Theses — 1996

• Ambrose, Barry E. — Dynamic routing of telephone traffic using network management tools (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anbar, Ariel David — I. Rhenium and Iridium in Natural Waters. II. Methyl Bromide: Ocean Sources, Ocean Sinks, and Climate Sensitivity. III. CO₂ Stability and Heterogeneous Chemistry in the Atmosphere of Mars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anderson, Kraig Knute — An Improved Model for One-Dimensional Polaronic Ferromagnetism: Poly-Meta-Phenylenefuchsone (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anderson, Roger Francis — Characterization of the sea urchin homologue of the replication factor A 70 kD subunit and the novel interspersed repeat family to which it binds (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Andino, Jean Marie — Experimental and theoretical studies of reactions important in photochemical smog : aromatics and alkanes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Annau, Thomas Mark — Models of visual feature detection and spike coding in the nervous system (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Apperson, Michelle Louise — Molecular Analysis of the Postsynaptic Density: Cloning and Characterization of Densin-lSO, a Novel Postsynaptic Density-Associated Adhesion Molecule (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ardalan, Kayvan — Compressible vortex arrays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Arn, Eric — The 2'-5' RNA ligase of Escherichia coli : purification, cloning, and investigations of in vivo function (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bachrach, Max — Electron-Transfer in Covalently Coupled Donor-Acceptor Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bahukutumbi, Radha Pillapakkam — Shell Model Monte Carlo for Gamow-Teller Strengths and Two-Neutrino Double Beta Decay (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bair, Wyeth — Analysis of temporal structure in spike trains of visual cortical area MT (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Baliga, Ramesh — Analysis of Nucleoprotein Complexes Formed by E. coli RecA Protein Using Affinity Cleavage (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Berson, Olga — The study of copper bioavailability and mechanism of uptake in the type I methanotroph Methylomicrobium albus BG8 (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blake, Robert Edward, Jr. — The Synthesis, Characterization and Study of Transition Metal Complexes for the Oxidation and Activation of Hydrocarbons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boysen, Anne-Cecilie — Analysis of the Human T Cell Receptor α/δ Locus: New Approaches to Mapping and Sequencing (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bradley, Jonathan Christopher Robert — Molecular Analysis of Olfactory Signal Transduction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brain, Ruth Amy — Capillary-Driven Reflow of Thin Cu Films with Submicron, High Aspect Ratio Features (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bren, Kara Lynne — Structurally Engineered Cytochromes c with Novel Ligand-Binding Properties (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Burnley, Victor Scott — Nonlinear Combustion Instabilities and Stochastic Sources (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Burr, Geoffrey W. — Volume holographic storage using the 90° geometry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Campisi, Donna — Transition metal complexes as probes of DNA sequence-dependent structure (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cates, Joseph Eugene — Studies of shock wave focusing using geometrical shock dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Catrakis, Haris J. — Mixing and the Geometry of Isosurfaces in Turbulent Jets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chakrabarty, Deepto — Hard X-Ray Detection and Timing of Accretion-Powered Pulsars with BATSE (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Pei-Long — Coherent Vortex States in Two-Dimensional Ideal Fluids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chiao, Jung-Chih — Quasi-optical components for millimeter and submillimeter waves (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cho, Junhyeong — Design of cyclic polyamides for sequence-specific recognition of the minor groove of DNA (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Wonyong — Photooxidative and Photoreductive Degradation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons on Aqueous Titanium Dioxide Colloids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choset, Howard Marc — Sensor Based Motion Planning: The Hierarchical Generalized Voronoi Graph (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Claverie, Jérôme — Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization with Tungsten Based Catalysts: Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Mechanism (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Colocci, Natalia — Cooperative Oligonucleotide-Directed Triple Helix Formation at Adjacent DNA Sites (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cook, Brian M. — Development and Testing of a Detector to Study Neutrino Oscillations at Palo Verde (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dabdub, Donald — Mathematical modeling of air pollution dynamics by parallel computation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dartt, Christopher Bruce — Synthesis and characterization of titanium-containing molecular sieves (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Day, Michael W. — X-Ray Crystallographic Studies on Electron Transfer Proteins; Rubredoxin from Pyrococcus furiosus, Nitrogenase MoFe from Azotobacter vinelandii and Ru(2,2'-bppy)₂(imd)His83 Azurin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• De Lisio, Michael Peter — Hybrid and monolithic active quasi-optical grids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• De Oliveira, Simone Loureiro — Model Predictive Control (MPC) for Constrained Nonlinear Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Demiralp, Ersan — Prediction of structures and properties for organic superconductors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deng, Edward E. — I. Negative incremental impedance of fluorescent lamps. II. Simple high power factor lamp ballasts (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Erimli, Bahadir — Switching Algorithms and Buffer Management in Asynchronous Transfer Mode Networks (Engineer's thesis)
