2021-2022 doctoral degrees awarded
Fall 2021 total: 89
Spring 2022 total: 110
Summer 2022 total: 63
| Semester | Year | School | Department | Last Name | First Name | Major | Degree | Supervising Professor | Dissertation Title | Outside Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | 2021 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Jacobs | Janet | PHD | Wright, Ben (Chair) | ‘Send More Butter’: Finding Meaning in Civil War Food References | Veras, Christine | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Ocasio-Russe | Lizbette | PHD | Martinez, Manuel (Chair) | La Genración “Yo No Me Dejo” Alternative Cuirness and Revolution in Puerto Rico | Farrar, Eric | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Rezeski | Abdal Malik | PHD | Cotter, Sean (Chair) | Tractatus Exilium: The Subject of Exile and the Problem of Being: An Examination of the Work of Edmond Jabès and Em Cioran | Waligore, Marilyn | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Curry | Virginia | Aesthetic Studies | PHD | Schulte, Rainer (Chair) | Causarum Cognitio: The Architecture, Collections and Social Agency of Three American Athenaea: Redwood, Boston and Caltech | Gooch, John |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | DeBosier | Margaret | Aesthetic Studies | PHD | Pomara, John (Chair) / Rosen, Mark (Co-Chair) | The Story Portrait™: A New Genre of Personal Representation | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Loftin | Maria | History of Ideas | PHD | Rankin, Monica (Chair) | ¡Una Casa Por Mes!: Architecture, Consumerism, and the Construction of Middle-Class Identity in the Valley of Mexico, 1877-1968 | Llamas Rodriguez, Juan |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Fraley | Russell | Studies in Literature | PHD | Gooch, John (Co-Chair) / Hatfield, Charles (Co-Chair) | A Fish Out of Water?: How Literary Theory Can Benefit Legal Interpretation | Wilson, Michael |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Avona | Amanda | PHD | Dussor, Gregory (Chair) | The Role of Relevant Peptides on the Sex-Specific Nature of Migraine | Rugg, Michael | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Lackovic | Jacob | PHD | Dussor, Gregory (Chair) | Mechanisms Underlying Migraine Headache Pathophysiology: Novel Insights from Preclinical Models | Katz, William | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Nguyen | Linda | PHD | Krawczyk, Daniel (Chair) | Examining the Effects of the Other-Race Effect on Conscious and Unconscious Deception Detection Using Online Testing Methods | Filbey, Francesca | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Ryland | James | PHD | Golden, Richard (Chair) | Modeling Integrated Cortical Learning: Explorations of Cortical Map Development, Unit Selectivity, and Object Recognition | Rojas-Villareal, Raul | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Smith | Evan | PHD | Basak, Chandramallika (Chair) | Task Learning as a Mechanism of Transfer in Cognitive Intervention: Neuro-Cognitive Predictors and Outcomes of Early, Middle and Late Stages of Task Learning | ||
| Fall | 2021 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Communication Sciences and Disorders | Benham | Sara | PHD | Goffman, Lisa (Chair) | Phonological Organization in the Production of Novel Words in Typical and Atypical Language Development | Assmann, Peter | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Communication Sciences and Disorders | Berglund-Barraza | Amy | PHD | Evans, Julia (Chair) | Characterizing the Link Between Behavior and Neurobiology of Verbal Working Memory in Young Adults With and Without Developmental Language Disorder | O’Toole, Alice | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Communication Sciences and Disorders | Melamed | Tina | PHD | Maguire, Mandy (Chair) | Comparing Auditory and Written Word Learning in School-Aged Children and Adolescents, and Identifying Factors that Contribute to Success | Warner-Czyz, Andrea | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Communication Sciences and Disorders | Poudel | Sonali | PHD | Maguire, Mandy (Chair) | Neural Oscillations Underlying Automatic Word Reading | Rodrigue, Karen | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Communication Sciences and Disorders | Ravi | Shruthi | PHD | Swanson, Meghan (Chair) | The Role of Social Communication in Later Language: An Exploratory Study of Infants Later Diagnosed with Autism and Typically Developing Infants | Owen, Margaret | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Austin | Kathryn | PHD | Kane, Heidi (Chair) | Affectionate Touch and Well-Being: The Role of Health Behavior and Coping Behavior | Basak, Chandramallika | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Economics | Raghunathan | Uthra | PHD | Li, Dong (Chair) | Cornerstones and Intersections of the Dairy Industry: Regulation, Labor, and Demand | Searing, Elizabeth | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Geospatial Information Science | Yu | Xiaohe | PHD | Chun, Yongwan (Chair) / Lary, David (Co-Chair) | Cloud Detection and PM2.5 Estimation Using Machine Learning | Hicks, Donald | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Miori | Holly | PHD | Sabharwal, Meghna (Chair) / Searing, Elizabeth (Co-Chair) | Millennial Philanthropy: The New Voice of Philanthropy | ||
| Fall | 2021 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Rabbi | Md. Fazle | PHD | Sabharwal, Meghna (Chair) | Accountability Overload and its Consequence and Remedy | Giertz, Seth | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Royal | K. | PHD | Harrington, James (Chair) | Privacy Compliance in U.S. Universities | Chun, Yongwan | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Bhide | Ashlesha | PHD | Prasad, Shalini (Chair) | Multiplexed Comprehensive Design and Characterization of an Electrochemical Interface Accessing Non-Invasive Bodily Fluids Towards Quality of Life Monitoring | Balsara, Poras | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Duran Martinez | Adriana | PHD | Voit, Walter (Chair) / Cogan, Stuart (Co-Chair) | Stability of Softening Neural Interfaces with A-SIC Thin Film Interlayer | Hsu, Julia | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Garcia Sandoval | Aldo | PHD | Voit, Walter (Chair) / Pancrazio, Joseph (Co-Chair) | Development of Softening Polymer-Based Spinal Cord Stimulation Leads for Chronic Applications | Frensley, William | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Jagannath | Badrinath | PHD | Prasad, Shalini (Chair) | Investigation of Sweat Biomarkers for Real-Time Reporting of Infection and Inflammation Using Wearable Sweat Sensor | Bereg, Sergey | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Tanak | Ambalika Sanjeev | PHD | Prasad, Shalini (Chair) | Demonstration of POC Biosensor Toward Clinical Translation for Patient Bed-Side Monitoring | Walker, Amy | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Upasham | Sayali | PHD | Prasad, Shalini (Chair) | Developing A Flexible, Affinity-Based, Electrochemical Sensing Platform Towards Multiplexed Detection of Apocrine and Eccrine Sweat Based Biomarkers; Slock: Sensor for Circadian Clock | Gupta, Gopal | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Engineering | Ghosh | Ria | PHD | Hansen, John (Chair) | Advancement in Hardware/Firmware and Applications for CCi-MOBILE: A Cochlear Implant Research Platform | Thuraisingham, Bhavani | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Engineering | Kuruvila | Abraham | PHD | Basu, Kanad (Chair) | Hardware-Assisted Malware Detection for Securing Embedded Systems | Tadesse, Yonas | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Engineering | Wang | Zhendong | PHD | Hu, Yang (Chair) | Towards a High-Performance and Secure Memory System and Architecture for Emerging Applications | Hays, Seth | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Asvadishirehjini | Aref | PHD | Kantarcioglu, Murat (Chair) | Ensuring Integrity, Privacy, and Fairness for Machine Learning Using Trusted Execution Environments | Wallace, Robert | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Chen | Lingchao | PHD | Huynh, D.T. (Chair) | Towards Faster Software Revision Testing | Griffith, Todd | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Dakle | Parag Pravin | PHD | Moldovan, Dan (Chair) | Knowledge Extraction from Email Conversations and its Application to Question Answering | Makris, Georgios | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Dong | Bo | PHD | Khan, Latifur (Co-Chair) / Thuraisingham, Bhavani (Co-Chair) | MultiStream Mining and its Applications | Carrion Schaefer, Benjamin | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Li | Yifan | PHD | Khan, Latifur (Chair) | Transfer Learning for Large Scale Data-Driven Modeling and Its Applications in Social Science | Overzet, Lawrence | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Patel | Dhruvkumar | PHD | Zalila-Wenkstern, Rym (Chair) | Cooperative Collision Avoidance for Autonomous Vehicles Using Monte Carlo Tree Search | Liu, Jin | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Rouhani | Sara | PHD | Gogate, Vibhav (Chair) | Algorithms for Complex Explanation Queries | Hayenga, Heather | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Salam | Sayeed | PHD | Khan, Latifur (Chair) | A Big Data Framework for Unstructured Text processing with Applications Towards Political Science and Healthcare | Hu, Yang | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Xiong | Hao | PHD | Ruozzi, Nicholas (Chair) | An Efficient Variational Inference Method for MRF Learning and Structured Prediction Tasks | Saquib, Mohammad | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Baruti | Kudra | PHD | Akin, Bilal (Chair) | Inter-Turn Short Circuit Fault Detection in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Through Machine Parameter Identification | Rodrigues, Danieli | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Cogan | Timothy | PHD | Lakshman Tamil (Chair) | Machine Learning Techniques for Improved Disease Detection in Breast and Gastrointestinal Tissues | Schweitzer, Haim | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Huliyar Sridhara Murthy | Kusha Sridhar | PHD | Busso-Recabarren, Carlos (Chair) | Unsupervised Personalization and Deep Uncertainty Modeling for Speech Emotion Recognition | Cobb, Jorge | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Kucuk | Abdullah | PHD | Panahi, Issa (Chair) | Sound Source Localization for Improving Hearing Aid Studies Using Mobile Platforms | Ntafos, Simeon | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Liu | Jinbo | PHD | Young, Chadwin (Chair) / Hu, Wenchuang (Co-Chair) | Extended-Gate Mosfet for High Sensitivity Photodetectors and PH Sensors | Anderson, William | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Sahota | Akshay | PHD | Kim, Jiyoung (Chair) | A Steep-Slope Threshold Switching Selector Using Silver-Doped Polycrystalline Zinc Oxide: Fabrication, Characterization, & Application For 3D X-Point Memory & Neuromorphic Devices | Farago, Andras | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Sankhala | Devangsingh | PHD | Prasad, Shalini (Chair) / Bhatia, Dinesh (Co-Chair) | Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Wearable Systems for Reporting Biomarker Modulation in Sweat | Zhang, Jie | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Shihab | Mustafa | PHD | Makris, Yiorgos (Chair) | Intellectual Property Protection Using a Transistor-Level Programmable Fabric | Desmedt, Yvo | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Yan | Dong | PHD | Ma, Dongsheng Brian (Chair) | Integrated Gan Power Conversion: Topology, Reliability and Implementation | Zalila-Wenkstern, Rym | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Yelleswarapu | Venkata Pavan Kumar | PHD | O, Kenneth (Chair) | Low Noise Integrated Circuits and Systems Using Nano-Scale MOSFETs and Intelligent Post-Fabrication Selection | Subbarayan, Venkatesan | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | ZivariFard | Hassan | PHD | Nosratinia, Aria (Chair) / Bloch, Matthieu R. (Co-Chair) | Secrecy and Covertness in the Presence of Multi-Casting, Channel State Information, and Cooperative Jamming | Fischetti, Massimo V. | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Guerrero Ruiz | Edgar | PHD | Voit, Walter (Chair) / Cogan, Stuart (Co-Chair) | Thin-Film Schottky Diodes on Softening Polymer Substrates for Radio-Frequency Bioelectronics | Daescu, Ovidiu | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Hwang | Su Min | PHD | Kim, Jiyoung (Chair) | Atomic Layer Deposition Application in Interconnect Technology: From Material Understanding to Area Selective Deposition | Kehtarnavaz, Nasser | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Mohan | Jaidah | PHD | Kim, Jiyoung (Chair) | Ferroelectric HfxZr1-xO2 for Next Generation Non-Volatile Memory Applications and Its Reliability | ||
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Moon | Jiyoung | PHD | Gu, Qing (Chair) | Metal Halide Perovskite Light Sources for On-Chip Applications | Mittal, Neeraj | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Alatalo | Diana | PHD | Hassanipour, Fatemeh (Chair) | Human Milk Rheology: A Path Toward Understanding the Physiology of Breastfeeding | Bleris, Leonidas | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Gravell | Jamie | PHD | Ryu, Ill (Chair) | Multiscale Modeling of Dislocation and Grain Boundary Mechanics in Small Scale Metals | Bhatia, Dinesh | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Guo | Zongqi | PHD | Dai, Xianming (Chair) | Coarsening Droplet: A Meniscus-Mediated Spontaneous Droplet Movement and its Applications | Lee, Gil | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Letizia | Stefano | PHD | Iungo, Giacomo (Chair) | Wind Farm Flow and Power Capture: Optimal Design of Lidar Experiments, Flow Physics, and Mid-Fidelity Modeling | Hamlen, Kevin | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Liu | Yuanzhi | PHD | Zhang, Jie (Chair) | Battery Thermal Management System for Electric Vehicles: Design, Optimization, and Control | Du, Dingzhu | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Yao | Shulong | PHD | Griffith, D. Todd (Chair) | Structural Design and Optimization of Sub-scale and Extreme-scale Wind Turbine Rotors | Cho, Kyeongjae | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Software Engineering | Ahn | Sung Soo | PHD | Chung, Lawrence (Chair) | Validating Business Problem Hypotheses: A Goal-Oriented and Machine Learning-Based Approach | Fonseka, John | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Software Engineering | Ghanbari | Ali | PHD | Marcus, Andrian (Chair) | Toward Practical Automatic Program Repair | Frensley, William | |
