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Student Dissertations and Thesis

Research - Medical & Health

MS Theses and PhD Dissertations 

Listed here are the MS Theses and PhD Dissertations for our graduates. This list includes all graduates since 2007 when the Program first received CAMPEP accreditation. The MS theses and PhD dissertations for graduates prior to 2007 can be found on the

Completion Year Student Advisor Title
2021 Joseph Scotto Pitcher
2021 Michelle Lis Newhauser
2021 Ana Dieguez Matthews
2021 Michael Stock Fontenot
2020 James Kavanaugh Fontenot
2020 Stephanie Wang Carver
2020 Andrew McGuffey Sick
2020 Troy Jacobs Matthews
2020 Audrey Copeland Fontenot
2020 Krystal Kirby Carmichael
2020 Phillip Wall Fontenot
2020 Andrew Hastings Wang
2020 Xaodong  Zhao R. Zhang
2020 Yibo Xie R. Zhang
2020 Jingzhu Xu Dey

2019 Anthony Davila  Wang
2019 Daniel DiMarco K. Matthews
2019  Garrett Otis  Wang
2019  Christopher Schneider  Newhauser
2019  William Donahue  Newhauser
2019  Bethany Broekhoven  K.Matthews

2019  Hanif Soysal  Dey
2019  Lydia Wilson  Newhauser
2019  Cameron Sprowls  Fontenot
2019  Amin Hamideh   Wang
2018 Narayan Bhusal Dey
2018 Elizabeth Noel Hilliard Robert 
2018

Suman Shrestha

Newhauser
2018 Addie Barron Fontenot
2018

John W Chapman, PhD

Fontenot
2018

Joseph  Steiner, PhD

Jia, Guang
2018

Paul Ethan Maggi, PhD

K. Matthews
2017

John Doiron, MS

Carver
2017

Phillip Wall, MS

Fontenot
2017

James Kavanaugh, MS

Hogstrom
2016

Erin Chambers, MS

Carver Design of a Passive Intensity Modulation Device for Bolus Electron Conformal Therapy
2016 Desmond Fernandez, MS Fontenot I
2016

David Heins, MS

R. Zhang
2015

Andrew Halloran, MS

Newhauser
2015 Garrett Pitcher, PhD Hogstrom
2015 Nicholas Petersen, MS R. Zhang
2015 Runyon Colie Woods, MS Fontenot
2015 Hatim Chafi, MS Jia
2015 Ryan Schurr, MS Jia
2015 Anthony Mazza, MS Vassiliev
2014

Derek Freund, MS

R. Zhang
2014

David Byrd, MS

Wang
2014 Margaret Hernandez, MS R. Zhang
2014 Bart Morris, MS Fontenot
2014 Ben Rusk, MS Carver
2014 Melissa Lamberto, MS K. Matthews
2013 Adam Watts, MS Gibbons
2013 David McLaughlin, MS Hogstrom
2013 Lydia Wilson, MS Newhauser
2013 Kendrick Williams, MS K. Matthews
2013 Jean-Paul Grenier, MS Fontenot
2013 Diane Alvarez, MS Hogstrom
2013 Justin Silkwood, MS Shikhaliev
2012 Charles Wilson IV,  MS Wang
2012 Justin LeBlanc,  MS Hogstrom
2012 Nels Knutson,  MS Fontenot
2012 Jeffrey Kemp,  MS Price
2012 Guy Harris, MS Parker
2012 Geoffrey Nichols,  MS Fontenot
2012

Ryan Posey, MS

Newhauser
2012 John Chapman,  MS Fontenot
2011
Matthew Roberts, MS
Parker
2011
Matthew Sutton,  MS
K. Matthews
2011
Shannon Fritz,  PhD
Shikhaliev
2011
Gordon Mancuso,  MS
Fontenot
2011
Bobby Matthews,  MS
Price
2010
Catherine Batte,  MS
Parker
2010
Catherine Talbert, MS
Fontenot
2010
Peter Petrek, MS
Shikhaliev
2010
Chad Robertson, MS
Price
2009
Todd Racine, MS
Gibbons
2009
John Eley, MS
Hogstrom
2009
Olivier Blasi, MS
Fontenot
2009
Ricky Hesston, MS
Gibbons
2009
Shima Ito, MS
Parker
2008
Christopher Welch, MS
K. Matthews
2008
Jason Matney,  MS
Parker
2008
David Perrin, MS
Hogstrom
2008
Andrew Morrow,  MS
K. Matthews
2008
Scott Oves, MS
Hogstrom
2007
William Hill, MS
K. Matthews
2007
Justin Vinci, MS
Hogstrom
2007
Allen Beardmore,  MS
Rosen
2007
Koren Smith, MS
Gibbons
2007
Adam Lackie, MS
K. Matthews
2006
Jabari Robinson, MS
  Verification Of Direct Brachytherapy Dosimetry For A Single Seed Implant
2006 Ashenafi
Michael Sissay, MS
  Tomotherapy For Post-Mastectomy Radiotherapy (PMRT): Comparison With Conventional Electron Beam Technique
2006 Prashanth Nookala, MS

