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November 9, 2006

Official Notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Petersen Room, Allen Library.

Blood Drives

Monday, Nov. 13, 1-7 p.m., Haggett Hall (Gray Lounge)

Monday, Nov. 13, 1-7 p.m., McCarty Hall (Main Lounge)

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Information Sessions

Graduate and Professional Students1 planning to take intensive foreign language2 courses during Summer 2007 and/or intending to study foreign language and area or international studies during Academic Year 2007-08, mark your calendars now for one of the following sessions and R.S.V.P. to macurtis@u.washington.edu: 

Tuesday, Nov. 14, 4:30-5:20pm, Thomson 317

Friday, Nov. 17, 9:30-10:20am, Thomson 317

Tuesday, Dec. 5, 10:30-11:20am, Thomson 317

Friday, Dec. 8, 4:30-5:20pm, Thomson 317

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 $4,000, plus a $2,500 stipend. Graduate appointee health insurance is paid out of the tuition amount. Travel money up to $1,000 is usually available, but is not guaranteed.

Academic year awards grant tuition up to $12,000, plus a $15,000 stipend. Graduate appointee health insurance is paid out of the tuition amount.

Bring your questions to the session. Applications will be provided. Or pick up an application in advance 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 January 16.

To R.S.V.P. or for more information contact: Mary Ann Curtis, FLAS Fellowship Coordinator, macurtis@u.washington.edu. 

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

2. 2007-08 FLAS award languages: Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian/Malay, Italian, Japanese, Kazak, Kirghiz, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek, and Vietnamese.

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, preparation for the TOEFL and verbal parts of the GRE and GMAT. There are also daytime courses in reading, writing, grammar, speaking, listening, 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. 

Degree Exams

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

General Examinations


  • Sumeyye Zeynep Akbulut, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Group, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28. Communications Bldg., 065. (Prof. Resat Kasaba).
  • Jason A. Anderson, Music, D.M.A. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15. Music Bldg., 103. (Prof. Geoffrey Boers).
  • Scott R. Barr, English, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15. Padelford Hall, A-101-C. (Prof. Kathleen Woodward).
  • Barbara Lou Budnick, Art History, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28. Art Bldg., 212. (Prof. Christine Goettler).
  • Cathryn Michiko Noelani Cabral, English, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22. Padelford Hall, A101-C. (Prof. Juan Guerra).
  • Peter Martin Caldwell, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 16. Atmospheric Sciences-Geophysics Bldg., 627. (Prof. Christopher Bretherton).
  • Leslie Ann Caromile, Pathology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30. Health Sciences Ctr., C-516. (Prof. Daniel Bowen-Pope).
  • Ting Chan, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 20. Electrical Engineering Bldg., M-406. (Prof. Chen-Ching Liu).
  • Andrea E. Duncan, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29. Raitt Hall, 221. (Profs. Steven Goodreau & Randall Kyes).
  • Laura Melissa R. Erickson, History, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13. Smith Hall, 203-E. (Prof. Robert Stacey).
  • Allen G. Harbaugh, Education, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17. Miller Hall, 312. (Prof. Susan Nolen).
  • Clemens C. Heikaus, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15. Health Sciences Ctr., K-450. (Prof. Rachel Klevit).Akira Kato, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 01 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13. Anderson Hall, 22. (Prof. Gerard Schreuder).
  • Ainius Lasas, Individual Ph.D. Program, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30. Raitt Hall, 318. (Prof. Christine Ingebritsen).
  • Jung-Ah Lee, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27. Health Sciences Ctr., T-612. (Prof. Brenda Zierler).
  • Noam Lindenboim, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13. Guthrie Annex 4, Conf. Room. (Prof. Marsha Linehan).
  • Christina A. Mashruwala, Business School, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21. Mackenzie Hall, 367. (Prof. David Burgstahler).
  • Nicole K. McNichols, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21. Guthrie Hall, 315. (Prof. Jason Plaks).
  • Michael Allen Nivala, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 16. Condon Hall, 311. (Prof. Bernard Deconinck).
  • Angela C. Poole, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14. Foege Bldg., S-230. (Prof. Leo Pallanck).
  • Lynne R. Prost, Microbiology, Ph.D. 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16. Health Sciences Ctr., J-675. (Prof. Samuel Miller).
  • Steven Howard Reynolds, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21. Health Sciences Ctr., J-375. (Prof. Hannela Ruohola-Baker).
  • Maria Jeanette Stein, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 403. (Prof. Buddy Ratner).
  • Laura K. Sycuro, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16. Health Sciences Ctr., T-466. (Prof. Nina Salama).
  • George O. Tamblyn, History, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15. Smith Hall, 203-E. (Prof. Quintard Taylor).
  • Alexander R. Trevino, Music, Ph.D. noon Wednesday, Nov. 29. Mary Gates Hall, 253. (Prof. Steven Morrison).
  • Xiaoxi Wang, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22. Engineering Annex, Design Studio. (Profs. Vipin Kumar & Wei Li).
  • Zenghui Wang, Physics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 16. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. (Prof. David Cobden).
  • Gary D. Yngve, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, 303. (Prof. Linda Shapiro).
  • Guo Ying Zhang, Business School, Ph.D. 10:40 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17. Mackenzie Hall, McCabe Room. (Profs. Debabrata Day & Yong Tan).