| Fall | 2021 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Software Engineering | Hu | Linghuan | PHD | Wong, Weichen (Chair) | On Combinatorial Design-Based Test Generation | Henderson, Rashaunda | |
| Fall | 2021 | Jindal School of Management | International Management Studies | Bai | Xiaoou | PHD | Tsang, Wing Kwong Eric (Chair) | Essays on Entrepreneurship: Initial Public Offerings and Venture Capital Financing | Dai, Zhonglan | |
| Fall | 2021 | Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Fahimi | Mohammad Mahdi | PHD | Saretto, Alessio (Co-Chair) / Kieschnick, Robert (Co-Chair) | Essays on Corporate Bankruptcy and Debtor-In-Possession Financing | Bensoussan, Alain | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Brown | Alexander | PHD | Balkus, Kenneth (Chair) | Development of Graphene-Like Carbons for Energy Storage and the Sequestration of Lanthanide and Actinide Elements | Akbar, Mohammad | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Cue | John Michael | PHD | Stefan, Mihaela (Chair) | Magnetic Properties and Coordination Polymerization of Lanthanide Phosphate Complexes | Choudhary, Pankaj | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Garcia | Juan | PHD | Ferraris, John (Chair) | Electrochemical Performance of Polymer Derived Carbon Nanofibers and Tungsten Compound/Carbon Composites | Zhang, Li | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Li | Siqing | PHD | Zheng, Jie (Chair) | In Vivo Transport of Renal Clearable Nanomedicines in Diseased Kidneys | Rachinskiy, Dmitry | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Malekpour | Soheil | PHD | Ferraris, John (Chair) | Carbon Nanofibers Derived from Polymer Blends as Electrodes for High Perfermance Supercapacitors | Dragovic, Vladimir | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Salazar | Bryan | PHD | Walker, Amy (Chair) | Low-Temperature and Photoactivated CVD on Organic Substrates | Kolodrubetz, Michael | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Shahrivarkevishahi | Arezoo | PHD | Gassensmith, Jeremiah (Chair) | Chemically Tuned Virus Like Particles: From Cancer Therapy to Targeted Delivery | Slinker, Jason | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Udamulle Gedara | Chinthaka Mahesh | PHD | Biewer, Michael (Chair) | Synthesis of Pyrrole Functionalized Materials for Organic Electronic Applications | Minkoff, Susan | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Vizuet Mata | Juan | PHD | Balkus Jr., Kenneth (Chair) | Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Potential Uses in Cancer Therapy | Kim, Tae | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Zhou | Qinhan | PHD | Zheng, Jie (Chair) | Nano-Biothiol Interactions of Engineered Nanoparticles | Kesden, Michael | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Akrobotu | Prosper | PHD | Akbar, Mohammad (Chair) | Quantum Search on Molecular Graphs and Word-Representable Line Graphs | Kesden, Michael | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Gelir | Fatih | PHD | Ramakrishna, Viswanath (Co-Chair) / Bensoussan , Alain (Co-Chair) | Identification of Linear Control Systems Via Gradient Descent | Rugg, Elizabeth | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Hu | Mengqi | PHD | Lou, Yifei (Chair) | A General Framework of Non-Convex Models for Sparse Recovery with Applications | Gassensmith, Jeremiah | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Kasmaie | Behshid | PHD | Akbar, Mohammad (Chair) | Symmetries of Einstein’s Equations in Vacuum and their Geodesics | Biewer, Michael | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Milogorodskii | Aleksandr | PHD | Rachinskiy, Dmitry (Chair) / Ruderman, Michael (Co-Chair) | A Deterministic Model for Non-Monotone Relationship Between Translation of Upstream and Downstream Open Reading Frames | Gassensmith, Jeremiah | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Nowak | Chance | PHD | Bleris, Leonidas (Chair) | Probing Dynamic Cellular Properties Using Genome Editing and Systems Biology | Lee, Mark | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Venkitapathi | Sundharamani | PHD | DeNisco, Nicole (Chair) | Role of FIMK in Mediating Host Urinary Bladder Epithelial Cell Association of Uropathogenic Klebsiella Pneumoniae and Quasipneumoniae | Lou, Yifei | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Haroldson | Ross | PHD | Zakhidov, Anvar (Chair) | Coupling of Ionic and Electronic Processes in Lead Halide Perovskite Devices and Nanostructures | Cao, Yan | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Pedersen | Eske | PHD | Ishak-Boushaki, Mustapha (Chair) | A Study of Intrinisic Alignment of Galaxies in Recent Galaxy Surveys | González, Juan | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Rossi | Joseph | PHD | Kesden, Michael (Chair) | Circularization of Tidal Disruption Streams for Schwarzschild Black Holes and Distribution of Orbital Inclinations of Tidally Disrupted Stars for Kerr Black Holes | Akbar, Mohammed | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Solanki | Rahulkumar | PHD | Akbar, Mohammad (Chair) / King, Lindsay (Co-Chair) | Spherically Symmetric Static Solutions in General Relativity | Stefan, Mihaela | |
| Fall | 2021 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Zhang | Yichao | PHD | Lary, David (Chair) | Providing Wavelength Resolved Irradiance Measurements by Using Machine Learning | Biewer, Michael | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Saeidfar | Ghazal | PHD | Schulte, Rainer (Chair) | Modern Iranian Fiction in the United States: Translation, Publication, and Promotion (1977-2022) | Rodriguez, Juan | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities | Sinckler | Robin | PHD | Wilson, Michael (Chair) | The Image of the Black in Texas Art | Terry, Dean | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities-Aesthetic Studies | Kies | Matthew | PHD | Pomara, John (Chair) | I Know It When I See It: Fiber Art On The Fringe of Fetish Porn | Kratz, Dennis | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities-History of Ideas | Clemons | David | PHD | Schlereth, Eric (Chair) | “Altar Against Altar”: Arguments and Experiences of Loyalist Clergy in Revolutionary America | Evans, Monica | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities-History of Ideas | Snyder | Sarah | PHD | Patterson, David (Chair) | The Continual Trauma of Survivorship: The Historical Complexities of Time Constructs in Relation to the Term ‘Post-Holocaust’ | Burrough, Xtine | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities-History of Ideas | Thompson | Mark | PHD | Wickberg, Daniel (Chair) | Biologizing Eros: The Problem of Love in an Age of American Social Science, 1890s-1950s | Nguyen, Josef | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities-Studies in Literature | Mei | Kehan | PHD | Gu, Mingdong (Chair) | The Topos of Unhomeliness: Representations of Home and Homeland in Chinese American and Tibetan Chinese Literature | Cooley, Heidi | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Arts and Humanities | Humanities-Studies in Literature | Siddiqui | Farah | PHD | Gossin, Pamela (Chair) | Affect and Empathy in Select Postmodern Works by Dick, Rushdie, Hosseini and Edson | Fechter, Todd | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Arts and Humanities | Literature | Wells | Kevin | PHD | Gooch, John (Chair) | Persuasion Pathways: A Model of the Narrative Persuasion Process | Fischer, Anne | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Arts and Humanities | Visual and Performing Arts | Stout | Patricia | PHD | Hatfield, Charles (Co-Chair)/Terranova, Charissa (Co-Chair) | Aesthetics and Politics: Community-Based Art in Brazil | Stewart, Whitney | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Brown | Payton | AUD | ||||
