Theses — 2000

• Aagaard, Brad Thomas — Finite-Element Simulations of Earthquakes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Adibi, Ali — Persistent holographic storage in photorefractive crystals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aji, Srinivas Mandayam — Graphical Models and Iterative Decoding (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Armond, Michelle Elle — Legal Dimensions of the Chinese Experience in Los Angeles, 1860-1880 (Senior thesis (Major))
• Asparouhov, Tihomir Zlatev — Sequential fixed width confidence intervals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Babcock, David S. — Intelligent control using generalizing case-based reasoning with neural networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Baker, Andrew Jordan — Molecular Gas in Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bandić, Zvonimir Z. — Novel devices employing epitaxial wide bandgap semiconductors : physics, electronics and materials characterization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Behr, Bradford B. — A New Spin on Horizontal-Branch Stars: Anomalous Abundances and Rapid Rotation Rates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bellmann, Erika — Synthesis and Characterization of Hole-Transporting and Electroluminescent Polymers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boehmke, Frederick Jason — Beyond the Ballot: the Influence of Direct Democracy on Interest Group Behavior (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brady, Mark A. — Regularized vortex sheet evolution in three dimensions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bremer, Ryan Elwood — Inhibition of DNA Major Groove Binding Proteins by Hairpin Polyamides (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Carlson, Matt Jeffrey — BUFF: A Biological Universal Forcefield Derived from Quantum Mechanics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chapman, Tara Lynn — Biochemical Characterization of Two Cytomegalovirus MHC Class I Homologs (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chattopadhyay, Goutam — Dual polarized and balanced receivers at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chee-Ruiter, Christine Wai Jun — The Biological Sense of Smell: Olfactory Search Behavior and a Metabolic View for Olfactory Perception (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Wen J. — Extragenic Suppressors of Heat Shock Activated GOα. Topic I: Cyclin in Heat Shock Response. Topic II: Signaling by Go and Gq in C. elegans (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chiang, Eugene — Circumstellar and circumplanetary disks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chirik, Paul James — Ancillary Ligand Effects on Fundamental Transformations in Metallocene Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chou, Hou-Pu — Microfabricated devices for rapid DNA diagnostics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Collins, Donald R. — Characterization of the Physical Properties of Atmospheric Aerosols through Airborne Sampling (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Creighton, Teviet David — From the Big Bang to Tumbleweeds: Analysis of Signals from Relic Gravitons, Neutron Stars, and Terrestrial Gravitational Noise in Gravitational Wave Detectors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Csete, Marie Elizabeth — Less is More: Oxygen and Stem Cell Regeneration (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dani, Keshav Moreshwar — Fidelity of Kane's Binary Gate (Senior thesis (Major))
• Daniell, Cynthia Evors — Object Recognition in Compressed Imagery. (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Davis, John F. — Low-cost, industrial class-E power amplifiers with sine-wave drive (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deckman, Blythe Chadwick — Active quasi-optics and measurements (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Desai, Amish S. — Micromachined Devices for an Airborne Bio-Particle Analysis System (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Djekić, Ognjen — Optimization and miniaturization of microprocessor power supplies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dmochowski, Ivan Julian — Probing Cytochrome P450 with Sensitizer-Linked Substrates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dvoredsky, Andrea Paulina — Investigation of novel effects in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Egnor, Susan Elizabeth Roian — The Role of Spectral Cues in Sound Localization by the Barn Owl (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Elder, Delwin Lerone — The Use of Well-Defined Molybdenum ROMP Initiators in the Synthesis of Fluorescent Poly(arylenevinylene) Homopolymers and Copolymers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Elliott, Sean Joseph — The Copper Centers of Particulate Methane Monooxygenase: Differentiation of C- and E-Clusters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gallivan, Justin Patrick — Electrostatic Interactions in Chemistry and Biology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gibson, Michael Andrew — Computational methods for stochastic biological systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goncalves, Luis — Automatic observation and synthesis of human motion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gonzalez Staffa, Alvaro S. — Essays on the Industrial Organization of Telecommunications and Network Industries (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gonzalez-Serricchio, Aidyl Sofia — Negative Regulation of Cell Fate Specification by the lin-15 Locus During Vulval Induction in Caenorhabditis elegans (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gordon, David Benjamin — Combinatorial Optimization in Computational Protein Design (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Greenwood, Amy L. — The Generation of Peripheral Neuron Diversity from Mammalian Progenitor Cells In Vitro (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Griffin, Robert John — Experimental and computational studies of secondary organic aerosol formation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Haberman, Keith Scott — A Micromechanical Constitutive Model for the Dynamic Response of Brittle Materials "Dynamic Response of Marble" (Engineer's thesis)
