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Student Research:

                Masters Theses, Honors Projects and Senior Projects

Masters Theses

Masters Theses/Projects (check library)

• Linda Crump, in progress, advisor.

• Kara Blalock, in progress, advisor.

• Larry Tingen, Julia Sets for the Hurwitz and Other Zeta Functions, in progress, advisor, 2009.

• Rebecca Wilkinson, Numerical Explorations of Cake Baking Using the Nonlinear Heat Equation,  advisor, 2008.

• David Neal, Finite Difference Approximations of Advection-Diffusion Equations for Modeling Shark Populations, advisor, 2007.

• Andrew Rose, "Numerical Simulations of the Stochastic KdV Equation",  advisor, 2006.

• Sarah Ives, “Julia and Mandelbrot Sets of Riemann Zeta Function”, advisor 2001.

• Curtis Wayne Martin, Synchronization in Communications, advisor 2001, not completed.

• Srinath Vadlamani, “Lie Symmetries of the Vaidya Equations”, advisor 2001.

• Michael Key, “Rossby Wave Scattering in the Two-Layer Model”, advisor 2001.

• Donald Turner, Computing Digits of Pi, advisor 2000, not completed.

• Kathy Langone, Nonthesis option, "Controlling Chaos in Dynamical Systems", advisor 1998.

• Alejandro Acuna, "Lie Symmetries of the Zabolotskaya-Khoklov and Two Dimensional KdV-Burgers Equations", advisor 1996

• Somkiat Supanyachotskul, “Scattering of Rossby Waves off a Periodic Barrier”, advisor 1996, not completed.

• Robin Glover, "The Onset of Chaos in Two-Dimensional Discrete Maps", advisor 1994.

• Valerie Melvin, "Theory and Application of a Maximum Principle for the Optimal Control of Serially Connected Flexible Structures",  co-advisor 1993.

• Jorge Zazueta, "Symmetry Reductions of Partial Differential Equations'', advisor 1992

Masters Thesis Committees

• Chris Canady, "Examination of Tidal Currents in Onslow Bay Measured by Moored Acoustical Doppler Current Profilers", 2007

• Ben Speckhart, “Shallow Water Response to Hurricanes in Onslow Bay, N.C”, 2004.

• Genevieve Haviland, “Recreational boating traffic and environmental noise in the Wilmington, North Carolina intracoastal waterway : possible implications for bottlenose dolphins”, Biology, 2000.

• Matthew Griffith, “Moments and Densities of Traveling Wave Solutions of Stochastic Burgers-Like Equations”, 1998.

• Stephen Felzer, "Rational and Complex Periodic Points of Polynomial Functions", 1996.

Honors Projects

Honors Projects

• Nicolas Corak, Physics, 2010.

• Erik Minges, Physics, 2010.

• Lisa Soberano, "The Mathematical Foundation of Image Compression", Mathematics, Advisor, 2000.

• Scott Watson, "An Exposition on Inflationary Cosmology", Physics, CoAdvisor, 2000.

• Bradley Marshall: "Dark Soliton Behavior in Fiber Optics Subject to Perturbations", Physics, Advisor, 1994.

• Mark Hays, “Numerical Simulations of Solitons”, St. Lawrence University, Mathematics, CoAdvisor, 1989.

Honors Thesis Committees

• Nicole Rocco, Math, 2010.

• Jeffrey Naro , Chemisrty 2010.

• Luke McMurtray, Chemistry, 2010.

• Chelsea Hopkins, Physics, 2009.

• Matthew Reese, "Beam Test Result for a Prototype PbWO₄ Calorimeter", May 2008.

• Charles E. White, “Dynamic Tracking of Free-Swimming Whale Groups Using Digital Acoustic Recording Tags”, Computer Science, May 2007.

• Justin Zoppe, “A variational solution to the time-dependent Schrödinger equation by a restricted superposition of frozen Gaussian wavepackets”, Chemistry, May 2005.

• Jason Whitehead,  “Exploration of calcium selectivity in protein: analysis of Ca2+ -binding proteins employing crystal structure census, computational analysis, and glass electrode potentiometry”, Chemistry, May 2005.

• Greg Cockrell,  “The radiation chemistry of formic acid and oxalic acid in aqueous solutions”, Chemistry May 2005.

• James Harrington, “The Possible Role of Relativistic Effects in the Formation of Cadmium Complexes with Crown Ethers”, Chemistry, 2004.

