|
|
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Arash R. Bashirullah
|
(Biology)
|
B.Sc., The University of Winnipeg 1989; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1992.
|
Thesis: Temporal and Spatial Control of RNA Stability
in the Early Embryo of Drosophila melanogaster.
|
|
Aaron Paul Batista
|
(Computation and Neural Systems)
|
B.A., B.S.E., University of Pennsylvania 1994; M.S.E.,
1994.
|
Thesis: Contributions of Parietal Cortex to Reach Planning.
|
|
Hannah Dvorak-Carbone
|
(Biology)
|
B.Sc., Queen's University 1992.
|
Thesis: Contribution of the Temporoammonic Pathway to
Hippocampal Processing.
|
|
Suzanne Elsasser
|
(Molecular Biology and Biochemistry)
|
B.S., The Catholic University of America 1987.
|
Thesis: Regulation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DNA Replication Protein Cdc6p by the Cyclin Dependent
Kinases.
|
|
Joanna L. Jankowsky
|
(Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology)
|
B.A., Amherst College 1991.
|
Thesis: The Regulation and Role of Cytokines in Models
of Synaptic Activity and Plasticity.
|
|
Li (Lily) Jiang
|
(Biology)
|
B.S., Tsinghua University 1993.
|
Thesis: Interactions of Multiple Signaling Pathways Generate
Tail Patterning during the Development of Caenorhabditis
elegans.
|
|
José Angel Lebrón
|
(Molecular Biology and Biochemistry)
|
B.S., University of Puerto Rico 1993.
|
Thesis: Biochemical and Biophysical Characterization
of the Hemochromatosis Protein HFE and Its Interaction
with the Transferrin Receptor.
|
|
Jennifer Fran Linden
|
(Computation and Neural Systems)
|
S.B., Harvard College 1991.
|
Thesis: Responses to Auditory Stimuli in Macaque Lateral
Intraparietal Area.
|
|
Katrina Marie MacLeod
|
(Biology)
|
B.A., The Johns Hopkins University 1992.
|
Thesis: Mechanisms and Function of Neural Synchronization
in an Insect Olfactory System.
|
|
Sandra Marie Malakauskas
|
(Biology)
|
B.S., University of California, Davis 1994.
|
Thesis: A Study of Boundary Residues in Protein Design.
|
|
Maneesh Sahani
|
(Computation and Neural Systems)
|
B.S., California Institute of Technology 1993.
|
Thesis: Latent Variable Models for Neural Data Analysis.
|
|
Lixin Tang
|
(Biology {major} and Computer Science {minor})
|
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
1989; M.S., 1992; M.S., California Institute of Technology
1996.
|
Thesis: Role for the Cadherin Family of Cell Adhesion
Molecules in Synaptic Function in the Adult Hippocampus.
|
|
Christopher Robert Trotta
|
(Molecular Biology and Biochemistry)
|
B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1992.
|
Thesis: The Composition, Function, and Evolution of the
tRNA Splicing Endonuclease.
|
|
Roger Alan Wagner
|
(Biology)
|
B.S., Michigan State University 1984.
|
Thesis: Muscle Differentiation Pathways and Withdrawal
from the Cell Cycle: The Role of Cyclin Dependent Kinase
Inhibitors in Muscle Differentiation.
|
|
Hai Wang
|
(Biology)
|
B.S., University of Washington 1992.
|
Thesis: Transmembrane Ephrin Ligands in Neural and Vascular
Development.
|
|
Michael Stephen Wehr
|
(Computation and Neural Systems)
|
Sc.B., Brown University 1991.
|
Thesis: Oscillatory Sequences of Firing in the Locust
Olfactory System: Mechanisms and Functional Significance.
|
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
|
|
Cheryl Marie Anderson
|
(Chemical Engineering and Applied Physics)
|
B.Sc., The University of Calgary 1992; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1995.
|
Thesis: Two-Dimensional Photonic Band Gap Crystals.
|
|
Eldon Eugene Baird
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.A. (Biology), B.A. (Chemistry),
University of California, Santa Cruz 1993.
|
Thesis: Solid Phase Synthesis of DNA-Binding Small Molecules.
|
|
Helen Elizabeth Blackwell
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.A., Oberlin College 1994.
|
Thesis: New Synthetic Applications for Ring-Closing Metathesis
and Cross-Metathesis Employing Well-Defined Ruthenium
Alkylidenes.
