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July 20, 2006

Official Notices

VA seeks participants for alcohol study

The UW and the Seattle VA are looking for people ages 18 to 65 who use alcohol frequently, have problems with it, and want to stop using it. Non-veterans are welcome! The study is evaluating whether an investigational medication is effective at reducing alcohol craving and use. Study takes six weeks. Volunteers will be compensated. Call 206-277-1377 or 206-764-2795.

Blood Drives


  • Friday, July 21, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Health Sciences Lobby.
  • Thursday, July 27, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., north side of Schmitz Hall.
  • Friday, Aug. 4, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Health Sciences Lobby

Degree Exams

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

General Examinations


  • Matthew Robert Ballard, Mathematics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, July 21. Loew Hall, 115. (Prof. Charles Doran).
  • James Coupe, Digital Arts and Experimental Media, Center for, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, July 24. Raitt Hall, 207. (Prof. Shawn Brixey).
  • Yuqing Guo, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. Health Sciences Ctr., T-404. (Prof. Susan Spieker).
  • Luke R. Gutzwiller, Mathematics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 25. Loew Hall, 219. (Prof. Stephen Mitchell).
  • Sahngyun Hahn, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, July 24. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, 303. (Profs. Richard Ladner and Mari Ostendorf).
  • Nora Beidler Henrikson, Public Health Genetics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2. Health Sciences Ctr., T-641. (Prof. Scott Ramsey).
  • Chuan Li Jiang, Oceanography, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, July 31. Ocean Sciences Bldg., 310. (Prof. Kathryn Kelly).
  • Michelle L. Leber, Physics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2. North Physics Laboratory, 178. (Prof. John Wilkerson).
  • Tsai-Yu Lin, Public Health and Community Medicine – Pathobiology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 25. South Campus Ctr., 309. (Profs. Michael Emerman and Leonidas Stamatato).
  • Lawrence Morales, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 25. Miller Hall, 222. (Prof. Susan Nolen).
  • Paula Anne Patterson, Built Environment, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, July 31. Gould Hall, 442. (Prof. Brian McLaren).
  • Li Ren, Oceanography, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 21. Ocean Sciences Bldg., 310. (Prof. Stephen Riser).
  • Leslee F. Sanders, Nutritional Sciences, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Monday, July 31. Raitt Hall, 305-D. (Prof. Glen Duncan).
  • Xu Tan, Pharmacology, Ph.D. noon Friday, July 21. Health Sciences Ctr., D-423. (Prof. Ning Zheng).

