, University of Washington - December 15, 2016
Final Exam: A Search for Long Lived Neutral Particles Decaying to Hadronic States in Proton-Proton Collisions in the ATLAS Detector: Rachel C. Rosten (Advisor: Gordon T. Watts), University of Washington - December 5, 2016
Final Exam: Search for long-lived particles decaying in the muon spectrometer of the ATLAS detector at the LHC: Heather L. Russell (Advisor: Henry J Lubatti), University of Washington - December 2, 2016
Final Exam: Holographic tools for probing the dynamics of strongly coupled field theories: John F. Fuini (Advisor: Laurence G Yaffe), University of Washington - August 17, 2016
Final Exam: The role of nuclear physics in the evolution of supernovae and neutron stars, neutrino opacities, equation of state,transport coefficients, and dark matter production: Ermal Rrapaj (advisors: Sanjay K. Reddy), University of Washington - August 16, 2016
Final Exam: Toward a Loophole-Free Bell Inequality Violation with Barium Ions: Carolyn A. Auchter (Advisor: Boris B. Blinov), University of Washington - August 15, 2016
Final Exam: A Search for hep solar neutrinos at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory: Timothy Joseph Winchester (Advisor: Nikolai Tolich), University of Washington - August 9, 2016
Final Exam: Understanding near Fermi-level electronic structure through x-ray emission spectroscopy: Devon R. Mortensen (Advisor: Gerald T. Seidler), University of Washington - August 8, 2016
Final Exam: Searches for Beyond Standard Model Higgs Bosons: Pedro Henrique Sales De Bruin (Advisor: Anna Goussiou), University of Washington - August 4, 2016
Final Exam: The Phase Structure of Lattice Chiral Perturbation Theory and Instanton Dependent Greens Functions on the Lattice: Derek P. Horkel (Advisor: Stephen R. Sharpe), University of Washington - August 2, 2016
Final Exam: Semiconductor Defects: Optical Response and Spin Relaxation from Basic Principles: Todd A. Karin (Advisor: Kai-Mei Fu), University of Washington - July 25, 2016
Final Exam: Functionality, Robustness and Control of Nonlinear Network Dynamics: Modeling and Understanding the C. elegans Connectome: James M. Kunert (Advisor: Jose Nathan Kutz), University of Washington - June 6, 2016
Final Exam: Applications of Quantum Field Theory, from the Formal to the Phenomenological: Dorota M. Grabowska (Advisor: David B. Kaplan), University of Washington - May 20, 2016
Final Exam: Developments in the Theory of X-ray Absorption and Compton Scattering: Egor Klevak (Advisor: John J Rehr), University of Washington - May 10, 2016
Final Exam: Variability of Point Sources of Gamma Rays Detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope: Eric E. Wallace (Advisor: Thompson H Burnett), University of Washington - March 9, 2016
Final Exam: Precision measurement of the beta-neutrino angular correlation coefficient of the He-6 beta-decay: Ran Hong (Advisor: Alejandro Garcia), University of Washington - January 13, 2016
Final Exam: Search for Weakly-interacting, Long-lived particles that Decay to Displaced Hadronic Jets in Proton-Proton Collisions at vs = 8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector: Daniel R. Blackburn (Advisor: Henry J Lubatti), University of Washington - December 8, 2015
Final Exam: Aluminum Content Tunability of Structural and Optical Properties in Wide-Gap Semiconducting Al(x)Ga(1-x)2O3: Benjamin Krueger (Advisor: Marjorie A Olmstead), University of Washington - December 8, 2015
Final Exam: Investigating and Improving Student Understanding of Key Ideas in Quantum Mechanics throughout Instruction: Paul J. Emigh (Advisor: Peter S. Shaffer), University of Washington - December 3, 2015
Final Exam: Computational Studies on Novel Atomic Force Microscopy Techniques and Plasmonic-Enhanced Organic Photovoltaics: Durmus U. Karatay (Advisor: David S. Ginger Jr), University of Washington - November 30, 2015
Final Exam: Progress toward a measurement of the 5D3/2 - 6S1/2 magnetic dipole transition moment in Ba+: Spencer Williams (Advisor: Boris B. Blinov), University of Washington - August 18, 2015
Final Exam: Molecular Dissociation in Tritium Beta Decay: Toward validating the theory used in neutrino mass experiments: Laura Irene Bodine (Advisor: R. G. Hamish Robertson), University of Washington - August 18, 2015
Final Exam: Identifying and addressing student difficulties with electrostatic and magnetostatic concepts: Ryan L. C Hazelton (Advisor: Paula Heron), University of Washington - August 14, 2015
Final Exam: Dark Matter Particle Astrophysics: How Dark Matter Can Affect Subhalos, Neutrinos, and Neutron Stars: Bridget A. Bertoni (Advisor: Ann E Nelson), University of Washington - August 13, 2015
Final Exam: An Investigation of Student Understanding of Classical Ideas Related to Quantum Mechanics: Potential Energy Diagrams and Spatial Probability Density: Brian Michael Stephanik (Advisor: Peter S. Shaffer), University of Washington - August 12, 2015
Final Exam: Fixing the Standard Model: From Dark Matter to the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe: Seyda Ipek (Advisor: Ann E Nelson), University of Washington - July 31, 2015

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