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| PPST Interns: Summer 2023 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Mason Bates | Cohen | EE | PFRC RMF Antenna Modeling (Presentation, PDF, 16.3 MB) |
| Sophia Capili | Cohen | MAE | B10-pellet Fluidized-Bed for D-He3 Fusion Reactor Shielding (Paper, PDF, 5.3 MB) |
| Kit H. Bernard Foster | Rabitz | Chem | The Journey of Simulating Two Excitation Heisenberg Spin Chains (Presentation, PDF, 2.8 MB) |
| Michael Kasprzak | Rabitz | Chem | Mechanism Behind Qubit Gates as Interfering Quantum Pathway Amplitudes (Paper, PDF, 1.4 MB) |
| Greta Li | Fisch | Phys | Analytic Approximations of the Steady State Particle Distribution Function in Rotating Magnetic Mirrors (Paper, PDF, 2.3 MB) |
| Stephane Morel | Cohen | Phys | PFRC RMF Antenna Modeling (Presentation, PDF, 16.3 MB) |
| Giovanni Nucci | Cohen | MAE | B10-pellet Fluidized-Bed for D-He3 Fusion Reactor Shielding (Paper, PDF, 5.3 MB) |
| Matthew Rudolph | Choueiri | MAE | Air-Breathing Magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) Thrusters (Presentation, PDF, 2.8 MB) |
| Akash Selvakumar | Choueiri | MAE | Plasma Propulsion |
| PPST Interns: Summer 2022 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Taosif Ahsan | Cohen | Phys | Analysis and Mitigation of Pulse-Pile-Up Artifacts in Plasma Pulse-Height X-ray Spectra (Paper, PDF, 2.3 MB) |
| Ahmad Ossama Ateyeh | Cohen | Phys | An Investigation of the Effect of Coaxial Cables on the PFRC's RF System (Paper, PDF, 548 KB) |
| Hyaline Chen | Cohen | Phys | Single Particle Trajectories Inside the PFRC with Odd Parity Rotating Magnetic Field (Paper, PDF, 23.9 MB) |
| Pavit Mohan Hooda | Cohen | Phys | A Novel Heat Optimized Oxygen-Deuterium Auxiliary Engine to Re-start the Direct Fusion Drive in Interplanetary Missions (Paper, PDF, 3.9 MB) |
| Devdigvijay Sandeep Singh | Cohen | Phys | •Ion Energy Analyzer Diagnostic Experiments on PFRC Update; June 16, 2022 (Presentation, PDF 11.8 MB) •Measuring Electron Densities via Abel Inversions using the Ion Energy Analyzer Diagnostic on PFRC Update; June 23, 2022 (Presentation, PDF 4.2 MB) •Ion Energy Analyzer Diagnostic Experiments on PFRC Update; July 7, 2022 (Presentation, PDF 45.3 MB) |
| PPST Interns: Summer 2021 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Taosif Ahsan | Cohen | Phys | An Analytical Approach to Evaluating Magnetic-field Closure and Topological Changes in FRC Devices (Paper, PDF, 2.3 MB) |
| Catherine Biava | Cohen | Phys | Degas Simulation Updates (Presentation, PDF, 446KB) |
| Henri Doucet | Cohen | Phys | A TriForce Module for Performing Hydrogen Spectroscopy on the Princeton Field Reversed Configuration (Presentation, PDF, 919 KB) |
| Miles Kim | Cohen | Phys | Consideration of Vacuum Vessel Properties Required for PFRC-type Fusion Reactors (Paper, PDF, 24 MB) |
| Mathew Noah Notis | Cohen | Phys | Charge Exchange Ion Energy Analyzer for the PFRC-2 Plasma Device (Senior Thesis, PDF, 6.7 MB) |
| Stephane Sartzetakis | Koel | ChBE | Plasma-Assisted Catalysis for Ammonia Synthesis (Senior Thesis Abstract, PDF, 29 KB) |
| PPST Interns: Summer 2020 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Taosif Ahsan | Cohen | Phys | Modeling Pulse Pile-up in Soft X-ray Spectrometers (Paper, PDF, 442 KB) |
