1997-1998 doctoral degrees awarded
Fall 1997 total: 19
Spring 1998 total: 21
Summer 1998 total: 20
| Semester | Year | School | Department | Last Name | First Name | Degree | Major | Supervising Professor | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | 1997 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Bratton | Susan Power | PhD | Ozsvath, Zsuzsanna | The Natural Aryan and the Unnatural Jew: Environmental Racism in Weimar and Nazi Film | |
| Fall | 1997 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Guang | Hong | PhD | DeGroat, Ronald D. | Subspace-Based Parameter Estimation Using Reduced Rank And Polynomial Order Method | |
| Fall | 1997 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Huang | Dongjie | PhD | Kiasaleh, Kamran | Multiple Ring Shufflenet for Wavelength Division Multiplexing Optical Communication | |
| Fall | 1997 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Roby | Mary Alyssa D. | PhD | Wetsel, Jr., Grover C. | Physical Nature of Dynamic Forces Between a Scanned Probe and a Surface | |
| Fall | 1997 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Smith | Brian Ashley | PhD | Overzet, Lawrence J. | Negative Ion Effects in Pulsed Radio-Frequency Discharges | |
| Fall | 1997 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Linam | Angela Christine | PhD | Stillman, Robert D. | Reciprocity in Segments of Interaction with Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders | |
| Fall | 1997 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Walker | Candice L. | PhD | O’Toole, Alice J. | Processing of Monocular and Binocular Depth Cues in Visual Search Tasks | |
| Fall | 1997 | Management | International Management Studies | Dey | Rohini | PhD | Guisinger, Stephen E. | Closing the Development Gap: An Empirical Analysis of the Role of International Economic Linkage in Growth | |
| Fall | 1997 | Management | International Management Studies | Hudson | Bryant Ashley | PhD | Brittain, Jack | To Change or Not to Change: an Examination of the Comparative Risks and Benefits of Restructuring | |
| Fall | 1997 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Biology | Nakagawa | Catherine C. | PhD | Miller, Dennis L. | Mitochondrial DNA Rearrangements Associated with MF Plasmid Integration and Plasmodial Longevity in Physarum Polycephalum | |
| Fall | 1997 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Eissa | Mona M. | DChem | Ferraris, John P. | Poly (3-Phenylthiophene) Derivatives as Active Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors | |
| Fall | 1997 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Russell | Mark Kent | DChem | Sherry, A. Dean | Synthesis and Characterization of Several 1, 4, 7, 10, 13,-Pentaaza-Cyclopentadecane Ligands and their Lanthanide (III) | |
| Fall | 1997 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Cai | Jun | PhD | McMechan, George A. | Estimation of Electrical Properties from GPR Data by 2.5-D Modeling and Tomography | |
| Fall | 1997 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Pujana | Ignacio | PhD | Pessagno, Jr., Emile A. | Investigation of Middle and Lower Jurassic Radiolaria from the Neuquen Basin of West-Central Argentina | |
| Fall | 1997 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Kil | Hyosub | PhD | Heelis, Roderick A. | Characteristics of Plasma Density Irregularities in the Equatorial Ionosphere | |
| Fall | 1997 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Kivanc | Onder | PhD | Heelis, Roderick A. | Spatial Distribution of Ionosphere Plasma and Field Structures in the High-Latitude F Region | |
| Fall | 1997 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Meeker | David L. | PhD | Ferraris, John P. | Tailoring the Color of Electrochromic Polymer Devices by Stoichiometric Control of Blends and Copolymers | |
| Fall | 1997 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Quinn | Paul G. | PhD | Cantrell, Cyrus D. | Theoretical and Numerical Studies of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Microdroplets | |
| Fall | 1997 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Reed | Jeffrey Alan | PhD | Byrne, Dale M. | Frequency Selective Surfaces with Multiple Periodic Elements | |
