Graduate Theses defended at the Physics Department
2021
- Biljana Indovski, "Structural, Magnetic, Dielectric and Optical Properties of DyCrO3 and GeNi2O4 Materials", PhD thesis, Brock University, 2021.
- Mike Cosco, "Optical Studies of (Nb0.5In0.5)0.02 TiDi98 O2 Crystals", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2021.
- Tahereh Afsharvosoughi, "Structural, Magnetic an Vibrational Studies of Entropy Stabilized Oxides", PhD thesis, Brock University, 2021.
2020
- S Parisa Torabi, "High Temperature Method of Measuring Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Europium Doped Nickel Oxid", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2020.
- Kurtis Bauer, "Resistivity of Single Crystal Molybdenum Dioxide", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2020.
- Huriyyah Albandri, "Electronic and Magnetic properites of MAX phase (Cr1-xGdx)2AIC and Er3AIC alloy", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2020.
2019
- Mathew Pula, "Investigation into the Magnetioelectric effect and Magnetic Properites of Iron-doped Cobalt Molybdate", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2019.
- Laila Obied, "Infrared Spectroscopy of Ge:Mn Thick Films prepared by Ion Implantation and Post-annealing", PhD thesis, Brock University, 2019.
- HamidReza Nayeri, "Travelling Wave Solutions on a Non-zero background for the Generalized Korteweg-de Vries Equation", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2019.
- James Frank, "Deformation of Maxwell gauge field theory", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2019.
- Jordan Fazio, "An Analog of the Laplace-Runge-Lenz Vector for Timelike Geodesics in Schwarzschild Spacetime", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2019.
- Zainab Amir, "Electronic and Magnetic properties of Pyrochlore (eu(1-x)DYx)2lr2O7", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2019.
2018
- Dana Xu, "Magnetic and Dielectric Properties of Cu3-xNixWO6 and Cu3W1-xMoxO6", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2018.
- Hoda Talo, "A Critical Analysis of the 2H HMR data in Chlorhexidine-containing model membranes", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2018.
- Samin Tajik, "Effect of Rattling Phonon on Superconductivity of KOs2O6", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2018.
2017
- Susan Yee, "Infrared Spectroscopy of (Nb+In) Co-Doped Rutile", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2017.
- Colin Vendromin, "Numerical Solutions of Laplace's Equation for Various Physical Situations", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2017.
- Michelle Przedborski, "Nonlinear dynamics of granular assemblies", PhD thesis, Brock University, 2017.
- Samia Ibrahim, "Infrared Spectroscopy of Ba_3+yCo_1+xNb_2O_9 Ceramics", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2017.
- Darren Hicks, "Preparation of Single Crystal Molybdanum Bronzes and Polycrystalline Rubidium Molybdenum Oxide", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2017.
- Thomas Beniac, "Effect of Topological Morphologyy on Optical Filtering Properties of Porous Silicon", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2017.
2016
- Brad Van Oosten, "A Multi-Scale Molecular Dynamic Approach to the Study of the Outer Membrane of the Bacteria Psudomonas Aeruginosa PA01 and the Biocide Chlorhexidine", PhD thesis, Brock University, 2016.
- Dmitry Pshenitsin, "Conservation laws of magneto-hydrodymanics and their symmetry transformation properties", PhD thesis, Brock Universitynote=Supervised by Stephen Anco, 2016.
- Egor Ospadov, "Theory and Application of a Pure-sampling Quantum Monte Carlo Algorithm", PhD thesis, Brock Universitynote=Supervised by Stuart Rothstein, 2016.
- Andrew Cheesman, "Optimizing Computational Frameworks to Study the Influence of the Protein Environment on the Individual Site energies of Chromophores in Photosystem II of Photosynthesis", Master's thesis, Brock Universitynote=Supervised by Doug Bruce, 2016.
2015
- Maryam Taheri, "The Structural, Magnetic and Thermal Studies of Ce1-xEuxCrO3 Nano-Powders", PhD thesis, Brock University, 2015.
- Jory Korobanik, "The Effects of Magnetic Dilution and Applied Pressure on Several Frustrated Spinels", PhD thesis, Brock University, 2015.