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Graham | Sarah | AUD | ||||
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Hairston | Audrey | AUD | ||||
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Ideker | Kathryn | AUD | ||||
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Moody | Patricia | AUD | ||||
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Rollins | Lily | AUD | ||||
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Romero | Michael | AUD | ||||
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Sears | Abby | AUD | ||||
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Thomason | Meredith | AUD | ||||
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Webster | Matthew | AUD | ||||
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Wylot | Elizabeth | AUD | ||||
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Zang | Andie | AUD | ||||
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Brougher | Jackson | PHD | Thorn, Catherine (Chair) | Effects of Vagus Nerve Stimuation on Caloric Intake, Dopamine Signaling, and Self-Administration | Robert Stillman | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | DeBrabander | Kilee | PHD | Sasson, Noah (Chair) | Perceptions, Meta-Perceptions, and Cognitive Estimations of Autistic Adults Across Personal and Professional Contexts | Kennedy, Kristen | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Liu | Eleanor | PHD | Rugg, Michael (Chair) | Effects of Age on Neural Correlates of Episodic Encoding and Brain Structure, and their Relation to Cognitive Performance | Ana Solodkin | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Riley | Jonathan | PHD | Kilgard, Michael (Chair)/Rennaker, Robert (Co-Chair) | Improving Auditory Responses After Hearing Loss | Warner-Czyz, Andrea | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Economics, Political, & Policy Sciences | Criminology | Riddell | Jordan | PHD | Worrall, John (Chair) | Citation Release, Decarceration, and Crime in Washington, DC | Elliott, Euel | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Economics, Political, & Policy Sciences | Political Science | Gutierrez Mannix | Carlos Daniel | PHD | Ho, Karl (Chair)/Kim, Dohyeong (Co-Chair) | Three Essays on Hispanics: The Use of Spanish, Content Analysis and Social Network Analysis | Tiefelsdorf, Michael | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Economics, Political, & Policy Sciences | Political Science | Rejepov | Vepa | PHD | Peinhardt, Clint (Chair) | Three Essays on Transition of Post-Communist Soverigns | Denise Paquette Boots | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Economics, Political, & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Dishman | Christopher | PHD | Harrington, James (Chair) | Outsourcing the Government’s Most Important Functions: The Impact of Outsourcing Critical Duties on U.S. Federal Government Behavior | McElroy, Susan | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Economics, Political, & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Vetterick | Scott | PHD | Sabharwal, Meghna (Chair) | Personal Protective Equipment and Safety Policy Compliance: A Phenomenological Study of North Texas Fire and EMS Personnel | Hedlund, Jonas | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Economics, Political, & Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Johnson | Sara | PHD | Elliott, Euel (Chair) | High-Speed Rail in Texas: An Analysis of Public Opinion and Rural Opposition | Kovandzic, Tomislav | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Economics, Political, & Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Maduforo | Kate | PHD | Bray, Timothy (Chair)/Boots, Denise (Co-Chair) | A Review of the Relationship Between Federal Entrepreneurship Programs and Regional Development: The Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (Youwin) Program | Siqueira, Kevin | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Economics, Political, & Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Mauriello | Joseph | PHD | Elliott, Euel (Chair) | Accounting for the Unaccountable: The Internal Auditor’s Role in Curbing National Corruption | May Yuan | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Ammanamanchi | Manasvini | PHD | Hayenga, Heather (Chair) | Role of Substrate Stiffness on Macrophage and Foam Cell Function in Atherosclerosis | Yang, Wei | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Bellary | Aditi | PHD | Sirsi, Shashank (Chair) | Image-Guided Strategies to Improve Neuroblastoma Treatment | Chung, Lawrence | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Jahanandish | Mohammadhassan | PHD | Hoyt, Kenneth (Chair) | Ultrasound Sensing of Lower-Limb Skeletal Muscle and the Potential for Robotic Assistive Device Control | Hao, Shuang | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Li | Xiaoqing | PHD | Qin, Zhenpeng (Chair) | Reversibly Modulating the Blood-Brain Barrier by Laser Stimulation of Endothelial-Targeted Nanoparticles | Page, Ivor | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Patil | Lokesh | PHD | Varner, Victor (Chair) | Toward Measuring Tissue Level Mechanical Stresses in Branching Embryonic Epithelia | Panahi, Issa | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Siddiqui | Danyal | PHD | Rodrigues, Danieli (Chair) | The Future of Zirconia as an Alternative Biomaterial for Dental Implant Systems: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Its Biological, Mechanical, and Surface Properties | Wei, Shiyi | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Wheelis | Sutton | PHD | BC Rodrigues, Danieli (Chair) | Effect of Ionic Liquid Coatings on Early Healing and Osseointegration of Titanium Implants | Malik, Arif | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Engineering | Wang | Yifan | PHD | Zhou, Dian (Chair) | Semi-Supervised Learning with Label Confidence for Automatic Knee Osteoarthritis Severity Assessment | Sarac, Kamil | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Agarwal | Saloni | PHD | Daescu, Ovidiu (Chair) | Multimodal Medical Image Analysis Using Machine Learning | You, Seung | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Basu | Kinjal | PHD | Gupta, Gopal (Chair) | Natural Language Understanding and Commonsense Reasoning Using Answer Set Programming and Its Applications | Voit, Walter | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Bateni | Soroush | PHD | Liu, Cong (Chair) | Holistic Efficiency and Determinism for Autonomous Embedded Systems | Qian, Dong | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Dhoked | Sahil | PHD | Mittal, Neeraj (Chair) | Synchronization and Fault Tolerance Techniques in Concurrent Shared Memory Systems | Fonseka, John | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Huang | Hongyao | PHD | Raichel, Benjamin (Chair) | Uncertain Inputs for Convex Hulls and Clustering | Ryu, Ill | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Li | Fang | PHD | Gupta, Gopal (Chair)/Salazar, Elmer (Co-Chair) | Graph Based Answer Set Programming Solver Systems | Levene, Stephen | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Lin | Yu | PHD | Khan, Latifur (Chair) | Enhancing Point Cloud Generation From Various Information Sources by Applying Geometry-Aware Folding Operation | Fumagalli, Andrea | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Opara | Anthony | PHD | Chung, Lawrence (Chair) | Representing Internet of Things, Cloud and Edge Computing Security and Privacy Policies and Detecting Potential Problems | Lee, Hoi | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Roy | Chiradeep | PHD | Gogate, Vibhav (Chair) | Efficient Probabilistic Models for Spatiotemporal Inference | Fei, Baowei | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Skorupa Parolin | Erick | PHD | Khan, Latifur (Chair) | Deep Learning Methods for Improving Event Extraction on Political and Social Science Studies | K. O, Kenneth | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Wang | Zhuoyi | PHD | Khan, Latifur (Chair)/Hamlen, Kevin (Co-Chair) | Efficient Continual Learning Framework for Stream Mining | Ma, Dongsheng Brian | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Akbarzadeh | Sara | PHD | Kehtarnavaz, Nasser (Chair)/Tan, Chin-Tuan (Co-Chair) | Speech Perception of Hearing-Impaired Listeners in Challengimg Listening Environment and Personalization of Hearing Assistive Devices Via Inverse Reinforcement Learning | Auciello, Orlando | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Alahbakhshi | Masoud | PHD | Gu, Qing (Chair)/Zakhidov, Anvar (Co-Chair) | Halide Perovskite Light-Emitting Devices: Ionic Doping and Nanostructuring in Single Layer LEC and Laser | Harabagiu, Sanda | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Bakshi | Harshpreet Singh Phull | PHD | O, Kenneth (Co-Chair) / Blanchard, Andrew (Co-Chair) | Antennas in Integrated Circuits Incorporating Packaging Effects | Sirsi, Shashank | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Chen | Chen | PHD | Lee, Hoi (Chair)/Liu, Jin (Co-Chair) | Towards High-Frequency High-Efficiency Hybrid DC-DC Converters for Large-Conversion-Ratio Applications | Chen, Feng | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Chen | Zhiyu | PHD | O, Kenneth (Chair) | Terahertz Up-Conversion Mixers Using Varactors in CMOS and their Applications | Summers, Joshua | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Goswami | Pingakshya | PHD | Bhatia, Dinesh (Chair) | Machine Learning Based Prediction in FPGA CAD | Li, Yaoyu | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Hosseini Pouya | Sayed Behnam | PHD | O, kenneth (Chair) | Far Infrared Detection of Double-Sided LCC Matching Network for Electric Vehicle Inductive Power Transfer Systems | Gelb, Lev | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Kothapally | Vinay | PHD | Hansen, John (Chair) | Deep Learning Strategies for Monaural Speech Enhancement in Reverberant Environments | Koeln, Justin | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Nguyen | Van Thuan | PHD | Fahimi, Babak (Chair) | Efficiency Optimization of Double-Sided LCC Matching Network for Electric Vehicle Inductive Power Transfer System | Liu, Cong | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Smith | Josiah | PHD | Torlak, Murat (Chair) | Novel Hybrid-Learning Algorithms for Improved Millimeter-Wave Imaging Systems | Khan, Latifur | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Tokgoz | Serkan | PHD | Panahi, Issa (Chair) | Signal Processing Algorithms for Smartphone-Based Hearing Aid Platform; Applications and Clinical Testing | ||
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Conlin | Patrick | PHD | Cho, Kyeongjae (Chair) | Theoretical Modelling of Transition Metal Oxide Compounds for Application in Electronic and Electrochemical Systems | Stefano Leonardi | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Mishra | Aditya | PHD | Slinker, Jason (Chair) | Differential Ion Motion in Perovskite Light Emitting Electrochemical Cells | Moheimani, Reza | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Perez | Benjamin | PHD | Voit, Walter (Chair)/Lu, Hongbing (Co-Chair) | 3D Printing Tough, Isotropic, and Sustainable Polythiourethanes For Fused Filament Fabrication | Bleris, Leonidas | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Saadat | Ali | PHD | Vandenberghe, William (Chair) | Laterally Diffused Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors: Device Design and Optimization for Low-Voltage and Mid-Voltage Power Applications | Valerio Iungo, Giacomo | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Tiwari | Sabyasachi | PHD | Vandenberghe, William G. (Chair) | Modelling Topological and Magnetic Materials for Charge and Spin-Based Devices | Wong, Eric | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Aragon | Nicole | PHD | Ryu, Ill (Chair) | Multi-Scale Modeling of Dislocation-Driven Plasticity in Sub-Micron Scale Metals | Gogate, Vibhav | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Chetan | Mayank | PHD | Griffith, D. Todd (Chair) | Design of Large Wind Turbine Rotors Through Passive and Active Load Mitigation Strategies | Guo, Xiaohu | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Gleason | Glenn | PHD | Malik, Arif (Chair) | Computational Analysis of Laser Impact Welding Processes Using Eulerian Formulation | Quevedo-Lopez, Manuel | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Gravell | Benjamin | PHD | Summers, Tyler (Chair) | Data-Driven Control and Planning for Uncertain Complex Systems | Kehtarnavaz, Nasser | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Patel | Akash | PHD | Malik, Arif (Chair) | An Efficient 3D Mathematical Model to Predict Structural Dynamics and Chatter in Cold Rolling Mills | Lee, Jeong-Bong | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Zaheri | Shadi | PHD | Hassanipour, Fatemeh (Chair) | Mathematical and Computational Frameworks for Modeling Mass Transport Phenomena Across Biological Systems | Akin, Bilal | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Software Engineering | Benton | Samuel | PHD | Zhang, Lingming (Co-Chair)/Marcus, Andrian (Co-Chair) | Towards Improving Program Repair via Patch Repair Execution Information | Kim, Jiyoung | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Software Engineering | Florez Fandino | Juan Manuel | PHD | Marcus, Andrian (Chair) | Automated Fine-Grained Requirements-To-Code Traceability Link Recovery | Rotea, Mario | |
| Spring | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Software Engineering | Lee | Shou-Yu | PHD | Wong, Weichen (Chair) | Fault-Proneness Prediction Based on Analysis of Human Aspects in Software Developing Process | Al-Dhahir, Naofal | |
| Spring | 2022 | Jindal School of Management | International Management Studies | Kwon | Jung Hyun | PHD | Park, Haemin Dennis (Chair) | Strategic Management of Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Entrepreneurship | Ozel, Naim | |
