2013-2014 doctoral degrees awarded
Fall 2013 total: 63
Spring 2014 total: 65
Summer 2014 total: 60
| Semester | Year | School | Department | Last Name | First Name | Degree | Major | Supervising Professor | Dissertation Title | Outside Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | 2013 | Arts and Humanities | Baugh | Philippe Charles | PhD | Rodriguez, Riobert Xavier | Satchmo, Semiotics and the Signifyin(g) Monkey: Louis Armstrong and the Rise of African-American Modernism | Wiorkowski, John | ||
| Fall | 2013 | Arts and Humanities | Fennig | Brian Keith | PhD | Rodriguez, Riobert Xavier | Mythic Image in Modern Pop Music and Technology | Sandler, Todd | ||
| Fall | 2013 | Arts and Humanities | Scally | Deborah Ann | PhD | Gossin, Pamela S. | Chihiro’s Journey: Re-Imaging the Heroic Quest in the Anime of Miyazaki Hayao | Dowling, Jay | ||
| Fall | 2013 | Arts and Humanities | Vance | Barbara Ann | PhD | Aesthetic Studies | Parry, David/Knight, Kimberly | The Dialogue of Narrative and Media: How Expectations of Form and Function Shape Story Analysis | Kiel, Doug | |
| Fall | 2013 | Arts and Humanities | Lafitte | Luke Shane | PhD | History of Ideas | Riccio, Thomas | The Mechanical Man: The Fictive and Factual History of Mechanical-Man as Mythic Markers in the United States: 1844-1968 | Brunell, Thomas | |
| Fall | 2013 | Arts and Humanities | O’Connor | John Charles | PhD | History of Ideas | Wickberg, Daniel | James Madison, Nature and the Early Republic | Connell, Nadine | |
| Fall | 2013 | Arts and Humanities | Donald | Stacey Alicia | PhD | Studies in Literature | Wilson, Michael/Michaelson, Patricia | “The Spell of Continuity was Consequently Broken”: Third-Space Masculinity in Austen, Gore, Bronte and Eliot | Dean, Denis | |
| Fall | 2013 | Arts and Humanities | Jones | Christine Renee Hand | PhD | Studies in Literature | Rodriguez, Riobert Xavier | Bob Dylan and the End of the (Modern) World | Underwood, Marion | |
| Fall | 2013 | Arts and Humanities | Najour | Caroline Antoine | PhD | Studies in Literature | Cotter, Sean | Counternarratives of Enlightenment Modernity: A Decolonial Reading of Westerners in Contemporary Arab Novels | Scotch, Richard | |
| Fall | 2013 | Behavorial and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Khodaparast | Navid | PhD | Kilgard, Michael P. | Delivering Vagus Nerve Stimulation with Automated Motor Forelimb Tasks to Enhance Stroke Recovery in Rats | Smaldone, Ronald | |
| Fall | 2013 | Behavorial and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Wilmott | Lynda Anne | PhD | Thompson, Lucien T. | Effect of Indirect and Direct Block of CA²+-Dependent K+ Channels on Learning | Minkoff, Susan | |
| Fall | 2013 | Behavorial and Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Patel | Sanobar Lalji | PhD | Holub, Shayla C. | Examining the Influence of Perceived Social Consensus Information on Weight Prejudice Across Development | Holub, Shayla | |
| Fall | 2013 | Behavorial and Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Raman | Rachna | PhD | Dowling, W. Jay | Probing Modulations in South Indian Classical Music by Indian and Western Musicians | Reynolds, Clay | |
| Fall | 2013 | Behavorial and Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Shepard | Katherine Marie | PhD | Spence, Melanie/Sasson, Noah | The Effects of Familiarity and Infant-Directedness on Six-Month-Olds’ Visual Scanning of Talking Faces | Nielsen, Steven | |
| Fall | 2013 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Economics | Haydel, Jr. | Michael Paul | PhD | Li, Xin (Sherry) | Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics: Time Preferences and Risk Measures | Bardhan, Indranil | |
| Fall | 2013 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Geospatial Information Science | Knize | Nicholas Walter | PhD | Dean, Denis J. | Assessing the Impact of a Proposed Web2.0 Geospatial Information System for Improving the Decision-Making Process of Emergency Management and Incident Response Personnel | Page, Ivor | |
| Fall | 2013 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Balderas | Maria Del Carmen | PhD | Scotch, Richard K. | Free and Charitable Clinics: The Impact of Care to Undocumented Immigrants | Waligore, Marilyn | |
| Fall | 2013 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Clayton | Scott Allen | PhD | Kiel, L. Douglas | The Limits of Administrative Discretion: An Evaluation of Supreme Court Justice Breyer’s and Scalia’s Judicial Review of Agency Policymaking and Interpretation | Lin, John | |
| Fall | 2013 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Flabiano | Heather Lynn | PhD | Hall, Jeremy L./Scotch, Richard K. | Through the Lens of Maslow’s Hierarchy: Understanding Endowment Accumulation at Private Colleges and Universities | Kumar, Nanda | |
| Fall | 2013 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Maglisceau | Thomas Albert | PhD | Skaggs, Sheryl L. | The Decrease of Social Capital in Adolescents as a Manifestation of the Negative Effects of Parental Divorce | Farmer, Michael | |
