Theses — 2009

• Adams, Meghan Sara — Uncovering Molecular Properties of Neural Crest Cells (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Adleman, James Richard — Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Optofluidic Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alabi, Christopher Akinleye — I. Synthesis and Proton Conductivity Studies of Mesostructured Organosilicates and Bitriazole-Polymer Composites. II. Targeted Nanoparticles for siRNA Delivery (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Allen, Benjamin Daniel — Development and Validation of Optimization Methods for the Design of Protein Sequences and Combinatorial Libraries (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alton, Michael R. — Continuous Double Auctions and Microstructure (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anderson, Megan Jo — Microfluidics-Based Strategies for Protein Crystallography (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Archer, Raymond Humphrey — Molecular Sieve Synthesis Using Imidazolium Structure Directing Agents (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Arii, Motofumi — Retrieval of Soil Moisture under Vegetation Using Polarimetric Radar (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Armen, Michael A. — Bifurcations in Single Atom Cavity QED (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Axelrod, Blake Waters — Single Cell Pico Force Microscopy: A Novel Tool for High Resolution Measurement of Cell Forces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bardin, Joseph Cheney — Silicon-Germanium Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors for Extremely Low-Noise Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bayer, Travis Scott — Synthetic Regulation and Genetic Control of an Ecological Strategy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beisel, Chase Lawrence — Engineering Ligand Control of RNA Interference (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beyer, Andrew David — Studies of the Low-Energy Quasiparticle Excitations in High-Temperature Superconducting Cuprates with Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy and Magnetization Measurements (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bhattacharyya, Rajan — Egocentric Distance Encoding in the Posterior Parietal Cortex (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bishara, Waheb — Non-Abelian Quantum Hall States and Fractional Statistics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boyle, Michael — Accurate Gravitational Waveforms from Binary Black-hole Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Braman, Julia Marie Badger — Safety Verification and Failure Analysis of Goal-Based Hybrid Control Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bray, Signe Lauren — Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Influence of Associative Learning on Valuation and Decision-Making in Humans (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brenner, Sarah Katherine — Engineering Synthetic Biofilm-Forming Microbial Consortia (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brobeck, Elina — Measurement of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays with CHICOS (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cameron, Patrick Brian — The Formation and Evolution of Neutron Stars: Astrometry, Timing, and Transients (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Capponi, Agostino — Credit Risk and Nonlinear Filtering: Computational Aspects and Empirical Evidence (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Card, Gwyneth Megan — Neural Control and Biomechanics of Flight Initiation in Drosophila melanogaster (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cenko, Stephen Bradley — The Energetics and Environments of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cerf, Moran — Competition and Attention in the Human Brain Eye-Tracking and Single-Neuron Recordings in Healthy Controls and Individuals with Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chapman, Stephen Allen — Quantitative Performance and Tradeoffs in the MAP Kinase Signaling Module (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Po-Jui — Implantable Wireless Intraocular Pressure Sensors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Scott Chun-Yang — Signal Processing Algorithms for MIMO Radar (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Wei-Chen — Isotope Effects in Chemical Processes of Atmospheric Interest (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Wei-Ting — I. Global Simulations of Interactions between Aerosols and Future Climate and II. Sensitivity of Multiangle Imaging to the Optical and Microphysical Properties of Biomass Burning Aerosols (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Yan — Integration of Dye Lasers and Microfluidics for Biochemical Analysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chenoweth, David Michael — Synthesis and Structural Studies of Cyclic Py-Im Polyamides (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheung, Sai Hung — Stochastic Analysis, Model and Reliability Updating of Complex Systems with Applications to Structural Dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chiang, Hsin Cynthia — Observation of Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization with BICEP (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chiu, Hsin-Ying — Thermal Properties and Nanoelectromechanical System Based on Carbon Nanotubes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Eun-seo — Computational Approaches to Localized Deformation Within the Lithosphere and for Crust-Mantle Interactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chung, Daniel — Numerical Simulation and Subgrid-Scale Modeling of Mixing and Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ciucci, Francesco — Continuum Modeling of Mixed Conductors: A Study of Ceria (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cohen, Justin Delgado — Programming Protein Patterns on DNA Nanostructures with Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamides (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Collins, Benjamin Forster — Understanding the Solar System with Numerical Simulations and Lévy Flights (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Connolly, Elizabeth Wilcut — Experiments with Toroidal Microresonators in Cavity QED (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Corder, Stuartt Allan — Optimizing Image Fidelity with Arrays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Culler, Stephanie June — Reprogramming Alternative Splicing Using Cis-Acting Intronic Control Elements (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cullina, Daniel Francis — Searching for Minimum Storage Regenerating Codes (Senior thesis (Major))