Final Examinations


  • Amanda Leveau Babson, Oceanography, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 20. Marine Sciences Bldg., 123. “Modeling circulation variability in Puget Sound, Washington” (Prof. Mitsuhiro Kawase).
  • Daehyun Baek, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21. Foege Bldg., N-130-A. “Characterization of evolutionarily conserved mammalian alternative splicing and alternative promoters” (Prof. Philip Green).

  • Tushar Ramesh Bhangale, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 20. Foege Bldg., N-130-A. “Small insertion-deletion polymorphisms in the human genome: Characterization and automation of detection by resequencing” (Prof. Deborah Nickerson).


  • Cameron T. Charles, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, AE-108. “A calibrated phase and amplitude control system for phased-array transmitters” (Prof. David Allstot).


  • Jeffery Alan Clark, Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “Vocalizations in magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus): Individual recognition, social facilitation, and female mate choice” (Prof. P. Dee Boersma).


  • Catherine Cronin Cooksey, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Femtosecond pump-probe studies of chlorine dioxide, dichlorine monoxide, and nitrosyl chloride in solution” (Prof. Philip Reid).


  • Kenyatta Niobe Reid Etchison, Psychology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13. Guthrie Annex 3, room 120. “Experiences of homelessness among African American youth: Examining risk and resilience” (Prof. Ana Mari Cauce).


  • Aaron M. Feaver, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 20. Wilcox Hall, 243. “Carbon cryogel based nanomaterials for efficient energy storage” (Prof. Guozhong Cao).


  • Noah J. Finnegan, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16. Quaternary Research Ctr., 154. “Channel morphology and bedrock river incision: Theory, experiments, and applications to the eastern Himalaya” (Profs. Bernard Hallet & David Montgomery).


  • Larry Ray Gibson, Philosophy, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13. Savery Hall, 331-K. “One more apt feeling: A defense of a modified version of Allen Gibbard’s account of the meaning of our putative wrongness judgments” (Prof. William Talbott).


  • Susan Quint Lang, Oceanography, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13. Marine Science Bldg., 123. “Linking mantle to microbe through organic geochemistry” (Prof. Marvin Lilley).


  • Melodie Eliska Linhart, Music, D.M.A. 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17. Music Bldg., 27. “Synaesthetics for violoncello & octet: I. Trompe L’Oeil; II. Contrapposti” (Prof. John Rahn).


  • Sumit S. Mahajan, Pharmacy – Medicinal Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “Design, synthesis and characterization of bivalent glutathione s-transferase inhibitors using combinatorial chemistry” (Prof. William Atkins).


  • Mausmi Pravin Mehta, Oceanography, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17. Marine Sciences Bldg., 123. “Biological nitrogen fixation in deep-sea and hydrothermal vent environments” (Prof. John Baross).


  • Kristin Michelle Rytter, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 16. Suzzallo Library, Smith Room. “Improving pre-literacy experiences of toddlers with disabilities” (Prof. Jaime Diaz).


  • Adria L. Scharf, Sociology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 20. Savery Hall, 209. “Employee stock ownership and the employment relationship” (Prof. Gary Hamilton).


  • Susan M. Shortreed, Statistics, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28. Thomson Hall, 235. “Learning in spectral clustering” (Prof. Marina Meila).


  • Dustin Michael Smith, Pharmacy – Medicinal Chemistry, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21. Foege Bldg., S-060. “Uncovering mechanism to improve predictions: The alteration in cytochrome P450 kinetics by albumin and identifying the cause of the drug-drug interaction between the fluroquinolone enoxacin and cytochrome P450 1A2” (Prof. Kent Kunze).


  • Kenneth Peter Yocom, Built Environment, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17. Gould Hall, 425. “Building nature from narrative: a new approach to urban stream restoration in Seattle, Washington.” (Prof. Kristina Hill).


  • Jason Douglas Yust, Music, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21. Music Bldg., 103. “Formal models of prolongation” (Prof. John Rahn).