| Fall | 2013 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Hicks | Malinda Evans | PhD | Scotch, Richard K. | Reducing Disparities in the Use of Treatments for Depression and Other Mood Disorders: Does Site of Care Matter? | O’Toole, Alice | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Engineering | Li | Wei | PhD | Zhou, Dian | System/Architecture Level Design and Modeling of Mixed-Signal SOC Using SystemC/SystemC-AMS and Cross-Layer Co-Simulation Tool | Xuan, Zhenyu | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Abdalla | Isam Yassin | PhD | Venkatesan, S. | Improving Machine to Machine Communication and IMS Load Balancing in 4G Networks | Radhakrishnan, S. | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Ates | Keven Lee | PhD | Zhang, Kang | Context-Sensitive Graph Grammar Induction | Cavusoglu, Huseyin | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Hassanali | Khairun Nisa Hussein | PhD | Liu, Yang | Using Natural Language Processing for Child Language Analysis | Ferraris, John | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Khadilkar | Vaibhav Vijay | PhD | Thuraisingham, Bhavani/Kantarcioglu, M. | Assured Information Sharing (AIS) Using the Cloud | Murthi, B.P.S. | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Khan | Safwan Mahmud | PhD | Hamlen, Kevin W. | Decentralizing Trust: New Security Paradigms for Cloud Computing | Zhao, Feng | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Nguyen | Quan Tuong | PhD | Sudborough, I. Hal | Transitivity and Hamming Distance of Permutation Arrays | Xu, Yexiao | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Parveen | Pallabi | PhD | Thuraisingham, Bhavani | Evolving Insider Threat Detection Using Stream Analytics and Big Data | Cready, William | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Patel | Suhel Devendrabhai | PhD | Chandrasekaran, R. | Graph Labeling: Covering Largest Subgraph | Kieschnick, Robert | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Aroor | Supreetha Rao | PhD | Henderson, Rashaunda M. | System-on-Package Integration for Millimeter-Wave Circuits Using Low-Cost Laminates | Song, Joanne | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Atalla | Essam Sobhy Ragab | PhD | Balsara, Poras T. | System Design and Analysis of Contemporary Direct-Conversion Receivors | Ishak-Boushaki, Mustapha | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Hasan Al Banna | Taufiq | PhD | Hansen, John H.L. | Effective Acoustic Modeling for Robust Speaker Recognition | Glosser, Robert | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Huang | Guanming | PhD | Zhou, Dian | A Multi Start Point Optimization Based Method for Circuit Design and Performance Analysis Under Process Variations | Anderson, Phil | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Lin | Chenjie | PhD | Fahimi, Babak | Analysis and Mitigation of Vibration and Acoustic Noise in Switched Reluctance Machines | Lee, Mark | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Mahzabeen | Tabassum | PhD | Banerjee, Bhaskar | Built-In Self-Test (BIST) Techniques for Millimeter Wave CMOS Transceivers | Hoffman, John | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Modiri | Arezoo | PhD | Kiasaleh, Kamran | Microwave-Based Medical Diagnosis Using Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm | Biswas, Swati | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Ryu | Seong-Ryong | PhD | Banerjee, Bhaskar | 60-GHZ Phased-Array Receiver with Hybrid-Mode Phase Shifter for Wireless Data Center Network Applications | King, Lindsay | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Sathyanarayana | Amardeep | PhD | Hansen, John H.L. | Advancements in Driver Distraction and Driving Performance Assessment for Robust In-Vehicle Systems | Turi, Janos | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Uddin | Riaz | PhD | Banerjee, Bhaskar | CMOS 2.4 GHZ Harmonic Reject Mixers for Wideband Transceivers | Serfling, Robert | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Churu | Habel Gitogo | PhD | Lu, Hongbing | Synthesis and Characterization of the Mechanical Behavior of Mechanically Strong Porous Nanostructured Materials | Cunningham, Austin | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Gong | Cheng | PhD | Chabal, Yves J./Cho, Kyeongjae | Materials Synthesis of and Electrical Contacts with Two-Dimensional Materials: Graphene and Transition Metal Dichalcogenides | Hooshyar, Ali | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Shi | Zhiwei | PhD | Walker, Amy | Reaction Pathways Involved in the Formation of Metallic and Semiconducting Contacts on Functionalized Alkanethiolate Self Assembled Monolayers | Malko, Anton | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Ware | Taylor Hutchins | PhD | Voit, Walter E. | Smart Polymers for Implantable Electronics | Lary, Davis | |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Hanif | Mohammad Fahad | PhD | Microelectronics | Banerjee, Bhaskar | Development of CMOS Sub-Terahertz Receivers for Spectrometers | Cunningham, Austin |
