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August 3, 2006

Official Notices

English Language Courses

The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.

Convenient online courses are available for UW employees who want to improve their sentence-level grammar and vocabulary in academic, business, or technical writing. 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.

Evening on-site courses focus on improving conversational skills, and preparation for the TOEFL, and verbal parts of the GRE and GMAT. There are also daytime courses in reading, writing, grammar, speaking, listening, and vocabulary and idioms.

UWELP customizes courses in English for the Workplace. Depending on the needs of your group, courses can be designed for such areas as pronunciation and fluency, assisting clients by telephone, presentation skills and the language of meetings, e-mail communication, and job-specific vocabulary and idioms.

For more information, call 206-543-6242 or e-mail uwelp@u.washington.edu.

Research subjects with asthma needed

The University of Washington is conducting a study to determine the health effects of exposure to sulfur dioxide in adults with asthma. We are seeking subjects with physician-diagnosed asthma, men and women age 18–50, current non-smoker, and currently not taking prescribed corticosteroid medication. The study requires two exposure sessions each with 24-hour follow up. Volunteers will be compensated per exposure session. If interested call 206-543-2026 or 206-685-1596.

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, Aug. 4, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., C-wing lobby, HSC.
  • Thursday, Aug. 10, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., north side of Schmitz.
  • Friday, Aug. 18, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., C-wing lobby, HSC.

Degree Exams

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

General Examinations


  • Samuel Peter Andreason, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17. Aerospace & Engineering Research Bldg., 130. (Prof. John Slough).
  • Jenifer Joan Hermes, Education, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Miller Hall, 122. (Prof. Tom Stritikus).
  • Shiho Iwanaga, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 443. (Prof. Robert Darling).
  • Vincent Gerard Jungkunz, Political Science, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Smith Hall, 40. (Prof. Christine DiStefano).
  • Jung-Ah Lee, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14. Health Sciences Ctr., T-605. (Prof. Brenda Zierler).
  • Todd Frank Markle, Chemistry, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Chemistry Bldg., 439. (Prof. James Mayer).
  • Abdirizak M. Mohamed, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. Chemistry Bldg., 439. (Prof. Pradipsinh Rathod).
  • Leslie E. Phillips, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. South Campus Ctr., 308. (Prof. Scott Davis).
  • Mamoun Sakkal, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Group, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9. Communications Bldg., 032. (Prof. Terri DeYoung).
  • Shengyu Zhang, Statistics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7. Padelford Hall, C-301. (Prof. R. Douglas Martin).

Final Examinations


  • Gaurab Banerjee, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, AE-108. “Desensitized Low Noise Amplifiers” (Prof. David Allstot).
  • Yu Chen, Nutritional Sciences, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center M1-A305/A307. “Effects of 17 B-estradiol and Isoflavones on Gene Methylation and Gene Expression in Human Colon Cancer Cell Lines” (Prof. Johanna Lampe).
  • Tammy Ping-Chun Chou, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Wilcox Hall, 243. “The Study of Various Titania and Zinc Oxide Nanostructures for the Exploration of Charge Transport Properties in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells” (Prof. Guozhong Cao).
  • Kenneth L. Custer, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17. Health Sciences Ctr., T-733. “The roles of SV2 and SVOP proteins in regulating neurotransmission” (Prof. Sandra Bajjalieh).
  • Thy P. Do, Pharmacy – School of, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14. Health Sciences Ctr., H-375F. “Outpatient Discontinuation of Post-Myocardial Infarction Beta-Blocker Therapy and its effect on Recurrent Coronary Events” (Prof. Jacqueline Gardner).
  • Davis C. Doherty, Mathematics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. Padelford Hall, C-36. “On Singularities of Generic Projection Hypersurfaces” (Prof. Sandor Kovacs).
  • Michelle Marian Garrison, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9. Child Health Institute, basement conference room. “Foster Care Placement Disruption and Continuity of Mental Health Treatment” (Prof. Ann Vander Stoep).
  • Michael Robert Garry, Public Health and Community Medicine – Environ & Occup Hlth Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “Differential Response and Susceptibility to Oxidative Stress in Mouse Lung Fibroblasts Heterozygous for Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase (GPx4)” (Prof. Elaine Faustman).
  • David L. George, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Condon Hall, 311. “Finite Volume Methods and Adaptive Refinement for Tsunami Propagation and Inundation” (Prof. Randall LeVeque).
  • Joy Gispati Ghosh, Biological Structure, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “From Structure-Function and Mechanism to a Therapeutic for Alzheimer’s Disease: An In-Depth Analysis of the Molecular Chaperone, Human aB Crystallin” (Prof. John Clark).
  • Garrett Richard Hellenthal, Statistics, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Padelford Hall, C-301. “Exploring Rates and Patterns of Variability in Gene Conversion and Crossover in the Human Genome” (Prof. Matthew Stephens).
  • Rachel A. Howard-Till, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Pelton Auditorium. “Small RNA Pathways and the Role of Tudor Nucleases in Gene Silencing and DNA Deletion in Tetrahymena Thermophila” (Prof. Meng-Chao Yao).
  • Yue Huang, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15. Wilcox Hall, 243. “Interactions between GB Faceting Migration and Grain Rotation: A Color Group Study and Molecular Dynamic Simulation Approaches” (Prof. Gretchen Kalonji).
  • Laura Beth Johnson, Pharmacology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16. Health Sciences Ctr., T-733. “A unique mitochondrial lipid kinase with multiple substrates” (Prof. Sandra Bajjalieh).
  • James R. Kraly, Chemistry, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. Chemistry Bldg.,102. “Rapid and Reproducible One- and Two-Dimensional Capillary Electrophoresis Analysis of Barrett’s Esophagus Tissues.” (Prof. Norman Dovichi).
  • Ahmet T. Kuru, Political Science, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8. Gowen Hall, 1A. “Dynamics of Secularism; State-Religion Relations in the United States, France, and Turkey” (Profs. Joel Migdal and Anthony Gill).
  • Loukas Lazos, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, AE-108. “Securing Network Services for Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks” (Prof. Radha Poovendran).
  • Terence C. Lee, Political Science, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. Gowen Hall, 1A. “The Causes of Military IA. “The Causes of Military Insubordination: Explaining Military Organizational Behavior in China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand” (Prof. Elizabeth Kier).

