Theses — 2007

• Afshari, Ehsan — Optotronics: Optically Inspired Electronics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Agapie, Theodor — Synthetic, Reactivity, and Mechanistic Studies Relevant to Olefin Oligomerization and Polymerization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aliferis, Panagiotis (Panos) — Level-Reduction and the Quantum Threshold Theorem (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alvizo, Oscar — Computational Protein Design Force Field Optimization: A Negative Design Approach (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anen, Cédric Robert — Neural Correlates of Economic and Moral Decision-Making (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Arjara, Gitrada — [Refolding a β-Barrel Membrane Protein

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• Ashby, Meredith Howard — The Sea Urchin Regulome in Development (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Au, John King-Tai — An Ab Initio Approach to the Inverse Problem-Based Design of Photonic Bandgap Devices (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Augustyn, Katherine Emily — Fundamental Mechanisms and Biological Applications of DNA-Mediated Charge Transport (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Austin, Ryan James — Solving Molecular Recognition Problems with Evolvable Peptide Motifs (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Babilo, Peter — Processing and Characterization of Proton Conducting Yttrium Doped Barium Zirconate for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bailey, Delia Ruth Grigg — Essays on Causal Inference and Political Representation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Balagaddé, Frederick Kiguli — Microfluidic Technologies for Continuous Culture and Genetic Circuit Characterization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Balcerski, William Clifford — Applications of Semiconductor Photocatalysis for Both Degradation of Organics and Hydrogen Production (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bao, Xiaoyan Robert — Lost in a Crowd: Observations of Single DNA Knots and Single Mammalian Cells (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barclay, Paul Edward — Fiber Coupled Nanophotonic Devices for Nonlinear Optics and Cavity QED (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bartlett, Derek William — An Engineering Approach to Cancer Therapy Using Systemically Delivered siRNA (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Basset, Christophe Jean-Michel — CMOS Imaging Technology with Embedded Early Image Processing (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Becker, George Dana — A High-Resolution Study of the High-Redshift Intergalactic Medium (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Behenna, Douglas Carl — Progress Toward the Synthesis of (+)-Zoanthenol and the Development of an Asymmetric Tsuji Allylation Reaction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beierholm, Ulrik Ravnsborg — Bayesian Modeling of Sensory Cue Combinations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bender, John Andrew — Elements of Feed-Forward and Feedback Control in Drosophila Body Saccades (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Berglund, Andrew John — Feedback Control of Brownian Motion for Single-Particle Fluorescence Spectroscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Berlin, Jacob Myar — Design Of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: From Enantioselective Reactions To Tetrasubstituted Olefins (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bloom, Jesse D. — Hidden Dimensions in Protein Evolution: Stability, Mutational Robustness, and Evolvability (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bois, Justin S. — Analysis of Interacting Nucleic Acids in Dilute Solutions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bondarescu, Mihai — Topics in General Relativity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bonderson, Parsa Hassan — Non-Abelian Anyons and Interferometry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bou-Rabee, Nawaf Mohammed — Hamilton-Pontryagin Integrators on Lie Groups (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bradford, Samuel Case, V — Time-Frequency Analysis of Systems with Changing Dynamic Properties (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brès, Guillaume Alain — Numerical Simulations of Three-Dimensional Instabilities in Cavity Flows (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, Charles Titus — Tackling the Regulatory Genome (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, Michal Amaris — Measuring Stress in Thin-Film - Substrate Systems Featuring Spatial Nonuniformities of Film Thickness and/or Misfit Strain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Budick, Seth Alexander — Resource Localization and Multimodal Flight Control in Drosophila melanogaster (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bunimovich, Yuri Leonid — Silicon Nanowires as Biological Sensors and Highly Efficient Thermoelectric Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Byers, Jeffery Allen — Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies into the Kinetic Resolution of α-olefins Using C₁₋ and C₂₋ Symmetric Zirconocene Polymerization Catalysts (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cai, Lance Lin-Lan — Robotics Training Algorithms for Optimizing Motor Learning in Spinal Cord Injured Subjects (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Campbell, Kate Marie — Biogeochemical Mechanisms of Arsenic Mobilization in Haiwee Reservoir Sediments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Campos, Michael — Eye Movements and Reward, Sequential States, and Context-Dependent Target Selection (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Edward Tann — Radiative Leptonic B Decays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Lijun — Wireless Network Design and Control (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Songye — Structural Dynamics by Ultrafast Electron Crystallography (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Jang Wook — Bistable [2]Rotaxane Based Molecular Electronics: Fundamentals and Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, John Myun — Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Semiconductor Transverse Bragg Resonance Lasers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chung, Timothy Hahn Deut — Intelligent Information-Gathering: Using Control for Sensing and Decision-Making (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cossel, Kevin — Laser Offset Stabilization for Broadly Tunable TeraHertz (THz) Frequency Generation (Senior thesis (Major))
