2019-2020 doctoral degrees awarded
Fall 2019 total: 79
Spring 2020 total: 112
Summer 2020 total: 69
| Semester | Year | School | Department | Last Name | First Name | Major | Degree | Supervising Professor | Dissertation Title | Outside Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | 2019 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Gonzalez Corona | Pedro Jose | History of Ideas | PHD | Rankin, Monica (Chair) | Genealogy of Racism in Mexico: Technological Devices of Race and Their Transformation in Modern Mexico | Scotch, Richard |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Arts and Humanities | Literature | Webb | Jay | PHD | Gossin, Pamela (Chair) | Brandishing The Gun: Gun Representations in Early American Litrature from 1500s to 1800s | Scott, Andrew | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Brockway | Joseph | Studies in Literature | PHD | Schulte, Rainer (Chair) | The Translator’s Task: Recreating the Textual Atmosphere of Isla Cofre Mítico by Eugenio Fernández Granell | burrough, xtine |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Wolfson | Jeffrey | Studies in Literature | PHD | Patterson, David (Co-Chair) /Ozsváth, Zsuzsanna (Co-Chair) | Wounding Sensibilities: Holocaust Memoirs Through the Screen of Adaptation | Hatfield, Charles |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Arts and Humanities | Visual and Performing Arts | Soares | Claire | PHD | Wilson, Michael (Co-Chair)/Brettell, Richard (Co-Chair) | Four Short Public-Education Films on Partners in Museum Environmental Citizenship: The Pas De Trois of Sustainability, Aesthetics, and Museum Design | Schich, Maximilian | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Arts, Technology & Emerging Communications | Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communications | Berger | Elizabeth | PHD | Ryan McMahan/Midori Kitagawa | A New Approach to Design Pedagogy Fostering Learning of Visual Design Principles Through M-Learning: Applying algorithms to visual design principles | Euell Elliott | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Arts, Technology & Emerging Communications | Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communications | Hardee | Gary | PHD | Zielke, Marjorie (Chair) | FINESSE: Foundations for Immersive Non-Fiction Narrative as Embodied/Situated Simulation Experiences — A Conceptual Framework for Immersive Journalism Design | Kratz, Dennis | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Chen | Xi | PHD | Park, Denise (Chair) | Functional Activity Features in Successful Cognitive Aging | Dollaghan, Christine | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Inyang | Kufreobong | PHD | Price, Theodore (Chair) | The Role of AMPK Activation in the Attenuation of Chronic Pain | O’Toole, Alice | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Kmiecik | Matthew | PHD | Krawczyk, Daniel (Chair) | The Time Course of Meaning Construction with Varying Expectations | Rojas, Raul | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Qin | Shuo | PHD | Basak, Chandramallika (Chair) | The Effects of Cardiovascular Health on Tasks of Executive Functions and Related Brain Activations in Healthy Older Adults | Quevedo-Lopez, Manuel | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Stouffer | Kari | PHD | Golden, Richard (Chair) | Effects of Executive Cognitive Resources on Coherence of Reading Recall Memory for Brief Scientific Texts: An Emperical Investigation | Pinkham, Amy | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Communication Sciences and Disorders | Gusewski | Svenja | PHD | Rojas, Raul (Chair) | Growth Trajectories of Grammatical Skills and Foundational Reading Skills in Spanish-English Dual Language Learners | Kennedy, Kristen | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Corretti | Conrad | PHD | Ackerman, Robert (Chair) | An Investigation Into the Effects of Cross-Sex Friendships on Heterosexual Romantic Relationship Dynamics | Assmann, Peter | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Criminology | Gammell | Sarah | PHD | Kovandzic, Tomislav (Chair)/Connell, Nadine (Co-Chair) | Beyond Motive: Situational Influences on Student Perpetrated Shootings | Winkler, Duane | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Criminology | Huskey | Michael | PHD | Kovandzic, Tomislav (Chair) | Homicide Offending and Social Control: A National Case Control Study | Cotter, Sean | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Geospatial Information Science | Jung | Yeondae | PHD | Chun, Yongwan (Chair) | Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Crime in Urban Environments: Case Studies in Seoul, South Korea and Dallas, Texas | Kovandzic, Tomislav | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Political Science | Kingsolver | Austin | PHD | Miller, Banks (Chair) | Supreme Issues: Utilizing Issue-Specific Measures of Judicial Behavior on the United States Supreme Court | Basak, Chandramallika | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Byrd | Jacob | PHD | Paul Battaglio, Chair/Evgenia Gorina, Co-Chair | Public Pension Governance: Effects of Reforms, Investment, and Governor’s Power on Pension Plan Outcomes | ||
| Fall | 2019 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Nicholson | Tracy | PHD | Sabharwal, Meghna (Chair)/Alexander, Bobby (Co-Chair) | Deserving and Discretion: A View from the Front Lines of Nonprofit Organizations | Honhon, Dorothée | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Watts | Jessica | PHD | Harrington, James (Chair) | Navigating the Partner Landscape: Understanding the Impact of External Resources and Partners on Universities in the Modern Economy | Skaggs, Sheryl | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Cease | Brett | PHD | Dumas, Lloyd (Co-Chair)/Elliott, Euel (Co-Chair) | Climate Polycentricity by Subnational U.S. Actors: Three Lenses to Examine Efficacy and Impact | Hyndman, Kyle | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Darrow | Michael | PHD | Hays, Seth (Chair) | Improving Recovery Following Neurological Injury Utilizing Targeted Plasticity Therapy | Knight, Kim | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Quarton | Tyler | PHD | Bleris, Leonidas (Chair) | Unraveling the Operational Landscape of Engineered Genetic Regulatory Networks | Page, Ivor | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Engineering | Xanthopoulos | Konstantinos | PHD | Makris, Yiorgos (Chair) | Applications of Machine Learning in Test Cost Reduction and Quality Improvement | Khan, Latifur | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Abay | Nazmiye | PHD | Thuraisingham, Bhavani (Co-Chair)/Kantarcioglu, Murat (Co-Chair) | Using Machine Learning Techniques for Prediction and Data Generation with Applications to Data Privacy | Overzet, Lawrence | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Ayoade | Gbadebo Gbadero | PHD | Khan, Latifur (Co-Chair)/Hamlen, Kevin (Co-Chair) | Mitigating Cyberattack