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March 13, 2008

Official notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting Thursday, March 20, at UW Tacoma.

Blood Drives

Friday, March 14, 10 a.m. –6:30 p.m., Health Sciences Lobby

Monday, March 17, 10 a.m. –4 p.m., HUB 108

Tuesday, March 18, 11:30 a.m.– 5:30 p.m., Schmitz (North side)

Tuesday, March 25, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Terry-Lander (Terry Lounge)

Wednesday, March 26, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Terry-Lander (Terry Lounge)

Tuesday, April 1, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., McMahon (Pompeii Room)

Wednesday, April 2, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., McMahon (Pompeii Room)

Monday, April 7, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Business School (East of Balmer)

ADAI grant deadline

The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University of Washington researchers 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 17. 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.

Notice of Possible Rule Making — Preproposal Statement of Inquiry (per RCW 34.05.310)

Subject of Possible Rule Making: A proposed new Chapter 478-350 WAC, “Alternative Contracting Process for the University of Washington.”

Statutes Authorizing the University to Adopt Rules on This Subject: RCW 28B.20.130 and 28B.20.140.

Reasons Why Rules on This Subject May Be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The proposed alternative contracting process for the University of Washington is necessary in order to provide the university with a contracting and construction process that is consistent with the university’s statutory authority and is sufficiently flexible to allow university construction projects to move forward in a cost effective manner when projects undertaken by other agencies or private developers create conflicts that could increase the time for completion of the university project and well as the cost of the university project. This new chapter will establish rules for a fair, open, and efficient design and construction method by which the University of Washington may, under limited circumstances, move expeditiously and efficiently to contract for capital projects in a way that protects the best interests of the university and assures the delivery of quality work and products at a reasonable price under the most advantageous terms.

Other Federal and State Agencies That Regulate This Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: This rule may be of interest to the Department of General Administration and the Department of Labor and Industries. In an effort to coordinate with these agencies the University of Washington will provide them with copies of the proposed rule.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by sending written comments or inquiries to Rebecca Goodwin Deardorff, Director of Rules Coordination, by one of the following routes:

Mail: UW Rules Coordination Office, Box 355509, Seattle, WA 98195-5509; Email: rules@u.washington.edu; Fax: 206-221-6917.

Legal Notice

Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-460 and WAC 478-324-140, the University of Washington hereby provides public notice of the

AVAILABILITY OF FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT* AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS

Project Name: Business School Building (Phase 1 & 2)

Proponent: University of Washington

Description of Proposal: Construction of a new facility for the Business School in two phases. Phase 1 involves the construction of a new building approximately 130,000 gross square feet(GSF) housing the executive education and master’s programs; some undergraduate classrooms; an auditorium; breakout rooms; faculty, departmental and administrative offices with support space and a student commons area. Phase 2 will replace the existing Balmer Hall. (80,000 GSF with a 60,000 GSF structure–1 below grade, 3 above grade)

Location of Proposal: University of Washington Seattle campus, central campus. The site is bounded by parking lot N-4 and Stevens Way on the north and east, Klickitat Lane and MacKenzie Hall on the south and Denny Hall, Denny Yard and parking lot N-3 on the west.

Lead Agency: University of Washington.

The University has issued a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement prepared pursuant to chapter RCW 43.21C. The Campus Master Plan and other materials can be reviewed at the Capital Projects Office 206-543-5200.

Copies available: At the Capital Projects Office, University of Washington, Box 352205, University Facilities Building, Room 42, Seattle, WA 98105.

Contact Person: Jan Arntz, Environmental Planner, Capital Projects Office, University of Washington, Box 352205, Seattle, WA 98107 (telephone 206-543-5200)

Date of Issue: Feb. 26, 2008

Responsible Official: Richard K. Chapman, Associate Vice President for Capital Projects, Capital Projects Office, University of Washington, Box 352205, Seattle, WA 98107 (telephone 206-543-5200).

