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Thesis/Dissertation Titles

Year Name Degree Area Supervisor(s) Title of Thesis/Dissertation
2013 BABB, James Patrick MSc Theory

P. Kovtun

The derivation and quasinormal mode spectrum of acoustic anti-de sitter black hole analogues

  BERGHAUS, Frank PhD Particle Physics M. Lefebvre

Search for quark compositeness in 7 TeV proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider

BILDFELL, Christopher John PhD Astronomy H. Hoekstra / A, Babul The Stellar Content in Clusters of Galaxies
  PASSY, Jean-Claude
PhD Astronomy F. Herwig

Modeling close stellar interactions using numerical and analytical techniques

PON, Andrew PhD Astronomy D. Johnstone / J. Willis

Shocks, Superbubbles, and Filaments: Investigations into Large Scale Gas Motions in Giant Molecular Clouds

2012 BANDARA, H. M. Kaushala T. PhD Astronomy D. Crampton / C. Pritchet Applications of strong gravitational lensing: utilizing nature’s telescope for the study of intermediate to high redshift galaxies
  DEJONG, Samuel Rudy MSc Particle Physics M. Roney Cluster counting studies in a SuperB drift chamber prototype
  FRADETTE, Anthony MSc Theory M. Pospelov Constraining the variation of fundamental constants with tritium decays
  GLASS, Lisa Anne PhD Astronomy L. Ferrarese / J. Willis The central regions of early-type galaxies in nearby clusters
  KWAN, Tony MSc Particle Physics R. Keeler A measurement of the Drell-Yan differential cross section using data from proton-proton collisions at 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
  LEAMAN, Ryan PhD Astronomy
K. Venn Constraints on environmental and secular effects on the chemodynamical evolution of dwarf galaxies
  LESSARD, Jean-Raphael PhD Particle Physics

M. Lefebvre

Searches for top-antitop resonances in proton-proton collisions at a center of mass energy of 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
  LEWCZUK, Mateusz PhD Particle Physics

R. Sobie

Study of high multiplicity 3-prong [tau] decays at BaBar
  MENON, Athira MSc Astronomy F. Herwig Reproducing the chemical composition of R Coronae Borealis stars from nucleosynthesis in post double degenerate white dwarf mergers
MOVASSAGHI JORSHARI, Razzi MSc Astronomy A. Babul A case for an ultra massive black hole in the galaxy cluster
PALMER, Michael James David MSc Astronomy L. Simard / S. Ellison
Spectral energy distribution fitting of the bulge and disk components of interacting galaxies
  XU, Haitian MSc Condensed Matter B. C. Choi Magnetization dynamics in lithographically patterned Ni80Fe20/Ir20Mn80 exchange-biased square elements
2011 BROEKHOVEN-FIENE, Hannah  MSc  Astronomy 

B. Matthews / S. Ellison 

Resolving the multi-temperature debris disk around γ Doradus with Herschel
 
CHOI, Herve PhD  Particle Physics 

R. Sobie 

Search for CP violation in [Tau] decays at BABAR
  COURNEYEA, Lorraine  PhD  Particle Physics 

R. McPherson / R. Keeler 

Accounting for jet response induced MET backgrounds to new physics at the ATLAS experiment at CERN’s LHC
  deNIVERVILLE, Patrick MSc Theory

A. Ritz

Observing a light dark matter beam with neutrino experiments

GAO, Yan  MSc  Astronomy 

C. Pritchet 

Dependencies of SDSS Supernova Ia rates on their host galaxy properties

HENDRICKS, Benjamin  MSc  Astronomy 

P. Stetson / D. VandenBerg 

A new reddening law for M4

HILL, Ewan MSc Particle Physics

I. Trigger / M. Lefebvre 

The cosmic muon flux in the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider
 
JARRETT, Michael MSc Particle Physics

J. Albert

Prospects for the measurement of the Higgs CP structure at ATLAS in Higgs to four lepton decays