with Machine Learning-Based Feature Space Transforms | Griffith, Todd | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Bauman | Erick | PHD | Lin, Zhiqiang (Co-Chair)/Hamlen, Kevin (Co-Chair) | Securing Binary Programs Without Perfect Disassembly | Tadesse, Yonas | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Chou | Li Kang | PHD | Gogate, Vibhav (Chair) | Parameter Tying and Dissociation in Graphical Models | Zheng, Jie | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Das | Mayukh | PHD | Natarajan, Sriraam (Chair) | Human-Allied Efficient and Effective Learning in Noisy Domains | Wallace, Robert | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Mishra | Rashika | PHD | Daescu, Ovidiu (Chair) | Computer Aided Diagnosis Systems for Digital Analysis of Osteosarcoma and Skin Cancer | Kiasaleh, Kamran | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Moeini | Hessam | PHD | Bastani, Farokh (Chair)/Yen, I-Ling (Co-Chair) | Semantic and Logic Based Routing Algorithms for Service Discovery and Composition in Dynamic IoT-Edge Networks | Romero- Ortega, Mario | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Satpute | Meghana | PHD | Du, Ding-Zhu (Chair) | Edge Computing and Data Extraction | Balanov, Zalman | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Sehrawat | Vipin Singh | PHD | Desmedt, Yvo (Chair) | Privacy Enhancing Cryptographic Constructs for Cloud and Distributed Security | Frensley, William | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Shah | Trusit Sandipbhai | PHD | Venkatesan, Subbarayan (Chair) | Techniques for Building Robust and User Customizable IoT System | Torlak, Murat | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Shaon | Fahad | PHD | Kantarcioglu, Murat (Chair)/Khan, Latifur (Co-Chair) | Secure Cloud Data Analytics with Trusted Processors | Liu, Jin | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Solanki | Nidhiben | PHD | Yen, I-Ling (Chair)/Bastani, Farokh (Co-Chair) | Access and Information Flow Control in Cloud Environments | Makris, Yiorgos | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Wang | Huibo | PHD | Lin, Zhiqiang (Chair)/Thuraisingham, Bhavani (Co-Chair) | Securing SGX Applications via Memory Safe Programming Languages and Augmented Runtime | Majewicz Fey, Ann | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Yousefpour | Ashkan | PHD | Jue, Jason /Venkatesan, Subbarayan | Improving Quality of Service in Emerging IoT and ML Applications through Fog Computing | Walker, Amy | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Zhang | Shuai | PHD | Bastani, Farokh (Chair) | A Semantics-Centric Data Processing Framework for Fault Diagnosis in Internet of Things | Leaf, Murray | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Ershad Langroodi | Marzieh | PHD | Majewicz Fey, Ann (Chair) | Stylistic Assessment and Adaptive Training for Robotic Surgical Skill | Schweitzer, Haim | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | He | Dingyi | PHD | Fahimi, Babak (Chair) | Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Platform for Online Motor Condition Monitoring at 5G Era | Venkatesan, Subbarayan | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Hosseini Jafari | Bashir | PHD | Gans, Nicholas (Chair)/Spong, Mark (Co-Chair) | Adaptive Control of Inkjet Printing on 3D Curved Surfaces | Wenkstern, Rym | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Iqbal | Asif | PHD | Gans, Nicholas (Chair) | Classified Object Localization in Slam and Loop Closure Through Reinforcement Learning | Bereg, Sergey | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Jafarzadeh | Mohsen | PHD | Tadesse, Yonas (Chair)/Gans, Nicholas (Co-Chair) | Creating Interactive Social Robots and Multimodal Control of Robotic Hands with Artificial Muscles | Desmedt, Yvo | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Liang | Jingchen | PHD | Fahimi, Babak (Chair) | Optimization of Airgap Profile in Electric Machines for Torque Pulsation Mitigation | You, Seung | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Taher | Farah Naz | PHD | Carrion Schafer, Benjamin (Chair) | Fault Tolerance in Hardware Accelerators: Detection and Mitigation | Biswas, Swati | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Thomas | John | PHD | Tamil, Lakshman (Chair) | An Element Management System for a Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring Environment | Farago, Andras | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Tian | Jingxiang | PHD | Sechen, Carl (Chair)/Makris, Yiorgos (Co-Chair) | Transistor-level Programmable Fabric | Hamlen, Kevin | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Ugur | Enes | PHD | Akin, Bilal (Chair) | Reliability and Condition Monitoring of SiC Power MOSFETs | Schmidtke, David | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Zaman | Monir | PHD | Makris, Yiorgos (Chair) | Design Space Exploration for Secure and Power-efficient Microprocessor Designs | Thuraisingham, Bhavani | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Bolshakov | Pavel | PHD | Young, Chadwin (Chair) | Investigation of Critical Interfaces of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Devices for Future Device Applications | Al-Dhahir, Naofal | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Cabrera | Yasiel | PHD | Walker, Amy (Chair) | Infrared Spectroscopy Studies of Electron Induced Reaction Mechanisms in EUV Photoresists | Owen, Margaret | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Daunis | Trey | PHD | Hsu, Julia (Chair) | Processing Oxide Thin Films With Light: A Path to High-Throughput Solution-Processed Oxide Electronics | Lu, Hongbing | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Lee | Jaebeom | PHD | Kim, Jiyoung (Chair) | Synthesis of Two-Dimentional (2D) Materials, Tunable Hybrid Dielectric Deposition, and its Application in 2D Nanoelectronics | Choudhary, Pankaj | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Dong | Liujia | PHD | Li, Yaoyu (Chair)/House, John (Co-Chair) | Dynamic Modeling and Controls of Variable Refrigerant Flow Systems | Tan, Chin-Tuan | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Hamidi | Armita | PHD | Tadesse, Yonas (Chair) | Additive Manufacturing of Hetergeneous Composites for Biomimetic Robots | Fonseka, John | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Wang | Chao | PHD | Anderson, William (Chair) | Large Eddy Simulation Study of Turbulent Flow Over Dune Field | Kantarcioglu, Murat | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Wang | Wenyi | PHD | Li, Yaoyu (Chair) | Dynamic Modeling and Model-Free Real-Time Optimization for Cold Climate Heat Pump Systems | Rodrigue, Karen | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Wang | Ziheng | PHD | Fey, Ann Majewicz (Chair) | Modeling and Evaluation for Robot-Assisted Surgical Training and Intuitive Teleoperation | Price, Theodore | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Zhang | Feng | PHD | Malik, Arif (Chair) | Investigation Into Multi-Scale Contact Mechanics Behaviors in the Cold Rolling of Metal Strip and Sheet Using a Novel Stochastic Roll-Stack Modeling Approach | ||