| Fall | 2013 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Manohar | Sujan Kundapur | PhD | Microelectronics | Balsara, Poras T./Fahimi, Babak | Techniques for Efficient Power Management | Ramakrishna, Vish |
| Fall | 2013 | Management | Management Science | Cao | Qingning | PhD | Stecke, Kathryn E. | Operational Implications of Retailer Bundling | Lin, Zhiqiang | |
| Fall | 2013 | Management | Management Science | Kazan | Osman | PhD | Stecke, Kathryn E. | Demand Side Management in Recycling and Electricity Retail Pricing | Venkatesan, S. | |
| Fall | 2013 | Management | Management Science | Kwark | Young | PhD | Raghunathan, Srinivasan/Chen, Jianqing | Impact of Online User-Generated Content on Retailers and Manufacturers | Daescu, Ovidiu | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Anka | Fadwa Hussein | PhD | Balkus, Jr., Kenneth J. | Electrospun Nanofibers for Water Filtration and Sensing Applications | Chattopadhyay, Bhargab | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Bhatt | Mahesh Prasad | PhD | Stefan, Mihaela C. | Block Copolymers Containing Regioregular Poly (3-Hexylthiophene): Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Optoelectronic Properties | Burr, John | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Bhimani | Kajal Amritlal | PhD | Ahn, Jung-Mo | Tailoring Tris-Benzamide for the Inhibition of Anti-Apoptotic BCL-2 Family Proteins | Hannig, Ernie | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Bonso | Jeliza Samatra | PhD | Ferraris, John P. | Tailored High Surface Area Carbon Nanofibers for Supercapacitors | Overzet, Larry | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Fidelino | Leila Cristina Ramos | PhD | Sherry, A. Dean | Towards New MRI Contrast Mechanisms: From Paracest Sensors to Hyperpolarized Water | Moller, Aage | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Kularatne | Ruvini Shamala | PhD | Stefan, Mihaela C. | Donor-Acceptor Copolymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications | Heelis, Rod | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Wijenayake | Sumudu Nelukshi | PhD | Ferraris, John P. | Novel Cross-Linked Metal Organic Framework/Polyimide Mixed Matrix Membranes for Gas Separations | Montgomery, Homer | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Xu | Kun | PhD | McMechan, George A. | Frequency-Domain Seismic-Wave Modeling, Migration and Full-Waveform Inversion | Hannigan, Niki | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematical Sciences | Li | Zichao | PhD | Krawcewicz, Wieslaw | Symmetric Systems of Implicit Functional Differential Equations: Existence of Solutions and Bifurcation Results | Fumagalli, Andrea | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | McKethan | Brandon Lee | PhD | Spiro, Stephen | Characterization of the Escherichia Coli Transcriptional Regulator NrdR | Sibert, John | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Shah | Ajit Navin | PhD | Zhang, Li | Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Hypoxia-Tolerance and Response in Yeast | Geissman, John | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Zeng | Ji | PhD | Spiro, Stephen | Regulation of Aromatic Amine Metabolism in Escherichia Coli | Golden, Richard | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Hemani | Gautam Kishor | PhD | Fischetti, Massimo V. | Study of Graphene Growth Using Pulsed Laser Deposition | Jafari, Roozbeh | |
| Fall | 2013 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Qian | Yinyin | PhD | Zhang, Chuanwei | Quantum Transport and Phase Diagram of Ultracold Bosonic Atoms in Optical Lattices | Goeckner, Matt | |
| Spring | 2014 | Arts and Humanities | Choudhury | Numair Atif | PhD | Redman, Tim | Unbinding Anthropological Magical Realism | Connell, Nadine | ||
| Spring | 2014 | Arts and Humanities | Foltz | Jill Erin | PhD | Aesthetic Studies | Terranova, Charissa N. | Cute and Comfortable: The Rise of the Marginalized Aesthetic in Contemporary Work | Owen, Margaret | |
| Spring | 2014 | Arts and Humanities | Bailon | Rowena Quinto | PhD | History of Ideas | Rabe, Stephen | Battling Destiny: Soldiers’ Letters and the Anti-Colonial Discourse in the Philippine-American War | Prager, Karen | |
| Spring | 2014 | Arts and Humanities | Barger | Lilian Calles | PhD | History of Ideas | Wickberg, Daniel B./Hatfield, Charles | Human Liberation from Below: Transnational Origins of Liberation Theology, 1775-1975 | Piquero, Nicole | |
| Spring | 2014 | Arts and Humanities | Fitzgerald | LaChandra Mellissa | PhD | Studies in Literature | Towner, Theresa M. | The Portrayal of the African American Mother in Literature: Performing Motherhood as Seen Through the Eyes of Her Sons and Daughters | Maxwell, Sarah | |
