2024-2025 Doctoral Degrees Awarded
Fall 2024 total: 94
Spring 2025 total:
Summer 2025 total:
| Semester | Year | School | Department | First Name | Last Name | Major | Degree | Supervising Professor | Dissertation Title | Outside Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | 2024 | School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology | History of Ideas | Derek | Brown | PhD | Bambach, Charles | Heidegger’s Shadow: The Remnants of Saint Augustine on Heidegger’s Concepts of Temporality and Care | ||
| Fall | 2024 | School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology | History of Ideas | Ang | Li | PhD | Wickberg, Daniel | Unstrapping the Straitjacket: Confucianism, Modernity, and Singapore’s “Oriental” Ascendancy | ||
| Fall | 2024 | School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology | History of Ideas | Harold | Williams | PhD | Schlereth, Eric/Hill, Kimberly | Men of Bronze: A Struggle for Dignity and Equality Through Military Service, 1940-1975 | Kratz, Dennis M. | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology | Humanities | Pooran | Lashini | PhD | Riccio, Thomas P. | The Quiet Rebellion: The Modernization of Āshūrā’s Aesthetic Symbolism In Iranian Art Since the Late 19th Century | González Núñez, Humberto | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology | Literature | Hosanna | Alem | PhD | Dennis Kratz | Heaven Imagined in Literature: Dante’s Paradiso Reimagined in the Works of C.S.Lewis and Olaf Stapledon | Micheal Wilson | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology | Literature | Nouf Mfdhi H | Almroani | PhD | Warren, Shilyh | Antiblackness in Egyptian Cinema and Arab Premodern Textual Heritage | Terranova, Charissa N. | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology | Literature | Laura | Goldstein | PhD | Sean Cotter | The Disordered Spirit: A Portrait of Francisco Amighetti as Seen by Laura Goldstein | Kevin Sweet | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology | Literature | Shabnum | Iftikhar | PhD | Gossin, Pamela | Fictional Geography: Space and Place in Four Novels by Jane Austen, Emily Brontë, Joseph Conrad, and Ahmed Ali, Joseph Conrad, and Ahmed Ali | Veras, Christine | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology | Literature | Kriss | Larkin | PhD | Martinez, Manuel | Making Meaning with Music: Signifyin(g) Identity In Hip Hop-Inspired Young Adult Literature | Cooley, Heidi | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology | Literature | Amy | Stavola | PhD | Patterson, David | Silence, Society and Self-Hatred: Anti-Semitic Female Characters in American Literature: 1876-1947 | John Pomara | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology | Visual and Performing Arts | Anna | Jaehnert | PhD | Marilyn Waligore | Spinning Stories to Gold: The Grimm Brothers and their Female Support System – Creating a Visual Narrative | Davis Smith-Brecheisen | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Audiology | Sarah | Crow | AuD | Andrea Warner-Czyz | |||
| Fall | 2024 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Gayathri | Batchalli Maruthy | PhD | Rypma, Bart | Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness, Affect, and Cognitive Performance | Owen, Margaret | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Christopher | Driskill | PhD | Sven Kroener | Mechanisms of Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Enhance Extinction Learning from Drug-Seeking Behavior | Robert Rennaker | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Annette | Glotfelty | PhD | Small, Steven/Skipper, Jeremy | Unique Features of Brain Processing of Taboo Words During Movie Watching | Rodrigue, Karen | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Kaitlyn | Malley | PhD | Kilgard, Michael | Translational Neurorehabilitation for Enhancing Motor and Sensory Recovery | Holub, Shayla | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cognition and Neuroscience | Ziwei | Zhang | PhD | Wig, Gagan | Functional Brain Network Reorganization in Alzheimer’s Disease | Shoup, Angela | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Geospatial Information Science | Matthew | Drouillard | PhD | Chun, Yongwan | Remote Sensing and Spatial Distribution of Guyanese Resource Palms | Boots, Denise Paquette | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Geospatial Information Science | Haitao | Lyu | PhD | Qiu, Fang | Combining Deep Learning and GIS for Efficient Wildlife Monitoring and Size Estimation From UAV Thermal Imagery | Zhang, Pengfei | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Political Science | Christina | Campbell | PhD | Jennifer Holmes | Does Transitional Justice Create A Safer State: An Examination of Post-Transition Experiences in Latin America | Soyoung Kwon | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences | Public Affairs | Oghenekome | Egukawhore | PhD | Benavides, Abraham | The Critical Roles of Leadership and Diversity, Equity