| Mufaro Chitoto | Cohen | Phys | Mu Non-conservation in Magnetic Mirror Fields (Paper, PDF, 577KB) |
| Chris Jakuback | Cohen | Phys | Measuring Electron Temperature using Spectral Data and a Collisional Radiative Model for PFRC-II (Paper, PDF, 588 KB and Presentation, PDF, 1.3 MB) |
| Alkin Kaz | Cohen | Phys | Particle-in-cell Studies of Plasma Formation (Presentation, PDF, 1.2 MB) |
| Ezra Osofsky | Lyon | EE | Simulation of Electrons on Liquid Helium |
| Sarah Polson | Cohen | Phys | Hamiltonian Simulations of Particle Orbits in Rotating Magnetic Fields (Presentation, PDF, 1.2 MB) |
| Grant Rutherford | Cohen | Phys | An Atomic Physics Model of Plasma Formation by RMFo (Paper, PDF, 1.7 MB) |
| PPST Interns: Summer 2019 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Ben Alessio | Cohen | Phys | 0.2–10 keV X-ray Measurements on the PFRC-2: EEDF, Heating, and Confinement |
| Cristian Arens | Koel/Cohen | ChBE | H and He Permeation through Pure Nitrogen-loaded Palladium in the Temperature Range 200–500 °C |
| Natalie Cannon | Koel/Cohen | ChBE | H and He Permeation through Pure Nitrogen-loaded Palladium in the Temperature Range 200–500 °C (Paper, PDF, 284 KB) |
| Justin Cohen | Cohen | Phys | The Use of Divertor End Plates as Diagnostics in the Princeton Field Reversed Configuration 2 (Paper, PDF, 3.2 MB) |
| Michaela Hennebury | Sturm | EE | Photosensitive a-Si Thin-film Transistors (Paper, PDF, 543 KB MB) |
| Gabriel Gonzalez Jusino | Cohen | Phys | A Study on the Formation of RMF Plasma in the PFRC-2 (Paper, PDF, 900 KB) |
| Juneseo Lee | Rabitz | Chem | Towards a Unified Theory on the Limits of Control in Quantum Systems (Paper, PDF, 251 KB) |
| Dylan Mavrides | Fisch | Phys | Mirror Machine Loss-cones and Boundary Loss-ratios in the Presence of Collisions and Steps in Finding Optimized Magnetic Field Geometries of the Magnetic Centrifugal Mass Filter (Paper, PDF, 669 KB) |
| Kai Torrens | Cohen | Phys | Measurements of Gas Pressure in the PFRC-2 during Pulsed RMF heating (Paper, PDF, 2.7 MB) |
| David Zamora | Choueiri | MAE | Improvements on a Langmuir Probe Diagnostics Suite (Paper, PDF, 270 KB) |
| PPST Interns: Summer 2018 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Susannah Belt | Koel/Cohen | ChBE | Permeation of Hydrogen |
| Natalie Cannon | Koel/Cohen | ChBE | Permeation Rates of H/He through a Pd Foil for Isotope Separation Applications in the Exhaust Stream of a Fusion Reactor (Paper, PDF, 302 KB) |
| Juneseo Lee | Rabitz | Chem | An Upper Bound on the Time Required to Implement Unitary Operations (Paper, PDF, 445 KB) |
| Brandon Pelc | Koel/Cohen | ChBE | Hydrogen and Helium Isotope Separation by Permeation through a Palladium Foil (Paper, PDF, 835 KB) |
| Matthew Penza | Cohen | CS | Analysis of the Behavior of the Magnetic Moment in Fusion Reactors with a Mirror Field (Paper, PDF, 850 KB) |
| Tony Qian | Cohen | Phys | Ionization-enhanced Power Flow to Surfaces Floating Downstream from Electrostatic Double Layers (Paper, PDF, 3.6 MB) |
| Ben Taylor | Cohen | Phys | Modeling the PFRC Reactor Scrape-off Layer (SOL) using UEDGE (Paper, PDF, 3.6 MB) |
| Johannes van de Wetering | Fisch | Phys | Computational Modeling of the Rotamak (Paper, PDF, 303 KB) |
