2018-2019 doctoral degrees awarded

Fall 2018 total: 71

Spring 2019 total: 92

Summer 2019 total: 65

Semester Year School Department Last Name First Name Major Degree Supervising Professor Dissertation Title Outside Chair
Fall 2018 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Hunt Shamim History of Ideas PHD Roemer, Nils (Chair) Erich Fromm’s View of the Self and it’s Influences D’Arcy, Sheena
Fall 2018 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Ye Huiping   PHD Warren, Shilyh (Chair)/Rabe, Stephen (Co-Chair) Representation of War: Vietnam and Iraq Compared Baranchuk, Nina
Fall 2018 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Johnson Jill Studies in Literature PHD Ozsváth, Zsuzsanna (Chair) The Figures of Narcissus and Faust in Literature and Film Kane, Heidi
Fall 2018 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Evans Hannah   AUD Carol Cokely N/A
Fall 2018 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Childs Jessica   PHD Kroener, Sven  (Chair) Extinction Learning Paired with Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhances Behavioral Outcomes and Drives Plasticity in Extinction Networks  Griffith, Daniel
Fall 2018 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Hahn Amanda   PHD O’Toole, Alice (Chair) The Role of Context on Face Identification Accuracy Mookerjee, Radha
Fall 2018 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Miric Hana   PHD Chapman, Sandra (Chair) Selective Learning in Adult Traumatic Brain Injury Heelis, Roderick
Fall 2018 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Comm Sciences and Disorders Pak Cecilia   PHD Katz, William  (Chair) Perception and Production of Emotional Prosody in the Speech of Mandarin-Speaking Adults with Cochlear Implants Anderson, William
Fall 2018 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Comm Sciences and Disorders Rajaram Melissa   PHD Dollaghan, Christine (Chair) The Influence of Phonological Similarity on Multisyllabic Word Acquisition in Children Leaf, Murray
Fall 2018 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Psychological Sciences Boyer Brittany   PHD Nelson, Jackie (Chair) Social Context and Stress Reactivity: Relations with Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Risk in Adolescence Vandenberghe, William
Fall 2018 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Psychological Sciences O’Connell Margaret   PHD Basak, Chandramallika (Chair) Relating Unpredictable Expectancies in Working Memory to Complex Tasks: Network Connectivity and Training-Related Transfer Li, Jun
Fall 2018 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Criminology Williams Angela  PHD Boots, Denise (Chair) The Role of Social Disorganization Theory in Explaining Where Sex Offenders Reside: Do Some Neighborhoods Get More Than Their Fair Share? Ozel, Naim
Fall 2018 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Economics Lanier Thomas   PHD Brandt, Patrick (Co-Chair)/Andrews, Rodney (Co-Chair) Three Essays on Migration, Occupational Sorting, and Degree Choice:  Analyses of Spatial Autocorrelation, Income and the Race Wage Gap Raghavachari, Balaji
Fall 2018 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Geospatial Information Science Franklin Christopher   PHD Berry, Brian (Chair) Three Essays for the Retail Planner: Spatializing Bass Temporalizing Huff and Visualizing the Ensemble  Wilson, Michael
Fall 2018 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Geospatial Information Science Pu Xiaojun   PHD Tiefelsdorf, Michael (Chair) Three Papers Addressing Migration Induced Autocorrelation in Spatial Analysis Within a Bayesian Modelling Framework Dussor, Gregory
Fall 2018 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Chen Patricia   PHD Scotch, Richard (Chair) The Search for Clarity: An Impact Assessment of Permanent Supportive Housing in Dallas, Texas, and Comparative Case Studies of Housing First in Five Cities Torlak, Murat
Fall 2018 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Dean Samantha   PHD Berry, Brian (Chair) College Preparedness: The Problem in North Texas Hayenga, Heather
Fall 2018 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Okyere Dennis   PHD Berry, Brian (Chair) Effects of Mobile Phone Use on Household Travel Behavior in Kumasi, Ghana Miller, Toyah
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Deku Felix   PHD Cogan, Stuart (Chair) Development of Amorphous Silicon Carbide Ultramicroelectrode Arrays for Neural Stimulation and Recording Xia, Jun
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Greer Joshua   PHD Madhuranthakam, Ananth (Chair) Volumetric Non-Contrast Pulmonary Perfusion Using Arterial Spin Labeled Magnetic Resonance Imaging Hill, Kimberly
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Sivaji Vishnoukumaar   PHD Rennaker II, Robert (Chair)/Grasse, Dane (Co-Chair) Wireless Devices for Peripheral Nerve Stimulation and Recording Choi, Emily
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Engineering Suk Myung Hoon   PHD Prabhakaran, B. (Chair) Study of Real-time Facial Expression Recognition on Noisy Images and Videos Zhang, Li
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Bahirat Kanchan   PHD Prabhakaran, Balakrishnan (Chair) On 3D Content Manipulation: Simplification, Modification and Authentication Sarkar, Sumit
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Ni Saifeng   PHD Guo, Xiaohu (Chair) Variational Volumetric Meshing Palmer, Kelli
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Sahs Justin   PHD Thuraisingham, Bhavani (Co-Chair)/Khan, Latifur (Co-Chair) Bayesian Nonparametric Probabilistic Methods in Machine Learning Ayvachi, Mehmet
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Tang Fei   PHD McMahan, Ryan (Chair) Evaluating Tactile Fidelity of Resolution, Amplitude, and Algorithms for Grid-Based Tactile Sleeve Displays  Pearson, Robert
