BOSTON UNIVERSITY
ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT
Ph.D. Awards
| Year Degree Awarded | Student |
Thesis Title |
| 1970 | Terence J. Elkins | Studies of Ionospheric Irregularity Using Radio Astronomical Techniques |
| John C. Hegarty |
An Investigation of the Gravitational Interaction of Electromagnetic Radiation and Matter as a Cause of the Cosmological Red Shift |
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| 1971 | Michael J. Mendillo | Behavior of the Mid-Latitude Ionosphere During Geomagnetic Storms |
| 1972 | Henry M. Mullaney | Anomalies and Irregularities in the Mid-Latitude Ionosphere |
| Federico M. Strauss | A Dynamic Model of Solar Flares | |
| 1973 | Richard C. Hart | Adriaan Van Maanen's Influence on the Island Universe Theory |
| Daniel H. Seeley | Development of Research on the Interstellar Medium c. 1900-1940: Diffuse Nebulae, Interstellar Gas & Interstellar Extinction | |
| 1975 | Stephen L. Keil | Models of Solar Granular Structure and the Interpretation of Photospheric Observations |
| 1977 | H. V. Crane | Non-Thermal Galactic Background Radiation |
| 1978 | Carol A. Christian | Investigations of Distant Field Stars and Clusters in the Galactic Anticenter |
| 1980 | Louis A. York | Calculations of NLTE Carbon II-IV Spectra in Line-Blanketed Model Atmospheres of Early-Type Stars |
| 1981 | Peter W. Cole | Hydrodynamical Simulation of the Core Helium Flash with Two-Dimensional Convection |
| 1984 | Christopher D. Unger | Nucleation Theory Near the Classical Spinodal |
| 1985 | Apostolos Mastichiadis | Electron-Positron Pair Production by Ultrarelativistic Electrons in a Soft Photon Field |
| 1987 | Ruth A. Daly | The Origin of the Diffuse X-Ray Background and the Formation of Galaxies and Voids |
| 1989 | Zhong Wang | Self-Consistent Model of the Three-Phase Interstellar Medium in Disk Galaxies |
| 1990 | Tian-Xing Liu | The Luminosity Scale of RR Lyrae Stars Using the Baade-Wesselink Method |
| 1992 | Xiaohui Hui | The Planetary Nebula System and the Dynamics of the Galaxy Centaurus A |
| 1993 | Thomas Kuchar | The Boston University - Arecibo Galactic HI Survey: The Galaxy at 4 Arcminute Resolution |
| Mark Moldwin | The Formation, Structure, and Evolution of Plasmoids | |
| Randy Phelps | Young Open Clusters As Probes of the Star Formation Process | |
| João L. Yun | A Characterization of Young Stellar Objects in Bok Globules: Infrared Imaging, Spectral Energy Distributions, and Molecular Outflows | |
| 1994 | Steven Bloom | Multiwaveband Observations of Quasars |
| Richard Doe | The Creation Of Electron Density Cavities in the Earth's Polar Ionosphere | |
| Brian Flynn | On the Structure and Origin of Neutral Sodium Remote from Jupiter | |
| Peter Sultan | Chemical Release Experiments to Induce F Region Ionospheric Plasma Irregularities at the Magnetic Equator | |
| 1995 | Dana Balser | The Abundance of 3He in the Milky Way Galaxy |
| Xiang Qun He | Hydrogen Escape from the Earth's Atmosphere | |
| Xiaoqing Pi | Dynamical Effects of Substorms in the Middle and Lower Latitude Ionosphere | |
| Yun Fei Zhang | Time Variable Extragalactic Radio Sources with Peaked Spectra | |
| 1996 | Brian Kane | The Structures, Kinematics, and Magnetic Natures of Starless Bok Globules |
| Kent Montgomery | Old Stellar Systems: A Study in Stellar and Galactic Evolution | |
| 1997 | Redgie S. Lancaster | Upper Atmospheric Oxygen Density Determined from Combined Optical and Incoherent Scatter Radar Measurements |
| Timothy A. Paglione | The Properties of the Dense Gas in the Nuclei of Spiral Galaxies | |
| Eftyhia Zesta | Traveling Convection Vorticles at Cusp Latitudes Observed by the Magnetometer Array for Cusp & Cleft Studies | |
| 1998 | Anders Jørgensen | Global Dynamics of the Hot Plasma in the Inner Magnetosphere: Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) and In-situ Measurements |
| Kathleen Kraemer | The Effects of Massive Star Formation on the Interstellar Medium: Photodissociated and Molecular Gas in NGC 6334 | |
| John Noto | The Velocity Distributions of Hydrogen and Helium in the Earth's Exosphere | |
| Sheelah Shodhan-Shah | Properties of the Plasma Mantle in the Earth's Magnetotail | |
| 1999 | Markos Georganopoulos | Models of Blazars |
| James G. Ingalls | Carbon Gas in High Galactic Latitude Molecular Clouds | |
| Matthew Lister | The Influence of Special Relativistic Effects on the Observed Properties of Jets in Active Galactic Nuclei | |
| 2000 | Mohamed J. Alothman | Modeling the Trapping Boundary of the Radiation Belts |
| Yan Bétremieux | A New Look at the Jovian Atmosphere with a Raman Scattering Model | |
| Alberto D. Bolatto | The Interstellar Medium in Low Metallicity Environments | |
| Karen L. Hirsch | Assessing Plasma Sheet Convection Models Using Off-Equatorial Plasma Sheet Observations | |
| 2001 | Athanasios Boudouridis | Spatial and Temporal Aspects of High-latitude Particle Precipitation: a Remote Diagnostic of Magnetospheric Regions and Processes |
| Maohai Huang | Interstellar Carbon Under the Influence of HII Regions | |
| Andrew W. Stephan | EUV/FUV Remote Sensing of the Low-Latitude Ionosphere and Thermosphere | |
| Sherri G. Stephan | High Resolution Study of the Heliospheric Interface Region Using SCARI | |
| 2002 | Candace Oaxaca Wright | Applications of Weak Gravitational Lensing: Constraining the Dark Matter in Clusters and Galaxies |
| 2003 | Michal A. Kolpak | The Large Scale Galactic Structure of Star Formation Tracers |
| David L. Murr | Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling on Meso- and Macro-Scales | |
| 2004 | Sigrid H. Close | Theory and Analysis of Meteoroids Using High-Resolution Multi-Frequency Radar Data |
| Lars P. Dyrud | Simulations and Analysis of the Effects of Small Scale Turbulence on Macro Scale Plasma | |
| Melissa N. Hayes-Gehrke | Ultra-High Precision Photometry of Open Clusters: A Study of Stellar Activity in Old Stars | |
| Mark F. Kassis | Mid-Infrared Observations of Photodissociation Regions and Mirsi: A Mid-Infrared Spectrometer and Imager | |
| Lara S. Waldrop | Probing the Structure, Composition,and Dynamics of the Jovian Plasma Sheet | |
| 2005 |