All master’s theses completed through the Graduate College of Western Michigan University since 2012 have been entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies from earlier years are available through interlibrary loan. We have a few digital copies of earlier years. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Synthesis and Characterization of Ion-Implanted Gold Nanoparticles, Nurlathifah Fnu
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Electron Capture by Multiply Charged Ions from Molecular Targets, Justin Harris
Forbidden Fe II Emission Line Fluxes from the Weigelt Knots of Eta Carinae, S. Towers
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Theoretical Modeling of Near-Threshold Shape Resonance Behaviour in Photodetachment Experiments, Laurentiu Dan Dumitriu
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Physics Faculty Use of Example Solutions in Teaching Introductory Physics, William O. Mamudi
The Dissemination and Effective Use of Physics Education Research in Undergraduate Instruction, Trevor Stefanick
The Variation of Hydrogen Concentration in Ni/MgH Thin Film with Temperature, Rex Nyadaufe Taibu
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Concepts and Problem Solving in Geometrical and Physical Optics: Implications for Instruction, Betty Ann J. Adams
The Characterization of Thin Carbon Films Created Via Radio Frequency Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition, George Tecos
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Energy and Threshold Calibration of the Neutron Wall Array at NSCL, Brenna M. Giacherio
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Dissociative and Non-Dissociative Processes in 1.0-2.0 MeV/U O5+ + O2 Collisions, David P. Cassidy
How to Capture Light Curves of Transiting Exoplanets in Your Own Backyard, Michael Jerry Durren
Improving the Uncertainty of the Pair Branching Ratio for the First Excited Spin 0 State of Carbon-12, Nicholas J. Goodman
Thermal Stability of Hydrogen in Diamond-Like Carbon Films, Andrew Moore
Luminous Accretion Disks of Quasars, Anjali Vyas
Experimental Investigation of Interference Effects in Electron Emission from O2 by Impact with MeV/u H+ and O5,8+ Ions, Melike Winkworth
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
A Closed Cycle 3He/4He Dilution Refrigerator for Use In Cryogenic Studies, Daniel Roy Adams
The Physics of Electron Degenerate Matter in White Dwarf Stars, Subramanian Vilayur Ganapathy
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
The Effect of a Skyrme Interaction on Nucleon Induced Reactions, Yingfa Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Resonant and Non-Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering of Copper Phthalocyanine, Michelle Deleene Tuel-Benckendorf
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Electrical Conductivity Measurements of Lithium-Ammonia Solutions, Mariana Constantin Barbu
Optical Solitons in a Three-State Medium, Talal Ghannam
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Control and Data Acquisition for an Electron Spectrometer System, Stanislav Rumega
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
A Large Scintillation Detector for Nuclear Physics Experiments at Indiana University Cyclotron Facility, Apurva Pathak
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
L-Shell Resonant Electron Transfer and Excitation in Cu18-19+ + H2 Collisions, Jeffrey A. Wroblewski
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
An Experimental Apparatus for Studying Differential Scattering of Multiply-Charged Ions from Neutral Targets Following Capture, John Edward Edens
Band Structure for Acoustic Waves Propagating in a Periodic Elastic Media and Impurity Modes Arising from Slab Substitutions, Abdur Rahman
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Absolute Photonic Band Gaps of Zincblende, Ulrich Bass
A Procedure for G-Matrix Calculation from a Momentum Space Potential, Zhaohui Gao Busche
Photoionization with Excitation of the 4s and 4p Subshells in Krypton, Ahmad Farhat
An Experimental Apparatus for Studying Double Differential Scattering by Low-Energy Multiply Charged Ions from Atomic Targets, Meenatchi S. Gopinathan
The Photonic Band Structure of Dielectric Systems with a Frequency Dependent Dielectric Function, Jiezhou Liu
Laser-RF Double Resonance Measurements of the Hyperfine Structure of V II, Gregory Michael Matous
Determination of the Bulk Modulus of a Lennard-Jones Solid, Spencer A. Van Roekel
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Impurity Modes in Photonic Band Structures, Yi-Fen Chang
Non-Resonant Transfer and Excitation for S^13+ Projectiles Colliding with Neutral Gas Targets, Liang Duo
Enhanced Retroreflection of Light from Rough Metal Surfaces, Sivakumar Natarajan
Study of Single-Electron Capture from He, Ne and Ar by Low-Energy Ne^Q+ Recoil Ions Using Translational Energy Spectroscopy, Renad Qubaj-Said
Size Imperfections in One-Dimensional Periodic Optical Arrays, Yan Zhong
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Groundwater Studies Near the Dowagiac Landfill Area, Dowagiac, Michigan, Using Seismic Resistivity Methods, Saiful B. Baharom
Localization of Light in One Dimensional Randomly Disordered Dielectric Medium, K. Balaji
A Study of the Transfer Matrix Method for the Classical Statistical Mechanics of One Dimensional Systems, Dietmar R.A. Johlen
Charge Conservation in the Incommensurate-Commensurate Transition of Charge Density Waves, Jörg Kastrup
Single and Double Ionization of Helium by Highly Charged Sulfur Ions, Karen M. Lifrieri
Construction of a Lithium Vapor Oven for Electron Capture and Multiple Ionization Experiments, Oliver Woitke
Double Differential Cross Sections for State-Selective Electron Capture by Low-Energy Ar4+ and Ar5+ Ions from He and Ar, Serefettin Yaltkaya
