2003-2004 doctoral degrees awarded
Fall 2003 total: 14
Spring 2004 total: 24
Summer 2004 total: 16
| Semester | Year | School | Department | Last Name | First Name | Degree | Major | Supervising Professor | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | 2003 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Deng | Yongzhao | PhD | Studies in Literature | Argyros, Alexander | Language, Culture, and Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Fraserean Perspective |
| Fall | 2003 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Cooper | Melvin Wayne | PhD | History of Ideas | Gossin, Pamela | The Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association; The Social Construction of Medical Morality; The Establishment of a Masculine Profession |
| Fall | 2003 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Koepke | Sigrid | PhD | History of Ideas | Bambach, Charles | Friedrich Nietzsche’s Also Sprach Zarathustra: A Tragedy of Eternal Return |
| Fall | 2003 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering | Attarha | Amir Reza | PhD | Nourani, Mehrdad | Testing Signal Integrity in High Speed VLSI Chips | |
| Fall | 2003 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering | Gibbs | Ralph Stephen | PhD | Osborne, William P. | The Use of Remote Sensing Data to Improve the Design of L- and S-Band LEO/MEO Satellite Communications Networks | |
| Fall | 2003 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering | Kannan | Parivallal | PhD | Bhatia, Dinesh | Interconnect Estimation for Field Programmable Gate Arrays | |
| Fall | 2003 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering | Hu | Yi | PhD | Loizou, Philipos | Subspace and Multitaper Methods for Speech Enhancement | |
| Fall | 2003 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering | Mehler | Ronald William | PhD | Zhou, Dian | Architectural Synthesis of Digital Finite Impulse Response Filters | |
| Fall | 2003 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering | Sankaran | Jagadeesh | PhD | Cantrell, Cyrus D./Pervin, William J. | Computational Limits of VLIW Architectures for Digital Signal Processing Transforms | |
| Fall | 2003 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering | Savithri | Nagaras N. | PhD | Balsara, Poras T. | Interconnect Modeling, Signal Integrity and Reliability Analysis for Deep Sub-Micron Integrated Circuits | |
| Fall | 2003 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering | Gumaste | Ashwin Anil | PhD | Telecommunications | Chlamtac, Imrich/Jue, Jason P. | Light Trail and Light Frame Architectures for Optical Networks |
| Fall | 2003 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Engineering | Lu | Kejie | PhD | Telecommunications | Chlamtac, Imrich/Jue, Jason P. | Dynamic Lightpath Establishment in Wavelength-Routed Networks: Analytical Models and New Control Schemes |
| Fall | 2003 | Management | Management Science | Ji | Yonghua | PhD | Mookerjee, Vijay | Three Essays on Information Systems Design | |
| Fall | 2003 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | McDonald | David Wilson | PhD | Nielsen, Kent C. | Fault Reactivation: The Picuris-Pecos Fault System of North-Central New Mexico | |
| Spring | 2004 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Montgomery | Evelyn Elizabeth | PhD | History of Ideas | Wickberg, Daniel | The Postwar Suburban Discourse and the Definition of American Identity |
| Spring | 2004 | Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Thames | Mark Green | PhD | History of Ideas | Bambach, Charles | Community of Difference: Habermas and the Problems of Pluralism |
| Spring | 2004 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Human Development and Communication Sciences | Dybala | Paul David | PhD | Thibodeau, Linda M. | Modification of the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) for Evaluating Amplification in Listeners with High-Frequency Hearing Loss | |
| Spring | 2004 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Blue | Amanda Michelle | Au.D | |||
| Spring | 2004 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Lai | Lydia Yan | Au.D | |||
| Spring | 2004 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Lyles | Tracy Gail | Au.D | |||
| Spring | 2004 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Wheeler | Tara Lynn | Au.D | |||
| Spring | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Hunter | Todd Edward | PhD | Nosratinia, Aria | Coded Cooperation: A New Framework for User Cooperation in Wireless Networks | |
| Spring | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Kao | Ming-Yih | PhD | Frensley, William R. | GAAS-Based Metamorphic High Electron Mobility Transistors with High Indium Mole Faction Quantum Well Channels | |
| Spring | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Kim | Kabseog | PhD | Lee, Jeong-Bong | High Aspect Ratio Microstructures and Their Applications to MEMS | |
| Spring | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Peterson, Jr. | Daniel Louis | PhD | Cantrell, Cyrus D. | Estimation of Outage Statistics Due to Polarization Mode Dispersion | |
| Spring | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Rivas | Cristian Oscar | PhD | Frensley, William R. | Full Bandstructure Modeling of Indirect Phonon Assisted Transport in Tunnel Devices with Silicon Contacts | |
| Spring | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Taylor | Robert Jewell | PhD | Hunt, Louis R. | Feedback Linearization of Fixed Frequency PWM Converters | |