  Modification Of CT Quality Assurance Phantom For PET/CT Alignment And Pet Resolution
2005 Kenneth Bernstein, MS

Kenneth Matthews ROC Comparison Of Acquistion Parameters For Two PET/CT Scanners Based On Lesion Detectability In A Torso Phantom
2005 Laurie Anne Kelly, MS Kenneth Matthews Performance Evaluation Of Two CZT Gamma Ray Imaging Systems
2005 John Michael Jarrett, MS

  Experimental Method Development For Direct Dosimetry Of Permanent Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy Implants
2005 Prashanth Nookala, MS

Kenneth Matthews Modification Of CT Quality Assurance Phantom For PET/CT Alignment And Pet Resolution
2004 Ines-Ana Jurkovic, MS

Oscar Hidalgo-Salvatierra Evaluation Of A Desktop Computed Radiography System For IMRT Dosimetry
2004 Yuri Ishihara, MS

Steven Bujenovic Investigatio Of Accuracy In Quantitation of F-FDG Concentration of PET/CT
1998 Angela Stam, MS   Commissioning and Evaluation of the Plato-Brachytherapy Planning System
1997 Sharareh Nikbakht, MS

Oscar Hidalgo-Salvatierra Performing Brachytheraphy Dosimetry on Personal Computers
1996 James PatelII, MS

  An Upright Positional Device and Quality Assurance of the Treatment Planning Computer for the Mantle Field Technique
1995 Ali Rashidee, MS Oscar Hidalgo-Salvatierra Five-Year Clinical Results and Review of Physics of Prostatic Implantation with Au-198 Seeds and External Irradiation in the Management of Localized Adenocarcinoma
1994 Charles Rohrmann, MS

  Optimized Nodalization Of A Reactor Core Model For Real Time Simulation Applications
1993 Charles Aboughantous, MS  John C. Courtney A Monte Carlo Method In Contribution Response Trasnport
1993 Jane Runkle, MS  A. B. Doucet Analytical Model Of The Progression Of Cracking In Fiber-Reinforced Composites
1993 Roy Hensley, MS  Ashok Srivastava Radiation Sensitivity Of Spice Model Parameters Of Mosis CMOS Devices
1992 Hasan Murshed  Oscar Hidalgo-Salvatierra Heterogeneity Dose Corection: A Dosimetric Analysis Of External Photon Irradiation
1992 Steven Harrell, MS  Oscar Hidalgo-Salvatierra Dosimetry Of Small Fields Used In Stereotactic Radiosurgery With 15-MV Photons From A Linear Accelerator
1991 Jeffrey Kurr, MS  Oscar Hidalgo-Salvatierra A Study On The 9-MeV Total Skin Electron Therapeutic Technique
1989 J Sundar, MS Mark L. Williams
 
Radiative Transfer In Participating Media With Arrhenius Heat Generation
1989 Mehdi Asgari, MS

 Mark L. Williams Determination of Neutron and Gamma Flux Distribution In The Pressure Vessel And Cavity Of A Boiling Water Reactor
1989 Duane McLane, MS


 John C. Courtney A Determination Of Neutron And Gamma Dose Rates Inside The D-Rings At Waterford-3 Pressurized Water Reactor
1988 Satyajit Nadkarny, MS

 Mark L. Williams Determination Of The Temperature Distribution Due To Neutron And Gamma Heating In A Space-Reactor Shield
1988 Daniel Van Gent, MS  Ronald M. Knaus Rare-Earth Soil Horizon Markers To Determine The Short-Term Accretion In Louisiana Marshes
1988 Mary Haik, MS  John C. Courtney An Evaluation Of Angular Setup Errors In A New Patient-Isolated Transvaginal Cone System
1987 Prosonta Chowdhury, MS

