The Office of Graduate Education

Doctoral Degrees Awarded

2020-2021

SEMESTER YEAR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT LAST NAME FIRST NAME MAJOR DEGREE SUPERVISING PROFESSOR DISSERTATION TITLE OUTSIDE CHAIR TOTAL
Fall 2020 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Amaro Martinez Edgard PHD Charles Hatfield/Manuel Martinez  The Diversity of the Human Experience in LatinX Literature Malina, Roger 
Fall 2020 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Fletcher Ryan Studies in Literature PHD Michael Wilson Meaning in the Margin: The Letters and Works of David Garnett Gooch, John 
Fall 2020 School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication Bernfeld Luke PHD Monica Evans  Peering into The Blackbox The Role of Digital Game Development in Game Studies Hatfield, Charles 
Fall 2020 School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication Eubanks James PHD Paul Fishwick/Ryan McMahan  Effects of Full-Body Tracking on Embodiment in Virtual Reality Hill, Kimberly 
Fall 2020 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Das Namrata PHD Sandra Chapman  Relationship of Brain Phosphate Metabolism and Cognition Using 31Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Alzheimer's Disease Solodkin, Ana Josefa 
Fall 2020 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Gunal Mehmet PHD Daniel Krawczyk  fNIRS and Pupillometry Correlates of Attentional States Evans, Julia 
Fall 2020 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Evans Delaney PHD Andrea Warner-Czyz/Julia Evans  Facial Emotion Perception and Recognition in Adolescents with Cochlear Implants Nelson, Jackie 
Fall 2020 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Hiebert Lindsey PHD Raúl Rojas  Spanish Language Growth and Deceleration and its Impact on English Language Growth and English Reading Skills in Bilingual Warner-Czyz, Andrea 
Fall 2020 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Mehta Sonya PHD William Katz   Effects of Visual Feedback on the Production and Perception of Second Language Speech Sounds: A Comparison of Articulatory and Auditory Instruction Spence, Melanie 
Fall 2020 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Peskova Olga PHD Peter Assmann  Evaluation of Consonant Error Patterns in Speech Perception and Production of Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users Abdi, Herve 
Fall 2020 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Wiseman Kathryn PHD Andrea Warner-Czyz  Multidimensional Evaluation of Daily Device Use, Communication, and the Family System in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users Rugg, Michael 
Fall 2020 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Psychological Sciences Cavazos Jacqueline PHD Alice O'Toole  Does Race Matter? Testing Parameters for Collaboration Benefits on Face Identification Accuracy Owen, Margaret 
Fall 2020 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Criminology Hernandez Richard PHD Lynne Vieraitis   Perspective Bias and Attitudes Toward the Police - An Analysis of Video-Recorded Citizen and Police Interactions Ratliff Santoro, Lauren 
Fall 2020 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Economics Kwak Jihun PHD Donggyu Sul  Three Essays on Panel Data Analysis Cummings, Anthony 
Fall 2020 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Economics Montenegro Arana Sebastian PHD Rodney Andrews  Three Essays on the Economics of Financial Aid Jacobs, Bruce 
Fall 2020 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Geospatial Information Science Liau Yan-Ting PHD Daniel Griffith  The Use of Spatially Imputed Variables: Four Papers Addressing Implications of Imputation-based Measurement Error in A Spatial Context Vieraitis, Lynne 
Fall 2020 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Geospatial Information Science Shi Fan PHD Fang Qiu  Remote Sensing Videography:  Potentials, Methods, and Applications Elliot, Euel 
Fall 2020 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Alpert Jeanine PHD Richard Scotch  Continued Education for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Phenomenological Study of Post High School Programming Ho, Karl 
Fall 2020 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Latiolais Jasmine PHD Donald Hicks  Exogenous Responses and Endogenous Recovery: How Federal Disaster Relief Affects Disaster Recovery McCaskill, John 
Fall 2020 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Martin Rafael PHD Patrick Brandt  The Taxonomic Examination of the Determinants of University Licensing Revenue Siqueira, Kevin 
Fall 2020 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Stanaland Leslie PHD Jonas Bunte  Black Gold or Black Hole?: The Effects of Oil on the Informal Economy Tiefelsdorf, Michael 
Fall 2020 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Zaychik Danielle PHD Richard Scotch  Where They Die of the Unknown:  A Study of United States Medicolegal Death Investigation Systems and Mortality Data Quality  
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Ambulo Cedric PHD David Schmidtke/Taylor Ware  4D Printing Liquid Crystalline Actuators toward Assistive Devices Nourani, Mehrdad 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Soltantabar Pooneh PHD Mihaela Stefan  Microfabrication of an Organ-On-A-Chip Device to Model Cardiotoxicity Induced by Chemotherapies for Cancer Nanomedicine Evaluation Farago, Andras 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Anindya Imrul PHD Murat Kantarcioglu  Understanding and Mitigating Privacy Risks Raised By Record Linkage Walker, Amy 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Das Srijita PHD Sriraam Natarajan  Sample Efficient Cost-Aware Active Learning Auciello, Orlando 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science De Partha PHD Ramaswamy Chandrasekaran  Robust and Adaptive Optimization Li, Yaoyu 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Guo Yuanzhen PHD Nicholas Ruozzi  Variational Inference Methods for Continuous Probabilistic Graphical Models Young, Chadwin 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Kaur Navdeep PHD Sriraam Natarajan  Efficient Combination of Neural and Symbolic Learning for Relational Data Griffith, Todd 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Mahzari