|
|
Kenneth A. Brameld
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., University of Washington 1993.
|
Thesis: Molecular Modeling of Biological Systems: From
Chitinase A to Z-DNA.
|
|
Scott Reynolds Carter
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.A., Amherst College 1992.
|
Thesis: Sequence-Specific Minor Groove Binding Polyamides:
DNA Recognition and Applications.
|
|
Pin Chen
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., University of California, Berkeley 1991.
|
Thesis: Terahertz Generation via Optical-Heterodyne Conversion:
Development of a New Far-Infrared Spectrometer and Its
Applications toward a Better Understanding of Nonrigid,
Astronomically Important Molecules.
|
|
Christopher L. Claypool
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., Southern Methodist University 1993.
|
Thesis: Why Molecules Look the Way They Do in STM: A
Systematic Functional Group Approach.
|
|
Brett James Doleman
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.Sc., University of New Brunswick 1994.
|
Thesis: Study and Development of an "Electronic Nose"
and Comparison with Mammalian Olfaction.
|
|
Arnel Manasan Fajardo
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., Florida State University 1993.
|
Thesis: Rate Constants for Charge Transfer Across the
Semiconductor/Liquid Interface.
|
|
Neil Anthony Farrow
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.Sc., Portsmouth Polytechnic 1988.
|
Thesis: Investigation of Electron Transfer in an Alpha
Helical Protein.
|
|
David Roger Foss
|
(Chemical Engineering)
|
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1994; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1997.
|
Thesis: Rheological Behavior of Colloidal Suspensions:
the Effects of Hydrodynamic Interactions.
|
|
Amy Pangborn Giardello
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.A., Cornell University 1992.
|
Thesis: Ruthenium Mediated Olefin Metathesis: Materials
with Controlled Microstructure and Functionalization.
|
|
Bryan Christopher Hathorn
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.A. (Chemistry), B.A. (Mathematics),
Haverford College 1991.
|
Thesis: Statistical Calculations of Ozone Isotopomeric
Rate Constants.
|
|
Yonglin Hu
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., Peking University 1986; M.S., 1989.
|
Thesis: Crystal Structures of ModA from Escherichia
coli and Formaldehyde Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase from
Pyrococcus furiosus.
|
|
Gyeong Soon Hwang
|
(Chemical Engineering)
|
B.S., Seoul National University 1991; M.S., 1993;
M.S., California Institute of Technology 1998.
|
Thesis: Plasma-Surface Interactions and the Physics of
Charging Damage during Plasma Processing of Semiconductors.
|
|
Brian Anthony Jackson
|
(Chemistry and Science, Ethics, and Society)
|
B.S., Haverford College 1994.
|
Thesis: Recognition of Base Mismatches in DNA by Chrysenequinone
Diimine Intercalators of Rhodium (III).
|
|
Christopher W. Jones
|
(Chemical Engineering and Chemistry)
|
B.S., The University of Michigan 1995; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1997.
|
Thesis: Organic-Functionalized Molecular Sieves (OFMS'S):
A New Class of Materials.
|
|
Alexander Katz
|
(Chemical Engineering)
|
B.Ch.E., University of Minnesota 1992; M.S., 1994.
|
Thesis: The Synthesis and Characterization of Molecularly
Imprinted Materials.
|
|
Shana O. Kelley
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., Seton Hall University 1994.
|
Thesis: Electron Transfer through the DNA Double Helix:
Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Studies.
|
|
Chang Hee Kim
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.A., Harvey Mudd College 1991.
|
Thesis: Site-Specific Chemical Modification and Crosslinking
Studies of U6 snRNA in the Yeast spliceosome.
|
|
Chuo-Han Lee
|
(Chemistry) |
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles 1992.
|
Thesis: Electron-Molecule Collisions in Semiconductor-Processing
Plasmas.
|
|
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(Chemistry)
|
B.S., University of California, Davis 1993.
|
Thesis: I. Gas Phase Proton Affinity of Zwitterionic
Betaine. II. High Resolution Spectroscopy of Trapped Ions:
Concept and Design.
|
|
Chih-hsiu Lin
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., National Taiwan University 1990.
|
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Hyperbranched
Polyradicals.
|
|
David Michael Lynn
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., University of South Carolina 1994.
|
Thesis: Water-Soluble Ruthenium Alkylidene Complexes:
Synthesis and Application to Olefin Metathesis in Protic
Solvents.