LLOYD, Samantha  MSc Medical Physics

W. Ansbacher / A. Jirasek

Evaluation of a deterministic Boltzmann solver for radiation therapy dose calculations involving high-density hip prostheses

MATTHEWS, Quinn  PhD  Medical Physics

A. Jirasek 

Single-cell Raman spectroscopy of irradiated tumour cells
  MAXWELL, Aaron MSc Astronomy

D. Johnstone /
J. Willis

Kicking at the darkness: detecting deeply embedded protostars at 1 - 10 microns

PARKER, Alex PhD Astronomy JJ Kavelaars / J. Willis Ultra-wide Trans-Neptunian Binaries: tracers of the outer solar system's history

PEARCE, James MSc Particle Physics R. V. Kowalewski W/Z+Jets production cross section ratio as a new physics search with the ATLAS Detector at CERN
  SANTONI, Albert MSc Condensed Matter B.C. Choi Magnetization dynamics in NiFe thin films
  SHARMAN, Jonathan MSc Theory M. Pospelov The impact of strongly interacting relics on big bang nucleosynthesis

STEMEROFF, Noah MSc Condensed Matter R. de Sousa Quantum entanglement, initialization and readout of nuclear spin qubits with an electric current

STOREY, Douglas  MSc Particle Physics D. Karlen A view screen beam profile monitor for the ARIEL e-linac at TRIUMF 

TURNER, Monica  MSc Astronomy P. Cote / J. Willis The ACS Fornax Cluster Survey: the nuclei of early-type galaxies 

WANG, Kuhan MSc Particle Physics R. Keeler A study of missing transverse energy in minimum bias events with in-time pile-up at the Large Hadron Collider using the ATLAS Detector and proton-proton collision data at a center of mass energy of 7 TeV 
  YUN, Zinkoo PhD Theory W. Israel Tunneling model in Kruskal-szekeres coordinates and information paradox
2010 BAYES, Ryan PhD Particle Physics A. Olin /
R. Kowalewski
Measurement of the decay parameter rho and a search for non-Standard Model decays in the muon decay spectrum
  GRAHAM, Melissa PhD Astronomy C. Pritchet Nature versus nurture: how parent galaxy environments affect the rates and properties of their Type Ia supernovae
  HILLAIRET, Anthony PhD Particle Physics A. Olin /
M. Lefebvre
Measurement of the delta and eta muon decay parameters
  INCE, Tayfun PhD Particle Physics R. Keeler

Prospects for Probing the Structure of the Proton with the Low-mass Drell-Yan Events in ATLAS

