Ernest Mamilconyan
Mass Function of Star Clusters in merging Galaxies
Major: Physics
Chair: Steve McMillan PhD
Committee Members: Lois Cruz Cruz PhD, Mercedes Mac-Low PhD, Somder Tyasi PhD, and Emrico Vesperini PhD
Date and Time:
Location: TBD
Geoffrey A. Oxholm
Extracting and Exploiting Latent Structures in Observations to Recover Geometry
Major: Computing and Informatics
Chair: Ko Nishino PhD
Committee Members: David Breen PhD, Kostas Daniilidis PhD, Haiban Ling PhD, and Santiago Ontanon
Date and Time:
Location: TBD
Chau D. Tran
Fabrication of Porous Carbon Nanofibers and their Composite on Electrodes for Supercapacitors
Major: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chair: Cameron Abrams PhD
Committee Members: Vibha Kalia PhD, Yossef Elabd PhD, Mithra Taheri PhD, and Christopher Li PhD
Date and Time: May 30, 2013 1:00 PM
Location: CBE Conference Room
Lauren Bradley
A Remote Acceptance-Based Intervention for Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery
Major: Psychology
Chair: Evan Forum PhD
Committee Members: Meghan Butryn PhD, David Sawer PhD, James Herbert PhD, and J. Graham Thomas PhD
Date and Time: September 12, 2013 8:30 AM
Location: Stratton Hall
Jared Patterson Coyle
Electrical Percolation of Carbon Allotropes in Conductive Polymer Media
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chair: Timothy Kurzweg PhD
Committee Members: Adam Fontecchio PhD, Yury Gogotsi PhD, Kapil Dandekar PhD and Yon Vissel PhD
Date and Time: October 08, 2013 8:00 AM
Location: Bossone 302
Lifan Guo
Semantically Enhanced Topic Modeling and it’s Applications in Social Media
Major: Information Science
Chair: Xiaohua PhD
Committee Members: Li Jiexun PhD, An Yuan PhD, Ke Weimao PhD, E.K. Park PhD, and Lisa Ulmer PhD
Date and Time: October 21, 2013 1:30 PM
Location: Rush Building, Room 014
Robert DeVito
The Persuasive Power of Energy Independence
Major: Culture and Communication
Chair: Rachel Reynolds PhD
Committee Members: Douglas Porpora PhD, Ernest Hakanen PhD, Susan Stein PhD, and Patrick Murphy PhD
Date and Time: October 29, 2013 10:00 AM
Location: PSA 115
Ginger Stringer
Effects of Sport Related Concussion on Academic Performance in High School Athletes
Major: Epidemiology
Chair: Yvonne Michael PhD
Committee Members: Ed Gracely PhD, Craig Newschaffer PhD, Jennifer Taylor PhD, and Andrew Lincoln PhD
Date and Time: November 05, 2013 9:00 AM
Location: Bellet Building, Second Floor
Karen Sullam
Patterns, causes and consequences of variation in trophic traits and gut microbial communities among fish
Major: Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science
Chair: Jacob Russell PhD
Committee Members: Susan Kilham PhD, James Spotila PhD, Michael O’Connor PhD and Catherine Pringle PhD
Date and Time: November 05, 2013 2:00 PM
Location: PISB 103
Natalie Dixon
Bio-Inspired Modulation of Tris(triazolyl) borate’s Electronic Properties Resulting in Enhanced Reactivity of CU (I/II) and other transition Metal Complexes
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Anthony Addison PhD
Committee Members: Reinhard Schweitzer-Steiner PhD, Peter Wade PhD, Joe Foley PhD, Don King PhD, and Klaus Theupold PhD
Date and Time: November 08, 2013 1:30 PM
Location: Disque Hall, Room 109
Ashley Johnson
An Epigenetic Role for Tip60 HAT in Neurodevelopment and Neurogeneration
Major: Biology
Chair: Aleister Saunders PhD
Committee Members: Mart Fortini PhD, Joe Beotz PhD, Daniel Marenda PhD, and Felice Elefant PhD
Date and Time: November 11, 2013 11:00 AM
Location: PISB 103
Kelly E. Jones
The Relationship Between Executive Functioning and Adaptive Functioning in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease
Major: Psychology
Chair: Brian Daly PhD
Committee Members: Reem Tarazi PhD, David Matteo PhD, Douglas Chute PhD, and Jacqueline Kloss PhD
Date and Time: November 13, 2013 11:00 AM
Location: Stratton 315
Nicholas Paparoidumis
Chemistry of allyl nitrate esters, B-nitroacetamides, and various other nitro compounds
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Frank Ji PhD
Committee Members: Monica Ilies PhD, Jeon-Claude Bradley PhD, Daniel King PhD, Joseph Salvino PhD, and Gary Molander PhD
Date and Time: November 13, 2013 12:00 PM
Location: CAT 061
Samir Patel
Movements, behaviors and threats to loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta in the Mediterranean Sea
Major: Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science
Chair: Susan Kilham PhD
Committee Members: Harold Avery PhD, Michael O’Connor PhD, James Spotila PhD, and Stephen Morreale
Date and Time: November 14, 2013 11:00 AM
Location: Curtis 341
Sudipta Lahiri
Hybrid Automaton Based Controller Design for Damage Mitigation of Islanded Power Systems
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chair: Chika Nwamkpa PhD
Committee Members: Dagmar Niebur PhD, Karen Miv PhD, Harry Kwatny PhD, and Gaurav Baipai PhD
Date and Time: November 20, 2013 3:00 PM
Location: Bossone 302
Ghasideh Pourhashem
Life Cycle Environmental, Economic Evaluation of Emerging ligonocellulosie Biorefinery Products with Consideration of temporal Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Major: Environmental Engineering
Chair: Sabsina Spatasi PhD
Committee Members: Michael Waring PhD, Nicholas Cernansky PhD, Richard Caincross PhD, and Peter DeCarlo PhD
Date and Time: November 25, 2013 9:00 AM
Location: Hill Conference Room
Naomi Hampson
Porosity, Mineralization, Tissue Type and Morphology Interactions at the Human Tibial Cortex
Major: Anatomy and Neuroscience
Chair: Haviva Goldman PhD
Committee Members: Surya Kalidindi PhD, Richard Knight PhD, Antonios Zavaliangos PhD, and Karl Jepsen PhD
Date and Time: November 26, 2013 9:30 AM
