Students

Current Doctoral Students


Matthew Ogden

MTSU, Computational and Data Science Ph.D. Program
2017-
Email: mbo2d[at]mtmail.mtsu.edu
Dissertation Title: Constraints on interacting galaxies through dynamical models

Matthew Swindall

MTSU, Computational and Data Science Ph.D. Program
2019-
Email: mis2n[at]mtmail.mtsu.edu
Dissertation Title: Computational Papyrology - applying deep learning to ancient Greek manuscripts

Former Doctoral Students


Graham West

MTSU, Computational and Data Science Ph.D. Program
2015-2021
Email: gtw2i[at]mtmail.mtsu.edu
Dissertation Title: On fitting the morphology of simulations of interacting galaxies to synthetic data

Allen Harvey

George Mason, Computational Science and Informatics Ph.D. Program
2008-2014
Dissertation Title: Pipeline for Constructing Optimized N-Body Models of Interacting Galaxies

Anthony Holincheck

George Mason, Computational Science and Informatics Ph.D. Program
2007-2013
Dissertation Title: A Pipeline for Constructing a Catalog of Multi-Method Models of Interacting Galaxies

Andrew Corrigan

George Mason, Computational Science and Informatics Ph.D. Program
2006-2009
Dissertation Title: Kernel-based Meshless Methods

Gary Page

George Mason, Computational Science and Informatics Ph.D. Program
1999-2009
Dissertation Title: Exploring the Weak Limit of Gravity at Solar System Scales

Alex "Sandy" Antunes

George Mason, Computational Science and Informatics Ph.D. Program
1998-2005
Dissertation Title: Numerical Simulations of Ring Galaxies: First Rings Events, Star Formation, and AMO644-741

Aamer Haque

George Mason, Computational Science and Informatics Ph.D. Program
1994-2005
Dissertation Title: Calibration of Equations of State and Design of High-Pressure Shock Wave Experiments Using Numerical Simulation

Charles F. Bradshaw

George Mason, Computational Science and Informatics Ph.D. Program
1993-2000
Dissertation Title: Very High Resolution Trigonometric Parallax and Structure Measurements of Scorpius X-1

Former Master's Students


Alex Williams

MTSU, Computer Science Masters Degree Program
2012-2014
Masters Thesis: Computationally Accelerated Papyrology

Daniel Shaw

George Mason, Applied Physics Masters Degree Program
2005-2007

Jack Scheible

George Mason, Applied Physics Masters Degree Program
2002-2004

Seth Milder

George Mason, Applied Physics Masters Degree Program
1998-2001

John Brugioni

George Mason, Applied Physics Masters Degree Program
1993-1996

Former Undergraduate Students


Ethan Lawing

MTSU, Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Thesis Program
2021
Undergradaute Thesis: Galaxy Dynamics

Isaac Shirk

MTSU, Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Thesis Program
2021
Undergradaute Thesis: Creating the Core Components of an Astronomy Lab in AR

Laurel Koenig

MTSU, Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Thesis Program
2020
Undergradaute Thesis: Creating a Scriptable Interface for Using AR in the Classroom

Pete Williams

MTSU, Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Thesis Program
2020
Undergradaute Thesis: Using the Impulse Approximation as A Heuristic for Quantifying Distortions in Interacting Pairs of Galaxies

Jackson Cole

MTSU, Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Thesis Program
2018
Undergradaute Thesis: An Interface for Future Comparison of Real and Simulated Interacting Galaxy Pair Morphologies using JSPAM

Nicholas Moore

MTSU, Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Thesis Program
2017
Undergradaute Thesis: The Pythagorean three-body problem

David Shipley

MTSU, Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Thesis Program
2017
Undergradaute Thesis: Effects Of Halo Mass On The Stabilty of Galactic Disks

Lindsey Blankenship

MTSU, Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Thesis Program
2016
Undergradaute Thesis: Image Tracking and Motion Prediction

David Hiller

MTSU, Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Thesis Program
2014
Undergradaute Thesis: Attention and Performance Differences in Galaxy Classification by Untrained Volunteers in the Zooniverse Project

Benjamin Bunnell

MTSU, Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Thesis Program
2013
Undergradaute Thesis: Determination of Fitness of Models of Galactic Collisions

Philip Naudus

MTSU, Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Thesis Program
2009
Undergradaute Thesis: Modleing Gravitational Lensing