|
|
Seth Adrian Miller
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.A., Carleton College 1992.
|
Thesis: Magnetic Interactions in Molecular Materials.
|
|
Cynthia Ann Parrish
|
(Chemistry)
|
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1992.
|
Thesis: Synthesis of an a
,3-Dehydrotoluene Biradical Precursor with DNA Cleaving
Activity and Studies Directed toward the Total Synthesis
of Tetracycline.
|
| Ronald S. Rock, Jr. |
(Chemistry)
|
S.B., The University of Chicago 1992.
|
Thesis: Caged Polypeptides for the Rapid Triggering of
Protein Conformational Change.
|
|
Geneviève Sauvé
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.Sc., Concordia University 1994.
|
Thesis: Dye Sensitization of Nanocrystalline Titanium
Dioxide with Osmium and Ruthenium Polypyridine Complexes.
|
|
Jason Charles Schense
|
(Chemical Engineering and Biology)
|
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1994;
M.S., California Institute of Technology 1996.
|
Thesis: Enzymatic Incorporation of Bidomain Peptides
into Fibrin Matrices for Directed Enhancement of Three-Dimensional
in vitro Neurite Outgrowth and in vivo Nerve
Regeneration.
|
|
Erik Jon Severin
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.A., Macalester College 1990.
|
Thesis: Array-Based Vapor Sensing Using Conductive Carbon
Black-Polymer Composite Thin Film Detectors.
|
|
Jason W. Szewczyk
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.A., Northwestern University 1993; M.S., 1993.
|
Thesis: Design of Ligands for Sequence-Specific Recognition
of the Minor-Major Grooves of DNA.
|
|
John Wesley Trauger
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., Stanford University 1993.
|
Thesis: Design of DNA-Binding Polyamides for Regulation
of Gene Expression.
|
|
Marc Alexander Unger
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., Union College 1993.
|
Thesis: Advances in High-Resolution Probes for Scanning
Probe Microscopy.
|
|
Michael Allen Vicic
|
(Chemical Engineering)
|
B.S., The University of Akron 1992.
|
Thesis: Rheology and Microstructure of Complex Fluids:
Dispersions, Emulsions and Polymer Solutions.
|
|
Paul A. Wagner
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., University of Wisconsin—Madison 1993.
|
Thesis: Structural Investigations of Zeolites.
|
|
Guangyang Wang
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
1992.
|
Thesis: Design and Synthesis of Photoreleasable Ubiquinol
and Its Biologically Active Analogues.
|
|
Marcus Weck
|
(Chemistry)
|
Diplom Chemiker, Universität Mainz 1994.
|
Thesis: Olefin Metathesis for the Synthesis of Supramolecular
Structures.
|
|
Sarah White
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., The University of Texas at Austin 1993.
|
Thesis: Recognition of All Four Watson-Crick Base Pairs
in the Minor Groove of DNA by Synthetic Ligands.
|
|
Thomas Edward Wilhelm
|
(Chemistry)
|
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1994.
|
Thesis: Easier and More Efficient Methods for the Generation
of Metathesis Catalysts: Investigations into Group VI
and VIII.
|
|
Sheng Wu
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.Sc. (Chemistry), B.Sc. (Physics), Beijing
University 1992; M.S., California Institute of Technology
1995.
|
Thesis: Development of Broadly Tunable Light Sources
and Their Application to Alkali Metal-Small Molecule Cluster
Spectroscopy.
|
|
Chung-hei Yeung
|
(Chemical Engineering and Control and Dynamical Systems)
|
B.S., Case Western Reserve University 1993; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1996.
|
Thesis: Nonlinear Control of Rotating Stall and Surge
with Axisymmetric Bleed and Air Injection on Axial Flow
Compressors.
|
|
Bo Yu
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.Sc., Tsinghua University 1990; M.S., University of Utah
1992.
|
Thesis: An Engineered Mutant of G Protein a
Subunit that Binds Xanthine Nucleotide but Not Guanine
Nucleotide.
|
|
Dongping Zhong
|
(Chemistry)
|
B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology
1985; M.S. (Laser Physics), 1988; M.S. (Physical
Chemistry), Kansas State University 1993.
|
Thesis: Femtosecond Molecular Dynamics of Complex Reactions.
|
Division of Engineering and Applied Science
|
|
Keri Ann Aivazis
|
(Applied Mathematics)
|
B.S., Southern Methodist University 1994; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1996.