• Harrison, Reid R. — An analog VLSI motion sensor based on the fly visual system (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ho, Ching Elizabeth — Multiple mechanisms of apparent motion perception (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Holt, Elizabeth Warner — ¹⁸O/¹⁶O Studies of Short-Lived (10-25 Year), Fumarolic (>500°C) Meteoric-Hydrothermal Events in the Outflow Sheets of Ash-Flow Tuffs (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hood, Christina J. — Real-Time Measurement and Trapping of Single Atoms by Single Photons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Zhao — Spin Transport and Nonequilibrium Superconductivity in YBa2Cu3O7-δ (Senior thesis (Major))
• Hung, Hui-Ming — Sonochemistry : the mechanism and the application (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ikriannikov, Alexandr — New Developments in Single Phase Power Factor Correction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Irfanoglu, Ayhan — Structural Design under Seismic Risk Using Multiple Performance Objectives (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Itti, Laurent — Models of Bottom- Up and Top-Down Visual Attention (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ivanov, Anton Borisovich — Some aspects of the Martian climate in the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) investigation. Part I. Evolution of the polar residual ice caps. Part II. Polar night clouds. Part III. Interpretation of the MOLA reflectivity measurement in terms of the surface albedo and atmospheric opacity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Iverson, Tina Michelle — Crystallographic Investigations of Respiratory Proteins (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jabbour, Michel E. — Modeling chemical vapor deposition of thin solid films (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jeon, David S. — On Cylinders Undergoing One- and Two-Degree of Freedom Forced Vibrations in a Steady Flow (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Karion, Anna — Couette Flows of Granular Materials: Mixing, Rheology, and Energy Dissipation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kazadi, Sanza Nkashama Tsilobo — Swarm Engineering (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kielkopf, Clara Louise — Structural Basis of DNA Recognition by Synthetic Ligands (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kirkland, Thomas Andrew — Expanding the Applications of Transition Metal Alkylidenes and Alkylidynes to Organic Synthesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kneebone, Penelope E. — Arsenic geochemistry in a geothermally impacted system : the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kollmeier, Juna Ariele — On the Kinematics of Galaxies and Associated QSO Absorption Systems (Senior thesis (Major))
• Kossakovski, Dmitri A. — Scanning probe chemical and topographical microanalysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kovrijkine, Oleg E. — Some Estimates of Fourier Transforms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Krasnopolsky, Ruben — Hydromagnetic astrophysical outflows (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kumaraswamy, Guruswamy — The effect of flow history on the crystallization of semicrystalline polymers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kwasnica, Anthony Mark — Asymmetric Information and Cooperation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Patricia Jui-Ting — Coincidence Detection for Neutron Activation Analysis (Senior thesis (Major))
• Lee, Reginald K. — Lasing and modified spontaneous emission in photonic crystal structures and microcavities (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Lifang — Adaptive Receiver Design and Optimal Resource Allocation Strategies for Fading Channels (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Tao — Immersed Surfaces, Dehn Surgery and Essential Laminations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Ying — Tsunamis: Non-Breaking and Breaking Solitary Wave Run-Up (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, Daqi — Theoretical Studies of the Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luo, Chiyan — Millimeter Wave Loss in Superconducting Striplines (Senior thesis (Major))
• Mahmoudi Zarandi, Mehrdad — Steady and Pulsatile Flow in Curved Vessels (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Manwani, Amit — Information-theoretic analysis of neuronal communication (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, Stephen Albert — Metallocene-mediated olefin polymerization : the effects of distal ligand perturbations on polymer stereochemistry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Min, Kyu Sung — Synthesis and properties of light-emitting Si-based nanostructures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moeleker, Piet — The filtered advection-diffusion equation : Lagrangian methods and modeling (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mohseni, Kamran — A: Universality in Vortex Formation. B: Evaluation of Mach Wave Radiation Mechanisms in a Supersonic Jet (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Montgomery, Wren Bowlan — Equation of State for Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) (Senior thesis (Major))
