SDSU Astronomy Department
Master’s Thesis Defense Presentations
- 2MASS J0516+2607: A New Low-Mass Double-Lined Eclipsing Binary – presented by Amanda J. Bayless on March 23, 2006.
- Optimization and Extra Solar Planetary Dynamics – presented by Gur Windmiller on March 24, 2006.
- A Photometric Analysis of the Eclipsing Binary RXJ0239.1-1028 – presented by Paul Brogna on July 21, 2006.
- Transit Timings of HD 209458b – presented by Karen I. Hutchins on July 24, 2006.
- A Photometric Study of the Evolved Stars in the Globular Cluster M15 (NGC 7078) – presented by Jessica Castora on August 16, 2006.
- EI Ursa Majoris: A New Intermediate Polar – presented by Tamara Reimer on April 12, 2007.
- A Photometric Study of the Evolved Stars in the Globular Cluster M55 (NGC 6809) – presented by Carlos A. Vargas Alvarez on April 18, 2007.
- Properties of Rotating Neutron Stars with Density Dependent Relativistic Hadron Field Theory – presented by Philip Rosenfield on April 25, 2007.
- A Uniform Recalibration of the Cepheid Distance Scale – presented by Matthew R. Davis on August 31, 2007.
- The Nova Rate of M101 – presented by Elizabeth A. Coelho on March 27, 2008.
- The Search for Transiting Extrasolar Planets in the Open Cluster M52 – presented by Tiffany M. Borders on June 11, 2008.
- Mass Determination of the Compact Object in the High Mass X-ray Binary 4U1700-377 – presented by Kazuma Hashimoto on May 14, 2009.
- Refining the Neutron Star Mass Determination in Six Eclipsing X-ray Pulsat Binaries – presented by Meredith L. Rawls on April 26, 2010.
- Physical Parameters of KID 6131659, a Low-Mass, Double-Lined Eclipsing Binary – presented by Gideon Bass in August, 2011.
- The Spatial Distribution of Novae in M31, the Andromeda Galaxy – presented by Dave Baer on November 18, 2011.
- Two Age Sensitive Detached Eclipsing Binaries in the Open Cluster NGC 6819 (Part 1) – presented by Mark W. Jeffries on August 22, 2011.
- Two Age Sensitive Detached Eclipsing Binaries in the Open Cluster NGC 6819 (Part 2) – presented by Mark W. Jeffries on August 22, 2011.
- A Detached Eclipsing Binary Near the Turnoff of the Cluster NGC 6819 and Determining Age using Kepler – presented by Lauren Brewer on August 27, 2013.
More to come…