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Yuan Jing   PHD Wu, Weili (Chair) Near Optimal Social Promotion in Online Social Networks Xie, Ying
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Zhou Husheng   PHD Liu, Cong (Chair) Predictable GPGPU Computing in DNN-Driven Autonomous Systems Banner, Olivia
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Dawar Neha   PHD Kehtarnavaz, Nasser (Chair) Action Recognition in Continuous Data Streams Using Fusion of Depth and Inertial Sensing Lou, Yifei
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Fathian Kaveh   PHD Gans, Nicholas (Chair)/Spong, Mark (Co-Chair) Distributed Formation Control of Autonomous Vehicles via Vision-Based Motion Estimation Glosser, Robert
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Kshattry Sandeep   PHD O, Kenneth (Chair) Compact, Non-Invasive, High Impedance Detectors In CMOS For MM-Wave Applications Honhon, Dorothee
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Lee Bumkil   PHD Ma, Dongsheng Brian (Chair) High-Density On-Ship DC-DC Power Conversion: Architecture, Control Scheme, and Circuit Design Hatfield, Charles
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Li Yinan   PHD Fahimi, Babak (Chair) Interaction of High Frequency Electromagnetic Field with Biological Tissue: Application to Electromagnetic Property Measurement, Breast Cancer Detection and Neuro Stimulation of Brain Dabkowski, Mieczyslaw
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Li Yingmao   PHD Gans, Nicholas (Chair) Multiple Lane Boundary Extraction, Model Fitting and Tracking in Presence of Heavy Outliers, and Predictive Reconstruction of 3D Lane/Road Geometry from a Single Image Rojas, Raul
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Lotfi Mahsa   PHD Vidyasagar, Mathukumalli  (Chair) Deterministic Compressed Sensing Using Binary Measurement Matrices Lahiri, Atanu
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Marquis Jeremy   PHD Frensley, William (Chair) Development of a Long-Wave Infrared Band-Edge Thermometry Instrument Cummings, Anthony
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Qaradaghi Vahid   PHD Pourkamali, Siavash (Chair) Fabrication and Characterization of Nanomechanical Resonators as Highly Sensitive Mass Sensors Cohen, Daniel
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Qi Yuan   PHD Akin, Bilal (Chair) Diagnosis of Inter Turn Short Circuit Fault in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines Du, Heng
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Ramadan Yahia   PHD Minn, Hlaing (Chair) Spectrum and Energy Efficient Designs for Next Generation Wireless Communication Systems Chen, Min
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Ramezany Alireza   PHD Pourkamali, Siavash (Chair) Nano-Electromechanical Active Resonant Devices Stern, Robert
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Rezaei Elahe   PHD Fonseka, John (Chair) A Class of Implicit Transmission Techniques for Throughput Enhancement Hyndman, Kyle
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Tao Fei   PHD Busso, Carlos (Chair) Advances in Audiovisual Speech Processing for Robust Voice Activity Detection and Automatic Speech Recognition  Scotch, Richard
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Wang Honglei   PHD Hu, Walter (Chair) Nanoelectronic Biosensors and Nanoimprinted Hybrid Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices Morcos, Faruck
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Xiao Yan   PHD Rotea, Mario (Chair)/Li, Yaoyu (Co-Chair), Babak Fahimi (Co-chair) Control of Wind Power Systems for Energy Efficiency and Reliability Miller, Dennis
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Zhou Liwei   PHD Makris, Yiorgos (Chair) Hardware-based Workload Forensics and Malware Detection in Modern Microprocessors Chen, Lunjin
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Gaddemane Gautam   PHD Fischetti, Massimo (Chair) Theoretical studies of electronic transport in two-dimensional materials for transistor applications Kim, Jung-Whan
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Nie Yifan   PHD Cho, Kyeongjae (Chair) Multiscale Simulation Method Development and Application in Two-Dimensional Functional Materials  Qi, Anyan
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Rahman Rezwanur   PHD Chabal, Yves (Chair)/Quevedo-Lopez, Manuel (Co-Chair) Mechanistic Studies of Atomic Layer Deposition and Thermal Atomic Layer Etching Processes of Various Oxide Thin Films Makarenkov, Oleg
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Smyth Christopher   PHD Wallace, Robert (Co-Chair)/Hinkle, Christopher (Co-Chair) Characterizing and Engineering the Metal Contact Interface in 1D and 2D Chalcogenide Systems Winkler, Duane
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Thomas Milana   PHD Chabal, Yves (Chair) Aqueous-Derived Thin Films and their Interfacial Interactions with Semiconductor Surfaces: A Spectroscopic Study Basak, Chandramallika
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Zheng Yongping   PHD Cho, Kyeongjae (Chair) Theoretical and Experimental Study of Catalysis on Clean Energy Applications Barnes, Ashley
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Daryadel Seyed Soheil   PHD Minary, Majid (Chair) Additive Manufacturing and in Situ Mechanical and Material Characterization of Metallic Structures at Micro/Nanoscale  Connell, Nadine
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Garcia Cartagena Edgardo   PHD Leonardi, Stefano (Chair) Direct Numerical Simulations of the Turbulent Flow Over Super-Hydrophobic and Liquid Infused Surfaces: Effect of the Dynamics of the Interface on the Drag Li, Ningzhong
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Huang Jiacheng   PHD Minary, Majid (Chair) Bio-inspired nacre-like ceramic matrix composites Arnold, Maxim
