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Doctoral Dissertation Fellows 2003-04
Sukanta Basu
Civil Engineering
A Study of Passive Scalar Turbulence in the
Nocturnal Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Adviser: Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
Andrew M. Baumgarten
Plant Biological Sciences
Mapping QTL Controlling Ustilago Maydis Resistance
in Two Populations of Recombinant Inbred Lines
Adviser: Georgiana May
Thomas J. Belich Jr.
Physics
Electronic Transport and Noise Studies of Amorphous
and Nano-Structured Hydrogenated Silicon Thin Films
Adviser: James Kakalios
Patrick J. Bolan
Biomedical Engineering
Improved Methods for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
of Breast Cancer
Adviser: Michael Garwood
Laurie A. Brewer
Molecular Veterinary Biosciences
Risk of Porcine Encephalomyocarditis Virus in
Xenotransplantation
Adviser: Moses K. Njenga
Geraldine A. Brightwell
English
Improving the Servant: Class Tensions and Reform
in Sensation and Detective Fiction
Adviser: Don Ross
Sybil A. Burt
Psychology
The Nature of the Association Between Parent-Child
Conflict and The Covariation Among the Childhood Externalizing Disorders
Advisers: Matthew McGue and William Iacono
Joyce M. Chadya
History
The Unrecognized and the Invisible: Gender and
Internal Displacement During Zimbabwe’s Liberation Struggle, Harare, 1965-1980
Adviser: Allen Isaacman
Koustuv Chatterjee
Pharmaceutics
Chemical Reactivity and Physical Stability of
Lyophilized Solids
Adviser: Raj Suryanarayanan
Eric W. Cochran
Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamics and Mechanical Properties of
Multicomponent Polyolefin Block Copolymers
Adviser: Frank S. Bates
Devin D. Corbin
English
The Work of Belonging: Improvement and Wildness
in the Literature of Environmental Restoration
Adviser: Donald Ross
Jane W. Couperus
Child Psychology
The Role of Selective Attention Development
in Implicit Learning=
Adviser: Charles Nelson
Tonya L. Custis
Linguistics
Word Order Variation in Tongan: A Syntactic
Analysis
Adviser: Nancy J. Stenson
Laura M. Davis
Anthropology
The Road to Reform: Building Healthy Communities
Adviser: Jean Langford
Muir D. Eaton
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Ultraviolet Plumage Reflectance Among Birds:
Cryptic Dimorphism and the Evolution of Hidden Coloration
Adviser: Scott M. Lanyon
Vincent B. Engelkes
Materials Science and Engineering
Molecular Electronic Junctions – Properties
and Controls
Adviser: C. Daniel Frisbie
Joseph E. Fargione
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Biodiversity and Community Structure in Tallgrass
Prairie: Consequences of Resource Competition in Space and Time
Adviser: David Tilman
Bharathram GanapathiSubramani
Aerospace Engineering
Investigation of Turbulent Boundary Layer Structure
Using Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry
Adviser: Ellen Longmire
Mikhail Golosov
Economics
Essays on Optimal Taxation and Social Security
Advisers: V.V. Chari and Larry Jones
Carmen G. Hall
Nursing
Medicaid Insured Children: Use of Well Child
Care
Adviser: Susan Henly
Jonathan Havercroft
Political Science
Beyond Sovereignty and Anarchy: An Analysis
of the Ontological Foundations of Political Order
Advisers: Raymond Duvall and Jeffrey Lomonaco
Timothy T. Hellwig
Political Science
Globalization and Representation in the Developed
Democracies
Adviser: John R. Freeman
Kristen E. Holm
Family Social Science
The Impact of Childhood Chronic Health Conditions
on Mothers’ and Fathers’ Health
Adviser: William J. Doherty
Sara N. Hottinger
Feminist Studies
Making Mathematical Knowledge: A Cultural Study
of Late-Eighteenth Century British Mathematics
Advisers: Helen Longino and Jacquelyn Zita
Kysa K. Hubbard
Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society
Civilizing Childhood: The Rational Alienation
of Adult-Child Relations
Adviser: Jack Zipes
Robert L. Koch
Entomology
Non-Target Effects of the Multicolored Asian
Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis, on Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus,
