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December 2, 2004

Notices

Academic Opportunities

Faculty Senate position

The Senate Executive Committee seeks applications and nominations from faculty on all three UW campuses for the vital position of Secretary of the Faculty.  The term for the new secretary begins in summer 2005.

The Secretary of the Faculty oversees the operations of the Faculty Senate and faculty councils, and manages the faculty’s adjudicative proceedings.  He or she records meetings of the senate and the Senate Executive Committee, supervises the work of the senate office staff, and takes an active role in attempts to resolve collegial disagreements before they invoke formal adjudication.  Of singular importance to this pivotal University position, the Secretary of the Faculty guides and oversees additions and changes to the University Handbook, and particularly to the Faculty Code — our faculty’s “constitution” which has been often viewed as an exemplary model by colleagues at other large universities.

The secretary provides continuity in deliberations regarding shared faculty governance at all three UW campuses and provides a critically important sense of the political and legislative context of the Code to faculty council and senate chairs. He or she does this, in part, through personal experience and the memory of faculty deliberations and actions and, also, by maintaining the archives of the Faculty Senate and councils.  As a repository of the Senate’s “collective memory,” the secretary assists in orienting new Faculty Senate and faculty council chairs toward the most effective ways to work together with their colleagues in the faculty and the University administration.

The secretary acts as an advisor and counsel to the senate and faculty leadership regarding existing and newly proposed code proposals and of senate proceedings. As manager of the legislative procedures of the faculty, the secretary meets on an almost daily basis with a wide array of faculty, staff, and administration, and provides advice to individual faculty and groups who have inquiries or concerns about University policy. To carry out these duties successfully, the Secretary of the Faculty should be an experienced faculty member with tenure who should display an informed interest in faculty affairs and University governance. Strong oral and written communication skills are required for success in this job, as is an ability to work with and supervise the work of others. Candidates for the position should be personable and have the patience and diplomacy to work comfortably with individual faculty colleagues in times of great pressure and stress.

The secretary is appointed by the president for a five-year term. He or she will be selected by the president from a list of at least three nominees submitted by the elected members of the Senate Executive Committee. The past six secretaries include Lea Vaughn (Law School, who will leave the position in summer 2005), Míceál Vaughan (English and Comparative Literature), John Bollard (Aeronautics and Astronautics), Don Williams (Education), William Phillips (English), and Laurel Lewis (Electrical Engineering).

The position ordinarily requires (and is fully funded for) a 75 percent appointment during the academic year and an additional two months, full-time, during the summer.  Appropriate arrangements for released time and salary are made through the President’s Office.

Letters of interest, application or nomination should be sent to the Secretary of the Faculty Search Committee, c/o Nancy Bradshaw, Faculty Senate Office, Box 351271.  The search committee will began considering applications on Nov. 29, and hopes to forward its recommendations to the Senate Executive Committee in January, 2005.

Visiting professorships at the University of Bergen, 2004-2005

The University of Washington–University of Bergen Faculty Exchange Program announces its annual competition for visiting professor appointments at the University of Bergen, Norway, for a minimum term of one quarter. Appointments can also be arranged at the University of Trondheim. Visiting professors receive travel expenses and subsidized housing, and continue to receive their UW salary.

Since its founding in 1979, 59 UW faculty members have journeyed to Bergen with support from this program. They have come from such diverse fields as anthropology, dentistry, education, engineering, English, fisheries, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, quaternary research, Scandinavian studies, surgery, women studies and zoology. The 78 University of Bergen faculty visiting the UW have spanned a similar range of disciplines.

If you want to learn more about the program, please contact any member of the UW-UB Faculty Exchange Committee.

Bergen Exchange Applications are due Dec.15. Faculty members interested in this opportunity for 2005–2006, or subsequent years are urged to apply now.

For more information, please contact Christine Ingebritsen: (206) 616-4467; ingie@u.washington.edu.

FLAS Fellowship Information Sessions

A Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Information Session will take place on Friday, Dec. 3, 4:30–5:50 p.m. in 202 Thomson.

The sessions are for graduate and professional students* planning to take intensive foreign language** courses during Summer 2005 and or intending to study foreign language and area or international studies during Academic Year 2005–06.

Each workshop will cover FLAS fellowship benefits and requirements, the application process, and how summer and academic year awards may be used for study in the US or abroad.

Summer awards pay tuition up to $3,600, plus a $2,400 stipend. Travel money up to $1,000 is usually available, but is not guaranteed.

