Undergraduate thesis guidance: Major Qualifying Projects:
  1. J. Tuell, 1979, ''Mathematical model of the sea breeze''.
  2. Peter Dufault, 1980, ''Group theory in classical mechanics''; Dufault received the Lawton-Plimpton award.
  3. C. Coward, 1980, ''Phonons in linear chains with impurities''.
  4. C. La Brec, 1981, ''Light scattering from electrons in small metallic particles''; La Brec received the Salisbury award.
  5. Juan Villagran, 1981, ''Fermi Liquid Theory''.
  6. C. Lafond, 1984, ''Semimagnetic Semiconductors''; Lafond received the Goddard award.
  7. S. Hall, 1989, ''Dispersion relation and wavefunctions of electrons in semiconductor superlattices''.
  8. D. Caffo, 1989, ''Basic theory of heterostructures; application of the transfer matrix method''.
  9. B. Duncan, 1990, ''Self-consistent analysis of energy levels in modulation doped semiconductors''.
  10. B. Staveley, 1991, ''Energy eigenvalues of charged carriers in quantum heterostructures in an external applied magnetic field''; Staveley received the Salisbury award at WPI
  11. D. Rostcheck, 1992, ''Self-consistent calculation of electronic energy levels in quantum heterostructures''; Rostcheck received the Salisbury award, the Sigma Xi award, and the Provost's MQP award.
  12. J. Kramer, 1992, ''Tunneling in semiconductor heterostructures''; Kramer received the Lawton-Plimpton award, the Sigma Xi award, and the Provost's MQP award.
  13. S. Pullara, 1993, ''The boundary element method''; Pullara received the Salisbury award, and the Sigma Xi award.
  14. F. Hodum, 1994, ''Boundary element method for Laplace's equation''.
  15. M. Rosenberg, 1995, ''Finite element solutions to nonlinear Landau-Ginzburg type Schroedinger equations''; Rosenberg received the Sigma Xi award, the Goddard award, and the Provost's MQP award.
  16. D. Kieweg, 1996, ''Boundary conditions for the 2D wave equation in FEM''; Kieweg received the Lawton-Plimpton MQP award.
  17. Brian Butler, 1997, ''Diagonalization of very large matrices by the Davidson-subspace method''; Butler received the Provost's award for his project.
  18. Brian Ball, 2000, ''Design of a harmonic drum''. Ball received the Provost's award for his project presentation in Physics in 2000, and a Salisbury award in Mathematics in 2001.
  19. Jonathan Moussa, 2000, ''Phase coherence in Ahoronov-Bohm devices and comparison with experiments''. Moussa received the Provost's award for his project presentation in 2000, and the Salisbury award in Physics for 2001.
  20. Alexi Girgis, 2005, ''Extraordinary Magnetoresistance modeled by FEM and the Boltzmann Transport Equation.'' Girgis received the Sigma Xi award for the high quality of research represented in his Undergraduate Thesis, and also the Provost's award for his project presentation in 2005.

My students have been presented with a total of 23 awards in recognition of the quality of their undergraduate theses at WPI.

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