Undergraduate Physics Students
Awards & Achievements

2006/07 Graduating Seniors:
Don Dick  BS in Physics degree
Esteban Eureste  BS Engineering Physics degree 
Nicole Fox  BS Physics degree
Jesse Jensen  BS Physics degree
Jeffrey Lutkenhaus  BS Physics degree
Stephen McKeown  BS Physics degree and BS in Mathematics degree
Dale Nunn  BS Physics degree

2007/08 Scholarship Recipients:
Jeffery Hetherly
Seana Hall
Christopher Barthold
Shane Hodgson
Nicholas Miller
Levi Howard
Jack Sutter
Zachary Barnhart
Jessica Gaskamp
Abel Fletcher

2007/08 CAS Ambassadors Physics Representatives: 
Christopher Gilliam 
Seana Hall 

2006/2007 Research Work:
Ryan Bosca "Modeling and Optimization of Deflection Slits for Fast-Pulsing a Low Energy Ion Beam." Supervising faculty Dr. Duncan Weathers. Spring 06 
http://www.unt.edu/honors/eaglefeather/2006_Issue/2006_PDFs/Bosca.pdf
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2007.04.207Ryan
L. Ryan Burns McNair Scholar, Research Title: "Empirical Evaluation of a Novel Design for an Electrostatic Quadrupole Triplet Ion Beam Lens." "Evaluation of a novel design for an electrostatic quadrupole triplet ion beam lens" PDF (852 kB); "Installation of ion implantation beam line for 3 MV Tandem Pelletron" PDF (154 kB) Supervising faculty: Dr. Duncan Weathers
Lorien Holloway NSF funded REU program at Northern Arizona University's Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Project title: "Rotation Rates in the Beta Pictoris Moving Group." Presented at the January 2006 AAS Washington meeting; Paper pending publication
Nicolas Lopez McNair Scholar, Summer Research Work: "Stochastic Model of Vegetation Growth Dynamics After Fire and/or Extreme Rainfall Events in a Mediterranean Region." Supervising faculty: Dr. Miguel Acevedo
Present Research Work: "Factional Brownian Motion," Supervising faculty: Dr. Paolo Grigolini
Robert Breedlove  “Synthesis and study of hydrogels using polymer chains as crosslinkers” Supervising faculty: Dr. Zhibing Hu
Don Dick "3-D Numerical Solution to Laplace’s Equation in an Electrostatic Quadrupole Lens" Supervising faculty: Samuel Matteson
Curtis Mitchell  “Vibrational Properties of Carbon Nanotubes”
Benny Clark  “Development of a Novel Liquid He Field Emission Ion Source” Supervising faculty: Dr. Duncan Weathers
Don Dick  "Dispersion of electromagnetic waves in a periodic waveguide with anisotropic filling" Supervising faculty: Dr. Arkadii Krokhin
Jeff Lutkenhaus "Multipole Numerical Solution to the Laplace Equation in an Electrostatic Quadrupole Lens" Supervising faculty: Dr. Samuel Matteson
Stephen McKoewn “Maxwell's Demon: The Second Law and Information” Supervising faculty: Dr. Donald Kobe