Doctoral oral exams for July 6-10

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

Hoa Tran, Ph.D., Chemistry. Monday, July 6, 10 a.m., 145 Integrated Sciences Building (ISB). Dissertation: “Investigation of Chemotaxis Genes and Their Functions in Geobacter Species.” Robert Weis, chr.

Nilanjan Banerjee, Ph.D., Computer Science. Monday, July 6, noon, 151 Computer Science Building. Dissertation: “Improved Network Consistency and Connectivity in Mobile and Sensor Systems.” Mark Corner, chr.

Susan McKenna, Ph.D., Communication. Tuesday, July 7, 9:30 a.m., E-31 Machmer Hall. Dissertation: “Way of Seeing Lesbian Queerly: Visibility, Community, Audience and the Queer Crossover from Lesbian Subcultural Separatism to Mitigated Assimilation in Northampton, Massachusetts, 1982-1988.” Carolyn Anderson, chr.

Surangkhana Martwiset, Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering. Wednesday, July 8, 10 a.m., A110/111 Conte. Dissertation: High Temperatures Proton Conducting Materials, and Fluorescent-labeled Polymers for Sensor Applications.” E. Bryan Coughlin, chr.

Vivek Vivek, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering. Friday, July 10, 10 a.m., Gunness Engineering Student Center, Marcus Hall. Dissertation: “Modeling of Surface Morphological Response to the Simultaneous Action of Multiple External Fields.” Dimitrios Maroudas, chr.

John Cummings, Ph.D., Physics. Friday, July 10, 10:30 a.m., 409 Hasbrouck. Dissertation: “Bilayer Bolometers to Kosterlitz-Thouless: A Study of Helium Films.” Robert B. Hallock, chr.

Brenda Bethman, Ph.D., German and Scandinavian. Friday, July 10, 2 p.m., Student Union Dukes Room. Dissertation: “Obscene Fantasies”: Elfriede Jelinek’s Generic Perversions.” Sara Lennox, chr.

Carolyn C. Fulford, Ph.D., English. Wednesday, July 8, 11 a.m., 316 Bartlett. Dissertation: “WAC Program Development as Ideological and Rhetorical Practice.” Anne Herrington, chr.

Alfred Boccia, Ph.D., Management. Wednesday, July 8, 11 a.m., 128 Isenberg School of Management. Dissertation: “An Empirical Analysis of Environmental Uncertainty, Real Options Decision Patterns and Firm Performance.” Bruce Skaggs, chr.

Sarah Osentoski, Ph.D., Computer Science. Friday, July 10, 10 a.m., 151 Computer Science Building. Dissertation: “Action-Based Representation Discovery in Markov Decision Processes.” Sridhar Mahadevan, chr.

June 28, 2009.