Linda-Lou O’Connor Entomology & Wildlife Ecology DEGREE CANDIDATES B.S., of Delaware M.S., University of Delaware COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES Dissertation: Effects of Hybridization, Feeding Dean Robin W. Morgan Behavior and Parity Rates of the Common House Mosquito (Culex Pipiens L.) on Late Season West Nile Virus Activity Doctor of Philosophy Professor in charge of dissertation : John B. Gingrich, Ph.D. Jennifer K. Gilbert Plant and Soil Sciences Kristian William Paul Plant and Soil Sciences B.S., SUNY College –Buffalo B.S., Montana State University –Bozeman M.S., University of Connecticut Dissertation: Molecular Modeling Study of Sulfate and Dissertation: Characterizing Dissolved Phosphorus Transport Phosphate Adsorption at the Mineral-Water Interface Through Vegetated Filter Strips Professor in charge of dissertation: Donald L. Sparks, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: James T. Sims, Ph.D. Luisa Ines Santamaria Plant and Soil Sciences Jie Han Plant and Soil Sciences B.S., Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador –Quito B.E.N.E., Tsinghua University, China M.S., University of Delaware M.C.E, Tsinghua University, China Dissertation: Evaluation of Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus) Dissertation: Transport an Retention of Viruses and Germplasm for Resistance to Downy Mildew, Microspheres in Saturated and Unsaturated Porous Media Epidemiological and Biological Studies of its Causal Professor in charge of dissertation: Yan Jin, Ph.D. Agent, Phytophthora phaseoli Christopher Maurice Heckscher Entomology & Wildlife Ecology Professor in charge of dissertation: Thomas A. Evans, Ph.D. B.S., Colorado State University M.S., University of Delaware Renato Jose Schmidt Animal Science Dissertation: Use of the Veery (Catharus Fuscescens) Call B.S., Federal University of Vicosa, Brazil Repertoire in Vocal Communication M.S., University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Professor in charge of dissertation: Roland R. Roth, Ph.D. Dissertation: Development of a Real-Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Volha I. Lazouskaya Plant and Soil Sciences Method to Quantify Lactobacillus Buchneri in B.S., International Sakharov Environmental University Order to Study Its Growth and Effects in Dipl., International Sakharov Environmental University Silages When Added Alone or in Combination Dissertation: Pore-Scale Investigation on Mechanisms of Colloid With Pediococcus Pentosaceus Retention in Unsaturated Porous Media Professor in charge of dissertation: Limin Kung, Jr., Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Yan Jin, Ph.D. Andrew Zachary Skibo Plant and Soil Sciences Jason Adam Mills Animal Science B.S., University of Delaware B.S., University of Delaware Dissertation: The Evaluation of Selected ‘Post’-Applied M.S., University of Nebraska –Lincoln Herbicides for Control of Japanese Knotweed Dissertation: Cytokine and Growth Factor Networks Associated with (Polygonum Cuspidatum Syn. Fallopia Japonica Syn. Epidermal-Mesenchymal Cell Interactions During Keratinocyte- Reynourtria Japonica) and a Survey and Characterization Stem Cell Growth in the Bovine Claw of this Invasive Species in Delaware Professor in charge of dissertation: Robert M. Dyer, V.M.D., Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Mark A. Isaacs, Ph.D.

1 2 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Doctor of Philosophy Dean Thomas M. Apple Bindiya Arora Physics B.Sc., Panjab University, India M.Sc., Panjab University, India Doctor of Physical Therapy Dissertation: Modeling of Atomic Systems for This degree is a professional degree and does not require the writing of a dissertation. Quantum Information and Atomic Clocks Professor in charge of dissertation: Marianna Safronova, Ph.D. Elizabeth Diane Bauske Samantha Joy Lefkowitz B.S.H.S., University of Illinois, B.S., Ohio State University Shalini Balakrishnan Chemistry & Biochemistry Urban a–Champaign B.Sc., University of Madras, India Karrie Lowry M.SC., University of Madras, India Jennifer Lee Binkley B.S., University of Delaware Dissertation: Development of Novel Switchable B.A., University of Delaware Valerie Jean Martineau Motifs and New Strategies to Build Functionally Janelle Kristen Cannon B.S., College of Privileged Structures B.A., University of Delaware William and Mary Professor in charge of dissertation: Neil J. Zondlo, Ph.D. Jessalyn Ann Ciampa Faith Virginia Morton Jon Regan Beckham Applied Mathematics B.S., State University of B.S., Grove City College B.S., University of Central Arkansas New York –Geneseo Krystal Lynn Perrone M.S., University of Delaware Kathryn Gray Curtis B.A., Arcadia University M.A., University of Central Arkansas Dissertation: Analysis of Mathematical Models of B.S., Evangel University Melissa Jean Ronan Electrostatically Deformed Elastic Bodies B.S., Boston University Catalina Dee Suriben David Professor in charge of dissertation: John A. Pelesko, Ph.D. B.A., University of Lisa Rochelle Saltzman California –Irvine B.A., University of Virginia Benjamin Alan Breech Computer Science B.A., Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Tyesha Monique Dwight Jennifer Ann Schmidt B.S., Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania B.A., University of Delaware B.S., University of Delaware M.S., University of Delaware Kyle T. Fennemore Matthew Gerard Scott Dissertation: Improving Software Maintenance and B.A., University of Delaware B.A., University of Delaware Security Testing Through Dynamic Compilers B.S., University of Delaware Julienne Rose Sinkosky Professor in charge of dissertation: Lori L. Pollock, Ph.D. Lakisha Freeman Fulton B.S., University of Delaware Benjamin Alan Breech Physics B.S., Pennsylvania State B.A., Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania University Tiffany Sue Strawn B.S., Texas Christian University B.S., Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Lauren Elizabeth Grieder M.S., University of Delaware Kelsey Lee Vagnoni B.A., University of Delaware Dissertation: Topics in Solar Wind Turbulence B.S., University of Delaware Thomas Andrew Handling Professor in charge of dissertation: William H. Matthaeus, Ph.D. B.A., University of Delaware Rachel L. Whitlock Anissa Joy Brown Biological Sciences B.S., University of Delaware B.S., University of Delaware B.A., University of Delaware Krista Ann Horne Jennifer Marie Zambito Dissertation: Function of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans B.S., University of Delaware B.S., University of Delaware (HSPGs) and Heparanase (HPSE) in Endochondral Christine Lynn Keighley Teresa L. Zoltak Bone Formation B.S., University of Delaware B.S., University of Delaware Professor in charge of dissertation: Mary Farach-Carson, Ph.D.

3 4 Lisa Ann Butterick Chemistry & Biochemistry Tim V. Decker English B.S., Rowan University B.A., Towson University Dissertation: Design of Self-Assembling ß-Hairpin Pepide- M.A., University of Delaware Based Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications Dissertation: Strategic Standards: Authorial Self-Presentation in Professor in charge of dissertation: Joel P. Schneider, Ph.D. Restoration Literature Professor in charge of dissertation: Lois Potter, Ph.D. Amy Irene Cass B.S., Florida State University David J. DeGraff Biological Sciences M.A., University of Delaware B.S., Metropolitan State College –Denver Dissertation: Individual Perceptions of Stalking: Dissertation: Implications for the Androgenic Regulation of IGFBP-2 An Examination of the Influence of Gender in the Development of Metastatic and Androgen Independent and the Victim/Offender Relationship Prostate Cancer Professor in charge of dissertation: Ronet Bachman, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Robert Sikes, Ph.D. Jodi Anne Devine English Gokce Cehreli Physics B.S., Skidmore College B.S., Bogazici University, Turkey M.A., DePaul University Dissertation: Low Frequency Fluctuations and Dissertation: Epistolary Revelations: Reading Letters Shot Noise in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions in Nineteenth-Century British Novels Professor in charge of dissertation: Edmund Nowak, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Carl Dawson, Ph.D. Abdullah Ceylan Physics Anthony DiChiara Physics B.S., Hacettepe University, Turkey B.S., Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Dissertation: Core/Shell Structured Magnetic Nanoparticles Dissertation: Ionization Measurements of Argon, Krypton and Xenon Synthesized by Inert Gas Condensation Atoms with Petawatt to Exawatt cm -2 Laser Fields Professor in charge of dissertation: S. Ismat Shah, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Barry Walker, Ph.D.

