1995-1996 doctoral degrees awarded
Fall 1995 total: 19
Spring 1996 total: 18
Summer 1996 total: 12
| Semester | Year | School | Department | Last Name | First Name | Degree | Major | Supervising Professor | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | 1995 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Dolan | John Joseph | PhD | Aesthetic Studies | Argyros, Alexander | Reconfiguring the Socio-Somatic Horizons of the Subject: The Physiognomic Dimensions of Perception and Meaning in Twentieth-Century Theatre and Dance |
| Fall | 1995 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Bowen, Jr. | Robert Christopher | PhD | Frensley, William R. | Full Bandstructure Simulation of Quantum Transport in Nano-Scaled Devices | |
| Fall | 1995 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Frank | Terry Alan | PhD | DeGroat, Ronald D. | Short-Range, Surface-to-Surface Missile Guidance for Nonlinear, Time-varying Target State Estimation and Missile Dynamics | |
| Fall | 1995 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Ko | Uming | PhD | Balsara, Poras T. | Techniques for the Design of Low Power Processors | |
| Fall | 1995 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Newell | Brian Lee | PhD | van der Ziel, Jan P. | Microlithographic Fabrication of a Modern SEM Magnification Calibration Standard | |
| Fall | 1995 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Alagar | Sridhar | PhD | Venkatesan, Subbarayan | Testing and Mobility Issues in Distributed Systems | |
| Fall | 1995 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Paschall | Darwin Dwayne | PhD | Assmann, Peter | Priming and the Enhancement of Concurrent Vowels | |
| Fall | 1995 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Pinto | Marcelo Franco | PhD | Coleman, J. Michael | Phonological and Syntactical Cues in Listeners’ Stereotyped Perceptions of Foreign-Accented Spanish Speaking Hispanics | |
| Fall | 1995 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Yellin | Mary Wende | PhD | Stillman, Robert | Otoacoustic Emissions in Normal Cycling Females | |
| Fall | 1995 | Management | Management Science | Leong | Kai Hin | PhD | Liebowitz, Stanley | Mortgage Financing and Discrimination | |
| Fall | 1995 | Management | Management Science | Maurer | Robert Tweedy | PhD | Day, Theodore E. | Time Varying Returns and the Structure of Linear Factor Asset Pricing Models | |
| Fall | 1995 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Baldeon | Marcelo Lavado | PhD | Carter, James L. | Genesis of the Mineral Deposits Along the Mitu-Pucara Contact in the Yauli Dome Region of Central Peru With Special Reference to the Manuelita Mine in the Morococha Mining District | |
| Fall | 1995 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Gribble | Robert Francis | PhD | Stern, Robert J. | Variation in Incompatible Trace Element and Isotopic Compositions in Mariana Trough Lavas | |
| Fall | 1995 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Fernandes Cora | Juvenal Gregorio | PhD | Cantrell, Cyrus D. | Fiber Optic Neural Network | |
| Fall | 1995 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Johnson | James Neil | PhD | Cunningham, Austin J. | A Factorial Analysis of the Preparation and Properties of Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon Thin Films | |
| Fall | 1995 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | McCarthy | Thomas Kevin | PhD | Fenyves, Ervin J. | The Calibration of an Ultra-High Energy Muon Hodoscope and Search for Cosmic Gamma Ray Anisotropies | |
| Fall | 1995 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Corbin | John Joseph | PhD | Bielefeld, Wolfgang | Analysis of Economic and Non-Economic Determinants of the Division of Labor Among Social Services Providers | |
| Fall | 1995 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Jenkens | Lyssa Ann | PhD | Briggs, Ronald | Office Location in a Post-Industrial Urban Environment | |
| Fall | 1995 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Vicknair | Keven Clair | PhD | Farkas, George | Influences and Constraints on a Woman’s Choice of Occupation | |
| Spring | 1996 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Schriver | Janet Marie | PhD | Aesthetic Studies | Channell, David F./Waligore, Marilyn | On the Spiritual in Digital Art |
| Spring | 1996 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Narayan | Vishwa | PhD | MacFarlane, Duncan | Very high speed discrete time optical signal generation and filtering | |
| Spring | 1996 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Wang | Chih-Yu | PhD | Wetsel, Grover C. | Characterization of Nanoscale Features and Materials Using Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy | |
| Spring | 1996 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Morales | Linda | PhD | Page, Ivor P. | Pancake Networks and Pancake Problems | |
| Spring | 1996 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Hutchinson | Margaret Louise | PhD | Gerken, George M. | Auditory Temporal Integration in Temporal Lobe Resected and Normal Women | |
| Spring | 1996 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Valentin | Dominique | PhD | Abdi, Herve | How Come When You Turn Your Head I Still Know Who You Are: Evidence from Computational Simulations and Human Behavior | |