Academic year awards cover tuition up to $11,000, plus a $14,000 stipend and graduate appointee health insurance.

Bring your questions. Applications will be provided. The application is now available in Thomson 111 or 126. You may also download it from http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/advise/catalog/flasapp.html.  

The deadline for filing applications is Jan. 15, 2005 (post mark) or hand deliver to Thomson 111 by Jan. 14. To RSVP or for more information contact: Mary Ann Curtis, FLAS Fellowship Coordinator, e-mail macurtis@u.washington.edu.  

*To qualify for the award you must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

**Approved languages for UW FLAS 2005-06 fellowships are Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazak, Kirghiz, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Uzbek, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

Other news

Whiplash study participants wanted

Have you had whiplash in the past three months? UWMC’s Whiplash Research Center is conducting a study supported by a grant from the NIH. Qualified participants may receive a medical evaluation, multidisciplinary treatment, and earn up to $150. Call 206 543-3387, University of Washington Medical Center, http://depts.washington.edu/wads/.  

Blood drives

Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:45 to 4 p.m. in the HUB, Room 108.

Monday, Dec. 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 2:45 to 5 pm on Stevens Way across from Lewis Hall.

Degree Exams

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

General Examinations

• Zakiya R. Adair, Women Studies, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec 10. Padelford Hall, B-110G. (Prof. Shirley Yee).
  
• Tom C. H. Adamsen, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 3. Chemistry Bldg., 239. (Prof. Ken Krohn).
  
• Jeffrey Neil Anderl, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, Dec 13. Electrical Engineering, 303. (Prof. Patrick Stayton).
  
• Amit Babel, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec 9. Benson Hall, 109. (Prof. Samson Jenekhe).
  
• Angeliki Barberopoulou, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec 6. Quaternary Research Ctr. Conference Room. (Prof. Anthony Qamar).
  
• Timothy J. Billo, Zoology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Dec 10. Kincaid Hall, A-042C. (Prof. Mike Beecher).
  
• Robin Patchell Bonifas, Social Work, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 3. Social Work/Spch & Hearing Sci. Blgd., Dean’s Conf. Room. (Prof. Nancy Hooyman).
  
• Christopher S. Bowlby, Music, D.M.A. 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 3. Music Bldg., 27. (Prof. Patricia Michaelian).
  
• Monica Elaine Cardella, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec 10. Engineering Annex, 242. (Prof. Cynthia Atman).
  
• Jun Ho Cha, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Dec 3. Paul G. Allen Ctr., AE-107. (Prof. Yasuo Kuga).
  
• Hyoju Chung, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, Dec 3. Health Sciences Ctr., F-348. (Prof. Thomas Lumley).
  
• Paige Cundiff, Pharmacology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec 13. Health Sciences Ctr., D-423. (Prof. Zhengui Xia).
  
• Caroline L. Dahlberg, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 14. Health Sciences Ctr., G-522. (Prof. David Kimelman).
  
• Yang Dai, Pharmacy – Pharmaceutics, Ph.D. noon p.m. Monday, Dec 13. Health Sciences Ctr., H-272G. (Prof. Kenneth Thummel).
  
• Erin Sommer De La Mare, Political Science, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec 13. Smith Hall, 40A. (Prof. Bryan Jones).
  
• Dennis Dever, Psychology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Dec 13. Chemistry Library, 202C. (Prof. Ellen Covey).
  
• Alexandre Dieudonne, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 8. Hitchcock Hall, 546. (Prof. Thomas Daniel).
  
• Marla I. Feinstein, Physiology and Biophysics, Ph.D. 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec 16. Health Sciences Ctr., G-417. (Prof. Linda Wordeman).
  
• Alexandra Porter Few, Pharmacology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, Dec 17. Health Sciences Ctr., D-423. (Prof. William Catterall).
  
• Richard Fox, Pathology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 8. Health Sciences Ctr., K-423A. (Prof. Stephen Schwartz).
  
• Elizabeth J. Gribble, Public Health and Community Medicine – Environ & Occup Hlth Sciences, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, Dec 17. UWMC Roosevelt, 229. (Prof. Elaine Faustman).
  
• Tim Gruenewald, Germanics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, Dec 13. Denny Hall, 308. (Prof. Sabine Wilke).
  
• Alan F. Hamlet, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 8. Wilcox Hall, 264. (Prof. Dennis Lettenmaier).
  