Location: Bossone 302
Shauna Henley
“Don’t Wash Your Chicken!” Results of an Interdisciplinary Approach to Reduce Incidence of Infectious Foodborne Diseases
Major: Biology
Chair: Michael O’Connor PhD
Committee Members: Jennifer J. Quinlan PhD, Jennifer Nasser PhD, Emmanuel Koku PhD, and Susan Stein PhD
Date and Time: December 03, 2013 8:00 AM
Location: Disque 109
Deepak Siromani
Crashworthy Design and Analysis of Aircraft Structures
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Chair: Tein-Min Tan PhD
Committee Members: Jonathan Awebuch PhD, Caglan Kumbur PhD, Matthew McCarthy PhD, Leslie Lamberson PhD, and Frank Moon PhD
Date and Time: December 04, 2013 10:00 AM
Location: Curtis 162
Jake Owens
The Ecology and Conservation of the Biko Island Drill (Mandrillus lecophaeus poensis)
Major: Biology
Chair: Michael O’Connor PhD
Committee Members: Gail Hearn PhD, Susan Kilham PhD, Shaya Hornarvar PhD, and Mary Katherine Gonder PhD
Date and Time: December 04, 2013 12:00 PM
Location: PISB 103
Ginger Stringer
Effects of Sport Related Concussion on Academic Performance in High School Athletes
Major:
Chair: Yvonne Michael PhD
Committee Members: Ed Gracey PhD, Craig Newschaffer PhD, Jennier Taylor PhD, and Andrew Lincoln PhD
Date and Time: December 05, 2013 9:00 AM
Location: Bellet Building, Sixth Floor
Kevin Freedman
The Study of Single Molecule Protein Biophysics Using Solid-State Nanopores
Major: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chair: Cameron Abrams PhD
Committee Members: Minjun Kim PhD, Irvin Chaiken PhD, Raj Mutharasan PhD, and Steven Wrenn PhD
Date and Time: December 05, 2013 10:00 AM
Location: CAT 61
Eric D. Laird
Versatile Membranes Enabled by the Controlled Crystallization of Polymers from Carbon Nanotube Sidewalls
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Yury Gogotsi PhD
Committee Members: Karen I. Winey PhD, Kenneth K.S. Lau PhD, Caroline L. Schauer PhD, and Christopher Y. Li PhD
Date and Time: December 06, 2013 9:00 AM
Location: Curtis 341
Clara Granda-Cameron
Risk Factors Associated with Unplanned Hospital Readmission in Adult Cancer Patients
Major: Nursing
Chair: Albert Rundio PhD
Committee Members: Mary Hovinga PhD and Maryam Behta PhD
Date and Time: December 09, 2013 10:00 AM
Location: College of Nursing and Health Professions
Shaowen Hua
Analysts’ Incentives and Usage of Valuation Models
Major: Accounting
Chair: Anthony Curatola PhD
Committee Members: Edward Werner PhD, Barbara Grein PhD, Natalya Khimich PhD, and Daniel Dorn PhD
Date and Time: December 10, 2013 2:00 PM
Location: 3600 Market Street 7th Floor Room 736
Steven Essinger
Partitioning Abiotic and Biotic Varitime
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chair: Leon Hrebien PhD
Committee Members: Gail Rosen PhD, John Walsh PhD, Robi Poliker PhD, Jacob Russell PhD, and Chris Blackwood PhD
Date and Time: December 11, 2013 3:00 PM
Location: Bossone 302
Jane Bokunewicz
Social Networking for Employee Engagement in the Hospitality Industry
Major: Culture and Communication
Chair: Emmanuel Koku PhD
Committee Members: Ernie Hakanen PhD, Wes Shumar PhD, Israel Porner PhD, and Joseph Lema PhD
Date and Time: December 17, 2013 2:00 PM
Location: PSA 114
Marisa Pontillo
Relationship Between Core Stability and Shoulder Injuries in Athletes
Major: Physical Therapy
Chair: Sheri Silifies PhD
Committee Members: David Ebaugh PhD, Clare Milner PhD, Chuck Thigpen PhD, and Brian Sennett PhD
Date and Time: December 18, 2013 1:30 PM
Location: Location TBA
John Robert Vogel
Essays on Empirical Finance
Major: Finance
Chair: Daniel Dorn PhD
Committee Members: Wesley Gray PhD, Jennifer Juergens PhD, David Becher PhD, and Yoto Yotov PhD
Date and Time: January 07, 2014 3:30 PM
Location: Location TBA
Kelly Coyle Blincoe
Timely and Efficient Facilitation of Coordination of Software Developers’ Activities
Major: Computer Science
Chair: Spiros Mancordis PhD
Committee Members: Giuseppe Valetto PhD, Dario Salvucci PhD, Sean Goggins PhD, and Daniela Damian PhD
Date and Time: January 15, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: TBD
Xiaoyu Chu
Distributed Algorithms for Extending the Functional Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chair: Steven Weber PhD
Committee Members: Harish Sethu PhD, Nagarajan Kandasamy PhD, Baris Taskin PhD, and Spiros Mancoridis PhD
Date and Time: January 16, 2014 3:00 PM
Location: Bossone 302
Natalie Chemets
Enhancement of Skeletal Cell Differentiation by Microsecond Pulsed Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chair: Adam Fontecchio PhD
Committee Members: Gennady Friedman PhD, Theresa Friedman PhD, Aelxander Friedman PhD, Andrew Cohen PhD, and Marla Steinbeck PhD
Date and Time: January 31, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: Bossone 302
Zhong Huang
Biomedical Information Extraction: Mining Disease Associated Genes from Literature
Major: Information Science
Chair: Xiaohua Hu PhD
Committee Members: Yuan An PhD, Zekarias Berhane PhD, Gasson Susan PhD, and Wiemao Ke PhD
Date and Time: February 05, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: Drexel IST Conference Room 014
Erik Brewer
Assessing the Transport of Receptor-Medicated Drug Delivery Devices Across Cellular Monolayers
Major: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chair: Guiseppe Palmese PhD
Committee Members: Steven Wrenn PhD, Anthony Lowman PhD, Yossef Elabd PhD, and Aleister Saunders PhD
Date and Time: February 27, 2014 4:00 PM
Location: Location TBD
Ehsan Fakharizadi
The Impact of Relational and Structural Embeddedness on Alliance Termination Outcomes
Major: Management
Chair: VK Narayahan PhD and Azi Gera PhD
Committee Members: Dali Ma PhD, Daniel Tzabbar PhD, and David Waguespack PhD