|
Thesis: A Spherical Vortex Model for Homogeneous Turbulence.
|
|
Alicia Cristina Alonzo
|
(Applied Physics)
|
B.S., Cornell University 1993; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1995.
|
Thesis: Effects of Geometry on the Wet Thermal Oxidation
of Aluminum Arsenide.
|
|
Noel Lakshman Benedict
|
(Mechanical Engineering)
|
B.S., Lafayette College 1993; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1994.
|
Thesis: Buoyant Flows in Vertical Channels Relating to
Smoke Movement in High-Rise Building Fires.
|
|
Christopher Llewellyn Bond
|
(Aeronautics)
|
B.S., California Institute of Technology 1989;
M.S., 1990.
|
Thesis: Reynolds Number Effects on Mixing in the Turbulent
Shear Layer.
|
|
Jean-Yves Bouguet
|
(Electrical Engineering)
|
Diplôme d'Ingénieur, École Supérieure
d'Ingénieurs en Électrotechnique et Électronique
1994; M.S., California Institute of Technology 1994.
|
Thesis: Visual Methods for Three-Dimensional Modeling.
|
|
Paul Martin Bridger
|
(Applied Physics)
|
B.Sc., University of Waterloo 1994; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1996.
|
Thesis: Development of Apertureless Microscopy and Force
Microscopy of GaN and CeO2.
|
|
Francesco Bullo
|
(Control and Dynamical Systems)
|
Laurea, Università degli Studi di Padova
1994.
|
Thesis: Nonlinear Control of Mechanical Systems: A Riemannian
Geometry Approach.
|
|
Anders Elof Carlson
|
(Civil Engineering)
|
B.S., Cornell University 1988; M.Eng, 1989.
|
Thesis: Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Inelastic Analysis
of Steel Moment-Frame Buildings Damaged by Earthquake
Excitations.
|
|
Xiao-chang Cheng
|
(Applied Physics)
|
B.Sc. (Engineering Physics), University
of Alberta 1992; B.Sc. (Honors Physics), 1993; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1997.
|
Thesis: Investigation of New Devices and Characterization
Techniques in the III-V Semiconductor System.
|
|
Haein Choi-Yim
|
(Materials Science)
|
B.S., Sookmyung University 1989; M.S., 1991; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1995.
|
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Bulk Metallic
Glass Matrix Composites.
|
|
Patrick Yung-Shie Chuang
|
(Environmental Engineering Science)
|
B.Sc., University of Alberta 1992; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1994.
|
Thesis: Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Cloud
Condensation Nuclei.
|
|
Andria Michelle Costello
|
(Environmental Engineering Science)
|
B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology 1992; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1995.
|
Thesis: Molecular Ecology Studies of Methanotrophs in
a Freshwater Lake Sediment.
|
|
Jean-Paul Davis
|
(Aeronautics)
|
B.S., Cornell University 1992; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1993.
|
Thesis: High-Enthalpy Shock/Boundary-Layer Interaction
on a Double Wedge.
|
|
Jeffrey Allen Dickson
|
(Electrical Engineering)
|
B.Sc., The University of Manitoba 1990; M.Sc., 1992.
|
Thesis: Integration of Analog VLSI and Thin Films: Towards
an Electronic Nose.
|
|
Yalchin R. Efendiev
|
(Applied Mathematics)
|
Diploma, Moscow State University 1993.
|
Thesis: The Multiscale Finite Element Method (MsFEM)
and Its Applications.
|
|
Donal A. Gallagher
|
(Applied Mathematics)
|
B.Sc., University College Dublin 1992; M.Sc., 1993.
|
Thesis: Saffman-Taylor Fingers in Deformed Hele-Shaw
Cells.
|
|
Mohammad Reza Gharib
|
(Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics)
|
B.S., California Institute of Technology 1992; M.S., 1993.
|
Thesis: Vortex-Induced Vibration, Absence of Lock-In,
and Fluid Force Deduction.
|
|
James Gleeson
|
(Applied Mathematics)
|
B.Sc., University College Dublin 1994; M.Sc., 1995.
|
Thesis: Random Advection of a Passive Scalar.
|
|
Gavin B. Horn
|
(Electrical Engineering)
|
B.A.Sc., University of Toronto 1995; M.S., California Institute
of Technology 1996.
|
Thesis: Iterative Decoding and Pseudo-Codewords.
|
|
Yun Huang
|
(Electrical Engineering)
|
B.E., Tsinghua University 1992; M.S., California Institute
of Technology 1993.