• Deshpande, Vikram Vijay — One-Dimensional Physics of Interacting Electrons and Phonons in Carbon Nanotubes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dicken, Matthew James — Active Oxide Nanophotonics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dionne, Jennifer Anne — Flatland Photonics: Circumventing Diffraction with Planar Plasmonic Architectures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Downey, Nathan John — Tectonic History of the Osbourn Spreading Center and Dynamic Subsidence of the Congo Basin (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Eastwood, Amy Lynn — Investigating Structure-Function Relationships in Ion Channels Using Unnatural Amino Acids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ebner, David Christopher — Development and Applications of the Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Elowe, Paul Richard — The Selective Oligomerization of Ethylene Using Chromium Diphosphine Catalysts and the Synthesis and Reactivity of Group 7 Carbonyl Derivatives Relevant to Synthesis Gas Conversion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Erickcek, Adrienne Lynn — The Consequences of Modifying Fundamental Cosmological Theories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Escobedo, Jessica Rose — Investigating Moral Events: Characterization and Structure of Autobiographical Moral Memories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Franck, Jennifer Ann — Large-Eddy Simulation of Flow Separation and Control on a Wall-Mounted Hump (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gama, Cristal Ivette — Understanding the Chemical Basis of Neuronal Development and Communication: I. The Role of Fucose α(1-2) Galactose Carbohydrates in Neuronal Growth. II. Structure-Function Analysis of Chondroitin Sulfate in the Brain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Glidden, Hilary K. — Tracker Effector-Specific and Motor Planning Signals in Human Frontal and Parietal Cortices: Relevance for Goal-Directed Action and Neural Prosthetics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gordon, Sean Patrick — Hormone and Gene Feedback during Development and Regeneration in Arabidopsis thaliana (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gorodetskaya, Irina A. — Nonlinear Polymeric Architectures via Olefin Metathesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gorodetsky, Alon A. — Electrical Detection of DNA Binding Proteins (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goyal, Kovid — Using Graph States for Quantum Computation and Communication (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Grau, Matthew Charles — Theory and Numerics of Two Synchronized Oscillators (Senior thesis (Major))
• Gu, WeiHsin — On Achievable Rate Regions for Source Coding Over Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guo, Weifu — Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry: Applications to Carbonaceous Chondrites and Effects of Kinetic Isotope Fractionation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guo, Xin (Vincent) — Modeling Studies Related to Carbon Dioxide Phase Change on Mars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Habbal, Feras — The Optimal Transportation Meshfree Method for General Fluid Flows and Strongly Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hanek, Ariele Patrice — Chemical-Scale Investigations of Cys-Loop Neurotransmitter Gated Ion Channels (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hansen, Benjamin Lee — Modeling Metallic Single Crystal Plastic Hardening Through the Evolution of Dislocation Subgrain Structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Harish, Ajay Bangalore — Simulation of Dynamic Interface Fracture Using Spectral Boundary Integral Method (Engineer's thesis)
• Hawkins, Kristy Michelle — Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the Production of Bensylisoquinoline Alkaloids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hofmann, Douglas Clayton — Designing Bulk Metallic Glass Matrix Composites with High Toughness and Tensile Ductility (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hopkins, Asa Sies — Reduced Order Models for Open Quantum Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hsu, Carey Frank — Completion of a Programmable DNA-Binding Small Molecule Library (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hudson, Nicolas Henry — Inference in Hybrid Systems with Applications in Neural Prosthetics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jacobs, Claire Sigrid — Structural Modifications to DNA-Binding Polyamides for Improved Biological Activity in Cell Culture (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Thomas James — Silicon Microdisk Resonators for Nonlinear Optics and Dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kalyanaraman, Shankar — Limited Randomness in Games, and Computational Perspectives in Revealed Preference (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kaneko, Yoshihiro — Investigations of Earthquake Source Processes Based on Fault Models with Variable Friction Rheology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kayes, Brendan