• Fey, Kate Elizabeth — Experimental and theoretical aspects of dynamic crack growth along bimaterial interfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Figl, Antonio — Structure-Function Analysis of the β Subunit of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Forman, Jonathan Eric — Non-Covalent Interactions in Aqueous Media: Molecular Recognition Studies Through Circular Dichroism and Self-Assembly of Discrete Aggregates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Forstner, Hali J. L. — Aerosol formation from atmospheric hydrocarbon photooxidation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gerdy, James Joseph — Accurate Interatomic Potentials for Simulations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goodwin, Kelly D. — Natural cycles of brominated methanes : macroalgal production and marine microbial degradation of bromoform and dibromomethane (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gupta, Vinay Kumar — Controlling molecular and microstructural alignment in anisotropic polymer systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gurwell, Mark Andrew — Planetary atmospheres: probing structure through millimeterwave observations of carbon monoxide (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hansen, Bradley Miles Stougaard — The ages, speeds and offspring of pulsars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hayen, Jeffrey Clyde — Response Control of Structural Systems Using Semi-Actively Controlled Interactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Heikal, Ahmed Abdou — Ultrafast molecular dynamics in complexed trans-stilbene (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hendrickson, Tamara Lynn — Insights into the Mechanism of Asparagine-Linked Glycosylation: Kinetic Studies with Substrates and Inhibitors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Herek, Jennifer Lynn — Femtochemistry and reactive intermediates : application to atmospheric and organic chemistry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hochemer, Ralf H. — Degradation of organic compounds by acoustic cavitation and pulsed-power discharges (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hong, Liubo — Structures and stabilities of nanocrystalline materials synthesized by mechanical alloying and modeled as driven alloys (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Howard, Danny Dwayne — Part I. Mechanisms of injury associated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Part II. Exsolution of volatiles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hua, Inez — The sonochemistry of aqueous solutions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hua, Xinlei — First principles simulations : development of new density functionals and pseudopotentials and formation mechanism of fullerenes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Ching-Tung — On the Dynamic Response of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Irion, Fredrick W. — Analyses of atmospheric CHF2Cl, heavy ozone, HDO and CH3D from ATMOS spectra (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jaegle, Lyatt — Stratospheric chlorine and nitrogen chemistry: observations and modeling (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jenkins, Yonchu — Dipyridophenazine Complexes of Ruthenium(II) as Luminescent Reporters of DNA (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Matthew Stanley — Spectroscopy of Reactive Molecules and Clusters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kato, Kaoru — Stochastic Bargaining Theory and Order Flow (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Katsavounidis, Erotokritos Charalambous — Search for GUT magnetic monopoles with the MACRO detector (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kedar, Sharon — The origin of harmonic tremor at Old Faithful geyser (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kelly, James J. — Binding site size limitations of imidazole-pyrrole polyamides for recognition in the minor groove of DNA (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kelsey, Michael Henderson — Measurement of the Leptonic Branching Fraction of the Dₛ Meson and Determination of Its Decay Constant (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kennefick, Julia Dusk — The Luminosity Function of Quasars at Redshifts Greater than Four (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kirkby, David P. — A Study of Final-State Radiation in Hadronic Z Decays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Klewicki, J. Kenneth — The Kinetics of Redox Reactions of Mn(II) and Mn(III) in Aqueous Systems: Homogenous Autoxidation of Mn(II) and the Formation and Disappearance of Mn(III) Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kolb, F. Christopher — Two themes in perceptual ecology : visual attention and awareness (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kratel, Axel Wolf Hendrik — Pulsed Power Discharges in Water (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kuzo, David Matthew — An experimental study of the turbulent transverse jet (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Larkin, James Edwin — Near Infrared Spectroscopy of LINER Galaxies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Law, William Sauway — Evaluating imprecision in engineering