2000-2001 doctoral degrees awarded
Fall 2000 total: 24
Spring 2001 total: 22
Summer 2001 total: 23
| Semester | Year | School | Department | Last Name | First Name | Degree | Major | Supervising Professor | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | 2000 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Mills | Jimmie Farris | PhD | Nelsen, Robert S. | Disneyland Closes at Thirty-Five: Integrating the Principles of Existential Philosophy Within the Novel | |
| Fall | 2000 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Perkins | Caroline Courtney | PhD | History of Ideas | Chandler, Joan/Worsfold, Victor | Living Responsibly in Community: Wendell Berry’s Port William Fiction |
| Fall | 2000 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Hinson | Ellen Marcia | PhD | Studies in Literature | Turner, Frederick | Merciful Justice in Shakespeare’s Plays: A Rebuttal to His Critics |
| Fall | 2000 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Koppany-Moore | Marta | PhD | Studies in Literature | Ozsvath, Zsuzsanna | Ornaments of Pain and Survival: A Historical and Literary Analysis of Central European Literature |
| Fall | 2000 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Voskuil | Caryn Maureen | PhD | Studies in Literature | Argyros, Alexander | Moving Beyond Feminism – Toward a New Ideology of Gender |
| Fall | 2000 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Castello | Rodolfo | PhD | Mili, Rym | From Informal Specification to Formalization: An Automated Visualization Approach | |
| Fall | 2000 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Chadwick | Steve Patrick | PhD | Schweitzer, Haim | Improving Classification Accuracy by Using Confidence Measures To Combine Classifiers | |
| Fall | 2000 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Six | Janet May | PhD | Tollis, Ioannis G. | Vistool: A Tool for Visualizing Graphs | |
| Fall | 2000 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Hellums | James Roger | PhD | Frensley, William R. | Time Domain Quantum Transport in Open Dissipative Systems | |
| Fall | 2000 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Khater | Marwan H. | PhD | Overzet, Lawrence J. | Characterization of Transmission Line Effects and Ion-Ion Plasma Formation in an Inductively Coupled Plasma Etch Reactor | |
| Fall | 2000 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Hesse | Patricia Anne S. | PhD | Gerken, George M. | Brainstem and Cortical Potentials Evoked by Varying Intensities and Frequencies in Normal Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Subjects | |
| Fall | 2000 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Mitchell | Bartley David | PhD | Cauller, Lawrence J. | Effects of Adenoviral BDNF Glial Transduction on Rat Neocortical Cells In Vitro and In Transplantation to the Adult Rat Neocortex | |
| Fall | 2000 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Cardenas-Schaller | Ana | PhD | Marchman, Virginia A. | Links Among Demographic Characteristics, Acculturation, Cultural Values and Maternal Behavior in a Mexican and Mexican American Sample | |
| Fall | 2000 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Dam | Thuc Hieu | D.Chem | Ferraris, John P. | Electrochromic Properties of Dual and Hybrid Ink-Jet Printed Electrochromic Devices Containing Combinations of Polyaniline/PVME, Poly (N-Methypyrrole)/ PVME and Poly (3/3 Thienyl) Propanesulfonate | |
| Fall | 2000 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Lupo | Darell J. | D.Chem | Sherry, A. Dean | Changes in Triple Quantum Filtered Signal of Isolated Rat Hearts Do Not Necessarily Reflect Changes in Intracellular Sodium | |
| Fall | 2000 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Michelini | Luis Ivan | D.Chem | Ferraris, John P. | Synthethis and Characterization of Donor-Acceptor LowBand Gap Polymers | |
| Fall | 2000 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Reid | Brian Douglas | D.Chem | Musselman, Inga Holl | Composite Membranes for Gas Separations | |
| Fall | 2000 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Riley | Scott Jamieson | D.Chem | Ferraris, John P. | Gas Permeability and Selectivity Studies of Pure Poly (3-[2,5,8 Trioxynonyl] Thiophene), PTONT and PTONT/Poly (Ethylene Oxide) PEO Polymer Blend Films | |
| Fall | 2000 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Shumburo | Abdurahman Mahdi | D.Chem | Biewer, Michael C. | Synthesis and Measurements of Thermal Decay Rates of 1′-Substituted 6-Nitro 3′,3′-Dimethyl Spiro (2 H-l-Benzopyran-2,2′- Indoline) in Organogels | |
| Fall | 2000 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Xu | Xueming | PhD | Aiken, Carlos | Three Dimensional Virtual Geology: Photorealistic Outcrops and Their Acquisition, Visualization and Analysis | |
| Fall | 2000 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Chen | Kuo-Cheng | PhD | Cantrell, Cyrus D. | Effects of Laser Pulse Shape and Beam Profile on Electromagnetically-Induced Transparency | |