Melville — Radial pn Junction, Wire Array Solar Cells (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Keeffe, Jennifer Rae — Engineering Cyanovirin-N for Enhanced Viral Neutralization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kekenes-Huskey, Peter Michael — A Monte Carlo-Based Torsion Construction Algorithm for Ligand Design (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kelly, Alex — A Constitutive Relation for Shape-Memory Alloys (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Keppel, Drew Garvin — Signatures and Dynamics of Compact Binary Coalescences and a Search in LIGO’s S5 Data (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Khudyakov, Jane Igor — Role of Bmi-1 in Epigenetic Regulation during Early Neural Crest Development (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Hyungjun — Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Frameworks for Nano- and Bio-Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kislitsyn, Mikhail N. — Materials Chemistry of Superprotonic Solid Acids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Klein, Joshua Simon — Investigations in the Design and Characterization of HIV-1 Neutralizing Molecules (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Knowles, Robert Randolph — Asymmetric Organocatalysis in Complex Target Synthesis: Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Diazonamide A (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kogan, Oleg Boris — Stochastic and Collective Properties of Nonlinear Oscillators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Koos, Erin Crystal — Rheological Measurements in Liquid-Solid Flows (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kramer, Richard Michael Jack — Stable High-Order Finite-Difference Interface Schemes with Application to the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kramer, Sharlotte Lorraine Bolyard — Phase-Shifting Full-Field Interferometric Methods for In-Plane Tensorial Stress Determination for Fracture Studies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kresch, Max G. — Temperature Dependence of Phonons in Elemental Cubic Metals Studied by Inelastic Scattering of Neutrons and X-Rays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kucuksenel, Serkan — Incentives and Institutions: Essays in Mechanism Design and Game Theory with Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kumar, Deepak — Experimental Investigations of Magnetohydrodynamic Plasma Jets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kwong, Gabriel Abner — DNA Encoded Biotechnologies for Informative Cancer Diagnostics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lai, Andrew P. — Evidence for Strain Induced Conductance Modulations in Single-Layered Graphene on SO2 (Senior thesis (Major))
• Law, David Richard — The Kiloparsec-Scale Structure and Kinematics of High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leigh, Brian Scott — Electron Transfer Through Organic and Biological Molecules (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leong, Peter Anthony — Computational Challenges in High-Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lewis, Kevin Wayne — The Rock Record of Mars: Structure, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Bo — The Optimal Transportation Method in Solid Mechanics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Chao — Topics in Theoretical Astrophysics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, John Jian-Zhong — Study of Liquid Metals by Electrostatic Levitation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Wen — Integrated Retinal Implants (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Zhiyi — High-Order Solution of Elliptic Partial Differential Equations in Domains Containing Conical Singularities (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liberman, Louisa M. — Regulation of Neurogenic Ectoderm Specification in Drosophila melanogaster (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Alexander Pei-Den Peter — Noninvasive Imaging of Carotid Arterial Strain Using Displacement-Encoded MRI (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Bo-Lin — A Combined Experimental and Computational Study of Ligand Effects on C-H Bond Activation by Palladium and Platinum Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Ming-Shr Matt — Applications of Combinatorial Analysis to the Calculation of the Partition Function of the Ising Model (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Yi — Three-Dimensional Elastodynamic Modeling of Frictional Sliding with Application to Intersonic Transition (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Llewellyn, Morgan Hunt — Rational Models of Political Behavior: The Effects of Opinion, Information, and Procedures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lo, Hsi-Wen — Thin Film Silicon for Implantable Electronics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, Xiao — Combined Experimental and Numerical Study of Spontaneous Dynamic Rupture on Frictional Interfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lucas, Leonard Joseph — Uncertainty Quantification Using Concentration-of-Measure Inequalities (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lucas, Matthew Steven — Cluster Expansion Applied to Inelastic Scattering Experiments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lyon, Mark Edward — High-Order Unconditionally-Stable FC-AD PDE Solvers for General Domains (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maiolo, James Reynold, III — Photoelectrochemistry of Microstructured Silicon Materials for Solar Energy Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maskarinec, Stacey Ann — Engineering Protein-Based Biomaterials with Biological and Mechanical Cues to Direct Cellular Behavior (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Matsuda, Yuki — Ab Initio Quantum Mechanical Studies in Electronic and Structural Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and