Date and Time: March 04, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: Faculty Colloquium Room 722
Giola Connell Chilton
An Arts-Based Study of the Dynamics of Expressing Positive Emotions within the Intersubjective Art Making Process
Major: Creative Arts Therapy
Chair: Nancy Gerber PhD
Committee Members: Kathleen Fisher PhD, Donna Kaiser PhD, Shaun McNiff PhD, and Susan Finley PhD
Date and Time: March 07, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: 1601 Cherry Street, Room 701
Robert C. Allen
Safe Set Maneuverability, Restoration, and Protection for Aircraft
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Chair: Harry Kwatny PhD
Committee Members: Bor-Chin Chang PhD, Ajmal Yousuff PhD, James Tangorra PhD, and Tom Chmielewski PhD
Date and Time: March 10, 2014 2:30 PM
Location: MEM Seminar Room
Kavan Hazeli
Microstructure-Sensitive Investigation of Deformation and Fatigue Behavior of Magnesium Alloys
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Chair: Antonios Konstos PhD
Committee Members: Christopher Weinberger PhD, Anthony Rollett PhD, E. Caglan Kumbur PhD, Antonios Zavaliangos PhD, and Alan C.W. Lau PhD
Date and Time: March 13, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: Mechanical Engineering Seminar Room (Curtis, Room 162)
Christopher Reid Winkler
Exploring Mechanisms of Ferroelectric Switching in Real Time Using In Situ TEM
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Steven May PhD
Committee Members: Jonathan Spanier PhD, Lane Martin PhD, Andrew Rappe PhD, and Mitra Taheri PhD
Date and Time: March 14, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: Alumni Engineering Labs, Room 275
Nazanin Moghadam Maragheh
Computational Study of Chain Transfer Reactions in Self-Initiated High Temperature Polymerization of Alkyl Acrylates
Major: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chair: Raj Mutharasan PhD
Committee Members: Masoud Soroush PhD, Andrew Rappe PhD, Giuseppe Palmese PhD, Michael Grady PhD, and Sriraj Srinivasan PhD
Date and Time: March 14, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: TBA
Francis Richey
Ion Dynamics in Electrochemical Capacitors Using Infrared Spectroelectorchemistry
Major: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chair: Kenneth Lau PhD
Committee Members: Y. A. Elabd PhD, Vibha Kalra PhD, Yury Gogotsi PhD, and Chris Li PhD
Date and Time: April 07, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: TBD
Jianhong Chen
It Is About Time! TMT Temporal Orientation and Competitive Behaviors
Major: Management
Chair: Sucheta Nadkami PhD
Committee Members: V.K. Narayanan PhD, Daniel Tzabbar PhD, Christian Resick PhD, Zeki Simsek PhD, and Ming-Jer Chen PhD
Date and Time: April 07, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: GHALL 722 – Colloquium Room
Peemongkon Wattananon
Movement Coordination Impairment in Non-Specific Low Back Pain: Understanding Aberrant Patterns of Movement and our Ability to Change Them
Major: Physical Therapy & Rehab Sciences
Chair: Sheri P. Silfies PhD
Committee Members: David Ebaugh PhD, Susan Smith PhD, Scott Biely PhD, Gregory Hicks PhD, and Sri Balasubramannion PhD
Date and Time: April 11, 2014 9:00 AM
Location: Bellet 209
Michael Naguib Abdelmalak
MXenes: A New Family of Two-Dimensional Materials and its Application as Electrodes for Li-ion Batteries
Major: Materials Science & Engineering
Chair: Steven May PhD
Committee Members: Michael Barsoum PhD, Yury Gogotsi PhD, Ying Sun PhD, and Patrice Simon PhD
Date and Time: April 18, 2014 9:30 AM
Location: Bossone 302
Youngbum Jun
Humanoids Toward Practical Applications
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Chair: Paul Oh PhD
Committee Members: Bor-Chin Chang PhD, Harry Kwatney PhD, Youngmoo Kim PhD, and M. Ani Hsieh PhD
Date and Time: April 23, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: MEM Seminar Room
Aleksander Kecojevic
Prescription Drug Misuse and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (YMSM)
Major: Public Health
Chair: Stephen Lankenau PhD
Committee Members: Randall Sell PhD, Augusta Villaneuva PhD, Seth Welles PhD, and Judy Morrissor
Date and Time: April 24, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: CHP Conference Room, 4th Floor Nesbitt Hall
Natasha Brown
Transforming Leadership in Hospitals by Exploring Leadership Practices for Organizational Success
Major: Educational Leadership
Chair: Deanna Hill PhD
Committee Members: Allen Grant PhD and Jeffrey Branch PhD
Date and Time: April 24, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: TBD
Roxanna Moores
Modeling and Performance Analysis of a Field-Aged Fe-Zeolite Catalyst
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Chair: Nicholas P. Cernansky PhD
Committee Members: Bakhtier Farouk PhD, Young Cho PhD, Sabrina Spatari PhD, and Howard Pearlam PhD
Date and Time: April 29, 2014 1:15 PM
Location: Curtis 162
Woodrow Clifton II
Automated Propulsion Control
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Chair: B.C. Chang PhD
Committee Members: Harry Kwanty PhD, Prawat Nagvajara PhD, Ajmal Yousuff PhD, and Jack Zhou PhD
Date and Time: April 30, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: Seminar Room (Curtis 162)
Ho Kwong Kwan
Antecedents and Outcomes of Family-supportive Supervisor Behaviors
Major: Manegement
Chair: Chairs: Jeffrey Greenhaus PhD and Jonathan Zeigert PhD
Committee Members: Christian Resick PhD, Mary Mawritz PhD, and Lieke ten Brummelhuis PhD
Date and Time: April 30, 2014 3:00 PM
Location: GHALL Room 720 – Colloquium Room
Linda Norman
School-Community Engagement for School Resource Acquisition: A Phenomenological Study of Private School Leaders
Major: Education