| Fall | 2000 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Harke | Richard Eugene | PhD | Rindler, Wolfgang | Scalar Field Collapse in Gauge Theory Gravity | |
| Fall | 2000 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | DeLaurell | Roxane Martha | PhD | Seldon, Barry J. | Globalization of Regulation: The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods | |
| Fall | 2000 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Tunstall | Thomas Nelson | PhD | Elliott, Euel/Hicks, Donald A. | Firm Governance Mechanisms: An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Information Technology Outsourcing | |
| Spring | 2001 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Cross | Jane Monteze G. | PhD | Aesthetic Studies | Worsfold, Victor L. | Educating the Visual Imagination: Paradigm and Process |
| Spring | 2001 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | de Katzew | Lilia Rotberg | PhD | Studies in Literature | Schulte, Rainer | Chicano Literature: A Relentless Quest for Identity |
| Spring | 2001 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Edwards | Dannah Lynn | PhD | Studies in Literature | Redman, Tim | Vorticism as a Corrective to Impressionism: The Influence of Tristan Corbiere, Jules LaForgue, Remy de Gourmont and Jules Romains on Ezra Pound’s Understanding of Ford Madox Ford’s “Prose Tradition” in Verse |
| Spring | 2001 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Seabaugh | Jan M. | PhD | Studies in Literature | Redman, Tim | The Zero With a Thousand Faces: Nobodies in Literature |
| Spring | 2001 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Vuong | Thai Hoa Pham | PhD | Huynh, Dung T. | Algorithmic Study of Wireless Ad Hoc Network Problems | |
| Spring | 2001 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Zaruba | Gergely Vid | PhD | Chlamtac, Imrich | Link Activation Methods in Advanced Mobile Radio Networks | |
| Spring | 2001 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Zeng | Helen J. | PhD | Chlamtac, Imrich | Teletraffic Analysis and Channel Allocation for Personal Communication Systems | |
| Spring | 2001 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Kanakasabapathy | Sivananda K. | PhD | Overzet, Lawrence J. | Experimental Investigations Into Ion-Ion Plasma Formation and Negative Ion Extraction | |
| Spring | 2001 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Pas | Sylvia Diana | PhD | Frensley, William R. | Simulation of Clusters and Ostwald Ripening During Transient Enhanced Diffusion | |
| Spring | 2001 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Stickney | Ginger S. | PhD | Assmann, Peter F. | Analyses of Speech Processing Strategies for Cochlear Implants and the Effects of Electrode Interaction | |
| Spring | 2001 | Management | Management Science | Rudin III | John F. | PhD | Chandrasekaran, R. | Improved Bounds for the Online Scheduling Problem | |
| Spring | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Mou | Tung-Chung | PhD | Gray, Donald M. | The Influence of Sequence and Chemical Modification of Single-Stranded Oligonucleotides on Binding Properties of Bacteriophage Ff Gene 5 Protein | |
| Spring | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Corbeanu | Rucsandra Maria | PhD | Bhattacharya, Janok P. | Detailed Internal Architecture of Ancient Distributary Channel Reservoirs Using Ground-Penetrating Radar, Outcrop and Borehole Data – Case Studies: Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Utah | |
| Spring | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Khan | Shuhab Danishwar | PhD | Stern, Robert J. | Field Relations, Geochemical, Isotopic and Age Studies of the Teru Volcanic Formation, Northern Kohistan Terrane, Pakistani Himalayas | |
| Spring | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Masterson IV | Wilmer Dallam | PhD | Mitterer, Richard M. | Petroleum Filling History of Central Alaskan North Slope Fields | |
| Spring | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Stephens | Pamela Buzas | PhD | Pessagno, Jr., Emile A. | Foraminiferal Analysis of Sediment Cores from Laguna Madre, Nueces Bay, the Arroyo Colorado and Laguna Atascosa:South Texas Coast | |
| Spring | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Birdwell | Anthony Glen | PhD | Glosser, Robert | Optical Properties of B-FeSi2,Ru2,Si3, and OsSi2: Semiconducting Transition Metal Silicides | |
| Spring | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Collins | Steve Edward | PhD | Glosser, Robert | Optical Characterization of Stained In1-xGaxSb by Photoreflectance Spectroscopy | |
| Spring | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Pitassi | Stefano | PhD | Glosser, Robert/Chaney, Roy C. | Electrical and Optical Characterization of Non-Crystalline Silicon Used as Infrared Detector at Room Temperature | |
| Spring | 2001 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Guerrero | Rodolfo Hernandez | PhD | Berry, Brian J.L. | The Demographic Transition in Costa Rica and Venezuela | |