• Morgan, Chantal Smith — Full Sequence Design of an Alpha-Helical Protein and Investigation of the Importance of Helix Dipole and Capping Effects in Helical Protein Design (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Munich, Mario Enrique — Visual input for pen-based computers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Murphy, Thomas Williams, Jr. — Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies: Power Sources and Ages Along the Merger Sequence (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Oguni, Kenji — Micromechanical Aspects of Failure in Unidirectional Fiber Reinforced Composites (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Paquette, Alice Jean — The Role of the Neuron-Restrictive Silencer Factor During Vertebrate Embryogenesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Park, Peter J. — Multiscale numerical methods for the singularly perturbed convection-diffusion equation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Parrilo, Pablo A. — Structured semidefinite programs and semialgebraic geometry methods in robustness and optimization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pekarsky, Sergey — Discrete reduction of mechanical systems and multisymplectic geometry of continuum mechanics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Peral, Eva M. — Some issues relevant to propagation of lightwave signals in optical fibers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pezaris, John Stylianos — Response of Multiple Simultaneously Recorded Macaque Area LIP Neurons in a Memory Saccade Task (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ponce, Adrian — Electron tunneling in proteins and water (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Qu, Wendong — Studies on Nonlinear Dispersive Water Waves (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roulston, Mark Stephen — Construction of low dimensional models of El Niño-southern oscillation using empirical orthogonal functions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sakiyama-Elbert, Shelly Elese — Biofunctional polymers for the controlled release of growth factors in the peripheral nervous system (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schlamp, Stefan — Laser-induced thermal acoustic velocimetry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scholl, Matthias — Expanding the Scope of Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schultz, Eric — Detonation Diffraction Through an Abrupt Area Expansion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shogren-Knaak, Michael Aaron — Incorporating Function into ββα-Motif Peptide Scaffolds (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Si, Hui — Numerical study of interfacial flow with surface tension in two and three dimensions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Siegel, Micah Seth — Genetically Engineered Sensors of Cell Signaling (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith, James N. — A. Computational chemistry applied to the analysis of air pollution reaction mechanisms ; B. Fundamental studies of droplet evaporation and discharge dynamics in electrospray ionization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Street, Arthur George — Understanding and Designing Protein Beta-Sheets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Qi — Molecular genetics of axon guidance in Drosophila melanogaster (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Swenson, Grant Douglas — Numerical simulations of combustion instabilities in gas turbine combustors, with applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Turner, Glenn Cameron — Functions of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in Saccharomyces cerevisiae : cotranslational protein degradation and regulation of the UBR1 pathway (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ulman, Michael — Selectivity, activity, and stability of ruthenium-carbene based olefin metathesis initiators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vernooy, David W. — Cold atoms in cavity QED for quantum information processing (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Voelkl, Tobias — A physical-space version of the stretched-vortex subgrid-stress model for large-eddy simulation of incompressible flow (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Minqin — Pattern formation during Caenorhabditis Elegans vulval development (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Susan Leishua — Turning on Death in the Fly: Regulation of Apoptosis in Drosophila melanogaster (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Xu — Optoelectric devices for optical memory systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Xuan-Qi — Integrated parylene micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Yong — Effects of actuator limits in bifurcation control with applications to active control of fluid instabilities in turbomachinery (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weber, Markus — Unsupervised learning of models for object recognition (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weber, Roberto — Interdependence in organizations and laboratory groups (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wen, Jiajun — What you can see outside the focus of attention (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Witham, Charles Kincaid — The effects of alloy chemistry on the electrochemical and hydriding properties of NI-substituted LaNi5 (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wong, Joyce Y. — Perpendicular patterned media for high density magnetic storage (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wu, Shuyun — Integrated polysilicon thermistors for microfluidic sensing (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yee, Jimmy — Experimental investigations in spheromaks : injection into a tokamak and formation in an unbounded environment (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhu, Xiaoyun — Hard vs. soft bounds in probablilistic robustness analysis and generalized source coding and optimal web layout design (Dissertation (Ph.D.))