Fall 2018 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Telecommunications Engineering Kong Jian   PHD Jue, Jason (Chair) Availability-Based Resilient Virtual Optical Network Mapping Gassensmith, Jeremiah
Fall 2018 Naveen Jindal School of Management International Management Studies Kemp Ayenda   PHD Harrison, J. (Chair) Adaptation and Learning in Social Networks Konietschke, Frank
Fall 2018 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Cao Ying   PHD Honhon, Dorothee  (Chair) Essays on Assortment Planning and Inventory Management for Substitutable Products Novak, Bruce
Fall 2018 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Kaur Dupinderjeet   PHD Kieschnick, Robert (Chair) Risk, Power and Chief Executive Officer Compensation Schweitzer, Haim
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Karmegam Vasanthy   PHD Stefan, Mihaela  (Chair) Functional Polymers for Drug Delivery and Opto-Electric Applications Frensley, William
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Mammoottil Nimmy   PHD Novak, Bruce (Chair) Volatile Organic Compound Sensing and Other Remarkable Properties of Carbodiimide Polymers and Polymerizations Nourani, Mehrdad
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Geosciences Katopody David   PHD Oldow, John (Chair) Extensional and Accretionary Tectonics of Western North America:  Examples from the Southern Walker Lane and Northwestern Washington State Zhang, Kang
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Geosciences Moulding Ann   PHD Brikowski, Thomas  (Chair) Three-Dimentional Heat and Mass Balance Modelling of Basin and Range Geothermal Systems Initiated by Opening of Structurally Controlled Conduits  Murphy, Jessica
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Safin Artur   PHD Zweck, John (Co-Chair)/Minkoff, Susan (Co-Chair) Modeling Trace Gas Sensors with the Coupled Pressure-Temperature Equations
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Wadippuli Achchige Lakmi Niwanthi   PHD Makarenkov, Oleg (Chair) Stability, Bifurcation, and Continuation Theory for Perturbed Sweeping Processes Zhang, Zhe
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Kalainayakan Sarada Preeta   PHD Zhang, Li (Chair) Targeting Heme Function and Mitochonrial Respiration in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Ye, Shengqi
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Mehta Iti   PHD Reitzer, Lawrence (Chair) Regulation of Swarming Motility by Polyamines in Escherichia Coli and Enzymatic Assay of D-Mannose from Urine Walker, Amy
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Skopp Amelie   PHD Winkler, Duane (Chair) Copper Trafficking to the Metalloenzyme Sod1 Fahimi, Babak
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Wang Haozhe   PHD Xuan, Zhenyu (Chair) Computational Modeling of Long noncoding RNA Transcriptional Regulation Kieschnick, Robert
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Lee Brandyn   PHD King, Lindsay (Chair) Studies of Baryonic Physics and Triaxiality in Galaxy Clusters Bereg, Sergey
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Statistics Kotinkaduwe Rankothgedara Lak Nilusha   PHD Choudhary, Pankaj (Chair) Contributions to Modeling and Analysis of Method Comparison Data Jue, Jason
Fall 2018 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Statistics Zhang Lei   PHD Biswas, Swati (Chair) A Bayesian Hierarchical Framework for Pathway Analysis in Genome-Wide Association Studies  Goodman, Doug
Spring 2019 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities DiNuzzo Brian Aesthetic Studies PHD Martinez, Manuel  (Co-Chair)/Reynolds, R. Clay (Co-Chair) Giantess and Other Stories: A Creative Dissertation Harrington, James
Spring 2019 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Reid Leslie Aesthetic Studies PHD Brettell, Richard (Chair) Abu Dhabi, Lens, and Los Angeles: The Avant-Garde Architecture of Three 21st Century Universal Art Museums Rugg, Liz
Spring 2019 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Mims Dennis History of Ideas PHD Ring, Natalie (Chair) A Queer History of Dallas: The Formation, Development, and Integration of Big D’s LGBT Community, 1965-2005 Kim, Jay
Spring 2019 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Minich Joseph History of Ideas PHD Bambach, Charles (Chair) Bulwarks of Unbelief: A Phenomenology of Atheism and Divine Absence in Late Modernity Fishwick, Paul
Spring 2019 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Morrow Kenneth History of Ideas PHD Farmer, J. Michael (Chair) Negotiating Belonging:  The Church of the East’s Contested Identity in Tang China Sasson, Noah
Spring 2019 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Swartsfager Scott History of Ideas PHD Roemer, Nils (Chair) Promoting Normal: Jewish Culture in Occupied Amsterdam Arce, Daniel
Spring 2019 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Conrad Sharron   PHD Rabe, Stephen (Co-Chair)/Towner, Theresa (Co-Chair) Calculated Re-Vision: Kennedy, Johnson and African American Views of Their Civil Rights Legacies Rollins, Pamela
Spring 2019 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Biswas Madhavi Studies in Literature PHD McLean, Adrienne (Co-Chair)/Cotter, Sean (Co-Chair) Globalization and New Bollywood’s Hat-ke (Different) Directors: Nation, Gender, and Identity in the Films of Vishal Bhardwaj, Anurag Kashyap, and Abhishek Chaubey Fei, Baowei
Spring 2019 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities King Nathan Studies in Literature PHD Prieto, René (Chair) A Dialogic Reading of Alejo Carpentier’s The Kingdom of this World Ali, Ashiq
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Alsop Katherine   AUD Dr. Carol Cokely/Dr. Marjorie Grantham  
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Decker James   AUD Edward Lobarinas  
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Fray Sarah   AUD Dr. Carol Cokely  
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Holderman Grace   AUD Jackie Clark  