| Spring | 1998 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Wiesepape | Betty Holland | PhD | Studies in Literature | Chandler, Joan M. | Literary Societies and Writing Clubs in Texas 1890-1940, Their Role in the Development of Regional Literature |
| Spring | 1998 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Yun | Lisa Theresa | PhD | Studies in Literature | Kratz, Dennis M. | Tracing Butterfly: Butterflies, Wives and Warriors |
| Spring | 1998 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Doctor | Dipakkumar Pravinkant | PhD | Sudborough, I. Hal | Parallel Algorithms for Spatial Data | |
| Spring | 1998 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Qian | Gaofeng | PhD | Truemper, Klaus | An Analytic Approach for On-Line Cursive Handwriting Interpretations | |
| Spring | 1998 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Straach | Janell | PhD | Truemper, Klaus | Effective Optimization in Expert Systems | |
| Spring | 1998 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Baker | Eugene Scott | PhD | DeGroat, Ronald D. | Subspace Tracking: History, Error Analysis and Algorithms | |
| Spring | 1998 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Wang | Zifei | PhD | Dowling, Eric M. | Fast Convergent Blind Equalization for Wireless Communications | |
| Spring | 1998 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Brown | Renee Marie | PhD | Cauller, Lawrence J. | Characterization of the Posterior Parietal Cortex of the Rat | |
| Spring | 1998 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Long | Yuanyuan | PhD | Frederickson, Christopher J. | The Origin of the Zinc-Containing Innervation to the CA1 Field of the Hippocampus | |
| Spring | 1998 | Management | Management Science | Jagannathan | Rajesh S. | PhD | Chandrasekaran, Ramaswamy | On a Special Case of Multicommodity Flows | |
| Spring | 1998 | Management | Management Science | Lee | Seokweon | PhD | Osborne, Dale K. | Responses to Risk-based Insurance Premiums in the Banking Industry | |
| Spring | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Biology | Corboy | Michael John | PhD | Molecular and Cell Biology | Draper, Rockford K. | Intracellular Processing and Trafficking of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A |
| Spring | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Anousis | Nick | D.Chem | Sherry, A. Dean | Use of 13C NMR to Study Biological Problems in Intact Animal Organs | |
| Spring | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Moxey | Andrew A. | D.Chem | Ferraris, John P. | Improving the Cathodic Performance and Long Term Cyclability of Phenylthiophene Polymers | |
| Spring | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Roach | Jeffrey Shawn | D.Chem | Sherry, A. Dean | 13C Mass Isotopomer Analysis of the TCA Cycle by Ion Trap GC-MS | |
| Spring | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Halik | Nanang Muksin | PhD | Soegaard, Kristian | Sequence Stratigraphy of Lower Maastrichtian Canon delTule Formation, Difunta Foreland Basin, Northeast Mexico | |
| Spring | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Napitupulu | Haposan | PhD | Mitterer, Richard M. | Organic Geochemistry and Thermal Maturity Modeling of Hydrocarbon Generation in the New Java Basin – Indonesia | |
| Spring | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Zeng | Xiaoxian | PhD | McMechan, George A. | Numerical Modeling of GPR Wavefields Using Ray-Based, Fourier and Finite-Difference Algorithms | |
| Spring | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematical Sciences | Zuo | Yijun | PhD | Statistics | Serfling, Robert | Contributions to the Theory and Applications of Statistical Depth Functions |
| Spring | 1998 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Lucas | Michael Dale | PhD | Farkas, George M. | Family Background, Home Environment and the Rate of Child Cognitive Development | |
| Spring | 1998 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Nivin | Steven Robert | PhD | Hicks, Donald A. | Regional Innovation Potential: The Case of the U.S. Machine Tool Industry | |