- Kevin Caslin, "Investigation of Frustrated Quasi-One-Dimensional Quantum Spin-Chair Materials", PhD thesis, Brock University, 2015.
2014
- Reza Siavashi, "Transient and Pulsed Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy on Type I Photosynthetic Reaction Centers", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2014.
- Drew T.C. Marquardt, "$\alpha$-Tocopherol's Antioxidant Role: A Biophysical Perspective", PhD thesis, Brock University, 2014.
- Aistis Jaznusko, "Phonon spectra and temperature variation of thermodynamic properties of fcc metals via Finnis-Sinclair type many body potentials: Sutton-Chen and improved Sutton-Chen model", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2014.
- Jason Iwachow, "Design of Resistivity Instrumentation for a He3Cryostat and its Application to the Charge Density Wave Superconductor CuxTiSe2", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2014.
2013
- Yousef Rohanizadegan, "Generalization of the BTK Theory to the Case of Finite Quasiparticle Lifetimes", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2013.
- Michelle Przedborski, "Planar Topological Defects in Unconventional Superconductors", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2013.
2012
- Sepiedeh Pirasteh, "Crystallinity, Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Bi doped LaVO3 and self synthesized LaVO3+V2O3 composites", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2012.
- Yang Pan, "The Effects of Annealing URu2Si2 on the Resistivity and Meissner Effect", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2012.
- Egor Ospadov, "Application of Reptation Quantum Monte Carlo and Related Methods to LiH", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2012.
- Laila Obied, "Infrared Spectroscopy of Gadolinium", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2012.
2011
- Peng Xiao, "Crystal Growth and Characterization of Li0.9Mo6O17", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2011.
- Jason Manson, "Optical Properties of Sb2Te3 and Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors Sb1.97V0.03Te3and Sb1.94Cr0.06Te3", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2011.
- Ivana Komljenovic, "Elucidation of Mechanism of Cell Lysis by Chlorhexidine: A Biophysical Approach", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2011.
- Biljana Indovski, "Electronic, Magnetic, and Thermal Properties of Pb2-xAxCrO5 (A = K or La)", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2011.
2010
- Michael Potalivo, "Crystal Growth, Characterization and Point Contact Spectroscopy on CuxTiSe2", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2010.
- Brandon DesRoches, "Surface Effect Ferromagnetism in Pure and Reduced Strontium Titanate", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2010.
- Brad Dempsie, "Far-Infrared Reflectance Along the C-axis of the Charge Stripe Superconductor La1.875Ba0.125CuO4", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2010.
2009
- Patrick Reuvekamp, "Magnetic and transport properties of (Ba1-xKx)Fe2As2", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2009.
- Panteha Razavi, "X-ray diffraction of a gram-negative bacterial membrane mimetic", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2009.
- M. Sedigh Ghamari, "Developing a Numerical Inverse-Theory-Based Extraction of Orientation-Dependent Relaxation Rates from Partially-Relaxed Spectra", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2009.
2008
- Sara Sadeghi, "Order and membrane organization in chlorhexidine-lipid mixtures", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2008.
- Anthony Madubuonu, "Far-Infrared Optical Properties of V and Cr doped Sb2Te3", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2008.
- Bao Chang Liu, "Electric and magnetic properties of LaV1-xO3", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2008.
- Sarah Kefayati, "Confocal and Two-Photon Microscopy: Image Enhancement", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2008.
- Mojtaba Hajialamdari, "Crystal Growth, Raman Scattering and Optical Properties of the Superconductor Cd2Re2O7 (16O, 18O)", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2008.
- Shahab Jamali Gharetape, "Electric and magnetic properties of LaV1-xO3", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2008.
- Gary Fekete, "Phonon spectra and thermodynamic properties of rare gas solids based on empirical and semi-empirical (ab initio) two body potentials: A comparative study", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2008.
2007
- Yu Li, "Diffusion Monte Carlo study of electronic properties for H and Be atoms", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2007.
- Nazanin Hossein Khah, "Optical Properties of Organic Superconductor k-(BETS)2FeBr4", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2007.