Silicon Nanowires (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McKeen, John Charles — Proton and Ion Conductivity in Microporous Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Medina-Marino, Andrew G. A. — Construction and Initial Characterization of the Densin Knockout Mouse (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Menéndez-Delmestre, Karín — The Luminous, the Massive and the Dusty: A Near- to Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Submillimeter Galaxies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Michael, Christopher Paul — Optical Material Characterization Using Microdisk Cavities (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, Alan Daniel — Essays on Law and Economics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, Russell Lowell — Characterization and Control of a Strongly-Coupled Atom-Cavity System (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitchell, Marcus Quintana — Dynamic Simulation and Control of Articulated Limbs (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Muffat, Julien A. — Role of Apolipoprotein D and Its Homologs, in Normal and Pathological Aging, in Drosophila melanogaster (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Murphy, Shane Michael — Analysis of the Chemical Composition of Atmospheric and Chamber Generated Aerosol Using Mass Spectrometry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Murrey, Heather Elizabeth — Identification and Characterization of the Plasticity-Relevant Fucose-α(1-2) Galactose Glycoproteome from Mouse Brain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Myung, Noah — Organizational and Financial Economics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ostby, Eric Paul — Photonic Whispering-Gallery Resonators in New Environments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Othmer, Jonathan Andrew — Algorithms for Mapping Nucleic Acid Free Energy Landscapes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ottesen, Elizabeth Ann — The Biology and Community Structure of CO₂-Reducing Acetogens in the Termite Hindgut (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Panattoni, Laura Elizabeth — On the Interaction Between Firm Level Variables, the CAPM Beta, and Stock Returns (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Papadantonakis, Kimberly Marshall — Exploration of Physisorbed Monolayers for Molecular-Scale Surface Patterning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pavlov, Dmitry — Structure-Preserving Discretization of Incompressible Fluids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Perahia, Raviv — Investigation and Application of Microscale Semiconductor Lasers and Cavities (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Petterson, Ryan — I. Glaciagenic and Related Strata of the Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation in the Panamint Range, Death Valley Region, California. II. The Basal Ediacaran Noonday Formation, Eastern California, and Implications for Laurentian Equivalents. III. Rifting of Southwest Laurentia During the Sturtian-Marinoan Interglacial: The Argenta Orogeny (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Piatenko, Timofei — Search for B → (ρ/ω)γ decays at BABAR (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Poon, Poh Chieh Benny — A Critical Appraisal of Nanoindentation with Application to Elastic-Plastic Solids and Soft Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pragel, Daniel Michael — Embeddings of One-Factorizations of Hypergraphs and Decompositions of Partitions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Price-Whelan, Alexa Mari — Physiology and Mechanisms of Pyocyanin Reduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Privett, Heidi Kathleen — An Iterative Approach to de novo Computational Enzyme Design and the Successful Application to the Kemp Elimination (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Puckett, James William — Microarray and Genome-wide Sequencing Approaches to Characterizing DNA Binding Molecules (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ragozzine, Darin Alan — Orbital Dynamics of Kuiper Belt Object Satellites, a Kuiper Belt Family, and Extra-Solar Planet Interiors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Randall, Paige Alicia — Sparse Recovery via Convex Optimization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rice, Adrian Edward — Biophysical and Cell Biological Studies Characterizing the Vertebrate Iron Exporter Ferroportin (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rimoli, Julian Jose — A Computational Model for Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ririe, Ted Olin — A Multipartite Approach to Mapping the Gene Network Directing Caenorhabditis elegans Vulval Organogenesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rodriguez, Erik Ali — In Vivo Incorporation of Multiple Unnatural Amino Acids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rohde, Rosemary Dyane — Developing High-Affinity Protein Capture Agents and Nanotechnology-Based Platforms for in vitro Diagnostics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Saha, Abhishek — On Critical Values of L-Functions for Holomorphic Forms on GSp(4) X GL(2) (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Salyk, Colette Vanessa — Molecular Spectroscopy of Planet-Forming Regions in Circumstellar Disks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schlichting, Hilke Elisabeth — Understanding the Origin of Planetary Systems: Studying the Kuiper Belt and the Dynamics of Planet Formation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Seah, Adeline — EGF, WNT & HOX Interactions during Patterning of Caenorhabditis elegans Equivalence Groups (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shapiro, Ian Ross McKay — Observation of Single-Molecule Rotational Diffusion at Microsecond Timescale by Polarized Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sheriff, Bonnie