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Materials Science and Engineering
Spring & Summer 2008 Doctoral Dissertations and Recitals
Spring 2008 | Summer 2008
Spring 2008
| December 17 |
Joanna Kaczorowska, DMA
Final Doctoral Recital |
| December 20 |
He Zhao, Biomedical Engineering
Development of a Wireless Health Monitoring System with an Efficient Power Management Scheme Based on Localized Time-varying Data Analysis |
| December 21 |
Hideaki Aomori, DMA
Final DMA Recital |
| January 3 |
Yuan Sun, Materials Science and Engineering
Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Noble-metal Nanoparticles and Their Langmuir Films
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| Janaury 15 |
Fen Wan, Chemistry
Development of Novel Replaceable Polymeric Matrices for DNA Separation by Capillary Electrophoresis: Synthesis & Characterizations |
| January 23 |
Yuan Bi, Chemistry
Studies of the Folding and Stability of the Villin Headpiece Subdomain |
| January 28 |
Biren A. Patel, IDPAS|
Biomechanics and Functional Morphology of Digitigrade Hand Postures in Cercopithecoid Primates. |
| February 6 |
Bret Simner, DMA
Final DMA Recital |
| February 8 |
Attreyee Ghosh, Geosciences
Elucidating lithosphere-mantle coupling by modeling the Earth's lithospheric stress field and plate motions |
| February 13 |
Staffan Sandström, DMA
DMA Piano Recital |
| February 15 |
Aisha Haynes, Materials Science
Electrospun Conducting Polymer Composites for Chemo-Resistive Environmental and Health Monitoring Applications |
| February 15 |
José A. Muñoz, Sociology
Leadership Repertories: Conflict Management in Mexican Social Movement Coalitions |
| February 22 |
Gopalan Sivathanu, Computer Science
End-to-End Abstractions for Application-Aware Storage |
| February 28 |
Isabelle Pierre-Rollin/Airey, English
The Nexus Between Language and Identity in the Caribbean/Caribbean American Context |
| March 2 |
Melissa Slocum, Music
DMA Final Recital |
| March 3 |
Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum , Sociology
Cycles of Protest: Impact of the Contemporary Anti-War Movement on the U.S. Women's Movement |
| March 9 |
Adam Meyer, Music, Performance
Final Recital |
| March 10 |
Lee-Wen Chang, Music
The Viola: One Hundred Years |
| March 10 |
Yan Hao, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Tidal and Residual Circulation in Long Island Sound |
| March 13 |
Kolby Jardine, Marine and Atmospheric Science
The Exchange of Acetaldehyde between Plants and the Atmosphere: Stable Carbon Isotope and Flux Measurements |
| March 13 |
Greg Strong, Social/Heath Psychology
Boredom in Romantic Relationships |
| March 14 |
Terry L. Greene II, Music
Final DMA Recital |
| March 17 |
Amanda Ullman, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
The Adenovirus E4 ORF3 Protein Functions to Antagonize Aspects of the Interferon Induced Antiviral State |
| March 17 |
Yi Chen, Materials Science and Engineering
Defect Structures in Silicon Carbide Bulk Crystals, Epilayers and Devices |
| March 25 |
Moustapha Thioye , Physics and Astronomy
Topics in the measurement of electrons with the ATLAS detector at the LHC |
| March 26 |
Jessica Ann Mayock, Philosophy
Borderlands of Psyche and Logos in Heraclitus: A Psychoanalytic Reading |
| March 27 |
Maksim Zhdanovskikh, Music
Final Doctoral Recital |
| March 28 |
Christine M. Brady, Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Power Analysis of Finite Mixtures of Poisson Distributions |
| March 28 |
Matthew Meyer,Philosophy
Heraclitus on Meaning and Knowledge Legitimation |
| April 2 |
Arieh Sclar, History
A Sport at which Jews Excel”: Jewish Basketball in American Society,
1900-1951 |
| April 2 |
Robert Rosenberger, Philosophy
The Philosophy of Scientific Debate Traditions |
| April 3 |
Eun-Young Han, Music
Final DMA Recital, Oboe |
| April 4 |
Teresa Inez Shakespeare, Physiology and Biophysics
Connexin50 Intercellular Communication and Its Interaction with Mitogen Protein Kinase Signaling: Implications for Postnatal Lens Growth |
| April 7 |
Ji-Eun Lee, Viola
Final DMA Recital |
| April 9 |
Cristian Papazoglu-Statescu, Genetics
p63 Isoforms as Regulators of Cellular Proliferation and Senescence |
| April 10 |
John Pachankis, Clinical Psychology
Disclosing Gay-Related Stress: Psychological and Physical Health Effects and Mechanisms Underlying Improvement
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| April 11 |
Lung-Hao Tai, Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Neural Mechanisms of Selective Auditory Attention in Rats |
| April 12 |
Eunbee Cho, Music
DMA Final Recital |
| April 13 |
Levana V. Cohen, Music, DMA
The Freedom of Democracy (1918-1947) Works for the Clarinet by: Milhaud, Copland, and Stravinsky |
| April 14 |
Kyunghwan Yoon, Chemistry
High flux nanofibrous composite membranes for water purification |
| April 14 |
Ellen Sherry Lindquist, Music
För levande och döda |
| April 18 |
Dylan W. Benson, Music
DMA Final Recital |
| April 18 |
Eric T. Sawey, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Metalloproteinase Activators of Notch Signaling in Development and Pancreatic Disease |
| April 21 |
Zhuying Huang, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
The Power of Linkage Analysis of a Quantitative Disease Endophenotype |
