Thesis Title: Spectral and Mineralogical Analysis of Planned CLPS Landing Sites with LRO-LAMP Thesis Advisor: Kurt Retherford Graduation Date: Summer 2023 Current Position: Pursuing Doctoral Degree at University of Central Florida; Physics PhD – Planetary Science Track Research Interests: Lunar surface geology, spectroscopy, landers and rovers
Non-Thesis Comprehensive Exam Title: Lunar Crossing of the MagnetotailAdvisor: Mihir DesaiFellowships and Recognitions:Selected to be the 1st Program Director for the Space and Missile Defense Program in the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering at The United States Military Academy; created and initiated its Space Science major and Space Science minor (2015-2018)Selected by the US Army’s Advanced Civilian Schooling program to pursue a 2nd MS in Space Systems Engineering (2018-2020) and a PhD in Systems Engineering (2018-present)Selected by the US Army Space Operations program to become the only military faculty member in the Space Systems Academic Group at the Naval [...]
Josh Alquiza Research Advisor: Phil Valek Fellowships: UTSA Doctoral Fellowship Graduation Date: May 2010 Current Position: Northwest Vista College – Full-Time Physics Instructor Research Areas: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Velocity Filters Space Weather Ring Current Composition Analysis (TWINS)
Robert Ebert Dissertation Title: Jupiter’s Magnetotail: Plasma Composition, Dusk Boundary Structure and Tail Motion Dissertation Advisor: David McComas Fellowships and Recognitions: Recognized by Who’s Who at UTSA and Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities (2009 – 2010). UTSA Presidential Dissertation Fellowship (2009). NASA Group Achievement Award - Ulysses Mission Team (2009). National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS-D2; 2008 – 2010). Graduation Date: Fall 2010 Publications: Google Scholar Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Southwest Research Institute Current Position: Southwest Research Institute – Principal Scientist & Lead Adjoint Professor for UTSA Space Physics [...]
Ross Goodwin Thesis Advisor: Frederic AllegriniGraduation Date: Fall 2018Current Position: SRC – EW Engineer
Mark Hamel Thesis Title: The affects on Titan atmospheric modeling by variable molecular reaction rates Thesis Advisor: Kathy Mandt Fellowships and Recognitions: Bill and Alicia Hoover Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Award, UTSA (2015) Vandenberg SFB, 2SLS Squadron Civilian of the Quarter, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Winter 2022. Graduation Date: Summer 2017 Current Position: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Adjunct Professor, United States Space Force, Aerospace Engineer Research Areas: Researched uncertainties in Titan atmospheric ion-neutral chemistry model and determined which reaction rates were most consequential to ion densities in the ionosphere and compared results to Cassini instrument data. Worked [...]
Jake Montgomery Dissertation Title: Solar Wind Interactions at Jupiter’s Magnetopause: A Study of Magnetic Reconnection and Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities Dissertation Advisor: Rob Ebert Graduation Date: Summer 2024Research Areas: Solar wind interactions, Jupiter’s outer magnetosphere
Michael Starkey Dissertation Title: Ion Instrumentation for Space Physics Applications and Ion Dynamics at Quasi-Perpendicular Shocks Dissertation Advisor: Mihir Desai Fellowships and Recognitions: UTSA Graduate Student Competitive Scholarship Graduation Date: Spring 2021 Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Postdoctoral Researcher at Southwest Research Institute Research Areas: Heliosphysics Solarwind-Magnetosphere Interactions Collision Less Shocks
Rhyan Sawyer Education: B.S. Physics, Emporia State University, 2016 Research Interest: Magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause Global plasma dynamics at the earth and outer planets Fellowships and Recognitions: Texas Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellow Thesis Advisor: Stephen Fuselier Candidacy: 2018
