Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award

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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)