Summer Quarter 2008

J. Barry Dickinson - September 15 at 2pm in the Leonard Pearlstein Business Learning Center, Room 302

  • Thesis Title: The Role of Business Process Capabilities and Market-Based Assets in Creating Customer Value and Superior Performance
  • Advisors: Dr. Rolph Anderson
  • Major Area: Marketing
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Rolph Anderson, Dr. Srini Swaminathan, Dr. Shankat Hammoudeh, Dr. James Talaga (LaSalle University), David Wasgo (Interactive Services Group)

Preeti Khandelwal - September 12 at 10am in Disque Hall, Room 109

  • Thesis Title: Identification and Characterization of Candidate Genes Located on Chromosome 10 that are Involved with APP Metabolism
  • Advisor: Dr. Aleister Saunders
  • Major Area: Bioscience and Biotechnology
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Shivanthi Anandan, Dr. Aleister Saunders, Dr. Mauricio Reginato, Dr. Daniel Marenda, Dr. Jeremy Lee (University of California Santa Cruz)

Seunglee Kwon - September 11 at 10:30am in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Room 709

  • Thesis Title: Development of Nano-Sized Polymeric Ultrasound Contrast Agents for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy
  • Advisor: Dr. Margaret Wheatley
  • Major Area: Biomedical Engineering
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Fred Allen, Dr. Margaret Wheatley, Dr. Chang Chang, Dr. Ari Brooks, Dr. Flemming Forsberg (Thomas Jefferson University)

Andreas Mylonakis - September 4 at 2pm in Disque Hall, Room 109

  • Thesis Title: Biodegradable Polymers, Hybrids and Nanomaterials
  • Advisor: Dr. Yen Wei
  • Major Area: Chemistry
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Daniel King, Dr. Lynn Penn, Dr. Robert Hutchins, Dr. Yun Xi, Dr. Sally Solomon, Dr. Ylan-Min Yuan, Dr. Shu Yang (University of Pennsylvania)

Frederic Plotnick - August 27 at 2pm in the CAEE Conference Room (Alumni Engineering Labs, Room 4-275)

  • Thesis Title: RDM - Relationship Diagramming Method
  • Advisor: Dr. Joseph Martin
  • Major Area: Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Joseph Martin, Dr. J. Richard Weggel, Dr. S.C. Cheng, Dr. Thomas Hindelang, Dr. Stephen Smith (Industry), James O'Brien (Industry)

Mozghan Bahadory - August 14 at 1pm in Disque Hall, Room 109

  • Thesis Title: Systhesis of Noble Metal Nanoparticles
  • Advisor: Dr. Sally Solomon
  • Major Area: Chemistry
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Tony Addison, Dr. Carey Rosenthal, Dr. Yen Wei, Dr. Daniel King, Dr. Kambiz Pourrezaei, Dr. Jansen-Varnum (Temple University)

Kelleny Oum (rescheduled) - August 14 at 2pm in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Room 709

  • Thesis Title: Targeted Ultrasound Contrast Agent for Detection/Treatment of Breast and Ovarian Cancers
  • Advisor: Dr. Margaret Wheatley
  • Major Area: Biomedical Engineering
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Margaret Wheatley, Dr. Fred Allen, Dr. Chang Chang, Dr. Ari Brooks, Dr. Flemming Forsberg (Thomas Jefferson University)

Derek Halverson - August 14 at 10:30am in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Room 302

  • Thesis Title: Magnetic Manipulation of Colloids at the Micro and Nanoscale
  • Advisor: Dr. Gennady Friedman
  • Major Area: Electrical Engineering
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Adam Fontecchio, Dr. Oleh Tretiak, Dr. Nily Dan, Dr. Timothy Kurzweg, Dr. Gary Friedman

Mary Morton - August 13 at 10am in the Rush Building, Room 014

  • Thesis Title: Use and Acceptance of an Electronic Health Record: Factors Affecting Physician Attitudes
  • Advisor: Dr. Susan Wiedenbeck
  • Major Area: Information Studies
  • Examining Committee: Susan Wiedenbeck, Ph.D.; Katherine McCain, Ph.D.; Lisl Zach, Ph.D.; Valerie Watzlaf, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh); Scot Silverstein, M.D.

Sandip Basu - August 11 at 3pm in the Hill Conference Room (LeBow Engineering Center, Room 240)

  • Thesis Title: On Spherical Nanoindentation Stress-Strain Curves and Kinking Nonlinear Elasticity in Single Crystals of Hexagonal Brittle Solids
  • Advisors: Drs. Michel Barsoum and Surya Kalidini
  • Major Area: Materials Science and Engineering
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Michel Barsoum, Dr. Surya Kalidini, Dr. Yuri Gogotsi, Dr. Jonathan Spanier, Dr. Miladin Radovic (Texas A&M University)

Hui Li - August 11 at 10am in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Room 302

  • Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Aqueous Quantum Dots for Biomedical Applications
  • Advisors: Drs. Wei-Heng Shih and Wan Shih
  • Major Area: Materials Engineering
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Wei-Heng Shih, Dr. Wan Shih, Dr. Jonathan Spanier, Dr. Elisabeth Papazoglou, Dr. Gianluca Gallo

Jennifer Mayer Cox - July 24 at 12pm in the Bellet Building, Room 1042

  • Thesis Title: The Impact of Juveniles' Age and Levels of Psychological Maturity on Judges' Ratings of Adjudicative Competence
  • Advisor: Dr. Naomi Goldstein
  • Major Area: Law-Psychology
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Naomi Goldstein; Dr. Kirk Heilbrun; Dr. Richard Redding; Bret Boyer (Widener University); Anne Poulin, JD (Villanova University)

Oluseyi Olubadewo - July 24 at 10am in the Bellet Building, Room 1224

  • Thesis Title: The Relationship Between Mental Health Symptoms and Comprehension of Miranda Rights in Male Juvenile Offenders
  • Advisor: Dr. Naomi Goldstein
  • Major Area: Law-Psychology
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Naomi Goldstein; Dr. Kirk Heilbrun; Dr. David DeMatteo; Frank Cooper, JD; Anne Poulin, JD (Villanova University)

Kurtulus Izzetoglu - July 18 at 10am in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Room 709

  • Thesis Title: Neural Correlates of Cognitive Workloads and Anesthetic Depth: fNIR Spectrometry Investigation in Humans
  • Advisors: Drs. Banu Onaral and Scott Bunce
  • Major Area: Biomedical Engineering
  • Examining Committee: Banu Onaral, PhD; Scott Bunce, PhD; Patricia Shewokis, PhD; Andres Kriete, PhD; Kambiz Pourrezae, PhD; Jay Horrow, MD; Frank Lee, PhD

Constance Mesiarik - July 9 at 10am in the Bellet Building, Room 1042

  • Thesis Title: Gender, Suggestibility and Self-Reported Likelihood of False Confessions
  • Advisor: Dr. Naomi Goldstein
  • Major Area: Law-Psychology
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Naomi Goldstein, Dr. Richard Redding, Dr. Kirk Heilbrun, Gillian Blair (Private Practice), Robert Dunham (Public Defender's Office)

Yunan Chen - July 7 at 2pm in the Rush Building, Room 233

  • Thesis Title: Context-Centered Design: Bridging the Gap Between Understanding and Designing
  • Advisor: Dr. Michael Atwood
  • Major Area: Information Studies
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Michael Atwood, Dr. Susan Wiedenbeck, Dr. Denise Agosto, Dr. Chaomei Chen, Dr. Irleand Rockstraw

Hong Kit Yim - July 2 at 3pm in the Leonard Pearlstein Business Learning Center, Room 403

  • Thesis Title: Psychological Empowerment of Salespeople: The Construct, Its Inducement, and Consequences on Customer Relationships
  • Advisor: Dr. Rolph Anderson
  • Major Area: Marketing
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Rolph Anderson, Dr. Srini Swaminathan, Dr. Raju Mehta, Dr. Thomas Chiang, Dr. Hazem Maragah, Dr. Andy Verzilli

Shubham Krishna Bhat - July 2 at 2pm in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Room 302

  • Thesis Title: Locomotion of Magnetic Particles in Fluids
  • Advisor: Dr. Timothy Kurzweg
  • Major Area: Electrical Engineering
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Adam Fontecchio, Dr. Timothy Kurzweg, Dr. Kapil Dandekar, Dr. Gary Friedman, Dr. Min Jun Kim

Yongtao Hong - July 1 at 10:30am in the Leonard Pearlstein Business Learning Center, Room 403

  • Thesis Title: Does Principles-Based Accounting Standards Matter? Evidence from the Adoption of IFRS in China
  • Advisor: Dr. Gordian Ndubizu
  • Major Area: Accounting
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Gordian Ndubizu, Dr. Nandini Chandar, Dr. Barbara Grein, Dr. Samuel Szewczyk, Dr. Orakwue Ariorze

Stuart Napshin - Rescheduled for June 30 at 1pm in the Leonard Pearlstein Business Learning Center, Room 403

  • Thesis Title: Core Technical Knowledge Structure and Managerial Attention; Influences on Exploratory Innovation
  • Advisor: Dr. Donna DeCarolis
  • Major Area: Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Donna DeCarolis, Dr. Ken Colwell, Dr. Jonathan Zeigert, Dr. Vadake Narayanan, Dr. David Deeds (The University of St. Thomas)

Huidong Li - June 27 at 10:30am in the MEM Seminar Room (Curtis Hall, Room 162)

  • Thesis Title: Sodium Potassium Niobate-Based Lead-Free Piezoelectric Ceramic Bulk and Freestanding Thick Films
  • Advisor: Dr. Wei-Heng Shih
  • Major Area: Materials Science and Engineering
  • Examining Committee: Dr. Wei-Heng Shih, Dr. Wan Y. Shih, Dr. Guoliang Yang, Dr. Jonathan Spanier, Dr. Peter Davies (University of Pennsylvania)
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