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Software Engineering | Chappidi | Sruthi | PHD | Bereg, Sergey (Chair) | Computational Methods for Analyzing and Visualizing NGS Data | Kumar, Golden | |
| Fall | 2019 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Software Engineering | Li | Xuelin | PHD | Wong, W. Eric (Chair) | Quality Assurance and Health Management for Software Systems | Krawczyk, Daniel | |
| Fall | 2019 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Rupp | Anin | PHD | Nanda, Vikram (Co-Chair)/Xiao, Steven (Co-Chair) | Essays on Public Finance and Social Media Based Corporate Disclosure | Cakanyildirim, Metin | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Gunawardhana | Kahawatte Gedara | PHD | Stefan, Mihaela (Chair) | Synthesis and Characterization of THIENO[3,2-b]PYRROLE Based Organic Semiconductors for Organic Field Effect Transistors | Sandler, Todd | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Hosseini | Seyedmahmoud | PHD | Voit, Walter (Chair)/Smaldone, Ronald (Co-Chair) | Hydrolytically Stable Thiol-Ene Polymer Substrates or Neural Interface Devices | Fonseka, John | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Karunaweera | Chamaal | PHD | Ferraris, John (Chair) | High-Performance Membrane Materials for Industrial Gas Separations | Vandenberghe, William | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Martinez Martinez | Patricia | PHD | Zakhidov, Anvar (Chair) | Functional Nanocomposites of Spinnable Carbon Nanotubes Synthesis, Processing and Applications | DeJong, Jeff | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Ning | Xuhui | PHD | Zheng, Jie (Chair) | Renal Clearable Gold Nanoparticles with Different Surface Chemistries: Fundamentals and Applications | Morcos, Faruck | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Panangala | Samitha | PHD | Ferraris, John (Chair) | High Performance Electrode Materials from Carbon Nanofibers with Tunable Pore Architectures | Hicks, Donald | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Jiang | Xianli | PHD | Morcos, Faruck (Chair) | Unraveling and Designing Biomolecular Interactions Using Direct Couplings From Global Probabilistic Models | Stefan, Mihaela C. | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Nawas | Afshan Fathima | PHD | Delk, Nikki (Chair) | Characterization of Hormone Receptor Positive Breast and Prostate Cancer Cell Response to Interleukin-1 | Zakhidov, Anvar | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Sohoni | Sagar | PHD | Zhang, Li (Chair) | Increased Heme Flux and Mitochondrial Respiration Enhance Tumorigenic Functions in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells | Marcus, Andrian | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Sudarshan | Sushmita | PHD | Reitzer, Larry (Chair) | Nutritional and Appendage Requirement for Surface Motility of Non-Pathogenic and Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli | Lary, David | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Liu | Xun | PHD | Lary, David (Chair) | Physical Studies of Airborne Pollen and Particulates Utilizing Machine Learning | Zheng, Jie | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Zhan | Weijia | PHD | Rodrigues, Fabiano (Chair) | Radar Studies of Atypical Equatorial Spread F Events in the American Sector | Delk, Nikki | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Zhao | Xinyu | PHD | Kesden, Michael (Chair) | Binary Black-Hole Spin Precession: Dynamical Evolution and Gravitational-Wave Parameter Estimation | Gooch, John | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Statistics | Cao | Cong | PHD | Konietschke, Frank (Chair) | The Behrens-Fisher Problem in General Factorial Designs with Covariates | Faragó, András | |
| Fall | 2019 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Statistics | Zhang | Dongfang | PHD | Chen, Min (Chair)/Chiou, Sy Han (Co-Chair) | Weighted Least-Squares Semiparametric Accelerated Failure Time Model with Generalized Estimating Equation | Rodrigues, Fabiano | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts and Humanities | Aesthetic Studies | Greenough-Hodges | Kimberly | PHD | Thomas Riccio (Chair) | Haitian Vodou: Pwen in Ritual Practice | Brown, Mathew | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts and Humanities | Aesthetic Studies | McDonald | Jacquelyn | PHD | Richard Brettell (Chair) | Modeling Fame: A Closer Look at the Work of Elisabet Ney | Towner, Theresa | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts and Humanities | Aesthetic Studies | Tashakori | Fatemeh | PHD | Richard Brettell (Co-Chair); Charles Bambach (Co-Chair) | The Invisible Foreigner: European Women as the Eroticized Other in Later Iranian Art | Wu, Hong-An | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts and Humanities | History of Ideas | Goldmann | Kerry | PHD | Natalie Ring (Chair) | Owning the Revolutionary Stage: How Black Theatres Embodied the Black Power Movement | Terry, Dean | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts and Humanities | History of Ideas | Hashim | Sahalie | PHD | Daniel Wickberg (Chair) | Swedenborg in the Early American Republic: Popular and Intellectual Responses to the Doctrines of Emanuel Swedenborg, 1784 – 1817 | Cooley, Heidi | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts and Humanities | History of Ideas | Varghese | Shawn | PHD | Daniel Wickberg (Chair) | From Every Tribe, Tongue, and Nation: The Role of Dallas Theological Seminary in the Shaping of African American Evangelicalism | McComber, Sean | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts and Humanities | History of Ideas | Williams | John | PHD | David Patterson (Chair) | Grant’s Third Charge: A Tale of Scapegoating, Atonement and Affirmation During the Era of Reconstruction (1863 -1877) | Peinhardt, Clint W. | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Boyer | Kent | PHD | Charles Hatfield (Chair) | Subverting Propriety: The Intimate, Habitable Poetics of Frank O’Hara | Nguyen, Josef | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Hickmann | Thomasina | PHD | Pamela Gossin (Chair) | Ann Radcliffe and Jane Austen: From Romance to Realism | Burrough, Xtine | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts and Humanities | Literature | Al-Habashneh | Eman Bahjat | PHD | Erin Smith (Chair); Shilyh Warren (Co-Chair) | A Relentless Quest for Identity: Hyphenation and Accent at the Crossroads of Film and American Litrature, 1970 – Present | Sung, Wendy | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts and Humanities | Visual and Performing Arts | Schraeder | Michael | PHD | Thomas Riccio (Chair) | Bumpkins, Barbarians, Misfits, and Marginalized: A White Trash Tetralogy | Banner, Olivia | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts, Technology & Emerging