Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award
78 thesises
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2005
- Li, Fei-Fei — Visual Recognition: Computational Models and Human Psychophysics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1997
- Behnken, Robert Louis — Nonlinear Control and Modeling of Rotating Stall in an Axial Flow Compressor (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1996
- Smirnov, Stanislav K. — Spectral Analysis of Julia Sets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1995
- Leshin, Laurie Ann — The Abundance and Hydrogen Isotopic Composition of Water in SNC Meteorites: Implications for Water on Mars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1993
- Dugan, Regina E. — Axisymmetric Buoyant Jets in a Cross Flow with Shear: Transition and Mixing (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Ghez, Andrea Mia — The Multiplicity of T Tauri Stars in the Star Forming Regions Taurus-Auriga and Ophiucus-Scorpius: A 2.2 µm Speckle Imaging Survey (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1990
- Nikzad, Shouleh — A Study of Ion Beam Sputtering of Compound Materials with Laser Spectroscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1988
- Korber, Bette Tina Marie — Regulation of Class I Genes by Interferons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Swager, Timothy Manning — Precursor Routes to Conducting Polymers from the Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Cyclic Olefins (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1987
- Burger, Barbara J. — Olefin Insertion and β-Elimination Reactions of Permethylniobocene Olefin Hydride and Permethylscandocene Alkyl Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Carter, Emily Ann — Finesse in Quantum Chemistry: Accurate Energetics Relevant for Reaction Mechanisms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1986
- Dally, William James — A VLSI Architecture for Concurrent Data Structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1984
- Filippenko, Alexei Vladimir — Physical Conditions in Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1983
- Jain, Sudhir Kumar — Analytical Models for the Dynamics of Buildings (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1982
- Engheta, Nader — On the Radiation Patterns of Interfacial Antennas (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Gehrels, Neil — Energetic Oxygen and Sulfur Ions in the Jovian Magnetosphere (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Williams, Ellen D. — Studies of Chemical Adsorption Using Low-Energy Electron Diffraction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1981
- Davis, Mark Morris — Programmed DNA Rearrangements During Differentiation: Immunoglobulin Class Switching (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Lau, Kam-Yin — Ultra-High Frequency Dynamics of Semiconductor Injection Lasers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Rice, Charles Moen, III — Studies on the Structural Proteins of Sindbis Virus (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1980
- Scheller, Richard Henry — Studies of Cloned Repetitive DNA Sequences in the Sea Urchin Genome (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1979
- Cordova, France Anne-Dominic de — X-Ray Observations of Dwarf Novae (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Fokas, Athanassios S. — Invariants, Lie-Bäcklund Operators and Bäcklund Transformations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1978
- Sargent, Anneila Isabel — Molecular Clouds and Star Formation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1976
- Miller, Richard Keith — The Steady-State Response of Multidegree-of-Freedom Systems with a Spatially Localized Nonlinearity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1974
- Tuchman, Jessica — The Developmental Role of Membrane in the Cellular Slime Mold, Dictyostelium Discoideum (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1973
- Bower, Robert William — Reaction Kinetics of Pd and Ti-Al Films on Si (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Chow, Louise Tsi — Genetic Sequences by Electron Microscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1972
- Baker, Mary — Double-Slit Photometric Measurement of Velocity Profiles of Blood in Microvessels and Capillary Tubes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Candel, Sebastien M. — Analytical Studies of Some Acoustic Problems of Jet Engines (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1971
- Elachi, Charles — Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and Source Radiation in Space-Time Periodic Media (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1970
- Davis, Ronald Wayne — A Study of the Base Sequence Arrangements in DNA by Electron Microscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- McDonald, Arthur Bruce — Excitation Energies and Decay Properties of T= 3/2 States in ¹⁷O, ¹⁷F and ²¹Na (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Truhlar, Donald Gene — Quantum Mechanical Calculations for Rearrangement Collisions of Electrons, Atoms, and Molecules (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1969
- Chang, Milton M.T. — Holographic Dielectric Gratings: Theory and Practice (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1968
- Blum, Fred Andrew — Echoes and Scattering From Plasma in a Magnetic Field (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Conn, Robert William — The Theory of Pulsed Neutron Experiments in Polycrystalline Moderators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Duderstadt, James Johnson — The Theory of Neutron Wave Propagation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Evans, David Albert — A Stereoselective Approach Toward the Synthesis of Some Pentacyclic Triterpenes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1967