Chair: Kathy D. Geller PhD
Committee Members: Holly Carpenter PhD and Jo Consalves PhD
Date and Time: May 02, 2014 1:30 PM
Location: Sacramento Campus
Christopher M. Korpela
Environmental Interaction with a Mobile Manipulating Umanned Aerial Vehicle (MM-UAV)
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chair: Youngmoo Kim PhD
Committee Members: Timothy Kurzweg PhD, Paul Kalata PhD, Paul Oh PhD, and Drew Winlkerson PhD
Date and Time: May 02, 2014 3:00 PM
Location: ECE 203
Edward Damon
Measurement of Paraphotons in the Double Chooz Experiment Using Articulated Arm Calibration Methods
Major: Physics
Chair: Charles Lane PhD
Committee Members: Jelena Maricic PhD, David Goldberg PhD, Gordon Richards PhD, Joshua Klein PhD, and Michelle Dolinski PhD
Date and Time: May 05, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Disque Room 109
Louis L. Angelo
A Program Evaluation: Assessing the Implementation F
Major: Education
Chair: Joyce Pittman PhD
Committee Members: John Gould PhD and Charles Schwahn PhD
Date and Time: May 05, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Harrisburg Campus
Gregory Alan Vetterick
Radiation Damage in Nanocrystalline Iron Thin Films
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Garret Tucker PhD
Committee Members: Michael Barsoum PhD, Christopher Weinberger PhD, Mitra Taheri PhD, Amit Misra PhD, and Marquis Kirk PhD
Date and Time: May 05, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: TBA
Robert W. Ellenberg
A Stability Estimator to Unify Humanoid Locomotion: Walking, Stair Climbing, and Ladder Climbing
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechnics
Chair: Paul Oh PhD
Committee Members: Youngmoo Kim PhD, M. Ani Hsieh PhD, Sorin Siegler PhD, and Harry Kwanty PhD
Date and Time: May 07, 2014 9:00 AM
Location: Curtis 161
James W. Malazita
Ontic Cultures: Otology, Science Fiction, and the Digital Design Community
Major: Culture & Communication
Chair: Douglas Porpora PhD
Committee Members: Wesley Shumar PhD, Mary Ebeling PhD, Brent Luvaas PhD, Mimi Sheller PhD, and Glen Muschio
Date and Time: May 07, 2014 3:30 PM
Location: Room 114
Hai Quang Ta
Effects of IFRS Adoption on Earnings Quality: Evidence from Canada
Major: Accounting
Chair: Godian Ndybizu PhD
Committee Members: Hsihui Chang PhD, Anthony Curatola PhD, Edward Werner PhD, and Bay Arinze PhD
Date and Time: May 08, 2014 11:00 AM
Location: Room 939, 9th Floor, GHall
Lisa Hayley Glassman
The Effects of a Brief Acceptance-based Behavior Therapy vs. Trasitional Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Public Speaking Anxiety
Major: Clinical Psychology
Chair: Evan Forman PhD
Committee Members: James Herbert PhD, Jennifer Gallo PhD, John Kounios PhD, and Trina Andras PhD
Date and Time: May 08, 2014 3:30 PM
Location: Stratton Hall, Room 212
Christina I. Awosan
Never Married Heterosexual Black Male-Female Intimate Romantic Experiences: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Couple and Family Therapy
Chair: Kenneth V. Hardy PhD
Committee Members: Dr. Marlene Watson, Dr. Robert Palisano, Dr. Adisa Ajamu, Dr. Cynthia Chestnut, and Dr. Kyle Killian
Date and Time: May 09, 2014 12:00 PM
Location: TBD
Siddhita D. Mhatre
Modeling Alzheimer’s Disease in Drosophila melanogaster
Major: Biology
Chair: Elias T. Spiliotis PhD
Committee Members: Aleisiter J. Saunders PhD, Daniel R. Marenda PhD, Jennifer Stanford PhD, and Jeffery Twiss PhD
Date and Time: May 13, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: PISB 103
Kiwon Sohn
Optimization of Humanoid’s Motions Under Multiple Constraints in Vehicle Handling Task
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Chair: Paul Oh PhD
Committee Members: Youngmoo Kim PhD, Harry Kwatny PhD, B.C. Chang PhD, and Ani Hsieh PhD
Date and Time: May 14, 2014 8:00 AM
Location: MEM Seminar Room
Andrew James Klink
The Role of Biologics in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis
Major: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Chair: Brian K. Lee PhD
Committee Members: Alison Evans PhD, Lucy Robinson PhD, Judith Kelsen PhD, Robert Baldassano PhD, and Lindsay Albenbery PhD
Date and Time: May 15, 2014 8:00 AM
Location: TBD
Anize M. Appel
Exploring the Effects of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic on Teacher Retention in a Zambian School
Major: Education
Chair: Roger G. Gonzalez PhD
Committee Members: John Gould PhD and Manuel Gonzalez PhD
Date and Time: May 15, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Harrisburg Campus, Room 11462
Alison N. Novak
Generation Undecided: Millennial Discourses and Media Reactions to Changing Political Norms
Major: Culture and Communication
Chair: Ernest A. Hakanen PhD
Committee Members: Ronald Bishop PhD, Barbara J. Hoekje PhD, Sean Goggins PhD, and Kathleen Kendall PhD
Date and Time: May 16, 2014 12:00 PM
Location: PSA 114
Elizabeth Degnan Kryak
Impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors on the Nurses’ Use of Complementary Alternative Medicine
Major: Nursing Science
Chair: Thomas Hardie PhD
Committee Members: Roberta Waite PhD
Date and Time: May 19, 2014 11:00 AM
Location: Bellet Building
Sharon Kelly
Addressing Relative Criteria for Miranda Waivers: A Comparison of Juvenile Justice Youths’ and Adult Offenders’ Understanding and Appreciation of the Rights to Silence and Legal Counsel during Police Investigations
Major: Psychology
Chair: Naomi Goldstein PhD
Committee Members: Kirk Heilbrun PhD, Dave DeMatteo PhD, Jessica Feleman PhD, and Rhonda McKiten PhD
Date and Time: May 19, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: Stratton Hall, Room 212
Ann Marie Kriebel-Gasparro
Advanced Practice Nurses Knowledge, Barriers and Facilitators to Screening for Bipolar Disorder in the Primary Care Setting