| April 22 |
Vesela Kirova, Music, DMA
Final DMA Recital |
| April 22 |
Kelly Savage, Music, DMA
Final DMA Harpsichord Recital: Chaconnes, Passacailles and other Variations |
| April 23 |
Eric Starr, Music, DMA
Solo Contemporary Trombone Music |
| April 23 |
Carolyn Gallogly, Social Welfare
Spousal Identity Stage Theory in Dementia Caregiving: A Bittersweet Journey |
| April 23 |
Mark Dulin, Music
Final Doctoral Recital |
| April 24 |
Jesse W. Young, IDPAS
Ontogeny of Locomotion in Saimiri boliviensis and Callithrix jacchus: Implications for Primate Locomotor Ecology and Evolution |
| April 24 |
Alin V. Costin, Physics and Astronomy
Structure Assignments to Excited States of Heavy Nuclei from Lifetime Information |
| April 25 |
Eliza Johanna Congdon, Biopsychology
The Neurogenetic Basis of Behavioral Inhibition |
| April 25 |
Adam J.T. Schuldt, Biomedical Engineering
Regenerating the Mammalian Heart: Potential Roles for Cardiomyocyte Proliferation, Cardiac Stem Cells, and Fibroblasts |
| April 25 |
Leon Livshin, Music, DMA
Final DMA Recital |
| April 27 |
Kibum Park, Music
Final DMA Recital |
| April 28 |
Stephen Patnode, History
Love’s Labor Lost: The Influence of Gender, Race, and Class on the Workplace in Post-war America |
| April 28 |
Haisheng Fang, Mechanical Engineering
To Study Crystal Cracking and Melt Inclusion during Laser Crystal Growth by Czochralski Method |
| April 28 |
Douglas Perkins, Muisc, DMA
Final Recital |
| April 28 |
Yusuf A. Mustopa, Mathematics/PhD
The Effective Cone on Symmetric Powers of Curves |
| April 29 |
Leopoldo Erice, Music
J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations |
| May 1 |
Peter Erik Fristedt, Department of Philosophy
Gadamer's Hermeneutic Holism |
| May 1 |
Justin A Georgi, Justin A Georgi
Semicircular Canal Morphology as Evidence of Locomotor Environment in Amniotes |
| May 1 |
Hui Pan, Biomedical Engineering
Functional Characterization of Electrospun Dextran/PLGA Scaffold in vitro and in vivo and its Potential as a Wound Dressing in Diabetic Chronic Wound Treatment |
| May 1 |
Shuyi Chen, Chemistry
Tumor-targeting Drug Delivery System of Anticancer Agent |
| May 2 |
Chaolin Zhang, Biomedical Engineering
Genome Signals and Evolution for Fidelity and Regulation of Pre-mRNA splicing |
| May 2 |
Joseph F. Di Ponio, Music
Toward Innumerable Futures |
| May 2 |
Kelvin Luther, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Structural and Mechanistic Insights Into Lunatic Fringe |
| May 2 |
Peihua Yuan, Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Role of Sir3 N-terminus in Yeast Transcriptional Silencing |
| May 2 |
Ketty Thomas, Comparative Literature
The Lazarus Crisis: Subjectivity, Language and Sacrifice in Cultural Narratives |
| May 2 |
Kyoung-Su Park, Electrical Engineering
Robust Object Detection and Localization for Real-Time Autonomous Surveillance Applications |
| May 4 |
Jae Kyung Chang, Music, DMA
Final DMA Clarinet Recital |
| May 5 |
Xiaoling Wang, Biochemistry and Structural biology
Developmentally Regulated Transcription Elongation in the Drosophila Embryo |
| May 5 |
Meng Qu, Materials Science and Engineering
Bubble formation during impact of molten metallic droplets on substrates |
| May 6 |
Jae Hun Kim, Materials Science and Engineering
Analysis of surface layer effects in spherical contact |
| May 6 |
Tanvir Ahmed Prince, Mathematics
On the Lego-Teichmuller game for finite G cover |
| May 7 |
Tan Ahn, Physics
Evolution of the One-Quadrupole Phonon Mixed-Symmetry State in the A = 140 Mass Region |
| May 7 |
Linda Mae Belsten, Social Welfare
The Silent Womb- Stillbirth: A Study of Bio-Psycho-Social Risk |
| May 7 |
Alfredo Valarezo Garcés, Materials Science and Engineering
Process Design for Reliable High Velocity Thermal Spray Coatings: An Integrated Approach through Process Maps and Advanced Insitu Characterization |
| May 7 |
Pranav Nawani, Chemistry
Polymer Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: Structure, Morphology and Properties. |
| May 7 |
Rachel Cohen, Music
Final Doctoral Recital |
| May 8 |
Andrew A. Farke, Anatomical Sciences
Function and Evolution of the Cranial Sinuses in Bovid Mammals and Ceratopsian Dinosaurs |
| May 8 |
Daniel An, Mathematics
Complete Set of Eigenfunctions of The Quantum Periodic Toda Chain |
| May 8 |
Pamela Lee Linden, School of Social Welfare
The Youth Perspective of Juvenile Treatment Courts |
| May 8 |
Christopher Charles, Gilbert Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences
African Papionin Phylogenetic History and Plio-Pleistocene Biogeography |
| May 8 |
Shaukat Ali Khan, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Transgenic mouse expressing human CD155 under the Tage4 promoter as a model for oral pathogenesis of poliovirus |
| May 8 |
Liang Sun, Chemsitry
Design, Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Modeling of Novel Taxane-Based Anticancer Agents and Paclitaxel mimics |
| May 9 |
Shelley Arrian Fleit, Social Welfare
The Influence of Organizational Structure on Hospital Social Work Practice and Professional Identity |
| May 9 |
Salma Banu Rafi, Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Applying computer aided drug design to target multi-drug resistant tuberculosis |
| May 9 |
Edward T. O’Connell, History
