Fall 2009 - 2010

Moogega Cooper - December 29th, 2009 at 1:00pm in the Curtis Building, Room 162

• Research Topic: Elucidation of Bacterial Viability Post Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Treatment
• Advisor: Dr. Alexander Fridman
• Major Area: Mechanical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Alexander Fridman, Dr. Young Cho, Dr. Hongseok Noh, Dr. Gary Friedman, Dr. Suresh Joshi, Dr. Gregory Fridman and Dr. Vladimir Genis

Hamderi Murat - December 15th, 2009 at 1:00pm in the Curtis Building, Room 251

• Research Topic: Pilot-Scale Modeling of Colloidal Silica Delivery to Liquifiable Sands
• Advisor: Dr. Patricia Gallagher
• Major Area: Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Patricia Gallagher, Dr. Joseph Wartman, Dr. Jonathan Cheng, Dr. Mira stone Olson and Dr. Andrea Welkes

Eda Yildirim - December 4th, 2009 at 9:30am in the Curtis Building, Room 162

• Research Topic: Plasma and Protein Surface Functionalization for Three-Dimensional Polycaprolactone Tissue Scaffolds
• Advisor: Dr. Wei Sun
• Major Area: Mechanical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Wei Sun, Dr. Selcuk Guceri, Dr. Fred Allen, Dr. Alexander Fridman, Dr. Alan Lau, and Dr. Daphne Pappas

Kivilcim Buyukhatipoglu - October 28, 2009 at 9:30am in the Curtis Building, Room 162

• Research Topic: Bioprinted Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Tissue Engineering Applications: Synthesis, Cytotoxicity Assessment, Novel Hybrid Printing System
• Advisor: Dr. Alisa Morss Clyne
• Major Area: Mechanical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Alisa Morss Clyne, Dr. Wei Sun, Dr. Alan Lau, Dr. Michele Marcolongo and Dr. Adam Fontecchio

Neetu Singh - October 23, 2009 at 10:00am in the Disque Building, Room 109

• Research Topic: ELP3 Controls Synaptic Bouton Formation and Sleep Need In Drosophila Melanogaster
• Advisor: Felice Elefant
• Major Area: Biology
• Examining Committee: Dr. Joseph Bentz, Dr. Felice Elefant, Dr. Aleister Saunders, Dr. Daniel Marenda, and Dr. John Zimmerman

Kenneth Allendoerfer - October 20, 2009 at 10:00am in the Rush Building, Room TBA

• Research Topic: How Information Visualization Systems Change Users' Understanding of Complex Data
• Advisor: Susan Wiedenbeck
• Major Area: Information Science and Technology
• Examining Committee: Dr. Chaomei Chen, Dr. Susan Wiedenbeck, Dr. Michael Atwood, Dr. Katherine McCain, and Dr. Dario Salvucci

Joan Beaudoin -September 29 at 12:00noon in the Rush Building, Room 014

• Research Topic: An Investigation of Image Users Across Professions
• Advisor: Susan Wiedenbeck
• Major Area: Information Science and Technology
• Examining Committee: Dr. Eileen Abels, Dr. Denise Agosto, Dr. Katherine McCain, Dr. David Raizman, and Dr. Edie Rasmussen

Indraneil Mukherjee -September 21 at 10:30am in the Disque Building, Room 109

• Research Topic: Mesoporous Materials for Dental and Biotechnological Applications, Curcumin Polymers and Enzymatic Saccharification of Biomass
• Advisor: Dr. Anthony Addison
• Major Area: Chemistry
• Examining Committee: Dr. Anthony Addison, Dr. Daniel King, Dr. Frank Ji, Dr. Sally Solomon, Dr. Bradford Wayland, and Dr. Guoliang Yang