PH.D. Graduates:
| YEAR | STUDENT | ADVISER | SPECIALIZATION | TITLE |
| 2000-01 | Jiang, Hong | ROBERTSON, BRIAN W | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Electron Beam-Induced Organometallic Chemical Vapor Deposition for Nanostructure Fabrication" Advised by Professor Brian W. Robertson Dissertation Accepted: 12-11-00 |
| 2000-01 | Merino, Gabriel Guillermo | JONES, DAVID D | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Multiobjective Decision Making in Hybrid Energy System Design" Advised by Professor David D. Jones Dissertation Accepted: 12-06-00 |
| 2000-01 | Newman, Michael Glen | Engineering Mechanics | "Infinite Element Methods for Helmholtz Equation Problems on Unbounded Domains" Advised by Professor Andrzej J. Safjan Dissertation Accepted: 12-08-00 | |
| 2000-01 | Pohl, Stephen Harold | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Environmental Effects on Growing Swine Performance and Immune Status with Comparisons Between Predicted and Actual Growth" Advised by Professors Dennis D. Schulte and John A. Nienaber Dissertation Accepted: 12-08-00 | |
| 2000-01 | Spivak, Alexandre | Engineering Mechanics | "Electrohydrodynamics of Electrospinning Process" Advised by Professor Yuris Dzenis Dissertation Accepted: 12-15-00 | |
| 2000-01 | Yan, Chunhui | Electrical Engineering | "Optical Characterization of Anisotropic III-Nitride Wide Band-gap Semiconductors and Related Materials" Advised by Professor Huade Walter Yao Dissertation Accepted: 09-08-00 | |
| 2000-01 | Yu, Tian-You | Electrical Engineering | "Radar Studies of the Atmosphere Using Spatial and Frequency Diversity" Advised by Professor Robert D. Palmer Dissertation Accepted: 09-15-00 | |
| 2000-01 | Lochte-Watson, Karen Rosanne | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Recovery of Sorghum Wax from Selected Processes" Advised by Professor Curtis L. Weller Dissertation Accepted: 04-27-01 | |
| 2000-01 | Wang, Xuefeng | Mechanical Engineering | "Modeling of In-Situ Laser Curing of Thermoset-Matrix Composites in Filament Winding" Advised by Professor David Y.S. Lou Dissertation Accepted: 01-12-01 | |
| 2000-01 | Garmatyuk, Dmitriy Sergeyevich | NARAYANAN, RAM MOHAN | Electrical Engineering | "Ultra-Wideband Random Noise Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging" Advised by Professor Ram M. Narayanan Dissertation Accepted: 08-15-01 |
| 2000-01 | Hindman, Timothy William | MEYER, GEORGE E | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "A Fuzzy Logic Approach for Plant Image Segmentation and Species Identification in Color Images" Advised by Professor George E. Meyer Dissertation Accepted: 08-10-01 |
| 2000-01 | Magner, Scott Howard | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Microstructural Changes During Simulated Service of Case Carburized Tapered Roller Bearings with Different Initial Retained Austenite Profiles" Advised by Professors William N. Weins and Robert J. De Angelis Dissertation Accepted: 08-13-01 | |
| 2000-01 | Pope, Daniel Nelson | Mechanical Engineering | "Numerical Simulation of Convective Fuel Droplet Vaporization and Combustion in a Low Pressure Zero-Gravity Environment" Advised by Professor George Gogos Dissertation Accepted: 08-06-01 | |
| 01-02 | Al-Omaishi, Nabil Mustafa | Civil Engineering | "Prestress Losses in Pretensioned High-Strength Concrete Bridge Girders" Advised by Professor Maher K. Tadros Dissertation Accepted: 12-14-01 | |
| 01-02 | Bauer, Mark Timothy | NELSON, DON J | Electrical Engineering | "A Distance Measure for DNA Sequences" Advised by Professor Khalid Sayood Dissertation Accepted: 12-14-01 |
| 01-02 | Kouklin, Nikolai Alexandrovich | BANDYOPADHYAY, SUPRIYO | Electrical Engineering | "Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Self-Assembled Quantum Structures" Advised by Professor Supriyo Bandyopadhyay Dissertation Accepted: 12-06-01 |
| 01-02 | Noppakunwijai, Panya | Civil Engineering | "Allowable Compression Limits in Prestressed Concrete Members" Advised by Professor Maher K. Tadros Dissertation Accepted: 12-14-01 | |
| 01-02 | Chian, Wei | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Kinetic and Mechanical Analysis of Anhydride-Cured Linear and Non-Linear Epoxies" Advised by Professor Delmar C. Timm Dissertation Accepted: 04-01-02 | |
| 01-02 | Dawood, Muhammad | Electrical Engineering | "Ultrawideband Coherent Random Noise Radar: Theory and Experiments" Advised by Professor Ram M. Narayanan Dissertation Accepted: 04-08-02 | |
| 01-02 | Koppolu Yerakaliah, Ajoy Pavan | CLEMENTS, LUTHER DAVIS | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Recovery of Volatile Fatty Acids and Enzymes from Dilute Model Aqueous and Ruminal Waste Streams" Advised by Professor L. Davis Clements Dissertation Accepted: 03-20-02 |
| 01-02 | Koppolu, Lakshmi | CLEMENTS, LUTHER DAVIS | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Pyrolysis as a Technique for Separating Heavy Metals from Hyperaccumulators" Advised by Professor L. Davis Clements Dissertation Accepted: 04-26-02 |
| 01-02 | Liu, Wenxin | Civil Engineering | "Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands Performance Evaluation, Modeling, and Statistical Analysis Advised by Professor Mohamed F. Dahab Dissertation Accepted: 04-22-02 | |