| Jinjin Zhao | Laggner | CS | Neural Network Predictions of the Pedestal Layer in Tokamaks |
| PPST Interns: Summer 2017 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Jordan Brown | Choueiri | AS | Design and Implementation of a Double Langmuir Probe for an RF Plasma (Paper, PDF, 55.7 MB) |
| Gabriel Gaitan | Cohen | Phys | Design of Highly Efficient RF Frequency Class E Push-Pull Amplifiers with Low Harmonic Content for the Driving of Fusion Reactors (Paper, PDF, 383 KB) |
| Eric Ham | Cohen | EE | Design of Highly Efficient RF Frequency Class E Push-Pull Amplifiers with Low Harmonic Content for the Driving of Fusion Reactors (Paper, PDF, 383 KB) |
| Alan Kaptanoglu | Cohen | Phys | SULI Report: Further Work in UEDGE and LSP (Paper, PDF, 1.6 MB) |
| Hassaan Khan | Cohen | EE | Experimental Analysis of kHz Frequencies in a Glow Discharge Tube (Paper, PDF, 1.6 MB) |
| Sunny Qin | Tang | COS | Sensitivity Test on FRNN Code (Paper, PDF, 527KB) |
| Hari Santhanam | Cohen | Phys | Experimental Analysis of kHz Frequencies in a Glow Discharge Tube (Paper, PDF, 1.6 MB) |
| Johannes van de Wetering | Fisch/Cohen | Phys | A Review of “Field Reversal by Rotating Waves” (Paper, PDF, 529 KB) |
| Fred Zheng | Cohen | COS | UEDGE Simulations for Power and Particle Flow Analysis of FRC (Paper, PDF, 5.9 MB) |
| PPST Interns: Summer 2016 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Joseph Abbate | Cohen/Koel | AS/ChBE | The Wheat from the Chaff: Separation of Species in the Exhaust of the Princeton Field Reversed Configuration Fusion Reactor (Paper, PDF, 491 KB) |
| Calvin Chen | Rabitz | Chem | Complex Quantum Dynamics Driven by Lasers: Quantum Control Theory and Optimization in the Large Multiple-Particle Regime (Paper, PDF, 374 KB) |
| Christopher Ferri | Cohen | AS | Statistics of Magnetic Moment Jumps in Collision-less Mirror Machines (Poster, PDF, 1.4 MB) |
| Gabriel Gaitan | Suckewer | MAE | Simulation of the 3-Wave Equation and Learning about Lasers and Plasma (Paper, PDF, 339 KB) |
| Jack Hollingsworth | Choueiri | MAE | Design, Fabrication, and Data Analysis of a High-Temperature Single Langmuire Probe (Paper, PDF, 290 KB) |
| Taylor Kulp-McDowall | Fisch | MAE | Particle Pusher for the Investigation of Wave-Particle Interactions in the Magnetic Centrifugal Mass Filter (Paper, PDF, 571 KB) |
| Nick McGreivy | Cohen | AS | UEDGE Simulations of a Direct Fusion Drive FRC Rocket (Paper, PDF, 957 KB) |
| Amir Raja | Cohen | AS | UEDGE Simulations of a Direct Fusion Drive FRC Rocket (Poster, PDF, 876 KB) |
| Megan Yeh | Cohen/Koel | AS/ChBE | The Wheat from the Chaff: Separation of Species in the Exhaust of the Princeton Field Reversed Configuration Fusion Reactor (Paper, PDF, 491 KB) |
| PPST Interns: Summer 2015 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Bolton Ferda | Choueiri | MAE | Retarding Potential Analyzer Theory and Design (Paper, PDF, 505 KB) |
| Emily Ho | Cohen | Phys | Observation of 0.3 kHz to 500 MHz Periodic Oscillations in the PFRC-2 Device (Paper, PDF, 568 KB) |
| Brannon Jones | Choueiri | MAE | JxB Pump Feed System Development (Paper, PDF, 339 KB) |
| Jackey Liu | Cohen | Using Single-Particle Motion Simulation to Optimize Coil Parameters for Inducing Autoresonant Heating in the PFRC (Paper, PDF, 1.3 MB) | |
