Doctoral Dissertation Fellows 2008-09
Roman Agafonov
Physics
Structural Dynamics of Myosin Force-generating Domain
Adviser: David Thomas
Katherine Ahmann
Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Conditioning of Fibrin-Based Bioartificial Arteries
Adviser: Robert Tranquillo
Rouzbeh Amini
Biomedical Engineering
Computational Exploration of Eye Mechanics
Adviser: Victor Barocas
Kelly Anderson
Chemistry
Molecular Simulation of Earth Systems: From the Atmosphere to the Core
Adviser: Ilja Siepmann
Brett Arenz
Plant Pathology
Microbes at the Extremes: Fungi Attacking Historic Huts in Antarctica and Their Role in the Polar Ecosystem
Adviser: Robert Blanchette
Andrew Bailey
Kinesiology
Cultivating Wisdom Through a Service-Learning Experience
Adviser: Keith Russell
Noelle Beckman
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
Effects of Vertebrates, Insects and Pathogens on Patterns of Early Plant Recruitment in Tropical Forests.
Adviser: Helene Muller-Landau
Michael Behr
Materials Science and Engineering
Hydrogen Induced Transformation of Carbon Nanotubes to Diamond, Lonsdaleite, and New Carbon Allotropes at Room Temperature
Adviser: Eray Aydil
Tovah Bender
History
Negotiating Marriage: Artisan Women in Fifteenth-Century Florentine Society
Adviser: Ruth Karras
Swapna Bhagwanth
Medicinal Chemistry
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Constrained Peptide Mimics Based on PLG
Adviser: Rodney Johnson
Janice Boercker
Chemical Engineering
Synthesis of ZnO Nanowires and TiO2 Nanowires for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
Adviser: Eray Aydil
Martha Boyer
Astrophysics
Asymptotic Giant Branch Star Mass Loss at Low ME
Adviser: Evan Skillman
Luke Brekke
History
Popular Religious Culture in an Age of Improvement
Adviser: James Tracy
Laura Breshears
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics
An Unconventional Myosin Regulates Cell Polarity and Chemotaxis
Adviser: Margaret Titus
Shea Brown
Astrophysics
Tracing the Largest Cosmic Structures with Radio Observations
Adviser: Lawrence Rudnick
Paroma Chakravarty
Pharmaceutics
Phase Transformation in Pharmaceutical Systems Comprising of Multiple Hydrate Phases: Thermodynamics, Kinetics and the Role of Crystal Structure
Adviser: Raj Suryanarayanan
Amy Chen
English
The Word Made Flesh: The Construction of Holy Behavior in the Writings of Women in Late Medieval and Early Modern England.
Adviser: Rebecca Krug
Chiao-nan (Joyce) Chen
Rehabilitation Sciences
Muscle Disuse: Age Related Adaptations of Antioxidents and Protein Oxidative Modifications
Adviser: LaDora Thompson
Yu Chen
Physics
Transport in Quantum Confined System
Adviser: Allen Goldman
Arjun Chowdhury
Political Science
Expectations of Order: State Failure in Historical Context
Adviser: Raymond Duvall
Eric Dahlin
Sociology
Navigating the Innovation Process in the U.S. Biotechnology Industry
Adviser: David Knoke
Ursula Dalinghaus
Anthropology
Who (What) is Behind the Economy: Locating Agency in Debates about the Euro in Germany
Adviser: Karen Ho
Qiqi Deng
Statistics
Developing a Distribution-Free Change-Point Model for Unknown-Baseline Data
Adviser: Douglas Hawkins
Matthew Dobson
Mathematics
Mathematical Foundations of the Quasicontinum
Multiscale Method
Adviser: Mitchell Luskin
Joel Donna
Education, Curriculum & Instruction
Surviving and Thriving as a New Science Teacher: Exploring the Role of Comprehensive Online Induction
Adviser: Gillian Roehrig
Jeffrey Doom
Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent, Chemically Reacting Flows
Adviser: Krishnan Mahesh
Aimee Dunlap-Lehtila
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
The Evolution of Learning and Memory: Adaptive Behavior in a Variable Environment.
