Doctoral Exam Schedules

Aliasghar Marjani, Civil Engineering, "Advancement in Numerical Method for Optimizing Ocean Wave Energy Conversion," May 01, 2013, 1:30 p.m., 217 Mann Hall. Major Professors: Dr. Billy L Edge/Dr. Margery F. Overton.

Xiaodong Li, Electrical Engineering, "Modeling and Simulation of electron transport in 2D crystals," May 5, 2013, 10:00 a.m., 337/MRC. Major Professor: Dr. Ki Wook Kim.

Douglas McClusky, Computer Science, "A Dynamic Value-Based Energy Manager for Wireless Sensor Networks, May 6, 2013, 9:00 a.m., EBII-3300. Major Professor: Dr. Robert Fornaro.

Eric Johnson, Educational Administration & Supervision, "Exploring Possible Links Between Professional Learning Communities and Complex Adaptive Systems," May 6, 2013, 11:00 am, 120 Poe Hall. Major Professor: Dr. P. Bitting.

Jennie Wagner, Adult & Higher Education, "Social Capital, Climate of Prejudice and Discrimination, Environmental Pull, and Academic and Social Integration as Predictive Factors of 6-Year Completion Rates for Minority Undergraduates in Selective Universities," May 6, 2012, 1:00 pm, 512 Poe Hall. Major Professor: Dr. D. Akroyd.

Luyuan Niu, Economics, "An Empirical Investigation of Consumer Demand for Fruits and Vegetables in the U.S.," May 6, 2013, 2:00 pm, 4103 Nelson Hall. Major Professor: Dr. M. Wohlgenant.

Ines Palacios, Economics, "Examination of Negotiation Strategies of Mexican Latinos to Visit Museums in Wake County, North Carolina," May 6, 2013, 2:00 pm, 1132 Jordan I. Major Professors: Dr. D. Anderson/Dr. M. Harrolle.

Boris Zhukov, Economics, "Measuring College Price Indices," May 7, 2013, 10:00 am, 4103 Nelson Hall. Major Professor: Dr. R. von Haefen.

James W. Levis, Civil Engineering, "A Mathematical Programming Life-Cycle Assessment Model for Solid Waste Management Decision Making," May 7, 2013, 3:00 p.m., RD415. Major Professors: Dr. Ranji S. Ranjithan/Dr. Morton A. Barlaz.

Zhuo Lu, Computer Engineering, "Modeling and Evaluating the Impact of Denial-of-Service Attachks on Emerging Wireless Applications, May 8, 2013, 10:00 a.m., 3110/EBII. Major Professors: Dr. Wenye Wang/Dr. Cliff Wang.

Sean C. Webb, Mechanical Engineering, "High Speed Full-Spectral Interrogation of Fiber Brogg Grating Sensors for Damage Detection in Composite Structures," May 8, 2013, 10:00 a.m., EBIII-Room 3115. Major Professor: Dr. Kara J. Peters.

Kimberly Ann Ferrell, Educational Administration & Supervision, "Curriculum and Assessment Policies and Practices in a Day Treatment Center in North Carolina," May 9, 2013, 10:00 am, 500 Poe Hall. Major Professors: Dr. K. Brady/Dr. T. Young.

Ronald Aman, Industrial Engineering, "Evaluation and Modeling of Biodegradable Metallic Impacts for Load-base Fixation," May 9, 2013, 1:00 p.m., Daniels 126K. Major Professors: Dr. Ola L. Harrysson/Dr. Denis Cormier.

Francisco J. Diaz, Mechanical Engineering, "On the analysis of ink flow in the printing nip of sheetfed lithographic presses and its implications on the runnability of common substrates," May 9, 2013 1:30 p.m., EBII-3320. Major Professor: Dr. Tarek Echekki.

Guolin Zhao, Statistics, "Assessing Complex Genetic Effects by Marker-Set Methods using Gene-trait Similarity Regression," May 10, 2013, 10:00 am., room 5202 SAS Hall. Major Professors: Dr. Jung-Ying Tzeng/Dr. Daowen Zhang.

Junyeong Park, Forest Biomaterials, "Structural and Chemical Characterization of Thermally-treated Woody Biomass," May 10, 2013, 1:00 pm, 2024 Conger/Biltmore Halls. Major Professors: Dr. S. Park/Dr. O. Rojas.

Swapnil Gupta, Mechanical Engineering, "Study of Delamination and Buckling of Paper during the Creping Process Using Finite Element Method - a Cohesive Element Approach," May 13, 2013, 9:00 a.m., 3235/EBIII. Major Professors: Dr. M.K. Ramsubramanian/Dr. Fuh-Gwo Yuan.

Anh Nam Tran, Economics, "Essays on Price Adjustment in a Competitive Storage Model," May 14, 2013, 1:00 p.m., 4103 Nelson Hall. Major Professor: Dr. M. Roberts.

Ran Liu, Operations Research, "Modeling and Simulating Nonstationary Non-Poisson Processes," May 15, 2013, 11:00 a.m., Daniels 401. Major Professor: Dr. James R. Wilson.

Heather Shay, Sociology, "I Am My Character: Role-Playing Games as Identity Work," May 15, 2013, 2:00 p.m., 1911 Building Room 129. Major Professor: Dr. Michael Schwalbe.

Yeong-Tae Choi, Civil Engineering, "Development of a Mechanical Model and Testing Protocol for Permanent Deformation of Asphalt Concrete," May 16, 2013, 9:00 a.m., 206/Mann Hall. Major Professor: Dr. Y. Richard Kim.