• Cowan, Lisa — Superprotonic Solid Acid Phase Transitions and Stability (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Daly, Samantha Hayes — Deformation and Fracture of Thin Sheets of Nitinol (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dayal, Kaushik — Nonlocal Microstructural Mechanics of Active Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Detmer, Scott A. — The Role of Mitofusin Proteins in Mitochondrial Fusion and Disease (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dodd, Joanna Lynn — Phase Composition and Dynamical Studies of Lithium Iron Phosphate (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dondl, Patrick Werner — Structure and Evolution of Martensitic Phase Boundaries (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Eckart, Megan Elizabeth — Measurements of X-Ray Selected AGN and Novel Superconducting X-Ray Detectors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Eguia Egusquiza, Jon Xabier — A Theory of Elections and Voting Blocs (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• El-Khamy, Mostafa Said — New Approaches to the Analysis and Design of Reed-Solomon Related Codes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• El-Naggar, Mohamed Y. — Textured Ferroelectric Thin Films: Synthesis, Characterization, and Influence of Compositional Grading on the Dielectric Behavior (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Erwin, Rebecca Joan — Neutrino Mass Constraints on Electroweak Parameters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fang, Hua — Topics in Gravitational Physics: Tidal Coupling in Gravitational Wave Searches and Mach’s Principle (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Farajidana, Amir — Performance Limits and Design Issues in Wireless Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Feiler, Lauren Elizabeth — Behavioral Biases in Information Acquisition (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Feng, Philip Xiao-Li — Ultra-High Frequency Nanoelectromechanical Systems with Low-Noise Technologies for Single-Molecule Mass Sensing (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fernandes, Jolene Sabrina — Dissection of Gene Regulatory Networks Underlying Patterning and Morphogenesis in the C. elegans Vulva (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fernández-Ballester, Lucia — Formation of Oriented Precursors in Flow-Induced Polymer Crystallization: Experimental Methods and Model Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fingler, Jeffrey Paul — Motion Contrast Using Optical Coherence Tomography (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Funk, Timothy William — Chemo- and Stereoselective Olefin Metathesis in Small Molecule Synthesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Galownia, Niki Chiyomi — Signaling in Context: Parsing the Adhesion-Dependence of Growth Factor Signaling (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gavini, Vikram — Electronic Structure Calculations at Macroscopic Scales (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ghaboosi, Nazli — Genetic Inhibition of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway: Insights Into Proteasomal Targeting (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gold, Carl — Biophysics of Extracellular Action Potentials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goodwin, Nicole Cathleen — Application of Iminium Activation Technologies To Natural Product Synthesis: Total Synthesis of the Spiculisporic Acids, Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Cylindrocyclophane F, and Formal Synthesis of Cylindrocyclophane A (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gowaikar, Radhika — Wireless Networks: New Models and Results (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Graff, Emilio Castaño — On the Development of Defocusing Digital Particle Image Velocimetry with Full Characterization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Graham, Nicholas Alexander — Crosstalk Between Soluble Factors and Cell-Cell Interactions: Implications for Cell Cycle Control and Tumor Development (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Grayson, Paul Daniel — The DNA Ejection Process in Bacteriophage λ (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Green, Jonathan Earl — Ultra-Dense Nano- and Molecular-Electronic Circuits (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gupta, Vijay — Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guzmán, Marcelo Ioel — Photochemistry of Pyruvic Acid in Water and Ice (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hamann, Thomas William — Interfacial Electron-Transfer Reactions at Semiconductor Electrodes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hampton, Alan Nicolás — Model-Based Decision Making in the Human Brain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hao, Yong — Numerical Study of Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Harmon, John Shelby, III — Experimental Studies of Elasticity, Plastic Flow, and Anelasticity in Metallic-Glass-Forming-Liquids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hejl, Andrew — Controlling Olefin Metathesis through Catalyst and Monomer Design (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Henderson, Gregory Philip — Ultrastructural Studies of Two Model Minimal Cells by Electron Cryotomography (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Henze, Daven Ker — Forward and