- Fatema Eftekhari, "Infrared Spectroscopy of Mg-doped SrRuO3 Thin Films", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2007.
2006
- Wenqi Ran, "Ultrasonic Attenuation in Layered Superconductors", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2006.
2005
- Helia Jalili, "Properties of NaxCoO2", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2005.
- Talayeh Hezareh, "Study on the Properties of Piezoelectric Materials and Manganese-based Oxide P", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2005.
- Avid Farhoodfar, "Interaction between vortices and impurities in a d-wave superconductor", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2005.
- Qiuping Bian, "Phonon Spectra and Thermal Properties of Some fcc Metals Using Embedded-Atom Potentials", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2005.
2004
- Mohammad Mehdi Yazdanian, "Preparation of SrMg$_x$Ru$_{1-x}$O$_3$ Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2004.
- Graeme Wardlaw, "Kr-Ar Laser Raman Spectrometer for Low Temperature Measurements", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2004.
- Zuzana Trskova, "NMR Characterization of Chlorhexidine in Lipid-Based Formulations", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2004.
- Stanislav Ocadlik, "Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Heavy Fermion Superconductor CeCoIn$_5$", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2004.
- J. Robert Klassen, "The design and calibration of a reflectance spectrometer using SrTiO3", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2004.
- Amir Keyvanloo, "Extracting Ramachandran torsional angle distributions from 2D NMR data using Tikhonov regularization (Governor-General's Gold Medal)", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2004.
- Ivana Bosa, "Exact Property Estimation from Diffusion Monte Carlo with Minimal Stochastic Reconfiguration", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2004.
2003
- Roshanak Teymoori, "LA1-xSRxMNO3 as a Candidate for a Room Temperature Pressure Sensor", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2003.
- Henrich Ploczek, "Pressure dependence of superconducting properties of MgB2", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2003.
2002
- Adan Brown Holden, "Far infrared optical properties of the heavy fermion superconductor UBe13", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2002.
2001
- Miroslav Hornik, "Quantum Monte Carlo study of electrostatic polarizabilities of H and He atoms (Governor-General's Gold Medal)", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2001.
- Rodica Ellison, "Far infrared reflectance and optical properties of organic superconductor (TMTSF)2ClO4", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2001.
2000
- Sarkis Y. Jacob, "Systematic studies of the effect of pressure on magnetic and electronic properties of La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 thin films with various thicknesses", Master's thesis, Brock University, 2000.
1999
- Tatiana Zaraiskaya, "Effect of the position in mono-unsaturated phospholipids on the dynamics of model membranes", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1999.
- Martin Snajdr, "Histogram filtering as a tool in variational Monte Carlo optimization (Governor-General's Gold Medal)", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1999.
- Mylo G. Hildebrand, "The infrared optical properties of Sr2RuO and SmTiO including an object-oriented and resistivity interface", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1999.
- Melissa A. Castle, "Calculation of the magnetic field penetration depth for high-Tc cuprate superconductors based on the interlayer pair tunneling model", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1999.
1998
- Tomas Roch, "Study of colossal magnetoristance and pressure effects in 2/3Ca1/3MnO3 thin films", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1998.
- Stephanie Recker, "Pulsed laser deposition of superlattices of YBCO and PrBCO compounds", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1998.
- Halima Hawesa, "Set-up and evaluation of a mid-infrared reflectometer and investigation of the optical properties of doped tin telluride alloys", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1998.
1997
- Peter Langfelder, "Calculation of nondifferential properties for atomic ground states (Governor-General's Gold Medal)", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1997.
1996
- William Reid, "Monte Carlo study of the XY-model on quasi-periodic lattices", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1996.
- Robert Pinnegar, "Phonon dispersion curves and atomic mean-square displacement for several fcc and bcc materials", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1996.
- Launy Paul, "Simultaneous extraction of order parameters and orientational distribution functions from 31P NMR spectra of magnectically partially oriented phospholipid bilayers", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1996.
- Katarin Baskin, "Transmission measurements using a new far infrared set-up", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1996.
1995
- James Murdoch, "Magnetic and high pressure studies in the YPd5B3C.3 system", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1995.