| 01-02 | Wilson, Brent Matthew | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "The Effect of Rolling Contact Loading on the Texture of Retained Austenite in Tapered Roller Bearings" Advised by Professors Robert J. De Angelis and John D. Reid Dissertation Accepted: 04-22-02 | |
| 01-02 | Al-Tarawneh, Ibraheem Saleh | MCCOY, PATRICK T | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "An Assessment of the Effect of Cellular |
| 01-02 | Cho, Sang-Jun | Electrical Engineering | "In-situ Control and Monitoring of Wet and Dry Etching of Patterned Semiconductors Using Real Time Spectroscopic Ellipsometry" Advised by Professor Paul G. Snyder Dissertation Accepted: 08-09-02 | |
| 01-02 | Ci, Song | Electrical Engineering | "Link Adaptation for QoS Provisioning in Wireless Data Networks" Advised by Professor Hamid R. Sharif Dissertation Accepted: 07-12-02 | |
| 01-02 | Li, Bingguang | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "A Study of Critical Factors of Customer Satisfaction in Parcel Delivery Service" Advised by Professor Michael W. Riley Dissertation Accepted: 08-01-02 | |
| 01-02 | Liu, Dahai | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "Web Design Using a Quality Function Deployment Methodology" Advised by Professor Ram R. Bishu Dissertation Accepted: 08-05-02 | |
| 02-03 | Bezbaruah, Achintya Nayan | Civil Engineering | "Quantification of Oxygen Release by Plant Roots in Constructed Wetlands" Advised by Professor Tian C. Zhang Dissertation Accepted: 12-13-02 | |
| 02-03 | Gobulukoglu, Ismail | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "In Situ Approach to Characterization of Nanoscale Electromigration" Advised by Professor Brian W. Robertson Dissertation Accepted: 11-13-02 | |
| 02-03 | Huang, Yongheng | ZHANG, TIAN C | Civil Engineering | "Nitrate Degradation by Zerovalent Iron: Mechanisms, Kinetics, and the Role of Iron Oxide Coatings" Advised by Professor Tian C. Zhang Dissertation Accepted: 12-13-02 |
| 02-03 | Najjar, Lotfollah | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "The Impact of Information Quality and Ergonomics on Service Quality in the Banking Industry" Advised by Professor Ram R. Bishu Dissertation Accepted: 09-17-02 | |
| 02-03 | Otu, Hasan Huseyin | No Concentration | "Characterization and Use of Structure and Complexity of DNA Sequences" Advised by Professor Khalid Sayood Dissertation Accepted: 08-23-02 | |
| 02-03 | Skonard, Cristopher John | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "A Field-Scale Furrow Irrigation Model" Advised by Professor Derrel L. Martin Dissertation Accepted: 12-17-02 | |
| 02-03 | Xu, Xiaojian | Electrical Engineering | "Radar Penetration Imaging Using Ultra Wideband Random Noise Waveforms" Advised by Professor Ram M. Narayanan Dissertation Accepted: 10-30-02 | |
| 02-03 | Girgis, Amgad Fawzy | TADROS, MAHER K | Civil Engineering | "Optimization of Spliced Precast Concrete I-Girder Superstructures" Advised by Professor Maher K. Tadros Dissertation Accepted: 04-23-03 |
| 02-03 | Helmers, Matthew Justin | EISENHAUER, DEAN E | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Two-Dimensional Overland Flow and Sediment Trapping in a Vegetative Filter" Advised by Professor Dean E. Eisenhauer Dissertation Accepted: 04-23-03 |
| 02-03 | Huang, Hongfa | FENG, RUQIANG | Engineering Mechanics | "Dynamic Tribological Response of Fractured and Shear-Damaged Surfaces" Advised by Professor Ruqiang Feng Dissertation Accepted: 05-05-03 |
| 02-03 | Jannati, Ali Seyed | ASGARPOOR, SOHRAB | Electrical Engineering | "Use of Neural Networks to Evaluate the Impact of Proposed Transactions on the Security of a Pool of Electric Utilities" Advsed by Professor Don J. Nelson Dissertation Accepted: 04-29-03 |
| 02-03 | Keierleber, Colin Walker | ROSSON, BARRY THOMAS | Civil Engineering | "Higher-Order Explicit and Implicit Dynamic Time Integration Methods" Advised by Professor Barry T. Rosson Dissertation Accepted: 04-25-03 |
| 02-03 | Botrous, Akram Elia Farag | Civil Engineering | "Nitrification of High-Strength Ammonium Wastewater Using Fluidized-Bed Reactors" Advised by Professor Mohamed F. Dahab Dissertation Accepted: 08-04-03 | |
| 02-03 | Coon, Brian Alan | Mechanical Engineering | "Development of Crash Reconstruction Procedures for Roadside Safety Appurtenances" Advised by Professor John D. Reid Dissertation Accepted: 08-07-03 | |
| 02-03 | Hu, Yungui | FENG, RUQIANG | Engineering Mechanics | "Shear and Compression-Shear Response of Polymeric Materials at High Shear Rates" Advised by Professor Ruqiang Feng Dissertation Accepted: 08-08-03 |
| 02-03 | Huang, Yeqin | NARAYANAN, RAM MOHAN | Electrical Engineering | "Efficiency Characterization of Small Antennas" Advised by Professor Ram M. Narayanan Dissertation Accepted: 06-24-03 |
| 02-03 | Jongpitaksseel, Nipon | TADROS, MAHER K | Civil Engineering | "Behavior of End Zone of Precast/Pretensioned Concrete Bridge Girders" Advised by Professor Maher K. Tadros Dissertation Accepted: 05-28-03 |
| 02-03 | Li, Jiang | Electrical Engineering | "Information Mining in Remote Sensing Imagery" Advised by Professor Ram M. Narayanan Dissertation Accepted: 06-17-03 | |