 Mark L. Williams Development Of A Three-Dimensional Flux Synthesis Program And Comparison With 3-D Transport Theory Results
1987 David Heard, MS  William S.Kubricht The Treatment Of Choroidal Melanoma Using Iridium-192 Eye Plaques
1987 George Marshall, MS  Mark L. Williams A Dynamic Analysis Of The Primary System In Experimental Breeder Reactor II
1987 Mary Bell, MS  William S.Kubricht An Analysis Of Matchline Dosimetric Problems Associated With A Beamsplitter And Custom Blocks For A Three-Field Technique For Breast Treatment
1986 Rustom Dubash, MS   A Physics Protocol For Interstitial Irradiation Of Brain Tumors Using Ir-192
1986 Tracie Espenan, MS

William S. Kubricht

Comparison Of Dose Calculation Methods For A Mantle Field In The Radiation Therapy Of Hodgkin's Disease
1986 Mark Landesman, MS Mark L. Williams A Positive Moment Representation For the Angular Fokker-Planck Operator
1985 Gregory Espenan, MS

Ronald M. Knaus Determination of Aluminium in Fish Tissue by Instrumental Neutron Activiation Analysis
1985 William Fontenot, MS

William S. Kubricht Beam Characteristics Of Contact Cones For Use In Endocavitary Irradiation
1984 Paul Morakinyo, MS Mark L. Williams Calculation Of The Neutron Source Distribution In The Venus PWR Engineering Mock-Up Experiment
1984 Hosein Zadafshar, MS Robert C. Mcilhenney Acoustical Emission Techniques For Detection Of Metallic Loose Parts In A Boiling Water Reactor
1984 Mohammed Abu-Shehdadeh, MS Robert C. Mcilhenney Design of a Facility to Ulitize 600 Ci of Cs-137
1983 Howard Brodt, MS  John C. Courtney A Thermal Hydraulic Analysis Of A Pool-Type Reactor In Natural Circulation
1983 Carrie White, MS  William S. Kubricht A Methodological Evaulation Of The Energies In Degraded Electron Beams
1983 Alan Douglas, MS  William S. Kubricht Evaluation Of Photon Contamination In Degraded Electron Beams
1983 John French, MS  John C. Courtney Atmospheric Dispension Modeling Of Air Entrainable Radioactive Effluent
1983 Adolf Garcia, MS  John C. Courtney On The Accuracy Of Material Worth Profile Assumptions In Hypothetical Core Disassembly Analyses
1983 Robert Smilie, MS  Frank A. Iddings Gamma Radiation Effects On Ultrasonic Transducers
1982 Satyendra Kumar, MS  Robert Miles Comparison Of Fission Product Inventories Computed Using Matrix Exponential And G-Factor Techniques
1981 Greg Dischler, MS  John C. Courtney Safety Analysis of a Liquid Radioactive Waste Evaporator
1981 Leonard Hook, MS  John M. Larkin Methanogenesis in Marine Sediment of the Mississippi River Delta
1981 Dale Jones, MS  T. C. Shelton Hydrogen Embrittlement in FE-S Alloys (Permeation Studies)
1981 Charley Cheney, MS  Robert C. McIlhenney Radiological Emergency Response Plan for 51Âþ»­
1981 Abuelgassem El-Fawaris

 Ronald M. Knaus

Monitoring of Radiocesium-137 Movement in an Open Ecosystem Under Natural Conditions
1980 Kendrick Hagius, MS

 Robert C. McIlhenny A Microcomputer Software System for the Automatic Reduction of Gamma Spectral Data
1980 Roger Staves, MS

 Dudley D. Culley Chromium and Its Effects on the Growth of Duckweeds
1980 Charles Willis, MS  W.L. French Investigation of the Suitability of Peripheral Lymphocyte Mitochondria as an Intrinsic Biological Dosimeter
1980 Abuelgassem El-Fawaris, MS Stephen A. Whipple Red Alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) as a Bioaccumulator of Indium and Dysprosium with and without DTPA
1979  Joe Burton, MS  R. E. Miles An Analysis of the Neutral Beam Injector Penetrations in Current Tokamak Fusion Reactor Designs
1979   Abdelaziz Eljabri, MS

 R. E. Miles  Gamma Heating of Grist-2 Test Cluster Pressure Boundaries During Transient Test in the Treat Upgrade Reactor
 1978  Charles  Callihan , MS

Edward S. Adler  Voids Measurement in Concrete Using Gamma Ray Backscatter Techniques
 1978  Paul Guill, MS  Mike Momeni Wind Induced Movement of Radioactive Sands from uranium Tailings Piles
 1978   Craig Greene, MS  John C. Courtney The Design, Construction, and Operation of a Neutron Activation Analysis Transfer System
 