Public Commemoration and Monuments to Memory: The Triumph of Robert E. Lee and the Lost Cause |
| May 9 |
Philip Schuessler, Music Composition
Towers, Clocks, and Glass |
| May 12 |
Jonathan Korth, Music, DMA
Recital |
| May 12 |
Inna Faliks, Music
Final Recital |
| May 13 |
Stephanie J. Sohl, Social Psychology
Refining the Conceptualization of an Important Future-oriented Self-regulatory Behavior: Proactive Coping |
| May 13 |
Dandan Huang, Economics
Two Essays on Credit Market |
| May 13 |
Kieran Boyle, Physics
Measurements of the Double Helicity Asymmetry in Pion Production in Proton Collisions s = 200 GeV and the Resulting Constraints on the Polarized Gluon Distribution in the Proton |
| May 14 |
Yen Kim Luu, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Biomechanical Promotion of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Proliferation as a Countermeasure to the Development of Obesity and Osteoporosis |
| May 14 |
Zejie Zhang, Electrical & Computer Engineering
On proposal density of particle filtering |
| May 14 |
Juliana Iordanova Tafrova, Oral Biology and Pathology
Conversion of Vitamin A1 to A2 and Its Involvement in the Response of Cultured Human Keratinocytes to UV Irradiation |
| May 14 |
Sarah Kristen Knapp, Social/Health Psychology
Perceptions of Responsibility and the Stigmatization of Lung Cancer: Using Prospect Theory to Explain the Allocation of Funding to Hypothetical Cancer Treatment Programs |
| May 15 |
Daniel P. Dulebohn, Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Role of Conserved SmpB Amino Acids in trans-Translation |
| May 15 |
Carl A Machutta, Chemistry
Slow Onset Inhibition of KasA by Thiolactomycin: Mechanistic Insights and Lead Optimization for Anti-bacterial Drug Discovery |
| May 15 |
Yao Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Target Tracking with Sequential Monte Carlo Methods in Mobile Sensor Networks |
| May 15 |
Wei Zhang , Computer Science
Feature Representation for Generic Object Detection and Recognition:
Computer Vision and Human Vision |
| May 15 |
Jie Chen, Economics
Three Essays on Pricing and Inequality in Pharmaceutical Market
Computer Vision and Human Vision |
| May 16 |
Ting Lu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Improved Monte Carlo-Based Methods for Target Tracking with Sensor Networks |
| May 16 |
Weiqing Sun, Computer Science
Practical Information Flow Based Techniques to Safeguard Host Integrity |
| May 16 |
Fernando Guerrero,Hispanic Languages
José Lezama Lima: El maestro en broma
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| May 16 |
Ruchi Gupta,Chemistry
Study of Factors Affecting Amylin Fibril Formation and the Characterization of a Protein which Prevents Amyloidogenesis
|
| May 16 |
Eli Packer,Computer Science
Robust Geometric Computing and Optimal Visibility Coverage
|
| May 18 |
Minna Rose Chung, Music
Style is the Man: Music of the Past |
| May 19 |
Stephanie Corwin, Music, DMA
Final DMA Recital |
| May 19 |
Na Yin, Economics
Three Essays on the U.S. Social Security Disability Insurance System |
| May 19 |
Bill Wolf, Music Composition
Concerto for Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra |
| May 19 |
Stephanie Corwin, Music
Final DMA Recital |
| May 19 |
Lanette Annell Raymond, Social and Health Psychology
Asking Sensitive Health-Related Questions: Format-Response Effects and Social Desirability |
| May 19 |
Yanan Di,Economics
Essays on Socioeconomic Disparities in Health |
| May 19 |
Roman Yukilevich,Ecology and Evolution
Caribbean Drosophila melanogaster: a model for incipient sexual isolation and phenotypic and genetic divergence in widespread and human commensal species |
| May 20 |
Yongzhi Chen, Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Task Mapping on Supercomputer with Cellular Network |
| May 20 |
Toni Lyn Morelli, Ecology & Evolution
The Population Dynamics of an Endangered Madagascar Primate, Propithecus edwardsi |
| May 20 |
Abigail M. Derby, IDPAS
Investigating How Ecology and Demography Influence Folivorous Primate Biomass in the Western Amazon |
| May 20 |
Sarah Kim, DMA
Final Recital |
| May 21 |
Gabriel Shuford, Music
Final DMA Recital, harpsichord |
| May 21 |
Young Ha Kim, DMA, voice performance
DMA Final Recital |
| May 22 |
Emanuel G. Boussios, Sociology
Public Opinion and War: Opposition to War in the United States from 1950-2008 |
| May 27 |
Yang Zhao, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Structure Analysis to Large Size Electronic Systems and Its Application for Optimized Electronic Design |
| May 27 |
Amy Elizabeth Traver, Sociology
Becoming a “Chinese-American” Parent: Parents’ Cultural Decision-Making in Inter-Country Adoption from China |
| May 28 |
Junghan Choi, English
Orphans and Class Anxiety in Nineteenth-Century English Novels |
| May 28 |
Xianjin Zhu, Computer Science
Collaborative Information Processing and Query Evaluation in Wireless Sensor Networks |
| May 29 |
Samei Lim, DMA
Final DMA Recital |
| May 29 |
Susan M.Natali, Ecology & Evolution
Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide on Trace Metal Cycling in Forests |
| June 3 |
Etsuko Maruoka, Sociology
Veiled Passion: Negotiation of Gender, Race and Religiosity among Young Muslim American Women |
June 3 |
Yakov Savelyev, Mathematics
Quantum characteristic classes |