| 02-03 | Sezer, Ali Osman | JENNIFER I. BRAND | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "The Effect of Electrochemical Phenomena on the Deposition of Carbon Containing Inorganic Thin Films from Supersonic Expansion of Aqueous Supercritical Solutions" Advised by Professor Jennifer I. Brand Dissertation Accepted: 08-14-03 |
| 02-03 | Tan, Songxin | Electrical Engineering | "Development of a Multiwavelength Airborne Polarimetric Lidar for Vegetation Remote Sensing" Advised by Professor Ram M. Narayanan Dissertation Accepted: 08-04-03 | |
| 02-03 | Tarawneh, Constantine Mohammad | Mechanical Engineering | "Experimental Analysis of Near-Field Acoustic Scattering by Rigid Spheroidal Objects" Advised by Professor John P. Barton Dissertation Accepted: 07-22-03 | |
| 02-03 | Wu, Xiangfa | Engineering Mechanics | "Fracture of Advanced Polymer Composites With Nanofiber Reinforced Interfaces" Advised by Professor Yuris A. Dzenis Dissertation Accepted: 08-13-03 | |
| 03-04 | Fernando, Sandun Dehiwattage | HANNA, MILFORD A | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Development of a Biofuel Blend Using Soybean Methyl Ester as the Amphiphile in an Ethanol-Biodiesel-Diesel Microemulsion: EB-Diesel" Advised by Professor Milford A. Hanna Dissertation Accepted: 08-21-03 |
| 03-04 | Qin, Minghao | Engineering Mechanics | "Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Adhesive Composite Joints" Advised by Professor Yuris Dzenis Dissertation Accepted: 12-17-03 | |
| 03-04 | Rabah, Fahid Khader Jadallah | Civil Engineering | "Denitrification of High-Strength Nitrate Wastewater Using Fluidized-Bed Biofilm Reactors" Advised by Professor Mohamed F. Dahab Dissertation Accepted: 12-10-03 | |
| 03-04 | Yan, Li | Electrical Engineering | "Materials Under the Adverse Environment in Space" Advised by Professor John A. Woollam Dissertation Accepted: 12-11-03 | |
| 03-04 | Yang, Liyong | Engineering Mechanics | "Scattering of Elastic Waves in Statistically Anisotropic Media" Advised by Professor Joseph A. Turner Dissertation Accepted: 12-12-03 | |
| 03-04 | Amezquita, Alejandro | WELLER, CURTIS L | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Development of an Integrated Model for Heat Transfer and Dynamic Growth of Clostridium perfringens During the Cooling of Cooked Boneless Ham" Advised by Professor Curtis L. Weller Dissertation Accepted: 04-21-04 |
| 03-04 | Ganjyal, Girish Mahamallappa | HANNA, MILFORD A | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Extrusion of Starches: Expanison and Modeling with Neural Networks" Advised by Professors Milford A. Hanna and Dr. David D. Jones Dissertation Accepted: 02-06-04 |
| 03-04 | Ruiz Ulloa, Bianey Cristina | ADAMS, STEPHANIE G | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "Enhancing Teaming Skills in Engineering Students Through Team Training" Advised by Professor Stephanie Adams Dissertation Accepted: 04-26-04 |
| 03-04 | Sun, Chuanbing | TADROS, MAHER K | Civil Engineering | "High Performance Concrete Bridge Stringer System" Advised by Professor Maher K. Tadros Dissertation Accepted: 04-23-04 |
| 03-04 | Wen, Yongkui | DZENIS, YURIS | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Novel Continuous Carbon and Ceramic Nanofibers and Nanocomposites" Advised by Professor Yuris A. Dzenis Dissertation Accepted: 04-27-04 |
| 03-04 | Whitney, Scott Evan | VILJOEN, HENDRIK J | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Analysis of Rapid Thermocyclers for the Polymerase Chain Reaction" Advised by Hendrik J. Viljoen Dissertation Accepted: 04-23-04 |
| 03-04 | Camargo Neto, Joao | MEYER, GEORGE E | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "A Combined Statistical-Soft Computing Approach for Classification and Mapping Weed Species in Minimum-Tillage Systems" Advised by Professor George E. Meyer Dissertation Accepted: 08-03-04 |
| 03-04 | Corner, Brian Robert | NARAYANAN, RAM MOHAN | Electrical Engineering | "Information Content Analysis and Noise Characterization in Remote Sensing Image Interpretation" Advised by Professor Ram M. Narayanan Dissertation Accepted: 08-04-04 |
| 03-04 | Guru, Ashu | KARELS, GORDON V | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "A Template-Based Approach for Simulation Model Specification of Physical Security Systems" Advised by Professor Paul Savory Dissertation Accepted: 08-04-04 |
| 03-04 | Hu, Xin | HOUSER, KEVIN W | Architectural Engineering | "A Study of the Variation in Color Matching Functions with Respect to Field Size and Primary Set" Advised by Professor Kevin W. Houser Dissertation Accepted: 08-06-04 |
| 03-04 | Qu, Yi | BARTON, JOHN PAUL | Mechanical Engineering | "Laser Heating of Thin Cylinders" Advised by Professor John P. Barton Dissertation Accepted: 08-05-04 |
| 03-04 | Zhang, Yan | NARAYANAN, RAM MOHAN | Electrical Engineering | "Monopulse Radar Based on Spatiotemporal Correlation of Stochastic Signals" Advised by Professor Ram M. Narayanan Dissertation Accepted: 07-26-04 |
| 04-05 | Amery, John Henry Austin | NICKERSON, KENNETH | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Biological Conversion of Glycerol Into Value Added Products" Advised by Professors L. Davis Clements and Kenneth W. Nickerson Dissertaion Accepted: 12-08-04 |
