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November 21, 2002

Notices



REGENTS MEETING


The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, in the Elizabethan Room of the Davenport Hotel, 10 South Post Street, Spokane. The Regents will meet in formal session to take official action on personnel appointments and changes, gifts and grants, contracts and agreements with outside agencies, and other University business.



OTHER NEWS



Notice of Possible Rule Making — Preproposal Statement of Inquiry (per RCW 34.05.310)

Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 478–132–030, “University Calendar,” from Chapter 478–132 WAC, “Academic Calendar for the University of Washington.”


Statutes Authorizing the University to Adopt Rules on This Subject: RCW 28B.20.130.


Reasons Why Rules on This Subject May Be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The University of Washington is considering a change to the autumn quarter calendar to provide time at the beginning of autumn quarter for new student orientation and additional time for grading and other end-of-quarter activities prior to the December holidays. Additionally, the winter quarter calendar is also being considered for modification to allow at least one day between Jan. 1 and the first day of the quarter.


Other Federal and State Agencies That Regulate This Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule With These Agencies: None.


Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.


Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by sending written comments or inquiries to Rebecca Goodwin Deardorff, Director, Administrative Procedures Office, by one of the following routes:


US mail: University of Washington, 4014 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105–6203; Campus mail: Box 355509; E-mail: adminpro@u.washington.edu; Fax: 206–616–6294.




Housing Service to Close


The Visiting Faculty Housing Service, which finds housing for visiting faculty and staff, will be closed from Dec. 23 to Jan. 6 for the holiday season. The VFHS is located in Cunningham Hall, room 213.




Online English Language Courses


The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online courses in business English, academic English, and English for science and industry. These courses are designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.


Because of the convenience of studying at home, our online courses are attractive to UW employees who want to improve their sentence-level grammar and vocabulary. All of the courses have online interactive exercises and short assignments to be completed each week. Instructors respond to assignments within two business days, giving detailed one-on-one feedback.


Potential students are encouraged to take the 10-minute self-placement test, available at www.uwelp.net/online, to learn which courses would be appropriate for them. For more information, call 543-6242 or e-mail uwelp@u.washington.edu.


DEGREE EXAMS


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

General Examinations



  • Geun Mee Ahn, Economics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. 302 Savery. (Prof. Stephen Turnovsky).

  •  Jin Young Bae, Music, D.M.A. 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22. Fishbowl, Music. (Prof. Carole Terry).

  •  Maurice Andrew Collins, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3. 324 Sieg. (Prof. Thomas Anderson).

  •  Shenfu Dong, Oceanography, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. 310 Ocean Sciences. (Profs. Kathryn Kelly and Susan Hautala).

  •  David J. Elzi, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27. A3M-025 FHCRC. (Prof. Robert Eisenman).

  •  John Clark Field, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27. 314 New Fisheries. (Prof. Robert Francis).

  •  Maria I. Garrido, Communications, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. 102E Communications. (Prof. Nancy Rivenburgh).

  •  Sarah E. Hewitt, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. 408D Guggenheim. (Prof. J. Nathan Kutz).

  •  Seema Parvin Hossain, Geography, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3. 409 Smith. (Prof. Victoria Lawson).

  •  Frederick Michael Hudson, Chemistry, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 25. 239 Chemistry. (Prof. Natia Frank).

  •  Dick Guang-Iong Hwang, Molecular Biotechnology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. K350 Health Sciences. (Prof. Philip Green).

  •  Daniel Joseph Kirshbaum, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22. 406 Atmospheric Science/Geophysics. (Prof. Dale Durran).

  •  Ki Sung Lee, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3. M406 Electrical Engineering. (Prof. Thomas Lewellen).

  •  Wen-Chun Liao, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26. T605 Health Sciences. (Prof. Carol Landis).

  •  Sen Liu, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22. 243 Wilcox. (Prof. Alex Jen).

  •  Ian James Loverro, Education, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. 122 Miller. (Prof. Stephen Kerr).

  •  Stephanie M. Martin, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3. 102 Chemistry. (Prof. Cecilia Giachelli).

  •  Ala Moshiri, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26. G522 Health Sciences. (Prof. Thomas Reh).

  •  Martha Cornelia Nason, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25. F643 Health Sciences. (Profs. Scott Emerson and Michael LeBlanc).

  •  Yulia Y. Ovechkina, Physiology and Biophysics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. G417 Health Sciences. (Prof. Linda Wordeman).

  •  Amy R. Peloff, Women Studies, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. B-110G Padelford. (Prof. Shirley Yee).