Anahita PHD Ravi Prakash  Exploiting Mobile Edge Computing to Improve Efficiency of 360° Video Streaming Prasad, Shalini 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Mai Kelvin PHD Murat Kantarcioglu/Alvaro Cardenas  Anomaly Detection in SCADA Networks Using Expert Models and Machine Learning Based Techniques Wallace, Robert 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Ramanan Nandini PHD Sriraam Natarajan  Efficient and Effective Structure Learning of Graphical Models Hsu, Julia 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Chen Jianqi PHD Benjamin Carrion Schaefer  Leveraging the Advantages of High-level Synthesis: From Hardware Security to Low-Power Design Moheimani, Reza 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Cong Lin PHD Hoi Lee Design Techniques for Volume-Efficient Soft-Switched Power Converters with Enhanced Power Efficiency and Reliability Hays, Seth 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Marzban Mohamed PHD Naofal Al-Dhahir  Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms for Security and Safety in Vehicular Applications Kumar, Golden 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Quayum Ayon PHD Hlaing Minn  Signal Design and Processing for Grant-Free Access Cobb, Jorge 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Wei Haoran PHD Nasser Kehtarnavaz   Deep Learning Solutions for Continuous Action Recognition Using Fusion of Inertial and Video Sensing and for Far Field Video Surveillance Zalila-Wenkstern, Rym 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Laturia Akash PHD William Vandenberghe  Study of the Electrical Properties of Low-Dimensional Materials Using Plane-Wave Computational Methods Daescu, Ovidiu 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Nandagopala Krishnan Siddartha Srinivasan PHD Manuel Quevedo-Lopez   Scalable Low-Cost Large-Area Micro-Structured Thermal Neutron Detectors Cogan, Stuart 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Wijesinghe Udumbara PHD Mark Lee  Integrated Circuit "Astrolabe" Angular Displacement Sensor Using On-Chip Pinhole Optics Busso-Recabarren, Carlos 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Guo Yi PHD Tyler Summers  Stochastic Optimization and Optimal Control for Complex Networked Infrastructures Guo, Xiaohu 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Horn Jonathan PHD Robert Gregg/Tyler Summers  Nonholonomic Virtual Constraints for Bipedal Locomotion Balsara, Poras 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Narayan Meenakshi PHD Ann Majewicz Fey Data-Driven Models for Real-Time Prevention of Adverse Events in Robotic Needle Interventions Chiu, Yun 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Yeatman Mark PHD Robert Gregg/Mark Spong   Energy and Passivity Based Control for Bipeds and Assistive Walking Devices Gupta, Gopal 
Fall 2020 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Zhang Rui PHD Dong Qian   Multiscale Methods for Fatigue and Dynamic Fracture Failure and High-Performance Computing Implementation Makris, Georgios 
Fall 2020 Jindal School of Management Management Science Feng Zhichao PHD Milind Dawande/Ganesh Janakiraman Essays in Operations Management Lahiri, Atanu 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Gamage Prabhath Lakmal PHD Michael Biewer/Mihaela Stefan Pyrrole Based Donor-Acceptor Building Blocks for Organic Field Effect Transistors Lv, Bing 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Lin Jason PHD Kenneth Balkus  Wrinkled Mesoporous Silica Synthesis and Applications Rugg, Elizabeth 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Luzuriaga Michael PHD Jeremiah Gassensmith   A New Biomaterial for Vaccination: An Aqueous ZIF-8 Crystal Growth to Preserve Antigens and Enhance the Immune Activation Winkler, Duane 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Namal Arachchilage Chamni PHD Bruce Novak  The Transition Metal Catalyzed Polymerization of Heteroallenes:  Cholesteric Gels and Cyclopolymerizations Zhang, Chuanwei 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Talukder Md Muktadir PHD Mihaela Stefan/Michael Biewer  Alpha-Diimine Nickel (II) and Palladium (II) Complexes in Cross-Coupling Reactions Dragovic, Vladimir
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Wunch Melissa PHD Duck Joo Yang  Preparation of Functionalized Graphenes and Their Performance for Corrosion Resistance and Synthesis of Vanadium Nitridecarbon Nanofiber Mats and their Application for Asymmetric Supercapacitor Electrodes Cao, Yan 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Geosciences Nichols Naomi Ty Asha PHD Thomas Brikowski  Saharan Dust and Pediatric Asthma: A Multinational, Multiyear Assessment in the Caribbean Campbell, Zachary  
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Geosciences Wu Yulang PHD Hejun Zhu   Full Wavefield Reconstruction and Full Waveform Inversion Minkoff, Susan 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Burnett Joseph PHD Wieslaw Krawcewicz/Zalman Balanov  Global Bifurcation of Periodic Solutions in Symmetric Reversible Second Order Systems with Delays Smaldone, Ronald 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Stuart Georgia PHD Susan Minkoff/Felipe Pereira  Computationally Efficient Methods for Uncertainty Quantification in Seismic Inversion Ferraris, John 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Chen Hao PHD Heng Du  Mitochondria-Dependent Local Caspase Activation and Mitofusin 2-Mediated Mitophagy in Neurodegeneration Biswas, Swati  