| 04-05 | Cui, Yujie | LIU, MINGSHENG | Architectural Engineering | "Development of an Integrated Air Handling Unit System (LAHU) for Laboratory Buildings" Advised by Professor Mingsheng Liu Dissertation Accepted: 12-09-04 |
| 04-05 | Fernandez, Jose Ricardo | PALMER, ROBERT D | Electrical Engineering | "Interferometric Studies of Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes Over Northern Scandinavia" Advised by Professor Robert D. Palmer Dissertation Accepted: 10-28-04 |
| 04-05 | Gao, Xiaojian | NOUREDDINI, HOSSEIN | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Immobilization of Lipases via Sol-Gel Procedures and the Applications of the Immobilized Lipases in Oleochemical Reactions" Advised by Professor Hossein Noureddini Dissertation Accepted: 12-07-04 |
| 04-05 | Joo, Ik-Seong | LIU, MINGSHENG | Architectural Engineering | "Optimal Design and Control of Dual-Duct Air-Handling Units" Advised by Professor Mingsheng Liu Dissertation Accepted: 12-06-04 |
| 04-05 | Marahatta, Ram Chandra | WOLDT, WAYNE | Civil Engineering | "Multi-Scale Modeling of a Vegetated Submerged Bed System with Application in Organic Matter Removal and Clogging" Advised by Professor Wayne E. Woldt Dissertation Accepted: 11-12-04 |
| 04-05 | Song, Li | LIU, MINGSHENG | Architectural Engineering | "Development of an Integrated Air Handling System for Large Commercial Buildings" Advised by Professor Mingsheng Liu Dissertation Accepted: 12-06-04 |
| 04-05 | Thompson, Daniel William | WOOLLAM, JOHN A | Electrical Engineering | "Enhanced Infrared Ellipsometry for Adsorbed Proteins" Advised by Professor John A. Woollam Dissertation Accepted: 12-10-04 |
| 04-05 | Velarde-Ortiz, Raffet | LARSEN, GUSTAVO | No Concentration | "Electrohydrodynamic Fabrication of Inorganic and Hybrid (Organic-Inorganic) Fibers and Core-Shell Structures with Micro- and Nanometric Dimensions" Advised by Professor Gustavo Larsen Dissertation Accepted: 10-01-04 |
| 04-05 | Liu, Simeng | HENZE, GREGOR P | Architectural Engineering | "Analytical and Experimental Comparison of Model-Based, Model-Free, and Hybrid Learning Control of Active and Passive Building Thermal Storage Inventory" Advised by Professor Gregor P. Henze Dissertation Accepted: 04-22-05 |
| 04-05 | Aich, Shampa | SHIELD, JEFFREY | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Crystal Structure, Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Rapidly Solidified Samarium-Cobalt-Based Alloys" Advised by Professor Jeffrey E. Shield Dissertation Accepted: 08-04-05 |
| 04-05 | Cheong, Boon Leng | HOFFMAN, MICHAEL W | Electrical Engineering | "Adaptive Array Processing Using the Turbulent Eddy Profiler" Advised by Professors Michael W. Hoffman and Robert D. Palmer Dissertation Accepted: 08-03-05 |
| 04-05 | Guan, Junjie | HANNA, MILFORD A | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Characterization of a Two-Phase Starch-Based Polymeric System" Advised by Professor Milford A. Hanna Dissertation Accepted: 08-05-05 |
| 04-05 | Shen, Kangzhi | TURNER, JOSEPH A | Engineering Mechanics | "Dynamic Behavior of Atomic Force Microscope Cantilevers" Advised by Professor Joseph A. Turner Dissertation Accepted: 08-03-05 |
| 04-05 | Zhang, Dongmei | WU, MAO SEE | Engineering Mechanics | "High-Pressure Deformation and Failure of Polycrystalline Ceramics" Advised by Professor Ruqiang Feng Dissertation Accepted: 08-05-05 |
| 04-05 | Zhong, Zhanrong | Mechanical Engineering | "Thermal Transport in Nanoscale and Nanostructured Materials" Advised by Professor Xinwei Wang Dissertation Accepted: 08-02-05 | |
| 05-06 | Dong, Dayu | LIU, MINGSHENG | Architectural Engineering | "Humidity Control in Confined Building Spaces Using a Liquid Desiccant Dehumidifier" Advised by Professor Mingsheng Liu Dissertation Accepted: 12-05-05 |
| 05-06 | Gill, Rajinder Singh | LARSEN, GUSTAVO | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Molecular Imprinting of Caffeine on Cellulose/Silica Composite and Its Characterization" Advised by Professor Gustavo Larsen Dissertation Accepted: 11-21-05 |
| 05-06 | Vu, David | LARSEN, GUSTAVO | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Electrospinning of Oriented and Nonoriented Ultrafine Fibers of Biopolymers" Advised by Professor Gustavo Larsen Dissertation Accepted: 12-05-05 |
| 05-06 | Wang, Gang | LIU, MINGSHENG | Architectural Engineering | "Improvement and Optimization of Laboratory Exhaust Systems" Advised by Professor Mingsheng Liu Dissertation Accepted: 11-30-05 |
| 05-06 | Washington, Cicely Arceneaux | VELANDER, WILLIAM H | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Understanding Endothelialization: Chemotaxis, Adhesion and Proliferation on Acellular Surfaces" Advised by Professor William H. Velander Dissertation Accepted: 11-21-05 |
| 05-06 | Bowden, Erica Eileen | WANG, LILY M | Architectural Engineering | "Investigations of Indoor Noise Criteria Systems Based on Human Perception and Task Performance" Advised by Professor Lily M. Wang Dissertation Accepted: 03-28-06 |
| 05-06 | Bradley, David Timothy | WANG, LILY M | Architectural Engineering | "Analysis of Parameter Effects on Sound Energy Decay in Coupled Volume Systems" Advised by Professor Lily M. Wang Dissertation Accepted: 04-21-06 |