| Spring | 2001 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Kahende | Jennifer W. | PhD | Hoch, Irving/Scotch, Richard | HIV/Aids and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Spring | 2001 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Oney | Daniel Clifford | PhD | Fass, Simon M. | Benefit Cost Analysis in Environmental Protection Agency Rule Making | |
| Summer | 2001 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Baity | Linda Sullivan | PhD | Aesthetic Studies | Schulte, Rainer | Translating for Actors: Strategies Derived from Incorporating the Actor’s Approach to Text into the Art and Craft of Drama Translation |
| Summer | 2001 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Perry | Anne Gordon | PhD | Aesthetic Studies | Turner, Frederick | Souled Art: The Convergence of Art and Religion in Baha ‘I Perspective |
| Summer | 2001 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Price | John Alden | PhD | Aesthetic Studies | Williamson, Linda/Soliday, Gerald | Signs of Shakespeare: Alternative Theory and Postmodern Practice |
| Summer | 2001 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Perry | Carolyn Elaine | PhD | Studies in Literature | Kratz, Dennis M. | The Augustinian Confessional Tradition Transformed in Black Boy and Hunger of Memory |
| Summer | 2001 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Jiang | Yingtao | PhD | Wang, Yuke | Design and Implementation of Low-Power ASIC Components | |
| Summer | 2001 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Remshagen | Anja | PhD | Truemper, Klaus | Learning for SAT and MINSAT, and Algorithms for Quantified SAT and MINSAT | |
| Summer | 2001 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Shields, Jr. | Charles Oliver | PhD | Sudborough, Ivan Hal | Area Efficient Layouts of Binary Trees in Grids | |
| Summer | 2001 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Zhang | Taoyu | PhD | Sudborough, Ivan Hal | Some Routing and Sorting Algorithms | |
| Summer | 2001 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Cai | Qingzhong (James) | PhD | Fumagalli, Andrea | Lightring: An Integrated WDM Ring Network Solution for Optical Metropolitan Area Networks | |
| Summer | 2001 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Estes | Rebecca Irene Reber | PhD | Jerger, James F. | Electrophysiological Manifestations of Children Identified as Poor Listeners: An Event Related Potential Study | |
| Summer | 2001 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Lippert | Tonya Kaye | PhD | Granott, Nira | Social Cognitive Advancement Among Adults: When, How and Who | |
| Summer | 2001 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | McKinnon | Lyn | PhD | Chapman, Sandra S. | Working Memory Dual Task Processing in Children With Traumatic Brain Injury | |
| Summer | 2001 | Human Development | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Wambacq | Ilse J.A. | PhD | Jerger, James F. | Dynamic Electrophysiological Correlates of Affective Communication | |
| Summer | 2001 | Management | Management Science | Kumar | Subodha | PhD | Sriskandarajah, Chelliah | Analytical and Metaheuristic Solutions for Emerging Scheduling Problems in e-Commerce and Robotics | |
| Summer | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Scott | Ashley Steven | D.Chem | Ferraris, John P. | Performance Study of Various Carbon Substrates for Electrochemical Capacitors Using Poly3-(3,4-Difluorophenylthiophene) | |
| Summer | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Koesoemadinata | Adam Parasara | PhD | McMechan, George A. | Petro-Seismic Relations, Amplitude Versus Angle Curves and Petro-Seismic Inversion for Sandstone Properties | |
| Summer | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Alarfaj | Esam | PhD | Glosser, Robert | Characterization of Deep-Levels in Semiconductors by Photoreflectance Spectroscopy | |
| Summer | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Bishop | Rebecca Lynn | PhD | Earle, Gregory D. | Evolution and Dynamics of Ionospheric Intermediate Layers Above Arecibo Observatory | |
| Summer | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Huffman | James D. | PhD | Cunningham, Austin J. | Light Sensitivity of a One Transistor-One Capacitor Memory Cell When Used as a Micromirror Actuator in Projector Applications | |
| Summer | 2001 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Tatsch | Charlotte Ann | PhD | Chaney, Roy C. | Application of the Method of Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals for Calculating the Electronic Band Structure of Titanium Silicide | |
| Summer | 2001 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Kim | EunMi | PhD | Berry, Brian J.L. | The U.S. Export Administration Act: Rationale and Role | |
| Summer | 2001 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Kim | SongJune | PhD | Seldon, Barry J. | Three Essays on Cigarette Consumption and Government Policy: A Comprehensive Analysis of Economics and Political Economy | |
| Summer | 2001 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Rostran | Alejandro | PhD | Berry, Brian J.L. | An Inquiry into the Rationale for a Second Inter-Oceanic Canal in Central America |