| Sarah Newbury (Harvard) | Cohen | Phys | Investigation of Langmuir-probe-characteristic Behavior at High Bias Frequency (Paper, PDF, 369 KB) |
| Richard Oliver | Cohen | Phys | Main Chamber X-Ray Emission from the PFRC-2 Capacitively Coupled Plasma (Paper, PDF, 510 KB) |
| Jacob Pearcy | Cohen | Phys | Main Chamber X-Ray Emission from the PFRC-2 Capacitively Coupled Plasma (Paper, PDF, 510 KB) |
| PPST Interns: Summer 2014 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Yegor Chekmarev | Koel | ChBE | Design, Construction, and Testing of Particle Sources (Presentation, PDF, 1.1 MB) |
| Cissy Chen | Wagner | Phys | Controlling Electrical Properties of Zinc Oxide Deposited by Radio-frequency (RF) Magnetron Sputtering for use in Thin Film Transistors (Paper, PDF, 13.4 MB) |
| Kevin Griffin | Cohen | MAE | Effects of Neutron Radiation and Shielding Recommendations for the PFRC4 (Paper, PDF, 1.2 MB) |
| Mikhail Khodak | Cohen | Math | 3D Plasma Detachment Simulations using the LSP Particle-in-Cell Code (Presentation, PDF, 1.4 MB) |
| Elijah Kolmes | Cohen | Phys | Applications of Particle-in-Cell Simulations to Fast Ion Slowing-down (Paper, PDF, 279 KB) |
| Mathew Lotocki | Feibush/Cohen | CS | Visualizing Field Lines in the FRC (Paper, PDF, 1.1 MB) |
| Nicolas Luzarraga | Choueiri | MAE | Lithium Lorentz Force Accelerator: Lithium Feed System Redesign (Paper, PDF, 1.4 MB) |
| Jenny Tang | Wagner/Sturm | EE | Different Methods for Encapsulating Thin-film ZnO Transistors in the Mechanically Neutral Plane (Paper, PDF, 75.1 MB) |
| Elizabeth Tolman | Cohen | Phys | FRC RMF Heating at a 1-keV Scale (Paper, PDF, 4 MB) |
| Mathew Walsh | Cohen | MAE | Effects of Neutron Radiation and Shielding Recommendations for the PFRC4 (Paper, PDF, 1.2 MB) |
| PPST Interns: Summer 2013 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Russell Burton | Choueiri | MAE | Beating Waves Experiment II (BWX II) (Paper, PDF, 135 KB and Presentation, PDF, 5.7 MB) |
| Charlie Kelly | Choueiri | MAE | Magnetic Null Thruster: A Novel Concept for Plasma Propulsion (Summer 2013 PPST Report) (Paper, PDF, 684 KB) and Magnetic Null Thruster: A Novel Concept for Plasma Propulsion (Presentation, PDF, 360 KB) |
| Mikhail Khodak | Cohen | Math | Further Investigations into Plasma Flow and Detachment from a Magnetic Nozzle (Paper, PDF, 1.3 MB) |
| Matthew Kirschner | Rabitz | Chem | Incoherent Shaped Radiation for Control of Atomic Excitation and Energy Up-Conversion (Paper, PDF, 258 KB) and Inchoherent Control by the Environment (ICE) (Presentation, PDF, 893 KB) |
| Aidan MacDonagh | Cohen | MAE | Progress Report on LSP Simulations of Magnetic Nozzles and Plasma Detachment (Presentation, PDF, 3.5 MB) |
| Arun Nanduri | Rabitz | Chem | On the Complexity of Quantum Control Optimization Trajectories (Paper, PDF, 1 MB) and Exploring Quantum Control Landscape Structure (Presentation, PDF, 2.1 MB) |
| Elizabeth Paul | Cohen | AS | 2-d Particle-in-cell Simulations of the Energetic‐ion Slowing Down in Cool Plasma (Presentation, PDF, 2.6 MB) |
| PPST Interns: Summer 2012 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Matthew Chu Cheong | Cohen | MAE | Analysis of Heat and Particle Flows in the Scrape-off Layer of a Field-reversed Configuration (Paper, PDF, 414 KB), Energetic Particle Slowing in FRC Edge (Presentation, PDF, 1.6 MB), and Summer of Learning 2012 (Presentation, PDF, 311 KB) |