- Andrej Dobos, "Variational Monte-Carlo estimation of the dissociation energy of CuH using correlated sampling (Governor-General's Gold Medal)", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1995.
1994
- Tatiana Startseva, "Specific heat of UPd2Si2", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1994.
1993
- Peter Belohorec, "Optimization of the valence energy variance of the CuH molecule (Governor-General's Gold Medal)", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1993.
1992
- Son Ha Nguyen, "The measured variation of the Debye-Waller factor of aluminum from 295K to 815K by using the energy dispersive X-ray diffraction technique", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1992.
- Tareg Elsahlli, "Composition analysis of high Tc superconducting thin films by quantitative X-ray fluorescence", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1992.
- Khaled Elozi, "Low frequency Raman scattering in amorphous materials: Quartz, "Pyrex" boro-silicate glass and soda lime silicate glass", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1992.
1991
- Ibrahim Elyaseery, "X-ray diffraction from Al powder using energy dispersive technique", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1991.
- Nouri M. Elmiladi, "Thermodynamic properties and Debye-Waller factor of fcc materials", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1991.
- Giamal F. Abdussalam, "Magnetic properties of the Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 single crystal", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1991.
1990
- Ronald Rogge, "Study of heat capacity measurement methods for small samples", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1990.
- Jeffrey Martin, "A treatment of atomic mean-square displacement in higher order perturbation theroy", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1990.
- Fathalla Hamed, "Pressure dependence of spin fluctuations in metallic glasses Zr75Ni25, Zr75(NixFe100-x)25 and ZrxFe100-x", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1990.
- Peter Arberg, "Calculation of the optical conductivity for the Anderson impurity model using the Slave-Boson technique (Governor-General's Gold Medal)", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1990.
1989
- Hermann Hübschle, "On the equation of state and atomic mean-square displacement of crystals", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1989.
1988
- Fariba Mahini, "Pressure dependence of superconductivity in amorphous NixZr100-x Alloys", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1988.
- Janice P. Longo, "The finite bandwidth model for spin fluctuations in Pd", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1988.
1985
- Richard F. Delogu, "An analysis of decoupling procedures in generating thermal Green's functions of O(λ4) by the Zubarev equation of motion method", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1985.
1984
- Paul Tulonen, "An experimental investigation of dechanneling in copper single crystals", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1984.
- Fredrick C. Shanes, "Application of λ4 perturbation theory in calculating the equation of state of rare gas solids and fcc metals", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1984.
- Gernot Heiser, "Molecular dynamics calculation of mean-square displacement in alkali metals and rare gas solids and comparison with lattice dynamics", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1984.
1979
- Martin VanderSchans, "On the anharmonic, multi-phonon, Debye-Waller contributions to the phonon-limited resistivity of metals: applications to Na and K", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1979.
- Arthur Manz, "On the path integral formulation and the evaluation of quantum statistical averages", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1979.
- S.M. Javed Hussain, "Rotation-electronic interactions in the 3p-complex Rydberg state of water", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1979.
- Sajalendu Dey, "On the formulation and calculation of the anharmonic contributions to the Debye-Waller factor in metals (sodium)", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1979.
- Hans Braül, "Brillouin spectroscopy: Measurements of elastic and photoelastic constants of some alkali halide crystals", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1979.
1978
- David R. Wright, "Dechanneling of 2 MeV He+ in Gold", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1978.
- Alan Leaver, "The band structure of CdO", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1978.
1977
- Y. Turker Gonenc, "On the Ewald method and the quartic Helmholtz free energy of an anharmonic metallic crystal", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1977.
1974
- Klaas Westera, "An application of cell-cluster theory to a rare gas crystal", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1974.
- Lloyd Cimprich, "Coriolis effects in symmetric top spectra", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1974.
1973
- Swaminathan Kumar, "The diffusion of 60Co in Zr50Ti50 alloy", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1973.
- Shenouda Gad-El-Rab, "An anharmonic contribution to the Helmholtz free energy O(λ6)", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1973.
1971
- Leslie Wilk, "Anharmonic Helmholtz free energy to hr size=3>O(λ4) in the non-leading term approximation", Master's thesis, Brock University, 1971.
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