Fall Quarter 2010-2011

Carolyn Appleton - December 14th, 2010 at 3:00pm in the Bellet Building, Room TBA

• Thesis Title: Agreement of Peer and Teacher Perceptions of Aggression in Fifth-Grade Students
• Advisor: Dr. Myma Shure
• Major Area: Psychology
• Examining Committee: Dr. Dr. Myma Shure, Dr. James Herbert, Dr. Sharon Goodill, Dr. Ricardo Eiraldi and Dr. Lamia Barakt

Wendi Chen - December 10th, 2010 at 11:00am in the Curtis Building, Room 162

• Thesis Title: Pharmocokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents in Rats
• Advisor: Dr. Oleh Tretiak
• Major Area: Electrical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Oleh Tretiak, Dr. Leonid Hrebien, Dr. Moshe Kam, Dr. Peter Bugelski and Dr. Ramasubramaniam Achuthanandan

Hasan Ayaz - December 10th, 2010 at 10:00am in the Lebow Building, Room TBA

• Thesis Title: Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Based Train Computer Interface
• Advisor: Dr. Banu Onaral
• Major Area: Biomedical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Hualou Liang, Dr. Banu Onaral, Dr. Patricia Shewookis, Dr. Kambiz Pourrezaei, Dr. Scott Bunce, Dr. Meltem Izzetoglu and Dr. Paul Diefenbach

Sunny Wong - December 8th, 2010 at 1:00pm in the University Crossing Building, Room 103

• Thesis Title: On the Interplay of Architecture and Collaboration on Software Evolution and Maintenance
• Advisor: Dr. Spiros Mancoridis
• Major Area: Computer Science
• Examining Committee: Dr. Spiros Mancoridis, Dr. Yuanfang Cai, Dr. Giuseppe Valetto, Dr. Ali Shokoufandeh, Dr. Tao Xie and Dr. Carliss Baldwin

Wai Wong - December 7th, 2010 at 10:00pm in the Curtis Building, Room CAEE Conference Room

• Thesis Title: Evaluation of teh Oxidative Degradation Mechanism in Corrugated High Density Polyethylene Pipe
• Advisor: Dr. Grace Hsuan
• Major Area: Civil Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Grace Hsuan, Dr. Mira Olson, Dr. Christopher Li, Dr. Caroline Schauer and Dr. Richard Cairncross

Mahmoodian, Roza - December 6th, 2010 at 12:00noon in the MacAlister, Room 2019

• Thesis Title: A Study of Mechanics and Development of Cartilage With Application to the Treatment of Clubfoot
• Advisor: Dr. Sorin Siegler
• Major Area: Mechanical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Sorin Siegler, Dr. Franco Capaldi, Dr. Alan Lau, Dr. Surya Kalidindi, Dr. Balasubramanian, Dr. John Fitzpatrick and Dr. Richard Brand

Khalid, Mirza - December 6th, 2010 at 10:30am in the Disque Building, Room TBA

• Thesis Title: Synthesis and Optimization of Novel Amides Using the Ugi Reaction for Anti-Malarial Screening
• Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Papish
• Major Area: Chemistry
• Examining Committee: Dr. HiFeng Ji, Dr. Susan Jansen-Varnum, Dr. Sally Solomon, Dr. Louis Scerbo, Dr. Jun Xi and Dr. Peter Wade

Sen Xu - December 2nd, 2010 at 9:00am in the CAT Building, Room 275

• Thesis Title: Sensitive Measurement of Waterborne Parasites and Cell Culture Mycoplasma With Cantilever Sensor
• Advisor: Dr. Cameron Abramds
• Major Area: Chemical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Cameron Abrams, Dr. Raj Murtharasan, Dr. Richard Cairncross, Dr. Margaret Wheatley and Dr. Charles Haas