| Spring | 2022 | Jindal School of Management | International Management Studies | Yeo | Yundong | PHD | Lee, Seung-Hyun (Chair) | Going International and Afterwards | Ayvaci, Mehmet | |
| Spring | 2022 | Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Bhave | Ashutosh | PHD | Murthi, BPS (Chair)/Bruce, Norris (Co-Chair) | Three Essays on Causal Inference for Marketing Applications | Dess, Gregory | |
| Spring | 2022 | Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Gencer | Nur Pinar | PHD | Ozel, Naim Bugra (Chair) | Essays on Labor Issues in Accounting | Kyle Hyndman | |
| Spring | 2022 | Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Lee | Pil-Seng | PHD | Nanda, Vikram (Chair) | Essays on Hedge Fund Activism and Family Firm | Files, Rebecca | |
| Spring | 2022 | Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Nathan | Brad | PHD | Ali, Ashiq (Chair) | Accounting Information Provision and Competitive Bidding: The Case of Procurement Contract Negotiations | Baranchuk, Nina | |
| Spring | 2022 | Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Qian | Kun | PHD | Jain, Sanjay (Chair)/Xie, Ying (Co-Chair) | Incentivizing Online Content Creation Through Platform Designs | Seunghyun Lee | |
| Spring | 2022 | Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Sandhu | Gurvinder | PHD | Sadka, Gil (Co-Chair)/Subramanyam, K.R. (Co-Chair) | Bank’s Industry Diversification and Debt Contracting | Kieschnick, Robert | |
| Spring | 2022 | Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Zhao | Yabo | PHD | Nanda, Vikram (Chair)/Gurun, Umit (Co-Chair) | Essays on Innovation and Corporate Finance | Majumdar, Sumit | |
| Spring | 2022 | Jindal School of Management | Management Science | Zhu | Yifan | PHD | Zhang, Harold (Co-Chair)/Li, Jun (Co-Chair) | Essays on Production-Based Asset Pricing | Sadka, Gil | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Abeyrathna | Nisansala | PHD | Meloni, Gabriele (Chair) | Biochemical and Biophysical Characterization of Bacterial Transition Metal Transporters by Functional Reconstitution in Artificial Lipid Bilayers | Williams, Nathan | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Brohlin | Olivia | PHD | Gassensmith, Jeremiah (Chair) | Polymeric Encapsulation of Vaccines for Enhanced Immunogenicity | Joseph Izen | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Diwakara Mohottalalage | Shashini Devika | PHD | Smaldone, Ronald (Chair) | Supramolecular Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks | DeNisco, Nicole | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Durand Silva | Alejandra | PHD | Smaldone, Ronald (Chair) | A Chemical Toolbox for Stimuli-Responsive Photoresins in 3D Printing | Xuan, Zhenyu | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Haque | Ziaul | PHD | Geissman, John (Chair)/Lumley, David (Co-Chair) | Paleomagnetic and Rock Magnetic Analysis of Upper Cretaceous Synorogenic Conglomerates from the Cordilleran Foreland Basin, Northeast UTAH; Middle Triassic Moenkopi Formation from the Petrified Forest National Park; and Pseudotachylytes from the Albany-Fraser Orogenic Belt, Southwest Australia | Ahn, Jung-Mo | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Geosciences | Stine | Jonathan | PHD | Geissman, John (Chair)/Lumley, David (Co-Chair) | Use Of Rock-Magnetic Methods In Determining the Effects of Paleoclimatic Change and Halokinetic Deformation on Terrestrial Sedimentary Deposits: Examples From the Quaternary Blackwater Draw Formation (Texas), Quaternary Harpole Mesa Formation (Utah), and Permian Undifferentiated Cutler Group (Utah) | Zweck, John | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Acharya | Subas | PHD | Rachinskiy, Dmitry (Co-Chair)/Bensoussan, Alain (Co-Chair) | Analysis of Real Options and Wealth Management Problems using Non-smooth Variational Inequalities and Asymptotic Methods | Jong, Jeff | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Murza | Adrian | PHD | Balanov, Zalman (Chair) | Periodic Solutions to Reversible Second Order Autonomous DDES in Prescribed Symmetric Nonconvex Domains | Gonzalez, Juan | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Popa | Jonathan | PHD | Minkoff, Susan (Co-Chair)/Lou, Yifei (Co-Chair) | Seismic Data Reconstruction with Low-Rank Tensor Optimization | Meloni, Gabriele | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Shinglot | Vrushaly | PHD | Zweck, John (Chair) | Computation and Stability Analysis of Periodically Stationary Pulses in a Short Pulse Laser | Slinker, Jason | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Ye | Xiaoli | PHD | Krawcewicz, Wieslaw (Chair) | Existence and Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Periodic Solutions to Non-Autonomous Second Order Equivariant Delayed Systems | Malko, Anton | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Ebrahimzadeh Pirshahid | Tahmineh | PHD | De Nisco, Nicole (Chair) | Identification of Urinary Inflammatory Biomarkers for Improved Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Postmenopausal Women | Anderson, Phillip | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Palacios Araya | Dennise | PHD | Palmer, Kelli (Chair) | CRISPR-CAS Systems and Bacteriophages: Alternative Therapies to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Enterococcus Faecalis | Goeckner, Matthew | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Bowler | Melanie | PHD | Slinker, Jason (Chair) | Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells: Temperature Dependence and Host-Guest Systems | Chiou, Sy Han Steven | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Dhawan | Ruchika | PHD | Lee, Mark (Chair) | Silicon-Based Thermoelectrics for Microelectronic Applications | Dabkowski, Mieczyslaw | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Gu | Wenyao | PHD | Chen, Lunjin (Chair) | Propagation of Very Low Frequency Transmitter Signals in the Inner Magnetosphere | Balanov, Zalman | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | McMullen | Reema | PHD | Slinker, Jason (Chair) | Voltage Reconfigurable Bio-Inspired Devices | Arnold, Maxim | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Rostami Osanloo | Mehrdad | PHD | Vandenberghe, William (Chair) | The Dielectric Properties of Two-Dimensional Materials and their Applications in Electronic Devices: A First-Principles Study | Zhang, Li | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Talebi | Shawhin | PHD | Lary, David (Chair) | Physical Quantification of the Interactions Between Environment, Physiology, and Human Performance | Akbar, Mohammad | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Wu | Hanlin | PHD | Lv, Bing (Chair) | Superconductivity, Magnetism and Physical Investigation of Several Different Types of New Low-Dimensional Materials | Ramakrishna, Viswanath | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Zheng | Yangzi | PHD | Malko, Anton (Chair) | Carrier Recombination In Perovskites 3D Through 0D | Campbell, Zachary | |
