Student Research projects

Student research projects

A senior thesis project usually takes at least a year (two semesters). For UNR undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in working with me on projects in high energy density physics and inertial confinement fusion using a high-intensity short-pulse laser, contact to hsawada at unr.edu or walk in my office.

A. Colberg, B.S. (2024)

Numerical simulations of Proton Radiography for High Energy Density Plasmas

A. Santistevan, B.S. (2024)

Hybrid Particle-In-Cell Simulations of Ti Kα Production for fast electron characterization

L. Chen, Ph.D (2023)

Characterization of short-pulse laser-produced fast electrons by 3D hybrid particle-in-cell modeling of angularly resolved bremsstrahlung

S. Buitron, B.S. (2023)

Monte Carlo simulations of radiation shielding design for broadband x-ray radiography at Zebra Pulsed Power Laboratory

J. Trzaska, B.S. (2020)

Demonstration of 2D Monochromatic Kα X-ray Imaging for Measurements of High-Power Femtosecond and X-ray Free Electron Lasers

C. Salinas, B.S. (2020)

Monte Carlo modeling of short-pulse laserdriven broadband X-ray Radiography and a Medical X-ray Tube Generator

T. Daykin, Ph.D (2019)

Characterizing Fast Electron Energy Distribution and divergence in Ultra-Intense LaserMatter Interactions by modeling of Angularly Resolved Bremsstrahlung Measurements

N. Sargent, B.S. (2019)

Hybrid Particle-in-Cell Simulations of Fast ElectronGenerated Bremsstrahlung

B. Largent, M.S. (2017)

Numerical Investigation of Magnetically Driven Isentropic Compression of Solid Aluminum Cylinders with a Semi- Analytical Code

C. Peterson, B.S. (2015)

Design of Laser Pulse Shaping for Direct Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion

B. Griffin, B.S. (2014)

Investigation of energy partitioning from Leopard short-pulse laser interactions in mass limited targets