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Master's Degree Theses
This list is arranged based on the date of the defense

21. Watasha M. Wade

Thesis Title	Low Temperature (2 K - 20 K) Heat Capacity Determination of a Polycrystalline ZrO Based Material Containing Ca and Eu
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Laurence L. Henry
Committee Members	Dr. D. Bagayoko, Dr. P. Bhattacharya, Dr. S.C. McGuire
Date of Defense	November 26, 2003
Date of Graduation	December 2003
Current Position

20. Amar Karki

Thesis Title	Nanocrystalline Electrodes for Hybrid Power Source
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Rambabu
Committee Members	Dr. D. Bagayoko, Dr. P. Mansaha, Dr. J. T. Wang
Date of Defense	December 1, 2003
Date of Graduation	December 2003
Current Position

19. Philip Jones

Thesis Title	Heat Capacity Studies of Ba2EuMnO5.5
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Laurence L. Henry
Committee Members	Dr. D. Bagayoko, Dr. P. Bhattacharya
Date of Defense	April 25, 2003
Date of Graduation	May 2003
Current Position

18. Somodi Rodica

Thesis Title	EVIDENCE FOR
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Fazely
Committee Members	Dr. J. M. Matthews, Dr. J. G. Stacy, Dr. S. C. McGuire
Date of Defense	July 5, 2001
Date of Graduation	December 2001
Current Position

17. Naqvi Asif

Thesis Title	Test of the Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Fazely
Committee Members	Dr. J. M. Matthews, Dr. J. G. Stacy, Dr. S. C. McGuire
Date of Defense	July 6, 2001
Date of Graduation	July 2001
Current Position

16. Torrence Lashounda

Thesis Title	The BZW Method and the Electronic Properties of Zinc Selenide (ZnSe)
Name of the Advisor	Dr Bagayoko, Dr Zhao
Committee Members	Dr. C. H. Yang, Dr. P. M. Lam
Date of Defense	April 19, 2001
Date of Graduation	May 2001
Current Position	Employed at SUBR

15. Jeremy Joseph Jackson

Thesis Title	An Investigation of the Current in Plane (CIP) Magneto resistance of Sputtered [( Co + 0.1Cu) / Cu]_NMultilayers]
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Laurence L. Henry
Committee Members	Dr. D. Bagayoko, Dr. C. H. Yang, Dr. S.C. McGuire
Date of Defense	July 6, 2000
Date of Graduation	July 2000
Current Position

14. Xin Jiang

Thesis Title	Growth and Properties of PMN-PT Single Crystal
Name of the Advisor	Dr. J. T. Wang
Committee Members	Dr. D. Bagayoko, Dr. J. D. Fan, Dr. W. D. Brown, Dr. L. Henry
Date of Defense	November 15, 2000
Date of Graduation	December 2000
Current Position

13. Yixin Luo

Thesis Title	Ab-initio Computation for the Electronic Structure of Wurtzite Aluminum Nitride
Name of the Advisor	Dr Bagayoko , Dr Zhao
Committee Members	Dr. Zhao, Dr. L. Henry, Dr. J. D. Fan
Date of Defense	November 16, 2000
Date of Graduation	December 2000
Current Position	Graduate School, Studying Computer Science at the Louisiana State University

12. Jianjie Gong

Thesis Title	Computer Simulation Study of the Temperature Dependence of Defecting High-Temperature Superconductor
Name of the Advisor	Dr.J.D.Fan
Committee Members	Dr. Bagayoko, Dr.J.T.Wang, Dr. , Mr. Tashakkori
Date of Defense	February 18, 1999
Date of Graduation	May 1999
Current Position	System Engineer, Ford, Detroit

11. Xiaoyang Hu

Thesis Title	Monte-Carlo of Coarsening in a Model of Submonolayer Epitaxy Growth
Name of the Advisor	Dr. P.M.Lam
Committee Members	Dr. Bagayoko, Dr.R.Fazely, Dr. Laurence Henry, Dr. D.S.Guo
Date of Defense	December 15, 1998
Date of Graduation	May 1999
Current Position	Graduate School, Studying Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin

