PPST Undergraduate Internship Program Participants



PPST Interns: Summer 2010
Student Advisor Dept Project
Matthew Edwards Cohen MAE Temperature Effects on High-Temperature Superconducting Flux Conservers for the PFRC Experiment (Presentation, PDF, 1.8 MB)
Shuyue Guo Choueiri MAE Triple Probe Measurements of Mode Transitions in an Inductively Coupled Plasma (Paper, PDF, 652 KB and Presentation, PDF, 684 KB)
Sofia Izmailov Rabitz Chem A Computational Method for Design and Discovery of Optimal Molecular Scale Solar Antennas (Paper, PDF, 148 KB) and Design and Discovery of Optimal Molecular Scale Solar Antennas: A Computational Method for Property Prediction (Presentation, PDF, 140 KB)
Carlee Joe-Wong Rabitz Chem Topology of Optimal Control Landscapes for Classical Mechanical Systems (Paper, PDF, 168 KB and Presentation, PDF, 212 KB))
Christian Laftchiev Choueiri MAE Techniques for Using Emission Spectroscopy as a Plasma Diagnostic (Presentation, PDF, 1.8 MB)
Justin Leung Choueiri MAE Control of Three-Linkage Structure with a Dual Use Microthruster Array (Presentation, PDF, 1.7 MB)
Stephen Pollard Cohen Phys The Effects of an Electric Potential on Azimuthal Particle Velocity in an FRC (Presentation, PDF, 1.1 MB)
Benjamin Tai Choueiri MAE Power Reflection in a Single Stage FARAD Thruster (Presentation, PDF, 280 KB)
Ian Wong Rabitz Chem On the Feasibility of Laser-Driven Control of Nuclear Dynamics (Presentation, PDF, 364 KB)

PPST Interns: Summer 2009
Student Advisor Dept Project
Andrew Jones Kaita Phys Magnetic Diagnostics for the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) at PPPL (Paper, PDF, 280 KB)
Richard Li Rabitz Chem Systematic Variation of Molecular Properties Expressed through Quantum Control Landscapes (Paper, PDF, 344 KB)
James Mitrani Cohen Phys Theory of Coherent Population Trapping in Warm Hydrogen Plasmas in Weak Magnetic Fields (Paper, PDF, 1.6 MB)
Kunal Nayyar Choueiri MAE Open-Ended RF SusTainEd Discharge (OERSTED) (Paper, PDF, 392 KB)
Trevor O'Neill Cohen MAE FRC Flux Conserver Cooling (Paper, PDF, 64 KB)
Among Ram Choueiri MAE Lithium Lorentz Force Accelerator (Paper, PDF, 484 KB)
Carly Sakumura Choueiri MAE Princeton Micro-thruster Array (Paper, PDF, 548 KB)
J. Samorajski Rabitz Chem Tailoring Materials and Radiation to Explore Cloaking Phenomena (Paper, PDF, 212 KB)
Katherine Song Wagner EE Flexibility of Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistors with a New Gate Dielectric Deposited by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (Paper, PDF, 460 KB)

PPST Interns: Summer 2008
Student Advisor Dept Project
Eric Anson Rabitz Ch/Fr Control of Quantum Dynamics (Paper, PDF, 96 KB)
Nathan Danielson Rabitz Ch/So Differential Equations that Preserve some Observable, Nonlinear Phenomena (Paper, PDF, 424 KB)
Bilesh Ladva Suckewer MAE/F Researching the Erosion of Electrodes in Plasma Spark Plugs (Paper, PDF, 68 KB)
Julia Ling Choueiri Phys/J RF-assisted Faraday Accelerator (Paper, PDF, 64 KB)

PPST Interns: Summer 2007
Student Advisor Dept Project
Abishek Agrawal Wagner EE Resistance Components of Elastically Stretchable Electrodes on Silicone Membranes (Paper, PDF, 140 KB)
George Brell Rabitz Ch An Efficient Algorithm for the Discovery of Complex Material Formulations (Paper, PDF, 88 KB)
Ashley Bucsek Cohen MAE Particle Diagnostics on the Princeton Field-reversed-Configuration Device
Pritha Ghosh Rabitz Ch Optimal Dynamic Discrimination of Very Similar Species (Paper, PDF, 80 KB)
Simon Kheifets Suckewer MAE Generation of Ultra-short and Intense Laser Pulses via Raman Backscattering in Plasma (Paper, PDF, 64 KB)
David Levit Kurtzer/Cohen Econ Assessment of Market Potential of Conventional and Unconventional Fusion Reactors (Paper, PDF, 444 KB)
James Mitrani Cohen/Lebedev Phys Using Faraday Rotation to Study Z-Pinch Plasmas (Paper, PDF, 340 KB)