| Spring | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Ying | Feng | PhD | Maloberti, Franco | A Cross-Coupled Two-Path Bandpass Sigma-Delta Modulator | |
| Spring | 2004 | Management | Management Science | Asdemir | Kursad | PhD | Jacob, Varghese S./Kumar, Nanda S. | Essays on Pricing in E-Commerce: Dynamic Pricing and Performance Based Pricing | |
| Spring | 2004 | Management | International Management Studies | Kucinski | Nancy Ruth | PhD | Harrison, J. Richard | Interests, Institutions and Friends of the Court: An Analysis of Organizational Factors Related to Amicus Curiae Participation | |
| Spring | 2004 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Han | Sangyoon | PhD | DeJong, Jeff L. | Regulation of the General Transcription Factor ALF during Germ Cell Development | |
| Spring | 2004 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Zein | Sima S. | PhD | Levene, Stephen D. | Structural Aspects of Reca-Dependent Hommologous Strand Exchange Involving Human Telomeric DNA | |
| Spring | 2004 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Beyene | Alebachew | PhD | Abdel-Salam, Mohamed G. | Evolution of the Afar Depression from Orbital Optical and Radar Images, Ethiopia | |
| Spring | 2004 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Mahmoud | Salah El-Din Ragab | PhD | Pessagno, Jr., Emile A. | Integrated Palynology and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Strata, Rio Grande Embayment, Texas, Using Well, Outcrop and Seismic Data | |
| Spring | 2004 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Smith | Linda S.S. | PhD | Mitterer, Richard M. | Carbonate Diagenesis and Paleoclimate of the Desmoinesian Lower Ismay Zone, Paradox Basin, S.E. Utah | |
| Spring | 2004 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Galimbertti | Percy A. | PhD | Jargowsky, Paul A. | Teenage Pregnancy and School Dropouts in Texas: Effects on Earnings, High School Graduation and GED Certification | |
| Spring | 2004 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Hayhurst | Michiko Y. | PhD | Faria, Joao Ricardo | The Plaza Agreement, Official Foreign Exchange Intervention and Exchange Rate Policy in Japan 1985-2002: An Analysis of Leaning Against the Wind | |
| Spring | 2004 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Lokole | Nicholas Shungu Katoto | PhD | Vijverberg, Wim P.M. | Human Capital Investments: Child Education and Economic and Cultural Incentives and Constraints in Cote D’Ivoire | |
| Summer | 2004 | Arts and Humanities | Camplin | Troy Earl | PhD | Aesthetic Studies | Argyros, Alexander | Evolutionary Aesthetics: The Evolution of Complex Systems, the Appreciation of Beauty and the Creation of Art and Literature | |
| Summer | 2004 | Arts and Humanities | Ingrao | Peter Jay | PhD | Studies in Literature | Nelsen, Robert S. | Ghosts Still Recovering Identity, Religion and Spirit Possession in Southern Literature | |
| Summer | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Jothi | Raja | PhD | Raghavachari, Balaji | Approximation Algorithms for Single-Sink Edge Installation Problems and Other Graph Problems | |
| Summer | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Kim | Sung J. | PhD | Bastani, Farokh B. | Foundation for Composable Microservices for Rapid Synthesis of Highly Reliable Software Systems | |
| Summer | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Lu | Enyue | PhD | Zheng, S.Q. | Parallel Algorithms for High Performance Switching in Communication Networks | |
| Summer | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Luo | Feng | PhD | Khan, Latifur | Mining Gene Microarray Expression Profiles | |
| Summer | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Vokkarane | Vinod Mandayam | PhD | Jue, Jason P. | Design and Analysis of Architectures and Protocols for Optical Burst-Switched Networks | |
| Summer | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Yuan | Shengli | PhD | Jue, Jason P. | Lightpath Reliability in WDM Networks | |
| Summer | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Park | Daniel Sang-Won | PhD | Lee, Jeong-Bong | Additive Pattern Transfer Techniques for the Post-IC Integration of Metallic MEMS Onto Active Circuits | |
| Summer | 2004 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Zhu | Hua | PhD | Chlamtac, Imrich | Protocols for High Quality Multimedia Services Over Wireless Networks | |
| Summer | 2004 | Management | Management Science | Chen | Lei | PhD | Banker, Rajiv D. | Value Congruence and the Use of Performance Measures in Executive Compensation | |
| Summer | 2004 | Management | Management Science | Hu | Nan | PhD | Banker, Rajiv D. | The Value Implications of Information Technology Spending | |
| Summer | 2004 | Management | Management Science | Krishnamoorthy | Anand | PhD | Bass, Frank M./Sethi, Suresh P. | Essays on Optimal Marketing Mix Policies | |
| Summer | 2004 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Yoo | Byong Hoon | PhD | Gray, Donald M. | Antisense Oligonucleotide Effectiveness: Transfection Protocols, Chemical Modifications and Target Sequences | |
| Summer | 2004 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematical Sciences | Navarra-Madsen | Junalyn Placer | PhD | Applied Mathematics | Darcy, Isabel K. | Colorability, Tangles and Quandles |
| Summer | 2004 | Social Sciences | Political Economy | Duhe | Sandra Core | PhD | Kiel, L. Douglas | Capitalism, Profitability and Civil Society: The Political Economy of Corporate Reputation and Its Relationship to Firm Financial Performance |