Xiaoren Chen Biological Sciences Stacy Ann Direso Psychology B.Md., Chongqing University of Medical Science, China B.A., Holy Family University M.Md., Chongqing University of Medical Science, China M.A., University of Delaware Dissertation: Biochemistry of Proxl Function Dissertation: Commitment Processes in Interracial and Intraracial Professor in charge of dissertation: Melinda K. Duncan, Ph.D. Romantic Relationships: An Extension of the Investment Model Professor in charge of dissertation: Samuel Gaertner, Ph.D. Sandra Cheng Art History Zhenzhen Dong Chemistry & Biochemistry B.A., University of Pittsburgh B.S., Shanghai Jiaotong University, China M.A., University of Delaware Dissertation: Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Scaffolds Dissertation: Il Bello Dal Deforme: Caricature and and Metallofoldamers Comic Drawings in Seventeenth-Century Professor in charge of dissertation: Joseph M. Fox, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: David M. Stone, Ph.D. William Richard Donner Sociology Vesselina G. Cooke Biological Sciences B.A., Millersville University of Pennsylvania B.S., Southwest Missouri State University M.A., University of Delaware Dissertation: Role of Junctional Adhesion Molecule-A Dissertation: An Integrated Model of Risk Perception in Vascular Biology and Protective Action: Public Response to Tornado Warnings Professor in charge of dissertation: Ulhas Naik, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Havidán Rodríguez, Ph.D.

5 6 William Gaul Dougherty Chemistry & Biochemistry Joy Marie Ginter Chemistry & Biochemistry B.S., Ursinus College B.A., Franklin and Marshall College Dissertation: Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Dissertation: Protein Identification and Characterization Nickel-Nickel Complexes for Understanding the A Cluster By Mass Spectrometry in Acetyl Coenzyme A Synthase Professor in charge of dissertation: Murray V. Johnston, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Charles G. Riordan, Ph.D. Genevieve Sophie Griffiths Biological Sciences Matthew Aaron Dreyfus Chemistry & Biochemistry B.A., University of Delaware B.A., College of Wooster Dissertation: Investigating the Impact and Mechanism Dissertation Title: Laboratory and Field Measurements of Organic of Vesicular and Non-Vesicular Mediated GPI-Linked Aerosols with the Photoionization Aerosol Mass Spectrometer Protein Transfer From Reproductive Luminal Fluids Professor in charge of dissertation: Murray V. Johnston, Ph.D. to Sperm, Using SPAM1 as a Model Professor in charge of dissertation: Patricia A. Martin-DeLeon, Ph.D. Sonia S. D’Souza Chemistry & Biochemistry B.S., University of Mumbai, India Mohamed Hassanein Biological Sciences M.S., University of Mumbai, India B.S., Ain Shams University, Egypt Dissertation: Heparanase: Expression and Function M.S., Delaware State University During Embryo Implantation and Modulation of Dissertation: Biochemical and Functional Characterization Heparanase Activity by HIP/RPL29 of a Novel Placental Protease, Cathepsin P, Professor in charge of dissertation: Daniel D. Carson, Ph.D. in Rat Trophoblasts Professors in charge of dissertation: Paul J. Eder Psychology Robert W. Mason, Ph.D. B.A., Loyola College Robert A. Sikes, Ph.D. M.A., University of Delaware Stefanie Rose Herron English Dissertation: Integrating the Componential and B.A., University of Mary Washington Interactionist Models of Employee Creativity M.A., Virginia Commonwealth University Professor in charge of dissertation: John E. Sawyer, Ph.D. Dissertation: Willa Cather’s Argument with Modernism: Julia U. Engström Biological Sciences Unearthing Faith Amid the Ruins of War B.S., University of Delaware Professor in charge of dissertation: Susan Goodman, Ph.D. Dissertation: Mammalian Cell Cycle Regulates Alfa Romy Herdyanto Heryudono Applied Mathematics Oligonucleotide-Mediated Repair B.Sc., Universitas Indonesia Professor in charge of dissertation: Eric B. Kmiec, Ph.D. M.Sc., Southern Illinois University –Edwards Darlene Farabee English Dissertation: Adaptive Radial Basis Function Methods B.A., Temple University for the Numerical Solution of Partial Differential M.A., University of Delaware Equations, with Application to the Simulation of the Dissertation: Print Travels: Movement and Metaphor in the Early Human Tear Film Modern Era Professor in charge of dissertation: Tobin A. Driscoll, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Lois Potter, Ph.D. Jessica P. Hodge Criminology Isaac Ghebregziabher Physic s B.A., University of Minnesota –Minneapolis B.S., Asmara University, Ethiopia M.S., Western Oregon University Dissertation: Radiation and Photoelectron Dynamics in Ultrastrong Dissertation: Proving Grounds: The Gender Quandary Laser Fields of Hate Crime Law Professor in charge of dissertation: Barry Walker, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Susan L. Miller, Ph.D.

7 8 Joshua A. Idjadi Biological Sciences Chin-Aik Lee Physics B.S., Tufts University B.S., Lebanon Valley College M.S., California State University –Northridge Dissertation: Selected Topics in Unified Field Theories M.S., of Louisiana Professor in charge of dissertation: Qaisar Shafi, Ph.D. Dissertation: Aggregation Promotes Species Margaret Elizabeth Leigey Criminology Coexistence Among Reef-Building Corals B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania Professor in charge of dissertation: Ron Karlson, Ph.D. M.A., University of Delaware Michael James Jochen Computer Science Dissertation: Life While Serving Life: Examining the Correctional B.A., University of Delaware Experiences of Older Inmates Serving a LWOP Sentence M.S., University of Delaware Professor in charge of dissertation: Ronet Bachman, Ph.D. Dissertation: Mobile Code Integrity Through Static Elizabeth A. Mansley Sociology Program Analysis, Steganography, and Dynamic B.A., Saint Joseph’s University Transformation Control M.A., University of Delaware Professor in charge of dissertation: Lori L. Pollock, Ph.D. Dissertation: “Man Up”: Exploring the Relationship Between Fernando A. Jové Chemistry & Biochemistry Race, Social Class, Intimate Partner Violence and the B.A., University of Rochester Construction of Masculinity M.S., Villanova University Professor in charge of dissertation: Susan Miller, Ph.D. Dissertation: Dioxygen Activation by Low Valent Hydrotris Rachel L. Mayrer-Minnie English (Pyrazolyl) Borate Iron Complexes B.S., Towson University Professor in charge of dissertation: Klaus Theopold, Ph.D. M.A., University of Delaware Matthew Thomas Kieber-Emmons Chemistry & Biochemistry M.S., Towson University B.S., Saint Joseph’s University Dissertation: Behind the Ripper’s Mask: Representing Jack Dissertation: Oxygen and Sulfer Activation at Monovalent Nickel the Ripper in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Professor in charge of dissertation: Charles G. Riordan, Ph.D. Professor in charge of disertation: Thomas Leitch, Ph.D. Thommen Korah Computer Science Meghan Davis McAuliffe Psychology B.Tech., Cochin University of Science & , India B.S., University of Mary Washington M.S., University of Delaware M.A., University of Delaware Dissertation: Robust Spatiotemporal Analysis of Architectural Imagery Dissertation: The Impact of Teacher Behavior on Professor in charge of dissertation: Christopher Rasmussen, Ph.D. Children’s Peer Relations Professor in charge of dissertation: Julie A. Hubbard, Ph.D. Kevin Allen Kreisel Chemistry & Biochemistry B.S., Pennsylvania State University Emily C. McCusker Chemistry & Biochemistry Dissertation: Organochromium Chemistry with B.S., Bradley University Formally Neutral, Chelating Ancillary Ligands Dissertation: Overcoming Expression Obstacles in Producing Professor in charge of dissertation: Klaus Theopold, Ph.D. Functional Components of the G-Protein Coupled Receptor Pathway Professor in charge of dissertation: Eugene G. Mueller, Ph.D. Marika J. Lamoreaux Psychology B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Paula Lynn McGinley Chemistry & Biochemistry M.A., Miami University –Oxford, Ohio B.S., Elizabethtown College Dissertation: Reducing Intergroup Bias: When Contact Dissertation: Molecular Complementation of Mutant is Instrumental for Achieving Group Goals Hormone Receptors Professor in charge of dissertation: Samuel L. Gaertner, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: John Koh, Ph.D.