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Land Virginia   AUD Linda Thibodeau, PhD  
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Morris Alexander   AUD Dr. Edward Lobarinas   
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Palmer Kaitlin   AUD Dr Colleen Le Prell/Dr Jackie Clark   
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Taylor Audrey   AUD Dr. Linda Thibodeau/Dr. Edward Lobarinas  
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Tenorio Raquel   AUD Edward Lobarinas   
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Wong Nicole   AUD Edward Lobarinas  
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Hullfish Jeffrey   PHD Vanneste, Sven (Chair)/Hart, Jr., John (Co-Chair) The Role of Nucleus Accumbens in Tinnitus Coleman, Ann
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Buell Elizabeth   PHD Kilgard, Michael (Chair) Targeting Auditory Cortex Plasticity Using Vagus Nerve Stimulation D’Orazio, Vito
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Grinn Sarah   PHD Le Prell, Colleen (Chair) Modeling Individual Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Risk with Proxy Metrics of External-Ear Amplification Dumas, Lloyd
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Montazeri Vahid   PHD Assmann, Peter (Chair) Perception of Novel Sounds in the Presence of Background Noise: Comparison Between Individuals with Normal Hearing, Cochlear Implant Users, and Recurrent Neural Networks Dieckmann, Gregg
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Yuan Haiying   PHD Dollaghan, Christine (Chair) Applying Item Response Theory Medeling to Identify Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder Minary, Majid
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Psychological Sciences Martinez David   PHD Krawczyk, Daniel (Chair) Analogical Reasoning in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: An Evaluation of Similarity Judgments, Eye-Tracking, and Clinical Sequelae Lee, Jeong-Bong
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Psychological Sciences Morrison Kerrianne Elizabeth   PHD Sasson, Noah (Chair) Individual and Relational Social Impairments in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Du, Ding
Spring 2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Psychological Sciences Parsons Julie   PHD Prager, Karen (Chair) Vulnerable Narcissism and Romantic Conflict Fass, Simon
Spring 2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Criminology Eichelberger Rebecca   PHD Piquero, Alex (Chair) Evaluating Family Preservation Programs in Juvenile Justice: A Propensity Score Matching Approach Nosratinia, Aria
Spring 2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Economics Hou Dongfang   PHD Sandler, Todd  (Chair) Three Essays of the Demand for Military Expenditures and Terrorist Group Survival Chiu, Yun
Spring 2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Economics Ramezani Rasoul   PHD Giertz, Seth (Chair) Essays on Taxation: Capitalization and Efficiency Lee, Seunghyun
Spring 2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Geospatial Information Science Fell John   PHD Tiefelsdorf, Michael (Chair) Investigating Inequities in Appraised Residential Property Values in Dallas County, Texas from 2004 – 2014: Using an Instrumental Variable Approach Kuksov, Dmitri
Spring 2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Geospatial Information Science Refadah Samyah   PHD Dean, Denis (Chair) Digital Elevation Model and Drainage Basin Delineation Malik, Arif
Spring 2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Geospatial Information Science Tomlinson Kelly   PHD Cummings, Anthony  (Chair) A Spatial Evaluation Of Groundwater Quality Salinity And Underground Injection Controlled Wells Activity In Texas Hansen, John
Spring 2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Geospatial Information Science Tsang Yuen   PHD Chun, Yongwan (Chair) Building Recognizability in Urban Environments Coleman, James
Spring 2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Political Science Yang Kuo Chu   PHD Clarke, Harold (Chair) Liberal Peace in East Asia? A Study of China-Taiwan Relations Ferraris, John
Spring 2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Affairs Arguelles Ariel   PHD Scotch, Richard (Co-Chair)/Sabharwal, Meghna (Co-Chair) Policy and Politics: A case study on the Rhetoric of Republican Governors of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion Maguire, Mandy
Spring 2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Affairs Hoang Trang   PHD Gorina, Evgenia  (Chair)/Goodman, Doug (Co-Chair) Managing Public Retirement Systems: Unions, Pension Reforms, and Public Sector Attractiveness Spong, Mark
Spring 2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Hubbard Sean   PHD Fass, Simon (Chair) High Price, High Importance: Examining Demand for High-Priced Credit Huynh, Dung
Spring 2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Phelan Gregory   PHD Andrews, Rodney (Chair) Three Essays on Education Policy Chung, Lawrence
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Bendale Geetanjali   PHD Romero-Ortega, Mario (Chair) Growth Factor Enriched Multi-Luminal Conduits for Axonal Regeneration and Maturation Across Critical Nerve Injuries Xiao, Steven
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Li Shichang   PHD Bleris, Leonidas (Chair) Structural Studies of FOXC2 Proteins and Inhibitor Development Hu, Bin
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Stevenson Hunter   PHD Prasad, Shalini (Chair) Development of a Multifunctional Biosensing Platform with Applications Across Various Consumer Markets and Industries Baranchuk, Nina
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Desai Kevin   PHD Prabhakaran, Balakrishnan (Chair) Quantifying Experience and Task Performance in 3D Serious Games