|
Thesis: Nonlinear Optimal Control: An Enhanced Quasi-LPV
Approach.
|
|
Anne Marie Jorunn Johansen
|
(Environmental Engineering Science and Geology)
|
B.S., University of Oslo 1989; M.S., 1991; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1995.
|
Thesis: Aerosol Chemistry Over Remote Oceanic Regions.
|
|
Michael Jiro Kaneshige
|
(Mechanical Engineering)
|
B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1993; M.S., California Institute of Technology 1994.
|
Thesis: Gaseous Detonation Initiation and Stabilization
by Hypervelocity Projectiles.
|
|
Sung Phill Kang
|
(Applied Mathematics)
|
B.A., University of California, Berkeley 1991.
|
Thesis: A Study of Viscous Flow Past Axisymmetric and
Two-Dimensional Bodies.
|
|
Sven Hiralal Khatri
|
(Electrical Engineering)
|
B.S., University of Maryland, College Park 1992; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1994.
|
Thesis: Extensions to the Structured Singular Value.
|
|
Ahmet Kiraç
|
(Electrical Engineering)
|
B.S., Bilkent University 1993; M.S., California Institute
of Technology 1994.
|
Thesis: Optimal Orthonormal Subband Coding and Lattice
Quantization with Vector Dithering.
|
|
Michael John Kleeman
|
(Environmental Engineering Science)
|
B.A.Sc., University of Waterloo 1993; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1994.
|
Thesis: Source Contributions to the Size and Composition
Distribution of Urban Particulate Air Pollution.
|
|
Patrick M. Lahey
|
(Applied Mathematics)
|
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1990; M.S.,
1991.
|
Thesis: A Fixed-Grid Numerical Method for Dendritic Solidification
with Natural Convection.
|
|
Sharon Lynn Laubach
|
(Electrical Engineering)
|
B.A., M.A., The University of Virginia 1990; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1992.
|
Thesis: Theory and Experiments in Autonomous Sensor-Based
Motion Planning with Applications for Flight Planetary
Microrovers.
|
|
Patrick Lemieux
|
(Mechanical Engineering)
|
B.Sc., University of New Brunswick 1991; M.Sc., Cranfield
Institute of Technology 1992.
|
Thesis: The Instability of Shear Layers Produced by Curved
Shocks.
|
|
Ivett Alejandra Leyva
|
(Aeronautics and French)
|
B.A., Whitman College 1994; B.S., California Institute
of Technology 1994; M.S., California Institute of Technology
1995.
|
Thesis: Shock Detachment Process on Cones in Hypervelocity
Flows.
|
|
Hui Li
|
(Mechanical Engineering)
|
B.S., University of Rochester 1994.
|
Thesis: Evolutionary Techniques Applied to Mask-Layout
Synthesis in Micro-Mechanical-Electronic Systems (MEMS).
|
|
Shijie Li
|
(Electrical Engineering)
|
B.S., Tsinghua University 1988; M.S., 1991; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1993.
|
Thesis: UHF and X-Band Class-E Amplifiers.
|
|
Thomas Lloyd
|
(Environmental Engineering Science and Chemistry)
|
B.S., University of California, Berkeley 1993; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1995.
|
Thesis: Dissolution of Fe(III) and Mn(III, IV)- (hydr)oxides
by Deferrioxamine B.
|
|
Mark K. Long
|
(Mechanical Engineering)
|
B.S., Lehigh University 1987; M.S., Stanford University
1988.
|
Thesis: Computer Aided Mask Layout for Anisotropic Etch
Photolithography.
|
|
Philip Christopher Love
|
(Applied Mathematics)
|
B.Sc., University of Warwick 1994.
|
Thesis: Bifurcations in Kolmogorov and Taylor-Vortex
Flows.
|
|
Patrice Michel Maheo
|
(Aeronautics)
|
Diplôme d'Ingénieur, École
Centrale de Lille 1992; M.S., California Institute of Technology
1993.
|
Thesis: Free-Surface Turbulent Shear Flows.
|
|
Rajit Manohar
|
(Computer Science)
|
B.S., California Institute of Technology 1994; M.S., 1995.
|
Thesis: The Impact of Asynchrony on Computer Architecture.
|
|
Dragan S. Maric
|
(Electrical Engineering)
|
B.S.E.E., The University of Belgrade 1994; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1996.
