University of Massachusetts Amherst

Doctoral oral exams for Dec. 20-24

Songlin Cai, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering. Monday, Dec. 20, 10 a.m., 209 Knowles Engineering Building. Dissertation: "On Security Issues of Data Networks." Weibo Gong, chr.

Murali Kudlugi, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering. Monday, Dec. 20, 10 a.m., 309 Knowles Engineering Building. Dissertation: "Static Scheduling of Multi Domain Circuits for Functional Verification." Russell Tessier, chr.

Renee Carrico, Ph.D., Psychology. Monday, Dec. 20, 10:30 a.m., 521A Tobin. Dissertation: "Attention during Action in Infancy." Neil Berthier, chr.

Aaron Haselton, Ph.D., Entomology. Monday, Dec. 20, 1 p.m., Alexander Conference Room, Fernald Hall. Dissertation: "Myotropic peptide hormones and serotonin in the regulation of feeding in the adult blow fly, Phormia regina, and the adult horse fly, Tabanus nigrovittatus." John G. Stoffolano, chr.

Nagendra Sharma, Ph.D., Entomology. Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1 p.m., Alexander Conference Room, Fernald Hall. Dissertation: "Adult activity and host plant utilization in cranberry fruitworm, Acrobasis vaccinii Riley (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)." Anne L. Averill, chr.

Steven Symington, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology. Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2 p.m., 202 Morrill IV North. Dissertation: "The Action of T- and CS-Syndrome Pyrethroids on Voltage-Sensitive Calcium Channels in Rat Brain." J. Marshall Clark, chr.

William McDermott, Ph.D., Exercise Science. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 9 a.m., 153 Totman Building. Dissertation: "Adaptive Properties in the Dynamics of the Human Locomotor-Respiratory System." Richard Van Emmerik, chr.

Nina B. Huntemann, Ph.D., Communication. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 11 a.m., E30 D Machmer Hall. Dissertation: "Policy and Culture in the Digital Age: A Cultural Policy Analysis of US Commercial Radio Broadcasting after the 1996 Telecommunications Act." Sut Jhally, chr.