| 05-06 | Gao, Xinbao | NOUREDDINI, HOSSEIN | Mechanical Engineering | "Delta Utility Models in Decision Based Design" Advised by Professor Shane M. Farritor Dissertation Accepted: 03-24-06 |
| 05-06 | Mahboub Farimani, Mohammadreza | AZIZINAMINI, ATOROD | Civil Engineering | "Resistance Mechanism of Simple-Made-Continu- ous Connections in Steel Girder Bridges" Advised by Professor Atorod Azizinamini Dissertation Accepted: 04-17-06 |
| 05-06 | Mellat Parast, Mahour | ADAMS, STEPHANIE G | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "The Effect of Quality Management Practices on Operational and Business Results in Petroleum Industry in Iran" Advised by Professor Stephanie G. Adams Dissertation Accepted: 04-14-06 |
| 05-06 | Rentschler, Mark Edwin | FARRITOR, SHANE | Biomedical Engineering | "In Vivo Abdominal Surgical Robotics: Tissue Mechanics Modeling, Robotic Design, Experimentation, and Analysis" Advised by Professor Shane Farritor Dissertation Accepted: 04-21-06 |
| 05-06 | Sethuramasamyraja, Balaji | ADAMCHUK, VIACHESLAV I | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Development of On-The-Go Soil Sensing Technology for Mapping soil pH, Potassium and Nitrate Contents" Advised by Professor Viacheslav I. Adamchuk Dissertation Accepted: 04-19-06 |
| 05-06 | Abdoli, Mansour | CHOOBINEH, F FRED | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "Implementation of Virtual Sales Agents at E-Stores" Advised by Professor F. Fred Choobineh |
| 05-06 | Bachelder, Eric Michael | VELANDER, WILLIAM H | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Engineering and Immunology: A Synergetic Relationship" Advised by Professor William H. Velander |
| 05-06 | Bi, Dongsheng | SAYOOD, KHALID | Electrical Engineering | "State Machine Interpretation of Arithmetic Codes for Joint Source and Channel Coding" Advised by Professors Khalid Sayood and Michael W. Hoffman |
| 05-06 | Day, Ellen Edwina | ADENWALLA, SHIREEN | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Boron Carbide Devices for Neutron Detector Applications" Advised by Professor Shireen Adenwalla |
| 05-06 | Gil, Geun-Cheol | VAN COTT, KEVIN | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Analysis of the Asparagine-linked Oligosaccharides of Recombinant Human Glycoproteins Produced in the Porcine Mammary Gland" Advised by Professor Kevin E. Van Cott |
| 05-06 | Harken, Andrew Dennis | ROBERTSON, BRIAN W | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Modeling and Signal Analysis of Semiconducting B5C Neutron Detectors" Advised by Professor Brian W. Robertson |
| 05-06 | Hay, Christopher Harve | FRANTI, THOMAS G | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Fish and Invertebrate Abundance in Relation to Abiotic Factors in the Missouri River" Advised by Professors Thomas G. Franti and David B. Marx |
| 05-06 | Jiang, Fan | PEREZ, LANCE C | Electrical Engineering | "Time-Varying and Capacity-Approaching Codes" Advised by Professor Lance C. Pérez Thesis Accepted: 11-05-01 |
| 06-07 | Amornrattanapong, Wilast | TUAN, CHRISTOPHER Y | Civil Engineering | "Horizontally Curved Concrete I-Girder Bridges" Advised by Professors Chistopher Y. Tuan and Maher K. Tadros Dissertation Accepted: 12-04-06 |
| 06-07 | Ding, Xuedong | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "A Logistic Regression Analysis for Locomotive Engineer Self Report Sleep Quality and On-Duty Alertness" Advised by Professors Michael W. Riley and Terry L. Stentz Dissertation Accepted: 12-04-06 | |
| 06-07 | Guo, Zhenhua | ZHANG, ZHAOYAN | Mechanical Engineering | "Modeling and Simulation of Wall-Flow Diesel Particulate Filter during Loading and Regeneration" Advised by Professor Zhaoyan Zhang Dissertation Accepted: 11-27-06 |
| 06-07 | Judkins, Timothy Nicholas | ROHDE, SUZANNE LOUISE | Biomedical Engineering | "Robotic Surgery and Training: Quantification of Performance for Evaluation and Training" Advised by Professor Nick Stergiou Dissertation Accepted: 12-01-06 |
| 06-07 | Leon-Salas, Walter Daniel | BALKIR, SINA | Electrical Engineering | "Focal Plane Video Compression" Advised by Professor Sina Balkir Dissertation Accepted: 11-30-06 |
| 06-07 | Li, Jianchao | ALEXANDER, DENNIS R | Electrical Engineering | "Temporal and Spectral Characteristics of Ultrashort Pulsed Beam Interaction with Matter" Advised by Professor Dennis R. Alexander Dissertation Accepted: 10-06-06 |
| 06-07 | Liu, Guopeng | LIU, MINGSHENG | Architectural Engineering | "Development and Applications of Fan Airflow Station and Pump Water Flow Station in Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) Systems" Advised by Professor Mingsheng Liu Dissertation Accepted: 12-01-06 |
| 06-07 | Mihut, Dorina Marta | ROHDE, SUZANNE LOUISE | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Nanomechanical Properties and Nanotribology of Ternary Metal Nitrides Nanocomposite" Advised by Professor Suzanne Rohde Dissertation Accepted: 12-01-06 |
| 06-07 | Nosal, William Howard | WOOLLAM, JOHN A | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Optical Characterization of Pure and Chemically Modified Chitosan Bio-Films" Advised by Professor John A. Woollam Dissertation Accepted: 11-30-06 |
