Theses

Tate lab research theses. Also included are student theses from collaborating groups when those works overlap significantly with our own. Page maintained mostly by Janet.

• Pritha Biswas, Ph.D.
• Skylar Farmer, B. S.

• Okan Agirseven, Ph.D.Crystallization and Growth of TiO2 Polymorphs from Pulsed Laser Deposited and RF-Sputtered, Amorphous Thin-Film Precursors
• Elena Wennstrom, B.S. Brownian motion of microspheres
• Rohal Kakepoto, B.S. Scattering Mechanisms and Transport Properties of Semiconductors at Low Temperatures
• Julian Wulf, B.S. Optical Modelling of Thin Films: Applying Effective Medium Theory to Mixtures of TiO₂ and SnO₂

• Acacia Patterson, B.S. Variable Temperature Transport Measurements and Conduction Mechanisms of Crystalline and Amorphous Titanium Dioxide Thin Films
• Cameron Stewart, B.S. Optical properties comparison between similar thickness TiO2 polymorphs
• Joseph Kreb, B.S. Spectroscopic Ellipsometry on Thin Films of TiO2: Comparing CompleteEASE Cauchy and Cody-Lorentz Models

• Kelda Diffendaffer, B.S. Electrical Properties of TiO2 Polymorphs as a Model Oxide System
• Patrick Berry, B.S. Characterizing Optical Signatures of TiO2 Amorphous Precursors

• Bethany Matthews, Ph.D. Synthesis and Analysis of Heterostructural Semiconductor Alloy Sn1-xCaxCh (Ch=S, Se) and Nitrides Zn1-xWxN and Zn1-x(W1-yMoy)xN
• James Haggerty, Ph.D. Amorphous TiO2: A Thin Film Synthesis Route to Stabilization of Metastable TiO2 Brookite
• Chris Reidy, Ph.D. Heterojunction Assisted Impact Ionization at the ZnS/Si Interface and Cu10Te4S13 Photodiodes
• David Rivella Jr., M.S. Characterizing Titania Polymorphs Synthesized From Sputtered Amorphous Precursor Films (project)
• Ryan Lance, B.S. Optical Analysis of Titania: Band Gaps of Brookite, Rutile and Anatase
• Aaron Dethlefs, B.S. The Effect of Annealing Parameters on the Electrical Properties of Fluorine Doped Tin Oxide

• Michael Forkner B.S.Thermoelectric properties of the heterostructural alloy Sn1-xCaxSe
• James May B.S. Optical Characterization of Heterostructural Alloys Sn1-xCax[S,Se]
• Hazel Betz B.S. (supervised by Shirley Chiang, UC-Davis)

• Joshua Stahly B.S. Hall Effect in Semiconducting SnCaSe
• Daniel Speer, B.S. Room Temperature Seebeck Measurements of Silicon Wafers and Thin Film Tetrahedrite Derivatives Cu10-xAgxZn2Sb4S13 on Silicon Substrates

• Joshua Mutch B.S. Temperature Dependence of Cu3-x(Sb1-yMy)S4 (M = Sn,Ge) Resistivity and Thermopower
• Alex Poff B.S. Hall Effect in Semiconducting Thin Films
• Scott Hutchings B.S., Observation of the Third Harmonic Sinusoidal Voltage Response of a Small Incandescent Lightbulb
• Blake Wells (David McIntyre group) Bandgap measurements of nonspecular materials using a bifurcated fiber optic method of diffuse reflectance

• Kai Zhan M.S. Thermal conductivity measurements of amorphous metal thin films via the 3ω method
• Rodney Snyder B.S. Hons Thermoelectric Characterization of Silicon Wafers and Cu₁₂Sb₄S₁₃ Variant Thin Films
• Aaron Kratzer B.S. Measurement and Modeling of Zinc Sulfide Thin Films using Ellipsometry and Reflection Spectroscopy: A Comparison of Optical Characterization Techniques
• Louise Henderson B.S. Calculating Crystal Properties of Bismuth Telluride Using Wien 2k
• Kathleen Stevens Prudell Determining Thickness of Zinc Sulfide Thin Films Through Optical Spectroscopy
• Daniel Speer, B.S. 2016

• Jason Francis, Ph.D. Growth and characterization of the p-type semiconductors SnS and BiCuOSe
• River Wiedle, B.S. Hons Thermal conductivity measurements of amorphous thin films on silicon via the 3ω method
• Novela Auparay, B.S. Room-temperature Seebeck coefficients of metals and semiconductors
• Casey Hines, B.S. Practical Implementation of a Physical Vapor Deposition System in a Research Environment
• Ben Howorth, B.S. Detecting ZnS films on Si substrates using X-ray diffraction

• Matthew Oostman, M.S. Development of a Data Acquisition System for a 3ω-Thermal Experiment (project)
• Nicola Schmidt, (B.S. University of Konstanz) Thermal conductivity of amorphous metals

