Honors / Professional Societies

• » Woodrow Wilson Fellow
• » Phi Beta Kappa
• » Who’s Who in America
• * Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
• * Who’s Who in Education
• » Kappa Mu Epsilon (Honorary Mathematics Society)
• » Austin College Scholar
• » A.B. Degree, Magna Cum Laude, with High Honors in Physics; class rank 5/470
• » American Physical Society
• » American Association of Physics Teachers
• » American Academy of Forensic Scientists
• » American College of Forensic Examiners

Senior Theses

• “The Variational Principle and its Applications in Physics”, 2010
• “An Analysis of the Motion of Fastpitch Softball Pitches”, 2010
• “The Physics of the Hammer Throw”, 2008
• “Relativity and Geometry”, 2007
• “Special relativity and the use of four vectors in minkowski spacetime”, 2007
• “A theoretical treatment of the electronic behavior of metal nanostructures”, 2006
• “An experimental approach to bessel functions”, 2006
• “Perturbed: The formalism and uses of correlation functions in physics chemistry”, 2005
• “An introduction to bessel functions using the lengthening pendulum”, 2004
• “New variables for quantum interference”, 2004
• “Inverse problems and integral equations in the Mathematical Sciences”, 2004
• “Using frequency resolved optical gating to measure the duration and phase of femtosecond pulses”, 2004
• “Deep Sea Geodesy”, 2003
• “Properties of Photo-voltaic Cells and the Design of an Off – Grid House”
• “The Physics of Wind Turbines and the Feasibility of Wind Power at Bates College”