| June 4 |
Shalini Singh, Molecular and Cell Biology
Reengineering the substrate specificity of Src family kinases |
| June 4 |
Michele Fazio, English
Between Mothers and Sons: Narrative Performances in Italian American Literature |
| June 6 |
Serene J. Khader, Philosophy
JUDGING OTHERS’ DEPRIVATION: ADAPTIVE PREFERENCES, MORAL DIVERSITY, AND THE GOOD |
| June 6 |
Jung Yeon Lee, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Extending Commingling Analysis to Exponential Distribution and its Genetic Application |
June 9 |
Helena M. Blumen, Experimental Psychology
Effects of Group Collaboration and Repeated Retrieval on Later Individual Memory |
| June 9 |
Xiaoning Lu, Comparative Literary & Cultural Studies
Biopolitics and Cinema: Practices, Representations, and the Moulding of the Socialist Subject in China, 1949-1965 |
| June 10 |
Miao Jin, Computer Science
General Surface Geometric Structures and Their Applications |
| June 11 |
Hoyan Lam, Biomedical Engineering
The Regulatory Potential of Dynamic Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Preventing Bone Loss and Muscle Atrophy |
| June 13 |
Joshua Banta, Ecology and Evolution
Tolerance to apical meristem damage in Arabidopsis thaliana: a closer look and the broader picture |
| June 16 |
Christopher Robert Weber, Political Science
The Emotional Campaign: How Emotions Influence Political Behavior and Judgment |
| June 17 |
Getu G. Teressa, Political Science
Molecular Mechanisms that Regulate Neuromuscular Synapse Formation |
| June 18 |
Hongbo Long, Geosciences
Investigation on Deformation of Olivine at High Pressure and Low Temperature |
| June 23 |
Mireya Mayor, IDPAS
A Conservation Genetics Study of Lemur Diversity in Madagascar: Sifakas as a Case Study |
| June 24 |
Rebecca Laptook, Psychology
Differentiation between Low Positive Affectivity and Behavioral Inhibition in Preschool-Age Children: An Examination across Domains of Temperament, Social Behavior, Parenting, and Psychological Symptomatology |
| June 24 |
Xin Li,Computer Science
A Shape Mapping Framework for Graphics and Visual Computing |
| June 24 |
Megan L. Robinson, Clinical Psychology
Behavioral Phenotypes as Contextual Events for Problem Behavior Displayed by Individuals with Developmental Disabilities |
| June 25 |
Bjorg Larson, Physics
X-ray spectromicroscopy analysis and its application to bacterial interactions in the environment |
| June 25 |
Tom Rothamel, Computer Science
Automatic Incrementalization of Queries in Object-Oriented Programs |
| June 26 |
Elif Calki, Political Science
School Vouchers: Choice, Competition and Accountability, The Chilean Case |
| June 26 |
Jennie Munster,Geosciences
Nonpoint sources of nitrate and perchlorate in urban land use to groundwater, Suffolk County, NY |
| June 27 |
José Laborde Rivera, Economics
Free-standing or combo: A study of the pricing strategies, bargaining outcomes and consumer characteristics of drug stores inside other larger stores |
| June 30 |
Amanda Bruce, History
Creating Consumers and Protecting Children: Radio, Television and Childhood, 1930 - 1960 |
| July 2 |
Jinmi Yoon,Physics and Astronomy
Rotation and Evolution of A and F stars |
| July 8 |
Chad Kautzer, Philosophy Department
Colonialism, Natural Right, and the Problem of Jurisdiction:
Modern Natural Law Theory and Hegel's Critique |
| July 8 |
Wei Zhang, Materials Science and Engineering
Integration of Process Diagnostics and Three-Dimensional Simulation in Thermal Spraying |
| July 11 |
Zhong Li, Chemistry
I. Topochemical Polymerization of Novel Diacetylenes II. Synthesis and Characterizations of A Soluble Polydiacetylene ? Poly(deca-4,6-diynedioic acid) |
| July 11 |
Amrohini Sahay, English
Race in Search of a Theory: Between the Postcolonial and Globalization |
| July 16 |
Aryeh Grossman, IDPAS
Ecological and Morphological Diversity in Catarrhine Primates from Miocene of Africa |
| July 16 |
Thomas J. Walls, Physics
Theoretical Analysis of Prospective Nanoelectronic Devices |
| July 17 |
John Robert Coleman, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Construction and Characterization of Codon-Pair Customized Poliovirus |
| July 17 |
Hongwen Zhou, Chemistry
Collagen Maturation and Mineralization |
| July 21 |
Shengying Li, Computer Science
Refraction in Graphics and Medical Imaging |
| July 21 |
Avishay Traeger, Computer Science
Analyzing Root Causes of Latency Distributions |
July 22 |
Bianca P. Acevedo, Social/Health Psychology
The Neural Basis of Long-term Romantic Love |
| July 22 |
Jinfeng Liao, Physics
Magnetic Component of Strongly Coupled Quark-Gluon Plasma |
July 22 |
Fan Wang, Economics
Essays on Mortgage Credit Risk |
| July 23 |
Chiung-Yin Chung, Biomedical Engineering
The Role of Cardiac Tissue Alignment in Modulating Function and Its Implications in Cardiac Hypertrophy |
| July 23 |
Lynn Ann Bialowas, Biopsychology
Neuroinflammation as determined by microglia and RAGE immunoreactivity throughout the lifespan of the S100B-overexpressing mouse model of pathological aging: Role of the antioxidant dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate on development and aging. |
| July 24 |
Yanluan Lin, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Validation and Improvements of Simulated Cloud Microphysics for Orographic Precipitation Over the Pacific Northwest |
