The Office of Graduate Education

Doctoral Degrees Awarded

1998-1999

Semester Year School Department Last Name First Name Degree Major Supervising Professor Dissertation Title
Fall 1998 Arts and Humanities Humanities Chrasta Michael James PhD History of Ideas Chandler, Joan M. Jesus People to Promise Keepers: A Revival Sequence and its Effect on Late 20th Century Evangelical Ideas of Masculinity
Fall 1998 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science Electrical Engineering Korioth Johnelle Lillian PhD Cantrell, Cyrus D. A Computational Analysis of Stacked Blumlein Pulse Generators
Fall 1998 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science Electrical Engineering Penciu Cristian PhD MacFarlane, Duncan A Volumetric Three-Dimensional Display Based on Integrated Waveguides
Fall 1998 Human Development Human Development and Communication Sciences Kaye Kelley Lynn PhD Bower, Thomas G.R. Cross-Modal Matching in Human Newborns
Fall 1998 Human Development Human Development and Communication Sciences Kim Sook Kyung PhD Coleman, J. Michael Causal Attribution and Collective Identity Among Ethnic and Racial Minority Children and Adolescents
Fall 1998 Human Development Human Development and Communication Sciences MacAlpine Michelle Lewis PhD Granott, Nira Play in Autism: The Power of Microdevelopment
Fall 1998 Human Development Human Development and Communication Sciences Tao Rongrong PhD Buhrmester, Duane Loneliness in Early Adolescence
Fall 1998 Management International Management Studies Boggs David J. PhD Brittain, Jack/Nehrt, Chadwick C. Do the First Last? An Analysis of Timing, Ownership and Value-Chain Effects on International Subsidiary Survival
Fall 1998 Management International Management Studies Goines John Timothy PhD Harrison, J. Richard Institutional Constraints and Opportunities: An Examination of Domestic and Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions of Large Manufacturing Firms in Europe (1985-1994)
Fall 1998 Management Management Science Kaplan Marilyn Rose PhD Harrison, J. Richard Interorganizational Cooperation: A Multitheoretical Perspective of Joint Ventures
Fall 1998 Management Management Science Wierschem David Charles PhD Lutz, Raymond P./Kalvenes, Joakim User Interaction Effects on Computing Technology Allocation
Fall 1998 Management Management Science Won Chaehwan PhD Merville, Larry J. An Option Theoretic Analysis of Closed-End Funds: International vs. Domestic
Fall 1998 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Biology Hudson Robert Tod PhD Molecular and Cell Biology Draper, Rockford K. Control of Coatomer Binding to Golgi Membranes: Role of Copi in Membrane Traffic
Fall 1998 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Biology Mottahedeh Jack PhD Molecular and Cell Biology Marsh, Robert C. Transglutaminase and Its Substrates in Physarum Polycephalum
Fall 1998 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Kriel Bryan G. D.Chem Caldwell, Richard A./Goux, Warren The Photoannulation of 4, 4-Dimethylcyclohex-2-En-1-One to 1, 1-Diphenylethylene: The Triplet State Exciplex That Wasn't
Fall 1998 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Geosciences Ortega Andrey A. PhD McMechan, George A. Seismic Modeling in Fractured Media with Applications to Multicomponent Multiazimuth Seismic Data from Southwest Venezuela
Fall 1998 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Geosciences Zhou Hongbo PhD McMechan, George A. 3D Seismic Depth Migration
Fall 1998 Social Sciences Political Economy Jacobs Steven N. PhD Farkas, George The Effects of Family Structure and Fathering Time on Child Behavior Problems and Reading Deficits
Spring 1999 Arts and Humanities Humanities O'Leary Brian Eugene PhD Argyros, Alexander Michel Colin's Generative Semiology: A Post-Metzian Phase of Linguistics in Film Theory
Spring 1999 Arts and Humanities Humanities Colpi Mary Jane PhD History of Ideas Sobstyl, Edrie Who Are Those Guys? Toward an Understanding of Male Sexual Violence Against Women
Spring 1999 Arts and Humanities Humanities Setterlund Samuel L. PhD Studies in Literature Ozsvath, Zsuzsanna Complex Irony and the Quest for the Self in Four Twentieth-Century Novels
Spring 1999 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science Computer Science Veerasamy Jeyakesavan PhD Raghavachari, Balaji Approximation Algorithms for Postman Problems
Spring 1999 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science Electrical Engineering Kashefi Feraydoun PhD Cantrell, Cyrus D. Rapidly Training Device for Fiber Optic Neural Network
Spring 1999 Human Development Human Development and Communication Sciences Nejtek Vicki Allene PhD Moore, Bert S. Salivary Cortisol Levels Indicate Emotional-Arousal-Stress Magnitude After Viewing High and Low Emotion Events: Can Salivary Cortisol Levels Also be Related to Memory for the Events?
Spring 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Biology Krishnan Uma PhD Molecular and Cell Biology Miller, Dennis L. Evolution of RNA Editing Sites in Mitochondria of the Myxomycota
Spring 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Chow Jimmy Tai-Nin D.Chem Goux, Warren J. Chemical Characterization of the Immunomodulating Component of Aloe Vera
Spring 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Olivos Hernando Juan D.Chem Caldwell, Richard A. Evidence of the Effect of the Oxygen Lone Pair on the Spin Orbit Coupling of Hydroxy Biradicals
Spring 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Geosciences Lee Dongho PhD Carpenter, Scott J. Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Ratios of Marine Calcareous Algae: Implications for Calcification, Metabolism and Carbon Cycling in Shallow Marine Environments
Spring 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Mathematical Sciences Brazauskas Vytaras PhD Serfling, Robert Robust and Nonparametric Statistical Methods for Pareto Distribution Tail Index Estimation, with Actuarial Science Applications