| 06-07 | Shi, Jing | LU, YONGFENG | Electrical Engineering | "Nanomaterial Synthesis and Nanodevice Fabrication by Laser Chemical Processing" Advised by Professor Yongfeng Lu Dissertation Accepted: 08-30-06 |
| 06-07 | Wang, Ning | TUAN, CHRISTOPHER Y | Civil Engineering | "Threaded Rod Continuity System for Precast Prestressed Girder Bridges" Advised by Professors Christopher Y. Tuan and Maher K. Tadros Dissertation Accepted: 12-04-06 |
| 06-07 | Zheng, Bin | LIU, MINGSHENG | Architectural Engineering | "Analysis and Auto-tuning of Supply Air Temperature PI Control in Hot Water Heating Systems" Advised by Professor Mingsheng Liu Dissertation Accepted: 12-01-06 |
| 06-07 | Zhou, Hong | WU, MAO SEE | Engineering Mechanics | "Hybrid Atomistic-Continuum Modeling of Inhomogeneous Materials" Advised by Professor Ruqiang Feng Dissertation Accepted: 09-18-06 |
| 06-07 | Balaz, Snjezana | BRAND, JENNIFER I | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Electronic Structure and Evolution of Dehydrogenation of Orthocarborane, Metacarborane, Paracarborane, Ortho-Phosphacarborane and Meta-Phosphacarborane" Advised by Professor Jennifer I. Brand Dissertation Accepted: 02-19-07 |
| 06-07 | Huang, Jiangyang | FARRITOR, SHANE | Mechanical Engineering | "Localization and Follow-the-Leader Control of a Heterogeneous Group of Mobile Robots" Advised by Professor Shane Farritor Dissertation Accepted: 04-19-07 |
| 06-07 | Liu, Lihua | DZENIS, YURIS | Engineering Mechanics | "Studies on Deposition and Alignment of Electrospun Nanofiber Assemblies" Advised by Professor Yuris A. Dzenis Dissertation Accepted: 02-14-07 |
| 06-07 | Ren, Xi | DZENIS, YURIS | Engineering Mechanics | "Nanomanufacturing and Analysis of Novel Continuous Ferroelectric PVDF and P(VDF-TrFE) Nanofibers" Advised by Professor Yuris A. Dzenis Dissertation Accepted: 04-23-07 |
| 06-07 | Al-Salim, Bashar Moh'd | CHOOBINEH, F FRED | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "Decision Models for Manufacturing Outsourcing" Advised by Professor F. Fred Choobineh Dissertation Accepted: 07-20-07 |
| 06-07 | Chen, Yong | DZENIS, YURIS | Engineering Mechanics | "Vibrational and Guided Wave Based Approaches for Quantitative NDE of Adheseive Composite Joints" Advised by Professor Yuris A. Dzenis Dissertation Accepted: 08-08-07 |
| 06-07 | Doerr, David Wesley | ALEXANDER, DENNIS R | Electrical Engineering | "Femtosecond Laser Microproceesing of Aluminum Films and Quartz" Advised by Professor Dennis Alexander Dissertation Accepted: 08-03-07 |
| 06-07 | Freitas, Felipe Araujo C de | ALLEN, DAVID H | Engineering Mechanics | "A Theoretical and Experimental Technique to Measure Fracture Properties in Viscoelastic Solids" Advised by Professor David H. Allen Dissertation Accepted: 08-01-07 |
| 06-07 | Guo, Xin | TILLER, DALE K | Architectural Engineering | "Occupancy Sensor Networks for Improved Lighting System Control" Advised by Professor Dale K. Tiller Dissertation Accepted: 08-03-07 |
| 06-07 | Hempel, Michael | SHARIF-KASHANI, HAMID REZA | Computer Engineering | "An Innovative Fully-Distributed Automatic Object Classification Algorithm with a New Content-Based Video Indexing Research Platform" Advised by Professor Hamid Sharif Dissertation Accepted: 08-01-07 |
| 06-07 | Kostogorova-Beller, Yulia Y | SHIELD, JEFFREY | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "A Study of Time-Resolved High-Temperature Structual Order-Disorder Transformations in Rare Earth-Transition Metal Intermetallics with 2-17 Stoichiometry" Advised by Professor Jeffrey E. Shield Dissertation Accepted: 08-03-07 |
| 06-07 | Liu, Dalie | TURNER, JOSEPH A | Engineering Mechanics | "Ultrasonic Scattering in Two-Phase Media" Advised by Professor Joseph A. Turner Dissertation Accepted: 08-06-07 |
| 06-07 | Protzman, Jonathan Brent | HOUSER, KEVIN W | Architectural Engineering | "A Study of Transformation of Primaries and Color Matching Function Optimization" Advised by Professor Kevin W. Houser Dissertation Accepted: 08-01-07 |
| 06-07 | Ramireddy, Sreenivasula Reddy | MEAGHER, MICHAEL M | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Development and Application of Process Analytical Technology for Fed-Batch Bioprocesses of the Yeast Pichia Patoris" Advised by Professor Michael M. Meagher Dissertation Accepted: 08-06-07 |
| 06-07 | Rohlfs, Mark Lee | ALEXANDER, DENNIS R | Electrical Engineering | "Transient Electromagnetic Scattering from a Dielectric Sphere" Advised by Professor Dennis Alexander Dissertation Accepted: 06-29-07 |
| 06-07 | Rui, Xiangxin | SHIELD, JEFFREY | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Crystal Structure, Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Inert Gas Condensed Iron-Platinum Alloys" Advised by Professor Jeffrey E. Shield Dissertation Accepted: 08-03-07 |
| 06-07 | Tulunay, Gulin | BALKIR, SINA | Electrical Engineering | "Design Automation of RF CMOS Low Noise Amplifiers" Advised by Professor Sina Balkir Dissertation Accepted: 07-23-07 |
| 06-07 | Xia, Chen | PEREZ, LANCE C | Electrical Engineering | "Wireless Multiple Access Communication over Collision Frequency Shift Keyed Channels" Advised by Professor Lance C. Perez Dissertation Accepted: 08-09-07 |