| Spring | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Statistics | Jiang | Tian | PHD | Efromovich, Sam (Chair) | Nonparametric Regression with the Scale Depending on Auxiliary Covariates and Missing Data | Jia, Lin | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Arts Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication | Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication | Adelman | David | PHD | Banner, Olivia (Chair) | Ambivalent Pleasures: Pleasure, Desire, Authenticity, and the Production of Value in Online Disability Cultures | Wilson, Michael | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Garner | Katherine | PHD | Burton, Michael (Chair) | Contributions of Specific Peripheral Nociceptor Signaling Pathways to Analgesia | Rugg, Michael | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Lundie | Michael | PHD | Krawczyk, Daniel (Chair) | The Metacognitive Underpinnings of Confirmation Bias and its Political Consequences | Golden , Richard | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Sankaranarayanan | Ishwarya | PHD | Price, Theodore (Chair) | Targeting T Cells and a Novel NeurotrophicFactor to Treat Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Mice | Rennekar, Robert | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Szabo-Pardi | Thomas | PHD | Burton, Michael (Chair) | Investigating The Cell-Specific Mechanisms that Drive Sex Differences During Neuropathic Pain Development | O’Toole, Alice | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Zuppichini | Mark | PHD | Rypma, Bart (Chair) | The Cognitive, Neurophysiologic, and Connectivity Effects of Multiple Sclerosis on Information Processing Speed and Memory | Owen, Margaret | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences | Psychological Sciences | Chang | Zhengsi | PHD | Krawczyk, Daniel (Chair) | The Effect of Tolerance to Ambiguity on Risk Perception and Preventative Behavioral Intents with Ambiguously Uncertain Health Information | Shoup, Angela | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Economic, Political, & Policy Sciences | Political Science | Mueller | Grace | PHD | Diehl, Paul (Chair)/Peinhardt, Clint (Co-Chair) | Dimensions of Cybersecurity: Espionage, Rivalry, and Political Economy | Qiu, Fang | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Economic, Political, & Policy Sciences | Political Science | Muenks | Patrick | PHD | Brunell, Thomas (Chair) | Leveling Up: Measuring the Effects of Election Laws and Institutions on Voter Participation | Maxwell, Sarah | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Economic, Political, & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Hernandez | Nora | PHD | Harrington , James (Chair)/Scotch, Richard (Co-Chair) | Academic Advising Effects on First-Generation Student Outcomes: An Evaluation Based on Bourdieu’s Theory of Cultural Capital | Li, Dong | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Economic, Political, & Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Akarte | Prajakti | PHD | Peinhardt, Clint (Chair) | Coalition Politics and Foreign Direct Investments: A Sub-national Study of India | Arce, Daniel | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Economic, Political, & Policy Sciences | Public Policy and Political Economy | Moreau | Robert | PHD | Elliott, Euel (Chair) | Can National-Level Institutions Impact Democratic Transitions? Some Evidence from the Arab Spring | Sabharwal, Meghna | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Childress | Joshua | PHD | Fey, Nicholas (Chair)/Hayenga, Hearther (Co-Chair) | Virtual Tools Based on Medical Imaging and Mechanical Modeling to Optimize the Soft Tissue Envelope in the Transfemoral Residual Limb | Ruozzi, Nicholas | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Gerami Fard | Negar | PHD | Cogan, Stuart (Chair) | Amorphous Silicon Carbide Neural Interface Devices | Kim, Moon | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Jones | Rachel | PHD | Fey, Nicholas (Chair)/Hayenga, Heather (Co-Chair) | Understanding Proximal Multi-Joint Coordination in Response to Transfemoral Amputation and Generalized End-Limb Loading Using Neuromusculoskeletal Modeling | Minn, Hlaing | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Computer Science | Belavadi | Vibha Chandramouli | PHD | Kantarcioglu, Murat (Co-Chair)/Thuraisingham, Bhavani (Co-Chair) | Adversarial Machine Learning for Social Good | Basu, Kanad | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Computer Science | Chen | Yuqiao | PHD | Ruozzi, Nicholas (Chair)/Natarajan, Sriraam (Co-Chair) | Fast Inference and Learning on Hybrid Relational Probabilistic Graphical Models | Lakshman, Lakshman | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Computer Science | Desai | Harsh | PHD | Kantarcioglu, Murat (Chair) | Using Public and Private Blockchains for Secure Data Sharing and Analytics | Vandenberghe, William | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Computer Science | Nguyen | Son | PHD | Bastani, Farokh (Chair)/Yen, I-Ling (Co-Chair) | Improve Planning Efficiency by Problem Reformulation to Facilitate Automated Service Composition | Young, Chadwin | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Computer Science | Ricks | Brian | PHD | Thuraisingham, Bhavani (Chair)/Natarajan, Sriraam (Co-Chair) | Practical Network Anomaly Detection: From Data Generation to Classification | Bernal Montoya, Rodrigo | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Computer Science | Shams | Shahab | PHD | Ruozzi, Nicholas (Chair) | Markov Random Fields, Homomorphism Counting, and Sidorenko’s Conjecture | Pourkamali, Siavash | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Computer Science | Wickramasuriya | Shamila | PHD | Hamlen, Kevin (Chair) | Computer and Humans Exploring Software Security | Lee, Gil | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Computer Science | Zhao | Xujiang | PHD | Chen, Feng (Chair) | Multidimensional Uncertainty Quantification For Deep Neural Networks | Ruths, Justin | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Chandra Shekar | Ram Charan | PHD | Hansen, John (Chair) | Speech and Acoustic Sound Analysis for Cochlear Implants/Hearing Aids System: Advancements with Machine Learning Environmental Sound Perception and Safety Assessment | Prakash, Ravi | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Chen | Lei | PHD | Ma, Dongsheng (Chair) | Integrated Capacitive Power IC Solutions for Industrial Sensor Applications | Schmidtke, David | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Chowdhury | Prattay | PHD | Schaefer, Benjamin Carrion (Chair) | From Single Component to System Level Approximate Computing | Mittal, Neeraj | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Kumar | Saurabh | PHD | Akin, Bilal (Chair) | Common-Mode Current and EMI Analysis for Wide Bandgap Device Based Power Converters | Ouyang, Jessica | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Li | Xi | PHD | Gu, Qing (Chair) | Design and Applications of Nanoscale Light Sources | Ng, Vincent | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Liu | Jiawei | PHD | Saquib, Mohammad (Chair) | Distributed Integrated Sensing and Communications Systems | Gogate, Vibhav | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Mahjabeen | Nikita | PHD | Henderson, Rashaunda (Chair) | Millimeter-Wave Packaging Materials and CPW Interconnects on Silicon | Bastani, Farokh | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Qiu | Yuning | PHD | Busso, Carlos (Chair) | Unsupervised Driving Anomaly Detection in Naturalistic Driving Scenarios | ||