PPST Interns: Summer 2006
Student Advisor Dept Project
C. Boettiger Rabitz Ch A Reordering Approach to Numerical Analysis of Boundary Value Problems (Paper, PDF, 104 KB)
E. Chen Choueiri MAE Gas-Fed Pulsed Plasma Thrusters: From Spark Plugs to Laser Initiation (Paper, PDF, 1.6 MB)
A. Kandabarow Sturm EE Gas Injection Techniques for Al2O3 Atomic Layer Deposition (Paper, PDF, 264 KB)
S. Kheifets Suckewer MAE Development of an Axially and Temporally Uniform Plasma Channel for Raman Backscattering Amplification (Paper, PDF, 44 KB)
A. Mackowski Choueiri MAE Gas-fed Pulsed Plasma Thrusters: Experiment, Diagnosis, and Modeling (Paper, PDF, 180 KB)
H. Pratt Wagner EE Diffraction Gradient Pattern Transfer by Nanoimprinting with Photocurable Resist at Room Temperature (Paper, PDF, 740 KB)
A. Shnidman Kaganovich AS Monte Carlo Simulation Calculations of Ionization Cross Sections (Paper, PDF, 164 KB)
C. Smith Choueiri MAE 1-D Particle Micro-simulator for Exploring the Boundary Interactions in a Plasma Finite Volume Code (Paper, PDF, 232 KB)
B. Tsou Rabitz Ch Grid-walking Algorithm to Analyze the Structure of Quantum Optimal Control Theory Landscapes (Paper, PDF, 48 KB)

PPST Interns: Summer 2005
Student Advisor Dept Project
C. Fuller Rabitz Ch Quantum Control in Macroscopic Path Length Systems (Paper, PDF, 2.3 MB)
J. Hamm Rabitz MAE Investigating Electromagnetic Pulses in Matter (Paper, PDF, 1.8 MB)
D. Olivan Cohen AS Determining Lyapunov Exponents from a Time Series
J. Tai Wagner EE Sputtering, Electrical Conductivity and Wet Etching of Molybdenum Films (Paper, PDF, 380 KB)
C. Wheaton Choueiri MAE Plasma Propulsion
E. Whitman Choueiri MAE Onset in a Magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) Thruster (Paper, PDF, 176 KB)
A. Ziskind Choueiri MAE Ion Acceleration with Beating Electrostatic Waves (Paper, PDF, 4.5 MB)

PPST Interns: Summer 2004
Student Advisor Dept Project
D. Broaddus Suckewer MAE Plasma Generation with a Picosecond Laser Pulse (Paper, PDF, 276 KB)
A. Kattamis Wagner EE Mechanical Stress in Thin Film Transistors made by Plasma Processing on Compliant Polymetric Substrates
A. Naiman Choueiri MAE Emission Spectroscopy of a Lithium Arc (Paper, PDF, 432 KB)
A. Prescott Choueiri MAE Design of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance for Thrust Measurements (Presentation, PDF, 1 MB)
T. Woodson Gleskova/Wagner EE/MAE Characterization of the Silicon Dioxide Film Growth by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) (Paper, PDF, 368 KB)

PPST Interns: Summer 2003
Student Advisor Dept Project
B. Beck Choueiri MAE Plasma Thrusters
D. Broaddus Suckewer MAE Prototype Gas Cell for Laser Target (Paper, PDF, 356 KB)
B. Chu Suckewer MAE Hydrogen Reformation in a Large, Fast-moving Spark Plug Induced Plasma Discharge (Paper, PDF, 224 KB)
E. Coleman Cohen/Mahoney AS/History Contributions of N. Christofilos to FRC Fusion (Paper, PDF, 1 MB)
F. Wang Wagner EE Re-optimization of Deposition Parameters of Silicon-nitride Films prepared by Plasma-enhanced-chemical-vapor-deposition (PECVD) Process (Paper, PDF, 364 KB)

PPST Interns: Summer 2002
Student Advisor Dept Project
J. McQuade Choueiri MAE Te in a Helicon Source
S. O’Rourke Kaganovich AS Calculating Ionization Cross Sections
J. Sapan Cohen AS Circuit Simulations for the RMFO/FRC Antenna System (Paper, PDF, 180 KB)
N. Siefert Cohen AS Plasma Thrusters
F. Yip Rabitz Ch Laser Control of Chemical Reactions

PPST Interns: Summer 2001
Student Advisor Dept Project
W. Fox Ji AS MHD Surface Waves in Liquid Metal (Paper, PDF, 112 KB)
C. Mester Choueiri MAE Design of a Plasma Shield for Vacuum Tank Windows (Paper, PDF, 292 KB)
J. Sapan Cohen AS RMF for FRCs (Paper, PDF, 176 KB)

PPST Interns: Summer 2000
Student Advisor Dept Project
J. Biteen Rabitz Ch Closed Loop Quantum Control using High Dimensional Model Representations (Paper, PDF, 180 KB)
K. Ertmer Fisch AS Improvements on a Cylindrical Geometry "Micro" Hall Thruster (Paper, PDF, 276 KB)
T. Provins Choueiri MAE A Summer on the Li-LFA Team: Preparing for Lithium Mass Flow Calibration (Paper, PDF, 228 KB)
N. Shenvi Rabitz Ch Non-linear Kinetics Parameter Identification by HDMR Map Inversion (Paper, PDF, 180 KB)
E. Torbert Cohen AS Orbit Theory in FRC (Paper, PDF, 352 KB)

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