2009 Thesis Presentations
Katie Green
MSc Defence - December 14, 2009
Nuclear Structure of 112CD Through Studies of β Decay
Dr. Paul Garrett
Alaa Al-Kadry
MSc Defence - December 11, 2009
Two Colour Chirped Pulse Amplification Fiber Amplifier, for Mid-Infrared
Dr. Donna Strickland
Pawel Stasiak
PhD Defence - December 7, 2009
Theoretical Studies of Frustrated Magnets with Dipolar Interactions
Dr. Michel Gingras
Timothy Leisti
MSc Defence - November 24, 2009
Modelling Gold Nanoparticles Using the Second Moment Approximation
Dr. Stefan Kycia
Devon Biggerstaff
MSc Defence - October 22, 2009
Experiments with Generalized Quantum Measurements and Entangled Photon Pairs
Dr. Kevin Resch
Mark Ilton
MSc Coursework MSc Completion - September 29, 2009
Viscoelastic Embedding of Gold Nanospheres
Dr. James Forrest
Peter Groszkowski
MSc Defence - September 24, 2009
Surface Code Threshold Calculation and Flux Qubit Coupling
Dr. Frank Wilhelm-Mauch
Normand Beaudry
MSc Defence - September 24, 2009
Squashing Models for Optical Measurements in Quantum Communication
Dr. Norbert Lutkenhaus
Steven Allanson
MSc Defence - September 21, 2009
The Star Formation Histories of Red Sequence Galaxies
Dr. Michael Hudson
Mohaddesseh Azimlu Shanjani
PhD Defence - September 14, 2009
A Study of Molecular Clouds Associated with H II Regions
Dr. Michael Fich
Jonathan Lavoie
MSc Defence - September 11, 2009
Chirped-Pulse Interferometry: Classical dispersion cancellation and analogues of two-photon quantum interference
Dr. Kevin Resch
Brendan Osberg
MSc Defence - August 24, 2009
Quantum Microwave Photo Detection using Superconducting Josephson Circuits
Dr. Frank Wilhelm-Mauch
Andrew Phillips
PhD Defence - August 19, 2009
Structure of 186,188Os Studied with(3He,d) Reactions
Dr. Paul Garrett and Dr. Carl Svensson
Matthias C. Wapler
PhD Defence - August 19, 2009
Holographic Experiments on Defects
Dr. Robert Myers
Chandrashekar Madaiah
PhD Defence - August 17, 2009
Quantum Walks - Its Dynamics and Applications
Dr. Raymond Laflamme
Lana Sheridan
PhD Defence - August 13, 2009
Reference Frames and Algorithms for Quantum Information Processing
Dr. Raymond Laflamme and Dr. Michele Mosca
Scott Mallais
MSc Defence - August 10, 2009
In Situ Measurements of Acoustic Properties of Surfaces
Dr. John Vanderkooy
Taylor Binnington
MSc Defence - August 10, 2009
Tidal Deformation of Relativistic Polytropic Stellar Models
Dr. Eric Poisson
Yidun Wan
PhD Defence - June 11, 2009
Emergent Matter of Quantum Geometry
Dr. Lee Smolin and Dr. Z. Y. (Jeff) Chen
Joel R. Brownstein
PhD Defence - June 1, 2009
Modified Gravity and the Phantom of Dark Matter
Dr. John Moffat and Dr. Robert B. Mann
Filippo Passerini
PhD Defence - May 26, 2009
On Holographic Non-Local Operators and Multiple M2-Branes Theories
Dr. Robert Myers and Dr. Jaume Gomis
Derek Dumas
MSc Defence - May 20, 2009
Polarization Effects of Mechanical Impacts on DCMs
Dr. David Yevick
Sergey Mkrtchyan
MSc Defence - May 19, 2009
Cylindrical Colloids on a Fluid Membrane
Dr. Z. Y. (Jeff) Chen
Dafna Sussman
MSc Coursework MSc Completion - April 30, 2009
Eye Model for the Ground Squirrel
Dr. V. Lakshminarayanan
Brandon Robinson
MSc Defence - April 23, 2009
Black Holes in Pseudo-Topological Gravity
Dr. Robert Myers
Michael Schumaker
PhD Defence - April 21, 2009
Coulomb Excitation Structure Studies of 21Ne, 20,21Na
Dr. Carl Svensson
Kyle Denison
MSc Defence - April 21, 2009
A Minimal Model for the Hydrophobic and Hydorgen Bonding Effects on
Secondary and Tertiary Structure Formation in Proteins
Dr. Z. Y. (Jeff) Chen
Dongping Qi
PhD Defence - April 16, 2009
On Near-Free-Surface Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films
Dr. James Forrest
Gregory Demand
MSc Defence - April 14, 2009
Development of a Novel Algorithm for Nuclear Level Scheme Determination
Dr. Paul Garrett
Devin Smith
MSc Defence - January 16, 2009
An Ultrafast Source of Polarization Entangled Photon Pairs Based On A
Sagnac Interferometer
Dr. Gregor Weihs
Helia Jalili
PhD Defence - January 15, 2009
Materials Physics of Half-Metallic Magnetic Oxide Films by Pulsed Laser
Deposition: Controlling the Crystal Structure and Near-Surface Properties of
Sr2FeMoO6 and CrO2 Films
Dr. K. Tong Leung