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Wang | Jianda | PHD | Wu, Weili (Chair) | Towards a High-Performance and Reliable System for Emerging Edge Network | Obaid, Girgis | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Xia | Wei | PHD | Hansen, John (Chair) | Deep Neural Network Based Representation Learning and Modeling for Robust Speaker Recognition | Kumar, Golden | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Zhang | Boya | PHD | Hsu, Julia (Chair) | Organic Photovoltaics for Outdoor and Indoor Applications | Hassanipour, Fatemeh | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Cao | Dongyang | PHD | Griffith, D. Todd (Chair)/Lu, Hongbing (Co-Chair) | Characterization and Modeling of Mechanical Behavior of Sandwich Composites and 3D-printed Polymers at Meso and Nano Scales | Haas, Zygmunt | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Mathews | Ritin | PHD | Malik, Arif (Chair) | Residual Stress and Distortion in Machined Wrought and Additively Manufactured Metallic Components | Cogan, Stuart | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Rana | Santosh | PHD | Anderson, William (Chair) | Large Eddy Simulation Study of Turbulent Flow During Transport of Aeolian Material | Spong, Mark | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Sadeh | Sepehr | PHD | Malik, Arif (Chair) | Laser Processing and Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Alloys: Laser Impact Welding, Laser Shock Peening, and Directed Energy Deposition | Hansen, John | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Wang | Xiaomeng | PHD | You, Seung (Chair) | Application of Microporous Coating in Passive Thermal Management Device | Kiasaleh, Kamran | |
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Software Engineering | Tian | Zijing | PHD | Haas, Zygmunt (Chair) | Routing in Solar-Powered UAV System | ||
| Summer | 2022 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineeringr & Computer Science | Software Engineering | Tran | Trung Hieu | PHD | Yen, I-Ling (Chair)/Bastani, Farokh (Co-Chair) | IoT Data Discovery and Learning | Cho, Kyeongjae | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Management | International Management Studies | Balaji | Pavithra | PHD | Tsang, Eric (Chair) | Effects of Performance Shortfalls on Organizational Decisions and Outcomes | Zhang, Yuan | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Management | International Management Studies | Kathuria | Nishant | PHD | Peng, Mike (Co-Chair)/Qian, Cuili (Co-Chair) | The Implications of Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on Firms | Menon, Syam | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Management | Management Science | Gokcinar | Abdullah | PHD | Cakanyildirim, Metin (Chair) | Analytical and Empirical Analyses of Treatment Optimization and Sequential Bargaining: Applications to Opioid Prescriptions and Real Estate Markets | Raghunathan, Srinivasan | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Management | Management Science | Kucukgul | Can | PHD | Ozer, Ozalp (Chair)/Wang, Shouqiang (Co-Chair) | Information Design for Online Platforms | Nanda, Vikram | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Management | Management Science | Mishra | Sailendra | PHD | Zheng, Zhiqiang (Chair)/Jacob, Varghese (Co-Chair) | Essays on Blockchain Platforms: Decentralization, Delegation and Governance | Zhao, Feng | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Management | Management Science | Mobini Dehkordi | Zahra | PHD | Ozer, Ozalp (Chair)/Ayvaci, Mehmet (Co-Chair) | Saving Lives with Analytics: Incorporating the Human-Technology Frontier in the Design of Alert Systems for Early Detection of Sepsis | Ali, Ashiq | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Management | Management Science | Zhang | Haozhao | PHD | Raghunathan, Srinivasan (Co-Chair)/Zhang, Zhe (Co-Chair) | Essays on Pricing Strategy and Decentralization Mechanism of Two-Sided Sharing Platforms | Li, Jun | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Geosciences | Lee | Jaewook | PHD | Lumley, David (Chair) | Seismic Rock Physics Analysis of Organic-Rich Shales Using Statistical and Machine Learning Methods | ||
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Geosciences | Wang | Ning | PHD | Stern, Robert (Chair) | Effective Video Solutions for Earth Science Education | Zhang, Michael Qiwei | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Mathematics | Annan | Augustine | PHD | Turi, Janos (Chair) | Forecasting Stock Price Movements and Stock Trading Automation Using Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning | Sibert, John | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Mathematics | Jayawardana | Buddhika Chathuranga Bandara | PHD | Ohsawa, Tomoki (Chair) | Geometric Integrators for Non-Separable Hamiltonian Systems | Winkler , Duane | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Mathematics | Palit | Priyojit | PHD | Williams, Nathan (Chair) | Dual Braid Presentations and Cluster Algebras | Gassensmith, Jeremiah | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Mathematics | Sapkota | Nirjal | PHD | Turi, Janos (Chair) | Stability and Bifurcation Analysis of a Delay Differential Equation Modeling the Human Respiratory System | Zhang, Chuanwei | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Bach | Thao Nguyen | PHD | Zhang, Michael (Chair) | Single Cell RNA Sequencing Data Analysis and Applications in Caenorhabditis Elegans Embryo Development | Tran, Anh | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Physics | Agashe | Anish | PHD | Ishak-Boushaki, Mustapha (Chair) | The Averaging Problem in Cosmology and Macroscopic Gravity | Gevorgyan, Vladimir | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Physics | Cheung | Patrick | PHD | Zhang, Fan (Chair) | Inversion Asymmetry, Flavortronics, and Nonlinear Optics in Two-Dimensional Materials | Stern, Robert | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Physics | Feizi | Wirya | PHD | Lumata, Lloyd (Chair) | Tracking the Biochemical Activities in Cultured Cancer Cells Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | Ohsawa, Tomoki | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Physics | Kramer | Aaron | PHD | Vandenberghe, William (Chair)/Kolodrubetz, Michael (Co-Chair) | Modeling Fill Factor Losses In Organic Solar Cells | Dieckmann, Gregg | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Physics | Mcgarry | Michael | PHD | Lee, Mark (Chair) | Complex Permittivity of Advanced Dielectrics Across the 6G Frequency Band | Smaldone, Ronald | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Physics | Xu | Xiaotao | PHD | Shi, Xiaoyan (Chair) | Molecular Beam Epitaxy of La2-xSrXCuO4 Films and Heterostructures | Morcos, Faruck | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Statistics | Alyabs | Norah | PHD | Chiou, Sy (Chair) | Comparing Practical Approaches for Regression Models with Censored Covariates | Torabifard, Hedieh | |
| Summer | 2022 | School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | Statistics | Guo | Qi | PHD | Chiou, Sy Han (Chair) | Testing Quasi-Independence with Survival Tree Approaches | Pantano, Paul |