design (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Woh-jer — Experimental Study on Liquid Immiscibility in Silicate-Carbonate Systems with Applications to Carbonatites (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leung, Hoi-Ming — Conformal Laminations on the Circle (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lewicki, Michael Samuel — Neural Representation of Auditory Temporal Structure (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lewis, John Edwin — Characterization and permeation studies on oriented single-crystal ferrierite membranes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Chiang-Shan Ray — Macaque Lateral Intraparietal Area and Oculomotor Behaviors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lie, Yu-Chun Donald — Ion implantation in epitaxial GexSi1-x on Si(100) (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Duo-min — Run-Up and Nonlinear Propagation of Oceanic Internal Waves and Their Interactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Chang — Silicon Micromachined Sensors and Actuators for Fluid Mechanics Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Cheh-Ming Jeff — Monolithic grid amplifiers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lubecke, Victor Manuel — Micromechanical tuning elements for submillimeter wave integrated circuits (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luo, Jiafu — Monolithic GaAs VLSI optoelectronic neuron arrays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lyons, James Richard — Atmospheric chemistry in the outer solar system: from 40 K to 4000 K (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marohn, John Aaron — I. Multiple-pulse radio-frequency gradient nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of solids ; II. Optical nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of epitaxial gallium arsenide structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Martin, Scot Turnbull — Photocatalyzed Destruction of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marx, David Solomon — Subwavelength structures, optical diffraction, and optical disc memories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McGraw, Patrick Neal — Dynamics of non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Minch, Sherrill Lynn — Engineering protein glycosylation in Chinese hamster ovary cells : genetic manipulations, global glycoprotein analysis, and studies of environmental influences (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mislick, Kimberly Ann — The role of proteoglycans in the delivery of cationic-DNA complexes and enhanced delivery by folate receptor-mediated endocytosis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mizoguchi, Tadashi Jack — Probing the role of the active-site Cysteine of Azurin by site-directed mutagenesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Montgomery, John Michael — Cell migration domains in the chick telencephalon (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moore, Cyrille Dennis — Experiments in axisymmetric supersonic jets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moore, Jeffrey Charles — Tailoring enzyme catalysts by directed evolution (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moore, Kevin C. — Experiments on the interaction of a coflowing light gas jet with a weak oblique shock wave (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morissette, Josee — Plasticity in mammalian somatosensory cerebellar maps (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morris, Jeffrey Franklin — Suspensions: microstructure, diffusion, and inhomogeneous flow (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morris, John Christopher — Experimental Control: a Helicopter Case Study (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Musser, Siegfried M. — The Proton Translocation Mechanisms of the Cytochrome bo₃-Type Ubiquinol Oxidase Complex and the Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase Complex (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nair, Hari — Photochemical processes in the atmospheres of Earth and Mars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Newlin, Matthew Philip — Model Validation, Control, and Computation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Norwood, Thomas E. — Codes and Polynomials in the Study of Cyclic Difference Sets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Brien, John David — Design, growth, and characterization of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Orlov, Sergei S. — Holographic storage dynamics, phase conjugation, and nonlinear optics in photorefractive materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ostrowski, James Patrick — The mechanics and control of undulatory robotic locomotion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Paganini-Herrera, Fernando — Sets and Constraints in the Analysis of Uncertain Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pápai, Szilvia — Dominant Strategy Implementation on Private Goods Domains with Indivisibilities (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Parks, Michelle E. — Sequence-specific recognition of DNA by pyrrole-imidazole hairpin polyamides (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Patapoutian, Ardem — The Role of the MyoD Family Genes during Mouse Development (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pedersen, Søren — Development and Applications of Techniques in Laser Femtochemistry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pettersson, Per-Olov — Silicon heterojunctions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Phoong, See-May — Time-varying and finite field filter banks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Putney, Angela — Magnetic white dwarf stars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rubin, Susan Felicia — Viscoelasticity and dynamics of alignment in side-group liquid crystalline