Communications | Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication | Koknar | Cenk | PHD | Josef Nguyen (Chair); Monica Evans (Co-Chair) | Negotiating the Right Way to Play Video Games | Rankin, Monica | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Arts, Technology & Emerging Communications | Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication | Tina | Yvan | PHD | Roger Malina (Chair); Yannick Butel (Co-Chair) | Artificial Theaters: Staging Life in the Age of Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence | Riccio, Thomas | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Bonadio | Logan | AUD | Thibodeau, Linda | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Calhoun | Hannah | AUD | Warner-Czyz, Andrea | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Chengappa | Preethi | AUD | Roeser, Ross | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Ewing | Aubrey | AUD | Cokely, Carol | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Fowler | Stephanie | AUD | Cokely, Carol and Warner-Czyz, Andrea | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Frost | Amanda | AUD | Cokely, Carol | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Granade | Eliza | AUD | Lobarinas, Edward | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Maddie | Mary | AUD | Jackie Clark | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Momin | Naileen | AUD | Cokely, Carol and Colleen LePrell | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Poland | Jared | AUD | Clark, Jackie | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Reddy | Cristina | AUD | Cokely, Carol | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Remsberg | Amy | AUD | Clark, Jackie | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Sivaswami | Akhilandeshwari | AUD | Roeser, Ross and Thibodeau, Linda | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Willis | Sarah | AUD | Cokely, Carol | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Audiology | Zaccardi | Tess | AUD | LePrell, Colleen | |||
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Boylan | Maria | PHD | Kristen Kennedy (Chair) | Characterization of BOLD Variability Across the Adult Lifespan: Influence of Dopamine and Structural Integrity | Rojas, Raul | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Huang | Yuefeng | PHD | Sven Vanneste (Chair); John Hart (Co-Chair) | Investigating the Functional Role of Medial Prefrontal Cortex During Memory Retrieval Using High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation | Evans, Julia | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Phensy | Aarron | PHD | Sven Kroener (Chair) | Oxidative Stress, Mitochondria, and Schizophrenia: Redox Systems Mediate Cognitive and Cellular Deficits in an Animal Model of Nmdar-Hypofunction | Rugg, Michael | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Shiers | Stephanie | PHD | Theodore Price (Chair) | The Impact of Chronic Pain on the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: Mechanisms and Treatments | Ackerman, Robert | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Turner | Monroe | PHD | Bart Rypma (Chair) | Bolder than BOLD: Changes in Neurophysiologic Underpinnings of fMRI Signal with Age and Task Demand | Le Prell, Colleen | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Burnell | Kaitlyn | PHD | Marion Underwood (Chair); Robert Ackerman (Co-Chair) | Adolescents’ Social Comparison on Instagram: An Eye-Tracking Study | Assmann, Peter | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Smith | Olivia | PHD | Jackie Nelson (Chair) | Marital Interactions and Parent-Child Conflict: The Moderating Role of Coparenting | Maguire, Mandy | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Terry | Courtney | PHD | Robert Ackerman (Co-Chair); Jackie Neleson (Co-Chair) | Mothers’ and Fathers’ Coparenting: Structure, Stability, and Relations with Family Functioning | Golden, Richard | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Criminology | Laprade | Jennifer | PHD | Alex Piquero (Chair) | Examining the Relationship Between Prosecutor Characteristics and Court Outcomes | Gray, Thomas | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Economics | Chen | Zhengyang | PHD | Victor Valcarcel (Chair) | Essays on Monetary Policy: Measurement and Transmission | Chun, Yongwan | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Economics | Jackson | William | PHD | Donald Hicks (Chair) | Tight Oil Production Technology Effectson the U.S. Petroleum Industry’s Vertical Integration | Gorina, Evgenia | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Economics | Kim | Wukki | PHD | Todd Sandler (Chair) | Four Essays on Defense and Peace Economics | Kovandzic, Tomislav | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Geospatial Information Science | Hu | Lan | PHD | Yongwan Chun (Chair) | Negative Spatial Autocorrelation and Its Impacts on Georeferenced Data Analysis: With Case Studies of Cancer Incidents | Bunte, Jonas | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Geospatial Information Science | Li | Xiao | PHD | Fang Qiu (Chair) | Automatic Building Footprint Generation from Airborne Lidar Point Cloud | Gorina,Evgenia | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Political Science | Gallegos | Yahve | PHD | Paul Diehl (Chair) | Carrot Or Stick? Examining the Effect of Judicial Independence and Repression on Authoritarian Regime Stability and Leader Survival | Goodman, Doug | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Political Science | Hoffman | Blake | PHD | Harold Clarke (Chair); Marianne Stewart (Co-Chair) | Immigration Enforcement and Leader Image: President Trump and Support for ICE | Li, Dong | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Abraham | Romeo | PHD | Evgenia Gorina (Chair); Doug Goodman (Co-Chair) | Fiscal Effects of Natural Disasters | Dohyeong, Kim | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Zvobgo | Varaidzo | PHD | Meghna Sabharwal (Chair) | Investigating the Impact of Organizational Resilience and Turnover in U.S. Local Governments: The Mediating Effects of Strategic Human Resources Management Practices | Skaggs, Sheryl | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Bi | Jingnan | PHD | Richard Scotch (Chair) | Child Social Capital and Health: The Protective and Promotive Effects of Social Capital on Child Health in Fragile Families | Hedlund, Jonas | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Carr | Cory | PHD | Brian Berry (Co-Chair); Jonas Bunte (Co-Chair) | Are Active Labor Market Policies Reducing Youth Unemployment in the European Union? | Kiel, L. Douglas | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Jamilah | Sayeeda | PHD | Brian Berry (Chair) | Values, Public Service, and Political Engagement: Muslim Americans and Their Institutions of Secondary Education | Tiefelsdorf, Michael | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Atmaramani | Rahul | PHD | Shalini Prasad (Chair) | Development of an In Vitro Phenotypic Assay for Screening Chronic Pain Therapeutics | Fox, Kyle | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Kazemimoghadam | Mahdieh | PHD | Nicholas Fey (Chair) | Machine Learning Interventions for Continuous Classification of Complex and Non-Steady-State Locomotion of Able-Bodied Subjects Under Varying Anticipatory States and in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease | Nourani, Mehrdad | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Lam | Kevin Hao Su | PHD | David Schmidtke (Chair) | Development of Novel Aligned Collagen Fibril Coated Substrates for Mimicking Corneal Tissue Structures | Ntafos, Simeon | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Stiller | Allison | PHD | Joseph Pancrazio (Chair) | Softening Intracortical Recording Devices for Improved Biomechanical Interactions at the Brain-Device Interface | Hansen, John | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Engineering | Vellingiri | Shanthi | PHD | Balakrishnan Prabhakaran (Co-Chair); Ryan McMahan (Co-Chair) | Assessment of QoE and Learning Effectiveness in Collaborative Mixed Reality Environments | Fey, Nicholas | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Bahojb Imani | Maryam | PHD | Latifur Khan (Chair); Bhavani Thuraisingham (Co-Chair) | Design and Development of Scalable Analytics Frameworks with Applications in Blockchain Smart Contract Security and Political News Mining | Summers, Tyler | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Dhami | Devendra | PHD | Sriraam Natarajan (Chair) | Effective Learning with Heterogenous, Noisy, Multi-Relational Healthcare Data | Kehtarnavaz, Nasser | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Ghaffarinia | Masoud | PHD | KevinHamlen (Chair) | Automated Binary Software Attack Surface Reduction | Lee, Jeong-Bong | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Ghosh | Smita | PHD | Weili Wu (Chair) | Optimization Problems for Maximizing Influence in Social Networks | Schaefer, Benjamin | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Gu | Shuyang | PHD | Weili Wu (Chair) | Influence Optimization Problems in Social Networks | Sechen, Carl | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | He | Baokun | PHD | HaimSchweitzer (Chair) | Algorithms for Robust Data Analysis | Minn, Hlaing | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Li | Chao | PHD | Xiaohu Guo (Chair) | Real-time 3D Reconstruction of Dynamic Scenes | Anderson, William | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Maldonado | Ramon Manuel Martinez | PHD | Sanda Harabagiu (Chair) | Deep Learning of Clinical Relation Identification in Health Narratives | Malik, Arif | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Quinonez Tirado | Raul | PHD | Bhavani Thuraisingham (Chair) | Securing Autonomous Vehicles with Robust Physical Invariants | Tamil, Lakshman | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Shakerin | Farhad | PHD | Gopal Gupta (Chair) | Logic-based Approaches in Explainable AI and Natural Language Understanding | Nosratinia, Aria | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Wang | Xiaoyu | PHD | Kang Zhang (Chair) | A Grammatical Framework for the Generation and Verification of Tractable Designs | Minary-Jolandan, Majid | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Xu | Xiaoyang | PHD | Kevin Hamlen (Chair) | Native Software Security Hardening in the Real World: Compatibility, Modularity, Expressiveness, and Performance | Panahi, Issa | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Abdelgelil | Mahmoud | PHD | Hlaing Minn (Chair) | Interference Cancellation and Distortion Compensation in Non-Linear Regime | Xiaohu, Guo | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Bahmaninezhad | Fahimeh | PHD | John Hansen (Chair) | Advancements in Domain Adaptation for Speaker Recognition and Effective Speaker De-Identification | Rodrigues, Danieli | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Birjandtalab Golkhatm | Javad | PHD | Mehrdad Nourani (Chair) | Algorithms for EEG-Based Monitoring of Epileptic Seizures | Gogate, Vibhav | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Caicedo-Narvaez | Carlos | PHD | BabakFahimi (Chair) | Just-In-Time Detection of StatorShort Circuit Faults in Electric Machines | Bleris, Leonidas | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Chen | Yingping | PHD | Dongsheng Brian Ma (Chair) | Gan-Based DC-DC Conversion Achieving High Reliability, Low EMI and Balanced System Performance | Hassanipour, Fatemeh | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Fang | Lei | PHD | Rashaunda Henderson (Chair) | Study of Orbital Angular Momentum Radio Beams Based on Uniform Circular Antenna Array | Dai, Xianming | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Han | Dong | PHD | Hlaing Minn (Chair) | Resource Allocation and Performance Analysis for Next Generation Wireless Communication and Radio Astronomy Systems | Qian, Dong | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Helal | Noha | PHD | Aria Nosratinia (Chair) | Resolvability and Strong Secrecy for the Multiple Access Channel with Cooperation | Sarac, Kamil | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Hernandez | Keith | PHD | Lawrence Overzet (Co-Chair); Matthew Goeckner (Co-Chair) | Phase Resolved Optical Emission Spectroscopic Measurements and Results of Pulsed Capacitively Coupled Radiofrequency Discharges Through Argon and Tetrafluoromethane-Argon | Yurkovich, Steve | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Press | Alex | PHD | LawrenceOverzet (Co-Chair); Matthew Goeckner (Co-Chair) | Electrical Measurements of Capacitively Coupled Pulsed Power Plasmas | Rugg, Elizabeth | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Rajavendra Reddy | Gaurav | PHD | YiorgosMakris (Chair) | Machine Learning-Based Hotspot Detection: Fallacies, Pitfalls and Marching Orders | Chandrasekaran, Ramaswamy | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Yang | Fei | PHD | Bilal Akin (Chair) | Reliability Evaluation and Condition Monitoring of Wide Bandgap Devices | Koeln, Justin | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Yanik | Muhammet | PHD | Murat Torlak (Chair) | Millimeter-wave Imaging using MIMO-SAR Techniques | Marcus, Andrian | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Zhu | Hanqi | PHD | Robert Gregg (Chair); Babak Fahimi (Co-Chair) | Design of A Highly Backdrivable, Powered Lower Limb Orthosis for Improved Human Interaction | Rugg, Elizabeth | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Khosravi | Ava | PHD | Robert Wallace (Chair) | Surface and Interface Investigation of Novel Materials for Future Applications in Logic and Memory Devices | Spong, Mark | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Kim | Harrison | PHD | Jiyoung Kim (Chair); Amy Walker (Co-Chair) | From Material Understanding to Volatile Threshold Switches Using Crystalline Zinc Oxide: Selector Device for