Thesis and Dissertations

MS Thesis

Description: This graduate thesis is a culminating requirement to obtain the degree Master of Science in Physics from the University of the Philippines Diliman. Hard copies of the theses given below are available at the College of Science Library and at the National Institute of Physics library collection.

Summer 2008

• Naomi Jane Jacosalem
  MS Thesis: Designed quantum well-in-a-well structures using modified Pöschl-Teller potentials: Their bound states and scattering properties
  Advised by: Cristine Villagonzalo

2nd Sem 2007-2008

• Allan Alinea
  MS Thesis: Variational Monte Carlo and a quantum well system in an external electric field: VMC algorithm implementation and a study of wavefunction, energy and particle confinement at the ground state
  Advised by: Ronald Banzon, Cristine Villagonzalo
• Chrysline Margus Piñol
  MS Thesis: Carrying capacity in short bit-string Penna model
  Advised by: Ronald Banzon

1st Sem 2007-2008

• Rayda Gammag
  MS Thesis: The heat capacity of two-dimensional electron systems with broadened Landau levels
  Advised by: Cristine Villagonzalo

Summer 2007

• Karla Belisario
  MS Thesis: Reaction rate model for composite particles
  Advised by: Ronald Banzon

Summer 2006

• Louella Judy Vasquez
  MS Thesis: Modeling of the thermoelectric transport properties of metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes
  Advised by: Cristine Villagonzalo

2nd Sem 2005-2006

• Joselito Muldera
  MS Thesis: Thermoelectric transport coefficients of bulk and low-dimensional structures
  Advised by: Cristine Villagonzalo

2nd Sem 2003-2004

• Marites Labora
  MS Thesis: Ab-initio structural investigation of Fe/V (001) multilayers
  Advised by: Cristine Villagonzalo
• Marienette Morales
  MS Thesis: Magnetization and anisotropy of Fe/Co multilayers: A first principles calculation
  Advised by: Cristine Villagonzalo

BS Thesis

Description: The submission and successful defense of the undergraduate thesis completes the five-year degree program of the Bachelor of Science in Physics or the Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics from the University of the Philippines Diliman.

2nd Sem 2007-2008

• April Cortez (B.S. Applied Physics)
  Thesis: Numerical Analysis of Hyperbolic Heat Conduction Across a Finite Medium
  Adviser: Dr. C. Villagonzalo

1st Sem 2007-2008

• Kristine Eia Antonio (B.S. Applied Physics)
  Thesis: A Model for Molecular Formation Rates
  Adviser: Dr. R. Banzon
• Criswelynn Castro (B.S. Physics)
  Thesis: Simulating Superconductivity in Films Using the One-Dimensional Ginzburg-Landau Model
  Adviser: Dr. C. Villagonzalo
• Micielle Capili (B.S. Physics)
  Thesis: Simulation of Constrained Site Percolation in Two Dimensions
  Advisers: Dr. R. Banzon and Dr. C. Villagonzalo
• Mariel Rodriguez (B.S. Applied Physics)
  Thesis: Crafting a Predictor-Corrector Method
  Adviser: Dr. R. Banzon

Summer 2007

• Claire Nunez (B.S. Applied Physics)
  Thesis: A Variational Monte Carlo Study: A Particle in a Quantum Well System in an External Electric Field
  Adviser: Dr. R. Banzon & Dr. C. Villagonzalo

2nd Sem 2006-2007

• Stephanie Ibo (B.S. Physics)
  Thesis: Characterization of the Penna Model by the Simplex Projection Method
  Adviser: Dr. R. Banzon

1st Sem 2006-2007

• Ralph Paolo Mandingiado (B.S. Physics)
  Thesis: Complexity in Competitive Populations
  Adviser: Dr. R. Banzon

2nd Sem 2005-2006

• Razel G. Flores (BS Applied Physics)
  Thesis: Thermal Properties Of Coupled Iterated Logistic Maps
  Adviser: Dr. C. Villagonzalo
• Lenie Garcia (BS Applied Physics)
  Thesis: Transport Dynamics in a Series of Quantum Wells
  Adviser: Dr. C. Villagonzalo
• Christian Oliver Jaramillo (BS Applied Physics)
  Thesis: Constrained Percolation in Two Dimensions
  Advisers: Dr. R. Banzon and Dr. C. Villagonzalo

1st Sem 2005-2006

• Agatha N. De La Torre (BS Physics)
  Thesis: Hyperbolic Heat Conduction in a Region of a One-Dimensional Semi-Infinite Slab
  Adviser: Dr. C. Villagonzalo

2nd Sem 2004-2005

• Maria Donna N. Beech (BS Applied Physics)
  Thesis: Age Structure and Survivability in an 8-bit Penna Model
  Adviser: Dr. R. Banzon
• Jane R. Dizon (BS Physics)
  Thesis: Phonon Thermal Conductivity of Superlattices in 1D
  Adviser: Dr. C. Villagonzalo
• Rayda P. Gammag (BS Physics)
  Thesis: The Effect of the Chemical Potential and Electron Concentration on the Specific Heat Of a 2DEG in a Magnetic Field
  Adviser: Dr. C. Villagonzalo
• Ricelle S. Parinas (B.S. Physics)
  Thesis: Dynamics of Short 1D Anharmonic Chains
  Adviser: Dr. C. Villagonzalo

1st Sem 2004-2005

• Ronaldo A. Marco Jr. (B.S. Physics)
  Thesis: Self-Consistent Simulations via Root Finding Method of Transport Properties of a Two-Atom Molecular Device
  Advisers: Dr. R. Banzon and Dr. C. Villagonzalo
• Eric Bryan R. Obias (B.S. Physics)
  Thesis: Parallel Tempering Monte Carlo Simulations of a Verdier-Stockmayer Polymer
  Adviser: Dr. R. Banzon
• Ryan A. Sandagon (B.S. Applied Physics)
  Thesis: 2D Time Independent Quantum Well Systems: A Variational Monte Carlo Study
  Adviser: Dr. R. Banzon and Dr. C. Villagonzalo
• Gina Rose N. Tongco (B.S. Physics)
  Thesis: Monte Carlo Studied of Low Dimensional Magnetic Systems
  Adviser: Dr. C. Villagonzalo

2nd Sem 2003-2004

• Chris C. Nombres (B.S. Physics)
  Thesis: Population Dynamics in the Penna Model with Short Bit-Strings
  Adviser: Dr. R. Banzon