DEGREE EXAMS

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

General Examinations


  • Maegan Marie Ashworth, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 14. Sea. Biomed. Res. Inst., Fa Xian Mtg. Room. (Prof. Gerard Cangelosi).
  • Jennifer M. Bryant, English, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 17. Padelford Hall, A-13. (Prof. Herbert Blau).
  • Hsiu-Hung Chen, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 1. Mechanical Engr. Bldg., 219-A. (Prof. Dayong Gao).
  • Claire K. Connell, Music, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 18. Music Building, 101. (Prof. Philip Schuyler).
  • Donald Duane Craig, Music, D.M.A. 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 19. Raitt Hall, 117. (Prof. Juan Pampin).
  • James T. Cross, Pharmacy – School of, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 18. Health Sciences, H-371. (Prof. Louis Garrison).
  • Nicole A. Davis, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, March 31. Miller Hall, 122. (Prof. Ilana Horn).
  • Kevin K. Duh, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 18. Electrical Engr. Bldg., 303. (Prof. Katrin Kirchhoff).
  • David H. Giles, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2. Parrington Hall, 313. (Prof. Daniel Hoffman).
  • Anupama V. Govindarajan, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 20. Paul Allen Center, AE-107. (Prof. Karl Bohringer).
  • Lauren M. Grant, English, M.A. 1 p.m. Monday, March 17. Padelford Hall, A-13. (Prof. Thomas Lockwood).
  • Wen Gu, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 14. Health Sciences, F-600. (Prof. Margaret Sullivan Pepe).
  • Eric J. Hilton, Astronomy, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, March 17. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. (Prof. Suzanne Hawley).
  • Eunsu Kang, Digital Arts and Experimental Media, Center for, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20. Raitt Hall, 117. (Prof. Juan Pampin).
  • Jaime Ann Kelly, Geography, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 31. Smith Hall, 409. (Prof. Kam Wing Chan).
  • Jeannette Marie Kisser, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 19. FHCRC, M4-B102. (Prof. Alan Kristal).
  • Julie A. Koester, Oceanography, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, March 20. Marine Science Bldg., 123. (Prof. Ginger Armbrust).
  • Tracey J. Kwong, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2:05 p.m. Tuesday, March 25. FHCRC, A1M-025. (Prof. Toshio Tsukiyama).
  • Chia-Ling Lee, Music, D.M.A. 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 17. Music Building, 101. (Prof. Jonathan Bernard).

  • Liangjun Li, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 18. Mechanical Engr. Bldg., 219-A. (Prof. JiangYu Li).


  • Lin Lin, Urban Design and Planning Group, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 8. Gould Hall, 442. (Prof. Anne Vernez Moudon).


  • Volodymyr V. Lysenko, Information School, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 14. Mary Gates Hall, 310-D. (Prof. Adam Moore).


  • Robert W. Mathes, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 19. FHCRC, M4-B102. (Prof. Christopher Li).


  • Kacy Mckinney, Geography, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, March 14. Smith Hall, 409. (Prof. Craig Jeffrey).


  • Jill M. Meyer, Astronomy, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 4. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. (Prof. Fabio Governato).


  • Emily Kaye Mullen, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 14. Johnson Hall, 027. (Prof. Ian McCallum).


  • Rob C. Oslund, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 1. Chemistry Building, 239. (Prof. Michael Gelb).


  • Bradley K. Roberts, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 12:10 p.m. Friday, March 14. Wilcox Hall, 243. (Prof. Kannan Krishnan).


  • Philipp Ruprecht, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, March 17. Atmos. Sci/Geophysics Bldg., 154. (Prof. George Bergantz).


  • Jeong-Soo Shin, Asian Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, March 20. Gowen Hall, M-230. (Prof. David Knechtges).


  • Robert G. Shogren, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, March 14. More Hall, 119. (Prof. Donald Janssen).


  • Li-Chuan Tsai, Economics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 25. Condon Hall, 309. (Prof. Richard Hartman).


  • James R. Urton, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, March 20. FHCRC, D1-302. (Prof. Catherine Peichel).


  • Nathalie Voisin, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Friday, March 14. Computer Sci. Bldg., EE-403. (Prof. Dennis Lettenmaier).


  • Irina Voloshin, Sociology, Ph.D. 12 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Condon Hall, 233. (Prof. Charles Hirschman).