9 10 Christopher Michael Micklitsch Chemistry & Biochemistry Ann M. O’Brien Chemistry & Biochemistry B.S., Lycoming College B.S., Sacred Heart University Dissertation: Designing Functional Materials Dissertation: Environmental Proteomics and Using the Hydrophobic Face of a Self-Assembling Mass Spectrometry: Characterization of Viable Amphiphilic ß-Hairpin Peptide Microorganisms in Ambient Air Professor in charge of dissertation: Joel P. Schneider, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Murray V. Johnston, Ph.D.

Michael Thomas Mock Chemistry & Biochemistry Adebanjo Akinwummi Oriade Physics B.S., Villanova University B.Sc., University of Jos, Nigeria M.S., Villanova University M.Sc., University Of Ibadan, Nigeria Dissertation: Synthesis and Reactivity of Thioether-Supported Dissertation: Monte Carlo Study of Fluctuations Organoiron and Low-Valent Iron Complexes and and Magnetization Reversal in Nickel-Iron Cyanide Bridged Binuclear Complexes Ferromagnetic Ultra-Thin Films Professor in charge of dissertation: Charles G. Riordan, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Siu-Tat Chui, Ph.D.

Takahiro Moriyama Physics Arif Ozbay Physics B.E., Tohoku University, Japan B.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey M.E., Tohoku University, Japan Dissertation: Electrical Transport and Noise in Dissertation: Nonlocal and Local Magnetization Metal and Organic Spin-Valve Structures Dynamics Excited by a RF Magnetic Field in Professor in charge of dissertation: Edmund Nowak, Ph.D. Magnetic Multilayers Ozge Isik Ozturk Linguistics Professor in charge of dissertation: John Q. Xiao, Ph.D. B.A., Bogazici University, Turkey M.A., University of Delaware Derek Evan Moulton Applied Mathematics Dissertation: Acquisition of Evidentiality B.A., University of Denver and Source Monitoring M.S., University of Delaware Professor in charge of dissertation: Anna Paparagou, Ph.D. Dissertation: Mathematical Modeling of Field Driven Mean Curvature Surfaces Jalynn Olsen Padilla History Professor in charge of dissertation: John A. Pelesko, Ph.D. B.A., Weber State University M.A., University of Utah Maitreya Natu Computer Science Dissertation: An Army of “Cripples”: Northern B.E., Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, India Civil War Amputees, Disability, and Manhood M.S., University of Delaware in Victorian America Dissertation: Application of Adaptive Probing for Professor in charge of dissertation: Anne Boylan, Ph.D. Fault Diagnosis in Computer Networks Professor in charge of dissertation: Adarshpal S. Sethi, Ph.D. Jerome H. Pagani Psychology B.A., University of Rochester Manh Hung Nguyen Political Science & International Relations M.A., University of Delaware B.A., Institute for International Relations, Vietnam Dissertation: The Medial Hypothalamic M.A., Institute for International Relations, Vietnam Defensive Circuit and Predator Odor Dissertation: Explaining Asymmetric Political Induced Fear: A Comparison of Electrolytic Participation in the Reform Era of Vietnam and Neurotoxic Lesions Professor in charge of dissertation: Alice D. Ba, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Jeffery B. Rosen, Ph.D.

11 12 Sasikumar Palaniyappan Physics Meghan Ashlin Rich Sociology B.S., Bharathidasan University, India B.A., University of Maryland –College Park M.S., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India M.A., University of Wisconsin –Milwaukee Dissertation: Relativistic Rescattering and Multielectron Dissertation: Diversity Block by Block: Homeowners’ Ionization of Atoms and Molecules in Ultra-Strong Perceptions of Race, Class, and Neighborhood Laser Fields Change in an Integrated Urban Neighborhood Professor in charge of dissertation: Barry Walker, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Margaret L. Andersen, Ph.D.

Mahesh Kumar Pallerla Chemistry & Biochemistry Therese M. Rizzo English B.S., Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India B.A., Rowan University M.S., Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India M.A., University of Delaware Dissertation: Strain as a Design Principle — Steroselective Dissertation: The Sentimental Trickster in Pauson-Khand Reactions of Cyclopropenes Nineteenth-Century American (Con) Texts Professor in charge of dissertation: Joseph M. Fox, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Jean Pfaelzer, Ph.D. Sara Lynn Parker Political Science & International Relations Robert Joseph Ronkese Applied Mathematics B.A., University of California –Davis B.S., Union College New York M.A., University of Delaware M.S., University of Delaware Dissertation: Seeking Truth: The Development of M.S., an International Truth Commission Norm Dissertation: The Analysis and Numerical Simulation of a Professors in charge of dissertation: Julio Carrion, Ph.D. Mathematical Model of Bone Remodeling Matthew J. Hoffmann, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Robert P. Gilbert, Ph.D.

Luis Abel Ralat Touset Chemistry & Biochemistry Natalie Leor Rosenthal Psychology B.S., Millersville University of Pennsylvania B.S., Muhlenberg College Dissertation: Insights Into the Multiple Functions M.A., University of Delaware of Glutathione S-Transferase P1-1: Characterization Dissertation: Assessing Adolescent Attachment Hierarchies: of Its Several Ligand Sites and Examination of Its Individual Differences and Developmental Change Interactions with 1-Cysteine Peroxiredoxin Professor in charge of dissertation: R. Rogers Kobak, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Roberta F. Colman, Ph.D. Ronnie M. Rubin Psychology Jason Edward Reiss Psychology B.A., Wesleyan University B.A., Wittenberg University M.A., University of Delaware M.A., University of Delaware Dissertation: Children’s Beliefs About Peer Relations: Dissertation: Object Substitution Masking: What Links to Peer Rejection, Depression, Aggression, and the Is the Neural Fate of the Unreportable Target? Beliefs of Parents and Teachers Professor in charge of dissertation: James E. Hoffman, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Julie A. Hubbard, Ph.D.