| 06-07 | Yang, Xiaomeng | TURNER, JOSEPH A | Engineering Mechanics | "Effects of Biasing Fields on Piezoelectric Resonators" Advised by Professor Joseph A. Turner Dissertation Accepted: 08-07-07 |
| 06-07 | Zhang, Haifeng | ALEXANDER, DENNIS R | Electrical Engineering | "Ultrashort Pulse Propagation and Linear Interaction with Matter" Advised by Professor Dennis R. Alexander Dissertation Accepted: 07-16-07 |
| 06-07 | Zhang, Haifeng | TURNER, JOSEPH A | Engineering Mechanics | "Effect of Mechanical and Electrical Biasing Fields on Thickness Mode Langasite Resonators" Advised by Professor Joseph A. Turner Dissertation Accepted: 08-06-07 |
| 07-08 | Aksu, Saltuk Bugra | TURNER, JOSEPH A | Engineering Mechanics | "Quantification of the Properties of Nonlinear Media Using Dual-Probe Atomic Force Miscroscopy" Advised by Professors Joseph A. Turner and Eveline Baesu Dissertation Accepted: 12-07-07 |
| 07-08 | Hu, Xiao | RAJURKAR, KAMLAKAR P | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "Mechanism, Characteristics and Modeling of Micro Ultrasonic Machining" Advised by Professor Kamlakar P. Rajurkar Dissertation Accepted: 12-03-07 |
| 07-08 | Jiang, Zhiqin | RAJURKAR, KAMLAKAR P | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "A Prospective Study of Pregnancy and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Factors" Advised by Professor Michael W. Riley Dissertation Accepted: 10-25-07 |
| 07-08 | Meadati, Pavankumar | GOEDERT, JAMES D | Construction | "Integration of Construction Process Documents into Building Information Modeling" Advised by Professor James D. Goedert Dissertation Accepted: 12-10-07 |
| 07-08 | Huda, Shah Nurul | YANG, YIQI | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Composites from Chicken Feathers and Cornhusk-Preparation and Characterization" Advised by Professor Yiqi Yang Dissertation Accepted: 04-25-08 |
| 07-08 | Lin, Zhiqiang | HOFFMAN, MICHAEL W | Electrical Engineering | "CMOS Image Sensor with Focal Plane SPIHT Image Compression" Advised by Professor Michael W. Hoffman Dissertation Accepted: 03-11-08 |
| 07-08 | Miller, David Jonathan | NELSON, CARL | Biomedical Engineering | "An Intelligent Modular Tool for Minimally Invasive Surgery" Advised by Professor Carl A. Nelson Dissertation Accepted: 04-24-08 |
| 07-08 | Qadi, Ala Adel | GODDARD, STEPHEN M | Computer Engineering | "Dynamic Processing Windows for Mobile Robotic Real-Time Systems" Advised by Professor Steve Goddard Dissertation Accepted: 04-25-08 |
| 07-08 | Rathsam, Jonathan | WANG, LILY M | Architectural Engineering | "Geometric and Boundary Element Method Simulations of Reflections from Rough, Finite, or Non-Planar Surfaces" Advised by Professor Lily M. Wang Dissertation Accepted: 04-24-08 |
| 07-08 | Sarkar, Sabyasachi | WOOLLAM, JOHN A | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Ellipsometric Studies of Synthetic Albumin- Binding Chitosan-Derivatives and Selected Blood Plasma Proteins" Advised by Professor John A. Woollam Dissertation Accepted: 04-28-08 |
| 07-08 | Sarmah, Ratul Dev | TUAN, CHRISTOPHER Y | Civil Engineering | "Simulations of Progressive Failure of Cable Barrier" Advised by Professor Christopher Y. Tuan Dissertation Accepted: 04-25-08 |
| 07-08 | Du, Bin | HUDGINS, JERRY L | Electrical Engineering | "Transient Electro-Thermal Modeling on Power Semiconductor Devices" Advised by Professor Jerry L. Hudgins Dissertation Accepted: 07-22-08 |
| 07-08 | Eble-Hankins, Michelle L | WATERS, CLARENCE E | Architectural Engineering | "Subjective Impression of Discomfort Glare from Sources of Non-Uniform Luminances" Advised by Professor Clarence E. Walters Dissertation Accepted: 07-29-08 |
| 07-08 | Ghoshal, Goutam | TURNER, JOSEPH A | Engineering Mechanics | "Ultrasonic Scattering in Heterogeneous Media" Advised by Professor Joseph A. Turner Dissertation Accepted: 08-05-08 |
| 07-08 | Han, Yaoxuan | LU, YONGFENG | Electrical Engineering | "Laser-Assisted Diamond Deposition in Open Atmosphere" Advised by Professor Yongfeng Lu Dissertation Accepted: 07-10-08 |
| 07-08 | Hua, Kun | NGUYEN, LIM | Computer Engineering | "Self Encoded Spread Spectrum Synchronization and Cooperative Diversity" Advised by Professor Lim Nguyen Dissertation Accepted: 08-01-08 |
| 07-08 | Lee, Siew Yoong | HANNA, MILFORD A | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Preparing, Characterizing, On-line Digital Image Processing of Residence Time Distribution and Modeling of Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposite Foams" Advised by Professor Milford A. Hanna Dissertation Accepted: 07-29-08 |
| 07-08 | Li, Jigang | ROHDE, SUZANNE LOUISE | Materials Engineering | "Electrical and Optical Properties of Silver Films Deposited by High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering" Advised by Professor Suzanne L. Rohde Dissertation Accepted: 07-31-08 |
| 07-08 | Natta, Marcus Llewellyn | BRAND, JENNIFER I | Chemical and Materials Engineering | "Fabrication and Characterization of Novel Boron and Gadolinium Rich Power Generation and Real-Time Neutron Detection Materials and Devices" Advised by Professor Jennifer I. Brand Dissertation Accepted: 08-04-08 |