|
Thesis: Advanced Flux Weakening Techniques for Surface-Mounted
Permanent-Magnet Machine Drives.
|
|
Andreas Masuhr
|
(Materials Science)
|
Diplom Physiker, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
1994.
|
Thesis: Viscous Flow and Crystallization of Bulk Metallic
Glass Forming Liquids.
|
|
Franklin Gregory Monzon
|
(Applied Physics)
|
B.S.E., Princeton University 1993; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1995.
|
Thesis: Semiconductor Magnetoelectronics and Prospects
for a Spin Transistor.
|
|
Charles Art Ofria
|
(Computation and Neural Systems)
|
B.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook
1994.
|
Thesis: Evolution of Genetic Codes.
|
|
Roberto Paiella
|
(Applied Physics)
|
B.S., Columbia University 1993; M.S., 1994.
|
Thesis: Physics and Applications of Four-Wave Mixing
in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers.
|
|
Denis Joseph Phares
|
(Environmental Engineering Science)
|
B.S., Villanova University 1992; M.S., California Institute
of Technology 1994.
|
Thesis: Particle Resuspension from Surfaces.
|
|
Eric C. Piquette
|
(Applied Physics)
|
B.S., Colorado School of Mines 1993; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1996.
|
Thesis: Molecular Beam Heteroepitaxial Growth and Characterization
of Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Films and Devices.
|
|
Spyridoula Polly Preventza
|
(Electrical Engineering)
|
Diploma, National Technical University of Athens
1993; M.S., California Institute of Technology 1994.
|
Thesis: Analysis and Design for Quasi-Optical Structures.
|
|
James Alan Primbs
|
(Control and Dynamical Systems)
|
B.S.E.E., B.S., University of California Davis 1994; M.S.E.E.,
Stanford University 1995.
|
Thesis: Nonlinear Optimal Control: A Receding Horizon
Approach.
|
|
Sam Tawfik Roweis
|
(Computation and Neural Systems)
|
B.A.Sc., University of Toronto 1994.
|
Thesis: Data Driven Production Models for Speech Processing.
|
|
Kurt Schenk
|
(Electrical Engineering)
|
Diplom, Die Ingenieurschule Burgdorf 1989.
|
Thesis: Power Factor Correction Topologies and Small-Signal
Modeling. I: Single-Phase and Three-Phase Power Factor
Correction. II. Small-Signal Analysis of Converters in
Discontinuous Conduction Mode.
|
|
Michael Joseph Scott
|
(Mechanical Engineering)
|
A.B., Harvard College 1986; M.S., California Institute
of Technology 1994.
|
Thesis: Formalizing Negotiation in Engineering Design.
|
|
Benjamin Shapiro
|
(Control and Dynamical Systems)
|
B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology 1995.
|
Thesis: Passive Control of Flutter and Forced Response
in Bladed Disks via Mistuning.
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Shaun S. Shariff
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(Aeronautics and German)
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B.S.(Aerospace Engineering), B.S.(Ocean Engineering),
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1992;
M.S., California Institute of Technology 1993.
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Thesis: Numerical Simulation of Viscous Reacting Hypersonic
Flow Past Cones.
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Yi-Chung Shu
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(Applied Mechanics and Materials Science)
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B.S., National Taiwan University 1990; M.S., 1992.
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Thesis: Shape-Memory Effect in Bulk and Thin-Film Polycrystals.
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Andrew Brett Slatkin
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(Mechanical Engineering)
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B.S., University of California, Los Angeles 1990; M.S.,
1990.
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Thesis: Modeling and Experiments for a Class of Robotic
Endoscopes.
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Xubo Song
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(Electrical Engineering)
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B.E., Tsinghua University 1992.
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Thesis: Contextual Pattern Recognition with Applications
to Biomedical Image Identification.
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Randall Richard Spangler
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(Computation and Neural Systems)
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B.S., Harvey Mudd College 1992.
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Thesis: Rule-Based Analysis and Generation of Music.
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Tricia Ann Waniewski
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(Mechanical Engineering)
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B.S., Pennsylvania State University 1993; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1994.
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Thesis: Air Entrainment by Bow Waves.
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Nancy A. Winfree
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(Applied Mechanics)
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B.S., The University of Michigan 1984; M.S., 1986.
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Thesis: Impact-Induced Phase Transformations in Elastic
Solids: A Continuum Study Including Numerical Simulations
for GeO2.