and Tribal Inclusion in Nigeria | Gray, Thomas | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Kayla | Caughlin | PhD | Busso, Carlos | Classification Methods for Automated, Non-Invasive In-Vivo Oral Cancer Diagnosis | Schweitzer, Haim | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Krithika | Iyer | PhD | Varner, Victor | Determining how ECM Mechanics Regulate Corneal Keratocyte Behavior in an In-Vitro Model of Corneal Wound Healing | Khan, Latifur | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Teja | Pathour | PhD | Shashank Sirsi/Fei, Baowei | Development of Machine Learning Methods for Ultrasound RF Data Processing And Analysis | Rashaunda Henderson | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Brandon | Sturgill | PhD | Pancrazio, Joseph | Chronic Recording Performance of Intracortical Microelectrode Arrays: Study Design, Bioactive Coatings, and Effects on Neuronal Populations | Kehtarnavaz, Nasser | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Biomedical Engineering | Divya | Subramanian | PhD | Schmidtke, David | Investigating the Role of Extracellular Matrix Topography, Geometry and Composition on Corneal Fibroblast Behavior | Guo, Xiaohu | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Engineering | Chikadibia | Ihejimba | PhD | Zalila-Wenkstern, Rym | A Cloud-Based Microservices Solution for Multi-Agent Intelligent Traffic Management | Prasad, Shalini | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Steven | Hogue | PhD | Guo, Xiaohu | Study of Human Speech Movement Through Motion Capture and Generative Models | Mahbub, Ifana | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Tan | Lam | PhD | Huynh, Dung T. | Centralized and Distributed Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks | Obaid, Girgis | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Changbin | Li | PhD | Chen, Feng | Building Robust AI Systems: Addressing Uncertainty, Data Noise and Scarcity in Modern Machine Learning | Griffith, Todd | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Computer Science | Ankur | Yadav | PhD | Daescu, Ovidiu/Gopal Gupta | Toward Generalizable Models for Medical Imaging: Leveraging Topological Data Analysis and Deep Learning | Jones, Caroline | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Farhat | Abbas | PhD | Rashaunda Henderson | Design, Fabrication, and Performance Analysis of 100 Ghz Folded Reflectarry Antennas | Zygmunt Haas | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Thomas | Broadfoot | PhD | Sechen, Carl/Makris, Yiorgos | Transistor-Level Programmable Fabrics for Cost-Effective IC Redaction | Ntafos, Simeon | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Lucas | Goncalves | PhD | Busso-Recabarren, Carlos A. | Multimodal Emotion Recognition | Carrion Schafer, Benjamin | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Roshni | Jacob | PhD | Zhang, Jie | Learning Over Graph for Resilience Enhancement of Active Power Distribution Networks | Kim, Jiyoung | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Seong-Gyun | Leem | PhD | Busso,Carlos | Speech Emotion Recognition in the Presence of Background Noise | Lu,Hongbing | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Oscar | Medina | PhD | Henderson, Rashaunda | Next Generation Millimeter Wave Antenna-In-Package (Aip) Techniques | Daescu, Ovidiu | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Hamed | Nikfarjam | PhD | Pourkamali, Siavash | Ultra Low-Energy Consumption Micro Electro-Mechanical Sensors as Neural Computing Units | Manuel Quevedo-Lopez | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Dhruvi | Patel | PhD | Fahimi, Babak | Performance Evaluation of Various Electric Motor Drives for Electric Propulsion | Hassanipour, Fatemeh | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Ali | Salman | PhD | Busso, Carlos | Personalized Video Facial Expression Recognition on the Edge | Moheimani, Reza | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Soroush | Senemmar | PhD | Zhang, Jie | Shipboard Power Systems Load Monitoring and Energy Management for Resilience Enhancement | Rodrigues, Danieli BC | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Zaid Bin | Tariq | PhD | Murat Torlak | Reduced Complexity Signal Subspace Algorithms with Applications in Wireless Ranging and Radio Astronomy | Nicholas Ruozzi | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Electrical Engineering | Yujie | Zhang | PhD | Rotea, Mario/Kehtarnavaz, Nasser | Machine Learning Solutions for Wind Turbine and Wind Farm Applications | Desmedt, Yvo | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Yutika Ravindra | Badhe | PhD | Voit, Walter | Thin Film Silicone Nanocomposites with Embedded Metal Mesh for Stretchable Elecronics | Lee, Gil | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Dan | Le | PhD | Jiyoung Kim | Modified Atomic Layer Deposition for Extreme Ultraviolet Photoresist Applications: From Deposition to Materials Analysis | Jorge Cobb | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Zhiyang | Qin | PhD | Quevedo-Lopez, Manuel | Ultraviolet and X-Ray Radiation Damage Studies on Cesium-Based Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskite Materials and Devices | Friedman, Joseph | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Dhanush | Bhamitipadi Suresh | PhD | Jin, Yaqing | Experimental Investigations on Fluid Flow Over Model Wall Mounted Obstacles and their Implications on the Sediment Transport | Fischetti, Massimo V. | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Deepak | Monga | PhD | Dai, Xianming | Sustainable High-Performance Condensation on Quasi-Liquid Surfaces | Kang, Gu Eon | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Kishore | Mysore Nagaraja | PhD | Li, Wei/Qian, Dong | Multi-Fidelity Modeling Framework to Investigate Hybrid Additive Manufacturing of Metals | Hsu, Julia | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Software Engineering | Austin | Mordahl | PhD | Wei, Shiyi | Improving the Usability and Reliability of Configurable Static Analysis | Rotea, Mario A. | |
| Fall | 2024 | Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science | Telecommunications Engineering | Julie | Rauer | PhD | Farokh Bastani | Sweet Spot: A Framework for Goal-Oriented, Problem-Driven Questioning During Requirements Elicitation | Sergey Bereg | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Management | International MGT Studies | Jiyu | Wang | PhD | Xia, Jun | Organization’s Strategic Decision Making: Acquisition Completion and International Joint Venture Termination | Janakiraman, Surya N. | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Management | Management Science | Matthew | Kelly | PhD | Harold Zhang | Search Costs, Working Capital Management and Asset Pricing | Bugra Orzel | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Kevin | Alberto | PhD | Nielsen, Steven O. | Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Photoisomerizable azo-PC Lipid Bilayers | Chen, Lunjin | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Syed Fahad Bin | Haque | PhD | Ferraris, John | Carbon Fiber Composites for Electrochemical Energy Storage | Arnold, Maxim | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Isaiah | Odeyemi | PhD | Steven O. Nielsen | s-adenosylmethionine as a Label-Free Probe for the Detection of Non-Covalent Interactions in the Active Site of Methyltransferase Enzymes | Kristina Lynn Butler | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Chemistry | Arefeh (Hasti) | Shafie | PhD | Zheng, Jie | Tubular Secretion of Nanoparticles at the Microscopic Level | Williams, Nathan | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Data Science and Statistics | Indrajith | Wasala Mudiyanselage | PhD | Pankaj Choudhary | Agreement Enhancing Transformation: A Novel Tool for Method Comparison Data Analysis | Michael Kolodrubetz | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Data Science and Statistics | Haopeng | Yang | PhD | Liang Hong | A New Method for Detecting Financial and Insurance Fraud | Nicole De Nisco | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Huiyi | Chen | PhD | Minkoff, Susan E. | Investigation of Source Extension Methods, the Discrepancy Algorithm, and Noise Estimation to Overcome Cycle Skipping in Full Waveform Inversion | Zhang, Li | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Mathematics | Sakshi | Malhotra | PhD | Oleg Makarenkov | Finite-Time Attractors of Sweeping Processes and Applications to Elastoplastic Lattice Spring Models | Zhenyu Xuan | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Parinaz | Alemi | PhD | Boll, Joseph | Maximizing Fitness: Characterizing and Targeting Stress Signaling Pathways Important for Antibiotic Resistance and Cancer Therapy | Dabkowski, Mieczyslaw | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Mohammed | Kanchwala | PhD | Xuan, Zhenyu/Xing, Chao | GMIP: A GWAS and Multi-Omics Integration Pipeline for Gene Prioritization & Interpretation | Zhang, Fan | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Molecular and Cell Biology | Narges | Salamat | PhD | Winkler, Duane | Heme Inhibition as a Therapeutic Strategy for Treatment of Lung Cancer | Choudhary, Pankaj | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Mazhar | Iqbal | PhD | David Lary | Physical Sensing for Assessing Environmental Influences on Bird Distribution, Migration, and Demography: An Integrated Study of Avian Diversity, Vocalization Patterns, and Habitat Characteristics | Gregg R. Dieckmann | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Andrew | Marder | PhD | Malko, Anton | Near-Unity Biexciton Quantum Yield and Generation of Correlated Photon Pairs from CdS/CdSe/CdS Quantum Shells | Pereira, Luis Felipe | |
| Fall | 2024 | School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | John | Waczak | PhD | Lary, David J. | Physical Sensing and Physics-Based Machine Learning for Actionable Environmental Insights | Ferraris, John P. |