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Fan Chenglin   PHD Raichel, Benjamin (Chair) Metric Violation and Similarity King, Lindsay
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Shah Swair Rajesh   PHD Schweitzer, Haim  (Chair) Feature Selection and Extraction – Algorithms and Applications Loumioti, Maria
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Taghavi Nasrabadi Afshin PHD Prakash, Ravi (Chair)   Improving Quality of Experience for HTTP Adaptive Video Streaming: From Legacy to 360° Videos Burton, Michael
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Wang Wenhao PHD Hamlen, Kevin (Chair)   Source-free, Component-driven Software Security Hardening Day, Theodore
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Wang Chao PHD Guo, Xiaohu (Chair)   Optimization of Pose, Texture and Geometry in 3D Reconstruction with Consumer Depth Cameras Nielsen, Steven
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Zhang Linrui PHD Moldovan, Dan (Chair)   Neural Network Models for Text Understanding Menon, Syam
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Abdelwahab Mohammed PHD Busso-Recabarren, Carlos (Chair)   Domain Adaptation for Speech Emotion Recognition Dess, Gregory
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Bo Yu   PHD Fonseka, John (Chair) Interleaver Design and Throughput Enhancement Technique Files, Rebecca
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Elgenedy Mahmoud   PHD Al-Dhahir, Naofal (Chair) Enhancing Rate and Reliabilityof PLC in LV/MV Smart Grid Networks Connell, Nadine
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Hao Yiya   PHD Panahi, Issa (Chair) Smartphone Based Multi-Channel Dynamic-Range Compression for Hearing Aid Research and Noise-Robust Speech Source Localization Using Microphone Arrays 
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Liang Yuchen   PHD Hu, Walter (Chair) Nano-Electronic Device with Enhanced Surface Chemistry for DNA Sequencing and Water Quality Monitoring Wright, Ben
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Maharjan Lizon   PHD Fahimi, Babak (Chair) Machine Learning Based Energy Management System for Improvement of Critical Reliability Rivera, Alejandro
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Nimmalapudi Sai Govinda Rao   PHD Andrew Marshall (Chair) Circuit Performance and Security Enhancement Using Analog Floating Gates and Process Optimization Rebello, Michale
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Parthasarathy Srinivas   PHD Busso Recabarren, Carlos (Chair) Novel Frameworks for Attribute-based Speech Emotion Recognition using Time-continuous Traces and Sentence-Level Annotations Kim, Tae Hoon
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Patil Devendra   PHD Balsara, Poras (Chair)/Fahimi, Babak (Co-Chair) Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles Williams, Nathan
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Ranjan Shivesh   PHD Hansen, John (Chair) Learning Based Algorithms for Speech Applications Under Domain Mismatch Conditions Simsek, Ahmet
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Sehgal Abhishek   PHD Kehtarnavaz, Nasser (Chair) Guidelines and Benchmarks for Deployment of Deep Learning Models on Smartphones as Real-Time Apps Bruce, Norris
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Vyas Pratik   PHD Fischetti, Massimo (Chair) Theoretical Study of Quantum Transport in Realistic Semiconductor Devices
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Zhang Chunlei   PHD Hansen, John (Chair) Deep Neural Network Based Speaker Verification Under Domain Mismatched Conditions Kim, Jung-Whan
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engineering Barton Adam   PHD Hinkle, Christopher (Chair) Molecular Beam Epitaxy of van der Waals Materials for Applications in Novel Logic and Memory Devices Harrington, James
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Hatamleh Mohammad   PHD Malik, Arif (Chair) Prediction of Residual Stress Random Fields in Selective Laser Melted Aluminum A357 Components Subjected to Laser Shock Peening Zakhidov, Anvar
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Moreno Salvador   PHD Minary, Majid (Chair) Collagen Films as Substrates for Flexible Electronics Bunte, Jonas
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Morsali Seyedreza   PHD Minary, Majid (Chair) Deformation and Failure of Nano-Interfaces in Bone Janakiraman, Surya
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Software Engineering Torabi Behnam   PHD Zalila-Wenkstern, Rym (Chair) DALI: A Collaborative, Agent-Based Traffic Signal Timing System Subramanian, Upender
Spring 2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Telecommunications Engineering Kadiyala Krishna   PHD Cobb, Jorge (Chair) Applications of Software Defined Networking in a Service Provider Environment Siegenthaler, Simon
Spring 2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Bao Chenzhang   PHD Singh, Harpreet (Co-Chair)/Bardhan, Indranil (Co-Chair) Essays on the Economic and Clinical Impact of Health Information Technology Angela Lee
Spring 2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Fan Zhongwen   PHD Ali, Ashiq (Co-Chair)/Li, Ningzhong (Co-Chair) Shareholder Value Implication of Blockchain Recordkeeping of Stock Ownership Minn, Hlaing
Spring 2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Flicker Blair   PHD Katok, Elena (Chair) Putting Behavioral Operations to Work: Improving Firm Performance by Understanding Human Behavior Harabagiu, Sanda
Spring 2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Hou Liya   PHD Cready, William (Chair) The Effect of Bank Competition on Accounting Conservatism: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Turi, Janos
Spring 2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Liao Chenxi   PHD Kuksov, Dmitri (Chair) Shaping Consumer Expectations through Integrated Marketing Towner, Theresa