| Spring | 2014 | Arts and Humanities | Khan | Sobia Azhar | PhD | Studies in Literature | Cotter, Sean | Transnational Identity in Crisis: Self Writings of Edward Said, Jacques Derrida and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha | Maxwell, Sarah | |
| Spring | 2014 | Arts and Humanities | McCullough | Shellie Katherine | PhD | Studies in Literature | Bambach, Charles/Ozsvath, Zsuzsanna | Transparent Wake: An Examination of the Poetic Texts of Dan Pagis | Holmes, Jennifer | |
| Spring | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Baqar | Jennifer Marie | AuD | Clark, Jackie | |||
| Spring | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Collier | Cynthia Kay | AuD | Roeser, Ross | |||
| Spring | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | John | Harsha | AuD | Roeser, Ross | |||
| Spring | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Higginbotham | Rachel Elizabeth | AuD | Wilson, Phillip L. | |||
| Spring | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Jones | Trissan Diana | AuD | Marvin, Holly/Kwon, Shari | |||
| Spring | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | McLellan | Nancy Caryn | AuD | Wilson, Phillip L. | |||
| Spring | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Mosley | Lauren Kay | AuD | Martin, Jeffrey S. | |||
| Spring | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Stockwell | Jennifer | AuD | Cokely, Carol | |||
| Spring | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Arduengo | Joshua A. | PhD | Bartlett, James C. | Eyewitness Memory, Lineup Procedures and the Individual: Is Anyone Reliable? | Reitzer, Larry | |
| Spring | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Shokri Kojori | Ehsan | PhD | Krawczyk, Daniel C. | Fluid Intelligence: A Multiprocess Framework for Individual Differences, Item Difficulty and Neural Network Dynamics | Stillman, Robert | |
| Spring | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Sides | Lynda Jo | PhD | Maguire, Mandy J. | Imageability and Word Class: An ERP Investigation of Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives | Linehan, Thomas | |
| Spring | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Brinkley | Dawn Yvette | PhD | Underwood, Marion K. | Let’s Talk about Sex: Sexting, Early Sexual Activity and Borderline Personality Features in Adolescents | McLean, Adrienne | |
| Spring | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Criminology | DeShay | Rashaan A. | PhD | Vieraitis, Lynne M. | Why Offenders Take Breaks: A Qualitative Exploration of Intermittency in Criminal Careers | Zhou, Yibin | |
| Spring | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Economics | Kassa | Mathewos B. | PhD | Murdoch, James C./Dumas, Lloyd J. | Ex-Ante Assessment of the Impact of Extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to All Least Developed Countries: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis of the Apparel Market | Zhang, Yuan | |
| Spring | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Political Science | Manzo | Whitney Ross | PhD | Brunell, Thomas L. | Implications, Benefits and Impacts of Direct Democracy | Menon, Syam | |
| Spring | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Political Science | Yeeles | Adam | PhD | Holmes, Jennifer S. | The Political Ecology of Governance, Inequality and Unrest | Raghunathan, Srinivasan | |
| Spring | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Alvarado | Eliza Del Carmen | PhD | Fass, Simon M. | Getting Out the Youth Vote: Findings from a Natural Experiment in the Rio Grande Valley | Subramanian, Upender | |
| Spring | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Campos | Nora | PhD | Scotch, Richard K. | The Path to Earned Income Tax Credit Participation: Are Community Coalitions Beneficial? | Cohen, Daniel | |
| Spring | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Cohen | Galia | PhD | Battaglio, Jr., R. Paul | An Agency-Level Analysis of Turnover Behavior and Turnover Intention: Evidence from the U.S. Federal Government | Singh, Harpreet | |
| Spring | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Pewitt | Kyle Coby | PhD | Scotch, Richard K. | Volunteers in Police Service: A Case Study of a Medium-Sized Municipal Law Enforcement Agency | Janakiraman, Ganesh | |
