Theses — 1998

• Abrams, Michael Benjamin — Design, Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Group III ansa-Metallocenes Containing Bulky Alkyl and Silyl Substituents (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ajoodani-Namini, Shahin — Large Sets of t-Designs (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alouini, Mohamed-Slim — Adaptive and Diversity Techniques for Wireless Digital Communications Over Fading Channels (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Altman, Micah — Districting Principles and Democratic Representation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• An, Xin — Long-term large-scale holographic storage in LiNbO33:Fe (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Arrington, John R. — Inclusive Electron Scattering from Nuclei at x > 1 and High Q² (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bachman, David Alan — Nonlinear Phenomena in a Pure Electron Plasma Studied with a 2-D Fluid Code (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barbastathis, George — Intelligent holographic databases (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bax, Eric — Finite-difference algorithms for counting problems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Belmares, Michael Paul — Molecular Origins of the Thermophysical Properties of Polymers and Modeling of Polymer Permeation by Large Molecules (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bernstein, Rebecca A. — The HST/LCO measurement of the mean flux of the extragalactic background light (3000-8000Å) (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bertsch, Ruth Ann — The early events of protein folding : Simulations of polyalanine folding into an alpha-helix (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blackwell, Veronica R. — Formation processes of clathrate hydrates of carbon dioxide and methane (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blaom, Anthony David — The Perturbation of Hamiltonian Systems with a Non-Abelian Symmetry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bohossian, Vasken Z. — Neural logic : theory and implementation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brady, Robert John — The Geology of the Gold Butte Breakaway Zone and the Mechanical Evolution of Normal Fault Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bray, Bruce D. — A Determination of the Neutron Spin Structure Function gⁿ₁ with the 1995 HERMES Data (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brody, Carlos D. — Analysis and modeling of spike train correlations in the lateral geniculate nucleus (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Camata, Renato Penha — Aerosol synthesis and characterization of silicon nanocrystals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Çataltepe, Zehra Kök — Incorporating Input Information into Learning and Augmented Objective Functions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chadha, Mandeepa — A Measurement of the Michel Parameters ρ and ƞ in Leptonic Tau Decays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, George (Guangqing) — I. High pressure melting of [gamma]-iron and the thermal profile in the Earth's core. II. High pressure, high temperature equation of state of fayalite (Fe2SiO4) (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Zhong-Ren — I. Dynamics of Block Copolymer Nanostructures. II. Polymerizability of Cyclic Olefins and Ring-Closing Metathesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheng, Chuan-cheng — Nanofabrication and Characterization of Photonic Crystals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cherkis, Sergey A. — Three-Dimensional Gauge Theories and Gravitational Instantons from String Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Yanglim — (3,1)-Surfaces via Branched Surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chuang, Ernest Y. — Methods and architecture for rewritable holographic memories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Conner, Robert Dale — Mechanical properties of bulk metallic glass matrix composites (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cornelison, Dawn D. W. — Gene expression in wild-type and MyoD-null satellite cells: regulation of activation, proliferation, and myogenesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Crowdy, Darren G. — Exact solutions for two-dimensional Stokes flow (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dahiyat, Bassil I. — Protein Design Automation : Principles and Practice (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dandliker, Richard B. — Bulk metallic glass matrix composites : processing, microstructure, and application as a kinetic energy penetrator (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Davoudiasl, Hooman — Applications of Chiral Symmetry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dias, Eric Lee Kuiokalani — Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: Synthesis, Mechanism, and Activity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ducea, Mihai Nicolae — A petrologic investigation of deep-crustal and upper-mantle xenoliths from the Sierra Nevada, California ; constraints on lithospheric composition beneath continental arcs and the origin of cordilleran batholiths (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Engin, Doruk — Nonlinear spatial dynamics of double phase conjugation in photorefractive crystals and holographic dynamics of photopolymerization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Evans, David Aspinwall Dai — I. Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic Supercontinental Tectonics and True Polar Wander. II. Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Proterozoic Glaciations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Faglioni, Francesco — Quantum chemical computations of heterogeneous selective oxidation, STM images, and multiple bond reactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Filippov, Mikhail G. — Political Competition in Federations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Forman, Selena M. — The transport of nonlinearly adsorbing compounds between stream water and sediment bed in a laboratory flume (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Frank, Timothy S. — Computing with spiking neurons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Frase, Heather N. — Vibrational and magnetic properties of mechanically attrited Ni3Fe nanocrystals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fraser, Matthew Paul — Measuring and modeling the concentrations of individual organic compounds in the urban atmosphere (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gao, Guanghua — Large Scale Molecular Simulations with Application to Polymers and Nano-Scale Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Georgiades, Nikos Photakis — Nonclassical excitation and quantum interference in a three level atom (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gizis, John Evangelos — M Subdwarfs and the Population II Luminosity Function (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Glavaski, Sonja — Robust system analysis and nonlinear system model reduction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goodwine, John William — Control of stratified systems with robotic applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Greenberg, William Anthony — Design and synthesis of ligands for recognition of the major and minor grooves of DNA (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gremm, Martin — Aspects of Heavy Quark Physics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hanson, Robin Dale — Four Puzzles in Information and Politics : Product Bans, Informed Voters, Social Insurance, & Persistent Disagreement (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hastings, Curtis Asa — Part A. Studies Directed Toward the Total Synthesis of Chebulagic Acid. Part B. DNA Recognition by Metallointercalator-Peptide Conjugates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Heirich, Alan Bryant — Analysis of scalable algorithms for dynamic load balancing and mapping with application to photo-realistic rendering (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Herman, Robert Laird — In Situ Measurements of Chemical Tracers in the Stratosphere: CO, N₂O, and CH₄ (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hill, David J. — Part I. Vortex dynamics in wake models. Part II. Wave generation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hoang, Bac Hoa — Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of a Spermine-Conjugated Dynemicin Analog (Master's thesis)
• Hogg, David Wardell — On the Evolution of Field Galaxies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Holt, Gary R. — A critical reexamination of some assumptions and implications of cable theory in neurobiology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hsu, Chao-Ping — On the Theory of Electron Transfer Reactions: Superexchange Coupling and Polar Solvation Dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hughes, Scott Alexander — Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: Aspects of the Theory of Binary Sources and Interferometric Detectors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hunziker, Guido H. — Spectroscopy and wavelength conversion by four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huq, Iftikhar — Design and control studies on the fluid catalytic cracking process (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Iotov, Mihail S. — Diffusion in Amorphous Media (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jackson, Frances Yvonne — Sun-Dual Characterizations of the Translation Group of ℝ (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jiang, Fukang — Silicon-micromachined flow sensors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kao, John — Two-Dimensional Steady Bow Waves in Water of Finite Depth (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kelly, Scott D. — The mechanics and control of robotic locomotion with applications to aquatic vehicles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kiser, Cynthia N — Biological electron transfer in copper proteins (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Koh, Danny Towsian — Continuous Long Term Observations of Accreting Pulsars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kusaka, Isamu — Molecular Theory of Vapor Phase Nucleation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kuwata, Keith Tadao — Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of Ionic Clusters as Models of Solvation and Atmospheric Reactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Sangwook — Failure of laminated composites at thickness discontinuities under complex loading and elevated temperatures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leibovich, Adam Keith — Quarkonia Production in Nonrelativistic Quantum Chromodynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leitch, Erik M. — A measurement of anisotropy in the microwave background on 7'-22' scales (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lesa, Giovanni M. — Signaling by LET-23, a Caenorhabditis elegans Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Homolog (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Levene, Michael — Optics in neural computation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Xuhua — Some results on projective equivalence relations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liberles, David Alan — Sequence specific DNA recognition and bending (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lim, Ai Ching — Investigation of RNA Tertiary Structure and Function by Transition Metal Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Qiao — Mechanics and Planning of Workpiece Fixturing and Robotic Grasping (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Wenshan — Formation and characterization of Mg-based bulk metallic glasses and nanocrystalline materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, Wenwen — A Study of Bhabha Scattering at the Z Resonance (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lyutikov, Maxim — Coherent emission mechanisms in radio pulsars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mabuchi, Hideo — Continuous observation of quantum dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Magdon-Ismail, Malik — Supervised learning in probabilistic environments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mahajan, Sanjoy Sondhi — Order of Magnitude Physics: A Textbook with Applications to the Retinal Rod and the Density of Prime Numbers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Martin, Jeremy Isaac — Statistical Mechanics of End-Attached Polymer Interfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Massingill, Berna Linda — A structured approach to parallel programming (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maughon, Bob Robinson, Jr. — Synthesis of Functionalized Polymers by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• May, Bennett Scott — Probabilistic Robust Control: Theory and Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McAdams, Matthew S. — Semiconductor laser signals and noise in fiber grating systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meloon, Mark Robert — Models of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in continuously stratified fluids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mills, Franklin Perry — I. Observations and Photochemical Modeling of the Venus Middle Atmosphere. II. Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy of Europa and Callisto (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Misra, Ashish — Large-eddy simulation using a vortex-based subgrid stress model (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitsis, Themistoklis — On a Problem in Geometric Measure Theory Related to Sphere and Circle Packing (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Montilla Edmonds, Karina Luciel — Shock Wave Processing of Transitional Metal Silicides (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moore, Teresa Anne — Molecular Beam Studies of Stratospheric Photochemistry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mukhopadhyay, Ranjan — Quantum phase transitions in disordered Bose systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nairn, Bruce James — Incipient transport of silt-sized sediments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Odum, Jay Russell — Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation and Gas/Aerosol Partitioning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ogle, Patrick Michael — Polarization and Structure of Broad Absorption Line Quasi-Stellar Objects (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Owen, Benjamin James — Gravitational Waves from Compact Objects (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pahre, Michael Andrew — Elliptical galaxies : structure, stellar content, and evolution (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Park, Han G. — A Study of Heat Transport Processes in the Wake of a Stationary and Oscillating Circular Cylinder Using Digital Particle Image Velocimetry/Thermometry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Patel, Bibhuti Bhusan — An Experimental Investigation of Wave Propagation in Fractured Brittle Material (Engineer's thesis)
• Polidori, David Charles — A probabilistic treatment of uncertainty in nonlinear dynamical systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pomykal, Katherine Elizabeth — Studies of Charge Transfer at Semiconductor/Liquid Junctions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Press, William Alan — Effects of Spatial Attention on Macaque Primary Visual Cortex (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Protopapas, Alexander D. — Pyramidal Cell Responses to Temporally Structured Stimuli: Experiments and Computer Simulations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Radovitzky, Raul A — Error estimation and adaptive meshing in strongly nonlinear dynamic problems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ramamoorthi, Ravi — Creating Generative Models from Range Images (Master's thesis)
• Ramirez, Benjamin E. — The CUₐ center of cytochrome oxidase : electronic structure calculations and electron-tunneling pathways (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Repetto, Eduardo A. — On the fatigue behavior of ductile F.C.C. metals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rhodes, Carl — Nonlinear modeling and identification for process control (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rieffel, Marc A. — Performance modeling for concurrent particle simulations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rudnev, Mikhail K. — Exponentially small splitting of separatrices and the Arnold's diffusion problem (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sanders, Steven Jay — Plasma ion dynamics in large-amplitude drift waves : stochasticity, collisions, orbit loss, and recycling (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schauer, James Jay — Source contributions to atmospheric organic compound concentrations : emissions measurements and model predictions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schwarz, Patricia Margaret — Black Holes, Gravity Waves and String Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scrivner, Craig William — Analysis and Modeling of Seismic Ground Motions in Heterogeneous Structures in Southern California (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sgoureva-Philippakos, Russina — Nonlinear effects in elastic Rayleigh waves (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shiels, Douglas G. — Simulation of Controlled Bluff Body Flow with a Viscous Vortex Method (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sill, Joseph — Monotonicity and connectedness in learning systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sivilotti, Paolo A. G. — A method for the specification, composition, and testing of distributed object systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Slessor, Michael David — Aspects of turbulent-shear-layer dynamics and mixing (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Springfield, Christopher D. — Development of an object-oriented infrared imaging system simulator and its application to multi-spectral infrared imaging (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Su, Yao-ying Alyce — Backbone Flexibility in Protein Design Theory and Experiment (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sullivan, Brian M. — Studies of Nitric Oxide Signal Transduction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Taylor, Maggie Elizabeth — Pulsed laser deposition : energetic growth effects in group iv semiconductor materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tong, Xiaolin — Properties and applications of potassium lithium tantalate niobate (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tsao, Thomas Rocco — Silicon micromachined magnetic actuators for aerodynamic flow control applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tsitas, Steven R. — I. The effect of volcanic aerosols on ultraviolet radiation in Antarctica. II. A novel method for enhancing subsurface radar imaging using radar interferometry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tuqan, Jamal — Statistical optimization of multirate systems and orthonormal filter banks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Umana, Pablo — Engineering of protein glycosylation in Chinese hamster ovary cells (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Uy, Robert Vincent — Studies of Rotordynamic Forces Generated by Annular Flows (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vasavada, Ashwin R. — I. Temperatures of polar ice deposits on mercury and the moon. II. Jovian atmospheric dynamics from Galileo imaging (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vaughn, Daniel E. — Molecular Mechanism of pH Dependent Antibody Binding: Structure/Function Studies on the Neonatal Fc Receptor (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wagaman, Michael Wayne — Conjugated Electroluminescent Polymers Synthesized by a Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Precursor Route (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walkup, Grant Kingsley — Fluorescent peptidyl chemosensors for the measurement of divalent metal cation concentrations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Chun-Ming — Image enhancement with two-photon laser scanning microscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Fang — Nativism in the 1990s (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Watts, Jerrell R. — Dynamic load balancing and granularity control on heterogeneous and hybrid architectures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weavers, Linda K. — Enhancement of ultrasonic and ultraviolet irradiation with chemical oxidants (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wen, Lianxing — Plate Tectonics, Mantle Convection and D" Seismic Structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Westphal, Eric Rodney — Electroweak Baryogenesis via Scalar Baryon Number Transport (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Williams, Daniel LeRoy — Measurements of the isotopic composition of solar energetic particles with the MAST instrument aboard the SAMPEX spacecraft (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Williamson, Joseph Charles — Ultrafast Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Winfree, Erik — Algorithmic Self-Assembly of DNA (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Winner, Darrell Alan — Long-term modeling of regional ozone concentrations and control strategies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wrean, Patricia Rose — 19F(α,n)22Na, 22Ne(p,n)22Na, and the Role of their Inverses in the Destruction of 22Na (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wu, Yanqin — Excitation and Saturation of White Dwarf Pulsation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xiaoming, Ding — High Resolution Studies of Deep Earth Structure (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yen, Albert Shih-Yueh — Effects of the Martian environment on its surface materials: experimental studies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yurkovetsky, Yevgeny — I. Statistical mechanics of bubbly liquids. II. Behavior of sheared suspensions of non-Brownian particles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zachariasen, Judith Ann — Paleoseismology and Paleogeodesy of the Sumatran Subduction Zone: A Study of Vertical Deformation Using Coral Microatolls (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zajac, Blair J. — The State of Stress as Inferred from Deviated Boreholes: Constraints on the Tectonics of Offshore Central California and Cook Inlet, Alaska (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zaremba, Slawomir M. — Dynamical signatures of gearbox vibrations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zenit Camacho, Jose Roberto — Collisional mechanics in solid-liquid flows (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhao, Huimin — Enzyme Design by Directed Evolution (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhu, Lupei — Broadband waveform modeling and its application to the lithospheric structure of the Tibetan plateau (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zorin, Denis N. — Stationary Subdivision and Multiresolution Surface Representations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zuercher, William John — Ruthenium-Catalyzed Polycyclization Reactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))