Adviser: David Stephens
Farjana Fattah
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
Role of Non-homologous End Joining in rAAV-mediated Human Gene Targeting
Adviser: Eric Hendrickson
Adam Fremeth
Business Administration
The Dynamic Relationship Between Firm Capabilities, Regulatory Policy, and Corporate Environmentalism
Adviser: Myles Shaver
Allison Gamble
Water Resources Science
Ecological Linkages and Energy Flow in Lake Superior
Adviser: Thomas Hrabik
Chandana Gangodagamage
Civil Engineering
River Networks Basin Topography: Understanding Processes and Exploring Signatures for Improved Modeling and Prediction
Adviser: Efi Foufoula
Debarchana Ghosh
Geography
Predicting and Explaining the Spread of West Nile Virus (WNV) in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area of Minnesota
Adviser:
Meredith Gill
Comparative Literature & Comparative Studies in Discourse & Society
Clearer Than Truth: Interrogation Techniques and Cold War Literary Cultures
Adviser: Cesare Casarino
Midori Green
Art History
Sec`s Appeal: The American Secretary in American Popular Culture, 1900-1964
Adviser: Katherine Solomonson
Amy Griffiths
English
In a Shattered Language: A Poetics of Trauma in 20th Century American Women`s Poetry
Adviser: Maria Damon
Yu (Jason) Gu
Computer Science
Sleipnir: A Versatile Extremely Low Duty-Cycle Sensor Network
Adviser: Tian He
Paul Gugger
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
Geographic and Adaptive Consequences of Past Climate Change for Douglas-fir
Adviser: Shinya Sugita
Atreyee Gupta
Art History
The Making of a Post-Colonial Avant-Garde: Silpi Chakra and the Politics of Modern Art in India
Adviser: Frederick Asher
Insoon Han
Educational Psychology
Scientifically-based Reading Instruction for English Language Learners: Converging Evidence from Meta-Analysis
Adviser: Christine Espin
Benjamin Hardt
Geology & Geophysics
A High Resolution, Absolute Dated Climate Record in Southwest Tropical Africa
Adviser: Lawrence Edwards
Julia Hatler
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics
Gap Junction Communication During Vertebrate Embryonic Development
Adviser: Ross Johnson
Laura Hauff
Anthropology
Biological and Cultural Factors Associated with Lactation Dysfunction in Overweight Women
Adviser: Michael Wilson
Chunyong He
Physics
Magneto-electronic Phase Separation in Doped Cobaltites
Adviser: Chris Leighton
Stephen Healey
English
The Rise of Creative Writing and the New Value of Creativity.
Adviser: Maria Damon
Johannes Hubmayr
Physics
Polarization Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background with EBEX
Adviser: Shaul Hanany
David Huff
Conservation Biology, Fisheries & Aquatic Biology
Ecology and Conservation Genetics of Sculpin Reintroductions in Minnesota`s Driftless Region
Adviser: Bruce Vondracek
Medora Huseby
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
Structural and Functional Analysis of Virulence Factors from Stapholococcus Aureus
Adviser: Douglas Ohlendorf
Ann Impullitti
Plant Pathology
Diversity and Roles of Pathogens and Endophytes in Soybean
Adviser: Dean Malvick
Haiyan Jia
Applied Plant Sciences
Transcriptome Analysis of Wheat and Barley Near-Isogenic Line Pairs Carrying Fusarium Head Blight Resistant and Susceptible Alleles
Adviser: Gary Muehlbauer
Yi Jiang
Psychology
Seeing the Invisible: Cortical and Sub-cortical Encoding of Biologically Relevant Information
Adviser: Sheng He
Robert Jilek
Chemistry
Studies in Group 4 Chemistry
Adviser: John Ellis
Christopher Kamerbeek
English
Nervy Modernism: Mind and Brain at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.
Adviser: Paula Rabinowitz
David Kast
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
Phosphorylation-induced Structural Changes in Smooth Muscle Myosin
Adviser: David Thomas
Yoshito Kawabata
Child Psychology
The Significance of Cross-Racial/Ethnic Friendships: Associations with Peer Relations, Social Adjustment, and Classroom Diversity
Adviser: Nicki Crick
Casey Kelly
Communication Studies
The Rhetorical Culture of Red Power and the American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island (1969-1971)
Adviser: Kirt Wilson
Ryan Kelly
Microbiology, Immunology, & Cancer Biology
Developing Novel Therapies to Speed Immune Reconstitution Following Bone Marrow Transplantation
Adviser: Bruce Blazar
Jung-Hyun Kim
Kinesiology
Regulation of the Energy-Efficient Physiologically
Designed Cooling Garment through the Finger Calorimeter Feedback System for
Thermal Comfort during Extravehicular Activities (EVA)
Adviser: Victor Koscheyev
Jessica Knight
English
Autobiographical Passing: Life Stories, Popular Reading, and Literary Education.