| 07-08 | Vigeant, Michelle Celine | WANG, LILY M | Architectural Engineering | "Investigations of Incorporating Source Directivity into Room Acoustics Computer Models to Improve Auralizations" Advised by Professor Lily M. Wang Dissertation Accepted: 07-31-08 |
| 07-08 | Yuya, Philip Abuor | TURNER, JOSEPH A | Engineering Mechanics | "Dynamic Methods for Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Nanomaterials" Advised by Professor Joseph A. Turner Dissertation Accepted: 08-04-08 |
| 08-09 | Akhnoukh, Amin Kamal | MORCOUS, GEORGE | Construction | "Development of High Performance Precast/ Prestressed Bridge Girders" Advised by Professor George Morcous Dissertation Accepted: 12-05-08 |
| 08-09 | Byun, Jongwon | NOUREDDINI, HOSSEIN | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | "Utilization and Characterization of Corn-Based By-Products from the Ethanol Production Facilities" Advised by Professor Hossein Noureddini Dissertation Accepted: 12-2-08 |
| 08-09 | Hanna, Kromel E | TADROS, MAHER K | Civil Engineering | "The Behavior of Adjacent Precast Prestressed Concrete Box Girder Bridges" Advised by Professors Maher K. Tadros and George Morcous Dissertation Accepted: 12-05-08 |
| 08-09 | Lagos, Luis Octavio | MARTIN, DERREL L | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "A Modified Surface Energy Balance for Modeling Evapotranspiration and Canopy Resistance" Advised by Professors Derrel L. Martin and Suat Irmak Dissertation Accepted: 12-04-08 |
| 08-09 | Lu, Sheng | FARRITOR, SHANE | Mechanical Engineering | "Real-time Vertical Track Deflection Measurement System" Advised by Professor Shane M. Farritor Dissertation Accepted: 12-05-08 |
| 08-09 | Pang, Xiufeng | LIU, MINGSHENG | Architectural Engineering | "Prevention of Compressor Hunting in DX Rooftop Unit through Supply Air Temperature Optimization" Advised by Professor Mingsheng Liu Dissertation Accepted: 12-05-08 |
| 08-09 | Ross, Tabitha Meredith | ADAMS, STEPHANIE G | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "Can Team Success be Predicted? The Development of a New Method of Team Member Selection to Increase the Probability of Team Success" Advised by Professors Stephanie G. Adams and David J. Cochran Dissertation Accepted: 12-08-08 |
| 08-09 | Yi, Kaijun | LU, YONGFENG | Electrical Engineering | "Nano-Raman Spectroscopy and Surface Nanostructuring Using Near-field Optics" Advised by Professor Youngfeng Lu Dissertation Accepted: 12-04-08 |
| 08-09 | Zhang, Lijun | WANG, XIN WEI | Mechanical Engineering | "Thermal and Mechanical Phenomena in Laser-Material Interaction" Advised by Professor Xinwei Wang Dissertation Accepted: 12-04-08 |
| 08-09 | Alkhaleel, Abdallah Hassan | RAJURKAR, KAMLAKAR P | Industrial, Management Systems & Manufacturing | "Generating Nano-scale Features by Electro-machining Using an Atomic Force Microscope" Advised by Professor Kamlakar P. Rajurkar Dissertation Accepted: 04-28-2009 |
| 08-09 | Cho, Younghum | LIU, MINGSHENG | Architectural Engineering | "Minimum Airflow Reset of Single-Duct VAV Terminal Boxes" Advised by Professor Mingsheng Liu Dissertation Accepted: 04-27-2009 |
| 08-09 | Lutomirski, Tomasz Andrzej | NOWAK, ANDRZEJ | Civil Engineering | "Reliability Models for Circular Concrete Columns" Advised by Professor Andrzej S. Nowak Dissertation Accepted: 04-23-2009 |
| 08-09 | Paczkowski, Piotr | NOWAK, ANDRZEJ | Civil Engineering | "Serviceability Criteria for Decompression in Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders" Advised by Professor Andrzej S. Nowak Dissertation Accepted: 04-24-2009 |
| 08-09 | Pushpadass, Heartwin Amaladhas | HANNA, MILFORD A | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Extrusion of Starch-based Films and Characterization of Physico-mechanical, Thermal and Microstructural Properties" Advised by Professor Milford A. Hanna Dissertation Accepted: 02-16-2009 |
| 08-09 | Singh, Ramesh K | IRMAK, AYSE | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Geospatial Approach for Estimating Land Surface Evapotranspiration" Advised by Professor Ayse Irmak Dissertation Accepted: 04-20-2009 |
| 08-09 | Wang, Hao | LU, YONGFENG | Electrical Engineering | "Fabrication, Characterization, and Simulation of Photonic Bandgap Structures" Advised by Professor Yongfeng Lu Dissertation Accepted: 04-23-2009 |
| 08-09 | Wang, Hongqiang | SAYOOD, KHALID | Electrical Engineering | "Robust Image and Video Coding with Adaptive Rate Control" Advised by Professor Khalid Sayood Dissertation Accepted: 04-24-2009 |
| 08-09 | Yakel, Aaron Jon | AZIZINAMINI, ATOROD | Civil Engineering | "Strength and Ductility of High Performance Steel Girders" Advised by Professor Atorod Azizinamini Dissertation Accepted: 04-24-2009 |
| 08-09 | Kumar, Ajay | HANNA, MILFORD A | Agricultural & Biological Systems Engineering | "Biomass Thermochemical Gasification: Experimental Studies and Modeling" Advised by Professors Milford A. Hanna and David D. Jones Dissertation Accepted: 06-09-2009 |
| 08-09 | Maximos Mansour, Hany Nessim | NOWAK, ANDRZEJ | Civil Engineering | "Behavior and Design of Buried Reinforced Concrete Pipe" Advised by Professor Andrzej S. Nowak Dissertation Accepted: 06-01-2009 |