  •  Mihaela Iulia Pintea, Economics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26. 302 Savery. (Prof. Stephen Turnovsky).

  •  Berna Polat, Business Administration, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. 367 Mackenzie. (Prof. Charles Hill).

  •  Jane Anne Rees, Anthropology, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. 401 Denny. (Prof. Bettina Shell-Duncan).

  •  Brian R. Schefke, History, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22. 203E Smith. (Prof. Keith Benson).

  •  Cynthia Denise Walsh-Lemle, Music, Ph.D. 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27. 110 Music. (Prof. Jonathan Bernard).

  •  Amrita Nisa Zahir, Education, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. 112A Miller. (Prof. Donna Kerr).


Final Examinations



  •  Dagmar Amtmann, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2. 222 Miller. “Comparison of approaches to modeling individual differences in growth.” (Prof. Robert Abbott).

  •  M Beth Mitchell Antonopulos, Music, D.M.A. 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. Fishbowl, Music. “Oboist Henri de Busscher, from Brussels to Los Angeles.” (Prof. Rebecca Henderson).

  •  Jonathan Baruch Bricker, Psychology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2. 315 Guthrie. “The experience of stress in air travel situations: Development of the air travel stress scale.” (Prof. Irwin Sarason).

  •  Eric C. Brown, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. 102 Chemistry. “Effects of heteroatom substitution in delocalized Pi systems.” (Prof. Weston Borden).

  •  Jasmine Rae Bryant, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27. 102 Chemistry. “Mechanistic studies of the oxidations of hydrocarbons by manganese and Ruthenium transition metal complexes.” (Prof. James Mayer).

  •  Christopher Matthew Chinn, Classics, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. 210 Denny. “Statius and the discourse of ekphrasis.” (Prof. Stephen Hinds).

  •  Rebecca Lugar Eastgard, Nutritional Sciences, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. 109 Fisheries. “A hyperhomocysteinemic diet in a murine model.” (Prof. Michael Rosenfeld).

  •  Michael A. Etnier, Anthropology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. 401 Denny. “The effects of human hunting on northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) migration and breeding distributions in the late Holocene.” (Prof. Donald Grayson).

  •  Rebecca Lee Hoenigman, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. 102 Chemistry. “Theoretical and experimental investigations of diradicals, pyramidalized alkenes, and bent alkynes.” (Prof. Weston Borden).

  •  Chengyang Li, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25. 303 EE1. “Parameter estimation in OFDM systems for high rate wireless communications: Blind approach.” (Prof. Sumit Roy).

  •  Margaret Alice Marshall, Psychology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. 211 Guthrie. “The traits as situational sensitivities model: A more accurate way to predict behavior.” (Prof. Jonathon Brown).

  •  Jeffrey David Mathews, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26. 22 Anderson. “Surface charge characterization of pulp fibers and charge distributions in papermaking slurry.” (Prof. Richard Gustafson).

  •  Robert Ernest Mouat, Mathematics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. C401 Padelford. “Finitary isomorphisms with finite expected coding times of Markov chains.” (Prof. Selim Tuncel).

  •  Nicole Nicotera, Social Work, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. 116 Social Work. “Children and their neighborhoods: A mixed methods approach to understanding the construct neighborhood.” (Prof. Gunnar Almgren).

  •  Harriet Moseley Phinney, Anthropology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 25. 402 Denny. “Asking for the essential child: Transforming the boundaries of reproductive space in late 20th century Viet Nam.” (Prof. Charles Keyes).

  •  Joshua Abram Redstone, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. 322 Sieg. “An analysis of software interface issues for SMT processors.” (Profs. Henry Levy and Susan Eggers).

  •  Christopher John Rothfuss, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22. 117 Benson. “High field surface studies of water/methanol ionization.” (Prof. Eric Stuve).

  •  Paiboon Sripakagorn, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. 219A Mechanical Engineering. “Local extinction and reignition in turbulent nonpremixed combustion.” (Prof. George Kosaly).

  •  Lauren Anne Stasiak, English, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22. A101C Padelford. “Victorian professionals, intersubjectivity, and the fin-de-siecle Gothic text.” (Prof. Lauren Goodlad).

  •  William Arthur Steen, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26. 303 Electrical Engineering. “Combinatorial screening of structure functional relationships in electrodeposited ion intercalation compounds.” (Prof. Daniel Schwartz).

  •  Keiko Tanaka, Communications, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22. 126 Communications. “Small talk with friends and family: Does text messaging on the mobile phone help users enhance relationships?” (Prof. Nancy Rivenburgh).