 1978   Farhad Dolatshahi, MS  Robert C. McIlhenny  Preparation of Bread-Group Cross Sections for Multiple Transport Calculation-ANISN Computer Code Options
 1978  Grayson Young, MS  Frank A. Iddings Evaluation of the Output from a Bent-Beam Medical Linear Accelerator
 1977  Amarakoon Dharmaratne, MS

 Edward F. Zganjar  Neutron Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy Using 252-Cf
1977   Farzad  Rahnema, MS

R. E. Miles
 
 High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor Fuel Failure in the Absence of Core Cooling
1977   Paul English, MS John C. Courtney Design Optimazation for an Active In-Core Nuclear Heat Calorimeter: A Parametric Study
1976  Orren Williams, MS Frank A. Iddings
 
 Measurement of and Calibration for Gamma Sectroscopy of Mississippi River Water
1976  Glenn Keller, MS
 
Robert C. McIlhenny The Design and Construction of a Portable Irradiation Facility Using Californium-252
1976  Lynn Curry, MS
 
Ronald M. Knaus Black Willow (Salix Nigra Marsh.) As A Bioaccumulator of Radioactive Pollutants in a Fresh Water Ecosystem
1975  John Landry, MS  Frank A. Iddings  The Design and Evaluation of a Preset, Alarming, Electronic Dosimeter
1975  Russell Kracht, MS

Robert C. McIlhenny  Investigation of the Feasibilitly of Fabricating Special Thermoluminescent
1975  Calvin Bergeron, MS

John C. Courtney
 
Response of Thermoluminescent Dosimeters to Californium-252 Neutrons
1975  Winton Aubert, MS

 Howard Larson  Error in Prompt Feedback Reactivity at EBR-II: A Parametric Study
1974  Edmond Chen, MS  John C. Courtney  Multiparameter Display For A Nuclear Reactor Simulation
1974  Bruce Durst, MS  Darrell Cutforth Potential Carryover Of Alpha Contamination To A Reactor By Specimens Handled In A Hot-Cell Environment
 
1974  Thomas Greene, MS  Edward Lambermont Biological Applications of Californium-252: Utilization and Dosimetry Of An Irradiation Facility And Design Of An Irradiation Assembly For Use With Small Biological Targets
 1974  Sudesh Mahajan, MS

 Robert McIlhenny  Gamma Dose Rate Improvement In Gases By Electron-Conversion Plates
1974  Jim Morel, MS John C. Courtney
 
 A Comparison of Calculated And Measured CF-252 Neutron Spectra
1974  Calvin Pepper, MS  Frank A. Iddings  In-Place Determination of Cement In Concrete By Activation Analysis
1974   James Robert, MS  John C. Courtney  Penetration of CF-252 Neutrons Through Laminated Shields
1973  Ralf Czepluch, MS  Robert McIlhenny  Evaluation Of A Low-Level Radioactive Liquid Waste Gelation Procedure
1973   Lee Miller, MS  Frank A. Iddings Design And Use Of A Field Activatio Assembly
 
1973  Rodney Rogers, MS
 
 John C. Courtney  Production Of Radioisotopes For Medical And Industrial Uses With Californium-252
1972  Ernest Hamilton, MS    Digital Computer Supervision of an Analog Nuclear Power Plant Simulation
1972  Michael Pulaski, MS  Frank A. Iddings Direction of Nuclear Particle Tracks in Film
1972  Edward Landry, MS
 
 John C. Courtney  Discrete Ordinates Treatment of a Small Subcritical Assembly
1972   Prabh Singh, MS  M. Sabbaghian Thermal Stresses in Anisotropic Plates
1972   Merlin Stansbury, MS  John C. Courtney  Dynamic Simulation of a Pressurized Water Reactor
1972   Michael Wyatt, MS  John C. Courtney The Neutron Environment of a Cf-252 Facility
 1971  Arun Bhattacharya, MS  Myron Young  Gamma Spectral Calculations By the Moments Method
 1970  David Kiesel, MS  Frank A. Iddings  Neutron Moderator Designs for a Low Voltage Accelerator
1970   James Paulsen, MS  Myron Young  A Hybrid Computer Filter for Unfolding Gamma Ray Spectra
 1969  Joseph Bankston, MS  R. C. McIlhenney The Effects of Gamma Radiation on Thermoluminescent Dosimetry Utilizing Lithium Flouride
 1968  William Ballard, MS  R. C. McIlhenney  The Damage Effects of High Energy
1966  David Lousteau, MS  Frank A. Iddings Color Radiogtaphy
1966   Barry Chernick, MS  Harry Richardson Neutron Radiography - Utilization of Neutrons
1952   James Jackson, MS  John Christman The Effect of Biotin on Acetate Utilization