Wendi Chen- December 2nd, 2010 at 3:00pm in the Curtis Building, Room 162

• Thesis Title: Internal Negotiations: Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents in Rats
• Advisor: Dr. Leonid Hrebien
• Major Area: Electrical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Oleh Tretiak, Dr. Gail Rosen, Dr. Leonid Hrebien, Dr. Moshe Kam and Dr. Peter Bugelski

Angelle Richardson - December 2nd, 2010 at 10:00pm in the TBA Building, Room TBA

• Thesis Title: Internal Negotiations: How Female Adopters Expereince Relationships with Biological and Adpotive Mothers Post-Reunitication
• Advisor: Dr. Maureen Davey
• Major Area: Couple and Family Therapy
• Examining Committee: Dr. Maureen Davey, Dr. Marlene Watson, Dr. Kimberly Flemke, Dr. Cheryl Litzke and Dr. Argie Allen

David Berke-Schlessel - November 19th, 2010 at 10:30am in the Disque Building, Room 109

• Thesis Title: Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment Using Inorganic Salts and Simple Organic Acids, Cellobiase Encapsulation in Mesoporous Silica and Organo-Silica Hybrid Polymers
• Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Papish
• Major Area: Chemistry
• Examining Committee: Dr. Jun Xi, Dr. Joe Foley, Dr. Sally Solomon, Dr. Frank Ji, Dr. Alan Bandy and Dr. Bradford Wayland

Gabriela Blanco- October 27th, 2010 at 2:00pm in the Randell Building, Room 121

• Thesis Title: Movements of East Pacific Green Turtles From Costa Rica
• Advisor: Dr. Susan Kilham
• Major Area: Biology
• Examining Committee: Dr. Susan Kilham and Dr. Frank Paladino, Dr. Stephen Morreale, Dr. Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Dr. Harold Avery and Dr. James Spotila

Manuel Ibiricu- October 25th, 2010 at 11:30pm in the Disque Building, Room 109

• Thesis Title: Evolution of the Casdal Vertebral Series In Macronarian Sauropod Dinosaurs: Morphojunctional and Phylogentic Implications
• Advisor: Dr. James Spotila
• Major Area: Environmental Science
• Examining Committee: Dr. James Spotila, Dr. Peter Dodson, Dr. Matthew Lamanna, Dr. William Gallagher, Dr. Susan Kilham and Dr. Kenneth Lacovere

Vamshi Gangupomu- October 21st, 2010 at 11:00am in the Bossone Building, Room 303

• Thesis Title: Molecular Simulations of HIV-1 Protein-Membrane Interactions
• Advisor: Dr. Franco Capaldi
• Major Area: Chemical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Raj Mutharasan, Dr. Cameron Abrams, Dr. Nily Dan, Dr. Irwin Chaiken and Dr. Franco Capaldi

Eugenia Zandona- October 19th, 2010 at 12:00pm in the Disque Building, Room 109

• Thesis Title: Food Web Ecology of Trinidadian Streams
• Advisor: Dr. James Spotila
• Major Area: Environmental Science
• Examining Committee: Dr. James Spotila, Dr. Susan Kilham, Dr. Michael O'Connor, Dr. Jacob Russell, Dr. Catherine Pringle, Dr. Michael Marshall

Yao Yu - October 6th, 2010 at 11:00pm in the Bossone Building, Room 302

• Thesis Title: Colocated MIMO Radar Using Compressive Sensing
• Advisor: Dr. John M. Walsh
• Major Area: Electrical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. John M. Walsh, Dr. Steven Weber, Dr. Kapil Dandekar, Dr. Youngmoo Kim and Dr. Athina Petropulu

Frank Leone- September 29th, 2010 at 10:00am in the Curtis Building, Room 162

• Thesis Title: Progressive Damage Modeling of Full-Scale composite Aircraft Fuselage Panels
• Advisor: Dr. Tein-Min Tan
• Major Area: Mechanical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Tein-Min Tan, Dr. Jonathan Awerbuch, Dr. Nicholas Cernansky, Dr. Franco Capaldi and Dr. Roger Doherty