• Wendy Sue Harman, Business Administration, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 8. Mackenzie Hall, McCabe Room. (Prof. Terence Mitchell).
  
• Jennifer Dee Hastings, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 7. Health Sciences Ctr., T-305. (Prof. Karen Schepp).
  
• Jessica S. Hoff, Microbiology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec 6. Health Sciences Ctr., G-324. (Prof. Carleen Collins).
  
• Weili Huang, Pharmacy – Pharmaceutics, Ph.D. 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, Jan 11. Health Sciences Ctr., H-272G. (Prof. Kenneth Thummel).
  
• Linda Hurley Ishem, Social Work, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 7. Social Work/Spch Hearing Bldg. 306. (Prof. Susan Kemp).
  
• Kyung Hyuk Kim, Physics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 15. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. (Prof. Marcel den Nijs).
  
• Charla Anne Lambert, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec 13. Health Sciences Ctr., J-182. (Prof. Maynard Olson).
  
• Kristy A. Leissle, Women Studies, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 10. Padelford Hall, B-110G. (Prof. Priti Ramamurthy).
  
• Ying Lin, Political Science, Ph.D. 3:40 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 8. Smith Hall, 40. (Prof. Susan Whiting).
  
• Bonnie Kay Lind, Public Health and Community Medicine – Health Services, Ph.D. 12:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec 9. Health Sciences Ctr., F-348. (Prof. William Lafferty).
  
• Priscilla Lugo-Mas, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 7. Chemistry Bldg., 339. (Prof. Julia Kovacs).
  
• Jingliang Mao, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec 9. Anderson Hall, 22. (Prof. Robert Northey).
  
• Vanessa Rose Mazal, Anthropology, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 7. Kane Hall, D-23. (Prof. Devon Pena).
  
• Hillary F. Mcgraw, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 8. Health Sciences Ctr., G-522. (Prof. David Raible).
  
• John E. Meitzen, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec 6. Health Sciences Ctr., BB-1165H. (Prof. David Perkel).
  
• Ronald F. K. Merryman, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 10. Fluke Hall, 215. (Prof. Thomas Furness III).
  
• Jonathan A. Miller, Microbiology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 7. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 403. (Prof. Mary Lidstrom).
  
• Joane Theresa Moceri, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 3:15 p.m. Monday, Dec 13. Health Sciences Ctr., T-305. (Prof. Carole Schroeder).
  
• Alicia Moreno-Gonzalez, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec 16. Health Sciences Ctr., T-635. (Prof. Michael Regnier).
  
• Wipawee Nittayananta, Dentistry, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec 9. Health Sciences Ctr., B-317D. (Profs. Beverly Dale-Crunk and Robert Coombs).
  
• Susan Reynolds Pynchon, Education, Ph.D. 12:15 p.m. Friday, Dec 3. Miller Hall, 303. (Prof. Donna Kerr).
  
• Gabriela Angelica Remow, Philosophy, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 15. Savery Hall, 331K. (Prof. Michael Rosenthal).
  
• Brian G. Sabbey, Physics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 7. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. (Prof. George Bertsch).
  
• Gina D. Schellenbaum, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec 3. 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1360. (Prof. Bruce Psaty).
  
• Fabio K. Schneider, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, Dec 3. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. (Prof. Yongmin Kim).
  
• Kevin Alexander Schock, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec 16. Wilcox Hall, 264. (Profs. Mitsuhiro Kawase and Harry Yeh).
  
• Vijay Thakur Shamdasani, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Monday, Dec 6. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 403. (Prof. Yongmin Kim).
  
• Dong Wook Sohn, Urban Design and Planning Group, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 14. Communications Bldg., 032. (Prof. Anne Vernez-Moudon).
  
• Sarah I. Starkweather, Geography, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec 9. Smith Hall, 412A. (Prof. Kim England).
  
• Joseph Chai-Yuen Sun, Immunology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec 16. Health Sciences Ctr., H-562. (Prof. Michael Bevan).
  
• Riki Ellen Thompson, English, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec 9. Padelford Hall, A-101C. (Prof. Sandra Silberstein).
  
• Steven M. Tobias, English, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 14. Padelford Hall, A-101C. (Prof. Mark Patterson).
  
• Jung Tuanmu, Education, Ed.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 14. Miller Hall, 211-L. (Prof. Williamson McDiarmid).
  