X-Point Memory Application | Fumagalli, Andrea | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Pintor Monroy | Maria Isabel | PHD | Manuel Quevedo-Lopez (Chair) | Wide Bandgap Oxides Materials and Devices for Radiation Sensing | Huynh, Dung | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Ravichandran | Arul Vigneswar | PHD | Jiyoung Kim (Chair); Chadwin Young (Co-Chair) | Evaluation and Integration of Graphene Field Effect Devices | Lee, Hoi | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Wang | Qingxiao | PHD | Moon Kim (Chair); Robert Wallace (Co-Chair) | In Situ Characterization of Phase Transition and Defect Dynamics in Molybdenum Ditelluride | Prakash, Ravi | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Allen | David | PHD | Robert Gregg (Chair); Walter Voit (Co-Chair) | Design Principles for Using Dielectric Elastomer Transducers in Actuation Systems | Hsu, Julia | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Elery | Toby | PHD | RobertGregg (Chair); Yonas Tadesse (Co-Chair) | Design and Implications of a Robotic Prosthetic Leg with Low-Impedance Actuation | Prasad, Shalini | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Kang | Peiyuan | PHD | Zhenpeng Qin (Chair) | Photoinactivation of Proteins by Molecular Hyperthermia | Yen, I-Ling | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Lozano | Adolfo | PHD | Fatemeh Hassanipour (Chair) | A Computational Thermal Model of Breast Cancer Validated by Clinical Data | Chen, Fen | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Malakooti | Sadeq | PHD | Hongbing Lu (Chair) | Scalable Synthesis and Dynamic Mechanical Characterization of Multifunctional Polymer Aerogels | Ng, Yu-Chung | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Wang | Yang | PHD | Dong Qian (Chair) | Multi-scale Modeling and Simulation of Fibrous Nano- and Bio- Materials | Du, Ding | |
| Spring | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Zhan | Lu | PHD | Giacomo Iungo (Chair) | Lidar Measurements of Wakes Generated by Utility-Scale Wind Turbines and Data-Driven Optimization of Wind-Turbine Wake Models | Balsara, Poras | |
| Spring | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Hosseini | Leila | PHD | Vijay Mookerjee (Chair) | Economic and Operational Considerations in Cloud Computing | Gurun, Umit | |
| Spring | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Kale | Devendra | PHD | Gil Sadka (Chair); Rebecca Files (Co-Chair) | Role of Minority Shareholders in Private Companies | Zheng, Zhiqiang | |
| Spring | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Mehta | Sameer | PHD | Vijay Mookerjee (Co-Chair); Milind Dawande (Co-Chair) | Monetization of High-Technology Products and Services | Murthi, B.P.S. | |
| Spring | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Wang | Hui | PHD | Harold Zhang (Chair) | Essays on Household and Corporate Finance | Mehra, Amit | |
| Spring | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Zhou | Xiaolu | PHD | William Cready (Co-Chair); Ningzhong Li (Co-Chair) | The Public as Corporate Stakeholder: Evidence from Toxic Release and Financial Reporting | Singh, Harpreet | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | De Silva | Galappaththi | PHD | Bruce Novak (Chair) | Synthesis of Helical Polycarbodimides and Their Properties | Gorina, Evgenia | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Murray | Kyle | PHD | Sheena D’Arcy (Chair) | Analysis of Enzyme Dynamics in Kynureninase Through Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry | Lv, Bing | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Boskabadi | Ahmad | PHD | Robert Stern (Chair) | Carbonate Alteration of Ophiolitic Rocks: Sources of Fluids, Conditions of Alteration, and Element Mobility | Slinker, Jason | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Hetti Pathirannehelage | Diluni Ayeshika W | PHD | Robert Stern (Chair) | Comprehensive Analysis of Global Mid Ocean Ridge and Mariana Convergent Margin Hydrothermal Systems Tectonics, Fluid Chemistry and Vent Biota | Sibert, John | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Rodriguez | Michelle | PHD | Carlos Aiken (Chair) | Utilization of 3D Photorealistic Virtual Models of Outcrop Geology and Implementation of Customized Graphic User Interfaces | Meloni, Gabriele | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Yang | Jidong | PHD | Hejun Zhu (Chair) | Seismic Modeling, Imaging and Inversion in Viscoacoustic Media | Novak, Bruce | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Gudoshnikov | Ivan | PHD | Oleg Makarenkov (Chair) | On the Stability of Moreau’s Sweeping Process with Applications to Networks of Elastoplastic Springs | Rypma, Bart | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Avadhanam | Nymisha | PHD | Juan González (Chair) | Control of Iron Regulation and Uptake by the ExpR/Sin Quorum Sensing Systems in Sinorhizobium meliloti | Stefan, Mihaela | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Bhat | Vandita | PHD | Zachary Campbell (Chair) | RNA Control by Protein Complexes in Germline Stem Cells | Stefan, Mihaela | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Ghosh | Poorva | PHD | LiZhang (Chair) | Role of Heme in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Growth and Tumor Vascular Oxygenation | Chen, Lunjin | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Neugent | Michael | PHD | Kelli Palmer (Chair); Nicole De Nisco (Co-Chair) | Discovery and Targeting of Strict Glucose Reliance in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Taxonomic and Genomic Ecology of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection | Zhu, Hejun | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Sarkar | Prithwijit | PHD | Sheena D’Arcy (Chair) | Characterizing Interactions Between NAP1 and Its Binding Partners | Ohsawa, Tomoki | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Sivakolundu | Dinesh Keran | PHD | Bart Rypma (Chair); Stephen Spiro (Co-Chair) | Physiologic Characterization of Multiple Sclerosis and its Clinical Implications | Stefan, Mihaela | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Liu | Xiaoyuan | PHD | Bing Lv (Chair) | Superconductivity, Magnetism and Topological Properties of Several Quasi-1D Materials | Chen, Min | |
| Spring | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Liu | Xu | PHD | Lunjin Chen (Chair) | Propagation and Excitation of Equatorial Electrostatic and Electromagnetic Emissions In the Magnetosphere | Smaldone, Ronald | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Alhashmi | Rawad | Studies in Literature | PHD | Dennis Kratz/Nils Roemer | Dystopian Literary Channels Between Arabic And Western Literature | Rugg, Elizabeth |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Adelson | Megan | PHD | Jackie Nelson | Division of Labor and Conflict Across Three Stages of Heterosexual Romantic Relationships | Warner-Czyz, Andrea | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Carson | Kevin | PHD | Robert Ackerman | Humor as a Facilitator of Intimacy in Developing Friendships | Sasson, Noah | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Klein | Hans | PHD | Amy Pinkham | The Limited Effect of Neural Stimulation on Visual Attention and Social Cognition in Individuals with Schizophrenia | Rollins, Pamela | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Criminology | Han | Sungil | PHD | Alex Piquero | Multiple Perspectives on Immigrant and Crime Relationship | Panovska, Irina | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Criminology | Hayslip | Melissa | PHD | Alex Piquero | College Athletes, Strain, and Substance Use | Andrews, Rodney | <|