Major: Nursing Science
Chair: H. Michael Dreher PhD
Committee Members: Thomas Hardie PhD, Carolee Polek PhD
Date and Time: May 19, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: Bellet Building
Chelsea Morse
Multitasking and Vocational Functioning in Multiple Sclerosis: A Performance Based Assesment
Major: Psychology
Chair: Maria T. Schultheis PhD
Committee Members: Jennifer Gallo PhD, Douglas Chule PhD, Cobb Scott PhD, Tania Gionaventti PhD, and William Garnder PhD
Date and Time: May 19, 2014 4:00 PM
Location: Stratton Hall, Suite 123
Joshua McKeever
Prospective Memory Acquisition in Multiple Sclerosis
Major: Psychology
Chair: Maria Schultheis PhD, Jennifer Gallo PhD, Tania Giovannetti PhD, Mary Spiers PhD, and Steve Paul Woods
Committee Members: Stratton Building, Suite 123
Date and Time: May 20, 2014 4:00 PM
Location: TBD
Gwanmo Ku
Efficient Control Decision fro Resource Allocation in OFDMA Networks
Major: Electrical & Computing Engineering
Chair: Steven Weber PhD
Committee Members: John MacLaren Walsh PhD, Jaudeline de Oloveira PhD, Leonard Cimini PhD, and Javier Garcia-Frias PhD
Date and Time: May 21, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Bossone 302
Jia Huang
Item Recommendation with Contextual Information
Major: Computing and Informatics
Chair: Xiaohua Hu PhD
Committee Members: Yuan An PhD, Weimao Ke PhD, Lisa Ulmer PhD, and Erija Yan PhD
Date and Time: May 21, 2014 1:30 PM
Location: Rush 014
Christopher Danz
The Resiliency Education Program and Its Impact on Changing School Climate
Major: Education
Chair: Ken Mawritz PhD
Committee Members: John Gould PhD and William Rakow PhD
Date and Time: May 22, 2014 8:00 AM
Location: Harrisburg Campus
Patricia Borrusso
Evaluation of the Domestic Environment as a Reservoir for Foodborne Pathogens: Identification of Consumer Practices Associated with Microbial Contamination in the Home
Major: Biological Sciences
Chair: Shivanthi Anandan PhD
Committee Members: Jennifer Quinlan PhD, Edward Gracely PhD, Rebecca Hoffman PhD, and Joshua Gurtley PhD
Date and Time: May 22, 2014 12:00 PM
Location: Papadakis Integrated Science Building Room 103
Leonardo Urbano
Robust Automatic Multi-Sperm Tracking in Time Lapse Images
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chair: Leonid Hrebien PhD
Committee Members: Moshe Kam PhD, Paul Kalata PhD, Naga Kandasamy PhD, and Puneet Masson PhD
Date and Time: May 23, 2014 8:00 AM
Location: Curits 162
Jonathan Purtle
Trauma, Stress, and Public Policy in the United States: A Mixed Methods Content Analysis of Federal Legislation, 1989 - 2009
Major: Health Management and Policy
Chair: Sandra Bloom PhD
Committee Members: John Rich PhD, Scott Barclay PhD, and Lisa Bowleg PhD
Date and Time: May 23, 2014 11:00 AM
Location: 7th Floor, Nesbitt Hall
Umit Saglam
Advanced Optimization and Statistical Methods in Portfolio Optimization and Supply Chain Management
Major: Decision Sciences
Chair: Hnade Y. Benson PhD
Committee Members: Avijit Banerjee PhD, Mrill Liechty PhD, Oben Ceryan PhD, and Steven Weber PhD
Date and Time: May 27, 2014 8:00 AM
Location: Location TBA
Ben Pelleg
Light Scattering in Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals
Major: Electrical and Computing Engineering
Chair: Tim Kurzweg PhD
Committee Members: Adam Fontecchio PhD, Gary Friedman PhD, Pramod Abichandani PhD, and Caroline Schauer PhD
Date and Time: May 27, 2014 11:00 AM
Location: Bossone 709
Senem Zeytinoglu
Experiences of Couples Having a Young Child with Cleft Lip and/or Palate: Comparin Prenatal and Postnatal
Major: Couple and Family Therapies
Chair: Maureen Davey PhD
Committee Members: Erica Wilkins PhD, Harry Aponte PhD, Kathleen Fisher PhD, and Canice Crerand PhD
Date and Time: May 27, 2014 11:00 AM
Location: 742 3 - Parkway
Cynthia Gifford-Hollingsworth
Resilience and Adjustment during Transition to College: Comparison of Emerging Adults with an without a Sibling with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Major: Nursing Science
Chair: Ellen Giarelli PhD
Committee Members: Thomas Hardie PhD and Wendy Plante PhD
Date and Time: May 27, 2014 12:00 PM
Location: New College Building 11th Floor, Biochemistry Conference Room
Zeinab Mohamad Baba
Examining Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening Rates in a Program Designed to Provide Free Care to women in the State of Pennsylvania
Major: Community Health and Prevention
Chair: Lisa Ulmer PhD
Committee Members: Zekarias Berhane PhD, Ari Brooks PhD, Jackie Greggs-Walden PhD, and Carolee Polek PhD
Date and Time: May 27, 2014 12:00 PM
Location: CHP Conference Room, 4th Floor, Nesbitt Hall
Steven Richard Spurgeon
Correlating Interfacial Structure and Magnetism in the Film Oxide Heterostructures Using Transmission Electron Microscopy and Polarized Neutron Reflectometry
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Steven May PhD
Committee Members: Mitra Taheri PhD, James Rondinelli PhD, Jonathan Spanier PhD, Brian Kirby PhD, and Samuel Lofland PhD
Date and Time: May 28, 2014 9:00 AM
Location: PISB 108
Avinash J. Dalal
Quantum and Affine Schubert Calculus and Macdonald Polynomials
Major: Mathematics
Chair: Jennifer Morse PhD
Committee Members: Robert Boyer PhD, Eric Scmutz PhD, Jonah Blasiak PhD, and Amy Myers PhD
Date and Time: May 28, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Location TBD
Christopher Mascaro
Technologically Mediated Discourse and Information Exchange through Medium Specific Syntactical Features the 2012 Presidential Election on Twitter
Major: Information Studies
Chair: Sean Goggins PhDand PhD Denise Agosto
Committee Members: Dario Salvucci PhD, Kristene Unsworth PhD, and Scott Robertson PhD