• Lanette Marett, Chemistry, "Determination of micromolar levels of alcohols in aqueous samples by enzymatic conversion of alcohols to aldehydes, DNP derivitization of aldehydes, and HPLC analysis",  May 2003.

• Lindsay Boone Chemistry, "Progress towards the synthesis of novel Acyl Homoserine lactones and other quorum sensing derivatives", Dec. 2003.

• David Sutherland, Study of Tides in the Onslow Bay, Mathematics, Spring 2001.

• William Hodge, “Two-Level Models”, Physics,  Spring 2001.

• Donna Gardner, "Optimization of a High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method to Determine Formaldehyde", Honors Committee, Chemistry, 2000.

• Matthew Cheely, "A Fractal Analysis of Flick Motoneurons in the Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus", Biology, 2000.

• Mickie Marlowe, "Nuclear DNA Content of Six Species of Desmids", Biology, 1998.

Senior Projects

Senior Seminars (MAT 495 or PHY 495)

• Zach Martin, "The Application of Game Theory to Global Counterterrorism", 2009.

• Mary Margaret McEachern, Wormholes and Time Machines, Physics, 2009.

• Michael McClellan, NMR, Physics, 2009.

• Fernando Schiefelbein, "An Analysis of the Hilbert-Huang Transformation and its Applications", 2008.

• Colin Kreutzer, "Relativity and the Search for Gravitational Waves", Physics, 2008.

• Adam Santoro, "Nonlinear Resonances in the Solar System" , 2007.

• Diana Streng, "Gravitational Lensing", Physics, 2006.

• Michael Grissom, "Mechanics of Surfing", Physics, 2006

• Joseph Griffin, Nonlinear ODEs and Drugs, 2006.

• Theresa Rowlands, “Relativity and the Gravitational Positioning System”, Physics, 2006.

• Emilea Grove, “Chemical Kinetics”, 2004.

• Elaine Braman, "Dusty Plasmas", Physics, 2004.

• Jerry Lee Jones, Nonlinear Dynamics, Physics, 2004.

• Albert Lee, “Relativity and GPS”, 2004.

• Joe Kitchins, “The Hydrogen Atom”, 2003.

• Samuel Biddle, The Dripping Faucet and Chaos, 2003.

• Eric Fales, “The Riemann Hypothesis”, 2001.

• Scott Watson, “Inflationary Cosmology”, 2000.

• Lisa Soberano, Mathematical Foundations of Image Processing, 2000.

• Holly Smith, Chaotic Dynamics of Hyperion, 1999.

• Corbin West, "Elliptical Geometry and Applications", 1999.

• Scott Baker, Solitons, 1998.

• Kimberly Meares, Slider-Block Dynamics and Applications in Geology, 1997.

• Jamie Kirby, Wavelets, 1996.

• Adam Brand, Plotting Hydrogen Wavefunctions, 1995.

• Amy Brown, Penrose Tilings, 1995.

• Tobias Friske, Wavelets, 1995.

• Farrah Scodius, Spectral Analysis of EKGs, 1995.

• Laura Weisenhorn, Solitary Waves, 1995.

• Kurt Van Devere, Chaotic Dynamics, 1994.

• Bradley Marshall, Numerical Solution of Schrödinger Equation, 1994.

Other Undergraduate Projects

• Scott Watson, supervised him for his two seminar talks in September, 1998 on the "Relativistic Correction to Mercury's Orbit".

• Mandy Hill and Gwen Jones (Grad), Presented semester long signal analysis seminars for their research with G. Lugo, 1998.

• Society of Physics Students Talk,  Presented a talk on Chaos, May, 1998.

• Sponsor for undergraduate research proposal in Wavelet Transform, Undergraduate Research Fellowship Competition, Spring 1996.

• Sponsor for undergraduate research proposal in nonlinear optics, UNCW Undergraduate Research Grant in   Science, 1994.

• Sponsor for undergraduate research proposal in Painleve' analysis, UNCW Undergraduate Research Grant in   Science, 1992.

• Supervised undergraduate project on Inverse Scattering for the Regularized Wave Equation, Fall 1993.

• Study of perturbations of Painleve' equations, 1992-3, one undergraduate student.

• Study of nonlinear pulse propagation in optical fibers, 1990, two undergraduate students, PEW Grant.

• Study of numerical errors in discretizations of the KdV, NLS equations, 1989. two undergraduate students, PEW Grant.

 

 

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