Adviser: Paula Rabinowitz
Yevhen Kovalyshen
Civil Engineering
Propagation of a Fluid-Driven Fracture in a Permeable Elastic Rock
Adviser: Emmanuel Detournay
Sanjay Kumar
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Reliability-aware and Variation-aware CAD Techniques
Adviser: Sachin Sapatnekar
Hadas Kushnir
Conservation Biology, Fisheries & Aquatic Biology
Identifying the Causes of Human-Lion Conflict in Southeastern Tanzania
Adviser: Craig Packer
Daniel LaChance
American Studies
Condemned To Be Free: The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in the United States
Adviser: Elaine May
Oksana Laleko
Linguistics
Heritage Russian: The Syntax of Language Loss
Adviser: Nancy Stenson
Evan Larson
Geography
Fire Regimes, Succession, and the Effects of Fire Suppression in Whitebark Pine Forests
Adviser: Katherine Klink
Ioan Lascu
Geology & Geophysics
Geochemical and Mineral Magnetic Water Column and Sedimentary Processes in Two North-Central Minnesota Lakes: Implications for Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions
Adviser: Emi Ito
Serena Laws
Political Science
What is Owed: American Citizenship and the Politics of Debt
Adviser: Scott Abernathy
Jaerim Lee
Family Social Science
Grandmaternal Child Care for Employed Korean Mothers: An Ecological Grounded Theory Analysis
Adviser: Jean Bauer
Kurtis Leschkies
Chemical Engineering
Assembly and Characterization of Hybrid Quantum Dot Solar Cells
Adviser: Eray Aydil
Oleksandr Levchenko
Physics
Interaction and Fluctuation Effects in Disordered Superconductors
Adviser: Alex Kamenev
Meijuan Li
Biostatistics
Statistical Models for Genetics and Genomics Studies
Adviser: Cavan Reilly
Chin-Yi Liu
Mechanical Engineering
Hybrid Solar Cells from Polymers and Silicon Nanocrystals
Adviser: Uwe Kortshagen
Jennifer Lobasz
Political Science
Virgins, Whores and Aliens: The Trouble with Human Trafficking Discourses
Adviser: Raymond Duvall
Sarah Loyd
Comparative Literature & Comparative Studies in Discourse & Society
Videogames and the Ludic Eye: Gaming and Critical Theory
Adviser: Richard Leppert
Radhika Lunawat
Business Administration
Disclosure as a Tool for Building Trust and Stimulating Investment
Adviser: John Dickhaut
Sudeep Maheshwari
Chemical Engineering
Polymer Nanocomposite Membranes from Layered Zeolite for Gas Separation Applications
Adviser: Michael Tsapatsis
Eugenie Maiga
Applied Economics
The Relationship between Mother`s Education and Child Health and Nutrition in Developing Countries: The Case of Burkina Faso
Adviser: Paul Glewwe
Dalhia Mani
Sociology
Putting the Group Back in Business Groups: Network Identification and Conceptualization of Groups
Adviser: David Knoke
Jeffrey Manuel
History
Developing Resources: Industry, Policy, and Memory on the Post-Industrial Iron Range
Adviser: Lary May
Peter Marks
Child Psychology
Popularity Contagion Among Adolescents
Adviser: Nicki Crick
Matthew May
Communication Studies
Class Composition and Rhetorical Culture: The Free Speech Fights of the Industrial Workers of the World (1908-1916)
Adviser: Ronald Greene
Steven McKay
Applied Plant Sciences
The Genetic Dissection of Fruit Texture Traits in Apple (Malus Pumila Mill.)