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Joyce Luke PHD Kelli Palmer  Lipidomic Analysis of the Streptococcal Cellular Membrane Akbar, Mohammad 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Tandon Neha Ramesh PHD Lucien Thompson  Linking Insulin Signaling to Age-Related Cognitive Decline:  Insulin-Dependent Regulation of Intrinsic Excitability in Aging Hippocampus Lumata, Lloyd 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Thomas-Jardin Shayna PHD Nikki Delk  Interleukin-1 Regulation of Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer Chen, Min 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Tian Jing PHD Heng Du  Ghrelin System Deficiency and Hippocampal Lesions in Alzheimer's Disease Viswanath, Ramakrishna 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Ullrich Morgan PHD Duane Winkler  The Functions and Roles of the Copper Chaperone of Superoxide Dismutase 1 Rodrigues, Fabiano 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Maisberger Matthew PHD Chuanwei Zhang  Quantum Phases of Time-Reversal Invariant Bose-Einstein Condensates Makarenkov, Oleg 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Wang Qing PHD Lloyd Lumata  Production and NMR Characterization of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization-Enhanced Yttrium-89 Complexes and Carbon-13 Organic Compounds Meloni, Gabriele 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Statistics Bu Yashi PHD Min Chen  A Bayesian Modeling for Paired Data in Genome-wide Association Studies with Application to Breast Cancer Novak, Bruce 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Statistics Gunawardana Kalupahana Liyanage PHD Frank Konietschke  Nonparametric Multiple Comparisons and Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for General Multivariate Factorial Designs Stefan, Mihaela 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Statistics Yuan Xiaochen PHD Swati Biswas  Bivariate Logistic Bayesian LASSO for Detecting Rare Haplotype Association with Two Correlated Phenotypes Nielsen, Steven 
Fall 2020 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Statistics Zhang Cong PHD Min Chen/Michael Zhang  Tracking Dissemination of Plasmids in the Murine Gut Using Hi-C Sequencing and Baysian Landmark-Based Shape Analysis of Tumor Pathology Images Yang, Duck  Total = 68
Spring 2021 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Negron Linda   PHD Nils Roemer/David Patterson  The Value of Life and Moral Courage: How Jewish Prisoner Physicians Practiced Medicine Behind Barbed Wire Pomara, John
Spring 2021 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Sengupta Karl   PHD David Patterson  Otherwise, Then Being: Kenosis in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas  
Spring 2021 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Yokoyama Akira   PHD Adrienne McLean   Camp in Literary Modernism: Reading the Performance of Gender and Race Wright, Ben
Spring 2021 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Guyot Natacha Aesthetic Studies PHD Adrienne McLean  Dr. Dana Scully of The X-Files: A Feminist Scientist Navigating Patriarchies Greer, Erin
Spring 2021 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Thompson Harolyn Aesthetic Studies PHD Mark Rosen/Bonnie Pitman   African Art on View: Mediating Histories in Four American Art Museums Fishwick, Paul
Spring 2021 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Gotham Briana History of Ideas PHD Nils Roemer/Mark Rosen The Venetian Ghetto: An Experiment in Containment, 1516-1867 Gooch, John
Spring 2021 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Townsend Richard History of Ideas PHD Daniel Wickberg  Reconsidering Bryan: William Jennings Bryan’s Advocacy of Causes Using Rights-Based Arguments Hatfield, Charles
Spring 2021 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Johnson Ryan Studies in Literature PHD Erin Smith/Matthew Brown Making the (Super) Man: The Moral Code in Superhero Comics McComber, Sean
Spring 2021 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Tehan Terin Studies in Literature PHD David Patterson  Forbidden Games: Representations of the Holocaust in Videogames Warren, Shilyh
Spring 2021 School of Arts and Humanities Literature Munoz-Hunt Toni   PHD Manuel Luis Martinez  Double Hybridization and Bordercanx Literary Works:  How the United States Turned Mexican Americans into the Forgotten People   
Spring 2021 School of Arts and Humanities Visual and Performing Arts Brunetti Francesca   PHD Marilyn Waligore  Post-Terrona. A Drawing Project About an Imaginative Reconfiguration of the Southern Italian Woman Wilson, Michael
Spring 2021 School of Arts, Technology & Emerging Communications Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication Mallory Stephen   PHD Monica Evans  Playful History: Games, Liberation Pedagogy, and Historical Thinking Stewart, Whitney
Spring 2021 School of Arts, Technology & Emerging Communications Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication Miller Eric   PHD Monica Evans  Toward the Design of Interactive Storytelling Games that Teach Computational Thinking Brown, Matthew
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Adcock Katherine   PHD Michael Kilgard/Seth Hays   Evaluating Targeted Plasticity Therapy for New Indications Rugg, Michael
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Baragchizadeh Asal   PHD Alice O'Toole  The Role of Biological Motion in Identity Representations: Mechanism of the Integration of Body Form and Body Motion in Person Identification  Rollins, Pamela
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Hu Ying   PHD Alice O’Toole   First Impressions: Integrating Faces and Bodies in Personality Trait Perception Assmann, Peter
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Morrison Robert   PHD Michael Kilgard  Vagus Nerve Stimulation Intensity Regulates Targeted Plasticity Rodrigue, Karen
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Paige Candler   PHD Theodore Price  Mechanistic Sex Differences Underlying the Development of Chronic Pain
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Wangzhou Andi   PHD Theodore Price  Identification of Novel Pharmacological Targets for Pain Treatment Using Computational Analysis of RNA-SEQ Data Lobarinas, Edward
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Fazel Vedad   PHD William Katz  Lingual Speech Motor Control Assessed by a Novel Visuomotor Tracking Paradigm Maguire, Mandy 
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Fowler Stephanie   PHD Andrea Warner-Czyz  The Effect of Auditory Device, Onset of Hearing Loss, and Chronologic Age on Music Perception and Appreciation in Adult Listeners Prager, Karen
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Campbell Christina   AUD Edward Lobarinas  
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Flannagan Morgan   AUD Carol Cokely  
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Gittleman Sarah   AUD Colleen Le Prell  
