Doctoral Exam Schedules

Nikhil Deshpande, Electrical Engineering, "Signal Strength Assisted Robot Navigation in a Sensor Network Field," May 25, 2012, 10:00 a.m., 2024 - EBII. Major Professor: Dr. Edward Grant/Dr. Steven D. Jackson.

Benjamin H. Smith, Computer Science, "Empirically Developing a Security Test pattern Catalog using a Ground Theory Approach," May 25, 2012, 1:00 p.m., EBII-Room 3211. Major Professor: Dr. Laurie Williams.

Jessica Madariaga, Economics, "Essays on Financial Integration, Capital Goods, and Growth," May 29. 2012, 10:00 am, 4103 Nelson Hall. Major Professors: Dr. A. Leblebicioglu/Dr. T. Grennes.

Yingying Wang, Industrial Engineering, "Supply Risk in a Multiple-Sourcing Supply System," May 29, 2012, 10:00 a.m., 126G/Daniels Hall. Major Professor: Dr. Russell E. King/Dr. Donald P. Warsing.

James Ellerbe, Educational Administration & Supervision, "A Case Study of a Single-Gender Public Charter School," May 29, 2012, 11:00 am, 113 Friday Institute. Major Professor: Dr. B. Fusarelli.

Brandon Robert Lunk, Physics, "A framework for Understanding Physics Student's Computational Modeling Practices," May 30, 2012, 10:00 am., 400- P Riddick Hall. Major Professors: Dr. Ruth Chabay/Dr. Robert Beichner.

Keerthana Boloor, Computer Engineering, "Management of SOA-based applications subject to percentile constraints," May 30, 2012, 1:00 p.m., 3110/EBII. Major Professors: Dr. Yannis Viniotis/Dr. Rada Chirkova.

Januka Budhathoki-Uprety, Chemistry, "Expanding the Properties of Polycarbodiimides through Functional Side Chains," May 31, 2012, 9:00 am., 210 Dabney Hall. Major Professor: Dr. Bruce M. Novak.

Jeremy J. Tejada, Industrial Engineering, "An Integrated Discrete-Event/Systems Dynamics Simulation Model of Breast Cancer Screening for Elderly U.S. Women," June 4, 2012, 2:00 p.m., Daniels 401. Major Professors: Dr. James Wilson/Dr. Julie Ivy.

Sam Miller, Electrical Engineering, "A Unified Nano-Satellite Sensing Architecture for Orientation, Docking, and Whole-Sky Imaging," June 4, 2012, 3:30 p.m., EBII. Major Professor: Dr. Edward Grant.

Jeffrey Glenn Cunningham, Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, "Atmospheric characteristics of cool season intermittent precipitation near Portland, Oregon," June 05, 2012, 10:00 am., room 1214 Jordan Hall. Major Professor: Sandra Yuter.

Bjorn Berg, Industrial Engineering, "Optimal Planning and Scheduling in Outpatient Procedure Centers," June 6, 2012, 9:00 a.m., Daniels Hall-401. Major Professor: Dr. Brian Denton.

Gerard James Hayes, Electrical Engineering, "Shape Shifting Systems for Reconfigurable Front-end Applications, " June 13, 2012, 10:00 a.m., EBII-Room 3001. Major Professors: Dr. Gerard Hayes/Dr. Michael D. Dickey.

Sandeep Navada, Computer Engineering, "Bottleneck-driven core selection and application steering in heterogeneous chip multiprocessors," June 15, 2012, 9:00 a.m., 2095/EBII. Major Professor: Dr. Eric Rotenberg.

John Carr, Forestry & Environmental Resources, "Assessing Embedded Geospacial Student Learning Outcomes," June 15, 2012, 10:00 am, 3213 Jordan Hall. Major Professor: Dr. H. Cheshire.

Cynthia Ann Bunders, Chemistry, "Small Molecule Control of bacterial Virulence," June 18, 2012, 10:00 am., room 210 Dabney Hall. Major Professor: Dr. C. Melander.

Molly Brannock, Chemistry, "Investigating the reactivity of benzylic nitriles in the synthesis of a multiple cyano-containing polymer," June 22, 2012, 3:00 p m., 302 Partners III. Major Professor: Dr. Chris Gorman.

Andrew Louis McIver, Chemistry, "Development of New Methodologies for the synthesis of Alkaloids and Light-Cleavable Groups," June 26, 2012, 9:00 am., room 210 Dabney Hall. Major Professor: Dr. Alexander Deiters.

Jennifer Emerson, Forestry & Environmental Resources, "Gene Expression in Fraser Fir Related to Plant Defense and Infestation by the Balsam Woolly Adelgid," June 28, 2012, 9:00 am, 3213 Jordan Hall. Major Professors: Dr. L. Frampton/Dr. R. Whetten.

Kunal Taneja, Computer Science, "Improving Software Productivity and Quality During Software Maintenance," July 2, 2012, 10:00 a.m., 3300/EBII. Major Professor: Dr. Tao Xie.

Xibin Gao, Computer Science, "Knowledge Discovery from Business Contracts," July 2, 2012, 2:00 p.m., EBII 2216. Major Professor: Dr. Munindar P. Singh.

Jennifer Marie Ware, Communication Rhetoric and Digital Media," Still 'Live at the Scene': An Exploration of Timely Television News Broadcasts Repurposed as Online Content," July 03, 2012, 1:00 pm., in room M-8 Caldwell Hall. Major Professor: Dr. Melissa Johnson.

Ioannis Papapanagiotou, Electrical Engineering, "Design and Optimization of Mobile Aggregation Architectures," July 13, 2012, 9:00 a.m., EBII-3001. Major Professors: Dr. Michael Devetsikiotis/Dr. Harilaos Perros.

Corey Winton, Applied Mathematics, "Parameter Estimation In Groundwater Models Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition," July 23, 2012, 10:00 am., room 3282 SAS Hall. Major Professor: Dr. Carl T. Kelley.

Chia-Lin Ho, Psychology, "Implicit Leadership Theories: The Validation of Explicit and Implicit Measures," July 31, 2012, 10:00 am, 410 Poe Hall. Major Professor: Dr. J. Michael.

Julia Easton, Psychology, "An Application of School-Based Intervention Implementation Adherence Monitoring and Performance Feedback Procedures," August 21, 2012, 9:30 am, 634 Poe Hall. Major Professor: Dr. W. Erchul.