- Andelin, John Philip — Superfluid Drag in Helium II (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Flandro, Gary Arnold — Rotating Flows in Acoustically Unstable Rocket Motors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1966
- Gunn, James Edward — A Mathematical Framework for Discussing the Statistical Distribution of Galaxies in Space and its Cosmological Implications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1965
- Chester, Arthur Noble — Regge Poles in Field Theories and Elementarity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Wong, James Sai Wing — Generalizations to the Converse of Contraction Mapping Principle (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1963
- Githinji, Philip Mwangi — Effect of Orientation of a Flat Heating Surface on Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer (Engineer's thesis)
- Studier, Frederick William — Studies on the DNA of Bacteriophage T7 (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1962
- Coleman, Sidney Richard — The Structure of Strong Interaction Symmetries (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1961
- Gilinsky, Victor — The Decay of Bound Muons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Willens, Ronald Howard — I. A Vacuum X-Ray Diffractometer for High Temperature Studies. II. An Investigation of the Allotropic Transformation of Titanium (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1957
- Eaton, Gordon Pryor — Miocene Volcanic Activity in Los Angeles Basin and Vicinity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1955
- Felsenfeld, Gary — Some Modifications and Applications of the Pauling Theory of Ferromagnetism (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Furshpan, Edwin Jean — Studies On Certain Sensory and Motor Systems of Decapod Crustaceans (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1954
- Moore, Gordon Earle — I. Infra-Red Studies of Nitrous Acid, the Chloramines and Nitrogen Dioxide. II. Observations Concerning the Photochemical Decomposition of Nitric Oxide (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1953
- Ames, Bruce Nathan — The Biosynthesis of Histidine in Neurospora crassa (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- DeLauer, Richard Daniel — Experimental Heat Transfer at Hypersonic Mach Number (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1951
- Bryson, Arthur Earl — An Experimental Investigation of Transonic Flow Past Two-Dimensional Wedge and Circular Arc Sections Using a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Dhawan, Satish — Direct Measurements of Skin Friction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1950
- Glaser, Donald Arthur — The Momentum Distribution of Charged Cosmic Ray Particles Near Sea Level (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1949
- Cole, Julian David — Problems in Transonic Flow (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Dhawan, Satish — On the Design and Use of a Flexible Nozzle for the GALCIT Transonic Wind Tunnel (Engineer's thesis)
1948
- Fletcher, James Chipman — Cloud Chamber Studies of Cosmic Rays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Fung, Yuan-cheng — Elastostatic and Aereolastic Problems Relating to Thin Wings of High Speed Airplanes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1947
- Ballhaus, William Francis — Aerodynamic and Geometric Parameters Affecting Aircraft Weight (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Cole, Julian David — On the Transonic Flow Past Thin Airfoils (Engineer's thesis)
1946
- Charyk, Joseph Vincent — Condensation Phenomena in Supersonic Flows (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1940
- Dunn, Louis Gerhardus — An Investigation of Sheet-Stiffener Panels Subjected to Compression Loads with Particular Reference to Torsionally Weak Stiffeners (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1939
- Davenport, Horace Willard — Carbonic Anhydrase in the Gastric Mucosa (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Tsien, Hsue Shen — Problems in Motion of Compressible Fluids and Reaction Propulsion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1938
- Dunn, Louis Gerhardus — An Experimental Investigation of the Stresses in Extruded Sections Commonly Used in Aircraft Construction (Master's thesis)
1937
- Clauser, Francis Hettinger; Clauser, Milton Ure — New Methods of Solving the Equations for the Flow of a Compressible Fluid (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Clauser, Milton Ure; Clauser, Francis Hettinger — The Effect of Curvature on the Transition from Laminar to the Turbulent Boundary Layer (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1936
- Tan, Jiazhen — Genetic and Cytological Maps of the Autosomes in Drosophila pseudoobscura (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1934
- Crane, Horace Richard — Artificial Radioactivity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1932
- Ellis, Emory Leon — The Rate of Decomposition of Ethyl Hypochlorite (Master's thesis)
- Folsom, Richard Gilman — An Experimental Investigation of the Phenomena Produced by the Highly Turbulent Flow of Water Past a Series of Sharp Obstacles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1930
- Eckis, Rollin Pollard — The Geology of the Southern Part of the Indio Quadrangle, California (Master's thesis)
1925
- Emmett, Paul Hugh — I. The Reduction of Nickelous and Ferric Oxides by Hydrogen. II. The Catalytic Synthesis of Water Vapor on the Presence of Metallic Nickel (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
1918
- Capra, Frank Russell — The Equivalent Conductance of Solutions of Picric Acid (Bachelor's thesis)