2023
Ananya Sreelekha (advisor: G. Narayanan)
- Noise Temperature Analysis for Heterodyne Receiver One Millimeter Array for Astronomy (OMAyA): Implications for Astronomical Observations
Leo Drake (advisor: D. Wang)
- Characterizing X-ray Emission in Nearby Edge-On Galaxies to Probe the Distant X-Ray Universe
Colin Dalla Costa (Mechanical Engineering) (advisor: F. P. Schloerb)
- Improving Thermal Control of the Large Millimeter Telescope
Timothy McQuaid (advisor: D. Calzetti)
- The Timescales of Star Cluster Emergence: The Case of NGC 4449
Daniel Krista-Kelsey (advisor: M. Yun)
- Characterization of the Source Confusion in the CHILES Con Pol Ultra Deep Radio Continuum
Liam Yanulis (advisor: D. Wang)
- An Extragalactic Survey Probing X-Ray Emission of Active Galactic Nuclei at Intermediate Redshifts
Seth Martin, (advisor: K. Whitaker)
- Optimizing the Infrared Selection of Active Galactic Nuclei Using Prospector
Samuel Millstone (advisor: R. Gutermuth)
- Analyzing Star-Gas Evolution in STARFORCE
2022
Shamus Flynn (advisor: D. Wang)
- Mapping X-ray Emissions of M51
Caleigh Ryan (advisor: G. Wilson)
- The Effect of Atmospheric Noise on Determination of Local Dwarf Galaxy Dust Properties with TolTEC
Emily Martsen (advisor: G. Wilson)
- Characterizing TolTEC’s Ability to Remove Dusty Star Forming Galaxy Contamination from Sunyaev-Zel’Dovich Observations of Galaxy Clusters
Jacqueline Brown (advisor: M. Yun)
- Seeking Dusty Monsters in the Early Universe
Liu Benyuan (advisor: M. Yun)
- Searching for the Most Luminous Galaxies in the Universe.
Julio M. Morales (advisor: K. Follette)
- Accretion Variability in Transitional Disk Host-Stars: Second-to-Minute Timescale H-alpha Variability in the Giant Accreting Protoplanet Survey.
Meredith A. Stone (advisor: A. Pope)
- The Coevolution of Star Formation and Supermassive Black Hole Accretion in Local Dusty Galaxies
2021
Emma Lovett (advisor: M. Giavalisco)
- Observing Galaxies in Three Environments
Anthony Englert (advisor: M. Yun)
- Applications of Flux-Selected Strongly Lensed Galaxies
Kate Mallory (advisor: D. Calzetti)
- Dust Emission as a Function of Age in the Nearby Galaxy M33
2020
Caitlin Moeller (advisor: D. Calzetti)
- M33 in Multi-Color: Star Formation from GALEX, Mayall, and Spitzer
Kenneth Lin (advisor: A. Pope)
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Simulating the Millimeter Sky: Next Generation Imaging of Dusty Galaxies with TolTEC on the Large Millimeter Telescope
Zoe Kearney (advisor: A. Pope)
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Nature versus Nurture; How Environment impacts Star Formation in Dusty Galaxies
2019
Tara Dowd (advisor: A. Jaskot)
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The Origin of Lyα Emission in the Green Peas
Kendall Sullivan (advisor: M. Yun)
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S and VV Corona Australis: Two Extreme Young Binary Star Systems
2018
Jordan Kornfeld (advisor: R. Miskimen)
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Jefferson National Laboratory Charged Pion Polarizability Experiment: Monte Carlo Simulation Using GEANT4 and Construction of Multi-Wire Proportional Chambers
2017
Dylan Pare (advisor: D. Wang)
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Analyzing Extragalactic Magnetic Fields Using Faraday Rotation Measure Synthesis
2016
Tim Costa (advisor: G. Narayanan)
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Characterizing an FPGA-based Spectrometer Prototype for Heterodyne Receivers at the LMT
Kevin C. Harrington (advisor: M. Yun)
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Observations of the Most Luminous, High-Redshift Starbursting Galaxies Discovered using Planck
Randall Rojas Bolivar (advisor: D. Calzetti)
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Covariance between Star Formation Rates and Dust Mass of Kingfish Galaxies
2015
Christian Haughwout (advisor: R. Miskimen)
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Design and Prototyping of MWPC Preamplifier Electronics for Use in the Charged Pion Polarizability Experiment at Jefferson Lab
2014
Marie Calapa (advisor: D. Calzetti)
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Old Stellar Population Effects on the Schmidt-Kennicutt Relation
2013
Nathan Brunetti (advisor: G. Wilson)
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Translation and Optimization fo the AzTEC Source Finding and Map Completeness Simulation Algorithms from IDL to C++
Jamie Budynkiewicz (advisor: A. Pope)
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A Multi-wavelength Study of Star Formation and Black Hole Growth in High Redshift Infrared-Luminous Galaxies
Kelly Malone (advisor: A. Pocar)
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Development of the Slow Control System for a Radon Filter for the EXO-200 Experiment
2012
Max Curran (advisor: M. Yun)
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Spatial and Spectral Analysis of Blended Herschel Counterparts to AzTEC-detected Sources
Jake McCoy (advisors: D. Wang, M. Yun)
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Radio Continuum Emission from the Galactic Nuclear Region of M31
2011
Ashley Bemis (advisor: M. Heyer)
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The Role of Convergent Gas Streams in Producing Star Forming Fragments in Molecular in Molecular Clouds
2010
Perie Klein (advisor: R. Gutermuth)
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Dust Extinction Mapping of MonR2
Mary McDonald (advisor: G. Wilson)
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Characterizing the Aztec High-Redshift Radio Galaxy Fields
Aaron Meyer (advisor: M. Yun)
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New Method For Detecting Galaxy Clusters
Shaina Rogstad (advisor: T. Tripp)
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Spectroscopic Evidence of a Gaseous Outflow in NGC 4631
David Sliski (advisor: L. Cadonati)
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On the Quest for Gravitational Wave Detection: Mitigating Environmental Noise and Breaching the Quantum Limit
2009
Daniel Moriarty (advisor: G. Wilson)
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Astronomical Plumbing: Reworking the AzTEC data Reduction Pipeline
Jared Rand (advisor: G. Wilson)
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Characterizing the Density of Sub-Millimeter Galaxies in Cluster Environments
2008
Ross Dubois (advisor: S. Schneider)
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Astronomy 100H: An Honors Component for the Astronomy 100 Course at the University of Massachusetts
Hillary Allan (advisor: T. Tripp)
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The Space Tourist's Guide to Health: A Study of the Health Concerns Associated with Launching the Layman into Space
2007
Christine Harrington (advisor: G. Wilson)
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Modeling the Millimeter Sky Using SIMIS
James Ferguson III (advisor: D. McIntosh)
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Modeling the Millimeter Sky Using SIMIS
2004
Ben Farley (advisor: D. Wang)
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XMM-Newton study of diffuse hot gas in nearby edge-on galaxies
Chris Duston (advisor: D. Wang)
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Discrete Point Sources in the Chandra Galactic Center X-ray Survey
2003
Kate Whitaker (advisor: D. Wang)
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An XMM-Newton and Chandra study of the starburst galaxy IC 10
2002
Wakako Fukui (advisor: D. Wang)
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XMM-Newton Spectra of Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Candidates