Theses

• Mallory Whalen
  High-Precision Stress Measurement in Thin Films for X-Ray Mirrors
  M.S., Department of Mechanincal Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2023).

• Dr. Heng Zuo
  Ultrafast Laser Micromachining for Correction of Thin Optics for Next Generation X-ray Space Telescopes
  Ph.D., Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2021).

• Dr. Jungki Song
  Metrology and mechanics for manufacturing space-based x-ray grating spectrometers
  Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2021).

• Dr. Brandon Chalifoux
  Figure Correction of Thin Plate and Shell Substrates using Stress Generated by Ion Implantation
  Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2019).

• Ms. Heng Zuo
  Experiments and Numerical Analysis on Air Bearing Slumping of Segmented Thin-Shell Mirrors for X-ray Telescopes
  M.S., Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2017).

• Mr. Brandon Chalifoux
  Ion Implantation for Figure Correction of High-Resolution X-ray Telescope Mirrors
  M.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2014).

• Mr. Dong Guan
  Fabrication of Stress Controlled Silicon Oxide for Free-Standing MEMS Devices
  M.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2014).

• Dr. Alexander Robert Bruccoleri
  Fabrication of High-Throughput Critical-Angle X-ray Transmission Gratings for Wavelength-Dispersive Spectroscopy
  Ph.D., Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013).

• Mr. Edward Sung
  Horizontal Non-Contact Slumping of Flat Glass
  M.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013).

• Mr. Abdul Mohsen Z. Al Husseini
  Design and Modeling of a Third Generation Slumping Tool for X-ray Telescope Mirrors
  M.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2011).

• Dr. Minseung Ahn
  Fabrication of Critical Angle Transmission Gratings for High Efficiency X-ray Spectroscopy
  Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009).

• Dr. Mireille Krikor Akilian
  Methods of Improving the Surface Flatness of Glass Sheets and Silicon Wafers
  Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2008).

• Dr. Chih-Hao Chang
  Multilevel Interference Lithography – Fabricating Sub-wavelength Periodic Nanostructures
  Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2008).

• Dr. Yong Zhao
  Ultra-high Precision Scanning Beam Interference Lithography and its Application – Spatial Frequency Multiplication
  Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2008).

• Dr. Juan C. Montoya
  Towards Nano-accuracy in Scanning Beam Interference Lithography
  Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2006).

• Ms. Mireille Krikor Akilian
  Thin Optic Surface Analysis for High Resolution X-ray Telescopes
  M.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004).

• Mr. Chih-Hao Chang
  Fabrication of Extremely Smooth Blazed Gratings
  M.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004).

• Mr. Chulmin Joo
  Image Grating Metrology using a Fresnel Zone Plate
  M.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003).

• Mr. Craig Richard Forest
  X-ray Telescope Foil Optics: Assembly, Metrology, and Constraint
  M.S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003).

• Dr. Carl Gang Chen
  Beam Alignment and Image Metrology for Scanning Beam Interference Lithography – Fabricating Gratings with Nanometer Phase Accuracy
  Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003).

• Dr. Paul Thomas Konkola
  Design and Analysis of a Scanning Beam Interference Lithography System for Patterning Gratings with Nanometer-Level Distortion
  Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003).

• Mr. Olivier Mongrard
  High Accuracy Foil Optics for X-ray Astronomy
  M.S., Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2001).

• Mr. Carl Gang Chen
  Microcomb Fabrication for High Accuracy Foil X-ray Telescope Assembly and Vector Gaussian Beam Modeling
  M.S., Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2000).