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Golden Rene   AUD Carol Cokely  
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Han Josephine   AUD Laura Parnell  
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Holcomb Hunter   AUD Jackie Clark  
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Iola Arielle   AUD Carol Cokely  
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Joy Tatum   AUD Jackie Clark  
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Kao Tz-Ching   AUD Ross Roeser  
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Quinley Elizabeth   AUD Jackie Clark  
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Swanner Hannah   AUD Edward Lobarinas  
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Tittle Stephanie   AUD Linda Thibodeau  
Spring 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Doctor of Audiology Tolstyka David   AUD Ross Roeser  
Spring 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Criminology Yim Haneul   PHD Lynne Vieraitis  Getting Inside the "Black Box" of Deterrence: Does Communication of Focused Deterrence Deter Crime? Diehl, Paul
Spring 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Economics Ahmadi Maryam   PHD Daniel G. Arce  Experimental Studies on Individual Decision-Making and Game Theory D'Orazio, Vito
Spring 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Economics Colunga Ramos Luis Fernando   PHD Victor Valcarcel  Three Essays on the Monetary Policy in Mexico Kim, Dohyeong
Spring 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Economics Han Minyu   PHD Donggyu Sul  Three Essays on Panel Data Analysis Taylor, Robert
Spring 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Political Science Millard Christine   PHD Brian Berry  Christianity in Politics: Churches, Congregations  and the Role of Ministers Morales, Camila
Spring 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Political Science Sackett Brent   PHD Clint Peinhardt  NATO Burden-Sharing and Keeping the Peace: Crisis Response and the Military Capabilities Gap Searing, Elizabeth
Spring 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Affairs Noor Muhammad Zeeshan   PHD Sarah Maxwell/Elizabeth Searing Digital Media Use by Nonprofit Organizations: Relationships, Causations, and Comparisons Miller, Trey
Spring 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Affairs Stocks Dhriti   PHD James Harrington  Beyond Tiebout: Towards a Theory of Philanthropic Engagement in Education in Local Communities Harris, Michelle
Spring 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Affairs Upoma Shahrin   PHD Meghna Sabharwal  Through a Gender Lens: Leadership and Philanthropy in Faith-based Nonprofit Organizations Cordell, Rebecca
Spring 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Arazgeldiyeva Ogulsoltan   PHD Richard Scotch Factors Affecting the Shingles Vaccination Rate in Seniors: the Shingles (Zostavax) and Tetanus Vaccination Comparison Giertz, Seth
Spring 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Callenes Mercedez   PHD Jennifer Holmes/Brian Berry Gender Disparities in Decision Making in Agriculture: A Case of Study of Small Producers in Peru Miller, Banks
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Brown Katherine PHD Kenneth Hoyt  Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging of Microvascular Networks Kiasaleh, Kamran
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Bucksot Jesse PHD Seth Hays  The Impact of Electrode Design on Nerve Stimulation Bhatia, Dinesh
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Frederick Rebecca PHD Stuart Cogan  Chronic Wireless Stimulation in Rat Sciatic Nerve for Selective Control of Hindlimb Movements Lee, Jeong-Bong
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Hernandez Reynoso Ana Guadalupe PHD Stuart Cogan  Neuromodulation of the Pelvic Floor for the Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence Nguyen, Tien
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Ozdemir Ipek PHD Kenneth Hoyt  Novel Ultrasound Imaging Methods for the Characterization of Tissue Microvascular Networks Ng, Vincent
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Sanchez Camilo PHD Catherine Thorn  Towards Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease  
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Engineering Hu Yanke PHD Weili Wu  Healthcare Information Platform in AI Era Anderson, William
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Engineering Wang Zi PHD Benjamin Schafer  Efficient High-Level Synthesis Design Space Exploration Jue, Jason
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Desai Takshak PHD Dan Moldovan  Discourse Parsing and its Application to Question Generation Hansen, John
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Duan Jun PHD Kevin Hamlen  Securing Computations with GPUs Vandenberghe, William Gerard Hubert
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Fan Zhenbao PHD Kang Zhang  Aesthetic Measurement of Paintings Gelb, Lev
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Gao Yang PHD Latifur Khan Enhancing Classification and Retrieval Performance by Mining Semantic Similarity Relation from Data Malik, Arif
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Guo Jianxiong PHD Ding-Zhu Du/Weili Wu Several Practical Models and Their Approximate Solutions in Social Networks Overzet, Lawrence
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Lu Jing PHD Vincent Ng  Knowledge-Rich Event Coreference Resolution Henderson, Rashaunda
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Tao Hemeng PHD Latifur Khan/Bhavani Thuraisingham  Transfer Learning and Distance Metric Learning in Non-stationary Environments Quevedo-Lopez, Manuel
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Van Buskirk Gregory PHD Benjamin Raichel  Finding Features via Hull Approximation Fahimi, Babak
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Arjona Angarita Ricardo Javier PHD Andrea Fumagalli/Miguel Razo-Razo   An Internet of Things Platform for Improved Water Management Using Underground Soil Moisture Sensing Fei, Baowei
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Babu Sachin PHD Jeong-Bong Lee  Studies on Improving Quality Factor of 2D GMR Gratings and on Nonwetting Properties of Plasma- Treated Polymer Surfaces Towards Liquid Metal Microfluidics Chung, Lawrence