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John A. Wright
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(Electrical Engineering)
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B.A., Dartmouth College 1991; B.E., Thayer School
of Engineering 1992.
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Thesis: Through-Wafer 3-D Micromachining and Its Applications
for Neural Interfaces and Microrelays.
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Lihao Xu
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(Electrical Engineering)
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B.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University 1988; M.S., 1991; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1996.
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Thesis: Highly Available Distributed Storage Systems.
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Meina Xu
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(Electrical Engineering)
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B.S., University of Hawaii at Manoa 1995; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1997.
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Thesis: Iterative Decoding and Graphical Code Representations.
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Xing Yang
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(Electrical Engineering)
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B.Sc., Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
1991; M.Sc., 1994.
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Thesis: Micromachined Silicone Rubber Membrane Valves
for Fluidic Applications.
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Division of Geological and Planetary Science
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Mark Joseph Abolins
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(Geology)
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B.A., University of California, Berkeley 1992; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1996.
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Thesis: I. Stratigraphic Constraints on the Number of
Discrete Neoproterozoic Glaciations and the Relationship
between Glaciation and Ediacaran Evolution. II. The Kwichup
Spring Thrust in the Northwestern Spring Mountains, Nevada:
Implications for Large-Magnitude Extension and the Structure
of the Cordilleran Thrust Belt.
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Kathleen Gabrielle Holland
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(Geophysics)
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B.A., Pomona College 1990; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 1995.
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Thesis: Phase Changes and Transport Properties of Geophysical
Materials under Shock Loading.
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Miriam Jackson
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(Geophysics)
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B.Sc., University College London 1985; M.S., The
Ohio State University 1990.
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Thesis: Dynamics of the Shear Margin of Ice Stream B,
West Antarctica.
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David M. Kass
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(Planetary Science and Applied Computation)
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B.S., University of Dayton 1992.
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Thesis: Change in the Martian Atmosphere.
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Cangli Liu
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(Geophysics and Aeronautics)
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B.S., Changsha Institute of Technology 1982; M.S., University
of Science and Technology of China 1993.
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Thesis: 1. Rigid Body Penetration into Brittle Material.
2. Phase Change Effect on Shock Wave Propagation.
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Timothy Ian Melbourne
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(Geophysics)
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B.A., Reed College 1991; B.S., California Institute
of Technology 1991.
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Thesis: I. Rupture Properties of Large Subduction Earthquakes.
II. Broadband Upper Mantle Structure of Western North
America.
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Jascha Polet
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(Geophysics)
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Drs., Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht 1992; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1994.
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Thesis: 1. Seismological Observations of Upper Mantle
Anisotropy. 2. Source Spectra of Shallow Subduction Zone
Earthquakes and Their Tsunamigenic Potential.
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Adam Peter Showman
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(Planetary Science and Geology)
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B.S., Stanford University 1991.
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Thesis: I. Dynamics at the Galileo Probe Site on Jupiter
and II. Orbital and Thermal Evolution of Ganymede.
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Igor A. Sidorin
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(Geophysics and Computer Science)
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B.S., Moscow State University 1993.
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Thesis: Dynamically Consistent Interpretation of the
Seismic Structure at the Base of the Mantle.
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James Anthony Spotila
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(Geology)
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B.S., Boston College 1992; M.S., California Institute of
Technology 1995.
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Thesis: The Neotectonics of the San Bernardino Mountains
and Adjacent San Andreas Fault: A Case Study of Uplift
Associated with Strike-Slip Fault Systems.
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Slawek M. Tulaczyk
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(Geology)
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Magister, University of Wroclaw 1990; M.S., Northern Illinois
University 1993; M.S., California Institute of Technology
1995.
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Thesis: Basal Mechanics and Geologic Record of Ice Streaming,
West Antarctica.
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Laura Eileen Wasylenki
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(Geology)
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B.S., Stanford University 1992; M.S., California Institute
of Technology 1995.
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Thesis: Partial Melting of Depleted Peridotite in the
Earth's Upper Mantle and Implications for Generation of
Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts.
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Division of Humanities and Social Science
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Paul Judd Coughlan
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(Social Science)
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B.A., The University of Virginia 1992; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1995.
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Garrett Edwin Glasgow
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(Social Science)
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B.A., University of California, Los Angeles 1995; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1998.
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Thesis: Issue Publics in American Politics.
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Christina Michelle Ramirez
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(Social Science)
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B.A., The University of Texas at Austin 1994; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1996.