Basmah Riaz Physics Abdul K. Rumaiz Physics B.S., University of Karachi, Pakistan B.S., University of Madras, India M.S., University of Karachi, Pakistan M.S., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

Dissertation: A Study of Circumstellar Disk Properties in Dissertation: Cobalt Doped TIO 2, A Possible Candidate Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs for Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors Professor in charge of dissertation: John Gizis, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: S. Ismat Shah, Ph.D.

13 14 Anne E. Samuel Art History Sara Elizabeth Sprenkle Computer Science B.A., University of Richmond B.S., Gettysburg College M.A., University North Carolina –Chapel Hill M.S., Duke University Dissertation: Vision Conceptualized in the American Dissertation: Strategies for Automatically Exposing Renaissance Murals of Edwin Howland Blashfield Faults in Web Applications Professor in charge of dissertation: Michael Leja, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Lori Pollock, Ph.D. Melissa Manni Sumner Psychology Timothy Robert Schwartz Biological Sciences B.S., Pennsylvania State University B.S., Gettysburg College M.A., University of Delaware Dissertation: Therapeutic Single-Stranded Dissertation: Full-Day Patterns of Cortisol Oligonucleotides in Gene Repair and Cancer Production Among Toddlers in Child Care Professor in charge of dissertation: Eric B. Kmiec, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Mary Dozier, Ph.D. David Carroll Shepherd Computer Science Corey Michael Taylor English B.S., Virginia Commonwealth University B.A., Ursinus College M.S., University of Delaware M.A., University of Delaware Dissertation: Natural Language Program Analysis: Dissertation: Ambiguous Sounds: African American Combining Natural Language Processing with Music in Modernist American Literature Program Analysis to Improve Software Maintenance Professor in charge of dissertation: Susan Goodman, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Lori Pollock, Ph.D. Weiwei Tian Chemistry & Biochemistry Anne Marie Shough Chemistry & Biochemistry B.S., Nanjing University, China B.A., College of Wooster M.S., Nanjing University, China Dissertation: Quantum Chemistry Studies of Catalytic and Dissertation: Rhodium Mediated Carbene Insertion Photocatalytic Materials: Transition Metal Substitution, and Applications in Natural Product Synthesis Active Sites, Thermodynamics and Reaction Mechanisms Professor in charge of dissertation: Douglass F. Taber, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Douglas J. Doren, Ph.D. Katherine Leonard Turner History Samrat Sinha Political Science & International Relations B.A., Reed College B.A., University of Delhi, India M.A., University of Delaware M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Dissertation: Good Food For Little Money: Food M.A., University of Delaware and Cooking Among Urban Working-Class Americans, 1875–1930 Dissertation: Regulatory Oversight over Electoral Processes: Professor in charge of dissertation: Susan Strasser, Ph.D. A Case Study of the Election Commission of India Professor in charge of dissertation: Julio Carrion, Ph.D. Paula Vasquez Mathematics Engr., Universidad Nacional de Sharmila Sivendran Chemistry & Biochemistry M.B.A., Goldey-Beacom College B.S., Millersville University of Pennsylvania Dissertation: Modeling Wormlike Micellar Solutions M.S., Long Island University –Brooklyn Campus Professor in charge of dissertation: L. Pamela Cook-Ioannidis, Ph.D. Dissertation: Bacillus Subtilis and Human Adenylosuccinate Lyase: I. Studies of Two Novel Point Mutations of ASL Deficiency Ni Yan Chemistry & Biochemistry II. Effect of Adjacent Amino Acids on the pK of HIS 68 B.S., Peking University, China III. Studies with a New Substrate Analogue Dissertation: Stereoselective Carbometallation Reactions of Cyclopropenes Professor in charge of dissertation: Roberta F. Colman, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Joseph M. Fox, Ph.D.

15 16 Liviu P. Zarbo Physics Hong Yin B.S., University of Cluj, Napoca, Romania B.E., Dong Hua University, China Dissertation: Mesoscopic Spin Hall Effect in M.S., Semiconductor Nanostructures Dissertation: Innovative Activity and Technological Change in Professor in charge of dissertation: Branislav K. Nikolic, Ph.D. China and Its Regions: Evidence from Chinese Domestic Patents Professor in charge of dissertation: William R. Latham III, Ph.D. Ningyi Zhang Applied Mathematics B.S., Qingdao University, China M.S., University of Delaware Dissertation: Inverse Problem For Wave Propagation in a COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Perturbed Layered Half-Space and Orthogonality Dean Michael J. Chajes Relations in Poroelastic Materials Professor in charge of dissertation: Robert Gilbert, Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy Xinyi Zhang Mathematics Olufikayo Oluwaseun Aderinlewo Civil Engineering B.E., Northern Jiaotong University, China B.Sc., University of Ibadan, Nigeria M.S., University of Delaware M.C.E., University of Delaware Dissertation: Expected Lengths of Minimum Spanning Trees M.Eng., Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria Professor in charge of dissertation: Wenbo Li, Ph.D. Dissertation: Assessment of a Transportation Infrastructure System and Its Component Interactions Feng Zhou Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor in charge of dissertation: Nii O. Attoh-Okine, Ph.D. B.S., Fudan University, China Dissertation: Protein Characterization by Capillary Se Chang Ahn Civil Engineering Isoelectric Focusing Electrophoresis, Reversed Phase Liquid B.S., Yonsei University, Korea Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Dissertation: Removal of Perchlorate in Ammunition Wastewater by Professor in charge of dissertation: Murray V. Johnston, Ph.D. Zero-Valent Iron and Perchlorate Respiring Bacteria Hao Zhu Physics Professor in charge of dissertation: Daniel K. Cha, Ph.D. B.S., Nanjing University, China Albert Yawson Ayenu-Prah Civil Engineering M.S., Nanjing University, China B.Sc., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana Dissertation: Material Design and Synthesis M.S., Texas Tech University for Desirable Magnetic and Optic Properties Dissertation: Emperical Mode Decomposition and Professor in charge of dissertation: John Q. Xiao, Ph.D. Civil Infrastructure Systems Professor in charge of dissertation: Nii O. Attoh-Okine, Ph.D.

Sai Kumar Banala Mechanical Engineering ALFRED LERNER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India Dean Conrado M. Gempesaw II Dissertation: Lower Extremity Exoskeletons for Gait Rehabilitation of Motor-Impaired Patients Doctor of Philosophy Professor in charge of dissertation: Sunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D. Olawole Nasser Yayl Economics Steven Edward Bane Chemical Engineering M.A., University of Delaware B.S.E., University of Pittsburgh Mait., University of Lyons II, France Dissertation: Expression and Characterization of the Dissertation: A Random Utility Model of Trout Fishing in Delaware Human Neurokinin 1 Receptor From E. coli Professor in charge of dissertation: George R. Parsons, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Anne Skaja Robinson, Ph.D.

17 18 Laetitia Mary Bonnaillie Chemical Engineering Andre C. Dumetz Chemical Engineering Ing., Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Genie Chimique, France M.Ch.E., University of Delaware M.Ch.E., University of Delaware Dissertation: Protein Interactions and Phase Dissertation: Bio-Based Polymeric Foam From Behavior in Aqueous Solutions: Effects Soybean Oil and Carbon Dioxide of Salt, Polymer, and Organic Additives Professor in charge of dissertation: Richard P. Wool, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Abraham M. Lenhoff, Ph.D.