| Summer | 1998 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Martin | William Todd | PhD | Aesthetic Studies | Schulte, Rainer | The Cause and Effect Implications of Marketing and Public Relations Strategies Imposed on Hispanic Communities by American Symphony Orchestras |
| Summer | 1998 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Downey | Katherine Brown | PhD | History of Ideas | Perl, Jeffrey M. | Perverse Midrashim: Oscar Wilde’s Salome, Andre Gide’s Saul and Three Hundred Years’ Censorship |
| Summer | 1998 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Moreland | Deborah Anne | PhD | Studies in Literature | Redman, Tim | Contexts and Connections: Virginia Woolf, Wyndham Lewis and Low Culture |
| Summer | 1998 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Wade | Jonathan Dean | PhD | Studies in Literature | Kratz, Dennis M. | Variations on a Meme: Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Grand Inquisitor in Science Fiction and Popular Culture |
| Summer | 1998 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Kakoulis | Konstantinos G. | PhD | Tollis, Ioannis | Algorithms for Automatic Placement of Labels in Drawings and Maps | |
| Summer | 1998 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Sun | Fu-shing | PhD | Truemper, Klaus | Error Prediction in Data Mining | |
| Summer | 1998 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Andrews | Michael Scott | PhD | DeGroat, Ronald D. | Structured Subspace and Rank Reduction Techniques for Signal Enhancement in Speech Processing Applications | |
| Summer | 1998 | Management | International Management Studies | Chen | Chun-Chung | PhD | Guisinger, Stephen E. | Exploration into Firm Diversification: Performance Effects of Product, International Market and International Operations Diversification | |
| Summer | 1998 | Management | Management Science | Syam | Niladri Baran | PhD | Rao, Ram C. | Managerial Issues in Promotions: Firm-Level Coordination and Retail Competition | |
| Summer | 1998 | Management | Management Science | Wang | Ping Ying | PhD | Day, Theodore E. | Dividends, Value Weighting, Volatility and the Returns from Trading the Dow Jones Industrial Average | |
| Summer | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Biology | Antes | Travis John | PhD | Molecular and Cell Biology | Miller, Dennis L. | RNA Synthesis and Editing in Mitochondria of Physarum Polycephalum and Didymium Nigripes |
| Summer | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Biology | Suh | Kwang Sun | PhD | Molecular and Cell Biology | Burr, John G. | Cloning of an Avian cDNA Encoding a Tyrosine Phosphoprotein with PDZ and SAM Domains |
| Summer | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Munoz, Jr. | Trinidad | D.Chem | Balkus, Jr., Kenneth J. | Synthesis, Characterization and Pulsed Laser Ablation of Molecular Sieves for Thin Film Applications | |
| Summer | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Yang | Jiemin | D.Chem | Melton, Lynn A. | Development of a Fluorescence-Based Method for Quantitative Measurement of Fuel Film | |
| Summer | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Hare | Jennifer L. | PhD | Ferguson, John F. | High Resolution Geodetic Techniques for Monitoring Fluid Levels Over Time | |
| Summer | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Jin | Qi | PhD | Carter, James L. | Fluid Inclusion and Thermodynamic Studies of the Dalingkou AG, PB and ZN Ore Deposit, P.R. China | |
| Summer | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Yale | Leslie Berlincourt | PhD | Carpenter,Scott J/Presnall,Dean C. | Petrogenetic Considerations Regarding the 87Sr/86Sr Ratio of Seawater, Super-Continent Cyclicity and mid-Atlantic Ridge Basalts | |
| Summer | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Engfer | Daniel William | PhD | Tinsley, Brian A. | Short-Term Solar Wind Modulation of the Global Electric Circuit | |
| Summer | 1998 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Keady | John Patrick | PhD | Heelis, Roderick A. | The Relationships Between Spatial and Temporal Variations in Magnetic and Electric Fields in the High Latitude Ionosphere | |
| Summer | 1998 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Cavazos | Roberto Jesus | PhD | Berry, Brian J.L. | Determinants of Income Growth and Convergence: U.S. Metropolitan Areas 1970 to 1990 |