Adviser: James Luby
Tamene Melkamu
Comparative and Molecular Biosciences
Toll-like Receptor Interactions and their Contribution to Airway Inflammation
Adviser: Scott O'Grady
Daniel Miller
Economics
The Make or Buy Decision - Empirical Evidence on Subcontracting from Bridge Construction Procurement Auctions
Adviser: Patrick Bajari
Faraz Mirzaei
Computer Science
Motion-Induced Sensor-to-Sensor Extrinsic Calibration
Adviser: Stergios Roumeliotis
Ryan Murphy
American Studies
Treacherous Approaches: The Politics of Flight Attendants in the Age of Austerity
Adviser: Jennifer Pierce
Prashant Nagpal
Chemical Engineering
Metallic Photonic Crystals: Efficient Emitters for Renewable Energy
Adviser: David Norris
Sylvie Ndome Ngilla
French
Dynamic of Chaos and the In-Between in Contemporary Black African Francophone Theatre
Adviser: Maria Brewer
Rachel Neiwert
History
Savages or Citizens? Children, Education, and the British Empire, 1899-1950
Adviser: Anna Clark
Kjersten Nelson
Political Science
If You Can`t Say Something Nice: The Gender Dynamics of Negative Advertising
Adviser: Wendy Rahn
Yingjiu Nie
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Auditory Stream Segregation in Cochlear Implant Simulations
Adviser: Peggy Nelson
Eric Novotny
Civil Engineering
The Fate, Transport and Effects of Road Salts on Urban Lakes
Adviser: Heinz Stefan
Steven Offer
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics
Contribution of DNA Repair Pathways to Antibody Gene Diversification
Adviser: Reuben Harris
Alicia Peterson
Chemistry
Dehalogenation of Environmental Pollutants by Metal Hydrides
Adviser: Kristopher McNeill
Patrick Pithua
Veterinary Medicine
The Role of Bovine Colostrum in the Transmission Dynamics of Mycobacterium Avium Subspecies Paratuberculosis in Newborn Calves
Adviser: Scott Wells
Joshua Puhl
Neuroscience
Locomotion and its Activation by Dopamine in Simpler Neural Network
Adviser: Karen Mesce
Jake Rafferty
Chemistry
Molecular-level Insights into Reversed-phase Liquid Chromatographic Systems via Monte Carlo Simulation
Adviser: Ilja Siepmann
Laura Ramsey
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics
B Cell Receptor Signaling and Receptor Editing
Adviser: Michael Farrar
Aaron Rapport
Political Science
Planning in the Shadow of the Future: U.S. Military Interventions and Time Horizons
Adviser: Martin Sampson
Mathew Reiter
Natural Resources Science & Management
Interactions between Nesting Eastern Prairie Population (EPP) Canada Geese and Lesser Snow Geese on the Hudson Bay Lowlands: Nest Survival and Spatial Distribution
Adviser: David Andersen
Eric Richardson
Biomedical Engineering
Pericardial Delivery of Anti-arrhythmic Drugs
Adviser: Paul Iaizzo
Eve Ringsmuth
Political Science
Supreme Court Decision-Making: Agenda Control and the Role of Oral Arguments
Adviser: Timothy Johnson
Scott Roberts
Chemical Engineering
Stability of Microscale Fluid Interfaces: A Study of Fluid Flows Near Soft Substrates and Pattern Formation under Electrostatic Fields
Adviser: Satish Kumar
Jennifer Rutledge
Political Science
Feeding the Future: The Emergence of School Lunch Programs
Adviser: Kathryn Sikkink
Neelakatan Saikrishnan
Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
Studies in Wall Turbulence Using Particle Image Velocimetry and Direct Numerical Simulation Data
Adviser: Ellen Longmire
Marianne Samayoa
History
Shaping Health Care in Post-Colonial Latin America: Mexico, Guatemala, and Cuba in Transition
Adviser: Sarah Chambers
Heather Sander
Conservation Biology, Fisheries & Aquatic Biology
What`s it worth? Improving Land Use Planning through the Modeling and Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services
Advisers: Alan Polasky and Steven Manson
Pallab Sanyal
Business Administration
Design Implications of Real-Time Feedback in Continuous Combinatorial Auctions: An Experimental Investigation
Adviser: Alok Gupta
Jessica Savage
Plant Biological Sciences
Ecological Consequences of Niche Evolution in Willows (Salix) at Local and Continental Scales
Adviser: Jeannine Cavender-Bares
Anderson Schneider
Economics
Government Default and Redistribution
Adviser: Larry Jones
Samuel Schueth
Geography
Drawing the Public/Private Divide: Entrepreneurial Strategies and Market Reforms in the Republic of Georgia
Adviser: Eric Sheppard
Kevin Schwandt
Music
Oh What a World: Rufus Wainwright, Queer Masculinities, and the Musical Construction of a Reparative Cultural Historiography
Adviser: Kelley Harness
Maia Sheppard
Education, Curriculum & Instruction
Difficult Knowledge: Learning from Traumatic Histories in a High School Classroom
Adviser: Patricia Avery
Weon Gyu Shin
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics and Charging of Nanoparticle Agglomerates.