| July 24 |
Andrew Mehler, Computer Science
Interpreting News through the Science of Networks |
| July 28 |
Torsten Dahms, Physics
Dilepton spectra in p+p and Au+Au collisions at RHIC |
| July 28 |
Jianhong Xue, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
The Chemical Composition of Sinking Particles and their Vertical Dynamics in the Open Ocean |
| July 29 |
Zhe Fan, Computer Science
Flow Simulation and Visualization on GPU Clusters |
| July 29 |
Daesang Kim, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Network Flow Model for the Simulation of CO2 Sequestration Process |
| July 29 |
Despina Siolas, Genetics
RNA Interference Screens as a Tool for Discovering Gene Function |
| July 29 |
Pei Ye, Computer Science
Modeling Excitable Cells Using Hybrid Automata |
| July 30 |
Christopher La Barbera, Philosophy
The Animal as Object and Ancestor in Political Thought |
| July 30 |
Gisselle Nilda Medina, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
The Interconnected Network of Cellular Proteins, ESCRT and Non-ESCRT Required for Retroviral Release |
| July 30 |
Eliza Woo, Ecology and Evolution
The role of plant-bird interactions in the invasion of Juniperus bermudiana in Hawaii: Integrating experiments, behavior, and models |
| July 31 |
Huijie Miao, Physics
Studies on X-ray Diffraction Microscopy |
| August 1 |
Kasandra Lovette Burgos, Clinical Psychology
GABAergic Neural Development in the Xenopus Optic Tectum |
| August 1 |
Kevin Dusling, Physics
Hydrodynamic Description of Dilepton Production |
| August 4 |
Dawn Chambers, Music
On the Subject of Birds |
| August 4 |
Milton J. Jackson, Electrical Engineering
Performance Evaluation of Parallel, Distrubuted and Grid Systems |
| August 4 |
Arif Kirmizitas, Molecular and Cellular Biology
GTPBP2 is a positive regulator of TGF-ß signaling, and is required for embryonic patterning in Xenopus. |
| August 4 |
Dezhen Xu, Mathematics
Configurations of Graphs and the Master Equation |
| August 5 |
Ce Shi, Chemistry
Development and Applications of Chiral Phosphorus Ligands to Transition-Metal Catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions |
| August 6 |
Lai-Wa Siu, Physics
Studies of Cold Fermionic Systems near the Feshbach Resonance |
| August 7 |
Meng Jiang, Chemistry
Structural and Electrochemical Study of Positive Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Ion Batteries |
| August 7 |
Jalal Mahmud, Computer Science
Transaction Models for Web Accessibility |
| August 8 |
Jamie D. Bleiweiss, M.A., Clinical Psychology
Medication Side Effects and Problem Behavior: Assessment and Intervention |
| August 8 |
Wei Li, Computer Science
Binary Analysis and Instrumentation for Enhancing Software Security |
| August 8 |
Srikant Sharma, Computer Science
Programmable Ethernet Switches and Their Applications |
| August 11 |
Holger Fleckenstein, Physics
High Resolution Chemical Mapping via Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy |
| August 11 |
Elliot Charles Klein, Geosciences
The dynamics of the seismogenic layer within the plate boundary zone of Western North America |
| August 11 |
David Sporleder, Chemistry
Photooxidation Processes on Single Crystal TiO2 Surfaces |
| August 11 |
Tao Sun, Physics
Thermal Properties of Solids: Theory and Geoscience Applications |
| August 12 |
Paul E. Bourdeau, Ecology and Evolution
Predator-induced behavioral and morphological plasticity in carnivorous intertidal gastropods (Nucella spp.) |
| August 12 |
Yuanzhi Tang, Geosciences
Heavy Metal and Radionuclide Sequestration by Minerals: Spectroscopic Investigations and Environmental Implications |
| August 13 |
Sean Callanan, Computer Science
Remote Debugging with Controllable Overhead |
| August 14 |
Khurshida Shahidullah, Ecology and Evolution
Effect of anionic lipids upon the topography of membrane-inserted hydrophobic alpha helices |
| August 14 |
Vinay Pai, Computer Science
Incentive Mechanisms for Peer-to-Peer Streaming |
| August 15 |
Senem Saner, Philosophy
The Dialectic of Indifference and the Process of Self-determination in Hegel's Logic and the Philosphy of Right |
| March 2 |
Melissa Slocum, Music
DMA Final Recital |
| March 3 |
Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum , Sociology
Cycles of Protest: Impact of the Contemporary Anti-War Movement on the U.S. Women's Movement |
| March 9 |
Adam Meyer, Music, Performance
Final Recital |
| March 10 |
Lee-Wen Chang, Music
The Viola: One Hundred Years |
| March 10 |
Yan Hao, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Tidal and Residual Circulation in Long Island Sound |
| March 13 |
Kolby Jardine, Marine and Atmospheric Science
The Exchange of Acetaldehyde between Plants and the Atmosphere: Stable Carbon Isotope and Flux Measurements |
| March 13 |
Greg Strong, Social/Heath Psychology
Boredom in Romantic Relationships |
| March 14 |
Terry L. Greene II, Music
Final DMA Recital |
| March 17 |
Amanda Ullman, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
The Adenovirus E4 ORF3 Protein Functions to Antagonize Aspects of the Interferon Induced Antiviral State |
| March 17 |
Yi Chen, Materials Science and Engineering
Defect Structures in Silicon Carbide Bulk Crystals, Epilayers and Devices |
| March 25 |
Moustapha Thioye , Physics and Astronomy