David Hook, Material Sciences & Engineering, "A Transformational Approach to Front-Face Metallization," May 16, 2013, 10:00 a.m., Room 1005 EBI. Major Professor: Dr. Jon-Paul Maria.

Xiaomei Chen, Economics, "Discounting Investments That Save Energy Resources," May 17, 2013, 8:30 am, 4103 Nelson Hall. Major Professors: Dr. M. Roberts, Dr. L. Talor.

Wencong Su, Electrical Engineering, "Smart Grid Operations Integrated with Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy Resources," May 17, 2013, 10:00 a.m., Energy Board Room, Keystone Science Center. Major Professor: Dr. Alex Q. Huang.

Candice Bruton, Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management, "Effects of Park Characteristics and Landscape Preference on Park Use and Physical Activity," May 20, 2013, 10:00 am, Hines/Biltmore. Major Professor: Dr. M. Floyd.

Arash Dehghan Banadaki, Civil Engineering, "A Multi-scale Virtual Fabrication and Lattice Modeling Approach for the Fatigue Performance Prediction of Asphalt Concrete," May 20, 2013, 1:00 p.m., 323/Mann. Major Professor: Dr. Murthy Guddati/Dr. Y. Richard Kim.

Shawqi Kharbash, Computer Engineering, "Modeling and Analysis of Wireless Network Reliability," May 22, 2013, 2:00 p.m., 3110 EBII. Major Professor: Dr. Wenye Wang.

Haizhou Fu, Computer Science, "Efficient, Effective, and Scalable Personalized Keyword Query Interpretation System for RDF Databases." May 23, 2013, 10:00 a.m., EBII 3300. Major Professor: Dr. Kemafor Anyanwu.

Haizhou Fu, Computer Science, "Efficient, Effective, and Scalable Personalized Keyword Query Interpretation System for RDF Databases," May 23, 2013, 10:00 a.m., EBII 3300. Major Professor: Dr. Kemafor Anyanwu.

Lakshmi Ramachandran, Computer Science, "Automated Assessment of Reviews," May 29, 2013, 11:00 a.m., 3300 EBII. Major Professor: Dr. Edward F. Gehringer.

Shu Li, Economics, "Essays on Grain Market and Transportation," May 30, 2013, 9:00 am, 4103 Nelson Hall. Major Professor: Dr. W. Thurman.

Zachary Kenz, Applied Mathematics, "Arterial stenosis: modeling and the inverse problem," May 30, 2013, 10:00 am., 306 Cox Hall. Major Professor: Dr. H.T. Banks.

Yidong Xia, Aerospace Engineering, "A Parallel Implicit Reconstruction-Based Discontinuous Galerkin Method for the Compressibe Flows on Hybrid Grids," May 31, 2013, 9:30 a.m., EBIII-3235. Major Professor: Dr. Hong Luo.

Meghan Hegarty, Biomedical Engineering, "Technology for Continuously Monitoring the Effectiveness of Compression Therapy for Improving Patient Outcome," June 3, 2013, 10:00 a.m., 2024/EBII. Major Professor: Dr. Edward Grant.

Marion Mark Russell, Civil Engineering, "Allocation of Time Buffer To Construction Project Task Durations," June 7, 2013, 1:00 p.m., 206 Mann Hall. Major Professor: Dr. Min Liu.

Wei Wei, Computer Science, "Practical Integrity Assurance for Big Data Processing Deployed over Open Cloud," June 12, 2013, 10:00 a.m., EBII 3300. Major Professor: Dr. Ting Yu.

ShanShan Yao, Mechanical Engineering, "Liquid breakup and atomization in pressure jet and swirl atomizers," June 12, 2013, 9:00 a.m., 3419. Major Professor: Dr. Tiegang Fang.

Eliot Gann, Physics, "Using Resonant Soft X-Rays to Disentangle Internal Thin Film Structure," June 14, 2013, 10:00 a.m., 415 Riddick. Major Professor: Dr. Harald Ade.

Zhangwei Ning, Electrical Engineering, "Small Strain Response and Failure in Granular Soils," June 18, 2013, 1:30 p.m., Mann 206. Major Professor: T. Matthew Evans.

Vahid Zanjani-Zadeh, Civil Engineering, "Nanomechanics and Multiscale Modeling of Sustainable Concretes," June 18, 2013, 2:00 p.m., MN412A, Major Professor: Dr. Christopher Bobko.

Shivam Priyadarshi, Electrical Engineering, "System and Gate-Level Dynamic Electrothemal Analysis of Three Dimensional Integrated Circuits," June 19, 2013, 9:00 a.m., MRC 463. Major Professors: Dr. Paul D Franzon/Dr. Rhett Davis.

Hong Joon Park, Civil Engineering, "Investigation of Primary Causes of Cracking of Asphalt Concrete Pavement in North Carolina," June 20, 2013, 1:30 p.m., Mann Hall 217. Major Professor: Dr. Y. Richard Kim.

Jeong Hyuk Im, Civil Engineering, "Peformance Evaluation of Chip Seals to Higher Volume Roads by Using Polymer-Modified Emulsions and Optimized Construction Procedures," June, 24, 2013, 10:00 a.m., 206/Mann. Major Professor: Dr. Y. Richard Kim.

Joshua Reeves, Comm, Rhet, Digital Media, "If You See Something, Say Something: Surveillance, Communication, and Citizenship," June 28, 2013, 11:00 a.m., Caldwell M-8. Major Professors: Dr. Hans Kellner/Dr. Jeremy Packer.