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PhD Graduates

1998-1999 : Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences

Name Date Dissertation Program Advisor(s)
Frederic Sellet MAY 1999 "A Dynamic View of Paleoindian Assemblages at the Hell Gap Site, Wyoming: Reconstructing Lithic Technological Systems" Anthropology Dr. David Meltzer
Mary H. Bassett AUG 1998 "Sequence and Developmental Expression of CYP 18, An Ecdysone-Regulated Gene From Drosophila melanogaster" Biological Sciences Dr. John McCarthy
Robin Jon Mockett DEC 1998 "Glutathione Reductase Overexpression in Transgenic Drosophila melanogaster" Biological Sciences Dr. Raj Sohal
Ernest Simpson MAY 1999 "Mutational Analysis of PBP 2B in B. subtilis" Biological Sciences Dr. Christine Buchanan
Satish Raghavendran DEC 1998 "Three Essays on Random Matching Models and Asset Markets" Economics Dr. Gregory Huffman
Aniruddha Sanyal MAY 1999 "Two Essays on Interest Rate Derivatives" Economics Dr. Nathan Balke
Ileana M. Tibuleac MAY 1999 "Array Measurements of P and PcP Slowness Residuals with Implications for Lateral Hetergeneity in the Lower Mantle Beneath the Caribbean Sea and Other Geophysical Studies" Geological Sciences Dr. Eugene Herrin
Kenneth Wisian MAY 1999 "Numerical Modeling of Basin and Range Geothermal Ssytems" Geological Sciences Dr. David D. Blackwell
Jacek Kierzenka DEC 1998 "Studies in the Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations" Mathematics Dr. Lawrence Shampine
Todd Dewitt Fortenberry MAY 1999 "Investigations of Interfacial Instabilities in a Coating Flow Problem" Mathematics Dr. Douglas Reinelt
Natalia Khlopina MAY 1999 "Finite Element Methods for Degenerate Two-Phase Incompressible Flow Problems" Mathematics Dr. Zhangxin Chen
Ilya Korolkov MAY 1999 "Study of Radiative Upsilon Decays" Physics Dr. Richard Stroynowski
Morgan Luise Walls MAY 1999 "An Intra- and Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Self-Conscious Emotions" Psychology Dr. Ephrem Fernandez
Teresa Williams MAY 1999 "The Long Term Impact of Emotional Experience During a Single Event on the Pursuit of a Life Dream" Psychology Dr. Laura King
Timothy David Beck DEC 1998 "The Spirit of the New Age: The Eschatological Dimensions of the Work of the Holy Spirit in the Writings of Paul the Apostle and Jurgen Moltmann" Religious Studies Dr. William Abraham
Thomas E. Phillips DEC 1998 "Reading Issues of Wealth and Poverty in Luke and Acts" Religious Studies Dr. Joseph Tyson
Paul Barton MAY 1999 "In Both Worlds: A History of Hispanic Protestantism in the U.S. Southwest" Religious Studies Dr. Edwin E. Sylvest, Jr.
Bryan Emmett Adams AUG 1998 "Scatterplot Smoothing with Partially Variable Bandwiths" Statistical Science Dr. William Schucany

1998-1999 : School of Engineering & Applied Science

Name Date Dissertation Program Advisor(s)
Hakki Candan Cankaya MAY 1999 "Survivability Analysis of Restorable SONET Networks" Computer Engineering Dr. Sukumaran Nair
Prasad Golla MAY 1999 "KUMA--A Kernel-User Multithreaded Architectural Model" Computer Engineering Dr. Dan Moldovan
Georghe M. Spiride MAY 1999 "Design and Evaluation of Restoration Protocols for SONET Mesh Networks" Computer Engineering Dr. Sukumaran Nair
William Gale Farquhar DEC 1998 "A Multithreaded Architecture with Deterministic Real-time Behavior" Computer Science Dr. Dan Moldovan
Jenq Foung Yao DEC 1998 "Caching Management of Mobile DBMS on a Mobile Unit Engineering" Computer Science Dr. Margaret Dunham
Israel Hilerio MAY 1999 "Herbal-T, A Distributed Architecture for Internet Component Integration" Computer Science Dr. Weidong Chen
Tsun-Liang Lu AUG 1998 "Forecasting with Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms" Electrical Engineering Dr. Alireza Khotanzad
Insoo Sohn AUG 1998 "Adaptive Multiuser Detection in CDMA Channels" Electrical Engineering Dr. S.C. Gupta
Huseyin Arslan DEC 1998 "Adjacent Channel Interference Cancellation in TDMA/FDMA Mobile Radio Systems" Electrical Engineering Dr. S.C. Gupta
Tung-Hung Hsieh DEC 1998 "Double-layer Microstrip Array Antenna" Electrical Engineering Dr. Choon-Sae Lee
Maher Mahmoud Sarraj DEC 1998 "A New Scheme for a Pipelined A/D Converter" Electrical Engineering Dr. W. Milton Gosney
Clark D. Kinnaird MAY 1999 "Adaptive Fuzzy Process Control of Integrated Circuit Wire Bonding" Electrical Engineering Dr. Alireza Khotanzad
Ibrahim S. Nomay MAY 1999 "Mobility Tracking Using an AVL Technique for PCS Networks" Electrical Engineering Dr. James Dunham
Donald R. Van Rheeden MAY 1999 "Automatic Vehicle Location Using Adaptive Antennas" Electrical Engineering Dr. S.C. Gupta
Richard Edwin Chambers AUG 1998 "Virtual Engineering Management Handbook Project: Design Approach and Economic Issues Related to Electronic Publishing" Engineering Management Dr. E. Douglas Haarris
Davi Nelson Betts DEC 1998 "Optimization Models for Telecommunications Networks Planning and Design: Channel Assignment and Equipment Selection" Engineering Management Dr. Richard Barr
William F. Mann III DEC 1998 "Decision Business Modeling: A New Methodology and a Case Study" Engineering Management Dr. Jeff Kennington
Steven D. Sanders MAY 1999 "Data Envelopment Analysis for Benchmarking Public Sector Utilities Operations" Engineering Management Dr. Jeff Kennington
Zane Dwight Gastineau AUG 1998 "Robust, Multivariable, Quantitative Design of an Adaptive Model-Based Control for Jet Engines" Dr. Osita Nwokah Mechanical Engineering  
Dan C. Porneala AUG 1998 "Experimental Study of Microporous-Enhanced Cold Plates for Cooling High Frequency Microwave Antennas" Mechanical Engineering Dr. Jose Lage
Edmond Richer MAY 1999 "Using Innovative Control Algorithms for Better Design of Force Actuators" Mechanical Engineering Dr. Yildirim Hurmuzlu