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February 8, 2007

Official notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, in the Petersen Room, Allen Library.

Blood Drives

Monday, Feb. 12, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Business School (east of Balmer)

Tuesday, Feb. 13, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Stevens Way (across from Lewis)

Friday, Feb. 16, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Engineering (load zone of More)

Tuesday, Feb. 20, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., School of Law (in front of Gates)

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., By George (by GW statue)

Applications invited for Small Grants Research Awards

The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University of Washington faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards. Proposed research must be in alcohol or drug abuse-related fields. The maximum amount considered for funding is $20,000.

The next application deadline is 5 p.m., March 15. Questions concerning the application process or suitability of a potential project should be directed to the Institute at 206-543-0937. Application guidelines are available on the ADAI website at http://depts.washington.edu/adai or by calling ADAI at 206-543-0937.


Seattle campus street addresses

Recently we have assigned numerical street addresses to all Seattle campus properties (buildings, parking lots, fields, yards, gardens, etc.). The addresses create an Emergency Response Address List (ERAL) to enable the computer-aided dispatching systems of the UW Police Department and the Seattle Fire Department to function properly. These numerical addresses are only for the use of emergency responders.

The University will continue to use Box Numbers as the official address system for all other purposes, including business cards, office stationery, mail and other delivery services. University Box Numbers are a part of the United States Postal Service (USPS) nine-digit zip code address database that provides automated sorting of our mail. Improper use of the numerical street addresses will result at best in significant delivery delays.

Full implementation of the emergency street address system will require display of street addresses on the properties and the installation of accurate street signs. Signage should be completed within the next six months. The University of Washington Police Department, as the official administrator of the ERAL, is responsible for list maintenance and for appropriate communication with both internal and external organizations.

If you have any questions, please contact Chief Vicky Stormo, University of Washington Police Department 206-543-0521 or contact her by e-mail at vpeltzer@u.washington.edu.


English language courses for employees

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. 

Degree Exams

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

General Examinations


  • Tae Youn Ahn, English, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9. Padelford Hall, A-101-C. (Prof. Sandra Silberstein).
  • Lloyd H. Cabot, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16. Miller Hall, 211-G. (Prof. G. Williamson McDiarmid).
  • Saraswata Chaudhuri, Economics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 22. Savery Hall, 302-C. (Prof. Eric Zivot).
  • Mabel Chiemeka Ezeonwu, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12. Health Sciences Ctr., T-612. (Prof. Sue Hegyvary).
  • Christian Henn, Economics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13. Savery Hall, 302-C. (Prof. Theo Eicher).
  • Laura M. Icenogle, Microbiology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. Health Sciences Ctr., K-150. (Prof. Carleen Collins).
  • Lovie J. Jackson, Social Work, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20. Social Work/Speech & Hearing Sciences Bldg., 116. (Prof. David Takeuchi).
  • Eunjung Sally Lee, Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20. Health Sciences Ctr., BB-1404. (Prof. Peter Tarczy-Hornoch).
  • Mitchell Jay Hiroshi Lum, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. (Prof. Blake Hannaford).
  • Ambre Leigh Martinez, Education, Ed.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22. Miller Hall, 102. (Prof. Manka Varghese).
  • Terrance Irybea Mims, Education, Ed.D 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9. Miller Hall, M-210. (Prof. Bradley Portin).
  • Kevin Scott Ramsey, Geography, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21. Smith Hall, 409. (Prof. Timothy Nyerges).
  • David W. Rosoff, Mathematics, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22. Padelford Hall, C-401. (Prof. John Palmieri).
  • Radhakrishna G. Sampigethaya, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, AE-105. (Prof. Radha Poovendran).
  • Kwok Ping Tsang, Economics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 15. Savery Hall, 302-C. (Prof. Richard Startz).
  • Kelly Scott Walsh, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16. Padelford Hall, B-526. (Prof. Herbert Blau).
  • Hai Wang, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21. Mechanical Engineering Bldg., 219-A. (Prof. Wei Li).
  • Justin J. Wettstein, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12. Atmospheric Sciences – Geophysics Bldg., 406. (Prof. John Wallace).
  • Ahrim Youn, Statistics, Ph.D. 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13. Savery Hall, 151. (Prof. Werner Stuetzle).
  • Jun Zhang, Mathematics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9. Loew Hall, 115. (Prof. Jian Zhang).

Final Examinations


  • Andri Arnaldsson, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21. Bagley Hall, 319. “Applications of harmonic semi-classical reaction rate theory: An instanton approach” (Prof. Hannes Jonsson).
  • Jeffrey Alan Brune, History, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9. Smith Hall, 203-E. “Industrializing American culture: Heartland radicals, Midwestern migration, and the Chicago Renaissance” (Prof. Richard Kirkendall).
  • Nina Rafterman Derby, Pathobiology Group, Ph.D. noon Friday, Feb. 9. Health Science Ctr., RR-134. “Designing immunogens to elicit broadly reactive neutralizing antibodies to the HIV envelope” (Prof. Leonidas Stamatatos).
  • Jane E. Lauckner, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9. Health Sciences Ctr., G-417. “Cannabinoid receptor signaling pathways” (Pros. Bertil Hille & Kenneth Mackie).
  • Guang Li, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 15. Electrical Engineering, 303. “Electricity price forecasting in a grid environment” (Prof. Chen-Ching Liu).
  • Xiao Li, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16. Electrical Engineering, 403. “Regularized adaptation: Theory, algorithms and applications” (Prof. Jeffrey Bilmes).
  • Shannon Marie Murray, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. “Foamy virus-host interactions” (Prof. Mazine Linial).
  • Julie Marie Postma, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21. Health Sciences Ctr., T-513.  “Environmental justice discourses in El Proyecto Bienestar (The Well Being Project)” (Prof. Mary Salazar).
  • Zahra Shajani, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9. Chemistry Bldg., 102.  “Characterizing internal dynamics in nucleic acids by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: A study of RNA, DNA and RNA-protein complexes” (Prof. Gary Drobny).
  • Daniel Ethan Slater, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. noon Friday, Feb. 16. Wilcox Hall, 264.  “Impacts of cloud processing on aerosol properties” (Prof. Timothy Larson).
  • Matthew David Swallows, Physics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520.  “The search for the permanent electric dipole moment of 199 Hg” (Prof. Norval Fortson).
  • Jennifer Rebecca Tenlen, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium.  “The Caenorhabditis elegans Ser/THr kinases PAR-1 and PAR-4 have multiple roles in MEX-5 asymmetry” (Prof. James Priess).
  • Vladimir Vigdorovich, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13. FHCRD, Pelton Auditorium.  “Functions of the jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus receptor Hyal2” (Prof. Arthur Miller).
  • Chunxiang Yao, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15. Chemistry Bldg., 102.  “Neutralization and reionization mass spectrometry and computational studies of small biomolecule radicals in gas phase” (Prof. Frantisek Turecek).
  • Melvin Thaw Zin, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303.  “Self-assembly and nanofabrication approaches towards photonics and plasmonics” (Prof. Alex Jen).