Date and Time: May 28, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: TBA
Joydeep Tripathi
On Design, Evaluation, and Enhancement of IP-Based Routing Solutions for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Major: Electrical and Computing Engineering
Chair: Steven Weber PhD
Committee Members: Jaudelice C. DeOliveira PhD, Nagarajan Kandasamy PhD, Spiros Mancordis PhD, and J.P. Vasseur PhD
Date and Time: May 28, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Hill Conference Room, LeBow 240
Lindsay Lawer Shea
Investigating the Healthcare Experience of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Transition to Adulthood
Major: Health Management and Policy
Chair: Robert Field PhD
Committee Members: Mariana Chilton PhD, Darryl Brown PhD, Craig Newschaffer PhD, and Michael Howley PhD
Date and Time: May 28, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Nesbitt Hall Room 719
Ying Teng
Low Power Resonant Rotary Global Clock Distribution Network Design
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chair: Naga Kandasamy PhD
Committee Members: Pravat Nagyajara PhD, Antonios Kontsos PhD, Mark Hempstead PhD, and Baris Taskin PhD
Date and Time: May 28, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: Bossone 605
Brijette Sena
Examining Non-Academic Factors Influence on an International School of Medicine Graduates’ Success in Obtaining a US Residency
Major: Education
Chair: Kristine S. L. Grant PhD
Committee Members: Allen Grant PhD, Craig Bach PhD, and Barbara Francois PhD
Date and Time: May 28, 2014 2:30 PM
Location: Korman Center Room 227
Kara R. Newman
Alcohol Use in HIV: An Evaluation of Cognitive Factors
Major: Psychology
Chair: Mary Spiers PhD
Committee Members: Henry Kranzier PhD, David Metzger PhD, David DeMatteo PhD, Thomas Swirsky Sacchetti PhD, and Doug Chute PhD
Date and Time: May 28, 2014 2:30 PM
Location: Stratton Building
Daniel Parry
A Polynomial Variation of Meinardus Theorem
Major: Mathematics
Chair: Robert Boyer PhD
Committee Members: Wladimir Pribitkin PhD, David Ambrose PhD, Doug Wright PhD, and Eric Schmutz PhD
Date and Time: May 28, 2014 3:00 PM
Location: Korman 245
Wendy Renee Royer
Examining the Nature of Kindergarten Teacher and Parent Expectations for Reading Readiness: Relationships, Effects, and Perceptions
Major: Education
Chair: Dominic Gullo PhD
Committee Members: Joyce Pitman PhD and Michael Lausch PhD
Date and Time: May 29, 2014 8:00 AM
Location: TBD
Babak Anasori
Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of Magnesium Alloy Composites Reinforced with TiC and Ti2AIC Properties
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Antonios Zavaliangos PhD
Committee Members: Michael W. Barsoum PhD, Roger Doherty PhD, Mitra Taheri PhD, Antonios Kontsos PhD, and Suveen Mathaudhu PhD
Date and Time: May 29, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Papadakis Integrated Science Building (PISB), Room 108
Michelle K. Baker
Molecular Simulations and Modeling of HIV-1 gp41 Membrane Spanning Domain (MSD) in a Model Viral Bilayer
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Masoud Soroush PhD
Committee Members: Cameron Abrams PhD, Raj Mutharasan PhD, Luiz Cruz PhD, and Irwin Chaiken PhD
Date and Time: May 29, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: CAT 267
Justin G. Mathew
The Biochemical Stimuli on Plasminogen System Activity: Implications for Drecreased Angiogenesis in Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Chair: Alisa Morss-Clyne PhD
Committee Members: Moses Noh PhD, Alan Lau PhD, Aleister Saunders PhD, and Margaret Wheatley PhD
Date and Time: May 29, 2014 11:00 AM
Location: MEM Seminar Room, Curtis 162
Jared Langevin
Human Behavior and Low Energy Architecture: Linking Environmental Adaptation, Personal Comfort, and Energy Use in the Built
Major: Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Chair: Jin Wen PhD
Committee Members: Patrick Gurian PhD, Michael Wanky PhD, Tom Hewitt PhD, and Tianzhen Hong PhD
Date and Time: May 29, 2014 3:00 PM
Location: PISB 103
Umit Koc
The Effects of the Timing of Post-Purchase Price Reductions and Brand Strength on Consumers’ Price Unfairness Perceptions
Major: Marketing
Chair: Rajneesh Suri PhD
Committee Members: Kent Monroe PhD, Rolph Anderson PhD, Srinivasan Swaminathan PhD, and Paul Jensen PhD
Date and Time: May 29, 2014 4:00 PM
Location: Gerri C. LeBow Hall, Floor 9
Glenn Guglietta
Ultrfast Spectroscopy & Charge Carrier Dynamics in Nanostructured Materials
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Ken Lau PhD
Committee Members: Jason Baxter PhD, Aaron Fafarman PhD, Jon Spanier PhD, and Chris Murray PhD
Date and Time: May 30, 2014 8:30 AM
Location: TBA
Hua Chang
The Brand is Mine: Development and Validation of a Measure of Brand Ownership
Major: Marketing
Chair: Hyokjin Kwak PhD
Committee Members: Rolph Anderson PhD, Trina Larsen Andras PhD, Bert Rosenbloom PhD, Charles Taylor PhD, and Marina Puzakova PhD
Date and Time: May 30, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: Room 722, Gerri C. LeBow Hall
Micholas Dean Smith
Influence of Aqueous-Salt Conditions on the Structure and Dynamics of Monomeric and Dimeric Forms of the Alzheimer’s A1521-30 Protein Fragment
Major: Physics
Chair: Luis Cruz Cruz PhD
Committee Members: Brigita Urbanc PhD, Frank Ferrone PhD, Goron Karapetrov PhD, and Reinhard Schweitzer PhD
Date and Time: June 03, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Disque Hall, Room 919
Yamuna Baburaj
Essays on Complementary Product and Strategies
Major: Management
Chair: V.K. Narayanana PhD
Committee Members: Sucheta Nadkarni PhD, Daniel Tzabbar PhD, Konstantinos Serfes PhD, and Susan Cohen Kaczka PhD
