Physics and Atronomy Graduate Students (PAGS)

Thesis Proposals & Dissertations

This page contains thesis proposals by graduate students in Physics & Astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University.

To complete the Graduate student requirements of our department we must pass several exams. The Graduate Board Oral Examination requires a 3-5 page written report to the student's Exam Committee explaining the background to a problem on which the student intends to do research. The thesis proposal home page lists several examples of proposals written by students who have completed the requirement. We hope you find this page both useful and informative as well as interesting. If you write a thesis proposal please throw it into a web page and send me the address. I suppose this would be a good place for an on-line thesis as well if anyone bothers with one. Just let me know.

Link	Proposal Title	Graduate Student	GBO Exam Date
	STIS Observations of the Spatial Distribution of Io's Extended UV Emissions	Kurt Retherford	July 22, 1997
	Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of the Upper Atmosphere of Venus	Eric Burgh	November 11, 1997
	Using features of X-ray Absorption and Fe K-alpha fluorescence to Test the Unified Model of Seyfert Galaxies	Jonathan Gelbord	January 30, 1998
	The Structure and Kinematics of Starburst Galaxies	Christy Tremonti	June 23, 1998
	UV Spectroscopy of Circumstellar Disks	Aki Roberge	March 26, 1999

POE Committees

Thesis

Guidlines for Dissertation Preparation
Comercial Binding Office
Dissertation Archiving
Astro-ThesisTeX: LaTeX Thesis style files that hack together some Astro aastex features
Randy's FAQs for JHU Thesis LaTeX
Use the latest version of thesis.cls found on Ian Goh's project notes page
But read this page for info:
Using the JHU Thesis Style File for LaTeX 2e or
Using the JHU Thesis Style File for LaTeX 2e

These latex commands may help with making figures.

Figures:

\newpage
\clearpage
\begin{figure}[h]
\special{psfile=~/thesis/Figures/paper1_fig1.ps hoffset=-15. voffset=-650 vscale=95.0 hscale=95.0}
\vspace{14cm}
\caption[Figure caption for in List of Figures here.]{Figure caption here.}
\label{fig:paper1_fig1}
\end{figure}
\clearpage

I recommend this type of champagne for the thesis defense party: Saint-Hilaire. Enjoy!

PAGS home page maintained by Kurt Retherford

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University
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