• Sarah Lee Van Hoy, Anthropology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, Dec 6. Denny Hall, M-40. (Prof. Lorna Rhodes).
  
• Bovorn Vichiansin, Economics, Ph.D. 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 14. Savery Hall, 302C. (Prof. Eric Zivot).
  
• George Robert Votroubek, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 10. Guggenheim Hall, 206. (Prof. Alan Hoffman).
  
• Anton H. Westveld III, Statistics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 3. Kane Hall, 19. (Prof. Peter Hoff).
  
• Chuanyi Yang, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. noon p.m. Thursday, Dec 9. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. (Prof. Vikram Jandhyala).
  
• Ying Zhao, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 10. Mechanical Engineering Bldg., 259. (Prof. Minoru Taya).
  
• Zhi Zhou, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 15. Allen Center for Computing, AE-105. (Prof. Ming Ting Sun).
  
• Yan Zhu, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 15. Benson Hall, 109. (Prof. Samson Jenekhe).

Final Examinations

• Devon Michael Berry, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 10. Health Sciences Ctr., T-513. “The effects of religiosity over time in college-age students on the diathesis-stress model of depression” (Prof. Elaine Thompson).
  
• Lu Chen, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 7. Health Sciences Ctr., H-562. “Semi-parametric analysis of survival data from case-control family studies on candidate genes” (Prof. Li Hsu).
  
• Xuanhong Cheng, Bioengineering, Ph.D. noon p.m. Monday, Dec 13. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Thermally responsive surfaces by RF-plasma deposition and applications for protein and cell technology” (Prof. Buddy Retner).
  
• Richard Crosson Daniel, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec 9. Electrical Engineering Bldg., AE-105. “Ink-media interactions in ink-jet printing” (Prof. John Berg).
  
• Steven Jeremy Deitz, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Friday, Dec 10. Paul G. Allen Ctr. for Computing, 203. “High-level programming language abstractions for advanced and dynamic parallel computations.” (Prof. Larry Snyder).
  
• Michael Grant Dodds, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Dec 3. Harris Lab, 322. “Robust population pharmacokinetic experiment design.” (Prof. Paolo Vicini).
  
• Miriam Dvorin-Spross, Music, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, Dec 13. Music Bldg., Fishbowl. “Tune, tot, and kin: Constructing music praxis in a humanities course for undergraduate nonmusic majors” (Prof. Patricia Shehan Campbell).
  
• Robert Arthur Efird, Anthropology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 8. Burke Museum, 106. “Japan’s ‘war orphans’ and new immigrant Chinese: History, identification and (multi) ethnicity” (Profs. Ann Anagnost and Stevan Harrell).
  
• Amy L. Freeman, Geography, Ph.D. noon p.m. Friday, Dec 3. Smith Hall 408. “Contingent modernity: Moroccan women’s narratives in “post” colonial prespective” (Prof. Victoria Lawson).
  
• Julia M. Gohlke, Public Health and Community Medicine – Environ & Occup Hlth Sciences, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Dec 10. Health Sciences Ctr., I-132. “A quantitative examination of ethanol-induced neurodevelopmental toxicity using computational models” (Prof. Elaine Faustman).
  
• Yi Han, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec 9. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. “A high-performance programmable logic core for SoC applications” (Prof. Carl Sechen).
  
• Michele Dawn Hastings, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 15. Health Sciences Ctr., J-280. “Analysis of dihydrofolate reductase variations in relation to antifolate resistance in plasmodium vivax” (Prof. Carol Sibley).
  
• Adnan Ali Husnein, Urban Design and Planning Group, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 14. Gould Hall, 442. “The dynamics of design in Italian colonial urbanism: The case of Tripoli, Libya” (Prof. John Hancock).
  
• Ali F. Igmen, History, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, Dec 13. Smith Hall, 203E. “The houses of culture in Soviet Kyrgyzstan: 1920s to 1940s” (Prof. Glennys Young).
  
• Timothy W. Jackson, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec 13. Guggenheim Hall, AA conference room. “Design-oriented aeroservoelastic optimization of strain-actuated aircraft” (Prof. Eli Livne).
  
• Erica Yvonne Jacobs, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec 9. Health Sciences Ctr.,K-069. “Transcription and 3′ processing of human small nuclear RNAs” (Prof. Alan Weiner).
  