Adviser: David Pui
Sarah Sik
Art History
Satire and Sadism: François-Rupert Carabin and the Symbolist Treatment of Female Form in Fin-de-Siècle France
Adviser: Gabriel Weisberg
Shyam Sivaramakrishnan
Mechanical Engineering
Wireless Carbon Nanotube Sensors for Respiratory Carbon Dioxide Monitoring
Adviser: Rajesh Rajamani
Aeleah Soine
History
From Nursing Sisters to a Sisterhood of Nurses: German Nurses and Transnational Professionalization, 1836-1918
Adviser: Mary Jo Maynes
Vassilios Sotiropoulos
Chemical Engineering
Multiple Time Scale Algorithms for Gene Networks
Adviser: Yiannis Kaznessis
Greggory Springer
Physics
Using Gauge/Gravity Duality Methods to Calculate the Equation of State and Transport Coefficients for a Strongly Coupled Non-conformal Plasma
Adviser: Joseph Kapusta
Matthew Stoddard
Comparative Literature & Comparative Studies in Discourse & Society
The Health of the Movies: Biopolitics and Film Restoration
Adviser: Cesare Casarino
Ian Stoner
Philosophy
The Reward of Virtue: An Essay on the Relationship Between Character and Well-Being
Adviser: Michelle Mason
Kristi Strandberg
Microbiology, Immunology, & Cancer Biology
Interactions of Microorganisms with Mucosal Surfaces
Adviser: Patrick Schlievert
Jose Suarez
Epidemiology
Effects of Parental Occupational Exposure to Pesticides on Childhood Growth and Neurobehavioral Development
Adviser: John Himes
Erin Surdo
Civil Engineering
Composite Reactive Membranes for Containing and Treating Environmental Contamination
Adviser: Bill Arnold
Mir Shahrouz Takyar
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Control and Optimization with Dimensionality Constraints
Adviser: Tryphon Georgiou
Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote
History
Envisioning Nationhood: Kiowa Expressive Culture, 1875-1950
Adviser: Jean O'Brien-Kehoe
Marion Traub-Werner
Geography
Global Displacements: Geographies of Work and Garment Export Decline in the Dominican Republic
Adviser: Eric Sheppard
Francis Valiquette
Mathematics
Applications of Moving Frames to Lie Pseudo-Groups
Adviser: Peter Olver
Michel Van der Hoek
Germanic Studies
Palatalization in Germanic
Adviser: Anatoly Liberman
Her Vang
History
Dreaming of Home, Dreaming of Land: Hmong Displacements and Politics in America, 1975-2005
Adviser: Erika Lee
Tou Yia Vue
Neuroscience
Roles of SHH Signaling in the Developing Forebrain: From Cell Fate Specification to Neuronal Network Formation
Adviser: Yasushi Nakagawa
Michael Vuolo
Sociology
Legal Context and Youth Drug Use: A Multilevel Analysis of the European Union
Adviser: Christopher Uggen
Abigail Walter
Entomology
Host Range and Climate Tolerance Prediction for the Mediterranean Pine Engraver in North America
Adviser: Stephen Kells
Peng Wei
Biostatistics
Network-Based Statistical Methods for Genomic Data
Adviser: Wei Pan
Julie Weiskopf
History
Resettling Buha: A Social History of Resettled Communities in Kigoma Region, Tanzania, 1933-1975
Adviser: Allen Isaacman
Martin Wells
Classical and Near Eastern Studies
A Cosmopolitan Village: The Hellenistic Settlement at Gordion
Adviser: Andrea Berlin
Pamela Wesely
Education, Curriculum & Instruction
The Language Learning Motivation of Early Adolescent French and Spanish Immersion Graduates
Adviser: Diane Tedick
Vance Whitaker
Applied Plant Sciences
Genetics of Black Spot Disease Resistance in Cultivated Roses
Adviser: Stan Hokanson
Holly Willis
Nutrition
Fiber, Satiety, and Gut Hormone Response
Adviser: Joanne Slavin
Brian Willoughby
Family Social Science
Great Expectations: Tracking Marital Attitude Change Among High School Students and Predicting Later Transitions to Marriage and Cohabitation
Adviser: William Doherty
Emily Wroblewski
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
Paternal Kin Discrimination in Wild Chimpanzees.
Adviser: Anne Pusey
Nicholette Zeliadt
Environmental Health
Investigation of the Role of Negative Regulators in Carcinogenesis
Adviser: Elizabeth Wattenberg
Yu Zhang
Chemistry
Chromatographic Selectivity and Hyper-Crosslinked Liquid Chromatography Stationary Phases
Adviser: Peter Carr
Xueyan Zhao
Natural Resources Science & Management
Glycerol Processing Using Biofuel Cell Technology
Adviser: Ping Wang
Past Doctoral Dissertation Fellows
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