Minnich, Austin J.

Committee Member — 83 thesises

• Wang, Xin C. — A Variational Framework for Spectral Discretization of the Density Matrix in Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sherrott, Michelle Caroline — Active Infrared Nanophotonics in van der Waals Materials (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hossain, Azmain Abrawr — Atomic Layer Processing of Thin Film Superconductors for Superconducting Electronics (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gibbs, Zachary Michael — Band Engineering in Thermoelectric Materials Using Optical, Electronic, and Ab-Initio Computed Properties (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheng, Peishi Stephen — Charge and Heat Transport in Non-Metallic Crystals Using First-Principles Boltzmann Transport Theory (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kang, Stephen Dongmin — Charge Transport Analysis Using the Seebeck Coefficient-Conductivity Relation (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Naik, Nachiket Ramchandra — Charge Transport Phenomena in Cryogenic SiGe Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, Ana Maii — Classical and Quantum Effects in Plasmonic Metals (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Jiace — Classical and Quantum Simulation of Chemical and Physical Systems (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Peng, Ruojing — Classical Representation and Manipulation of Quantum Many Body States and High Dimensional Data (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Musgrave, Charles Bruce, III — Computational Approaches to Problems in Energy and Sustainability (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tolstova, Yulia — Cu₂O Heterojunction Photovoltaics (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aryanfar, Asghar — Dendrites Inhibition in Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Warmann, Emily Cathryn — Design Strategies for Ultra-High Efficiency Photovoltaics (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kamali, Seyedeh Mahsa — Dielectric Metasurfaces from Fundamentals to Applications (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tan Teck Keng, Adrian — Digital Quantum Simulation of Physical Systems on Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Computers (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Shi-Ning — Digital Quantum Simulation of Quantum Many-Body Systems (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Brian Lee Kiwon — Dynamics of Time-Varying and Nonlinear Phononic Lattices (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Coronel, Naomi Cristina — Earth-Abundant Zinc-IV-Nitride Semiconductors (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Rui — Efficient Evaluation of Coulomb Interactions for Large-Scale Quantum Chemistry (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Nien-En — Electron-Phonon Interactions and Charge Transport from First-Principles Calculations: Complex Crystals, Higher Order Coupling, and Steps Toward the Small Polaron Regime (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chang, Benjamin K. — Electron-Phonon Interactions and Charge Transport in Organic Crystals and Transition Metal Oxides from First-Principles Calculations (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, David Ross — Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance at the Superionic Phase Transitions of Mixed Ion-Electron Conducting Materials (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Szoke, Szilard — Entangled Photon Interferometry: Development of Photonic Systems Towards Quantum Spectroscopy (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Haw, Magnus Albert — Experimental and Numerical Studies of Cavities, Flows, and Waves in Arched Flux Ropes (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Robbins, Andrew Beyer — Exploring Microscopic Thermal Transport Properties of Molecular Crystals with Simulations and Experiments (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hua, Chengyun — Exploring Thermal Phonon Transport from Atomic to Macroscopic Scales for Energy Conversion and Management (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Su, Magel Powei — Exploring Thermal Photonics for Sustainability: From Selective Solar Absorbers to Terrestrial Radiative Cooling (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gao, Yang — Extending the Capability of Classical Quantum Many-Body Methods (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Chong — Finite Temperature Simulations of Strongly Correlated Systems (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, I-Te — First-Principles Calculations of Electron-Defect Interactions and Defect-Limited Charge Transport (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luo, Yao — First-Principles Many-Body Theory of Polarons and Data-Driven Compression of Quantum Interactions (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Peng, Linqing — Harnessing Locality for Scalable Strongly Correlated Electron Simulations (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bauser, Haley Coddington — High Contrast Nanophotonics for Scalable Photovoltaics and Solar Fuels (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Fred Chae-Reem — High Temperature Electron-Phonon and Magnon-Phonon Interactions (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Heng — High Temperature Transport Properties of Lead Chalcogenides and Their Alloys (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Needell, David Robert — High-Efficiency Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Photovoltaic Applications (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hatanpää, Benjamin Henrik James — High-Field Charge Transport and Fluctuation Phenomena in Semiconductors from First Principles (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Foote, Logan Michael — High-Sensitivity Superconducting Detectors for Far-Infrared Space Astrophysics (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Alexander Youngsoo — Investigation of Electronic Fluctuations in Semiconductor Materials and Devices through First-Principles Simulations and Experiments in Transistor Amplifiers (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kamakari, Hirsh — Investigation of Quantum Computers for Quantum Simulation and Machine Learning (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Esho, Iretomiwa — Investigation of Transport Phenomena in Semiconductors and Semiconductor Devices: Drain Noise, Two-Phonon Scattering, and Phonon Drag (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Taeyong — Investigation of Transport Phenomena of Thermal Acoustic Excitations in Semi-Crystalline and Amorphous Materials Using Transient Grating Spectroscopy (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Linghui — Ion Transport in Temperature Sensitive Polyelectrolytes (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jhalani, Vatsal A. — Light Emission and Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in III-V Semiconductors from First Principles (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Allmaras, Jason Paul — Modeling and Development of Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ding, Ding — Nanoscale Thermal Transport with Photons and Phonons (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Neamati, Daniel A. — New Method and Analysis of Proximity Trajectory-Only Learned Dynamics for Small Body Gravity Fields (2021, Senior thesis (Major))
• Simon, Christopher — Non-Equilibrium Quantum Dynamics in a Disordered Ising Magnet (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lydon, Joseph John II — Nonlinear Effects in Granular Crystals with Broken Periodicity (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Yikai (Katie) — Numerical Simulation of Performance and Solar-to-Fuel Conversion Efficiency for Photoelectrochemical Devices (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Chuting — On-Chip Photonic Devices for Coupling to Color Centers in Silicon Carbide (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Collins, Lincoln Nash — Optimal Design of Materials for Energy Conversion (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thomas, Nathan Hoover — Passive and Active Control of Radiative Heat Flow (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ohno, Saneyuki — Phase Boundary Mapping for Exploring New Thermoelectric Zintl Compounds (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shen, Yang — Phonon Anharmonicity at the Limits of Perturbation Theory (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Chen W. — Phonon Anharmonicity of Ionic Compounds and Metals (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• MacCabe, Gregory Scott — Phonon Dynamics and Damping in Three-Dimensional Acoustic Bandgap Cavity-Optomechanical Resonators (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Banker, Jash Haren — Photonic and Phononic Band Gap Engineering for Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics and Quantum Transduction (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Loke, Samuel Pei Hao — Photovoltaic Technologies Developed for Space-Based Solar Power (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Areum — Probing Active Nanophotonic Materials Phenomena Under Electrostatic Modulation (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wood, Steven Andrew — Quantum Microwave to Optical Transduction with Light-Robust Superconducting Circuits (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ye, Erika — Reducing Computational Costs for Many-Body Physics Problems (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mauser, Kelly Ann Weekley — Resonant Thermoelectric Nanophotonics: Applications in Spectral and Thermal Sensing (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Junjie — Scalable Ab Initio Quantum Many-Body Methods for Crystalline Materials (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Manetsch, Hannah Jean — Scaling Neutral Atom Tweezer Arrays to 6,100 Qubits (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ardizzi, Anthony Joseph — Self-Heating of HEMT Low-Noise Amplifiers in Liquid Cryogenic Environments and the Limits of Microwave Noise Performance (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Dennis Sungtae — Silicon Revisited: Understanding Pure Phonon Anharmonicity and the Effects on Thermophysical Properties (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kalaee, Mahmoud — Superconducting Electromechanical and Nanophotonic Devices for Quantum Measurement and Conversion (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fang, Michael Tianyu — Suspended Trace Air-Gap Resonators for Low Loss Superconducting Circuits (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kou, Junlong — Tailoring Thermal Radiation from Near Field to Far Field (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Helms, Phillip Laurence — Tensor Network Methods for Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mauger, Lisa Mary — The Phonon Thermodynamics of Iron and Cementite (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ravichandran, Navaneetha Krishnan — Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Phonon Boundary Scattering in Thin Silicon Membranes (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Saunders, Claire Nicole — Thermal Behavior of Cuprous Oxide: a Comprehensive Study of Three-Body Phonon Effects and Beyond (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moon, Jaeyun — Thermal Conduction in Amorphous Materials and the Role of Collective Excitations (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dou, Nicholas Gang — Thermal Transport in Three-Dimensional Nanoarchitected Materials (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Hyun-Sik — Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth Antimony Telluride Alloys (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tang, Yinglu — Thermoelectric Skutterudites: Why and How High zT Can Be Achieved (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Langeland, Krista S. — Thin-Film Silicon Photovoltaics: Characterization of Thin-Film Deposition and Analysis of Enhanced Light Trapping from Scattering Nanoparticle Arrays (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Catherall, David Spencer — Threads in the Tapestry of Next Generation Nanodevices: Simulation and Thin Film Processing (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jurado Quiroga, Zoila Estefani — Towards a Synthetic Nucleus: Separating Transcription and Translation in Cell-Free Protein Expression Systems (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wilson, Samantha Stricklin — Zn-VI/Cu2O Heterojunctions for Earth-Abundant Photovoltaics (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))