Scott Edward Buzby & Engineering Ayca Erdem Civil Engineering B.S., University of Delaware Engr., Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey Dissertation: The Effect of Doping Titanium Dioxide M.Sc., Akdeniz University, Turkey Nanoparticles on Phase Transformation, Photocatalytic Dissertation: Short-Term Toxicity of Photocatalytic Activity and Anti-Bacterial Properties Titanium Dioxide to Bacteria Under Professor in charge of dissertation: S. Ismat Shah, Ph.D. Ambient Conditions Abhijit Chatterjee Chemical Engineering Professor in charge of dissertation: Chin Pao Huang, Ph.D. B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India Steven Romel Givens Materials Science & Engineering M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India B.A., University of Virginia’s College at Wise Dissertation: Nanoscale Modeling and Control Dissertation: The Effect of Solvent Properties of Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Arrays on Electrospun Polymer Fibers and Applications Using a Hierarchy of Multiscale Models in Biomaterials Professor in charge of dissertation: Dionisios G. Vlachos, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: John F. Rabolt, Ph.D. Yu-Chia Cheng Chemical Engineering B.S., National Taiwan University, Taiwan Kelly Devon Hales Materials Science & Engineering M.S., National Taiwan University, Taiwan B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dissertation: Effects of Salts on the Phase Dissertation: Design and Characterization of Behavior of Proteins and Protein Mixtures Self-Assembled Nanostructures of Block Professor in charge of dissertation: Abraham M. Lenhoff, Ph.D. Copolymers in Solution Professor in charge of dissertation: Darrin J. Pochan, Ph.D. Korhan Demirkan Materials Science & Engineering B.S., Ege Chongqing, Turkey Biqin Huang Electrical & Computer Engineering M.Ch.E., Izmir Technological Institute, Turkey B.S., Zhejiang University, China Dissertation: Interfaces of Electrical Contacts in M.S., University of Delaware Organic Semiconductor Devices M.S., Zhejiang University, China Professor in charge of dissertation: Robert L. Opila, Ph.D. Dissertation: Vertical Transport Silicon Spintronic Devices Professor in charge of dissertation: Ian Appelbaum, Ph.D. Yukun Dong Civil Engineering B.S.C.E., North China University of Technology, China Wei Huang Chemical Engineering M.U.P.P., University Illinois –Chicago B.S., Tsinghua University, China Dissertation: Assessing Investment Analysis M.Ch.E., University of Delaware Strategies for Infrastructure Renewal in Regional Dissertation: Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene Transportation Planning on Zeolite-Supported Bimetallic Catalysts Professor in charge of dissertation: Sue McNeil, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Jingguang G. Chen, Ph.D.

19 20 Onur Yusuf Kas Materials Science & Engineering Jian Li Electrical Engineering B.S., Middle East Technical University B.E., Tsinghua University, China M.S., Middle East Technical University M.E., Tsinghua University, China Dissertation: Design, Synthesis and Characterization M.E.E., University of Delaware of Bio/Electroactive Hybrids: Confining Dissertation: Theory and Application Methods of Time Domain Chromophores in Dilute Solutions Using a Reflectometry/Time Domain Transmission Computed Helical Peptide Template Tomography (TDR/TDT CT) Professor in charge of dissertation: Mary E. Galvin, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Robert G. Hunsperger, Ph.D. Gary L. Katulka Electrical Engineering Liqing Li Civil Engineering B.S.E.E., Wilkes University B.E., Tsinghua University, China M.E.E., University of Delaware M.S., Tsinghua University, China Dissertation: Fabrication and Characterization of Dissertation: Water Saturation and Air/Water Interfacial Area Structures and Rectifiers Based on Silicon Carbide Measurements by Partitioning Gas Tracers in the Vadose Zone Alloyed with Germanium and Landfills. Professor in charge of dissertation: James Kolodzey, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Paul T. Imhoff, Ph.D. Joshua Ian Kramer Electrical & Computer Engineering Hong-Ying Lin Civil Engineering B.E., Tamkang University, Taiwan B.Cp.E., University of Delaware M.C.E., University of Delaware Dissertation: A Dynamic Power Optimization Methodology Dissertation: Improving the Optoelectric and Photoactivity of for Gigabit Electrical Links Nanostructured TIO : Effect of Nitrogen Doping, Oxygen Professor in charge of dissertation: Fouad Kiamilev, Ph.D. 2 Vacancy, and Particle Size Matthew Steven Lamm Materials Science & Engineering Professors in charge of dissertation: Chin Pao Huang, Ph.D. B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University S. Ismat Shah, Ph.D. Dissertation: Molecular Self-Assembly: Design, Shaoxin Lu Electrical & Computer Engineering Synthesis and Characterization of Peptidic B.E., Jilin University, China Materials for Bio- and Nano- M.E., Jilin University, China Professor in charge of dissertation: Darrin J. Pochan, Ph.D. Dissertation: Photomechanical Actuation of Carbon Nanotubes Angel Andres Leal Ayala Materials Science & Engineering and Their Applications in Micro-Opto-Mechanical Systems B.S., Institute Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico Professor in charge of dissertation: Balaji Panchapakesan, Ph.D. M.S., Philadelphia University Rovshan Mahmudov Civil Engineering Dissertation: Effect of Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding C.Sc., Azerbaijan State University, Azerbaijan on theMicro-Mechanical Properties of High Engr., Azerbaijan State University, Azerbaijan Performance Organic Fibers Dissertation: Removal and Destruction of Perchlorate Professor in charge of dissertation: John W. Gillespie, Jr., Ph.D. by Activated Carbon-Based Processes Professor in charge of dissertation: Chin Pao Huang, Ph.D. Myung Han Lee Chemical Engineering B.S., Hanyang University, Korea Anoop Mathew Materials Science & Engineering M.S., Hanyang University, Korea B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India Dissertation: Microstructure and Microrheology M.M.S.E., University of Delaware

of Colloidal Gels Dissertation: Interfacial Phenomena in High -K Dielectrics Professor in charge of dissertation: Eric M. Furst, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Robert L. Opila, Ph.D.

21 22 David Michael Metzler Civil Engineering Christopher Arnim Schuetz Electrical & Computer Engineering B.S., Roger Williams University B.S.E.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University M.A.S., University of Delaware M.E.E., University of Delaware Dissertation: Responses of Pseudokirchneriella Subcapitata Dissertation: Optical Techniques for Millimeter-Wave and Algal Assembly to Photocatalytic Titanium Detection and Imaging Dioxide Nanoparticles Professor in charge of dissertation: Dennis Prather, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Chin Pao Huang, Ph.D. Prateek Pinakin Shah Chemical Engineering Kapil Mukati Chemical Engineering B.S., Carnegie Mellon University B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India Dissertation : Thermodynamics of Apolar Solvation Dissertation: An Alternative Structure for Next in Mixed Aqueous Solvents Generation Regulatory Controllers and Scale-Up Professor in charge of dissertation: Christopher J. Roberts, Ph.D.