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Criminology | Kanvinde | Vrishali | PHD | Nicole Piquero | Connecting Control-Balance Theory and Police Cynicism: An Empirical Test | Elliott, Euel | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Criminology | Narvey | Chelsey | PHD | Alex Piquero | Examining the Relationships Between Psychopathy, Offending, and Victimization | ||
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Economics | Hou | Aoyu | PHD | Donggyu Sul | Three Essays on Income Inequality and Economic Growth | Battaglio, Paul | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Political Science | Das | Soham | PHD | Paul Diehl | Minority and Majority: Cleavages, Conflicts, and Electoral Politics in the Indian Sub-Continent | Beron, Kurt | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Political Science | Parker | Misty | PHD | Thomas Brunell | Stereotyping’ the American Electorate: An Examination of what Drives Turnout in the Electoral Periphery | Maxwell, Sarah | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Al-Fayez | Diana | PHD | Doug Goodman | The Impact of Work-Life Balance Policies on Perceived Organizational Performance in the U.S. Federal Agencies: Exploring the Moderating Effect of Leadership Support | Cummings, Anthony | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Kaya | Adem | PHD | Meghna Sabharwal | The Impact of Leadership Styles on Groupthink: The Case of Turkish Teachers | Lowry, Robert | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Randle | Rolanda | PHD | Sheryl Skaggs | The Impact of Early College High School Models on Minority Student Higher Education Outcomes: The Case of Four Texas Schools | ||
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Cavallo De Oliveira | Paulo Marcio | PHD | Clint Peinhardt | The Rise of Cities: Three Essays on the Spatial Reconfiguration of FDI in the U.S. | ||
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Mirza | Salma | PHD | Brian Berry | Consumer Confidence Index Surveys: A New Indicator From Pakistan | Valcarcel, Victor | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Saucedo De La Fuente | David | PHD | Brian Berry | The Effect of Drug-Related Violence on Mexico’s Economy: Labor Productivity, Greenfield FDI Projects, and Household Remittances. A Spatial Econometric Approach | Alexander, Bobby | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Ghazavi | Atefeh | PHD | Stuart Cogan | Amorphous Silicon Carbide-Based Intraneural Ultramicroelectrode Array for Selective Interfacing to the Rat Cervical Vagus Nerve | Nguyen, Tien | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Keshavarzian | Maziyar | PHD | Heather Hayenga | In-Silico Vascular Growth and Remodeling Insights from Coupling Biology and Mechanics | Hu, Wenchuang | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Rihani | Rashed | PHD | Joseph Pancrazio | Liquid Crystal Elastomers as a Material for Neural Interfaces | Ruozzi, Nicholas | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Engineering | Kalidas | Vignesh | PHD | Lakshman Tamil | Machine Learning Techniques for Automated Detection of Cardiac Arrhythmias | Rotea, Mario | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Li | Xia | PHD | Lingming Zhang | An Integrated Approach for Automated Software Debugging Via Machine Learning and Big Code Mining | Zhang, Jie | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Malik | Hemant | PHD | Ovidiu Daescu | City Guarding and Path Checking: Some Steps Towards Smart Cities | Hoyt, Kenneth | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Abbasalipour | Amin | PHD | Siavash Pourkamali | Advanced Electrostatic Transducers: For Ultra Low-Power Sensing and High Work Density Actuation | Moheimani, S.O. Reza | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Chen | Jianfei | PHD | Ann Catrina Coleman/Qing Gu | Mode Locked GAAS/ALGAAS Quantum Wel Lasers with External Reflectors for Tunable THz Signal Generation | Fischetti, Massimo | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Chen | Tianyu | PHD | Babak Fahimi | Wide Bandgap Device-Based Power Converter for Integrated Motor Drive System | Fei, Baowei | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Dai | Yucheng | PHD | Hlaing Minn | RFI Issue and Spectrum Sharing Paradigm for Future Satellite Communication and Radio Astronomy Systems | Gelb, Lev | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Kumar | Saurav | PHD | Nicholas Gans / Robert Gregg / Mark Spong | Extremum Seeking Control for Autonomous Periodic Systems with Applications to Lower Limb Wearable Robots | Kim, Moon | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Li | Sen | PHD | Babak Fahimi/Poras T. Balsara | Study of Nonlinear Phenomena in Power Electronic Circuits and Electric Motion Systems | Wei, Shiyi | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Volanis | Georgios | PHD | Yiorgos Makris | Applications of On-Die Neural Networks in Robust and Secure Analog/RF ICS and an Implementation in a Contemporary Technology | Mittal, Neeraj | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Zhao | Zhongfan | PHD | Yaoyu Li | Synergy of Self-Optimizing Control and Real-Time Optimization with Applications to Building Energy Systems | Wong, W. Eric | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Zhu | Zhiqi | PHD | Benjamin Carrion Schaefer | Reducing the Complexity of Fault-Tolerant Behavioral Hardware Accelerators | Iungo, Giacomo Valerio | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Rozhdestvenskyy | Sergiy | PHD | Bruce Gnade | A Solid-State, High-Energy Neutron Detector Based on Neutron-Induced Fission of Uranium-238 | Markov, Stanimir | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Azarnoosh | Jamasp | PHD | Fatemeh Hassanipour | Biomechanics of Breastfeeding: Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulation of Milk Expression | Ma, Dongsheng | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Embry | Kyle | PHD | Robert Gregg/Mark Spong | Kinematic Modeling For Control of Agile Powered Prosthetic Legs Over Continuously Varying Speeds and Inclines | Cobb, Jorge | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Feng | Cong | PHD | Jie Zhang | Machine Learning-Based Renewable and Load Forecasting in Power and Energy Systems | Harabagiu, Sanda | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Sun | Mucun | PHD | Jie Zhang | Probabilistic Renewable Energy Forecasting by Considering Spatial-Temporal Correlation | Akin, Bilal | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Wu | Zhongyou | PHD | Yaoyu Li | Model-Free Optimizing Control for Wind Energy Capture and Controls of Floating Wind Turbines | Zhang, Kang | |