  • Lin Liao, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, 303. “Location-Based Activity Recognition” (Profs. Dieter Fox and Henry Kautz).


  • Melissa G. Meyer, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, AE-107. “Remote Sensing of Localized Ion Acoustic Waves with Multistatic Passive Radar” (Prof. John Sahr).


  • Jeyanandh Kailash Paramesh, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8. Electrical Engineering Bldg., M406. “CMOS Multiple-Antenna Receiver Architectures and Circuits” (Prof. David Allstot).


  • Arindam Roy Choudhury, Statistics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Padelford Hall, C-301. “Likelihood Inference for Population Structure Using the Coalescent” (Prof. Elizabeth Thompson).


  • Pamela Ann Shaw, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Health Sciences Ctr., H-670. “Estimation Methods for Cox Regression with Nonclassical Covariate Measurement Error” (Prof. Ross Prentice).


  • Kiyoshi K. Shiraishi, Physics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., B-356. “Super-Kamiokande-I atmospheric neutrino analysis of mater-dependent neutrino oscillation models” (Prof. Jeffrey Wilkes).


  • Xiaodan Song, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Paul Allen Ctr. For CSE, AE-108. “Exploiting Dynamic Patterns for Recommendation Systems” (Prof. Ming-Ting Sun).


  • Liselotte Marie Svensson, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Ph.D. 09 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Eagleson Hall, 001. “Variability in Classroom Social Communication: Performance of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Typically Developing Peers” (Prof. Lesley Olswang).


  • Juli Anna Swinnerton, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15. Miller Hall, 320. “Learning to Lead What you Don’t (Yet) Know: District Leaders Engaged in Instructional Reform” (Prof. Michael Knapp).


  • Ken Takahashi, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Johnson Hall, 075. “Processes Controlling the Mean Tropical Pacific Precipitation Pattern” (Prof. David Battisti).


  • Kohtaro Tanaka, Biology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “Cellular and Molecular Patterning Mechanisms Underlying Metamorphosis of the Thoracic Leg in Manduca sexta” (Prof. James Truman).


  • Damon J. A. Toth, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14. Condon Hall, 135. “Analysis of Age-Structured Chemostat Models” (Prof. Mark Kot).


  • Ann C. Voorhies, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. Guthrie Hall, 315. “Neural and behavioral correlates of motivation in sodium deplete animals” (Prof. Ilene Bernstein).


  • Roland Bruno Walter, Pathology, Ph.D. 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Pelton Auditorium. “Mechanism of Endocytosis of CD33/Siglec-3: Role of ITIMs, Tyrosine Phosphorylation, and Monoubiquitylation” (Prof. Steven Collins).


  • Qi Wang, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9. Electrical Engineering Bldg., M406. “Built-in Test of RF Front-end Systems” (Prof. Mani Soma).


  • Edward William White, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Health Sciences Ctr., F-348. “Assessing Confounding by Motivated Testing when Using the Serologic Testing Algorithm for Recent HIV Seroconversion (STARHS) to Estimate Seroincidence among Clinical Testing Populations” (Prof. Stephen Hawes).


  • Joshua R. Whorley, Biology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., A-110. “Phylogeography, Population Genetic Structure and Reproduction in Antelope Ground Squirrels” (Prof. G. J. Kenagy).


  • Anne-Marie Wissman, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “Neurotrophins and Seasonal Plasticity in the Avian Song Control System” (Prof. Eliot Brenowitz).


  • Carol Chieh Yee Wong, Psychology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. Guthrie Hall, 211. “Examining Barriers and Facilitators to Help-Seeking in Asian American Youth” (Prof. Ana Mari Cauce).


  • Christopher Patrick Woods, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4. Atmospheric Sciences/Geophysics Bldg., 310. “The Study of Snow Particles in Pacific Northwest Winter Precipitation: Observations and Mesoscale Modeling” (Prof. Mark Stoelinga).


  • Pisun Xu, Business School, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7. Mackenzie Hall, 367. “Managerial Incentives and a Firm’s Reaction to Cash Flow Shocks” (Prof. Edward Rice).

  • Alexandre Novaes Zerbini, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Fishery Science Bldg., 108. “Improving Precision in Multiple Covariate Distance Sampling: A Case Study with Whales in Alaska” (Prof. Glenn VanBlaricom).