10. Tommy Q.T. Rockward

Thesis Title	Optimization Studies of Polymer Electrolyte Fule Cell Performance in the Presence of Reformate Gas in the Anode Feedstream
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Bagayoko, Dr. Yang (Co-adviser)
Committee Members	Dr. Thomas Zawodzinski (research supervisor), Dr. Rambabu, Dr. R.Fazely
Date of Defense	November 5, 1998
Date of Graduation	December 1998
Current Position	Reseacher, Los Alamos National Lab

9. Edward Patterson

Thesis Title	An Investigation of the Magnetic and Electron Transport Propertiesin Ni3Al and Ni3Al (Boron doped) Thin Films
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Laurence Henry
Committee Members	Dr. Bagayoko, Dr. Yang, Dr. Bhattacharya
Date of Defense	November 6, 1998
Date of Graduation	December 1998
Current Position

8. Lashondria Dixon

Thesis Title	An Investigation of the Relationship between Magnetic and Structural Properties in La(1-x)(Ca(x-y),Sr(y))(x)(MnO2)
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Laurence Henry
Committee Members	Dr. R. Bobba, Dr. P. K. Bhattachariya, W. Brown
Date of Defense	July 23, 1998
Date of Graduation	July 1998
Current Position

7. Manford Chinkhota

Thesis Title	Dielectrical Properties of Ferroelectrical/Piezoelectrical Thick Filmon Different Substartes
Name of the Advisor	Dr. J. T. Wang
Committee Members	Dr. J. D. Fan, Dr. D. Bagayoko, Dr. L. Henry, Dr. R. Bobba, Dr. Y. Malozovsky
Date of Defense	July 20, 1998
Date of Graduation	July 1998
Current Position	High School Teacher, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

6. Isiaka Akanbi

Thesis Title	Effects of randomness and spatially dependent relaxation on sandpilemodels
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Pui-Man Lam
Committee Members	Dr. J. D. Fan, Dr. D. S. Guo, Dr. A. R. Fazely
Date of Defense	July 17, 1998
Date of Graduation	July 1998
Current Position	Engineer, Westing House

5.LaKindra Francis

Thesis Title	Electronic, Magnetic, and Structural Properties of Al18Fe
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Diola Bagayoko
Committee Members	L. Henry, J.T. Wang, G. L. Zhao
Date of Defense	July 9, 1998
Date of Graduation	July 1998
Current Position	Engineer, Locket Martin

4.Ke Yu

Thesis Title	The Effect of Monomer Evaporation in the Clarke-Vvedensky Model ofSubmonolayer Growth
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Pui-Man Lam
Committee Members	Dr. J.D. Fan, Dr. Ali R. Fazely, Dr. Diola Bagayoko
Date of Defense	July 6, 1998
Date of Graduation	July 1998
Current Position	Programmer, Microsoft

3. Troy Williams

Thesis Title	Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Ruthenium Dioxide
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Diola Bagayoko
Committee Members	Dr. Willie Brown, Dr. P.M. Lam, Dr. Chia H. Yang
Date of Defense	June 25, 1998
Date of Graduation	July 1998
Current Position	Doing a Ph.D. in Physics, LSU

2.Lan Zhou

Thesis Title	Calculation of Multiphoton Ionization with Inclusion of SpontaneousEmission
Name of the Advisor	Dong-Sheng Guo
Committee Members	D. Bagayoko, A. Fazely, P.M. Lam
Date of Defense	May 20, 1998
Date of Graduation	July 1998
Current Position	Doing a Ph.D. in Physics, LSU

1.Anthony Cochran

Thesis Title	Evidence for Neutrino Oscillations in the Muon Neutrino AppearanceChannel Via the N-12 Ground State in the Pion Decay-in-Flight Region
Name of the Advisor	Dr. Ali R. Fazely
Committee Members	Dr. Diola Bagayoko, Dr. J ames Mathews, Dr. Pui-Man Lam
Date of Defense	April 30, 1998
Date of Graduation	Spring 1998
Current Position	Doing a Ph.D. in Physics, Hampton University