Topics in the measurement of electrons with the ATLAS detector at the LHC |
| March 26 |
Jessica Ann Mayock, Philosophy
Borderlands of Psyche and Logos in Heraclitus: A Psychoanalytic Reading |
| March 27 |
Maksim Zhdanovskikh, Music
Final Doctoral Recital |
| March 28 |
Christine M. Brady, Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Power Analysis of Finite Mixtures of Poisson Distributions |
| March 28 |
Matthew Meyer,Philosophy
Heraclitus on Meaning and Knowledge Legitimation |
| April 2 |
Arieh Sclar, History
A Sport at which Jews Excel”: Jewish Basketball in American Society,
1900-1951 |
| April 2 |
Robert Rosenberger, Philosophy
The Philosophy of Scientific Debate Traditions |
| April 3 |
Eun-Young Han, Music
Final DMA Recital, Oboe |
| April 4 |
Teresa Inez Shakespeare, Physiology and Biophysics
Connexin50 Intercellular Communication and Its Interaction with Mitogen Protein Kinase Signaling: Implications for Postnatal Lens Growth |
| April 7 |
Ji-Eun Lee, Viola
Final DMA Recital |
| April 9 |
Cristian Papazoglu-Statescu, Genetics
p63 Isoforms as Regulators of Cellular Proliferation and Senescence |
| April 10 |
John Pachankis, Clinical Psychology
Disclosing Gay-Related Stress: Psychological and Physical Health Effects and Mechanisms Underlying Improvement
|
| April 11 |
Lung-Hao Tai, Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Neural Mechanisms of Selective Auditory Attention in Rats |
| April 12 |
Eunbee Cho, Music
DMA Final Recital |
| April 13 |
Levana V. Cohen, Music, DMA
The Freedom of Democracy (1918-1947) Works for the Clarinet by: Milhaud, Copland, and Stravinsky |
| April 14 |
Kyunghwan Yoon, Chemistry
High flux nanofibrous composite membranes for water purification |
| April 14 |
Ellen Sherry Lindquist, Music
För levande och döda |
| April 18 |
Dylan W. Benson, Music
DMA Final Recital |
| April 18 |
Eric T. Sawey, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Metalloproteinase Activators of Notch Signaling in Development and Pancreatic Disease |
| April 21 |
Zhuying Huang, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
The Power of Linkage Analysis of a Quantitative Disease Endophenotype |
| April 22 |
Vesela Kirova, Music, DMA
Final DMA Recital |
| April 22 |
Kelly Savage, Music, DMA
Final DMA Harpsichord Recital: Chaconnes, Passacailles and other Variations |
| April 23 |
Eric Starr, Music, DMA
Solo Contemporary Trombone Music |
| April 23 |
Carolyn Gallogly, Social Welfare
Spousal Identity Stage Theory in Dementia Caregiving: A Bittersweet Journey |
| April 23 |
Mark Dulin, Music
Final Doctoral Recital |
| April 24 |
Jesse W. Young, IDPAS
Ontogeny of Locomotion in Saimiri boliviensis and Callithrix jacchus: Implications for Primate Locomotor Ecology and Evolution |
| April 24 |
Alin V. Costin, Physics and Astronomy
Structure Assignments to Excited States of Heavy Nuclei from Lifetime Information |
| April 25 |
Eliza Johanna Congdon, Biopsychology
The Neurogenetic Basis of Behavioral Inhibition |
| April 25 |
Adam J.T. Schuldt, Biomedical Engineering
Regenerating the Mammalian Heart: Potential Roles for Cardiomyocyte Proliferation, Cardiac Stem Cells, and Fibroblasts |
| April 25 |
Leon Livshin, Music, DMA
Final DMA Recital |
| April 27 |
Kibum Park, Music
Final DMA Recital |
| April 28 |
Stephen Patnode, History
Love’s Labor Lost: The Influence of Gender, Race, and Class on the Workplace in Post-war America |
| April 28 |
Haisheng Fang, Mechanical Engineering
To Study Crystal Cracking and Melt Inclusion during Laser Crystal Growth by Czochralski Method |
| April 28 |
Douglas Perkins, Muisc, DMA
Final Recital |
| April 28 |
Yusuf A. Mustopa, Mathematics/PhD
The Effective Cone on Symmetric Powers of Curves |
| April 29 |
Leopoldo Erice, Music
J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations |
| May 1 |
Peter Erik Fristedt, Department of Philosophy
Gadamer's Hermeneutic Holism |
| May 1 |
Justin A Georgi, Justin A Georgi
Semicircular Canal Morphology as Evidence of Locomotor Environment in Amniotes |
| May 1 |
Hui Pan, Biomedical Engineering
Functional Characterization of Electrospun Dextran/PLGA Scaffold in vitro and in vivo and its Potential as a Wound Dressing in Diabetic Chronic Wound Treatment |
| May 1 |
Shuyi Chen, Chemistry
Tumor-targeting Drug Delivery System of Anticancer Agent |
| May 2 |
Chaolin Zhang, Biomedical Engineering
Genome Signals and Evolution for Fidelity and Regulation of Pre-mRNA splicing |
| May 2 |
Joseph F. Di Ponio, Music
Toward Innumerable Futures |
| May 2 |
Kelvin Luther, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Structural and Mechanistic Insights Into Lunatic Fringe |
| May 2 |
Peihua Yuan, Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Role of Sir3 N-terminus in Yeast Transcriptional Silencing |
| May 2 |
Ketty Thomas, Comparative Literature
The Lazarus Crisis: Subjectivity, Language and Sacrifice in Cultural Narratives |
| May 2 |
Kyoung-Su Park, Electrical Engineering
Robust Object Detection and Localization for Real-Time Autonomous Surveillance Applications |
| May 4 |
Jae Kyung Chang, Music, DMA
Final DMA Clarinet Recital |
| May 5 |
Xiaoling Wang, Biochemistry and Structural biology
Developmentally Regulated Transcription Elongation in the Drosophila Embryo |
| May 5 |
