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.

C. Middi, (2025)

Development and Validation of an X-Ray Tube Model Using PHITS for Quasi-Monochromatic X-Ray Generation

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