Spring 2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Lim Bo Ram   PHD Haruvy, Ernan (Chair) Consumer Store Choice in Online and Mobile Retail Environment Nelson, Jackie
Spring 2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Ma Zhongwen   PHD Haruvy, Ernan (Chair)/Katok, Elena (Co-Chair) Three Problems in Operations Management  Brown, Matthew
Spring 2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Shekarchizadeh Esfahani Sharif   PHD Gurun, Umit (Chair) CEO Pay Disparity and Firm Value Young, Chadwin
Spring 2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Yang Mingwen   PHD Mookerjee, Vijay  (Co-Chair)/Zheng, Zhiqiang (Eric) (Co-Chair) Three Essays on Digital Business: Prescriptive Analytics for Novel Operational and Strategic Challenges Schich, Maximilian
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Castaneda Maria   PHD Lee, Jiyong (Chair) Isolation of a FOXC2 Targeting Ligand for the Development of Cancer Metastasis Therapeutics Fumagalli, Andrea
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Orbeck Jenny   PHD Walker, Amy (Chair) Chemical Bath Deposition of Molybdenum Disulfide and Copper Sulfide Thin Films Raghunathan, Srinivasan
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Paranawithana Namini   PHD Sherry, A. Dean (Chair) Development of Non-Invasive Responsive Agents for Magnetic Resonance Ackerman, Robert
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Ren Yixin   PHD Stefan, Mihaela (Chair) Development of Neodymium-Based Catalysts for the Polymerization of Dienes and Cyclic Esters Lahiri, Atanu
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Youn Jonghae   PHD Lee, Jiyong (Chair) Design and Applications of Gold Nanoparticles for Ion Sensing and Cancer Therapeutics
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Geosciences Lieu Warren   PHD Stern, Robert (Chair) Statistical Treatment and Modeling of Geochemical Data of Volcanic Arcs Skaggs, Sheryl
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Geosciences Mueller Nicholas   PHD Ferguson, John (Chair) Pliocene Kinematic Reorganization, Fault Geometry, Basin Evolution, and Displacement Budget Along the Furnace Creek – Fish Lake Valley Fault Zone, Eastern California and Western Nevada Hassanipour, Fatemeh
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Berezovik Irina   PHD Krawcewicz, Wieslaw (Chair) Classification of Nonlinear Vibrations in Symmertric Molecules: Equivariant Degree Method Moldovan, Dan
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Gauba Esha   PHD Du, Heng (Chair) Oligomycin Sensitivity Conferring Protein and Mitochondrial Deficits in the Aging Brain and Alzheimer’s Disease Bleris, Leonidas
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Slape Coreen   PHD González, Juan (Chair) Regulation of Denitrification and Quorum Sensing in Sinorhizobium Meliloti Kitagawa, Midori
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Fong Matthew   PHD King, Lindsay (Chair) The Structure and Environment of Galaxy Clusters in Simulations and Observations Moon, Kim
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Guo Tianle   PHD Malko, Anton (Chair) Single Particle Spectroscopy of Quantum Dots and Energy Transfer from Quantum Dots Into Silicon and TMDCS Natarajan, Sriram
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Hu Gangyi   PHD Lee, Mark (Chair) Explicitly Quantum Mechanical Silicon Complementary-Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Devices Kehtarnavaz, Nasser
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Parish Christopher   PHD Lumata, Lloyd (Chair) Chemical Physics and Applications of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization-enhanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Gonzalez, Juan
Spring 2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Zewdie Gebreab   PHD Lary, David (Chair) Using a Comprehensive Characterization of the Physical Environment and Machine Learning to Forecast the Abundance of Airborne Pollen Panahi, Issa
Summer  2019 School of Arts and Humanities History of Ideas Doucet Troy History of Ideas PHD Bambach, Charles (Chair) Excarnation: A Phenomenology of Technology and Religious Experience Sibert, John  
Summer  2019 School of Arts and Humanities History of Ideas Valente Sarah History of Ideas PHD Ozsváth, Zsuzsanna (Chair) Holocaust Aftermath and Memory in Brazil Warner-Czyz, Andrea  
Summer  2019 School of Arts and Humanities Humanities Hosty Margaret PHD Redman, Timothy (Chair) “I Triumph”: Poe as Moralist Wiorkowski, John  
Summer  2019 School of Arts and Humanities Studies in Literature Cross Brenton Studies in Literature PHD Cotter, Sean (Chair) Southern Baptist Expository Preaching Homiletic Theory: Biblical Interpretation, Values, and Politics in Twenthieth-Century America Helms, Robert  
Summer  2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Audiology Buell Elizabeth AUD Clark, Jackie (Chair)
Summer  2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Cognition and Neuroscience Horne Erin PHD Rugg, Michael (Chair) The Neural Correlates of Recollection and Post-Retrieval Monitoring in Younger and Older Adults Malina, Roger  
Summer  2019 School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences Psychological Sciences Villarreal Deyaun PHD Nelson, Jackie (Chair) Understanding Daily Adolescent Disclosure:  Associations with Mother and Adolescent Daily Mood  Kiel, Lowell  
Summer  2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Criminology Shih Meng Ru PHD Piquero, Alex (Chair) Examining the Relationship Between Exposure to Violence and Delinquent Behaviors Across Different Immigrant Generations Ma, Dongsheng Brian  
Summer  2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Economics Thompson John PHD Andrews, Rodney  (Chair) Three Essays on Postsecondary Education Gonzalez, Juan  