• Intae Kang, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 7. Allen Ctr. for Computer Science, AE-105. “Efficient utilization of battery energy resource for broadcasting over wireless ad hoc networks” (Prof. Radha Poovendran).
  
• Min Jeong Kim, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 10. Physics/Astronomy Bldg. 118. “A physical model to estimate snowfall over land using microwave measurements” (Prof. Robert Houze).
  
• Seindee L. Konieczny, Education, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec 16. Miller Hall, 201A. “Inquiring into the intersections of race & subjectivity through the reading of mulitcultural literature” (Prof. Tom Stritikus).
  
• Roni A. Kopelman, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec 9. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Photochromic spirooxazine metal complexes” (Prof. Natia Frank).
  
• Christopher Scott Laws, Astronomy, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, Dec 3. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., 520. “The chemically peculiar nature of stars with planets: Searching for signatures of accretion in stellar photospheres.” (Prof. Suzanne Hawley).
  
• Guoqing Li, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec 3. Electrical Engineering Bldg., M-406. “Resource allocation in OFDM/OFDMA networks” (Prof. Hui Liu).
  
• Sarah Hallagan Louie, Pharmacology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 10. Health Sciences Ctr., T-435. “Regulation of Wnt signaling by Frizzled and HIPK1” (Prof. Randall Moon).
  
• Andrew Joseph Marshall, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 7. Fisheries Ctr., 201. “Porous hydrogels with well-defined pore structure for biomaterials applications” (Prof. Buddy Ratner).
  
• Gregg Daniel Miller, Political Science, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, Dec 17. Gowen Hall, 1B. “Habermas and the bond of understanding” (Prof. Christine Di Stefano).
  
• Pannee Ochareon, Oral Biology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 7. Health Sciences Ctr., B-220. “Craniofacial periosteal cell capacities” (Prof. Susan Herring).
  
• Wendy J. Palen, Zoology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 15. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “Effects of ultraviolet radiation on montane amphibians in the Pacific Northwest; a comparison across scales” (Prof. Daniel Schindler).
  
• Kunakorn Poochinda, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec 16. Benson Hall, 117. “GaN and InGaN p-i-n photodiodes for radiation sensor development” (Prof. Lawrence Ricker).
  
• Brian Alan Rabkin, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Dec 10. Henderson Hall, 602. “High-intensity focused ultrasound induced hyperechoic regions for ultrasound guidance of therapy” (Prof. Shahram Vaezy).
  
• Summer L. Randall, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Dec 6. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Development and utilization of optical low coherence reflectometry for the study of multiple scattering in randomly distributed solid-liquid suspensions” (Prof. Lloyd Burgess).
  
• Wendy Michele Reeves, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec 9. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. “Diverse functions of yeast co-activators in RNA polymerase II transcription” (Prof. Steven Hahn).
  
• Ignatius Ganzon Rigor, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 8. Oceanography Teaching Bldg., 14. “Interdecadal variations in Arctic Sea ice” (Prof. John Wallace).
  
• Stefan Saroiu, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec 13. Paul G. Allen Ctr. for Computing, 503. “Measurements and analysis of internet content delivery systems” (Profs. Steve Gribble and Henry Levy).
  
• Shannon Scott, Speech Communication, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 8. Communications Bldg., 102E. “The once and future Bobby Sands: A critique of the material rhetorical appeal of the 1981 hunger strike in Long Kesh prison” (Prof. Barbara Warnick).
  
• Justin Sharp, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 3. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., 118. “Exploring the dynamics and structure of Columbia Gorge gap flow by simulating real and idealized events using a numerical weather prediction model.” (Prof. Clifford Mass).
  
• Mary Katherine Shenk, Anthropology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 14. TBA. “The evolutionary economics of marriage and parental investment in south India” (Prof. Eric Smith).
  
• Amanda Grant Stanley, Zoology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, Dec 10. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., 114. “Evaluating the effectiveness of biological control: spotted knapweed, seed head gallflies, predacious deer mice, and environmental variation” (Prof. Daniel Schindler).
  
• Dainius Vaicekonis, Music, D.M.A. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 8. Music Bldg., 27. “The forest for the trees”: The Beethoven piano sonatas as integrated cycles” (Prof. Robin McCabe).
  
• Russell Colin Wyeth, Zoology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec 9. Physics Astronomy Bldg., A-110. “Odors and water flow guide navigation in Tritonia diomedea” (Prof. Dennis Willows).