Inverse Analysis of Chemical Transport Models (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Heo, Jiyoung — Computational Studies of Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hill, Sarah Anne — The Pursuit of Equality through Education Finance Reform (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hjörleifsdóttir, Vala — Earthquake Source Characterization Using 3D Numerical Modeling (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hochstim, Christian John — Pax6 Controls Astrocyte Positional Identity in the Spinal Cord (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Holub, Alex David — Discriminative vs. Generative Object Recognition: Objects, Faces, and the Web (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hong, Soon Hyeok — Improvement of Olefin Metathesis Efficiency through Understanding Catalyst Stability (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hsu, Ming — Three Correlated Essays on the Neural Foundations of Economic Decision-Making (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hu, Cheng — Concurrent System Design Using Flow (Master's thesis)
• Huang, Jean Jing — Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Signal Degradation by Soil and Clinical Pseudomonas sp. (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jayaraman, Vivek — Neural Circuit Dynamics and Ensemble Coding in the Locust and Fruit Fly Olfactory System (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jiang, Xun — I: Interannual Variability of Stratospheric Ozone and Temperature. II: Seasonal Cycle of N₂O (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jiao, Yongqin — Physiological and Mechanistic Studies of Phototrophic Fe(II) Oxidation in Purple Non-sulfur Bacteria (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jin, Zhipu — Coordinated Control for Networked Multi-Agent Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Khair, Aditya Satish — Particle Motion in Colloidal Dispersions: Applications to Microrheology and Nonequilibrium Depletion Interactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kheradvar, Arash — The Role of Vortex Ring Formation and Pressure Drop on Dynamics of the Left Ventricle during Diastole (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Khidekel, Nelly — A Chemoenzymatic Strategy toward Understanding O-GlcNAc Glycosylation in the Brain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kidd, Theresa Hiromi — Mechanical Characterization of Damage and Failure in Polymeric Foams and Glass/Epoxy Composites (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kile, Jennifer E. — Constraints on Physics Beyond the Standard Model and its Observable Effects (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Jongmin — In Vitro Synthetic Transcriptional Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Klamo, Joseph Thomas — Effects of Damping and Reynolds Number on Vortex-Induced Vibrations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kolasinski, Robert David — Fundamental Ion-Surface Interactions in Plasma Thrusters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Komijani, Abbas — Microwave Integrated Phased-Array Transmitters in Silicon (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kopp, Robert Evans, III — The Identification and Interpretation of Microbial Biogeomagnetism (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kozinsky, Inna — Nonlinear Nanoelectromechanical Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kulkarni, Yashashree — Coarse-Graining of Atomistic Description at Finite Temperature (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kwon, Inchan — Protein Engineering via Site-Specific Incorporation of Nonnatural Amino Acids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lai, Wei — Impedance Spectroscopy as a Tool for the Electrochemical Study of Mixed Conducting Ceria (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lamarre-Vincent, Nathan — Identification and Functional Analysis of O-G1cNAc Glycosylation on the Transcription Factor cAMP-Response Element Binding Protein (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lassila, Jonathan Kyle — Methods for Computational Enzyme Design and Application to the Chorismate-Prephenate Rearrangement (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Latini, Marco — Simulations and Analysis of Two- and Three-Dimensional Single-Mode Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability using Weighted Essentially Non-Oscillatory and Vortex Methods (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Lori Wai Hang — Chemical Scale Investigations of the Gating Mechanism of Ion Channels (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Pei Yun — Function and Regulation of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus gatae Gene (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Liming — Dynamics of the Jovian Atmosphere from Observation and Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Lun — Topologies of Complex Networks: Functions and Structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Mo — Very High Frequency Nanoelectromechanical Resonators and their Chemical Sensing Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Jian — Microfluidic Devices for Genetic Analysis and Gene Expression Studies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Tao — Electrochemical Studies of Electron Transfer in DNA Films with Covalently Tethered Intercalators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Xin — Robustness, Complexity, Validation and Risk (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lohwongwatana, Boonrat — Development, Characterization, and Applications of Gold and Platinum Bulk Metallic Glasses (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Loumes, Laurence — Multilayer Impedance Pump: A Bio-Inspired Valveless Pump with Medical Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lovelace, Geoffrey Mark — Topics in Gravitational-Wave Physics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, Carole Chih-Chen — Cranial Neural Crest Cell Migration in the Avian Embryo and the Roles of Eph-A4 and Ephrin-A5 (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Malasarn, Davin — Molecular and Environmental Studies of Bacterial Arsenate Respiration (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maltezos, George Manuel — Microfluidic Devices for Accessible Medical Diagnostics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Martinez Estrada, Alfredo — A Treatise on Econometric Forecasting (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Masmanidis, Sotirios Konstantinos — Piezoelectric and Magnetoelastic Strain in the Transduction and Frequency Control of Nanomechanical Resonators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McKenzie, Alexander George — HOLA: a High-Order Lie Advection of Discrete Differential Forms With Applications in Fluid Dynamics (Master's thesis)