  • Song Wang, Public Health and Community Medicine – Health Services, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, March 20. Health Sciences, H-670. (Prof. Douglas Conrad).


  • Huixia Zhang, Pharmacy – Pharmaceutics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 18. Health Sciences, H-272G. (Prof. Jashvant Unadkat).


  • Xinliang Zheng, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, April 10. Foege, N-230. (Prof. Shahram Vazey).

Final Examinations




  • Jamie M. Bergen, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, March 17. Foege, N-503. “Understanding and overcoming the intracellular barriers associated with nonviral nucleic acid delivery to neurons” (Prof. Suzie Pun).


  • Astrid C. Cerny, Geography, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, March 21. Smith Hall, 409. “In search of greener pastures: Issues of sustainable development for Kazak nomads and a modernizing Chinese state” (Prof. Kam Wing Chan).


  • Christopher C. Chapman, Music, D.M.A. 9 a.m. Friday, March 14. Music Building, 101. “An investigation of current instruction practices for the undergraduate instrumental conducting student concerning left hand technique and facial gestures” (Prof. Timothy Salzman).


  • Gong Cheng, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Health Sciences, RR-134. “Improved protein function prediction using structure” (Prof. David Baker).


  • Heather M. Garbes, Music, D.M.A. 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 2. Music Building, 101. “The choral works of Ester Magi: a brief study and annotated catalog” (Prof. Geoffrey Boers).


  • Miguel Justino Gomez, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 18. Guggenheim Hall, 204. “Optimization-based analysis of rigid mechanical systems with unilateral contact and kinetic friction” (Prof. Anne Greenbaum).


  • Joanna L. Kelley, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19. Foege, Auditorium. “Adaptive evolution: From genome-wide scans to biological significance” (Prof. Willie Swanson).


  • Jon J. Ladd, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 14. Electrical Engineering, 303. “Development of surface chemistries and protein arrays for sensing in complex media” (Prof. Shaoyi Jiang).


  • Roberto F. Lu, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 19. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 443. “Asynchromous stochastic learning curve effects in a large scale production system” (Prof. Richard Storch).


  • Jennifer A. Marsh, Psychology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, Mar 14. Chemistry Library, 202-C. “The ecology of social behavior and behavior states in “Southern Resident” killer whales (Orcinus orca)” (Prof. James Ha).


  • Stewart Edward Moughon, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, March 20. FHCRC, Pelton Hall. “A surface-based representation and scoring scheme for protein-protein docking refinement” (Prof. Ram Samudrala).


  • Scott David Otterson, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 21. Electrical Engineering, 303. “Use of speaker location features in meeting diarization” (Prof. Mari Ostendorf).


  • Marios G. Pavlides, Statistics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Padelford Hall, C-301. “Nonparametric estimation of multivariate monotone densities” (Prof. Jon Wellner).


  • Elisabeth A. Rosenthal, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 25. Health Scieces, T-239. “Linkage and segregation analysis allowing for multiallelic inheritance” (Prof. Ellen Wijsman).


  • Mindy L. Schaffner, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 2:30 pm Friday, March 14. Health Sciences, T-513. “An exploratory study of boarding home sanctions and compliance in Washington state” (Prof. Bobbie Berkowitz).


  • Jocelyn Yasuko Takayesu, Chemistry, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 18. Chemistry Building, 102. “Integration of nonlinear optical materials into silicon and all-polymer electro-optic devices” (Prof. Larry Dalton).


  • Gang Xin, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, March 19. Anderson Hall, 207. “Diazotrophic endophytes of populus” (Prof. Sharon Doty).


  • Zizhen Yao, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, March 17. Paul Allen Ctr., CSE 303. “Genome scale search of noncoding RNAs, bacteria to vertebrates” (Prof. Walter Ruzzo).


  • Jianyang Zheng, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, March 14. More Hall, 119. “Measuring signalized intersection performance with traffic sensors” (Profs. Yinhai Wang & Nancy Nihan).


  • Guirong Zhou, Geography, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, March 20. Smith Hall, 409. “Ontology, sense making, and architecture of an online participatory geographic information system” (Prof. Timothy Nyerges).