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February 28, 2002

Notices



ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES




ADAI research grants available


The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards. Proposed research must be in alcohol or drug abuse-related fields. The maximum amount considered for funding is $20,000. The next application deadline is 5 p.m., March 15. Questions concerning the application process or suitability of a potential project should be directed to the Institute at 206-543-0937. Application guidelines are available on the ADAI Web site at http://depts.washington.edu/adaior by calling ADAI at 206-543-0937.



OTHER NEWS




Laptop computers wanted


The UW Program for Africa (PfA) is a student advocacy group dedicated to working on outreach issues concerning Africa. The PfA is collecting laptops to send to the University of Asmara to begin an interactive research relationship between the UW and the University of Asmara. Anyone interested in donating an old laptop, or wanting to join the efforts of the PfA, please contact: Alex Baron at 206-232-6764 (abg@u.washington.edu) or Ryan Hammond at 206-934-8285 (valender@u.washington.edu).



Study participants wanted



The Department of Psychology is seeking heterosexual married couples who have a 6–8 year-old child (born between Jan. 1, 1994 and Jan. 1, 1996). Couples will participate in a four-year study on communication and family relationships and may earn up to $1,280. The child will receive a free toy after each session. For more information please contact the Family Health Project by phone at 206-543-8089, or email: uwfamily@u.washington.edu.


Blood drives


Monday, March 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 1:45 to 4 p.m. in 108 HUB.



Directory Available


The 2002 UW Directory is available through University Stores, item #UWDIRCT, for $3. All financial transactions with University Stores occur via a University budget number, except for cash sales to dental students.”







DEGREE EXAMS




Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.


General Examinations




  • Daniel Arndt, Physics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 1. C520 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. Martin Savage).


  • Alexey Igorevich Balabin, Geological Sciences, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, March 1. 53 Johnson. (Profs. Richard Sack and I. Stewart McCallum).


  • Yoram Keyes Bauman, Economics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, March 4. 302 Savery. (Prof. Robert Halvorsen).


  • Luke Kenneth Butler, Zoology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 1. 502 Kincaid. (Prof. Sievert Rohwer).


  • James Francis Carey, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, March 1. G324 Health Sciences. (Prof. James Champoux).


  • Nina Rochelle Goss, English, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 1. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Gary Handwerk).


  • Seth Green, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, March 4. 114 EGA. (Profs. Duane Storti and George Turkiyyah).


  • Anson Verlin Hatch, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. 403 Electrical Engineering. (Prof. Paul Yager).


  • Renee V. Hoch, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 1. C3-161 FHCRC. (Prof. Philippe Soriano).


  • Yi-Chu Hsu, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. 259 Mechanical Engineering. (Prof. I.Y. (Steve) Shen).


  • Elmira Mamatkerimovna Kochumkulova, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Group, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 5. 306 Smith. (Prof. Daniel Waugh).


  • Waisiu Law, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7. EE 403. (Profs. David Allstot and Ward Helms).


  • Seung-Woo Lee, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 4. 403 EE/CSE. (Prof. Yasuo Kuga).


  • Christopher I-Fu Li, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 6. 3rd Fl. Conference Room, Met II, FHCRC. (Prof. Janet Daling).


  • Na Li, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 5. F643 Health Sciences. (Profs. Matthew Stephens & Elizabeth Thompson).


  • Aristeidis Ouzounis, Geophysics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, March 7. 164 Johnson. (Prof. Kenneth Creager).


  • Francisco Alberto Perez, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. RR-134 UW Medical Center. (Prof. Richard Palmiter).


  • Kevan Reza Shafizadeh, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, March 7. 264 Wilcox. (Prof. G. Scott Rutherford).


Final Examinations





  • Rolf Erhart Aalto, Geological Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. 157 Johnson. “Geomorphic form and process of mass flux within an active orogen: Denudation of the Bolivian Andes and sediment transport and deposition within the channel-floodplain systems of the Amazonian foreland.” (Profs. Thomas Dunne and David Montgomery).


  • Brian Robert Beckman, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 6. 102 Fisheries. “Growth and the plasticity of smolting in Chinook salmon.” (Prof. Walton Dickhoff).


  • Ivan I. Bulyko, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. noon, Tuesday, March 5. 403 EE/CSE. “Flexible speech synthesis using weighted finite-state transducers.” (Prof. Mari Ostendorf).


  • Denise Marie Ferkey, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7. T747 Health Sciences. “Glycogen synthase kinase-3 regulation in early xenopus development.” (Prof. David Kimelman).


  • Perry Fleming Gayaldo, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. Center for Urban Horticulture. “Eelgrass (Zostera marina) restoration techniques.” (Prof. Kern Ewing).


  • Armando Herbelin, Chemistry, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 5. 331A Bagley. “Dispersion and gradients in flow injection.” (Prof. Jaromir Ruzicka).


  • Sanpachai Huvanandana, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 7. M406 EE/CSE. “A framework of fingerprint identification using hybrid system.” (Prof. Jenq-Neng Hwang).


  • Emy Elisabeth Manini, Romance Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6. Simpson Center, 202 Communications. “Pseudomemoirs: The enunciation of Jewish female identity in autobiographical narrative from Mexico and Argentina.” (Prof. Cynthia Steele).


  • Anthony Giang Nguyen, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 6. M406 EE/CSE. “Rate control based on human visual perception and its application in encoding time-lapse video.” (Prof. Jenq-Neng Hwang).


  • Matthew Stuart Novak, Psychology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 6. 202C Chemistry Library. “A model experimental system for studying prenatal stress in Macaque monkeys (Macaca nemestrina).” (Prof. Gene Sackett).


  • Jennifer Marie Shultz, Nutritional Sciences, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Monday, March 4. BB-1602 Health Sciences. “Effects of sex steroids and diet on cardiovascular disease risk factors.” (Prof. Michael Rosenfeld).


  • Cristina Poduje Van Loy, Microbiology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, March 4. T733 Health Sciences. “Analysis of the binding properties of the Dr adhesions.” (Prof. Stephen Moseley).


  • Chang-Fu Wu, Public Health and Community Medicine – Environmental Health, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 7. T239 Health Sciences. “Applying optical remote sensing technique to evaluate personal exposure.” (Prof. Michael Yost).