Date and Time: June 03, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Gerri C. LeBow Hall, Room 722
Thomas Heverin
Information Behaviors and Cognitive Modes Used for Cyber Situation Assessment
Major: Information Studies
Chair: Lisl Zach PhD
Committee Members: Kris Unsworth PhD, Xia Lin PhD, Denise Agosto PhD, and Lori Brainard PhD
Date and Time: June 04, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: Room 014, Rush Building
Mary Ellen Holly
Experiential Learning and Student Engagement: Meaningful Learner Outcomes as Articulated by Drexel University Sacramento Ed.D. Graduates
Major: Education
Chair: Kathy Geller PhD
Committee Members: Benjamin Walker PhD and W. Edward Bureau PhD
Date and Time: June 05, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Sacramento Campus
Mirlinda Biba
Chromatographic Analysis and Separation of Short RNA Oligonucleotides with Novel Liquid Chromatography Methods
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Frank Ji PhD
Committee Members: Lynn Penn PhD, Kevin Owens PhD, Reinhard Schwitzer-Stenner PhD, Peter DeCarlo PhD, and James Canary PhD
Date and Time: June 05, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: Curtis 341
Xue Sha
Synthesis and Characterization of Designed Polymer-Based Materials and Sensors
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Joe Foley PhD
Committee Members: Karl Sohlberg PhD, Daniel King PhD, Jun Xi PhD, Alexander Sidorenko PhD, and Momea Ilies PhD
Date and Time: June 06, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Disque Hall Room 103
Seyed Emad Adin Khazraee Afzali
Archaeology of Archaeology: A Study of Archaeological Knowledge in Practice
Major: Information Studies
Chair: Susan Gasson PhD
Committee Members: Michael Khoo PhD, Delia Neuman PhD, Roderick Campbell PhD, and Ian Hodder PhD
Date and Time: June 06, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: Rush Building Room 014
Catherine Kendall
Deconstructing the Universal Woman: Examining How Domestic Violence is Experienced Among the Russian, African American, and Russian Communities in Sacramento
Major: Education
Chair: W. Edward Bureau PhD
Committee Members: Kristine Lewis Grant PhD and Roberto Degadillo PhD
Date and Time: June 06, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: Sacramento Campus
Jessica Snyder
Bottom-Up Tissue Engineering of Biofabricated Hetero-Cellular Microfluidic to Study Drug Efficacy in Co-Culture
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Chair: Wei Sun PhD
Committee Members: Gongyao “Jack” Zhou PhD, E. Caglan Kumbur PhD, Ulrike Wegst PhD, and Honglu Wu PhD
Date and Time: June 09, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: MEM Seminar Room
Qudus Hamid
Investigating the Integration of Mask-Less Fabrication Techniques to Develop Biological Microfluidics
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Chair: Wei Sun PhD
Committee Members: Gongyao “Jack” Zhou PhD, Min Sun Kim PhD, Leslie Lamberson PhD, and Yinghui Zhong PhD
Date and Time: June 09, 2014 10:00 PM
Location: MEM Seminar Room
Guannan Chen
Tunable Interface Non-linear Electron Transport in Semiconductor Nanowire Heterostructure and its Application in Optoelectronics
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Steven May PhD
Committee Members: Jonathan Spanier PhD, James Rondinelli PhD, Jason Baxter PhD, and Ritesh Agarwal PhD
Date and Time: June 10, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: PEARL 307
Rachel M. Kratzer
Mean and Extreme Radio Properties and the Origin of Radio Emissions
Major: Physics
Chair: Gordon Richards PhD
Committee Members: Michael Vogeley PhD, David Goldberg PhD, Brigita Urbanc PhD, and Richard White PhD
Date and Time: June 11, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Disque 919
Seyed Hossein Hosseini Nourzad
Computational Framework for Modeling Infrastructure Network Performance and Vulnerability
Major: Civil Engineering (Concentration: Construction Engineering and Management)
Chair: Anu Pradhan PhD
Committee Members: Emin Aktan PhD, Ivan Bartoli PhD, Dario Salvucci PhD, Yi-Chang Chiu PhD, Patrick Gurian PhD, and Frank Moon PhD
Date and Time: June 11, 2014 1:30 PM
Location: Alumni Engineering Labs Room 275
John McDonough
Onion-like Caron for Electrochemical Capacitors
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Steven May PhD
Committee Members: Yury Gogotsi PhD, Caroline Schauer PhD, Gary Friedman PhD, and Jorge Santiagio-Auiles PhD
Date and Time: June 11, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: PISB 106
Amy Glasofer
The Effect of a Business Process Management Enabled Clinical Decision Support System on the Adoption of a Protocol for Nurse-Directed Urinary Catheter Removal
Major: Nursing Science
Chair: Roberta Waite PhD
Committee Members: Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili PhDand Laura Wood PhD
Date and Time: June 12, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: TBA
Li Zhang
Opto-Electronic Frequency Stabilization Techniques in Forced Oscilators
Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Chair: Peter Herczfeld PhD
Committee Members: Afshin Daryoush PhD, Baris Taskin PhD, Mohammad Tofighi PhD, and Ulrich Rohde PhD
Date and Time: June 12, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: Bossone 709
Kirill Gutsol
Plasma Dissociation of Hydrogen Selfide
Major: Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics
Chair: Alexander Fridman PhD
Committee Members: Young Cho PhD, Nicholas Cernanky PhD, Gary Friedman PhD, and Alexander Rabinovich PhD
Date and Time: June 13, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: MEM Seminar Room
Deborah Green