• Mehyar, Mortada — Distributed Averaging and Efficient File Sharing on Peer-to-Peer Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meloso, Debrah C. Z. — Prices, Holdings, and Learning in Financial Markets: Experiments and Methodology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miao, Shu — Electronic Structure and Bonding in Energy Storage Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, Sarah Ann — Alkaline Earth Element Partitioning in Simplified Magmatic Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Millward, Steven Wesley — The Design, Synthesis, and Evolution of Macrocyclic mRNA Display Libraries Containing Unnatural Amino Acids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miserendino, Scott Brian — A Modular Microfluidic Approach to Nano High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitrani-Reiser, Judith — An Ounce of Prevention: Probabilistic Loss Estimation for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mollner, Andrew Keeler — Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy Studies of Atmospheric Reactions: Peroxynitrous Acid Formation and Alkoxy Radical Isomerization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Montgomery, Jennifer Pielstick — The Effects of Behavioral Stress and Endothelin Receptor Antagonists on Cancer (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moradi, Farshad — Conscious Awareness Determined by Selective Gating of Information in Early Visual Areas (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morris, Bradford S. — Charge-Exchange Collision Dynamics and Ion Engine Grid Geometry Optimization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mosser, Eric Ardon — Visualization of Cadherin-Cadherin Association in Living Cells (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Motahari, Seyed-Maziar — Study of Constitutive Behavior of Ferroelectrics via Self-Consistent Modeling and Neutron Diffraction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mouton, Christopher Andre — Transition Between Regular Reflection and Mach Reflection in the Dual-Solution Domain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mullen, Patrick Gary — A Variational Approach to Eulerian Geometry Processing of Surfaces and Foliations (Master's thesis)
• Murphy, Gavin Erick — Cryoelectron Tomography of Bacteria and their Macromolecular Machines (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Muto, Matthew Mokihana — Application of Stochastic Simulation Methods to System Identification (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mysore, Shreesh Pranesh — Structural Plasticity in Neuronal Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nadin, Elisabeth Sophia — Structure and History of the Kern Canyon Fault System, Southern Sierra Nevada, California (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nasiraei Moghaddam, Abbas — Measurement and Analysis of Structure and Function of Myocardium in Embryonic and Adult Heart (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Natarajan, Arun Sridhar — Millimeter-Wave Phased Arrays in Silicon (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ng, Nga Lee — Chamber Studies of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nguyen, Yen Hoang Le — Wiring Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nieman, Dylan Rhichard — Postdiction and the Effects of Spatial, Temporal, and Feature Compatibility on Sensory Integration (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Niemer, Rachel K. — Computational Studies of the Structure and Function of Two Lipid-Activated G Protein-Coupled Receptors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Connell, Dónal — Unusual Signs in Quantum Field Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Leary, Julie Ann — Hydrogen Isotope Geochemistry of the Mantle: Constraints from Back Arc Basin Basalts and Mantle Xenoliths (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ogliore, Ryan Christopher — The Sulfur, Argon, and Calcium Isotopic Composition of the Galactic Cosmic Ray Source (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Owen, Robert Philip — Topics in Numerical Relativity: The Periodic Standing-Wave Approximation, the Stability of Constraints in Free Evolution, and the Spin of Dynamical Black Holes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pelayo, Roberto Carlos — Diameter Bounds on the Complex of Minimal Genus Seifert Surfaces for Hyperbolic Knot (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pilotto, Concetta — Local-to-Global in Multi-Agent Systems (Master's thesis)