Summer  2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Geospatial Information Science Mulukutla Ramakrishna PHD Qiu, Fang (Chair) PoweLine Feature Detection and Extraction Using Photon Lidar Point Clouds Squib, Mohammad  
Summer  2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Geospatial Information Science Shah Muna PHD Cummings, Anthony (Chair) Valuating and Modelling the Spatial Distribution of Ecosystem Services: Traditional Uses versus Commercial Logging Small, Steve  
Summer  2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Political Science Gathman Adrienne PHD Lowry, Robert (Chair) Divided Plural Executives: Examining the Where, the Why, and the Do They Even Matter Mittal, Neeraj  
Summer  2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Political Science Lux Ryan PHD Brunell, Thomas (Chair) Defining the Dimensional Variation Among Federations: Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Federalism Pinkham, Amy  
Summer  2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Political Science Price Elisa PHD Holmes, Jennifer (Chair) Reexamining the “Constitutional Revolution of 1937”: Evolution, Revolution, or Restoration and the “Fall” of Economic Due Process Sadka, Gil  
Summer  2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Political Science Wilcots Erinn PHD Lowry, Robert (Chair) African American Political Participation in the United States Wilson, Michael  
Summer  2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Affairs King Serenity PHD Kiel, L. Douglas (Chair) Succession Planning and Leadership Development in Texas Public Universities  Rugg, Michael  
Summer  2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Affairs Thomas Charles PHD Maxwell, Sarah (Chair)/Harrington, James (Co-Chair) University Presidents and Performance: Testing the Theory of Publicness Fit Gelb, Lev  
Summer  2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Arowolo Olufunlola PHD Brandt, Patrick (Chair) Foreign Investment Dependence and Infant Mortality Outcomes in the Sub-Sahara: A Bayesian P-Spline Approach to Processing Missing Sub-Regional Data Stillman, Robert  
Summer  2019 School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences Public Policy and Political Economy Kim Hyoungah PHD Kim, Dohyeong (Chair) Three Essays on Traffic Crashes: Global Health Burdens and Policy Implementations  Orlando, Richard  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Boothby Jennifer PHD Ware, Taylor (Chair) Water-Responsive Liquid Crystal Polymers for Biological Applications Sabharwal, Meghna  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Kim Hyun PHD Ware, Taylor (Chair) Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Actuators and Electronics Gartstein, Yuri  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Engineering Xu Siyuan PHD Carrion Schaefer, Benjamin  (Chair) Towards Robust Approximate Computing Chen, Jianqing  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Dong Zheng PHD Liu, Cong (Chair) Efficient Scheduling and Analysis Techniques for Supporting Real-Time Cyber-Physical Applications and Systems Lee, Mark  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Gokhale Shreyas PHD Mittal, Neeraj (Chair) Advanced Concurrency Techniques for Concurrent Data Structures Lary, David  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Lai Chengyuan PHD McMahan, Ryan (Chair) 3D Travel Techniques for Virtual Reality Cyberlearning Systems Biewer, Michael  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Li Yi PHD Wu, Weili  (Chair) Content Spread and User Relations in Social Computing Lumley, David  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Salazar Elmer PHD Gupta, Gopal (Chair) NAF-Based Logic Semantics: Proof-Theoretic Generalization and Non-Ground Extension Katz, William  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Computer Science Shamsuddin Rittika PHD Prabhakaran, Balakrishnan (Chair) Analyzing and Synthesizing Healthcare Time Series Data for Decision-Support Filbey, Francesca  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Buck Prashant PHD Balsara, Poras (Chair)/Fahimi, Babak (Co-Chair) Phase Current Reconstruction and Peak Prediction for Switched Reluctance Generators Maguire, Mandy  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Cheng Peng PHD M. Henderson, Rashaunda (Chair)/Shichijo, Hisashi  (Co-Chair)  Modeling and Analysis of High Frequency Noise in Bicmos Transistors Marcos, Faruck  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Dubey Harishchandra PHD Hansen, John (Chair) Deep Neural Networks and Model-Based Approaches for Robust Speaker Diarization in Naturalistic Audio Streams Xuan, Zhenyu  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Erturk Feyzullah PHD Akin, Bilal (Chair) Self-Commissioning of Sensorless AC Motor Drives Dussor, Gregory  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Lu Zhen PHD Fumagalli, Andrea (Chair)/Tacca, Marco (Co-Chair) Reliable Network Architectures: A Study on Provisioning, Routing, and Algorithms Cao, Yan  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Metwaly Saad Hussein PHD Nosratinia, Aria (Chair) A Generalization of the Community Detection Problem via Side  Information Golden, Richard  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Ogunmolu Olalekan PHD Gans, Nicholas (Chair)/Spong, Mark (Co-Chair) A Multi-DOF Soft Robot Mechanism for Patient Motion Correction and  Beam Orientation Selection in Cancer Radiation Therapy. Phillip Anderson  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Pyne Moinak PHD Yurkovich, Stephen (Chair) Supervised Battery Capacity Estimation Yuan, May  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Robinson Brently (Brent) PHD Saquib, Mohammad  (Chair) Adaptive Predictors for Extracting Physiological Signals in Two Modern Bioinstruments Brandt, Patrick  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Electrical Engineering Shakeri Asadi Mohammad Ali PHD Fumagalli, Andrea  (Chair) Rethinking Metropolitan and Wide Area Networks in the Software-defined Era Tiefelsdorf, Michael  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Materials Science and Engin Rodriguez Davila Rodolfo PHD Quevedo Lopez, Manuel (Chair)/Young, Chadwin (Co-Chair) Oxide Based Field Effect Transistors for Large Area Radiation Detection Electronics Chen, Min  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Bolivar Nieto Edgar PHD Gregg, Robert (Chair) Robust Energy-Efficient Design of Series Elastic Actuators Pantano, Paul  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Ciri Umberto PHD Leonardi, Stefano (Chair) Analysis od Model-Free Control of Wind Farms Using Large-Eddy Simulations Elliott, Euel  