of CU(INGA) SE 2 Thin Film Co-Evaporative Physical Vapor Deposition Process Dan Su Mechanical Engineering Professor in charge of dissertation: Robert W. Birkmire, Ph.D. B.S., Shanghai Jiaotong University, China M.S., Shanghai Jiaotong University, China Luis Eduardo Murillo Materials Science & Engineering Dissertation: Microcrack Damage and Its Effect B.S., University of Valle del Cauca, Colombia on Stress Wave Propagation M.S., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Professor in charge of dissertation: Michael H. Santare, Ph.D. Dissertation: Controlling Hydrogenation Activity and Selectivity of Bimetallic Surfaces and Catalysts Wenzhong Tang Mechanical Engineering Professor in charge of dissertation: Jingguang G. Chen, Ph.D. B.E., Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China M.E., Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China Armin Walter Opitz Chemical Engineering M.S.M.E., University of Delaware B.E., University of Pittsburgh Dissertation: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Dissertation: Structural and Functional Investigations Carbon Nanotubes in Liquid Flow of a Molecular Imaging Nanoparticle for Magnetic Professor in charge of dissertation: Suresh G. Advani, Ph.D. Resonance Imaging of Oncogene Expression in the Pancreas Rohit Vijay Chemical Engineering Professor in charge of dissertation: Norman J. Wagner, Ph.D. B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India Yinan Qi Civil Engineering Dissertation: Discovery and Mechanistic Investigation B.E., Harbin Institute of Technology, China of NO Traps and NH Decomposition Catalysts M.Phil., Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China X 3 Dissertation: Effect of Centrifugal Dewatering on the Regrowth of Fecal Using High-Throughput Experimentation Coliforms and Salmonella in Anerobically Digested Biosolids Professor in charge of dissertation: Jochen A. Lauterbach, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Steven K. Dentel, Ph.D. Demin Wang Civil Engineering Danielle Nicole Rockwood Materials Science & Engineering B.En.Sc., East China University Science & Technology, China B.S., James Madison University D.Eng., East China University Science & Technology, China Dissertation: Characterization of Electrospun M.Env.Sc., East China University Science & Technology, China Polymer Fibers for Applications in Dissertation: Reduction of Perchlorate by Indirect Cardiac Tissue Engineering and Electrochemical and Catalytic Hydrogen Processes Regenerative Medicine in Dilute Aquesous Solutions Professor in charge of dissertation: John F. Rabolt, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: C. P. Huang, Ph.D.

23 24 Erich C. Weigert Materials Science & Engineering Peng Yao Electrical Engineering B.Ch.E., University of Delaware B.E., Xian Jiaotong University, China Dissertation: An Ex Situ and In Situ Evalutation of M.S., Xian Jiaotong University, China Carbides as Potential Electrocatalysts Dissertation: Developing Three-Dimensional Lithography Professor in charge of dissertation: Jingguang G. Chen, Ph.D. and Chemical Lithography for Applications on Micro/Nano Photonics and Electronics Raymond Augustus Wildman Electrical & Computer Engineering Professor in charge of dissertation: Dennis W. Prather, Ph.D. B.E.E., University of Delaware M.E.E., University of Delaware Le Zhang Materials Science & Engineering Dissertation: Geometry Optimization B.E., Tsinghua University, China and Computational Electromagnetics: M.S., Tsinghua University, China Methods and Applications Dissertation: Bioinspired Matrices Assembled Professor in charge of disseration: Daniel S. Weile, Ph.D. by Polysaccharide-Protein Interactions Professor in charge of dissertation: Kristi L. Kiick, Ph.D. Michael John Wilson Electrical & Computer Engineering B.E.E., University of Delaware Le Zhang Mechanical Engineering M.S., University of Delaware B.E., Liaoning Institute of Technology, China Dissertation: Projectile Navigation and the M.E., Liaoning Institute of Technology, China Application to Magnetometers Dissertation: Neutral Solute Transport in Cartilage Professor in charge of dissertation: Andras Z. Szeri, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Gonzalo R. Arce, Ph.D.

Xuankuo Xu Chemical Engineering B.E., Tianjin University, China COLLEGE OF M.E., Tianjin University, China HUMAN SERVICES , E DUCATION AND PUBLIC POLICY Dissertation: Protein Adsorption Isotherms Dean Timothy K. Barnekov and Their Effects on Transport in Cation-Exchange Chromatography Professor in charge of dissertation: Abraham M. Lenhoff, Ph.D. Guangchi Xuan Electrical Engineering Karen Marie Avino Educational Leadership B.S., Tsinghua University, China B.S.N., University of Delaware M.E.E., University of Delaware M.S.N., University of Delaware Dissertation: The Fabrication and Characterization of High Executive Position Paper: Integrating Holistic Temperature Terahertz Emitters, and DNA Sensitive Transistors Nursing at the University of Delaware Professor in charge of executive position paper: Fred T. Hofstetter, Ph.D. Based on Silicon-Germanium and Silicon Carbide Materials Professor in charge of dissertation: Gonzalo R. Arce, Ph.D. JoAnn A. Balingit Educational Leadership B.A., Florida State University Jin Yan Mechanical Engineering M.L.S., Indiana University –Bloomington B.E., Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China M.A., University of California –Irvine M.E., Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China Executive Position Paper: Internet Plagiarism as Flash Point Dissertation: Aspects of Instrumented Indentation and Folklore: Do High School Students Plagiarize More with Applications to Thermal Barrier Coatings From Internet Sources Than From Print-Based Sources? Professor in charge of dissertation: Anette M. Karlsson, Ph.D. Professor in charge of executive position paper: Albert R. Cavalier, Jr., Ph.D.

25 26 Gaysha Venee Beard Educational Leadership Deborah L. Doordan Educational Leadership B.F.A., Stephens College B.A., Lynchburg College M.Ed., University of Delaware M.I., University of Delaware Executive Position Paper: The Adult Learner, Professional Executive Position Paper: Coaches, a Component of the Professional Development, and the Literacy Coach: An Effective Development System: A Plan for the Christina School District Professional Development Model Proposal Professor in charge of executive position paper: Douglas A. Archbald, Ph.D. Professors in charge of executive position paper: James Raths, Ph.D. Tracy T. Downs Educational Leadership Carol Vukelich, Ph.D. B.A., University of Delaware Katherine Alexander Beauchat Educational Leadership M.A., University of Delaware B.S.Ed., Frostburg State University Executive Position Paper: High-Risk Drinking Among M.Ed., Loyola College Female Athletes at the University of Delaware: Executive Position Paper: Making the Most of Reducing Risk Through Intervention Shared Reading in Preschool Professor in charge of executive position paper: Frank B. Murray, Ph.D. Professor in charge of executive position paper: Sharon Walpole, Ph.D. Christine Marie Evans Educational Leadership B.S., University of Delaware Donald W. Becker Educational Leadership M.I., University of Delaware B.S., State University of New York, Oswego Executive Position Paper: An Evaluation of a University-School M.F.A., University of Delaware Elementary Literacy Partnership Executive Position Paper: Freshman Seminar Narrative : Professor in charge of executive position paper: Robert L. Hampel, Ph.D. Art Making and Writing in Symmetrical Relationship Professor in charge of executive position paper: James A. Whitson, Ph.D. Deborah Monaghan Fetzer Educational Leadership B.S., West Chester University of Pennsylvania Leanne Doreen (Clarke) Bier Educational Leadership M.I., University of Delaware B.A., Concordia College, New York Executive Position Paper: A Job-Embedded Model of Professional M.I., University of Delaware Development: The Path to Increased Literacy Achievement Executive Position Paper: Texts and Beginning Readers for Middle School Students Professor in charge of executive position paper: Rachel A. Karchmer-Klein, Ph.D. Professor in charge of executive position paper: Sharon Walpole, Ph.D. Nancy S. Campbell Educational Leadership Joyce Ann Good Educational Leadership B.A., McDaniel College B.Ed., West Chester University of Pennsylvania M.Ed., Towson University M.Ed., Millersville University of Pennsylvania Executive Position Paper: Delaware Technical & Community M.S., Johns Hopkins University College’s Response to the Critical Shortage of Delaware Executive Position Paper: A Modified Train-the-Trainer Secondary Science Teachers Professional Development Program Designed to Deliver Professor in charge of executive position paper: Douglas A. Archbald, Ph.D. Spreadsheet Skills to Elementary Teachers and Students Professor in charge of executive position paper: Fred T. Hofstetter, Ph.D. Bettyann Daley Educational Leadership B.A., University of Vermont Amy Michele Fitzgerald Gordon Educational Leadership M.S., University of Vermont B.S.Ed., University of Delaware Executive Position Paper: A College Departmental M.I., University of Delaware Plan to Address the Deficient Algebra Problem in Executive Position Paper: Preparing Teachers to Use an Instructional College Freshmen Management System to Differentiate Instruction Professor in charge of executive position paper: Brad J. Glass, Ph.D. Professor in charge of executive position paper: Fred T. Hofstetter, Ph.D.

