Class of 2015
William Frederick Bergan Honors, PBK, BS-PHYS/MATH 2015 recipient of Thomas Jefferson Prize in Natural Philosophy 2015 Don Edward Harrison Jr. Award for Excellence in Physics Advisor: Nelson “Measurements of the Lead-Hydrocarbon Cross Section Ratio for Charged-Current Neutrino Interactions.” Ph.D. in Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Paulo Jared Black BS-PHYS Advisor: Vahle “Flux Investigations for Neutrino Experiments in the NuMI Beam.” Masters in Materials Science, Center for Materials Research, Norfolk, VA.
Amanda Lee Collins BS-PHYS Advisor: Armstrong “Orchestrated Objective Reduction: Quantum Physics and its Implications in Human Consciousness.” Not yet determined.
Oscar James Deaver BS-MATH/PHYS Advisor: Deconinck “Uniformity and Crosstalk in Multi-Anode Photomultiplier Tubes.” Masters in Aerospace Program with the intent to enter the aerospace industry, University of Virginia
Daniel Michael Duane PBK, BS-PHYS/GOVT Advisor: Hinders “Analysis of Lamb Waves in Sea Ice.” Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Conner McKenzie Geery BS-PHYS/RLST Advisor: Lukaszew “Thin Film Characterizations Using XRD: The Cases of VO2 and NbTiN.” NTT Data in Information Technology.
David Joseph Geroski Honors, BS-PHYS/MATH Advisor: Zhang “Persistent Population Biases in Branching Random Walk Algorithms.” System Engineer, Raytheon Co. in Tewksbury, MA.
Andrew Robert Hall BS-PHYS Advisor: Aubin “Helmholtz/Anti-Helmholtz Conversion.” Rustic Pathways Thailand Program, Thailand.
Christopher Randolf Haufe Honors, PBK, BS-PHYS Advisor: Deconinck “GEANT4 Simulation of Detector Properties in the MOLLER Experiment.” Ph.D Program in Physics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Rachel Jordan Hyneman Honors, PBK, BS-PHYS 2015 Don Edward Harrison Jr. Award for Excellence in Physics Advisor: Vahle “Near Field Effects in Radio Frequency Emmission from Particle Showers.” Ph.D. in Particle Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Cora Marie Karamitsos Honors, BS-PHYS Advisor: Nelson “Calibration of the MINERvA Test Beam and Verification of Medium Energy Beam Hall Geometries.” Math Teacher with Teach for America, North Carolina.
Brandon Taylor Kriesten Honors, BS-PHYS Advisor: Vahle “A Study of the Cosmic Ray Rate in the CHIPS Prototype Detector.” Ph.D. in High Energy Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Keyi Liu BS-PHYS/MATH Advisor: Erlich “Holographic Models of Unconventional Materials.” Ph.D. in Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Sahnun H. Mohamud BS-PHYS Advisor: Pagola “The Structural Analysis of Charge Transfer Salts from Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Powder Diffraction Data.” Summer trip to Mogadishu, Somalia.
Alice Elizabeth Perrin Honors, PBK, BS-PHYS Advisor: Deconinck “3D Printing Scincillating Detectors for Field Emission Detection in Niobium SRF Cavities” Ph.D. in Material Science in Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Matthew John Roberts BS-PHYS Advisor: Averett “Solving the mystery of the H1 field.” Ph.D. in Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Kelly Nicole Roman BS-PHYS Advisor: Novikova “Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Four-Wave Mixing in a Rubidium Vapor Cell.” Master of Education, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
Anuraag Sensharma Honors, PBK, BS-PHYS Advisor: Erlich “Dante's Waterfall: Examining a Hybrid Model for Inflation.” Master’s Program School of Education, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
Shaan Yogesh Sharma BS-PHYS/INTR Advisor: Lukaszew “Taming of Monsters: Expansion of the Applications of Fractal Geometry.” Not yet determined.
Andrew Nolan Smith Honors, Monroe Scholar, BS-PHYS Advisor: Averett “Studies of Polarized Helium-3 Cell Lifetimes.” Not yet determined.
David Andrew Specht Honors, PBK, BS-PHYS Advisor: Cooke “Growth and Characterization of Gold Nanostructures Produced from Diatomaceous Algae.” Ph.D. in Physics, Cornell University.
Henry Waller Tazewell BS-PHYS (Thesis will be completed this summer)
Sean Choong-Seoup Youn BS-PHYS Advisor: Cooke “Characterization of DOT Scans using NIRFAST.” Not yet determined.
Christopher Gregory Zoghby Honors, BS-PHYS Advisor: Erlich “Production of B-modes in the CMB from Physics Beyond the Standard Model.” Take a year off.
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The Physics department will honor the 2015 graduating class May 17, 2015. Faculty and family members will gather to celebrate the accomplishments of 26 graduates.