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Chen Ziyu PHD Jeong-Bong Lee  A Study on Gallium Coating and Wireless Platform for Implantable Biomedical Applications Liu, Cong
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Choi Ye PHD Gil Lee  Carbon Nanotube Sheet Synthesis in Nitrogen Environment and Flexible CNT Sheet Strain Sensor Chung, Lawrence
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Dong Shenggang PHD Kenneth O  Millimeter-Wave Wideband MSK Receiver and Transmitter in CMOS Desmedt, Yvo
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Dousti Behnoush PHD Gil Lee/Stuart Cogan  High Performance Ultra-Thin Microsupercapacitors Based on Carbon Nanotube Sheets Natarajan, Sriraam 
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering El Bouanani Lidia PHD Manuel Quevedo-Lopez  Bi-Layer and Hybrid Single Crystal Materials for Radiation Detection Applications Haas, Zygmunt
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Hu Bo PHD Carl Sechen/Benjamin Carrion Schaefer Thermal-Aware Placement and High Level Synthesis for Hardware Security Rotea, Mario
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Jha Sumit PHD Carlos Busso-Recabarren  Modeling of Driver Attention in Real World Scenarios Using Probabilistic Salient Maps Schweitzer, Haim
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Li Zhitong PHD Qing Gu  Perovskite Nanophotonic Devices and Topological Photonic Devices Minary, Majid
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Liu Yongkang PHD John Hansen  Advancing Driver Behavior Modeling and Improved Driving Safety in the Age of Mixed Vehicle Automation Levels Ng, Yu-Chung
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Lu Yichuan PHD Georgios Makris  Utilization of Post-Fabrication Calibration in Thwarting Process Variation and Analog IP Piracy Page, Ivor
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Momson Ibukunoluwa PHD Kenneth O  Sub-millimeter Wave Wideband CMOS Receivers Thuraisingham, Bhavani
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Saba Juliana PHD John Hansen  Leveraging Landmark Acoustic Features in Cochlear Implant Signal Processing Prakash, Ravi
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Shankar Nikhil PHD Issa Panahi  Real-Time Single and Dual-Channel Speech Enhancement on Edge Devices for Hearing Applications Lu, Hongbing
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Shreedhar Bhat Gautam PHD Issa Panahi  Real-Time Speech Processing Algorithms for Smartphone Based Hearing Aid Applications Qian, Dong
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Taghizadeh Alamdari Nasim PHD Nasser Kehtarnavaz   Personalization of Noise Reduction and Compression for Hearing Enhancement Gonzalez, Juan
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Taherkhani Nima PHD Kamran Kiasaleh  Enhanced Coding Based Modulation for OFDM-Based Visible Light Communication Spong, Mark
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Thakur Sneha PHD Poras Balsara/Ghanshyamsinh Gohil Grid Forming Energy Router: A utility interface for Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Storage Grid Integration Applications  
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Tran Kim PHD Rashaunda Henderson  Design of Power Amplifiers with Bounded Performance Technique Venkatesan, Subbarayan
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Wei Kang PHD Dongsheng Brian Ma  Switched-Capacitor Featured Integrated Power Circuit Design for Next-Generation Power Management Fischetti, Massimo
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Yousefi Midia PHD John Hansen   Deep learning based methods for detection, separation, and recognition of overlapping speech Kim, Jiyoung
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Ashburn Nickolas PHD Kyeongjae Cho  Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Catalytic Role of Substrate Surfaces in Deposition Processes Ntafos, Simeon
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Avila Avendano Carlos PHD Manuel Quevedo-Lopez  In-Pixel Sensor Amplification Platforms Based on Polycrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Transistors Bastani, Farokh
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Chakraborty Bitan PHD Stuart Cogan  Sputtered Electrode Coatings for Neural Stimulation and Recording Raichel, Benjamin
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Chen Shanmeng PHD Massimo Fischetti   Study of Quantum Transport in Nano-Scale Transistors Using Empirical Pseudopotentials Hao, Shuang
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Kwon Sunah PHD Moon Kim  Atomic-Scale Characterization of Surface and Interface Dynamics in Novel Materials: Cr2Ge2Te6, NbSe2, and Strontium Barium Niobate Yang, Wei
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Lee Yeonghun PHD Kyeongjae Cho  Quantum Materials Simulations: Excited-State Dynamics and Quantum Transport Du, Ding-Zhu
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Almubarak Yara PHD Yonas Tadesse  Tailoring Artificial Muscles for the Design and Development of Soft Underwater Robots Hoyt, Kenneth
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Garimella Martand Mayukh PHD Stefano Leonardi  Fluid Retention in Liquid Infused Surfaces: A Direct Numerical Simulation Study Chen, Feng
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Jiang Lin PHD Fatemeh Hassanipour  Clinical and Experimental Study on the Biomechanics of Breastfeeding Nourani, Mehrdad
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Levy Emily PHD Nicholas Fey/Yonas Tadesse  Informing Surgical Interventions via Biomechanical Engineering Techniques for Individuals with Lower-Limb Loss and Pathology Saquib, Mohammad
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Sunny Sumair PHD Arif Malik  Multiscale Modeling to Predict Induced Residual Stress, Distortion and Material Properties in Metal Additively Manufactured Components Khan, Latifur
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Yu Haoliang PHD Arif Malik/Stefano Leonardi  Numerical Simulations of Structural and Fluid Dynamics for Aerodynamic Performance Improvement Sarac, Kamil