Auditory P50: A potential biomarker of early Alzheimer’s disease and relationship to cerebrospinal fluid beta-amyloid and tau
Major: Psychology
Chair: John Kounios PhD
Committee Members: Maria Schultheis PhD, Jennifer Gallo PhD, David Wolk PhD, Paul Moberg PhD, and Robi Polikar PhD
Date and Time: June 18, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: Raiston House (Penn Memory Center), Room 241
David J. Dorsey
Robust Deployment and Control of Sensors in Wireless Monitoring Networks
Major: Electrical and Computing Engineering
Chair: Kapil Dandekar PhD
Committee Members: Moshe Kam PhD, Leonid Hrebien PhD, Steven Weber PhD, and Hande Benson PhD
Date and Time: July 23, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Bossone 302
Alimatou Tchafa
The Role of Interstitial Fluid Flow on Breast Cancer Progressions
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Kenneth Barbee
Committee Members: Andres Kriete PhD, Adrian Shieh PhD, Maruicio Reginato PhD, and Ashinel Undeh PhD
Date and Time: July 28, 2014 2:30 PM
Location: PISB Room 120
Andrew Bergan
Test and Analysis of Stitched Composite Structures to Assess Damage Containment Capability
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Chair: Jonathan Awerbuch PhD
Committee Members: Tein-min Tan PhD, Sorin Siegler PhD, Christopher Weinberger PhD, Emin Aktan PhD, and Ivan Bartoli PhD
Date and Time: August 05, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: MEM Seminar Room, Curtis Hall
Taek-yul Kim
Essays on Corruption and Corporate Finance
Major: Finance
Chair: Co-Chairs: Jacqueline Garner PhDand Ralph Walking PhD
Committee Members: David Becher PhD, Michael Gombola PhD, and Bang Jeon PhD
Date and Time: August 07, 2014 1:30 PM
Location: G-Hall Conference Room 1139
Anna Vorobyeva
Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Pathway in APP Trafficking and Proteolysis
Major: Biology
Chair: Elias Spiliotis PhD
Committee Members: Aleister Saunders PhD, Jennifer Stanford PhD, Daniel Narenda PhD, Denise Garcia PhD, and Nadia Dahmang PhD
Date and Time: August 15, 2014 8:00 AM
Location: PISB,
Linge Bai Lass
Directing Chemotaxis-Based Spatial Self-Organization
Major: Computer Science
Chair: David Breen PhD
Committee Members: Harish Sethu PhD, Santiago Ontanon Villar PhD, Julia Stoyanovich PhD, and Christopher Geib PhD
Date and Time: August 21, 2014 11:00 AM
Location: University Crossings
Marcela P. Garcia
Examining the Ligand-Induced Change in Cell Adhesion
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Lynn Penn PhD
Committee Members: Daniel King PhD, Frank Ji PhD, Monica Iles PhD, Niaoli Sang PhD, and Orlando Rojas PhD
Date and Time: August 21, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: PISB 106
Steven Battle
Energy Efficient Scaling of Out-of-Order Processor Resources
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chair: Baris Taskin PhD
Committee Members: Mark Hempstead PhD, Andrew (Drew) Hilton PhD, Kapil Dandekar PhD, and Naga Kandasamy PhD
Date and Time: August 22, 2014 3:00 PM
Location: Bossone 302
Shan Cheng
Ion Transport in Semicrystalline Solid Polymer Electrolytes
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Caroline Scahuer PhD
Committee Members: Chrisotpher Y. Li PhD, Grace Hsuan PhD, Kenneth Lau PhD, and Stephanie Wunder PhD
Date and Time: August 26, 2014 10:00 AM
Location: Bossone 302
Arianna Watters
Synthesis and Characterization of Well-Dispersed Nanostructure Polymer Systems
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Yury Gogotsi PhD
Committee Members: Giuseppe Palmese PhD, Chris Li PhD, Lynn Penn PhD, and Rob Jesen PhD
Date and Time: August 27, 2014 12:00 PM
Location: Hill Conference Center
Siobhan Toal
Defining Disorder and Order in the Unfolded State Using Short Model Peptides and Spectroscopic Techniques
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Karl Sohlberg PhD
Committee Members: Lynn Penn PhD, Daniel King PhD, Haileng Ji PhD, and Brigita Vibar PhD
Date and Time: August 28, 2014 2:30 PM
Location: Location TBA
Michael Zarro
A Conceptual Model of Online Information Behavior in the Chronic Disease Transectory
Major: Information Studies
Chair: Xia Lin PhD
Committee Members: Michelle Rogers PhD, Aleksandra Saracevic PhD, Kristene Unsworth PhD, and Bo Xie PhD
Date and Time: August 29, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: Rush Building, Room 009
Theodoros Katernikakis
Fight in the Basic Model of Communication: Cockpit Acts of Conversation, Trust, and Crisis Interaction
Major: Communication, Culture and Media
Chair: Douglas Porpora PhD
Committee Members: Thomas Hewitt PhD, Emmanuel Koku PhD, Alan Zemel PhD, and Janeen Kochan PhD
Date and Time: September 02, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: PSA Building Room 114
Coleman Krawcyzk
Spectral Energy Distributions, Dust, and Black Hole Properties: A Statistical, Multi-Wavelength Quasar Analysis
Major: Physics
Chair: Gordon Richards PhD
Committee Members: Shyamalendu Bose PhD, David Goldbog PhD, and Michael Vogeley PhD
Date and Time: September 04, 2014 3:00 PM
Location: Disque Hall Room 919
Hossein Rastgoftar
Evolution of Multi Agent Systems as Continua
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Chair: Harry Kwanty PhD
Committee Members: B.C. Chang PhD, Ani Hsich PhD, Marwan Simaan PhD, James Tangorra PhD, and Dennice Gayme PhD
Date and Time: September 09, 2014 1:00 PM
Location: MEM Seminar Room
Mohit Sehgal
IFN-Alpha Induced Down Regulation of miR-221 in Dendritic for HCV Pathogenesis and Treatment Response
Major: Biology
Chair: Aleister Saunders PhD
Committee Members: Pooja Jain PhD, Zalar Khan PhD, Timothy Block PhD, Anand Mehta PhD, and Siddharth Balanchandran PhD
Date and Time: September 12, 2014 12:00 PM
Location: PISB Room 103