Adhikari, Rana

Committee Member — 40 thesises

• Hong, Ting — Brownian Thermal Noise in Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors and Single Photon Optomechanics (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wernis, Rebecca Ann — Characterizing a Resonator Bolometer Array (2013, Senior thesis (Major))
• Lei, Chan U — Circuit Cavity Electromechanics in the Quantum Regime (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cahillane, Craig Russell — Controlling and Calibrating Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gossan, Sarah Elizabeth — Core-Collapse Supernova Physics in the Multi-Messenger Era (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Book, Laura Grace — Cosmological Consequences of Gravitation: Structure Formation and Gravitational Waves (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yeaton-Massey, David Joseph — Cryogenic Silicon Optical Reference Cavities (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cohen, Justin Daniel — Fiber-Optic Integration and Efficient Detection Schemes for Optomechanical Resonators (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jose Maliakal, Shruti — From Gaussian to Non-Gaussian Quantum Sensing: Squeezing, Amplification, and Beyond (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tso, Rhondale — Fundamental Ways to Probe Gravitational Waves Across Its Spectrum and Propagation (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mark, Zachary R. — Gravitational Wave Signatures of Black Hole Physics (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chalermsongsak, Tara — High Fidelity Probe and Mitigation of Mirror Thermal Fluctuations (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Quintero, Eric Antonio — Improving the Performance and Sensitivity of Gravitational Wave Detectors (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Markowitz, Aaron Gregory — Interferometric Precision Measurement with Macroscopic Silicon Optomechanics (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ward, Robert Lawrence — Length Sensing and Control of a Prototype Advanced Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Martynov, Denis V. — Lock Acquisition and Sensitivity Analysis of Advanced LIGO Interferometers (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hall, Evan Drew — Long-Baseline Laser Interferometry for the Detection of Binary Black-Hole Mergers (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Clark, Benjamin Mathias — Magnetic Trapping of Atomic Tritium for Neutrino Mass Measurement (2014, Senior thesis (Major))
• Ogin, Gregory H. — Measurement of Thermo-Optic Properties of Thin Film Dielectric Coatings (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Korth, William Zachary — Mitigating Noise in Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lambert, Valere Regis Westbrooke — Multi-Model Inference Ranking and Applications to Physics at the Large Hadron Collider (2014, Senior thesis (Major))
• Li, Jarvis — Nanoelectromechanical Membranes for Multimode Mass Spectrometry (2014, Senior thesis (Major))
• Gupta, Anchal — Next-Generation Technologies for Gravitational Wave Detectors (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Driggers, Jennifer Clair — Noise Cancellation for Gravitational Wave Detectors (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Okounkova, Maria — Numerical Relativity Beyond General Relativity (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chu, Tony — Numerical Simulations of Black-Hole Spacetimes (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blasius, Timothy Dobson — Optomechanical Inertial Sensors and Feedback Cooling (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• De Lorenzo, Laura Anne — Optomechanics with Superfluid Helium-4 (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ni, Xiaoyue — Probing Microplastic Deformation in Metallic Materials (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Giesler, Matthew David — Probing the Nature of Black Holes with Gravitational Waves (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Venugopalan, Gautam — Prototype Interferometry in the Era of Gravitational Wave Astronomy (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weinstein, Aaron Jacob — Quantum Electromechanics with Two Tone Drive (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wollman, Emma Edwina — Quantum Squeezing of Motion in a Mechanical Resonator (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brevik, Justus Albert — Searching for Primordial Gravitational Waves at Degree Scales from the South Pole (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Privitera, Stephen M. — The Importance of Spin for Observing Gravitational Waves from Coalescing Compact Binaries with LIGO and Virgo (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pang, Belinda Heyun — Theoretical Foundations for Quantum Measurement in a General Relativistic Framework (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zimmerman, Aaron Benjamin — Topics in Black Hole Perturbation Theory and the Visualization of Curved Spacetime (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Yijun — Topics in Gravitational Wave Physics: Lensing, Detection with Astrometry and Dark Siren Hubble Measurement (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Huan — Topics in Gravitational-Wave Science: Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics and Black Hole Physics (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Chao — Topics in Theoretical Astrophysics (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))