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2009 Theses
| Ph.D. Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Tanja Bode | Sam Finn/Deirdre Shoemaker | The Robustness of Binary Black Hole Mergers and Waveforms ETD |
| Victor Taveras | Abhay Ashtekar | ETD |
2008 Theses
| Ph.D. Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Eloisa Bentivegna | Deirdre Shoemaker | Ringing in Unison: Exploring Black Hole Coalescence with Quasinormal Modes ETD |
| Mikhail Kagan | Martin Bojowald | Quantum Cosmology and Structure Formation in the Universe ETD |
| Birjoo Vaishnav | Deirdre Shoemaker | Gravitational Waves from Intermediate Mass Binary Black Holes: First Steps Toward Using Numerical Relativity Waveforms for LIGO Data Analysis ETD |
| Nicolas Yunes | Ben Owen | At The Interface: Gravitational Waves as Tools to Test Quantum Gravity and Probe the Astrophysical Universe ETD |
2007 Theses
| Ph.D. Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Abhraham Harte | Pablo Laguna | Mechanics of Isolated Extended Bodies in Classical Field Theories ETD |
| Mohit Nayyar | Ben Owen | Periodic Gravitational Radiation from Neutron Stars with Exotic Matter ETD |
2006 Theses
| Ph.D. Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Engle | Abhay Ashtekar | Black Hole Entropy, Constraints, and Symmetry in Quantum Gravity PDF, ETD |
| Amber Stuver | Sam Finn | Burst Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Methods: Design, Development and Comparison ETD |
| Tiffany Summerscales | Sam Finn | Gravitational Wave Astronomy with LIGO: From Data to Science ETD |
| Kevin Vandersloot | Abhay Ashtekar | Loop Quantum Cosmology PDF, ETD |
| David Whitbeck | Ben Owen | Observational Consequences of Gravitational Wave Emission from Spinning Compact Sources ETD |
2005 Theses
| Ph.D. Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Van Den Broeck | Abhay Ashtekar | Black Holes and Neutron Stars: Fundamental and Phenomenological Issues PDF, ETD |
2004 Theses
| Ph.D. Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Willis | Abhay Ashtekar | On the Low-Energy Ramifications and a Mathematical Extension of Loop Quantum Gravity PDF, ETD |
| Bernard Kelly | Pablo Laguna | The Next Generation of Binary Black Hole Head-On Collisions, and their Aftermath PDF, ETD site |
| Kenneth Smith | Pablo Laguna | Dynamic Singularity Excision in Numerical Relativity PDF, ETD site |
2002 Theses
| Ph.D. Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| David Garrison | Jorge Pullin, Pablo Laguna | Testing Binary Black Hole Codes in Strong Field Regimes PDF, ETD site |
| Badri Krishnan | Abhay Ashtekar | Isolated Horizons in Numerical Relativity PDF, ETD site |
| Yi Ling | Lee Smolin | Extending Loop Quantum Gravity to Supergravity |
| Jacek Wisniewski | Abhay Ashtekar | 2+1 General Relativity: Classical and Quantum PDF, ETD site |
2001 Theses
| Ph.D. Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Ramon Lopez-Aleman | Jorge Pullin | Evolving Particle Trajectories
Perturbatively around Rotating Black Holes in the Time
Domain PDF, ETD site |
| Stephen Fairhurst | Abhay Ashtekar | Isolated horizons and distorted black
holes Postscript, PDF, ETD site |
| Olaf Dreyer | Abhay Ahtekar | Isolated
Horizons and Black Hole Entropy Postscript, PDF, ETD site |
2000 Theses
| Ph.D. Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Beetle | Abhay Ashtekar | Isolated
Horizons and Black Hole Mechanics Postscript, PDF |
| Dan Cartin | Lee Smolin | Self-regulated
Models of Str Formation in Flocculent Galaxies Postscript, PDF |
| Sameer Gupta | Lee Smolin | not available |
| Gaurav Khanna | Jorge Pullin | Black Hole
Coalescence: the Close Limit Postscript, PDF |
1999 Theses
| Ph.D. Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Kirill Krasnov | Abhay Ashtekar | Postscript, PDF |
| Eli Hawkins | Lee Smolin | Perturbative
Noncommutative Regularization Postscript & PDF |
1997 Theses
| Ph.D. Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Corichi | Abhay Ashtekar | Interplay Between Topology, Gauge Fields And
Gravity Postscript, PDF |
| Seth Major | Lee Smolin | q-Quantum Gravity Postscript, PDF |
| Nuno Dias | Jorge Pullin | The Dynamics Of Quantum Gravity: A Proposal |
1996 Theses
| Ph.D. Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Monica Pierri | Abhay Ashtekar | Probing Quantum General Relativity Through Exactly Soluble Midi-Superspaces |
| Troy Schilling | Abhay Ashtekar | Geometry Of
Quantum Mechanics Postscript, PDF |