• Rachel Waite, B.S. The Seebeck Effect of BiCuOSe:Ca and a Comparison of the Carrier Concentration of ITO and BiCuOSe:Ca through Hall and Chaiken and Beni Analysis
• Annette Richard, Ph.D. Single crystal growth, powder synthesis and characterization of layered chalcogenide semiconductors
• Joshua Russell, M.S. Measurement of optical bandgap energies of semiconductors (David McIntyre, supervisor)

• Daniel Harada, M.S. The synthesis, optical, and transport properties of SnZrS₃
• Andriy Zakutayev, Ph.D. BaCuChF (Ch = S, Se, Te) p-type transparent conductors
• Dave Mack, B.S. Optical and Electrical Properties of Thin Film BaSnO3

• Evan deBlander, B.S. Hons. Characterization of BaCuSF Thin Films Grown in Excess Copper, by Pulsed Laser Deposition

• Paul Newhouse, Ph.D. Growth and Characterization of Wide–Gap Semiconducting Oxide and Chalcogenide Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition
• Alden Jurling, B.S. Impedance Analysis and Breakdown Voltage of Dielectric Materials

• Robert Kykyneshi, Ph.D. Pulsed laser deposition and thin film properties of p-type BaCuSF, BaCuSeF, BaCuTeF and n-type Zn₂In₂O5 wide band-gap semiconductors
• Joe Kinney, B.S. Room Temperature Excitons in BaCuChF

• Briony Horgan, B.S. Investigating Grain Boundaries in BaCuS1-xSexF using Impedance Spectroscopy
• Dara Easley, M.S. Seebeck Coefficient in the High Temperature Limit
• Matthew Price, M. S. Characterization of MgSnO3 films deposited using RF magnetron sputtering
• Cheol-Hee Park, Ph.D. (Chemistry, Keszler group) Synthesis and study of transparent p- and n-type semiconductors and luminescent materials

• Robert Kykyneshi, M.S. Transport Properties of CuSc1-xMgxO2+y and BaCu2S2 Transparent Semiconductors
• Ben Nielsen, M.S. Analysis of the Processing and Characterization of p-Type CuScO2 Thin Films
• James Osborne, M.S. Zinc Tin Oxide Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition for Use in Transparent Thin-Film Transistors

• Levi Kilcher, B.S. Optical Spectroscopy of Transparent Conducting Oxides from the UV to near-IR and a Method for Determining the Refractive Index of Transparent Thin Films, (D. H. McIntyre, co-supervisor)
• Dara Easley, B.S. Hons Room Temperature Seebeck Measurements on CuSc1-xMgxO2+y Transparent Conductive Thin Films

• Derek Tucker, B.S.Hons Optical Characterization of Transparent Conductive Thin Films, (D. H. McIntyre, co-supervisor)

• Ross Brody, B.S., Band gap analysis of doped and undoped CuCrO2 thin films (D. H. McIntyre, co-supervisor)

• Diedrich Schmidt, B.S., P-type electrical conduction in transparent conducting oxides

• Eric J. M. Moret, Ph.D. Magnetization study of thallium-based layered superconductors
• Amy Droegemeier, M.S., Critical current distributions in Co-doped YBaCuO single crystals (project)
• Nate Bezayiff, B.S., Circuit to observe quantum conductance

• Irene D. Dumkow, Ph. D.,Oxygen-deficient YBa2Cu3O6+x films investigated by perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy
• Brandon van Leer, B.S., Analysis of YBa2Cu3O7 films by X-ray diffraction
• Joseph Neal, B.S., Integrated Laboratory Experiences in Physics Education

• Brandon R. Brown, Ph. D.,Neutron irradiation and dc transport in YBaCuO single crystals: A study of vortex depinning

• Goran Karapetrov, Ph. D., Flux creep in Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox and YBa2Cu3Ox thin films: Magnetization and susceptibility studies
• Dennis W. Tom, Ph. D.,Microstructural characterization of YBa2Cu3O7-δ thin films with time-differential perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy

• Jeanette M. Roberts, Ph. D., Critical scaling of thin-film YBaCuO and NdCeCuO resistivity-current isotherms: Implications for vortex phase transitions and universality
• Andrew R. Fowler, B.S., Current dependence of resistivity of YBaCuO in zero magnetic field

• Amy J. Spofford, B.S., An analysis of the current-voltage characteristics of YBa2Cu3O7 in the vortex state

• Jeffrey Arasmith, B.S., An introduction to superconductors for undergraduate research assistants

• Bianca A. Hermann, M.S., Resistance in superconductors - A comparison of Y1Ba2Cu3O6+x and Nd2–xCexCuO4–y thin films
• Anupama Bhat, B.S., The temperature and magnetic field dependence of the activation energy in YBa2Cu3O7 in the flux creep region