Winter Quarter 2010

Annette Sieg- March 18 at 10:00am in the Disque Building, Room 109

• Thesis Title: Physiological Constraints On the Ecology of Activity-Limited Ectotherms
• Advisor: Dr. Joseph Bentz
• Major Area: Biology
• Examining Committee: Dr. Joseph Bentz, Dr. Michael O'Connor, Dr. James Spotila, Dr. Susan Kilham, Dr. Harold Avery, Dr. Arthur Duham and Dr. Raymond Semlitsch

Sameer Kalghatgi - March 15 at 10:00am in the Bossone Building, Room 709

• Thesis Title: Mechanisms of Interaction of Non-Thermal Plasma With Living Cells
• Advisor: Dr. Gary Friedman
• Major Area: Electrical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Gary Friedman, Dr. Alexander Fridman, Dr. Jane Azizkhan-Clifford, Dr. Adam Fontecchio, Dr. Timothy Kurzweg and Dr. Alisa Morss Clyne

James Hing - March 15 at 10:30am in Curtis Building, Room 162

• Thesis Title: Mixed Reality for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Operations in New Earth Environments
• Advisor: Dr. Paul Oh
• Major Area: Mechanical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Paul Oh, Dr. Harry Kwatny, Dr. Alan Lau, Dr. Ani Hsieh and Dr. Kurtulus Izzetoglu

Sharon Byrne - March 11 at 9:00am in the Bellet Building, Room 209

• Thesis Title: Factors Associated with Decrease Utilization of Mammography by African American Women
• Advisor: Dr. Mary Ellen Glasgow
• Major Area: Nursing
• Examining Committee: Dr. Mary Ellen Glasgow, Dr. Joan Rosen Bloch and Dr. Zekarias Berhane

Nicholas Malasavage - March 9 at 1:00pm in the CAEE Conference Room

• Thesis Title: Post-shaking Displacement Response In Normally Consolidated Clay Slopes
• Advisor: Dr. Joseph Wartman
• Major Area: Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Joseph Wartman, Dr. Patricia Gallagher, Dr. Joseph Martin, Dr. Franklin Moon and Dr. Inthuorn Sasanakul

Theresa Andrejack - March 9 at 3:30pm in the Hill Conference Room

• Thesis Title: A Multi-Axial Test for Geotextiles
• Advisor: Dr. Joseph Wartman
• Major Area: Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Joseph Wartman, Dr. Grace Hsuan, Dr. Patricia Gallagher, Dr. Joseph Martin and Dr. Craig Calabria

Marco DiRenzo - March 9 at 2:00pm in the Pearlstein Building, Room 405

• Thesis Title: Career Development and Individual Well-Being: The Impact of Protean Career Orientation on Work and Life Outcomes
• Advisor: Dr. Jeff Greenhaus
• Major Area: Business Administration
• Examining Committee: Dr. Jeff Greenhaus, Dr. Jonathan Ziegert, Dr. Christian Resick, Dr. Frank Linnehan, Dr. Barrie Litzky

Nasir Mohammad - March 8 at 10:00am in the Curtis Building, Room 162

• Thesis Title: Modeling and Simulations of Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Dispersion In Water/Surfactant/Polymer Systems
• Advisor: Dr. Franco Capaldi
• Major Area: Mechanical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Franco Capaldi, Dr. Bakhtier Farouk, Dr. Frank Ko, Dr. Young Cho, Dr. Ying Sun and Dr. Antonios Zavaliangos

Lee Zane - March 5 at 10:30am in the TBA Building

• Thesis Title: How Social Capital and Firm Knowledge Influence the Acquistion of Resources in Technology Based Now Ventures
• Advisor: Dr. Vadake Narayanan
• Major Area: Business Adminstration
• Examining Committee: Dr. Vadake Narayanan, Dr. Dali Ma, Dr. Frank Linnehan and Dr. Rafael Corredoria

John Eisenbreg - February 26, 2010 at 2:00pm in the Bossone Building, Room 302

• Thesis Title: Ultrasound Sensitive Polymeric Drug Corners For Treatment of Solid Tumors
• Advisor: Dr. Fred Allen
• Major Area: Biomedical Engineering
• Examining Committee: Dr. Fred Allen, Dr. Margaret Wheatley, Dr. Kambiz Pourrezaei, Dr. Michael Soulen, Dr. Flemmin Forsberg

Mary Teixeira - February 23, 2010 at 1:00pm in the Bellet Building, Room 209

• Thesis Title: The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in Adults Over Fifty
• Advisor: Dr. Gloria O'Donnelly
• Major Area: Nursing
• Examining Committee: Dr. Gloria O'Donnelly, Dr. Judith Reishtein and Dr. James Fain

Kimberly Hoffman - February 22, 2010 at 11:00am in the Bellet Building, Room TBA

• Thesis Title: Comparison of Acceptance-Based and Standard Cognitive-Based Coping Strategies for Craving Sweets in Overweight and Obese Women
• Advisor: Dr. Evan Forman
• Major Area: Psychology
• Examining Committee: Dr. Evan Forman, Dr. James Herbert, Dr. Michael Lowe, Dr. Meghan Buryn and Dr. Alix Timko

Ranjita Chakraborty - February 12th at 10:00am in the Disque Building, Room 109

• Thesis Title: Caloric Restriction and SirT1 Modulate APP Metabolism In Vitro and In Vivo
• Advisor: Dr. Donna Murasko
• Major Area: Biology
• Examining Committee: Dr. Donna Murasko, Dr. Aleister Saunders, Dr. Nianli Sana, Dr. Daniel Marenda, Dr. Jennifer Stanford and Dr. Jeremy Lee

Dominique Chuku - January 15th at 10:00am in the Bellet Building, Room 1035

• Thesis Title: The Retention of Heritage Language and Its Potential Effects on Family Relationships and Life Satisfaction Among Second-Generation Haitian American Adolescents
• Advisor: Dr. Eric Johnson
• Major Area: Couple and Family Therapy
• Examining Committee: Dr. Eric Johnson, Dr. Cheryl Litzkie, Dr. Bill Silver, Dr. Suzanne Levy and Dr. Pamela Clark