Spring 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Blum Ira Kenneth PhD Izen, Joseph M. Measurement of Inclusive Charm Cross Sections at 4.03 and 4.14 GeV in e+ e Annihilation
Spring 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Sheldon Paul M. PhD Rindler, Wolfgang Analysis of Raman Lasing Without Inversion
Spring 1999 Social Sciences Political Economy Park Hyo C. PhD Vijverberg, Wim P.M. Economic and Sociological Determinants of Migration
Spring 1999 Social Sciences Political Economy Sutaria Vinod B. PhD Hicks, Donald A. The Dynamics of New Firm Formation: The Case of the Texas Manufacturing Sector, 1976-1991
Summer 1999 Arts and Humanities Humanities Bissett LaRell PhD Studies in Literature Schulte, Rainer Indigenous Mexican and Native American Novelists: A Comparative Stylistic Study of Their Worldviews
Summer 1999 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science Computer Science Bass Douglas William PhD Sudborough, Ivan Hal Improving the Uses of Some Existing Interconnection Networks
Summer 1999 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science Computer Science Song Yeong-Tae PhD Huynh, Dung T. Forward Dynamic Slicing Software Systems
Summer 1999 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science Electrical Engineering Li Yisong PhD Tamil, Lakshman S. Ultrashort Pulse Propagation in Optical Fibers: A Finite Difference Time Domain Technique
Summer 1999 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science Electrical Engineering Manoj Kanagalu R. PhD Tamil, Lakshman S. Coverage Estimation for Mobile Cellular Networks from Signal Strength Measurements
Summer 1999 Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science Electrical Engineering Raghothaman Balaji Badide PhD Linebarger, Darel A. Low Rank Transform Domain and Mixed Domain Adaptive Filtering
Summer 1999 Human Development Human Development and Communication Sciences Edelman Betty-Gene PhD Abdi, Herve Placing Faces: Evidence from a Pixel-based Face Space and Human Performance for the Effects of Typicality, Race and Gender
Summer 1999 Human Development Human Development and Communication Sciences Kern Janet Kinnear PhD Cauller, Lawrence J. The Effectiveness of N, N-Dimethylglycene in Autism/PDD
Summer 1999 Human Development Human Development and Communication Sciences Vaughn Angela Beth PhD Owen, Margaret T. The Dynamics of Coparenting in Family Interactions
Summer 1999 Management International Management Studies Phene Anupama PhD Guisinger, Stephen Climbing the Ladders of Competence: The Evolution of Technological Capabilities in MNE Subsidiaries
Summer 1999 Management Management Science Dewan Tarun M.S. PhD Bass, Frank M. Essays in Marketing
Summer 1999 Management Management Science Dobbs Michael E. PhD Harrison, J. Richard The Organization of Professional Sports Leagues: Mortality and Founding Rates, 1871-1997
Summer 1999 Management Management Science Soni Samit Suren PhD Pirkul, Hasan Designing Survivable Telecommunication Networks
Summer 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Biology Hu Tonghuan PhD Molecular and Cell Biology Draper, Rockford K. Membrane Traffic and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Exotoxin A
Summer 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Biology Lee Ju-Seog PhD Molecular and Cell Biology Burr, John G. Cloning of Novel Human and Mouse cDNAS Encoding Substrates of the SRC Tyrosine Kinase
Summer 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Biology Nika Joseph Richard PhD Molecular and Cell Biology Hannig, Ernest M. Characterization of the eIF-2 Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Reaction
Summer 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Biology Rippel Scott Alan PhD Molecular and Cell Biology Hannig, Ernest M. Analysis of eIF-2 and Its Role in Delivery of the MET-tRNAiMet to the Correct Translational Start Site
Summer 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Biology Somerville Greg Alan PhD Molecular and Cell Biology Reitzer, Lawrence J. Aconitase and the Environmental Signals that Control Virulence Factor Synthesis in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Summer 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Chavez Medardo Robert D.Chem Sherry, A. Dean A New Route to Macrocyclic-Based Phosphonate Acyloxymethyl Esters: Synthesis, Cell and Heart Loading and 31P NMR
Summer 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chemistry Wu Kuangcong D.Chem Sherry, A. Dean Synthesis and Characterization of Macrocyclic Ligands with Extended Amide Side Arms and Their Lanthanide Complexes
Summer 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Geosciences Sun Chih-Hsien PhD Stern, Robert J. Geochemical and Isotopic Studies of Arc Volcanism
Summer 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Al-Kuhaili Mohammad Faiyad PhD Glosser, Robert Electroreflectance of Gallium Nitride and Aluminum Gallium Nitride
Summer 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics MacAlevey Paul Joseph PhD Robinson, Ivor Approximate Solutions and Symmetries of Einstein's Vacuum Field Equations in the Twisting, Type N Case
Summer 1999 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Physics Venkatraman Sarita PhD Heelis, Roderick A. Nighttime Behavior of the Equatorial Topside Ionosphere
Summer 1999 Social Sciences Political Economy Juhn Nancy Hae-Ran Lee PhD Hoch, Irving Differential Impact of Housing Size Class on Housing Sale Prices Dallas County 1980-1996
Summer 1999 Social Sciences Political Economy Lykens Kristine Ann PhD Jargowsky, Paul A. Child Health Status in the United States and Medicaid Expansions 1986-1990
Summer 1999 Social Sciences Political Economy O'Brien Daniel Michael PhD Kain, John F. Three Essays on Early Academic Achievement of Minority and Disadvantaged Students