  BAKER, Mark MSc Particle Physics A. Olin /
R. Kowalewski
Improving the robustness of the ATLAS calorimeter software trigger
  CAMPBELL, Warren MSc Medical Physics A. Jirasek /
D. Wells
Development of a fan-beam optical computed tomography scanner for three-dimensional dosimetry
  CRAWFORD, Jason MSc Medical Physics A. Jirasek /
I. Gagne
An evaluation of patient-specific IMRT verification failures
  GAUDIN, Andre MSc Particle Physics M. Roney Drift speed and gain measurements in the T2K time projection chambers
  SOLTANI, Fatemeh MSc Condensed Matter G. Steeves Growth of metallic nanowires by chemical etching and the use of microfluidics channels to produce quantum point contacts
2009 BUSH, Karl Ph.D Medical Physics A. Jirasek Monte Carlo dose calculations in advanced radiotherapy
  FRIESEN, Rachel PhD Astronomy J. Di Francesco /
C. Pritchet
The initial conditions of clustered star formation: an observational study of dense gas in the Ophiuchus molecular cloud
  HAMANO, Kenjo PhD Particle Physics R. Kowalewski Measurement of branching fractions and form factor parameters of B->Dlnu and B->D*lnu decays at BaBar
  HSIAO, Eric PhD Astronomy C. Pritchet Spectroscopic diversity of Type Ia supernovae
  KIRK, Helen PhD Astronomy D. Johnstone /
D. Vandenberg
Star formation in the Perseus molecular cloud: observations of dynamics and comparison to simulations
  LUDLOW, Aaron PhD Astronomy J. Navarro The structure and substructure of cold dark matter halos
  NUGENT, Ian PhD Particle Physics M. Roney Precision measurements of tau lepton decays
  THANJAVUR, Karunananth PhD Astronomy D. Crampton /
J. Willis
Cosmic applications of gravitational lens assisted spectroscopy (GLAS)
  BRASSEUR, Crystal M.Sc Astronomy D. Vandenberg /
P. Stetson
Stellar population templates in the near-infrared
  BIRD, Christopher M.Sc Theory M. Pospelov The early universe as a probe of new physics
  CHUTTER, Ashley M.Sc Astronomy K. Venn Elemental abundance investigation of two candidate extragalactic globular clusters (NGC 5024, NGC 5466)
  LAMBERT, Simon M.Sc Theory M. Pospelov Scalar-tensor gravity with pseudoscalar couplings
  LEAMAN, Ryan M.Sc Astronomy K. Venn Stellar metallicities and kinematics in a gas-rich dwarf galaxy: first calcium triplet spectroscopy of RGB stars in WLM
  LINDSAY, Clayton MSc particle Physics M. Roney Search for the lepton flavour violating decay tau->e gamma
  MILUTINOVIC, Nikola MSc Astronomy S. Ellison The interstellar medium at high redshift: the sub-DLA at z=2.06 towards the quasar J2123−0050
  RUDGE, Jonathan, MSc Condensed Matter BC. Choi In-situ picosecond time-resolved probing of magnetization dynamics in polycrystalline ferromagnetic thin films
  SADAVOY, Sarah MSc Astronomy J. Di Francesco /
D. VandenBerg
The mass distribution of protostellar and starless cores in Gould Belt clouds
  TAYLOR, Ryan MSc Particle Physics R. Kowalewski Masking problematic channels in the liquid argon calorimeter for the high-level trigger of ATLAS
2008 BOLOKHOV, Pavel PhD Theory M. Pospelov Lorentz violation in quantum field theory
  FRASER, Wesley PhD Astronomy JJ. Kavelaar The Kuiper belt size distribution: constraints on accretion
  BAXTER, Patricia M.Sc Medical physics A. Jirasek Assessment of X-ray Computed Tomography Dose in Normoxic Polyacrylamide Gel Dosimetry
  FRANSHAM, Kyle MSc Particle Physics D. Karlen Evaluating the performance of a prototype TPC for use in the ND280m detector of the T2K experiment
  GHAZIVINIZADEH, Aida MSc Astronomy A. Babul Stirring the Intracluster Medium: Heat Deposition from Galaxy Motions
  JOHNSTONE, Holly MSc Medical Physics A. Jirasek /
M. Hilts
Benchmarking a new three-dimensional ultrasound system for prostate image guided radiation therapy
  KING, Greg MSc particle Physics R. Sobie
M. Roney
A measurement of the branching fraction of the decays of the tau- lepton to 2pi- pi+ eta nu
  MATTHEWS, Alexander MSc Medical Physics A. Jirasek Development of a Raman Microscope for Applications in Radiobiology
  RUDKO, David MSc Medical Physics A. Jirasek Prototype Fan Beam Optical Computed Tomography Scanner for Three-Dimensional Radiotherapy Dose Verification
  SHAW, Conor MSc Medical physics A. Jirasek The use of UV resonance Raman spectroscopy in the analysis of ionizing radiation-induced damage in DNA
  TIAN, Lanlan MSc Astronomy H. Hoestra Distinguishing Modified Newtonian Dynamics from Dark Matter with Galaxy-Galaxy Lensing Measurements
  WANG, Xun MSc Theory W. Israel Kerr and Kerr-AdS black shells and black hole entropy
  YORK, Brian MSc Astronomy S. Ellison The Search for Diffuse Interstellar Bands in Quasar Absorption Line Systems
2007 POOLE, Gregory PhD Astronomy A. Babul Impact of mergers on relaxed X-ray clusters
  SANDERSON, Aaron PhD Paticle Physics A. Brolo Surface-enhanced raman scattering from a modified silver electrode
  TIEU, Steven PhD Theory F. Cooperstock Structures in general relativity
  BILDFELL, Chris MSc Astronomy

