Upcoming Ph.D. Dissertation Defenses
This page lists upcoming thesis defense presentations. You may access an archive of all those that have been posted here
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Xiao Huang
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EFFECTS OF SURFACE STRUCTURES ON SURFACE CHARGING AND ANION ADSORPTION BEHAVIORS OF ALUMINUM AND IRON OXIDES |
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| Defense Date: | Wednesday, December 9, 2009 |
| Location: | Johnson Center, 3rd floor meeting room G, 2:00 p.m. |
| Department: | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Director: | Dr. Gregory D. Foster |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Ganiraju Manyam
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Global Patterns of Changes in the Gene Expression Associated With Genesis of Cancer |
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| Defense Date: | Tuesday, December 1, 2009 |
| Location: | Prince William Campus, Occoquan Bldg., Room 203, 11:30 a.m. |
| Department: | Molecular and Microbiology |
| Director: | Dr. Ancha Baranova |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - William Baedke
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INVESTIGATION OF SPACE-CHARGE-LIMITED CURRENTS |
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| Defense Date: | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| Location: | Research I, Room 301, 12:00 p.m. |
| Department: | Computational and Data Sciences |
| Director: | Dr. Jose Velazco |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Geoffrey Cook
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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH APPARENTLY HEALTHY AND DISEASED CORALS INHABITING THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION |
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| Defense Date: | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| Location: | Research I, Room 162, 2-4 p.m. |
| Department: | Environmental Science and Policy |
| Director: | Dr. Robert Jonas |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Haiying Lin
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STRATEGIC ALLIANCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS |
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| Defense Date: | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
| Location: | Student Union Building II, Room 1 & 2, 12:00 pm |
| Department: | Environmental Science and Policy |
| Director: | Dr. Nicole Darnall |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Nirmala Akula
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A NETWORK-BASED APPROACH TO PRIORITIZE RESULTS FROM GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES (GWAS) IN MULTIGENIC TRAITS
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| Defense Date: | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
| Location: | Prince William Campus, Room 132 Bull Run Hall, 2:00 p.m. |
| Department: | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
| Director: | Dr. Donald Seto |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Ms. Christine A. Tedrow
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USING REMOTE SENSING, ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING, AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR RIFT VALLEY FEVER RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE UNITED STATES |
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| Defense Date: | Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| Location: | Prince William Campus, Discovery Hall Auditorium, 1:00 p.m. |
| Department: | |
| Director: | Charles L. Bailey, Ph.D., National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Andrew Corrigan
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KERNEL-BASED MESHLESS METHODS |
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| Defense Date: | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| Location: | Research I, Room 161, 9:00 a.m. |
| Department: | |
| Director: | Dr. John Wallin and Dr. Thomas Wanner |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Johan Bjursell
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TESTING FOR JUMPS AND MODELING VOLATILITY IN ASSET PRICES |
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| Defense Date: | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| Location: | Enterprise Hall, Dean's Conference Room (Room 204), 12:30 p.m. |
| Department: | |
| Director: | Dr. James E. Gentle |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Blane A. Laubis
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OPTIMAL INVESTMENT ALLOCATION IN A JUMP DIFFUSION RISK MODEL WITH BOND AND STOCK INVESTMENTS: AN ANALYSIS OF SEVERAL EXAMPLES |
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| Defense Date: | Monday, April 27, 2009 |
| Location: | Research I, Room #302, 12:00 Noon |
| Department: | Computational and Data Sciences |
| Director: | Dr. Jeng-Eng Lin |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Gary L. Page
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EXPLORING THE WEAK LIMIT OF GRAVITY AT SOLAR SYSTEM SCALES |
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| Defense Date: | Friday, April 24, 2009 |
| Location: | Research I, Room 302, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
| Department: | |
| Director: | Dr. John F. Wallin |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Jill Bigley Dunham
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ON EXTREMAL COIN GRAPHS, FLOWERS, AND THEIR RATIONAL REPRESENTATIONS |
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| Defense Date: | Thursday, April 23, 2009 |
| Location: | Enterprise Hall, Room 77, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
| Department: | Mathematical Sciences |
| Director: | Dr. Geir Agnarsson |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Robert F. Allen
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A CLASS OF OPERATORS WITH SYMBOL ON THE BLOCH SPACE OF A BOUNDED HOMOGENEOUS DOMAIN
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| Defense Date: | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
| Location: | Thompson Hall, Room 106, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
| Department: | Mathematical Sciences |
| Director: | Dr. Flavia Colonna |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Alex B. Owusu
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DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING THE EXTENT OF DESERTIFICATION AND ITS IMPACT IN THE SEMI-ARID SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF THE UPPER EAST REGION, GHANA |
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| Defense Date: | Monday, April 20, 2009 |
| Location: | Research I, Room 162, 9:30 - 12:00 noon |
| Department: | |
| Director: | Dr. Sheryl Beach & Dr. Guido Cervone |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Xiaohua Pan
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THE IMPACT OF MEAN CLIMATE ON ENSO SIMULATION AND PREDICTION |
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| Defense Date: | Friday, April 17, 2009 |
| Location: | Research I, Room 161, 11:00 a.m. |
| Department: | |
| Director: | Dr. Jagadish Shukla, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Science |