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Software Engineering Johng Haan Mo PHD Lawrence Chung  Improving Business Processes Using Blockchain, Microservices, or Cloud Computing: A Goal-Oriented Approach Lee, Hoi
Spring 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Telecommunications Engineering Ranjbar-Mojaveri Zohre PHD András Faragó  Graph Theoretic Approaches for Analyzing Routes, Flows, and Subnetworks in Communication Networks Tadesse, Yonas
Spring 2021 Naveen Jindal School of Management International Management Studies Boncoeur Olivier   PHD Riki Takeuchi/Orlando Richard   A Conservation of Resources Approach to the Multiple Dimensions of Sleep in Organizational Behavior Ryu, Young
Spring 2021 Naveen Jindal School of Management International Management Studies Welbourne Eleazar Miranda   PHD Toyah Miller  Entrepreneurial and Strategic Decision-Making in the Face of Adversity Radhakrishnan, Suresh
Spring 2021 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Hosseinabadi Farahani Mehdi   PHD Milind Dawande/Ganesh Janakiraman Essays in Operations Management Tsang, Eric
Spring 2021 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Kim Sang Hyun   PHD Vikram Nanda  Essays on Institutional Trading in Equity Markets Sethi, Suresh
Spring 2021 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Li Chenchen   PHD William Cready/Ningzhong Li   Why Do Firms Hide Customer Identities? An Accounting Manipulation Explanation Wei, Kelsey
Spring 2021 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Zhang Chenglong   PHD Srinivasan Raghunathan/Jianqing Chen Essays on Economics of Sharing Economy Park, Haemin
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Huynh Mai   PHD Rockford Draper/Paul Pantano Scavenger Receptor A1 Distinguishes Bovine Serum Albumin-Coated Pristine and Carboxylated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Zhang, Li
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Miller Justin   PHD Mihaela Stefan  Magnetic and Catalytic Properties of Lanthanide Complexes Choudhary, Pankaj
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Ranathunga Dineli   PHD Steven Nielsen  Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Study Molecular Interactions at Biologically and Mechanically Important Surfaces Shi, Xiaoyan
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Weiland Ashley   PHD Julia Chan  Synthetic Design of Cerium-Based Intermetallics Xuan, Zhenyu
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Contreras Cesar   PHD Tomoki Ohsawa  Controlled Lagrangians and Stabilization of Euler-Poincaré Mechanical Systems with Broken Symmetry Stefan, Mihaela
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Helal Md Abu   PHD Viswanath Ramakrishna/Alain Bensoussan Mathematical Methods for Advanced Problems of Inventory Control Izen, Joseph
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Rouf Samiha   PHD Dmitry Rachinskiy/Jana Kopfova  Dynamics of SIR Model with Switching Transmission Rate and Vaccination Rate Characterized by a Relay System or Preisach Operator Slinker, Jason
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Wu Che-Yu   PHD Mieczyslaw Dabkowski   Coefficients of Catalan States of Lattice Crossing Stefan, Mihaela
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Islam Moutusee   PHD Kelli Palmer  Genomic Analyses of Enterococcus faecium: Vancomycin-Resistant Isolates from Dallas, Texas and Occurance of CRISPR-Cas Kesden, Michael
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Vidal Chantal   PHD Li Zhang  Characterizing the role of Heme in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis Pantano, Paul
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Steinle Nathan   PHD Michael Kesden  Connecting Stellar-Binary Evolution with Binary Black-Hole Spin Precession Chan, Julia
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Wang Qiyue   PHD Fan Zhang  Band Topology and Moire Physics in Layered Materials Ohsawa, Tomoki
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Wijeratne Lakitha   PHD David Lary  Coupling Physical Measurement with Machine Learning for Holistic Environmental Sensing Stefan, Mihaela
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Zhang Xurui   PHD Xiaoyan Shi  Quantum Transport Properties in Tungsten Ditelluride Based Devices Cao, Yan
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Zheng Peng Peng   PHD Fan Zhang  Effective Model for Bilayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Quasiperiodic Anomalous Anderson Floquet Insulators Delk, Nikki
Spring 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Statistics Zhang Yu   PHD Min Chen/Michael Zhang  Estimating Distributions of Deletion Mutations Among Bacterial Populations and Graphical Modeling of Multiple Biological Pathways in Genomic Studies Zhu, Hejun Total = 120
Summer 2021 School of Arts and Humanities History of Ideas Rodriguez Monica PHD Schlereth, Eric (Chair) Listening Tenaciously: Politics, Languages, and Historiography in the Work of J.G.A Pocock Gooch, John
Summer 2021 School of Arts, Technology & Emerging Communications Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication Garcia Topete Alex PHD Malina, Roger (Chair) / Cooley, Heidi (Co-Chair) Transdisciplinary Intelligence: Linking Factors of Knowledge Production and the Cultural Dimensions of Industries Kratz, Dennis
Summer 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Trevino Monica AUD
Summer 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Doli Evdoxia PHD Katz, William (Chair) Gestural Coordination of Modern Greek Consonant Clusters: Kinematic Analysis and use of Supervised Learning Methods Evans, Julia
Summer 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience dos Santos Natalia Lucia PHD Burton, Michael (Chair) The Influence of Age and Sex on: Neuroimmune Function, Cognition and Pain Evans, Julia
Summer 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Himes Lyndahl PHD Rypma, Bart (Chair) Neural and Cognition Mechanisms of Trait Mindfulness and Their Relationships to Negatively-Valanced Emotional Reactivity Nelson, Jackie
Summer 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Ray Nicholas PHD Basak, Chandramallika (Chair) White Matter Changes Associated with Computerized Cognitive Training in Healthy Aging Golden, Richard