| Alexander Creely | Cohen | MAE | Particle-in-Cell Simulations of the Slowing Down of Energetic Charged Particles in a Background Plasma (Paper, PDF, 553 KB) |
| Mikhail Khodak | Cohen | Math | Modeling Plasma Detachment in Magnetized Exhaust Systems: Towards Plasma Detachment (Paper, PDF, 1.2 MB) and Modeling Plasma Behavior in Magnetized Exhaust Systems: Towards Plasma Detachment (Presentation, PDF, 1.7 MB) |
| Arun Nanduri | Rabitz | Chem | Exploring Quasi-linear Control Trajectories in Quantum Optimal Control (Paper, PDF, 1.1 MB) |
| Sarah Newbury (Harvard) | Cohen | Phys | Evaluation of Earth's Helium Supply (Paper, PDF, 610 KB) and Evaluation of Earth’s Helium-3 Supply (Presentation, PDF, 4.7 MB and Poster, PDF, 1.2 MB) |
| Ian Trase | Choueiri | MAE | Summer EPPDyL Internship Report (Paper, PDF, 5.2 MB) |
| Michael Wagner | Rabitz | Chem | A Kinematic Investigation of the Incorporation of Constraints into Quantum Optimal Control: A Report of the Work Done during the Summer of 2012 (Paper, PDF, 209 kB) |
| PPST Interns: Summer 2011 | |||
| Student | Advisor | Dept | Project |
| Avital Hazony | Cohen | Phil | Kuhn: A Paradigm Shift in Fusion? (Paper, PDF, 218 KB) |
| William Herlands | Cohen | EE | PFRC RF System Controls |
| Jeffrey Kollasch (Iowa) | Cohen | Phys | Particle-in-cell Investigation of Diamagnetic Field-reversal in Expanding Plasmas (Paper, PDF, 897 KB and poster, PDF, 1.3. MB) |
| Samuel Lite | Rabitz | Chem | Fundamental Analysis of Complex Multi-component Material Optimization |
| Arun Nanduri | Rabitz | Chem | Finding Minimal Length Pathways to Optimize Control over Quantum Dynamical Phenonmena |
| Sarah Newbury (Harvard) | Cohen | Phys | Instructions for Future use of EndNote FRC Database (Paper, PDF, 63 KB) and Creating a Database of References Relevant to the FRC (Presentation, PDF, 263 KB) |
| Yosef Razin | Cohen | MAE | Gas Fueling for the PFRC-2 (Paper, PDF, 2.2 MB) |
| Victoria Solomon | Cohen | EE | Data Base of Field-reversed Configuration Articles |
| Ian Wong | Rabitz | Chem | The Feasibility of Laser-driven Control of Nuclear Dynamics |
| 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 | Chem | Control of Quantum Dynamics (Paper, PDF, 96 KB) |
| Nathan Danielson | Rabitz | Chem | Differential Equations that Preserve some Observable, Nonlinear Phenomena (Paper, PDF, 424 KB) |
| Bilesh Ladva | Suckewer | MAE | Researching the Erosion of Electrodes in Plasma Spark Plugs (Paper, PDF, 68 KB) |
| Julia Ling | Choueiri | Phys | 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 | Chem | 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 | Chem | 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 | Chem | 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 | Chem | 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 | Chem | 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 | Chem | 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 | Chem | 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 | Chem | 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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