Summer  2019 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Software Engineering Chaparro Arenas Oscar Javier PHD Marcus, Andrian (Chair) Automated Analysis of Bug Descriptions to Support Bug Reporting and Resolution Reitzer, Lawrence  
Summer  2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management International Management Studies Eun Jihyun PHD Lee, Seung-Hyun (Chair) Nonmarket Strategy: Motivation and Value Nelson, Jackie  
Summer  2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management International Management Studies Wang Congying PHD Peng, Mike (Chair)/ Markoczy, Livia (Co-Chair) Corporate Governance in Emerging and Developed Economies Baughman, Ray  
Summer  2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Guda Harish PHD Dawande, Milind (Co-Chair)/Janakiraman, Ganesh (Co-Chair) Essays in Operations Management Gassensmith, Jeremiah  
Summer  2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Huang Xiang-Yu PHD Cready, William (Chair) The Effect of Footnote Disclosure on the Value Relevance of Banks’ Financial Derivatives: The Role of the Investor Sophistication Parsoneault, Catherine  
Summer  2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Shan Xi PHD Sethi, Suresh (Chair) Supply Chain with Disruption Risks, Strategic Players, and Disobeying Players  Berry, Brian  
Summer  2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Williams Lisa PHD Radhakrishnan, Suresh (Chair) Uncertain Tax Benefits and the Persistence of Earnings Alexander, Bobby  
Summer  2019 Naveen Jindal School of Management Management Science Zihagh Fereshteh PHD Ratchford, Brian (Chair)/Li, Xiaolin (Co-Chair) Essays on Network Effects, Service Pricing Plans and Online Message Virality Beron, Kurt  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Du Bujie PHD Zheng, Jie (Chair) Size-Dependent in Vivo Transport and Interactions of Ultrasmall Nanoparticles Henderson, Rashaunda  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Jiang Xingya PHD Zheng, Jie (Chair) Glutathione-Mediated Biotransformation in the Liver Modulates Nanoparticle Transport In Vivo Li, Yaoyu  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Lee Hamilton PHD Gassensmith, Jeremiah (Chair) Regulating Stimulus Responses of Functional Materials Scotch, Richard  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Peng Chuanqi PHD Zheng, Jie (Chair) Renal-Clearable Gold Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery Systems Akin, Bilal  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Welch Raymond PHD Gassensmith, Jeremiah (Chair) Controlling Thermal Effects on Chemical Systems Hoyt, Kenneth  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Geosciences Peiris Inoka PHD Brikowski, Tom (Chair) Temporal Variation of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Drinking Water in North Central Sri Lanka Related to Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDU) Leonardi, Stefano  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Adabrah Anani Komla PHD Dragovic, Vladimir (Chair) Quadrics in Pseudo-Euclidean Spaces, Integrable Billiards and Extremal Polynomials Lowry, Robert  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Chika Charles PHD Hooshyar, Ali (Chair) A Non-Iterative Construction of a Class of 2-D Wave Speed From Forward Scattering Data Kroener, Sven  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Kravetc Pavel PHD Rachinskiy, Dmitry (Chair) Applications of Topological and Perturbation Methods to Analysis of Periodic Solutions in Delay-Differential Equations: Classification of Symmetries, Asymptotic Approximation and Stabilization Cogan, Stuart  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Ranomenjanahary Roger PHD Dragović, Vladimir (Chair) Geometric and Combinatorial Properties of Nets in Plane and Higher-Dimensions Cho, Kyeongjae  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematics Yu Shi PHD Krawcewicz, Wieslaw (Chair) Existence and Bifurcation of Periodic Solutions in Second Order NonLinear System:  Brouwer Equivariant Degree Method Bastani, Farokh  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Molecular and Cell Biology Ambagaspitiye Gedara Sankalya PHD Reitzer, Lawrence (Chair) Variation in Surface Motility of Non-Pathogenic and Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Assmann, Peter  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Choi Miyoung PHD King, Lindsay (Chair) Weak Gravitational Lensing Shear and Magnification Analysis of Hydrodynamic Simulations and Application to Weak Lensing Data Daescu, Ovidiu  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Xia Zhiyang PHD Chen, Lunjin (Chair) Modulation of Very Low Frequency Whistler Waves by Ultra Low Frequency Waves Qian, Dong  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Statistics Dey Asim PHD Gel, Yulia (Chair) Role of Local Geometry in Resilience and Functions of Complex Networks Goffman, Lisa  
Summer  2019 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Statistics Islambekov Umar PHD Gel, Yulia (Chair) Utility of Betti Sequences as Persistent Homology-based Topological Descriptors in Application to Inference for Space-Time Processes and Time Series of Complex Networks Busso, Carlos