Ann — Silicon Nanowires and Silicon/Molecular Interfaces for Nanoscale Electronics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shi, Ling — Resource Optimization for Networked Estimator with Guaranteed Estimation Quality (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shiau, Celia Eenjing — Formation of Cranial Sensory Ganglia: Role of Neural Crest-Placode Interactions, Slit-Robo, and Cadherins (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Southwell, Amber L. — Intrabodies as Therapeutics for Huntington’s Disease (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stark, Daniel Paul — Observing Galaxy Formation in the First Two Billion Years (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stern, Ari Joshua — Geometric Discretization of Lagrangian Mechanics and Field Theories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stockdill, Jennifer Lynn — Forays into the Synthesis of Zoanthenol: Intriguing Patterns in Reactivity and Selectivity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Suh, Jin-Yoo — Fracture Toughness Study on Bulk Metallic Glasses and Novel Joining Method Using Bulk Metallic Glass Solder (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Daoyuan — Seismic Structure of the Lower Mantle (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sutoyo, Daniel — Hysteretic Characteristics of Wood-Frame Structures Under Seismic Motions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tanrikulu, Ismet Çag˘ler — Discovery of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Mutants for the Incorporation of Non Canonical Amino Acids into Proteins (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tape, Carl Harlan — Seismic Tomography of Southern California Using Adjoint Methods (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tesar, Devin Brent — Investigations of the Mechanisms of Receptor-Mediated Immunoglobulin Transport in Mammals and Birds (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Torrice, Michael McCann — Chemical-Scale Studies of the Nicotinic and Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tulin, Sean Michael — Supersymmetry: From Baryogenesis at the Electroweak Phase Transition to Low-Energy Precision Experiments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ursell, Tristan Scott — Stretching the Definition of a Lipid Bilayer: Elasticity's Role in Protein and Lipid Organization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vecitis, Chad David — Chemical Reactions at Aqueous Interfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ver Steeg, Gregory Lee — Foundational Aspects of Nonlocality (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Verdel, Charles Steven — I. Cenozoic Geology of Iran: An Integrated Study of Extensional Tectonics and Related Vulcanism. II. Ediacaran Stratigraphy of the North American Cordillera: New Observations from Eastern California and Northern Utah (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vuletić, Mirjana — The Pfaffian Schur Process (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walker, Ron — Functionalized Polymers from Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Through Monomer Design (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Guangxi — Compact Nonlinear Optical Devices in Silicon-Polymer Hybrid Material System (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Hua — Precision Frequency and Phase Synthesis Techniques in Integrated Circuits for Biosensing, Communication and Radar (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Yu-Jiu — Circuits and Systems for Wireless Concurrent Communication (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weinberg, David Richard — Investigations into the Requirements for Homogeneous Platinum- and Iridium-Catalyzed Oxidative C-H Bond Functionalization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Whited, Matthew Thomas — Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies of Small-Molecule Activation at Low-Valent Iron, Cobalt, and Iridium Centers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wiencko, Heather L. — Adrenergic Receptors: Model Systems for Investigation of GPCR Structure and Function (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wierzynski, Casimir M. — Prefrontal-Hippocampal Interactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wiktorowicz, Sloane John — Unambiguous Black Hole Mass from Polarimetry and Application to Hot Jupiters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wildman, Richard Alan — Biogeochemical Implications of Changing Groundwater and Surface Water Hydrology at Lake Powell, Utah and Arizona, and the Merced River, California, USA (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wong, Manwah Lilian — Orthogonal Polynomials, Paraorthogonal Polynomials, and Point Perturbation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Woodka, Marc Dominic — Increased Classification Rates of Chemical Vapor Detectors Using Novel Sensor Types and Optimized Sensing Geometries (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wu, Jigang — Coherence Domain Optical Imaging Techniques (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xu, Ke — Nonlinear Electrical Properties of One-Dimensional Nanostructures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Ding-Shyue (Jerry) — Ultrafast Electron Crystallography: Principles and Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Jing — Nonlinear Responses of High-Rise Buildings in Giant Subduction Earthquakes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yogev, Or — Computational Evolutionary Embryogeny (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Young, David Thomas — Firm Behaviour in Markets with Capacity Constraints (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zheng, Ling — Wrinkling of Dielectric Elastomer Membranes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhuang, Dongping — A Geometric Study of Commutator Subgroups (Dissertation (Ph.D.))