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Inhibited Spontaneous Emission by Photonic Band Gaps in a Square Lattice of Periodic Dielectric Medium, Abdullah Al-Ghamdi
Double Ionization of Helium by Intermediate to High Velocity He+ Projectiles, Jun Forest
A Valence Quark Model, Tony A. Forest
Resonant Electron Transfer and K-Shell Excitation of Lithiumlike Projectiles in Collisions with Molecular Hydrogen, M. Anwar Kamal
Anderson Localization Effects in the Light Transmitted through a Rough Thin Metal Film, Naimah Mohd. Shafie
Resonant Electron Transfer and K-Shell Excitation of Fq+ (Q=6,8) in Collisions with Neutral He and H2 Targets, Konstantinos E. Zaharakis
ETA Photoproduction VIA 2H(γη)2H*, Yan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Relativistic and Non-Relativistic Nuclear Charge Form Factors, Tao Wang
Calculation of Electron Scattering for 4He in a Continuum Shell Model, Ming Yu
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Single-Electron Capture and Loss Cross Sections vs. Target Z for 1 MeV/u Oxygen Ions Incident on Gases, Scott Avery Boman
A Study of an Integral Equations for Computing Radial Distribution Functions, Noraini Ismail
Projectile Electron Capture and Loss Accompanying Target Ionization for Highly-Charged Oxygen Ions Colliding with Helium, Reynold N. Price
Recoil Corrected Continuum Shell Model Form Factor Calculations For 4He(e,e’)4He(0+), Jiang Yu
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Thermodynamics of the Diluted Spin Heisenberg Chain with Single Ion Anisotropy, Salmah Ahmed
Testing of Beam Line for Charge Exchange Measurements, Mohd. Noor Ali
Hypernuclear Photoproduction Via (γ,K*), Kimberly Ann Hodgkinson
Effects of a Magnetic Field on the Thermodynamics of Dilute Classical Spin Chains, Guoqing Hu
A Study of the Direct Capture Process of Protons by 27Al, Rozana Hussain
Theoretical Thermodynamic Properties of Low Temperature Fluids, Zul Azhar Zahid Jamal
A Study of Ion Implanted Silicon Using Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy with Ion Channeling, Thomas J. Pollock
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Experiment Module for Microprocessor Based Data Acquisition and Speech Processing, Namazi bin Azhari
Medium Modified Proton Densities Deduced from Electron Scattering Experiments, Steven Paul DeRyke
Calculations for the Excitation of High Spin Natural Parity States in Hypernuclei via (Π+, K+), Yizhang Ho
A Study of Classical Elastic Scattering for Heavy-Ion Nuclear Reactions, John C. Orrison
Determination of Phenomenological Optical Model Parameters for Neutrons on 208Pb from 4 to 150 MeV, Randy L. Schutt
Microscopic Optical Potentials, Michael R. Sloothaak
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
A Study of Integral Equations for Computing Radial Distribution Functions, Zainuriah Hassan
Construction and Testing of a New Atomic Physics Beam Line at the Western Michigan University Accelerator Laboratory, William Andrew Hollerman
Direct Memory Acquisition of Fast Analog Signals, Syed Javaid Iqbal
A 73.8 MHZ Radio Interferometer Telescope for Intense Celestial Sources, William Charles Millar
Resonant Electron Transfer and K-Shell Excitation of Lithiumlike Projectiles in Collisions with Neutral Gas Targets, Carollyn Sloan Oglesby
The Pauli Operator Correction in the Effective ΛN Interaction, Jaleh Owliaei
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
A Quantitative Study of the Copper Content in Granite Rocks, Samir F. Al-Mandwee
A Study of Integral Equations for Computing Radial Distribution Functions, Robert C. Scherzer
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Design, Construction, and Testing of a Microprocessor-Controlled Interface between Analog Geophysical Equipment and a Digital Cassette Recorder, Mohd. Nawawi Mohd. Nordin
Non-Equilibrium L-Shell Effects on K-Shell X Rays for 20-54 MeV S+C Collisions, Donald Solon Shippy
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Detector Geometry for Cascade Photon Experiments, Roger Minoru Munechika
The Creation of Holograms Utilizing Fiber Optics, Abdul Rahim Omar
A Study of the Films Produced by the Aluminum/Water Reaction Using Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy, Reed L. Shilts
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Development of a System for Water Quality Analysis Using Particle Induced X-Ray Emission, James Albert Andrus
Computer Aided Design for FET Circuits, Iyad Ahmad Natour
A Study of the Target Thickness Effect for Chlorine on Germanium from 25 to 49.5 MeV, James Robert Slusser
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Theoretical Thermodynamic Functions for Krypton Gas, A-Hamid Aidinejad
A Feasibility Study Concerning the Use of Alternate Energy Sources in Taiwan, Li-Juan Lee
Generalization of the Form of the T Matrix Operator of Non-Relativistic Scattering Theory, Francis Leone
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Analysis of Chert by Particle Induced X-Ray Emission, Jeanette E. Gibeson
Method of Variational Secular Equation for the Ground State of Helium Atom, Mih-seh Kong
Theoretical Thermodynamic Functions for Argon, Peter Yi-Ren Sheh
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Ohmic Magnetoresistance in Nonparabolic Semiconductors: Application to n-InSb, Mahmoud Jaafarian
Electronic Contribution to Magneto-Thermoelectric Power in Many-Valley Model of n-Ge, Carlos Humberto Munera
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Solar Heat Capacitors, Taddesse Aregahegn
Spin-Flip Inelastic Scattering in 12C(p,p1)12C Near the 9.14 Mev Doublet, Hsing-Tsuen Chen
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
A Generalized Dirac Equation with Spin I, Tilahun Eneyew
A Spectrographic Method for Determination of Lead in Human Blood Utilizing the Far Ultraviolet Wavelength Region, Marianne Oriel Lull