Meng Qu, Materials Science and Engineering
Bubble formation during impact of molten metallic droplets on substrates |
| May 6 |
Jae Hun Kim, Materials Science and Engineering
Analysis of surface layer effects in spherical contact |
| May 6 |
Tanvir Ahmed Prince, Mathematics
On the Lego-Teichmuller game for finite G cover |
| May 7 |
Tan Ahn, Physics
Evolution of the One-Quadrupole Phonon Mixed-Symmetry State in the A = 140 Mass Region |
| May 7 |
Linda Mae Belsten, Social Welfare
The Silent Womb- Stillbirth: A Study of Bio-Psycho-Social Risk |
| May 7 |
Alfredo Valarezo Garcés, Materials Science and Engineering
Process Design for Reliable High Velocity Thermal Spray Coatings: An Integrated Approach through Process Maps and Advanced Insitu Characterization |
| May 7 |
Pranav Nawani, Chemistry
Polymer Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: Structure, Morphology and Properties. |
| May 8 |
Andrew A. Farke, Anatomical Sciences
Function and Evolution of the Cranial Sinuses in Bovid Mammals and Ceratopsian Dinosaurs |
| May 8 |
Daniel An, Mathematics
Complete Set of Eigenfunctions of The Quantum Periodic Toda Chain |
| May 8 |
Pamela Lee Linden, School of Social Welfare
The Youth Perspective of Juvenile Treatment Courts |
| May 8 |
Christopher Charles, Gilbert Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences
African Papionin Phylogenetic History and Plio-Pleistocene Biogeography |
| May 8 |
Shaukat Ali Khan, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Transgenic mouse expressing human CD155 under the Tage4 promoter as a model for oral pathogenesis of poliovirus |
| May 8 |
Liang Sun, Chemsitry
Design, Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Modeling of Novel Taxane-Based Anticancer Agents and Paclitaxel mimics |
| May 9 |
Shelley Arrian Fleit, Social Welfare
The Influence of Organizational Structure on Hospital Social Work Practice and Professional Identity |
| May 9 |
Salma Banu Rafi, Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Applying computer aided drug design to target multi-drug resistant tuberculosis |
| May 9 |
Edward T. O’Connell, History
Public Commemoration and Monuments to Memory: The Triumph of Robert E. Lee and the Lost Cause |
| May 9 |
Philip Schuessler, Music Composition
Towers, Clocks, and Glass |
| May 12 |
Jonathan Korth, Music, DMA
Recital |
| May 12 |
Inna Faliks, Music
Final Recital |
| May 13 |
Stephanie J. Sohl, Social Psychology
Refining the Conceptualization of an Important Future-oriented Self-regulatory Behavior: Proactive Coping |
| May 13 |
Dandan Huang, Economics
Two Essays on Credit Market |
| May 13 |
Kieran Boyle, Physics
Measurements of the Double Helicity Asymmetry in Pion Production in Proton Collisions s = 200 GeV and the Resulting Constraints on the Polarized Gluon Distribution in the Proton |
| May 14 |
Yen Kim Luu, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Biomechanical Promotion of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Proliferation as a Countermeasure to the Development of Obesity and Osteoporosis |
| May 14 |
Zejie Zhang, Electrical & Computer Engineering
On proposal density of particle filtering |
| May 14 |
Juliana Iordanova Tafrova, Oral Biology and Pathology
Conversion of Vitamin A1 to A2 and Its Involvement in the Response of Cultured Human Keratinocytes to UV Irradiation |
| May 14 |
Sarah Kristen Knapp, Social/Health Psychology
Perceptions of Responsibility and the Stigmatization of Lung Cancer: Using Prospect Theory to Explain the Allocation of Funding to Hypothetical Cancer Treatment Programs |
| May 15 |
Daniel P. Dulebohn, Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Role of Conserved SmpB Amino Acids in trans-Translation |
| May 15 |
Carl A Machutta, Chemistry
Slow Onset Inhibition of KasA by Thiolactomycin: Mechanistic Insights and Lead Optimization for Anti-bacterial Drug Discovery |
| May 15 |
Yao Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Target Tracking with Sequential Monte Carlo Methods in Mobile Sensor Networks |
| May 15 |
Wei Zhang , Computer Science
Feature Representation for Generic Object Detection and Recognition:
Computer Vision and Human Vision |
| May 15 |
Jie Chen, Economics
Three Essays on Pricing and Inequality in Pharmaceutical Market
Computer Vision and Human Vision |
| May 16 |
Ting Lu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Improved Monte Carlo-Based Methods for Target Tracking with Sensor Networks |
| May 16 |
Weiqing Sun, Computer Science
Practical Information Flow Based Techniques to Safeguard Host Integrity |
| May 16 |
Fernando Guerrero,Hispanic Languages
José Lezama Lima: El maestro en broma
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| May 16 |
Ruchi Gupta,Chemistry
Study of Factors Affecting Amylin Fibril Formation and the Characterization of a Protein which Prevents Amyloidogenesis
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| May 16 |
Eli Packer,Computer Science
Robust Geometric Computing and Optimal Visibility Coverage
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| May 18 |
Minna Rose Chung
Style is the Man: Music of the Past |
| May 19 |
Stephanie Corwin, Music, DMA
Final DMA Recital |
| May 19 |
Na Yin, Economics
Three Essays on the U.S. Social Security Disability Insurance System |
| May 19 |
Stephanie Corwin, Music