H. Hoekstra / A. Babul

Brightest cluster galaxies: optical properties at intermediate redshift
  EDMONDS, Keith MSc Particle Physics

M. Lefebvre /
R. McPherson

Prospects for top quark mass measurement through the fully Hadronic decay of top-antitop events with the ATLAS detector
  KOOPMANS, Kristen MSc Theory M. Pospelov Catalyzed Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the properties of charged relics in the early universe
  LAFORGE, Joshua MSc Condensed Matter G. Steeves A polarization sensitive interferometer for Faraday rotation detection
  LEWCZUK, Matek M.Sc Particle Physics R. Sobie Measurement of high multiplicity [tau] branching ratios
2006 CLEM, James PhD Astronomy D. VandenBerg /
P. Stetson
"Galactic Star Clusters in the u’g’r’i’z’ Photometric"
  FORTIN, Dominique PhD Particle Physics
R. Kowalewski "Determination of the CKM element |Vub|"
  BAYES, Ryan MSc Particle Physics R. Kowalewski / A. Olin

"A Search for Exotic Muon Decays in the TWIST Muon Decay Spectrum"

  BUSH, Karl MSc Medical Physics M. Roney /
T. Popescu
Generation and Application of Monte Carlo Calculated Beamlet Dose Distributions in Radiation Therapy
  STOESZ, Jeffrey PhD Astronomy J.P. Veran /
C. Pritchet
"The Next Generation of Wide Field Adaptive Optics"
  CRANMER SARGISON, Gavin MSc Medical Physics M. Roney /
S. Zavgorodni
"Quantifying the Impact of Radiation Therapy Dose Uncertainties on Radiobiological Treatment Plan Evaluation"

HUGHES, Tamara MSc Particle Physics M. Lefebvre “Pion Energy Reconstruction Methods for the ATLAS Electromagnetic and Hadronic Endcap Calorimeters"

KANWAR, Anudeep MSc Astronomy L. Simard /
S. Ellison
"The Size Evolution of Disk Galaxies in the Canada-France-Hawaii Legacy Survey"

SHAW, Warren MSc Particle Physics R. McPherson /
R. Keeler
"Calibration and Response of the High Pseudorapidity Region of the ATLAS Liquid Argon End-cap Calorimeters"
2005 FONT, Andreea PhD Astronomy J. Navarro “The Evolution of Galaxy Disks in Cold Dark Matter Halos”

McCARTHY, Ian PhD Astronomy A. Babul “Probing the Physics of the Intracluster Medium"

FRIESEN, Rachel MSc Astronomy D. Johnstone “Measuring the Submillimeter Dust Emission from Hot Molecular Cores; Testing a Fourier Transform Spectrometer for the Submillimeter”

GEEHAN, Jonathan MSc Astronomy A. Babul “Investigating the Andromeda Stream: A Simple Bulge-Disk-Halo Model for M31”
  INCE, Tayfun MSc Particle Physics R. Keeler “Position Resolution of the Atlas Electromagnetic Endcap Calorimeter”

KIRK, Helen MSc Astronomy D. Johnstone /
D. VandenBerg
“Understanding Star Formation in the Perseus Molecular Cloud”

LEDUE, Jeffrey MSc Astronomy D. Crampton /
C. Pritchet
“A Study of the Pyramid Sensor: Analytic Theory, Simulation and Experiment”

PUBLICOVER, Julia MSc Medical Physics
M. Roney /
T. Ruth
“Energy Mapping of Scattered Protons within a Gas Target”