• Polsenberg Thomas, AnnMarie — Exploration into the Feasibility of Underwater Synthetic Jet Propulsion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Poon, Joyce Kai See — Active and Passive Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguides (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pracko, Steven Edmund — Laser Induced Fluorescence Measurements of Spheromak Plasmas (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Preuschoff, Kerstin — Neural Representations of Expected Reward and Risk During Gambling (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pritchard, Jonathan Robin — Extracting the Cosmic History from Diffuse Backgrounds (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rao, Chaitanya Kumar — Asymptotic Analysis of Wireless Systems with Rayleigh Fading (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reiser, Michael Bernard — Visually Mediated Control of Flight in Drosophila: Not Lost in Translation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Revilla-i-Domingo, Roger — CIS-Regulatory Analysis of the Sea Urchin Delta Gene: Validating the Architecture of the Gene Regulatory Network Model for Early Micromere Lineage Specification (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Richardson, Christine Esber — Low-Temperature Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition of Epitaxial Films for Large-Grained Polycrystalline Photovoltaic Devices (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rubel, Michael Thomas — A Theory of Stationarity and Asymptotic Approach in Dissipative Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ruglovsky, Jennifer Lynn — Correlating Microscopic Ferroelectric Properties and Macroscopic Thin Film Device Performance (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Salazar-Lazaro, Carlos Harold — Association Schemes, Codes, and Difference Sets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Salem, Michael Phillip — Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sansom, Elijah Bodhi — Experimental Investigation on Patterning of Anchored and Unanchored Aligned Carbon Nanotube Mats by Fluid Immersion and Evaporation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scheel, Janet D. — Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard Convection (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schmidgall, Emma Rose — Progress Toward the Development of a Single Molecule Transistor with Graphene Electrodes (Senior thesis (Major))
• Schulman, Rebecca Beth — The Self-Replication and Evolution of DNA Crystals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scruggs, Neal Robert — Coupling Polymer Thermodynamics and Viscoelasticity to Liquid Crystalline Order: Self-Assembly and Relaxation Dynamics of Block Copolymers in a Nematic Solvent (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sinclair, Deborah Elizabeth (Betsy) — Political Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith Downey, Nicole V. — Soil Uptake of Molecular Hydrogen and Remote Sensing of Soil Freeze and Thaw (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Soderberg, Alicia Margarita — The Many Facets of Cosmic Explosions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Son, Soojin — Biosynthetic Approaches to Protein Engineering Using Fluorinated Amino Acids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sone, Kazuo — Modeling and Simulation of Axisymmetric Stagnation Flames (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stockton, John Kenton — Continuous Quantum Measurement of Cold Alkali-Atom Spins (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Su, Julius Tsu-li — An Electron Force Field for Simulating Large Scale Excited Electron Dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Teal, Tracy Kristin — Studies of the Spatial Organization of Metabolism in Shewanella oneidensis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tiwari, Abhishek — Geometrical Analysis of Spatio-temporal Planning Problems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Toner, Benjamin Francis — Quantifying Quantum Nonlocality (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tooker, Angela Colleen — Development of Biocompatible Parylene Neurocages for Action Potential Stimulation and Recording (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tully, Sarah Erin — Synthesis and Biological Activity of Chondroitin Sulfate Biopolymers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ueda, Christine Terumi — Targeting Human Telomerase RNA via Biochemical and in vitro Selection Methods (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• van Handel, Ramon — Filtering, Stability, and Robustness (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Veazey, Christopher Thomas — Amorphous Metallic Foam: Synthesis and Mechanical Properties (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Verduzco, Rafael — Self-Assembled Liquid Crystal Polymer Gels (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walters, Robert Joseph — Silicon Nanocrystals for Silicon Photonics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Bingwen — Information-Theoretic Methods for Modularity in Engineering Design (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Peng — Neutrina Mass Implications for Physics Beyond the Standard Model (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Ya-Juan (Megan) — Studies on Environmental Relevance of Quorum Sensing Signal Decay (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wei, Xiaoliang (David) — Microscopic Behavior of Internet Congestion Control (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yamada, Masumi — Early Warning for Earthquakes with Large Rupture Dimension (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yan, Zhimei — Regional Mapping of the Crustal Structure in Southern California (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Min — Submillimeter Surveys of Galaxy Samples (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yoon, Byung-Jun — Signal Processing Methods for Genomic Sequence Analysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yu, Xin — Reflection and Its Application to Mechanized MetaReasoning About Programming Languages (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zeidan, Ryan K. — Design of New Multifunctional Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Kechun — Engineering Protein-Based Materials Through Coiled-Coil Motifs (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Lei — Metric Based Upscaling for Partial Differential Equations with a Continuum of Scales (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Zhaoyu — Towards Functional Miniaturized Lasers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zheng, Siyang — On-Chip Blood Count (Dissertation (Ph.D.))