| Spring | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Stone | Kelley Edmonds | PhD | Taylor, Robert W. | Creating an Information Sharing and Analysis Center: A Case Study of the North Central Texas Fusion Center | Channell, David | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Engineering | Natarajan | Aravind | PhD | Mittal, Neeraj | Concurrent Algorithms for Binary Search Trees | Rachinskiy, Dmitri | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Bi | Yuanjun | PhD | Wu, Weili | Novel Models for Influence Propagation in Social Networks | Rebello, Michael | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Fan | Lidan | PhD | Du, Ding-Zhu/Thuraisingham, Bhavani | Rumor-Blocking and Influence Diffusion in Social Networks | Zheng, Eric | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Hasan | Kazi Saidul | PhD | Ng, Vincent | Computational Approaches to Debate Stance Analysis | Ganglmair, Bernhard | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Islam | Mohammad Saiful | PhD | Kantarcioglu, Murat | Security Issues Due to Outsourcing Sensitive Data to the Untrusted Remote Server | Peng, Mike | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Maung | Crystal | PhD | Schweitzer, Haim | Variable and Feature Selection in Large Datasets | Ammann, Larry | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Shia | Angie F. | PhD | Schweitzer, Haim | Contributions to Autonomous Robots Working in Dynamic Environments | Jacob, Varghese | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Vardhan | Hars | PhD | Prakash, Ravi/Banerjee, Bhaskar | Polycell: A Wireless Data Center Design with Millimeter-Wave Network | Muharremoglu, Alp | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Kai | PhD | Wu, Weili | Data Collection and Analysis in Networks | Sarkar, Sumit | ||
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Computer Science | Zhu | Yuqing | PhD | Wu, Weili | Optimization in Social Networks | Day, Ted | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Godin | Keith William | PhD | Hansen, John. H.L. | Speech Variation and Its Relationship to Speaker Identification | Rodrigues, Fabiano | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Khoubrouy | Soudeh Ardestani | PhD | Panahi, Issa M.S. | Cancelling Feedback Path Effects in Hearing Aids | Levene, Steve | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Mahmoodi | Mishel | PhD | Fahimi, Babak | Energy Management and Economic Dispatch of Microgrids | Cakanyildirim, Metin | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Mir | Raja N. | PhD | Frensley, William R. | Electronic Structure of III-V Broken Gap Materials and Terminal Control in Three Dimensional Nano-Scale MOSFETs | Heelis, Rod | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Ostadabbas | Sarah | PhD | Nourani, Mehrdad | A Monitoring Platform for Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Modeling, Sensing and Feedback | Efromovich, Sam | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Park | Dong Kyung | PhD | Lee, Hoi | Design Techniques of High Performance DC-DC Converters for Portable and Solid-State LED Lighting Applications | Krawcewicz, Wieslaw | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Poonawala | Hasan Alihusain | PhD | Spong, Mark W. | Formation Control and Connectivity Control for Mobile Robot Networks Using Vision Based Measurements | Wiorkowski, John | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Sadjadi | Seyed Omid | PhD | Hansen, John. H.L. | Robust Front-End Processing for Speech Applications under Acoustic Mismatch Conditions | Choudhury, Pankaj | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Satici | Aykut Cihan | PhD | Spong, Mark W. | Cooperative Manipulation, Swarming and Connectivity Control of Multi-Agent Mechanical Systems | Novak, Bruce | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Sharifabad | Mahnoosh Mehrabani | PhD | Hansen, John. H.L. | Analysis, Modeling and Assessment of Singing Speech for Speaker, Language and Speech Recognition | Hansen, John | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Yousefi | Rasoul | PhD | Nourani, Mehrdad | Signal Enhancement and Processing for Wearable Photoplethysmographic Sensors | Zweck, John | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Zhang | YingHua | PhD | Gans, Nicholas R. | Improving Global Properties of Real-Time Optimization with Applications in Robotic Visual Search | Qian, Dong | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Kim | Daeyoung | PhD | Microelectronics | Lee, Jeong-Bong | Microfluidic Platforms for Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Alloy | Slinker, Jason |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Chakrabarti | Bhaswar | PhD | Vogel, Eric M. | Investigation of Metal Oxide Dielectrics for Non-Volatile Floating Gate and Resistance Switching | Haage, Tobias | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Huang | Jie | PhD | Kim, Jiyoung | Molecular Engineering for Thin-Film Applications: Area-Selective Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Molecular-Atomic Layer Deposition (MALD) | Rachinskiy, Dmitri | |
| Spring | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Tan | Kui | PhD | Chabal, Yves J. | Stability of Metal Organic Frameworks and Interaction of Small Gas Molecules in These Materials | Balkus, Ken | |
| Spring | 2014 | Management | International Management Studies | Sauerwald | Steve | PhD | Peng, Mike W. | Board Social Capital, Proxy Advisors and Board Information-Processing Capability | Mittal, Neeraj | |
