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Dissertation Defenses
Listing of current doctoral dissertation defenses below and archives. Information includes candidate name, degree, department, title, committee, date of defense, and abstract
Candidate: Natalie A. Giarratano
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: English
Title: Low-Water Mark
Date: Friday, May 4, 2012 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
2033 Brown
Hall
Candidate: Abdou A. Abouelmagd
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Geosciences
Title: Paleoclimatic Regimes of the African Sahara Desert During Pleistocene and the Origin of Groundwater in the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
1122 Rood
Hall
Candidate: Mike DeVivo
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Biological Sciences
Title: Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
Date: Friday, May 11, 2012 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
3208 Sangren
Hall
Candidate: June E. Gothberg
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
Title: The Role of Focus Group Venue: A Comparative Study of Face-to-Face, Telephone, and Internet Video-Based Venues
Date: Monday, May 14, 2012 10:00 a.m. to Noon
2211 Sangren
Hall
Candidate: Stephen J. Snyder
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
Title: Overcoming Non-Academic Issues to Gain Admission into Competitive Entry College Mojors: The Power of Positive Psychological Development
Date: Monday, May 14, 2012 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Grand Rapids Beltline Campus, Room 3008
Candidate: Ryan Redner
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Psychology
Title: The Effects of Repeated Resurgence Conditions on the Magnitude of Resurgence
Date: Monday, May 14, 2012 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
3713 Wood
Hall
Candidate: Solomon Bera Simiyu
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Chemistry
Title: Optimization of Biodiesel Production from Free Fatty Acids (FFA) in Trap Grease in the Presence of Different Meta Salts
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
1710 Wood
Hall
Candidate: Buddhi M. Rai
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Physics
Title: Modeling Transmission of Photonic Crystal Waveguide Modes Enhanced by Kerr Nonlinearity
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:00 a.m. to Noon
2202 Everett Tower
Candidate: Jafar jameel Abukhait
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Title:A Discriminative Imaging Framework for Road Signs Condition Assessment Using Local Features and SVM Classifiers
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
College of Engineering and Applied Science, room D210
Candidate: Carol L. J. Hustoles, J.D.
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
Title:Through the Eyes of Higher Education Attorneys: How Department Chairs Are Navigating the Waters of Legal Issues and Risk Management
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
3208 Sangren
Hall
Candidate: Bonnie M. Benson
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Title: A Grounded Theory of Lesbian/Queer/Same-Gender-Loving Women Students’ Perceptions of Transgender Individuals
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:00 a.m. to Noon
2211 Sangren
Hall
Candidate: Zella Jackson Hannum
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Title: Development of a New Technology Venture Balanced Scorecard
Derived from Critical Factors that Impact Product Quality
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Walwood Commons, Walwood
Hall
Candidate: Yusuf K. Bilgic
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Statistics
Title: Rank-Based Estimation and Prediction for Mixed Effects Models in Nested Designs
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
6625 Everett Tower
Candidate: Chi-Jung Cheng
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Title: Design, Modeling and Fabrication of Shear Mode Bulk Acoustic Wave Sensor as a Potential Biosensor
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Parkview Campus, Room A-213
Candidate: Tova A. Samuels
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Chemistry
Title: Strategies for the Detection and Deactivation of Chemical and Biological Environmental Pollutants
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
2902 Wood
Hall
Candidate: Scott T. Marley
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Physics
Title: Study of the Structure of 9C via Single Neutron Transfer
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
2202 Everett Tower
Candidate: Ma’en Saleh Saleh
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Title: Adaptive Security-Aware Scheduling for Packet Switched Networks Using Real-Time Multi-Agent Systems
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Room D-210
Candidate: Kelly L. Faust
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Sociology
Title: Winds of Change: The Historical Contingency of State Crime
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
2211 Sangren
Hall
Candidate: Michelle A. Suarez
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
Title: Food Selectivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Associated Factors and Impact on the Family Meal Experience
Date: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
College of Health and Human Services, Room 2023
Candidate: Claudia L. Márquez Reséndiz
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Spanish
Title: Mapa provisional de la literatura hispanoamericana de entre siglos: una mirada al camino literario actual
Date: Friday, May 18, 2012 11:00 .m. to 1:00 p.m.
033 Brown
Hall
Candidate: Cynthia Visscher
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Sociology
Title: The Religious Aspects of the 1893 Columbian Exposition: A Case Study of Interreligious Interaction, and Religious Pluralism in the Public Square
Date: Friday, May 18, 2012 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
2526 Sangren Hall
Candidate: Bryan Phinezy
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Mathematics
Title: Variations on a Graph Coloring Theme
Date: Friday, May 18, 2012 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
6625 Everett Tower
Candidate: Rebecca Klott
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Title: What Psychotherapists Have to Teach Us about Childhood Developmental Trauma: The Roles of Attachment Orientation and Coping Strategy
Date: Friday, May 21, 2012 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
3208 Sangren
Hall
Candidate: Amanda Mahoney
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Psychology
Title: Mine Detection Rats: Effects of Repeated Extinction on Detection Rates
Date: Thursday, May 31, 2012 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
3713 Wood
Hall
Candidate: Sooman Lim
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Biological Sciences
Title: Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging
Date: Monday, June 4, 2012 10:00 a.m. to Noon
Parkview Campus, Room B231
Candidate: Alison Moses
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Psychology
Title: Child Parent Relationship Therapy for Parents of Children with Disruptive Behavior
Date: Monday, June 4, 2012 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
3713 Wood
Hall
Candidate: Jianwei Lin
Degree of:
Doctor of Philosophy
Department: Mathematics
Title: The Domination Number of Ka? Kb? Kc
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2012 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
6625 Everett Tower