Summer 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Yu Ju-Chi PHD Abdi, Hervé (Chair) Sparse Partial Least Square Correspondence Analysis (SPLS-CA): Applications to Genetics and Behavioral Studies Assmann, Peter
Summer 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Psychological Sciences Ralph Yvonne PHD Maguire, Mandy (Chair) Self-Report Reveals the Relationship Between Mental Rotation Approach and Performance in Middle Childhood Warner-Czyz, Andrea
Summer 2021 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Psychological Sciences Sands Kaitlin PHD Mills, Candice (Chair) Biological Learning in Children: Explanation Evaluation, Memory, and Individual Differences Rollins, Pamela
Summer 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Criminology Derlic Dragana PHD Vieraitis, Lynne (Chair) The Effects of Trauma-Informed Yoga on Men and Women Who are Incarcerated: A Program Evaluation Fass, Simon
Summer 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Economics Zhang Licheng PHD Panovska, Irina (Chair) Essays on Macroeconomics and Finance Gorina, Evgenia
Summer 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Geospatial Information Science Karale Yogita PHD Yuan, May (Chair) Site-Specific PM2.5 Estimation at Three Urban Scales Worrall, John
Summer 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Affairs Erdem Zekai PHD Gorina, Evgenia  (Chair) Drivers of Organizational Change in USAID After 9-11: A Qualitative Inquiry Using the Burke-Litwin Model Brandt, Patrick
Summer 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Affairs Park Yongjun PHD Battaglio Jr., R. Paul (Chair) Conscription or Volunteer? Assessing the Impact on Korean Military Sector Performance Valcarcel, Victor
Summer 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Hang Tian PHD Ho, Karl (Co-Chair) / Berry, Brian (Co-Chair) Wage Determinants of College Graduates in China: A Case Study of Nanjing Panovska, Irina
Summer 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Islam Iftekhairul PHD Berry, Brian (Chair) Task Attributes, Technological Change and the Vulnerability of Employment: A State Level Investigation Beron, Kurt
Summer 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Munday Matthew PHD Bunte, Jonas (Chair) Taiwan and the Recognition Decisions of Developing States Andrews, Rodney
Summer 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Nava Marcela PHD Scotch, Richard (Chair) The Political Economy of Immigrant Health: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Social Capital and the Immigrant Paradox Sul, Donggyu
Summer 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Oketch Christine PHD Berry, Brian (Chair) The Future of Soft Skills in a High Technology Labor Market Griffith, Daniel
Summer 2021 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Taden John PHD Bunte, Jonas (Co-Chair) / Berry, Brian (Co-Chair) Resource Booms, Industrial Busts, and Cross-Border Spillovers in Post-Colonial Africa Lowry, Robert
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Usoro Joshua PHD Pancrazio, Joseph (Chair) Design Considerations for Improving the Chronic Functionality and Behavioral Outcomes Associated with Intracortical Microelectrode Arrays Chiu, Yun
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Engineering Eslami Manoochehri Hafez PHD Nourani, Mehrdad (Chair) Exploiting Instance Similarity in Applications of Deep Learning in Bioinformatics Rugg, Elizabeth
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Engineering Shahshahani Masoud PHD Bhatia, Dinesh (Chair) Framework for Mapping Convolutional Neural Networks on FPGAs Dai, Xianming
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Ishigaki Genya PHD Jue, Jason (Chair) Dynamic Resource Coordination Towards Reliable and Flexible Network Slicing Summers, Tyler
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Jin Rong PHD Wu, Weili (Chair) Study in Big Data Harnessing and Related Problems Ma, Dongsheng
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Jin Shasha PHD Gogate, Vibhav (Chair) Inference Guided Learning of Probabilistic Models Hassanipour, Fatemeh
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Sahoo Pracheta PHD Khan , Latifur (Chair) Semi-Supervised Learning in Drug Classification and Medical Image Analysis Pourkamali, Siavash
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Wan Guihong PHD Schweitzer, Haim (Chair) AI Inspired Algorithms for Several Combinatorial Optimization Problems in Data Science Nosratinia, Aria
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Zhao Chen PHD Chen, Feng (Chair) Fairness-Aware Multi-Task and Meta Learning Zhou, Dian
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Azarang Arian PHD Kehtarnavaz, Nasser (Chair) Multi-Objective Deep Learning for Image Fusion in Remote Sensing Wu, Weili
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Bangar Esha PHD Kiasaleh, Kamran  (Chair) A Study of HVAC Channel for 60 GHZ Indoor High-Speed Wireless Communications Chandrasekaran, Ramaswamy
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Gurusamy Vigneshwaran PHD Akin, Bilal (Chair) Stray Magnetic Flux Based Condition Monitoring Techniques for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Yen, I-Ling
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Hu Xuan PHD Friedman, Joseph  (Chair) Device Modeling and Circuits Designs for Beyond-Cmos and Artificial Intelligence Hardware Voit, Walter
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Nikooienejad Nastaran PHD Moheimani, Reza (Chair) Control System Design for High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy Akin, Bilal
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Pu Shi PHD Akin, Bilal (Chair) Reliability Assessment, Condition Monitoring and Lifetime Estimation of Silicon Carbide MOSFETs Young, Chadwin
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Xu Chi PHD Akin, Bilal (Chair) Reliability Evaluation of Power Devices for High Performance Power Conversion Bastani, Farokh
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Zhang Fan PHD Nosratinia, Aria (Chair) Correlation Diversity in MIMO Broadcast and Coherence Diversity in the MIMO Relay Channel Cogan, Stuart 
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Mosur Saravana Murthy Lakshmi Narayanan PHD Hsu, Julia (Chair) Charge Transport and Device Physics in Fullerene-Based Organic Photovoltaics O, Kenneth