| Spring | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Liyanage | Anjalee Deepakumari | PhD | Balkus, Jr., Kenneth J. | Hybrid Membranes and Metal Oxide Nanocomposites for Energy and Environmental Applications | D’Mello, Santosh | |
| Spring | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Lowe | Alysia Anne | PhD | Balkus, Jr., Kenneth J. | Nitric Oxide-Releasing Materials for Enhanced Wound Healing | Bartlett, Jim | |
| Spring | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Marti | Anne Marie | PhD | Balkus, Jr., Kenneth J. | The Functionalization of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Various Applications | Abdi, Herve | |
| Spring | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Panapitiya | Nimanka P. | PhD | Ferraris, John P. | Novel Compatibilized Immiscible Polymer Bland Based Membranes for Gas Separations | Zakhidov, Anvar | |
| Spring | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Tran | Daniel Ngoc | PhD | Balkus, Jr., Kenneth J. | Concentrically Electrospun Active Enzyme Fibers | Baron, Michael | |
| Spring | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Nguyen | Bao Dinh | PhD | McMechan, George A. | Efficient Strategies and Imaging Conditions for Elastic Prestack Reverse-Time Migration of Reflection Seismic Data | Gonzalez, Juan | |
| Spring | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Verma | Pragya | PhD | D’Mello, Santosh | Analysis of the Role of HSF1 in Neuroprotection through a Novel HSP Independent Mechanism | Ploski, Jonathan | |
| Spring | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Bates | Robert Lee | PhD | Overzet, Lawrence J./Goeckner, Matthew | Correction of Aspect Ratio Dependency in Deep Silicon Etch Using SF6/C4F8/Ar Gas Mixture | Fumagalli, Andrea | |
| Spring | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Troxel | Michael Aaron | PhD | Ishak-Boushaki, Mustapha | Gravitational Lensing in Standard and Non-Standard Frameworks as a Probe for Precision Cosmology: Challenges and Applications | MacFarlane, Duncan | |
| Spring | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Wohlgamuth | Christopher Hugh | PhD | Slinker, Jason D. | Temperature Dependent DNA Charge Transport in Self-Assembled Monolayers Monitored with Electrochemical Technique | Dabkowski, Mieczyslaw | |
| Summer | 2014 | Arts and Humanities | Branks | Scott Timothy | PhD | Riccio, Thomas | Song of Managraca: Heroine of Regeneration in African Postcolonial Dystopia | Kiel, L. Douglas | ||
| Summer | 2014 | Arts and Humanities | Pizer | Alan David | PhD | Soliday, Gerald L./Wilson, Michael L. | Shifting Personification of Republican Ideals in Revolutionary France | Kovandzic, Tomislav | ||
| Summer | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Harris | Alexandra Chimitt | AuD | Parnell, Laura | |||
| Summer | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Koch | Catherine May-Bright | AuD | Clark, Jackie | |||
| Summer | 2014 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Bischof | Gerard Nisal | PhD | Park, Denise C. | The Impact of Amyloid Deposition in Middle-Aged Adults: Structural and Cognitive Consequences | Linehan, Thomas | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Economics | Farret | Ericka Scherenberg | PhD | M., Daniel G. Arce | Three Essays on Incentives and Motivation Among Workers | Anderson, Phillip | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Economics | Ha | Minwook | PhD | Sul, Donggyu | Three Essays in Factor Analysis | Ng, Vincent | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Economics | Kong | Jianning | PhD | Sul, Donggyu | Three Essays on Experimetrics | Hamlen, Kevin | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Economics | Parker | Jason Alexander | PhD | Sul, Donggyu | New Methods in Common Factor Modeling and Experimetrics | Pervin, William | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Economics | Wang | Shengzhe | PhD | Li, Xin (Sherry)/ Murdoch, James C. | Three Essays on Social Interactions and Networks | Sarac, Kamil | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Political Science | Iliev | Iliyan Rumenov | PhD | Brandt, Patrick T. | Energy Policy and Lobbying Dynamics in the U.S. Senate | Cready, William | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Political Science | Weng | Lu-Chung | PhD | Clarke, Harold D. | Political Participation and Democratic Citizenship in a New Democracy – Taiwan in Comparative Perspective | Prakash, Ravi | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Appiah | Nana Kusi | PhD | Scotch, Richard K. | A Study of Factors Influencing Public Officials and City Planners to Engage Citizens in Governmental Land-Use Decisions | Jue, Jason | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Celik | Cahit | PhD | Goodman, Doug/Sabharwal, Meghna | Performance Appraisals’ Fairness Perceptions and Public Service Motivation: The Case of Turkish District Governors | Lee, Seung-Hyun | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Citer | Huzeyfe | PhD | Goodman, Doug | Employment at Will or Civil Service System? Human Resource Practices in Local Governments in Dallas/Fort Worth Metropolitan Area | Pantano, Paul | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Davis | Bradley William | PhD | Redlinger, Lawrence J. | Emergency Management and Disability: An Analysis of Collaboration at the Local Level | Files, Rebecca | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Filiz | Erdinc | PhD | Battaglio, Jr., R. Paul | The Affects of Personality on Executive Decision Making from the Five Factor Model and the Naturalistic Decision Making Perspectives: The Case of District Governors | Tsang, Eric | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Gelgec | Salih | PhD | Battaglio, Jr., R. Paul | Servant Leadership and Public Service Motivation: Antecedents of PSM in the Instance of Turkish District Directors of Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations and | Richard, Orlando | |
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| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Horasanli | Mehmet Samil | PhD | Battaglio, Jr., R. Paul | Do EU Policies Matter for Turkish Civil Society? The Case of EU Funded Associations in Batman Province | Majumdar, Sumit | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Ikitemur | Gokhan | PhD | Kiel, L. Douglas | Enhancing Cyber Security in Turkey through Effective Public and Private Cooperation | Baranchuk, Nina | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Irukwu | Jacob Nkuma | PhD | Scotch, Richard K. | Inadequacy of Strategic Human Capital Development: A Narrative Inquiry of Nigeria | Zentner, Alejandro | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Isiktas | Sezer | PhD | Goodman, Doug | Burnout Among Public Administrators: Case of Deputy Governors and District Governors in Turkey | Rachinskiy, Dmitri | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Koyuncu | Erhan | PhD | Kiel, L. Douglas | The Relationship Between the Perceived Leadership Styles of Turkish District Governors and Their Leadership Effectiveness | Koyuncu, Erhan | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Lewis | Bruce Warren | PhD | Elliott, Euel/Arbuckle, Donald R. | Campaign Promises to Legislative Action: Factors that Determine Presidential Success in Agenda Achievement | Smith, Erin | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Meki | Zvisinei | PhD | Fass, Simon M. | The Informal Diamond Trade in Africa South of the Sahara | Wiorkowski, John | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Sara | Kubilay | PhD | Kiel, L. Douglas | Job-Related Psychological Well-Being among Istanbul, Turkey Police Officers | Lin, Zhiang (John) | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Tapaneeyakul | Thananuch | PhD | Fass, Simon M. | Clean Food for All: Public Health Campaign and Food Safety Awareness: A Case Study of Thailand | Assmann, Peter | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Tura | Memduh | PhD | Kiel, L. Douglas | Conflict and Cooperation in Turkish Metropolitan Governance: A Mixed Methodology Approach | Raghavachari, Balaji | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Yousef | Rami A. | PhD | Fass, Simon M. | Toward Effective Construction Safety: Application of Morphological Analysis to the Arabian Gulf Region | Aiken, Carlos | |
| Summer | 2014 | Economic, Political and Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Akporiaye | Alero Esimaje | PhD | Brandt, Patrick T. | Political Risk and Multinational Corporations: Case of Multinational Energy Corporations | Ozoguz, Arzu | |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Computer Science | Marple | Kyle Brandon | PhD | Gupta, Gopal | Goal-Directed Answer Set Programming | Lowry, Robert | |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Computer Science | Sridhar | Meera | PhD | Hamlen, Kevin W. | Model-Checking In-Lined Reference Monitors | Saretto, Alessio | |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Computer Science | Wu | Lidong | PhD | Wu, Weili | Small Sensor and Big Data | Gartstein, Yuri | |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Computer Science | Zhong | Zichun | PhD | Guo, Xiaohu/Mao, Weihua | Adaptive Meshing and Its Applications | Prasad, Ashutosh | |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Electrical Engineering | Awadin | Mohamed Mokhtar GM | PhD | Al-Dhahir, Naofal | Signal Processing and Performance Analysis Techniques for Relay Networks in the Presence of I/Q Imbalance | Baughman, Ray | |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Electrical Engineering | Cui | Guoping | PhD | Liu, Jin | Metastability Detection and Reduction in High Speed ADCS | Stern, Robert | |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Electrical Engineering | Geng | Yongtao | PhD | Ma, Dongsheng | Breakdown-Resilient High-Voltage Power Circuits in Nanoscale CMOS Technologies | Biswas, Swati | |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Electrical Engineering | Mariooryad | Soroosh | PhD | Busso, Carlos | Improving Robustness of Emotion Recognition Systems: Continuous Emotion Descriptors, Contextual Information and Lexical Compensation | Hooshyar, Ali | |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Electrical Engineering | Mirzahasanlo | Taher Shahbazi | PhD | Kehtarnavaz, Nasser | A Single-Processor Approach to Speech Processing Pipeline of Bilateral Cochlear Implants | Abdi, Herve | |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Electrical Engineering | Pierce | Richard Gordon | PhD | Blanchard, Andrew J. | Broadband Planar Millimeter Wave Radiators | Spiro, Stephen | |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Electrical Engineering | Sureka | Gaurav | PhD | Kiasaleh, Kamran | Modeling Alpha-Stable Interference in the Presence of Gaussian Noise and Its Applications to Communication Systems | Murthi, B.P.S. | |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Electrical Engineering | Gillin | Donesh | PhD | Microelectronics | Liu, Jin | Continuous-Time FIR Equalization Filters for Channels with Severe Attenuation | Musselman, Inga |
| Summer | 2014 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and C | Telecommunications Engineering | Xie | Weisheng | PhD | Jue, Jason P. | Impairment-Constrained Network Design in Mixed Line Rate and Flexible-Grid Optical Networks | Burr, John | |
| Summer | 2014 | Management | International Management Studi | Macaulay | Craig David | PhD | Peng, Mike W./Richard, Orlando C. | Corporate Social Responsibility: Antecedents, Strategies and Implications | Bastani, Farokh | |
| Summer | 2014 | Management | Management Science | Byun | Seong-Kyu | PhD | Rebello, Michael J./Kieschnick, Jr., Robe | Essays on Intangible Investments: Innovation and Corporate Social Responsibility | Battaglio, Paul | |
| Summer | 2014 | Management | Management Science | Chen | Chongyang | PhD | Kieschnick, Jr., Robert L. | Bank Competition and Corporate Finances | Schweitzer, Haim | |
| Summer | 2014 | Management | Management Science | Chiu | Che-Wei | PhD | Radhakrishnan, Suresh | Intra-Industry Connectedness and the Corporate Information Environment | Sarac, Kamil | |
| Summer | 2014 | Management | Management Science | Hasan | Md Rajib | PhD | Cready, William M. | Facebook Disclosure | Panahi, Issa | |
| Summer | 2014 | Management | Management Science | Mu | Liying | PhD | Dawande, Milind/Mookerjee, Vijay | Improving the Milk Supply Chain in Developing Countries | Cooper, Kendra | |
| Summer | 2014 | Management | Management Science | Pradhan | Debjeet | PhD | Cready, William M./Radhakrishnan, Sure | Directional Aggregate Earnings News and Market Returns | Cardenas, Alvaro | |
| Summer | 2014 | Management | Management Science | Rukphanichman | Sukanya | PhD | Radhakrishnan, Suresh | Informativeness of Compensation Peers’ Earnings | Venkatesan, S. | |
| Summer | 2014 | Management | Management Science | Shi | Wenyun | PhD | Xu, Yexiao | Predicting Expected Returns | Dieckmann, Gregg | |
| Summer | 2014 | Management | Management Science | Xia | Hao | PhD | Mookerjee, Vijay/Dawande, Milind | Optimization Problems in the Development and Maintenance of Software | Dieckmann, Gregg | |
| Summer | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Wasalamunige | Samodha Subhashini G. | PhD | Biewer, Michael C. | Route Towards Incorporation of Pyrimidine in Conjugated Polymers and B – Alkoxy Functionalized Poly(Thiophene) | Palmer, Kelli | |
| Summer | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Jin | Hu | PhD | McMechan, George A. | Computation and Application of Seismic Common-Focus Point and Angle-Domain Common-Image Gathers | Stefan, Mihaela | |
| Summer | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Kneen | Melanie Anne | PhD | Brikowski, Tom H. | Gold Mine Dumps in Witwatersrand and the Associated Health Risk to Exposed Population | Biewer, Michael | |
| Summer | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Cook | Alexander Blair | PhD | Zakhidov, Anvar A. | Integrating Doped Carbon Nanotubes into Hybrid Organic Photovoltaics | Minn, Hlaing | |
| Summer | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematical Sciences | Carcea | Marcel Doru | PhD | Serfling, Robert | Contributions to Time Series Modeling Under First Order Moment Assumptions | Hoffman, John | |
| Summer | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematical Sciences | Nawarathna | Lakshika Shamalie | PhD | Choudhary, Pankaj K. | Heteroscedastic Models for Method Comparison Data | Kiasaleh, Kamran | |
| Summer | 2014 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematical Sciences | Smirnova | Ekaterina | PhD | Efromovich, Sam | Large Cross-Covariance Matrix Estimation with Applications to FMRI Data | McMechan, George |