Final DMA Recital |
| May 19 |
Bill Wolf, Music Composition
Concerto for Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra |
| May 19 |
Lanette Annell Raymond, Social and Health Psychology
Asking Sensitive Health-Related Questions: Format-Response Effects and Social Desirability |
| May 19 |
Yanan Di,Economics
Essays on Socioeconomic Disparities in Health |
| May 19 |
Roman Yukilevich,Ecology and Evolution
Caribbean Drosophila melanogaster: a model for incipient sexual isolation and phenotypic and genetic divergence in widespread and human commensal species |
| May 20 |
Yongzhi Chen, Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Task Mapping on Supercomputer with Cellular Network |
| May 20 |
Toni Lyn Morelli, Ecology & Evolution
The Population Dynamics of an Endangered Madagascar Primate, Propithecus edwardsi |
| May 20 |
Abigail M. Derby, IDPAS
Investigating How Ecology and Demography Influence Folivorous Primate Biomass in the Western Amazon |
| May 20 |
Sarah Kim, DMA
Final Recital |
| May 21 |
Gabriel Shuford, Music
Final DMA Recital, harpsichord |
| May 21 |
Young Ha Kim, DMA, voice performance
DMA Final Recital |
| May 22 |
Emanuel G. Boussios, Sociology
Public Opinion and War: Opposition to War in the United States from 1950-2008 |
| May 27 |
Yang Zhao, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Structure Analysis to Large Size Electronic Systems and Its Application for Optimized Electronic Design |
| May 27 |
Amy Elizabeth Traver, Sociology
Becoming a “Chinese-American” Parent: Parents’ Cultural Decision-Making
in Inter-Country Adoption from China |
| May 28 |
Junghan Choi, English
Orphans and Class Anxiety in Nineteenth-Century English Novels |
| May 28 |
Xianjin Zhu, Computer Science
Collaborative Information Processing and Query Evaluation in Wireless Sensor Networks |
| May 29 |
Samei Lim, DMA
Final DMA Recital |
| May 29 |
Susan M.Natali ,Ecology & Evolution
Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide on Trace Metal Cycling in Forests |
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| June 3 |
Etsuko Maruoka, Sociology
Veiled Passion:
Negotiation of Gender, Race and Religiosity among Young Muslim American Women |
June 3 |
Yakov Savelyev, Mathematics
Quantum characteristic classes |
| June 4 |
Michele Fazio, English
Between Mothers and Sons: Narrative Performances in Italian American Literature |
| June 4 |
Shalini Singh, Molecular and Cell Biology
Reengineering the substrate specificity of Src family kinases |
| June 6 |
Serene J. Khader, Philosophy
JUDGING OTHERS’ DEPRIVATION: ADAPTIVE PREFERENCES, MORAL DIVERSITY, AND THE GOOD |
| June 6 |
Jung Yeon Lee, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Extending Commingling Analysis to Exponential Distribution and its Genetic Application |
June 9 |
Helena M. Blumen, Experimental Psychology
Effects of Group Collaboration and Repeated Retrieval on Later Individual Memory |
| June 9 |
Xiaoning Lu, Comparative Literary & Cultural Studies
Biopolitics and Cinema: Practices, Representations, and the Moulding of the Socialist
Subject in China, 1949-1965 |
| June 10 |
Miao Jin, Computer Science
General Surface Geometric Structures and Their Applications |
| June 11 |
Hoyan Lam, Biomedical Engineering
The Regulatory Potential of Dynamic Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Preventing Bone Loss and Muscle Atrophy |
| June 13 |
Joshua Banta, Ecology and Evolution
Tolerance to apical meristem damage in Arabidopsis thaliana: a closer look and the
broader picture |
| June 16 |
Christopher Robert Weber, Political Science
The Emotional Campaign: How Emotions Influence Political Behavior and Judgment |
| June 17 |
Getu G. Teressa, Political Science
Molecular Mechanisms that Regulate Neuromuscular Synapse Formation |
| June 18 |
Hongbo Long, Geosciences
Investigation on Deformation of Olivine at High Pressure and Low Temperature |
| June 24 |
Rebecca Laptook, Psychology
Differentiation between Low Positive Affectivity and Behavioral Inhibition in Preschool-Age Children: An Examination across Domains of Temperament, Social Behavior, Parenting, and Psychological Symptomatology |
| June 24 |
Xin Li,Computer Science
A Shape Mapping Framework for Graphics and Visual Computing |
| June 24 |
Megan L. Robinson, Clinical Psychology
Behavioral Phenotypes as Contextual Events for Problem Behavior Displayed by Individuals with Developmental Disabilities |
| June 25 |
Bjorg Larson, Physics
X-ray spectromicroscopy analysis and its application to bacterial interactions in the environment |
| June 25 |
Tom Rothamel, Computer Science
Automatic Incrementalization of Queries in Object-Oriented Programs |
| June 26 |
Elif Calki, Political Science
School Vouchers: Choice, Competition and Accountability, The Chilean Case |
| June 26 |
Jennie Munster, Geosciences
Nonpoint sources of nitrate and perchlorate in urban land use to groundwater, Suffolk County, NY |
| June 27 |
José Laborde Rivera, Economics
Free-standing or combo: A study of the pricing strategies, bargaining outcomes and consumer characteristics of drug stores inside other larger stores |
| June 30 |
Amanda Bruce, History
Creating Consumers and Protecting Children: Radio, Television and Childhood, 1930-1960 |
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