ROSENBAUM, Gabriel MSc Particle Physics D. Karlen “Measuring the Resolution of a GEM-TPC in a Magnetic Field”

YUN, Zinkoo MSc Particle Physics
M. Roney

"A study of muon pair events at BaBar

2004 BAILEY, Ian PhD Particle Physics R. Keeler “The W boson spin density matrix at OPAL”

HAYASHI, Eric PhD Astronomy J. Navarro “The Structure of Dark Matter Halos and Disk Galaxy Rotation Curves”

JACKSON, Paul PhD Particle Physics
R. Kowalewski "A search for 'B'+ --> 'K'+'vv'"

MILNE, Margaret MSc Astronomy C. Pritchet “The Faint End of the Luminosity Function in the Core of the Coma Cluster”

NUGENT, Ian MSc Particle Physics M. Roney “The Utilization of Muon Pairs in Determining the Tracking Efficiency at the BaBar Experiment”
2003 KORMOS, Laura PhD Particle Physics R. Keeler /
R. Sobie
“A Measurement of the Tau to Muon Branching Ratio”

LABRIE, Kathleen PhD Astronomy C. Pritchet “Near Infrared [FeII] Emission in Starburst Galaxies”

ROSS, Tetjana PhD Ocean Physics R. Lueck
C. Garrett
Sound Scattering from Oceanic Turbulence

KLOPP, Aaron MSc Astronomy C. Pritchet “Submillimeter Star Formation Rates in Interacting Pairs”
2002 DOBBS, Matthew PhD Particle Physics M. Lefebvre Probing the Three Gauge-boson Couplings in 14 TeV Proton-Proton Collisions

TAYLOR, James PhD Astronomy A. Babul “The Survival and Formation of Disk Galaxies”

VACHON, Brigitte PhD Particle Physics R. McPherson /
R. Sobie
“Search for Excited Charged Leptons in Electron-Positron Collisions”

CLEM, James MSc Astronomy D. VandenBerg “Strömgren Color-Temperature Relations for Cool Stars”
2001 GRAHAM, Kevin PhD Particle Physics M. Roney “Precision Determination of the Electroweak Mixing Angle and Test of Neutral Current Universality from the Tau Polarization Measurements at OPAL”

GWYN, Stephen Ph.D Astronomy D. Hartwick “The Evolution of Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Fields”

STEINBRING, Eric Ph.D Astronomy C. Scarfe /
D. Crampton /
A. Gower
“Techniques in High Resolution Observations from the Ground and Space, and Imaging of the Merging Environments of Radio Galaxies at Redshift 1 to 4"

BIRD, Chris MSc Particle Physics C. Picciotto /
H. Fearing
“Infrared Regularization in Relativistic Chiral Perturbation Theory”

BROWN, Chris MSc Particle Physics M. Roney “A Study of the Leptonic Branching Ratios of the Tau at BABAR”

FORTIN, Dominique MSc Particle Physics M. Lefebvre “Performance of the ATLAS Hadronic Endcap Calorimeter Modules to Electrons and Pions”

HAYASHI, Eric MSc Astronomy J. Navarro “Tidal Disruption of Substructure in Galaxy Clusters”

JACKSON, Paul MSc Particle Physics R. Kowalewski “Hypothesis Testing Variables Applied to Trajectory Fitting in the BaBar Experiment"

KENDALL, Roblyn MSc Ocean Physics C. Garrett “An Investigation into the Energetics of the Surf Zone and the Interactions between Turbulence and Bubbles”
2000 LAWSON, Ian PhD Particle Physics
R. Keeler /
R. Sobie
“Neutral Kaon Production from One-prong Tau Decays”

O'NEIL, Dugan PhD Particle Physics M. Lefebvre "Performance of the ATLAS Hadronic Endcap Calorimeter and the Physics of Electroweak Top Quark Production at ATLAS”

OUELLETTE, John PhD Astronomy C. Pritchet “Blue Stragglers”
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