| Summer | 2020 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Telecommunications Engineering | Moussa | Hachem | PHD | I-Ling Yen/Farokh Bastani | Analytics and Algorithms for Real Time IoT Workflow Composition in the Edge-Cloud Infrastructure | ||
| Summer | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | International Management Studies | Kim | Kyun | PHD | Seung-Hyun Lee/Gregory Dess | Synergy, Asymmetric Dependence, and Market Entry in Competition | Janakiraman, Ganesh | |
| Summer | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Chen | Jiayu | PHD | Milind Dawande/Anyan Qi | Socially Responsible Operations in Procurement | Bolton, Gary | |
| Summer | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Han | Munhee | PHD | Vikram Nanda | Institutional Trading Motives and Role of Brokers | Markov, Stanimir | |
| Summer | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Kamatham | Sriharsha | PHD | B.P.S. Murthi/Nanda Kumar | Empirical Investigation of Habit, Variety-Seeking, and Satiation in Snack Consumption Using Multiple Discrete-Continuous Framework | Li, Ningzhong | |
| Summer | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Lee | Chungseung | PHD | Metin Cakanyildirim/Suresh Sethi | Essays on Revenue Management and Price Competition | Lin, Zhiang | |
| Summer | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Sun | Geng | PHD | Srinivasan Raghunathan/Huseyin Cavusoglu | Essays on the Economics of Membership-Based Free Shipping Programs in Online Marketplaces | Qian , Cuili | |
| Summer | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Tunc | Murat | PHD | Huseyin Cavusoglu | Economics of Customer and Provider Information in Digital Platforms | Richard, Orlando | |
| Summer | 2020 | Naveen Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Zhang | Wen | PHD | Elena Katok | Essays on Strategic Sourcing and Revenue Management | Cavusoglu, Huseyin | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Ahmadi-Tehrani | Dara | PHD | John Sibert IV | Polymeric, Wurster-Type Hosts For The Encapsulation Of Metal Cations And Molecular Guests | Xuan, Zhenyu | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Benjamin | Candace | PHD | Jeremiah Gassensmith | Virus-Like Particle Qβ: A Scaffold for Imaging and Plasmonic God Nanoparticles | Izen, Joseph | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Berry | Danielle | PHD | Ronald Smaldone | Enhancing the Polymeric Landscape for 3D Printing Using Post-Fabrication and Supramolecular Design | ||
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Calvo | Jenifer | PHD | Gabriele Meloni | Understanding the Chemistry of Metallothionein-3 in Copper Homeostasis and Neurodegeneration | ||
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Cosey | Whitney | PHD | Inga Musselman | Prevention of Physical Aging Within Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes for Gas Separations | Rypma, Bart | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Gallenito | Marc Joseph | PHD | Gabriele Meloni | Characterization of Transmembrane Metal Transporters in Metal Homeostasis, Detoxification and Drug Resistance | Gel, Yulia | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Huang | Yingyu | PHD | Jie Zheng | Surface Charged-Mediated Interactions and Transport of Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles in the Normal and Diseased Kidney | Pereira, Felipe | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Kurandina | Daria | PHD | Vladimir Gevorgyan/Eric Welin | Development of New Methods for Mild Radical Coupling Reactions | Ramakrishna, Viswanath | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Chowdhury | Md Mujibur Rahman | PHD | Yifei Lou | Fractional-Order Total Variation Based Image Denoising, Deconvolution, and CT Reconstruction Under Poisson Statistics | D’Arcy, Sheena | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Folarin | Samson | PHD | Viswanath Ramakrishna/Hejun Zhu | Reservoir Characterization of Non Gaussian Field Using Combined Ensemble Based Method | Yang, Duck | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Khan | Md Arafat | PHD | Anh Tran | Left Orderability of Dehn Surgery on Odd Classical Pretzel Knots | Stefan, Mihaela | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Khan | Samreen | PHD | Viswanath Ramakrishna | Polar and Givens Decomposition and Inversion of the Indefinite Double Covering Map | Welin, Eric | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Lama | Sonam | PHD | John Zweck/Matthew Goeckner | The Stochastic Weighted Particle Method for the Computation of the low Probability Tail of the Velocity Distribution in Spatially Homogeneous Plasmas | Sibert, John | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Mamun | Abdullah Al | PHD | Luis Felipe Feres Pereira/Arunasalam Rahunanthan | An Assessment of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods for Fluid Flow Forecasting in the Subsurface | Novak, Bruce | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Mankad | Het | PHD | Felipe Pereira/Fabricio Sousa | The Multiscale Perturbation Method for Two-Phased Flows in Porous Media | Stefan, Mihaela | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Cao | Lian | PHD | Tae Hoon Kim | Identification of a novel MYC associated enhancer RNA | Efromovich, Sam | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Konduri | Purna Chaitanya | PHD | Li Zhang | Dissecting the Role of Heme in Regulating Yeast and Mammalian KDM4 Histone Demethylases | Zweck, John | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Statistics | Chakraborty | Dipnil | PHD | Sam Efromovich | Nonparametric Regression for Responses Missing Not at Random | Gevorgyan, Vladimir | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Statistics | Ofori-Boateng | Dorcas | PHD | Yulia Gel | From Single to Multilayer Networks: Understanding Network Functionality Through a Topological Perspective | Stefan, Mihaela | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Statistics | Patwary | Mohammad | PHD | Pankaj Choudhary | Estimation of Covariance Structures in Functional Mixed Models with Application to Heritability Estimation | Kim, Tae | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Statistics | Roy | Akash | PHD | Frank Konietschke/Pankaj Choudhary | The Nonparametric Behrens-Fisher Problem with Dependent Replicates | Stefan, Mihaela | |
| Summer | 2020 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Statistics | Soliman | Marwah | PHD | Yulia Gel | Quantifying Environmental Risks Using a Fusion of Statistical and Machine Learning Methods | Stefan, Mihaela | |