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Renganathan Venkatraman PHD Summers, Tyler (Chair) Robust, Resilient, and Risk-Aware Optimization and Controls for Cyber-Physical Systems Tamil, Lakshman
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Software Engineering Maweu Barbara PHD Prabhakaran, Balakrishnan (Chair) Validation and Interpretable Model Explanations for Synthesized Data in Healthcare Sechen, Carl
Summer 2021 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Telecommunications Engineering Gour Riti PHD Jue, Jason (Chair) Towards Improving Resilience of Network Slices Through Protection and Localization Kiasaleh, Kamran
Summer 2021 Naveen Jindal School of Management International Management Studies Kim Dong Shin PHD Lee, Seung-Hyun (Chair) Essays on the Political Environment as an Institutional Force: Nonmarket and Market Strategies Natarajan, Ramachandran
Summer 2021 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Farajbakhsh Mamaghani Fariba PHD Cakanyildirim, Metin (Chair) / Wang, Shouqiang (Co-Chair) Pricing Residential Electricity in the Presence of Distributed Solar Energy Generation, Limited Consumer Response and Microgrids Zentner, Alejandro
Summer 2021 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Kasaian Keyvan PHD Murthi, B.P.S. (Chair) Essays on Consumer Credit Card Profitability Xia, Han
Summer 2021 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Kim Joohyun PHD Bensoussan, Alain (Chair) Applications of Mean Field Theory in Management Science Zhang, Jieying 
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Abeyrathna Wannaku PHD Meloni,  Gabriele (Chair) Functional Reconstitution and In-Vitro Characterization of Bacterial Transmembrane Transition Metal Transporters Zhang, Li
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Akhavantabib Noushin PHD D'Arcy, Sheena (Chair) Molecular Basis for Chaperone Control of RTT109 Acetylation of Histone H3-H4 Cao, Yan
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Calubaquib Erika Joy PHD Stefan, Mihaela (Chair) Synthesis of Functionalized Polycaprolactones and the Investigation of their Micellar Self-Assembly for Drug Delivery Pereira, Felipe
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Tutol Jasmine PHD Dodani, Sheel (Chair) Engineering and Biological Applications of Turn-On Fluorescent Protein-Based Sensors for Chloride Choudhary, Pankaj
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Wang Zhong PHD Baughman, Ray (Chair) Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Yarns for Artificial Muscles and Energy Harvesters Da Silveira Rodrigues, Fabiano
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Zhang Naifu PHD D'Arcy, Sheena (Chair) Studying the RNA Surveillance Activity of MTR4 and the Tramp Complex Using Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry Efromovich
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Akhavan Mehdi PHD Lou, Yifei  (Chair) Phase Retrieval by Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers D'Arcy, Sheena 
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Ali Alsadig PHD Pereira, L. Felipe (Chair) / Rahunanthan, Arunasalam  (Co-Chair) Multiscale Sampling for Subsurface Characterization Zakhidov, Anvar 
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Eze Izuchukwu PHD Krawcewicz, Wieslaw (Chair) Existence and Bifurcation of Sub-Harmonic Solutions in Reversible Non-Autonomous Differential Equations Walker, Amy
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics K. C. Khatri Rajendra PHD Cao, Yan (Chair) Cell Nuclei Segmentation Using Deep Learning Techniques Lv, Bing
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Khoshnasib Zeinabad Fariba PHD Dragovic, Vladimir (Chair)/ Gajic, Borislav  (Co-Chair) Some Topological Aspects of Integrable Rigid Body Dynamics Ferraris, John
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Rakotomalala Diarisoa Mihaja Andriamanisa PHD Dabkowski, Mieczyslaw (Chair) B-Type Catalan States of Lattice Crossing Zheng, Jie
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Thiam Abdoulaye PHD Bensoussan, Alain (Co-Chair) / Turi, Janos (Co-Chair) On Inventory Control Problems with Learning Nielsen, Steven
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Wang Siyuan PHD Cao, Yan (Chair) Bi-tensor Free Water Model with Positive Definite Diffusion Tensor and Fast Optimization Stefan, Mihaela
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Dey Sanchareeka PHD Zhang, Li  (Chair) Analysis of Heme Function in Therapy Resistance and Tumorigenesis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Zhang, Chuanwei 
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Wang Tianyuan PHD Zhang, Li (Chair) Heme Sequestration as an Effective Strategy for the Suppression of Tumor Growth Lumata, Lloyd
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Hou Junpeng PHD Zhang, Chuanwei (Chair) Exotic Phases and Quantum Dynamics in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates Dodani, Sheel
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Khashami Fatemeh PHD Lumata, Lloyd (Chair) Tracking the Biochemistry of Cancer Cells and Dynamics of Physical Systems Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Krawcewicz, Wieslaw
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Shidler Samuel PHD Da Silveira Rodrigues, Fabiano (Chair) Experimental and Modeling Studies of the Morphology of Equatorial Ionospheric F-Region Drifts Lou, Yifei
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Timms Christopher PHD Kolodrubetz, Michael (Chair) Robustness of Quantum Control in Noisy Environments Meloni, Gabriele
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Statistics de Silva Galappaththige Sajith PHD Choudhary, Pankaj (Chair) Contributions to Functional Data Analysis  Xuan , Zhenyu
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Statistics Wu Jiaju PHD Efromovich, Sam (Chair) Efficient Nonparametric Spectral Density Estimation with Randomly Censored Time Series Stelling, Allison
Summer 2021 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Statistics Zhou Qinyi PHD Shin, Sunyoung  (Chair) / Chen, Min (Co-Chair) Some Methods and Applications of Large-Scale Genomic Data Analysis Baughman, Ray Total=69