27 28 Bonnie Gail Hall Educational Leadership Josette Lorraine McCullough Educational Leadership B.S., Delaware State University B.S.Ed., Delaware State University M.B.A., Delaware State University M.A., Delaware State University Executive Position Paper: Implementing Universal Design for Executive Position Paper: A Study of Special Education Programming Instruction (UDI) Principles to Maximize Learning for Students and Its Effect on Student Mathematic Performance on the DSTP with Disabilities at the Jack F. Owens Campus of Delaware Professor in charge of executive position paper: Dennis L. Loftus, Ph.D. Technical & Community College Professor in charge of executive position paper: Robert L. Hampel, Ph.D. Jeffrey Donald Menzer Educational Leadership B.A., University of Delaware Mark A. Holodick Educational Leadership M.Ed., University of Delaware B.A., West Virginia Wesleyan College Executive Position Paper: The Non-Graduation of Seniors M.S., Wilmington College Delaware at William Penn High School Executive Position Paper: Special Education: Implementing Professor in charge of executive position paper: Robert L. Hampel, Ph.D. Inclusion at Concord High School Professor in charge of executive position paper: Robert L. Hampel, Ph.D. Sherman Miller Educational Leadership Paulinus Chimezie Iheanacho Educational Leadership B.S., Delaware State University B.B.A., University of North Texas M.S., University of Delaware M.B.A., Texas Women’s University Executive Position Paper: A Plan for Increasing Student M.S., University of North Texas Success in Business Calculus at Delaware State University Executive Position Paper: A Plan for Making the University of Professor in charge of executive position paper: James Whitson, Ph.D. Delaware’s Morris Library More Accessible to Students From Developing Countries Larysa Nadia Nadolny Educational Leadership Professor in charge of executive position paper: Fred T. Hofstetter, Ph.D. B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University M.A.T., Boston University Barbara LeSeur Inman Educational Leadership Executive Position Paper: Laptops for all Students: Year One B.A., Hampton University Evaluation of a Laptop Initiative in Career and Technical MA, Hampton University High School Education Executlve Position Paper: Addressing Student Retention Professor in charge of executive position paper: Chrystalla Mouza, Ed.D. at Hampton University Professor in charge of executive position paper: Barbara K. Curry, Ed.D. Lanetia Q. Noble Educational Leadership B.S., University of North Texas Joseph M. Jones Educational Leadership M.Ed., University of Delaware B.A., University of Delaware Executive Position Paper: Evaluating a College Developmental M.Ed., Wilmington College, Delaware Reading Program: Recommendations for Improvement Executive Position Paper: Improving the Use and Effectiveness Professor in charge of executive position paper: Rachel A. Karchmer-Klein, Ph.D. of Data Among Teachers Professor in charge of executive position paper: Douglas A. Archbald, Ph.D. Mary T. Parsons Educational Leadership Julie B. Keleher Educational Leadership B.S.W., Salisbury University B.A., University of Pennsylvania B.S.N, Salisbury University M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania M.N., Salisbury University Executive Position Paper: Use of Data Management Systems Executive Position Paper: Evaluating the Nursing Curriculum’s and Data-Driven Decision Making Among School-Level Alignment with the National Certification Licensure Exam for Administrators and School-Level Educators Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) Professor in charge of executive position paper: Douglas A. Archbald, Ph.D. Professor in charge of executive position paper: Barbara K. Curry, Ed.D.

29 30 Christina Geba Poetzl Educational Leadership Laura Lee Smith Wilkerson Educational Leadership B.S.E., Millersville University of Pennsylvania B.S., Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania M.Ed., Millersville University of Pennsylvania M.Ed., University of Delaware Executive Position Paper: Middle School Mathematics Executive Position Paper: Comparing the First Teachers’ Problem-Solving Beliefs and Practices Two Years of Positive Behavior Support (PBS) in the School-Based Teacher Leader Program at Middletown High School (200 4–2006) Professor in charge of executive position paper: Dawn Berk, Ph.D. Professor in charge of executive position paper: James A. Whitson, Ph.D. Barbara Prillaman Educational Leadership B.A., University of Delaware George Steinhoff Educational Leadership M.Ed., University of Delaware B.S., Saint Joseph’s University Executive Position Paper: Conversations to Help Make M.Ed., University of Pennsylvania Meaning: Ells and Literature Circles Executive Position Paper: Examining and Addressing Professor in charge of executive position paper: Ralph Ferretti, Ph.D. Resistance to Change in an Elementary School Professor in charge of executive position paper: Robert L. Hampel, Ph.D. Melissa Lynn Rakes Educational Leadership B.A., Montana State University –Billings Meredith Carol Anderson Wesolowski Educational Leadership M.Ed., University of Delaware B.S., University of Arizona Executive Position Paper: Developing an Academic Advisement M.A., University of Georgia –Athens Model to Support Student Retention at Delaware Technical & Executive Position Paper: Facilitating Problem-Based Community College, Jack F. Owens Campus Learning in an Online Biology Laboratory Course Professor in charge of executive position paper: Dennis L. Loftus, Ed.D. Professor in charge of executive position paper: Chrystalla Mouza, Ed.D. Karen Michelle Rege Educational Leadership A.M., –Ann Arbor Loriann Megee White Educational Leadership B.M., University of Hartford B.A., Salisbury University M.S., Drexel University M.Ed., Salisbury University Executive Position Paper: An Examination of Music Technology Executive Position Paper: A Middle School Under Review: Requirements for Undergraduate Performance Majors A Study on the Effectiveness of Two Implementation Professor in charge of executive position paper: Chrystalla Mouza, Ph.D. Models of the Read 180 Program on Special Susan Marie Robinson Schranck Educational Leadership Education Students’ Reading Performance B.A., University of Delaware Professor in charge of executive position paper: Primo V. Toccafondi, Ed.D. M.A., Villanova University Executive Position Paper: Designing Performance Objectives to Improve English Language Proficiency: Conceptualizing a Doctor of Philosophy Call-Integrated Listening Curriculum at Delaware Technical & Community College Jack F. Owens Campus Katrin L. Blamey Education Professor in charge of executive position paper: Douglas A. Archbald, Ph.D. B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Margaret Virginia Torre Sharp Educational Leadership M.A., University of Delaware B.S.Ed., University of Delaware M.A., College of William and Mary M.Ed., University of Delaware Dissertation: The Effects of Two Repeated Reading Executive Position Paper: An Evaluation Study of Fast ForWord Treatments on Fluency and Comprehension of in the Christina School District Second Grade Students Professor in charge of executive position paper: James Raths, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Sharon Walpole, Ph.D.

