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May 2, 2002

Notices

UWATS Service Upgrade

On May 9, at approximately 7 p.m., Communication Technologies will upgrade the UWATS long distance system to a new service platform, which will provide increased capacity and additional reliability. UWATS authorization codes and dialing procedures will remain the same. The UWATS system will remain operational during the upgrade. If you have any questions, please contact Communication Technologies at comtech@cac.washington.edu, or call 206-543-0133. For more detailed information about this change, please visit our Web site at http://www.washington.edu/admin/comtech/.

Environmental Health and Safety notice to administrators

Communication Technologies (ComTech) is implementing a new process to ensure the safety of our employees. This process was developed with the help of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) in response to employee safety concerns.

Effective May 1, for any orders that need a ComTech employee on site, our Telecommunications Analysts will begin asking customers if there are any hazards or health and safety issues of which Computing & Communications (C&C) should be aware before entering the work location. If such conditions exist, we will ask for the specific hazard and risks, what training is required for our employees, and if any Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is needed. This information will be noted on the Telephone Service Order (TSO).

Should customers not know if there are hazards or health and safety issues, we will require the departmental Health and Safety Coordinator to contact us with this information before sending a ComTech employee to the work location. We will not send any ComTech employee to a potentially hazardous work site until all required training is complete, PPEs are in place, or the hazard no longer exists.

It is the policy of the University of Washington and Communication Technologies to provide and maintain safe and healthful working conditions, and to follow operating practices that will safeguard all employees and the public and result in safe working conditions and efficient operation. We are committed to ensuring that our staff is safe.

If you have any questions regarding this information please contact us at comtech@cac.washington.edu or 206-543-0133.

For information on developing a departmental safety plan please visit the EH&S website at http://www.ehs.washington.edu/SafPlan/Index.htm.


Nominations sought for Graduate School Council

Nominations are now being accepted for open positions on the Graduate School Council. The openings are in Groups I, II, III and IV as well as in positions from the Tacoma and Bothell campuses. Representatives to the council serve three-year terms. Council meetings are generally conducted on the first and third Thursdays of the month, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.. To identify the groups, please visit Academic Programs at http://www.grad.washington.edu/Acad/AcademicPrograms.htm. To submit a nomination, email Heidi Tilghman at academicprograms@grad.washington.edu .

Surplus property


  • After more than 30 years of research studies, the Cloud and Aerosol Research Group, Atmospheric Sciences Dept., is discontinuing its field work. All instrumentation, equipment and supplies are for sale. Thousands of items are available, including scientific instruments, microscopes, cameras, tools, darkroom accessories, electronics, machine shop items and much more. Sale for UW Budget Numbers: Wednesday, May 1, 1–4 p.m. Public Sale for cash and credit cards: Friday, May 3, 9 a.m.–noon. Both sales on fifth floor of Atmospheric Sciences-Geophysics (ATG) Building. For more information, please call 206-543-6026 or 206-543-6120.
  • Research study closing down has items for immediate sale via UW budget transfer: Braun Thermoscan thermometer, mobile blood pressure unit, Thermolyne rocker, possibly electrocardiograph, computer tables, video cart, small tables, chairs, rolling files, tall bookcase, all in good condition. Call Joyce, 206-326-2428 or email joyna@u.washington.edu.


Surplus Property Auction

You can find a wide variety of furniture and equipment at the Surplus Property warehouse. These items are available for purchase by University departments. Many of the items will only be available until May 8; they will be sold at a Public Auction on May 18. The warehouse is open from 1 to 3:30 p.m., Monday–Friday. The warehouse is located in the Bryant Building, behind the University Police department at 1117 N.E. Boat St. For more information, visit the Surplus Property Web site at: www.washington.edu/admin/surplus/, call the Surplus Property office at 206-685-1573, or send an inquiry via e-mail at surplus2@u.washington.edu


Blood drives

Monday, May 6, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. in the SAE main living room, 4506 17th Avenue Northeast.


DEGREE EXAMS

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

General Examinations


  • Amy Dawn Anderson, Statistics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 3. 228 Communications. (Prof. Elizabeth Thompson).
  • Rebecca Lynn Billock, Music, D.M.A. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 9. 206 Music. (Prof. Craig Sheppard).
  • Gabrielle Mercedes Curinga, Pathology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7. K069 Health Sciences. (Prof. Cecilia Giachelli).
  • Annette E. Ghee, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, May 6. H670 Health Sciences. (Prof. Michelle Williams).
  • Larkin Napua Hood, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, May 3. 402 Denny. (Prof. Benjamin Fitzhugh).
  • Seindee L. Konieczny, Education, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 8. 122 Miller. (Prof. Elizabeth Dutro).
  • Andrei B. Kryjevski, Physics, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 3. C520 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. David Kaplan).
  • Timothy Charles Reluga, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 9. 408D Guggenheim. (Prof. Mark Kot).
  • Fadzilah Saidin, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7. 264 Wilcox. (Prof. Robert Holtz).
  • Jana Dee Strasburg, Physics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9. C520 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. Christopher Stubbs).
  • Stacy Shaw Welch, Psychology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 3. Guthrie Annex 4. (Prof. Marsha Linehan).
  • Erica Lynn Woodahl, Pharmacy – Pharmaceutics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 7. H272G Health Sciences. (Prof. Rodney Ho).

Final Examinations


  • Christopher David Bader, Sociology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 9. 119 Savery. “A deductive theory of deviance.” (Prof. Rodney Stark).
  • Stefan Georg Berg, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 7. 322 Sieg. “A cache-based prefetching memory system for mediaprocessors.” (Prof. Yongmin Kim).
  • James Paul Burton, Business Administration, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7. McCabe Room, Mackenzie. “Self-esteem and social influences on retaliation behavior.” (Prof. Terence Mitchell).
  • Laurence Eng-Chee Cheng, Immunology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8. T625 Health Sciences. “IL-2 in the generation and maintenance of CD8+ T cell responses to antigen.” (Prof. Philip Greenberg).
  • Joseph Raymond Dettori, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 6. K069 Health Sciences. “Erectile dysfunction following a long-distance cycling event: How big is the problem, and are there bicycle characteristics associated with the dysfunction?” (Prof. Thomas Koepsell).
  • Preet Kaur Dhillon, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. noon Monday, May 6. T473 Health Sciences. “Bias due to exposure misclassification and rising screening levels in a case-control study of PSA screening efficacy.” (Prof. Noel Weiss).
  • Mingyan He, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, May 3. 042 EE1. “Material and transport properties of fluids in nanoconfining systems.” (Prof. Rene Overney).
  • Tyler Graham Kimbrough, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 7. T733 Health Sciences. “Contribution of PrgHIJK to the assembly of the SPI1 TTSS of Salmonella typhimurium.” (Prof. Samuel Miller).
  • Jr-Yi Shen, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 9. 259 Mechanical Engineering. “Vibration of rotating disk/spindle systems with flexible housing/stator assemblies.” (Prof. I-Yeu Steve Shen).
  • Srisawat Supsomboon, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 6. M306 Electrical Engineering. “Optimization model for production and delivery planning in JIT-Kanban supply chain systems.” (Profs. Zelda Zabinsky and Benita Beamon).