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Thesis: Statistical and Econometric Analysis of the Treatment
of HIV/AIDS.
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Dean Victor Williamson
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(Social Science)
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B.A., Yale College 1989; M.S., London School of Economics
1994.
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Thesis: The Design of Agency Relations: Three Essays
on Contract Theory, Applications, and Experimentation.
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Jin Yu
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(Social Science)
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B.A., Institute of International Relations 1991;
M.A., University of Arkansas 1994; M.S., California Institute
of Technology 1996.
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Thesis: Discrete Approximations of Continuous Allocation
Mechanisms.
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Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
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Mina Aganagic
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(Physics)
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B.S., California Institute of Technology 1995.
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Thesis: String Theory on Calabi-Yau Manifolds: Topics
in Geometry and Physics.
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Dominic James Benford
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(Physics)
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B.A. (Applied Mathematics), B.A. (Physics),
University of California, Berkeley 1992; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1994.
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Thesis: Broadband Submillimeter Instrumentation for the
Detection of Distant Galaxies.
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Joshua Louis Bliss
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(Physics)
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A.B.., The University of Chicago 1992.
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Thesis: Collisional Studies of Ultracold Cesium.
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Paul Whitton Carter
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(Physics)
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B.A. (Mathematics), B.A. (Physics),
Rice University 1993; M.S., California Institute of Technology
1996.
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Thesis: The HERMES Experiment: I. Analyzing Powers in
Pion Electroproduction. II. The Aerogel Radiator of the
HERMES RICH.
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Johan Chu
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(Physics)
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B.S., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
1992.
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Thesis: Computational Explorations of Life.
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Christopher D. Fassnacht
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(Astronomy)
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A.B., Harvard College 1989.
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Thesis: Determining the Distance Scale with CLASS: Studies
of Two New Gravitational Lenses and a Measurement of the
Hubble Constant.
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Siddhartha Gadgil
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(Mathematics)
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B.S., Indian Statistical Institute 1995; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1998.
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Thesis: On the Geometric Simple-Connectivity of 4-Manifolds.
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Laura Elizabeth Grego
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(Physics)
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B.S., The University of Michigan 1992; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1996.
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Thesis: Galaxy Cluster Gas Fractions Interferometric
Observations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect.
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Roman O. Grigoriev
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(Physics)
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Phisicist, Moscow State University 1992.
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Thesis: Symmetry and Localized Control of Extended Chaotic
Systems.
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Andrei M. Khodakovsky
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(Mathematics)
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Diploma, St. Petersburg State University 1993.
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Thesis: Inverse Spectral Problem with Partial Information
on the Potential.
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Chao Ku
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(Mathematics)
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B.S., Peking University 1994; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1998.
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Thesis: Dade's Ordinary Conjecture for the Finite Unitary
Groups in the Defining Characteristic.
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Yuri Levin
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(Physics)
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B.Sc., University of Melbourne 1993.
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Thesis: Topics in Physics and Astrophysics of LIGO.
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Hans-Michael Müller
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(Physics)
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Diplom, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität 1992.
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Thesis: Fermionic Quantum Systems. Part I: Phase Transitions
in Quantum Dots. Part II: Nuclear Matter on a Lattice.
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Ben R. Oppenheimer
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(Astronomy)
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B.A., Columbia University 1994.
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Thesis: Direct Detection of Brown Dwarf Companions of
Nearby Stars.
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James Harvey Panetta
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(Physics)
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B.S., Drexel University 1991; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1993.
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Thesis: Decays of the ?(2S) Meson to Baryonic Final States.
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Nikolaos Efstathiou Sofronidis
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(Mathematics)
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B.S., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1995.
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Thesis: Topics in Descriptive Set Theory Related to Equivalence
Relations, Complex Borel and Analytic Sets.
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Iain W. Stewart
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(Physics)
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B.Sc., The University of Manitoba 1994; M.Sc.,
1995.
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Thesis: Applications of Chiral Perturbation Theory in
Reactions with Heavy Particles.
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Qing Yang
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(Mathematics)
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B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
1992; M.S., California Institute of Technology 1997.
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Thesis: The Seiberg-Witten Equations on 3-Manifolds with
Boundary.
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Douglas J. Zare
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(Mathematics)
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B.A., New College of the University of South Florida 1994.
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Thesis: Geometric Invariants in Contact Structures on
3-Manifolds.
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