31 32 Jane N. Case Urban Affairs & Public Policy Ekaterina Midgette Education B.A., Millersville University of Pennsylvania M.A., Moscow Linguistic University, Russian Federation M.S., Florida State University Dissertation: The Effects of Comprehensive Text Dissertation: An Exploratory Study of School Structure Strategy Instruction On Students’ Climate and Student Behavior in Thirteen Ability to Revise Persuasive Essays Delaware Public Elementary Schools Professor in charge of dissertation: Nancy W. Brickhouse, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Kathryn G. Denhardt, Ph.D. Wei Qiu Human Development & Family Studies Nicola Domica Edwards Education B.A., Nanjing University, China B.A., State University of New York, Binghamton M.A., Nanjing University, China M.S., University of Delaware M.S., University of Delaware Dissertation: Elementary School Children’s Strategy Dissertation: Physical Activity Intervention in Early Care Use and Strategy Preferences on Multidigit and Education Settings Addition and Subtraction Story Problems Professor in charge of dissertation: James Hiebert, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Penny L. Deiner, Ph.D.

Lauren Lee Goggins Education Nicole Ruggiano Urban Affairs & Public Policy B.C.E., University of Delaware B.A., University of Delaware M.S., University of Delaware M.S.W., Temple University Dissertation: Eliciting Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Dissertation: Intergenerational Human Service Delivery Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Using Instructional in the Formal Care Industry: A Case Study Tasks That Include Children’s Mathematical Thinking Professor in charge of dissertation: Robert Warren, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Laura S. Glass, Ph.D. Sandy Margaret Spitzer Education Judi Therese Haberkorn Urban Affairs & Public Policy B.A., University North Carolina –Chapel Hill B.S.W., University of Illinois at Urbana –Champaign M.A., University North Carolina –Chapel Hill M.S.W., University of Illinois at Urbana –Champaign M.A., University of Delaware M.B.A., Saint Xavier University Dissertation: The Role of Graphing Calculators in Students’ Dissertation: A Poverty of Information: Public Health Algebraic Thinking and the Local Television News Professor in charge of dissertation: Anne Morris, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Danilo Yanich, Ph.D. Ximena Uribe-Zarain Education William Edison Lewis Education B.S., Universidad Nacional Autonoma B.S., East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Dissertation: Growth Mixture Modeling with a M.A., Millersville University of Pennsylvania Distal Outcome: An Application to Reading Dissertation: The Effects of Genre-Specific Planning and and High Stakes Testing Topoi Instruction on the Analytical Literary Arguments of High School Students Professor in charge of dissertation: James Raths, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Ralph Ferretti, Ph.D. Tracy Evian Waasdorp Human Development & Family Studies Margaret M. Mack Urban Affairs & Public Policy B.A., Muhlenberg College B.S.N., University of Delaware M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania M.A., New York University Dissertation: Coping With Relational Aggression Within Dissertation: Stress and Farming — An Unsustainable Relationship Children’s Close Friendships Professor in charge of disseration: Margaret J. Wilder, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Aparna Bagdi, Ph.D.

33 34 Bethany J. Welch Urban Affairs & Public Policy Kristen Leigh Kuhn Marine Studies B.S., Roberts Wesleyan College B.S., Pennsylvania State University M.S., University of Rochester M.S., University of Maine, Orono Dissertation: The Catholic Church and Urban Revitalization: Dissertation: Assessment of Genetic Structure in Three A Case Study of the Office for Community Development Southern Ocean Fishes Revealed by Mitrochondrial and of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Nuclear Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPS) Professor in charge of dissertation: Margaret G. Wilder, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: Patrick M. Gaffney, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Ann McCliment Marine Studies COLLEGE OF MARINE AND EARTH STUDIES B.S., Texas A&M University –Galveston Dean Nancy M. Targett Dissertation: Phylogenetic and Metabolic Diversity of Microbial Communities Inhabiting Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Ecosystems Doctor of Philosophy Professor in charge of dissertation: S. Craig Cary, Ph.D.

Brian Patrick Boutin Marine Studies Coren Audrey Milbury Marine Studies B.S., University of North Carolina –Wilmington B.S., University of New Hampshire Dissertation: Tidal Tributaries and Adjacent Nearshore Areas as M.S., University of Delaware Nursery Habitat for Juvenile Sciaenid Fishes and Blue Dissertation: The Mitochondrial Genome of the Eastern Oyster, Crabs in Delaware Bay and the Delaware Coastal Bays Crassostrea Virginica: The Complete DNA Sequence and Its Professor in charge of dissertation: Timothy E. Targett, Ph.D. Application in Local Restoration Efforts Damian Coman Brady Marine Studies Professor in charge of dissertation: Patrick M. Gaffney, Ph.D. B.S., Roger Williams University Dissertation: Behavior of Juvenile Estuary-Dependent Fish in Tommy S. Moore Marine Studies Relation to the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of B.S., University of Montana –Missoula Dielcycling Hypoxia in an Estuarine Tributary M.A., Boston University Professor in charge of dissertation: Timothy E. Targett, Ph.D. Dissertation: Coupling Chemical, Physical and Biological Elif Demir Oceanography Sensors for Time Series Analysis of Deep Sea Hydrothermal B.S., Ege Universitesi, Turkey Vent and Coastal Environments M.S., Old Dominion University Professor in charge of dissertation: George W. Luther III, Ph.D. Dissertation: Application of Traditional and Molecular Karen Nicole Pelletreau Marine Studies Methods to Taxonomy, Ecology, and Ecophysiology of Raphidophytes and a Novel Genus B.S., University of New Hampshire Professor in charge of dissertation: David A. Hutchins, Ph.D. M.S., Western Washington University Dissertation: The Application of Molecular Tools Towards Lisa Sandra Krimsky Marine Studies the Study of Brown Algal Chemical Ecology and the B.S., University of Maryland –College Park Production of Phlorotannins Dissertation: The Analysis of Pre- and Post-Settlement Professor in charge of dissertation: Nancy M. Targett, Ph.D. Events of the Florida Stone Crab, Menippe Mercenaria (Say) Professor in charge of dissertation: Charles Epifanio, Ph.D. Kevin J. Portune Marine Studies Andrew D. Krueger Marine Studies B.S., Marquette University B.S., University of Miami Dissertation: Improved Detection Methods for Harmful Dissertation: Valuing Public Preferences for Offshore Wind Power: Algal Germination and Cyst Distribution Within Delaware’s A Choice Experiment Approach Inland Bays, USA Professor in charge of dissertation: Jeremy Firestone, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation: S. Craig Cary, Ph.D. 35 36 INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS

Doctor of Philosophy

Sudhaker Chhabra Biomechanics & Movement Science B.Tech., Indian Institute of Techology, Delhi, India M.S.M.E., University of Delaware Dissertation: Fluid Flow and Particle Dispersion in Lung Acini Professor in charge of dissertation: Ajay K. Prasad, Ph.D.

Adam Matthew Fullenkamp Biomechanics & Movement Science B.S., University of Toledo M.S., University of Toledo Dissertation: A Hybrid Gait Recognition Solution Using Video and Ground Contact Information Professor in charge of dissertation: James G. Richards, Ph.D.

Wei-Li Hsu Biomechanics & Movement Science B.S., National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan M.S., National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan Dissertation: Multi-Joint Coordination Underlies Upright Postural Control Professor in charge of dissertation: John P. Scholz, Ph.D., P.T.

John David Willson Biomechanics & Movement Science B.S., University of Minnesota –Minneapolis M.P.T., Wisconsin State University –LaCrosse Dissertation: Hip Strength and Lower Extremity Mechanics in Females With and Without Patellofemoral Pain Professor in charge of dissertation: Irene S. Davis, Ph.D., P.T.

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