| Spring | 1996 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | VanBeveren | Toosje Thyssen | PhD | Spence, Melanie J. | Maternal Cocaine Use During Pregnancy and Infant Cognitive, Motor, and Physical Development: Effects of Living in an Enriched Adoptive Home and Living in an Impoverished Home with a Biological Parent | |
| Spring | 1996 | Management | Management Science | Bae | Sang Ook | PhD | Bass, Frank M. | Heterogeneous Probabilistic Choice Model for Market Segmentation and Market Structure under Heterogeneous Asymmetric Price Behavior Due to Loyalty and Prospect Effects: Heterogeneous Expected Price Model with Nonlinear Estimation Approach | |
| Spring | 1996 | Management | Management Science | Cheung | Christon Kaihon | PhD | Rao, Ram C. | A Model of Entry Strategies and Sales Forecasting for High-Tech Product Categories with Multiple Standards | |
| Spring | 1996 | Management | Management Science | Pai | Chenping | PhD | Niu, Shun-Chen | Sample-Average Analysis of M/GI-Type Retrial Queueing Systems with Finite Capacity | |
| Spring | 1996 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Biology | Lin | Wen-Ju | PhD | Molecular and Cell Biology | Miller, Dennis L. | Chromosal Suppressors of a Mutation in the Mitochondrial tRNAAsp Gene of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae |
| Spring | 1996 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Diaz | Jose Felipe | D.Chem | Balkus, Jr., Kenneth J. | Mesoporous MCM-41 Molecular Sieves as Support Materials for Metal-Complexes and Enzymes | |
| Spring | 1996 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Karabulut | Hayrullah | PhD | Ferguson, John F. | Application of Boundary Element Method and Simulated Annealing | |
| Spring | 1996 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Morelos | Javier A. | PhD | Mitterer, Richard M. | Geochemical Evaluation of Southern Tampico-Misantla Basin, Mexico: Oil-Oil and Oil Source Rock Correlations | |
| Spring | 1996 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Xu | Tong | PhD | McMechan, George A. | Relaxation Mechanisms for 3-D Seismic and 2.5-D GPR Data with Applications to Full-Wavefield Simulation and Inversion | |
| Spring | 1996 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Gratton | Patrick Sean Michael | PhD | Izen, Joseph M. | An Upper Limit for Mv t→KKπVt DECAYS | |
| Spring | 1996 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Coleman | Robert Dowe | PhD | Murdoch, James C. | Capital Market Efficiency of Firms Financing Research and Development | |
| Spring | 1996 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Safley | Ellen Derey | PhD | Berry, Brian J. L. | Dynamics of Retailing in a Post-Industrial Metropolitan Region | |
| Summer | 1996 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Jasin | Soledad H-D | PhD | Literary Studies | Graff, Harvey J. | Sex and Suicide in Madame Bovary, Anna Karenina, The Awakening and The House of Mirth |
| Summer | 1996 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Jennings | Jean B. | PhD | Literary Studies | Redman, Tim | Wallace Stevens: Hermetic Modernist |
| Summer | 1996 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Johnson | Philip Mathew | PhD | History of Ideas | Graff, Harvey J. | “America’s Native Author”: E.P. Roe and the Strategies of Religious Fiction |
| Summer | 1996 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Clancy | Barbara | PhD | Cauller, Lawrence J. | Afferent Convergence in Layer I of Rat Sensory Neocortex: Neuroanatomical Support for an Interactive Sensory-Motor Paradigm | |
| Summer | 1996 | Management | Management Science | Roy | Sarathi | PhD | Day, Ted E. | On Estimating the Volatility of Exchange Rates: An Integrated Approach | |
| Summer | 1996 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Biology | Aldrich | Joan E. | PhD | Molecular and Cell Biology | Marsh, Robert C. | Cellular Locations and Structural Characteristics of the 25 and 39 kDa Tectonins of Physarum Polycephalum |
| Summer | 1996 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Ball | Laura Jane | D.Chem | Balkus, Jr., Kenneth J. | Zeolite Molecular Sieves: Synthesis, Thin Films, Adsorption and Kinetics | |
| Summer | 1996 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Wu | Yafei | PhD | McMechan, George A. | Waveform Inversion and Modeling of Seismic Data from Earthquake Sources, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Reflection Surveys | |
| Summer | 1996 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Kirkland | Matt Wayne | PhD | Tinsley, Brian A. | Further Evidence for Solar Wind Forcing of Tropospheric Dynamics Via the Global Electric Circuit | |
| Summer | 1996 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Ostromek | Timothy Everett | PhD | Glosser, Robert | Electro-Optic Characterization of Excitanic Transitions and Electric Fields in In .14 GA .86 As/GaAs Strained Layer Multiple Quantum Wells | |
| Summer | 1996 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | West | Keith Harold | PhD | Heelis, Roderick A. | The Composition of the Low Latitude Topside Ionosphere as a Function of Longitude, Season, Local Time, and Solar Cycle | |
| Summer | 1996 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Cheek | Kyle | PhD | Champagne, Anthony | The Bench, the Bar and the Political Economy of Justice: Texas Supreme Court Elections, 1980-1994 |