Honors / Professional Societies & Senior Theses

Honors / Professional Societies

  • » Woodrow Wilson Fellow
  • » Phi Beta Kappa
  • » Who’s Who in America
  • * Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
  • * Who’s Who in Education
  • » Kappa Mu Epsilon (Honorary Mathematics Society)
  • » Austin College Scholar
  • » A.B. Degree, Magna Cum Laude, with High Honors in Physics; class rank 5/470
  • » American Physical Society
  • » American Association of Physics Teachers
  • » American Academy of Forensic Scientists
  • » American College of Forensic Examiners

Senior Theses

  • “The Variational Principle and its Applications in Physics”, 2010
  • “An Analysis of the Motion of Fastpitch Softball Pitches”, 2010
  • “The Physics of the Hammer Throw”, 2008
  • “Relativity and Geometry”, 2007
  • “Special relativity and the use of four vectors in minkowski spacetime”, 2007
  • “A theoretical treatment of the electronic behavior of metal nanostructures”, 2006
  • “An experimental approach to bessel functions”, 2006
  • “Perturbed: The formalism and uses of correlation functions in physics chemistry”, 2005
  • “An introduction to bessel functions using the lengthening pendulum”, 2004
  • “New variables for quantum interference”, 2004
  • “Inverse problems and integral equations in the Mathematical Sciences”, 2004
  • “Using frequency resolved optical gating to measure the duration and phase of femtosecond pulses”, 2004
  • “Deep Sea Geodesy”, 2003
  • “Properties of Photo-voltaic Cells and the Design of an Off – Grid House”
  • “The Physics of Wind Turbines and the Feasibility of Wind Power at Bates College”