Final Examinations


  • Marcel A. Agueros, Astronomy, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 28. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. “Candidate isolated neutron stras and other stellar x-ray sources form the ROSAT All-Sky and Sloan Digital Sky surveys” (Prof. Scott Anderson).
  • Andrew J. P. Akelaitis, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, July 27. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Advanced non-linear optic chromophores and dendritic molecules for optimized electro-optic materials properties” (Prof. Larry Dalton).
  • Brian Christopher Ancell, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. Atmospheric Sciences-Geophysics Bldg., 310. “The nature of adjoint sensitivities with respect to model parameters and their use in adaptive data assimilation” (Prof. Clifford Mass).
  • Greg J. Bowers, Music, D.M.A. 2:30 p.m. Monday, July 31. Music Bldg., Faculty Lounge. “String quartet no. 2: By-products of mass media” (Prof. Diane Thome).
  • Elizabeth Anne Bukusi, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, July 21. Health Sciences Ctr., F-348. “Bacterial vaginosis: A randomized controlled trial to reduce recurence” (Prof. Noel Weiss).
  • Hyoju Chung, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, July 27. Health Sciences Ctr., F-643. “GEE with large cluster sizes: High-dimensional working correlation models” (Prof. Thomas Lumley).
  • Megan Lynn Fluegel, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, July 31. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “Investigation of the role of the Drosophila NPC1a protein in sterol biology” (Prof. Leo Pallanck).
  • Adam Nathaniel Glynn, Statistics, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 26. Padelford Hall, C-301. “Alleviating ecological bias and optimal design with subsample data” (Profs. Mark Handcock and Jon Wakefield).
  • Mae C. Henderson, Women Studies, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, July 27. Padelford Hall, B-110-G. “Fractured mothering: African-American mothers at the crossroads between expectation and reality” (Prof. Nancy Kenney).
  • Derek K. Ho, Public Health and Community Medicine – Pathobiology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, July 24. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “lgtC expression mediates complement resistance in nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strain R2866” (Profs. Arnold Smith and Nancy Freitag).
  • Christopher David Jones, Psychology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 25. Guthrie Hall, 211. “The potential of family dinner: An examination of communication within the interactions of families with and without children with autism” (Prof. Gene Sackett).
  • Claire Agnes Jones, Music, Ph.D. 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2. Music Bldg., 103. “From schoolboy stuff to professional musicianship: The modern tradition of the Zimbabwean marimbas” (Prof. Philip Schuyler).
  • Stephanie K. Kampf, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. “Towards improved representations of hydrologic processes: Integrating measurements and physically -based models” (Prof. Stephen Burges).
  • David Wayne Krout, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, July 28. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 403. “Intelligent ping sequencing for multiple target tracking in distributed sensor fields” (Profs. Mohamed El-Sharkawi and Warren Fox).
  • Heather Amor Larsen, Political Science, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, July 31. Smith Hall, 40. “The dynamics of presidential policy attention” (Prof. Bryan Jones).
  • Qing Liang, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2. Atmospheric Sciences-Geophysics Bldg., 310-C. “Long-range transport of Asian pollution to North America: Mechanisms, chemistry and variability” (Prof. Lyatt Jaegle).
  • Hen-Tzu J. Lin, Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, July 27. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, 203. “A shaped-based image retrieval system for assisting intervention planning” (Prof. Linda Shapiro).
  • Yung-Wen Liu, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. “Multi-state system reliability: Models, dynamic measures and applications” (Prof. Kailash Kapur).
  • Gina S. Lovasi, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 25. 1730 Minor Ave., Room 1710. “Neighborhood walkability, physical activity and cardiovascular risk” (Prof. Bruce Psaty).
  • Gang Peng, Business School, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, July 24. McCabe Room, Mackenzie Hall. “Information technology adoption and its impact on employee compensation” (Profs. Debarata Dey and Ming Fan).
  • April L. Peterson, Communication – Department of, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 24. Communication Bldg., 102-E. “Picking up after the American family: Domestic work in the world of television” (Prof. Gerald Baldasty).
  • Sandra Lynn Reiter, Business School, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, July 31. MacKenzie Hall, 367. “The institutions of foreign direct investment in developing countries and social/economic outcomes: A justice perspective” (Prof. Thomas Jones).
  • Fadzilah Saidin, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 25. More Hall, 218. “Performance analyses of geosynthetic reinforced soil walls with poor quality backfills” (Prof. Robert Holtz).
  • Fabio K. Schneider, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 26. Foege Bldg., N-130-A. “Fully programmable computing architecture for medical ultrasound machines” (Prof. Yongmin Kim).

  • Atanu Sengupta, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 28. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Detection of biological species by surface enhanced Raman scattering” (Prof. E. James Davis)
  • Ekaterina V. Stepanova, Economics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, July 24. Savery Hall, 302C. “Essays on the effect of demographic on household consumption” (Prof. Shelly Lundberg).
  • Sheng Sun, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 403. “High performance and energy efficient adder design” (Profs. Charl Sechen and Larry McMurchie).
  • Amber Anezka Tabares, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, July 24. Guthrie Annex 3, 120. “Praise and complaints: An examination of a proximal change marital intervention” (Prof. John Gottman).
  • Nadia Jameel Taibah, Education, Ed.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, July 27. Miller Hall, 320. “Cross-linguistic transfer of phonological processing skills in bilingual Arabic/English-speaking children” (Prof. Gary Troia).
  • Sasala Taiban, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, July 21. Denny Hall, 401. “The lost lily: State, sociocultural change and the decline of hunting culture in Kochapogan, Taiwan” (Prof. Stevan Harrell).
  • Ravensara Siobhan Travillian, Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, July 27. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, 203. “Ontology recapitulates phylogeny: Design, implementation, and potential for usage of a comparative anatomy system” (Prof. Linda Shapiro).