Populations
Advisers: W. D. Hutchison and R. C. Venette
Jana Lee
Entomology
The Impacts of Nectar Sources on Parasitoids
in Agroecosytems
Adviser: George Heimpel
Lauren A. Liang
Curriculum and Instruction
Fostering Middle School Students’ Comprehension
of and Response to Short Stories
Adviser: Michael F. Graves
Kristin L. Mercer
Applied Plant Sciences
The Effects of Crop-Weed Gene Flow in Wild Sunflower
Advisers: Donald L. Wyse and Ruth Shaw
Cheryl A. Olman
Neuroscience
Natural Image Coding in Early Visual Areas:
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Psychophyscial Studies of the
Human Visual System
Advisers: Daniel J. Kersten and Kamil Ugurbil
Henrique Paprocki
Entomology
A Revision of the Genera Macronema and
Centromacronema (Trichoptera)
Adviser: Ralph W. Holzenthal
Christoper R. Perrey
Materials Science
Characterizing Nanoparticles
Adviser: C. Barry Carter
Damrongrit Piyabongkarn
Mechanical Engineering
The Development of a MEMS Gyroscope for Absolute
Angle Measurement
Adviser: Rajesh Rajamani
Susan M. Rensing
History of Science and Technology
Feminist Eugenics in America: From Free Love
to Birth Control, 1880-1939
Adviser: Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
Marynel Ryan
History
Between Essence and Expertise: Women’s Social-Science
Education and the Shifting Ground of German Social Reform, 1900-1918
Adviser: Mary Jo Maynes
Emanuele G. Saccarelli
Political Science
Marx and Trotsky: the Marxist Theory of History
and the History of Marxist Theory
Adviser: James Farr
Ross T. Schermer
Electrical Engineering
Erbium-Doped Optical Amplifiers in Amorphous
Zirconia
Adviser: Anand Gopinath
Barbara E. Schulman
History
The Atlantic Strategy: Dutch Plans for New World
Expansion, 1590-1648
Adviser: James Tracy
Robert E. Schwartz
Biomedical Engineering
Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells from Bone
Marrow Differentiate into Hepatocyte-like Cells
Advisers: Wei-Shou Hu and Catherine M. Verfaillie
Lisa S. Scott
Child Psychology
The Developmental Progression from Featural
to Configural Face Processing in Infancy: A Behavioral and Electrophysiological
Investigation
Adviser: Charles A. Nelson
Xiaoxia Sheng
Chemical Engineering
Macromolecule – Calcium Oxalate Crystal Binding
in Kidney Stone Formation
Adviser: Michael D. Ward
Frank C. Shockey
Geography
Geography and the Rule of Law in the Making
of Two American Indian Reservations
Adviser: Roderick H. Squires
Mahendra K. Shrestha
Wildlife Conservation
Prey Abundance and Priority Areas for Tiger
Conservation in Nepal: A Landscape Approach
Adviser: J. L. David Smith
Vinod Srinivasan
Mechanical Engineering
Thermal Convection at High Rayleigh Numbers
in Compressed Gases
Adviser: R. J. Goldstein
Timothy K. Starr
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics
T Cell Receptor Signaling During T Cell Development
Adviser: Kristin Hogquist
John M. Stubbs
Chemistry
Simulations of Microheterogeneous Fluids
Adviser: J. Ilja Siepmann
Nicolae Tarfulea
Mathematics
Constraint-Preserving Boundary Conditions for
Hyperbolic Formulations of Einstein’s Equations
Adviser: Douglas N. Arnold
Yuka M. Tsuchiya
American Studies
The U.S. Re-Education Policy for Occupied Japan,
1945-1952: Gender, Race and Empire in the Early Cold War Period
Adviser: Elaine Tyler May
Gabriela I. Valdivia
Geography
The Importance of Scale and Difference: A Case
Study of Indigenous Rights in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Adviser: Eric Sheppard
Pavan K. Vitthaladevuni
Electrical Engineering
Generalized Hierarchical Contellations: Design,
Performance and Applications
Adviser: Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Janel K. Warmka
Environmental Health
The Regulation of Extracelluar Signal-Regulated Kinase by the Tumor Promoter Palytoxin
Adviser: Elizabeth Wattenberg
Marjorie N. Weinstein
Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society
Reframing America: Immigration, Visual Culture,
and the Transformation American Identity, 1880-1920
Adviser: Paula Rabinowitz
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