polymers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Russell, Lynn M. — The physics and chemistry of marine aerosols (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Salvatore, Randal A. — Ultrashort and ultrahigh-repetition-rate pulses from passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Saving, Jason Lee — Welfare Magnets, the Labor-Leisure Decision and Economic Efficiency (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schlag, Wilhelm — Lᵖ to Lᑫ Estimates for the Circular Maximal Function (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schoenherr, Christopher John — The Neuron Restrictive Silencer Factor: a Coordinate Repressor of Neuronal Genes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schwarz, Erich Marquard — Calx, A Sodium-Calcium Exchanger of Drosophila melanogaster (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Seidel, Peter Robert — Direct Decomposition of Nitric Oxide by Copper Containing ZSM-5 (Master's thesis)
• Shakouri, Ali — Electron transport in quantum well infrared photodetectors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shin, Ho Seon — Chemical vapor deposition of diamond in flames and fluidized beds (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shnek, Deborah Rebecca — Targeting of Proteins and Protein Analogs to Metal-Chelating Lipid Vesicles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Slutter, Claire Ellen — Overexpression and Characterization of the Copper A Domain from Cytochrome ba_3 of Thermus Thermophilus (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Small, Todd Andrew — The Norris survey of the Corona Borealis supercluster (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smirnov, Stanislav K. — Spectral Analysis of Julia Sets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith, Kelly S. — Enrichment of a marine methanotrophic population and its kinetics of methane and TCE oxidation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Soatto, Stefano — A geometric framework for dynamic vision (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Song, Xueyu — Quantum Effects in Electron Transfer Reactions and Solvation Dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stephens, Tab Allen — Chemical environment selectivity in Mossbauer diffraction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stockman, Paul Alan — Microwave and Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Water-Containing, Hydrogen-Bonded Dimers: Vibrational, Rotational, and Tunneling Dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Jennifer Yun-Man — Three-Dimensional Shape from Shading: Perception and Mechanisms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Suzuki, Sakae — Towards a More Quantitative Understanding of Intermolecular Interactions: Biologically Significant Intermolecular Clusters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Takeuchi, Toshihiko — The Electronic Structure of Distorted Porphyins and Cobalt Schiff Base Derivatives as Novel Enzyme Inhibitors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Terbrueggen, Robert Henry — Exploring the Direct and Indirect Readout of DNA with Phenanthrenequinone Diimine Complexes of Rhodium(III) (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thio, Hong Kie — 1. Using Short-Period Surface Waves to Study Seismic Source and Structure. 2. Source Complexity of Large Strike-Slip Earthquakes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thornley, John William — A Parallel Programming Model with Sequential Semantics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tierno, Jorge E. — A computational approach to nonlinear system analysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tsai, Charles Su-Chang — Optoelectronic structure fabrication by organometallic vapor-phase epitaxy and selective epitaxy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ure, Patricia K. — A study of (0,n,n+1)-sets and other solutions of the isoperimetric problem in finite projective planes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Valluri, Siddhartha — Bluff Body Flows in the Presence of a Free Surface (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vasisht, Gautam — Many faces of young neutron stars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walter, Mark E. — The evolution of damage in ceramic matrix composites (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Barbara Helen — Rheo-optical investigation of the dynamics of miscible polymers: blends and diblock copolymers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Yi-Chun — Shock waves in bubbly cavitating flows. Part I. Shock waves in cloud cavitation. Part II. Bubbly cavitating flows through a converging-diverging nozzle (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weisstein, Eric W. — Millimeter/submillimeter fourier transform spectroscopy of Jovian planet atmospheres (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yan, Lin — Binary stars in globular clusters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Wenbo — Impact volatilization of calcite and anhydrite and the effect on global climate from K/T impact crater at Chicxulub (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yule, John Douglas — Geologic and tectonic evolution of jurassic marginal ocean basin lithosphere, Klamath Mountains, Oregon (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Jin E. — I. Run-Up of Ocean Waves on Beaches II. Nonlinear Waves in a Fluid-Filled Elastic Tube (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhou, Dongyan — Synthesis of PWM Dc-to-Dc Power Converters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhu, Mei — Selective hydroxylation of small alkanes by the particulate methane monooxygenase (Master's thesis)
• Zhu, Yunfeng — The Lyapunov exponents for Schrodinger operators and Jacobi matrices with slowly oscillating potentials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))