Below is the listing of students who are eligible to participate in the
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Commencement 2007.

This list indicates names that will be printed in the
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Commencement 2007 program.

Latest update: 04/07/07

Final list posted: 04/20/07

Please do not send re-requests for additions or corrections until after the latest update date after you submitted your original request.


Please check this list to confirm that:
  1. Your name is listed
  2. Your name is spelled correctly

If your name is not listed:

Undergraduate students contact Peggy Lane, UB North Campus

Graduate students contact your department's graduate secretary

If your name is spelled incorrectly:

BOTH undergraduate and graduate students contact Peggy Lane, UB North Campus


 

Bachelor of Science
(BS)
Combined Degrees
Master of Engineering
(MEng)

Master of Science
(MS)

Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD)

 

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Aerospace Engineering B.S.

September 2006
Edward P. Demauro
Frederic Du
Peter Kovachi
Wern Huan Yam

February 2007
Christopher G. Alongi
Rebecca Frier
Adam V. Johnson
Omusamia S. Kadima
Jeremy N. Kruger
William N. Lubelski
Tucker C. Patnode

June 2007
Stephen S. Adam
Kurt W. Bessel
Erin K. Blass
Joshua M. Bogner
Brandon R. Brown
Zakery R. Carr
Wany Chong
Matthew W. Collom
David M. Fowler
Michael S. Hewson
Jordan T. Hough
Jarrett L. Kaczmarski
Jason M. Luce
Jeremy M. Marschke
Matthew T. McGurn
Bryan L. Mesmer
Keiichi Muramatsu
Craig R. Rudzinski
Amanda C. Schmidt
Christopher R. Schwartz
Michael T. Szymczak
Bhushan N. Thakkar


Chemical Engineering B.S.

September 2006
Jeffrey J. Beltrano
William T. Kuss

February 2007
Kisar Bittar
Ross C. Karipidis
Siew Chen Mak
Abhirath Parikh
Joseph R. Pascoe, Jr.
Andy Tse

June 2007
Christine M. Balonek
Jared E. Balsky
Troy B. Brahaspat
Gregory L. Campo
Jessica A. Centurelli
Ji Tong Chen
Matthew G. Clemmer
Robert D. Forbes
Nicholas L. Gorzynski
Thomas J. Gueli
Yousif K. Hassan
Haneen S. Hayder
Kimberly A. Henry
Zhao Hong Huang
Daniel V. Kinney
Justin A. Lawliss
Andrew M. Leyonmark
Renee G. Manez
James R. Myers
David J. Nostrant
Lesly A. Ntanyi
Dhruv G. Patel
Hetav Patel
Nicholas J. Robertson
Sean M. Seege
Calvin Setiawan
Kevin Tanzil
Andrew L. Waterman
Christopher L. Wirth


Civil Engineering B.S.

September 2006
Lawrence J. De Mir
Charles M. Ekiert

February 2007
David A. Costable
John J. Kenney
Chun-Fai Lui
Vaughn P. Maracle
Marie T. Roediger
Bhavik Vaghela
Gregory Z. Wong

June 2007
Albert S. Alant
Lisa M. Armbruster
Eric J. Beattie
Daniel P. Bucher
Jeremy K. Burger
Robert J. Catalina
Travis J. Church
Desiray R.A.E. Cisar
Brian C. Connell
Anthony K. Curley
Richard A. Elsenbeck
Walter R. Fairlie
John S. Flor
Jeffrey M. Gardiner
Jeffrey Golibersuch
Jesse M. Gotham
Michael K. Green
Jayce D. Grefrath
Jonathan S. Griffiths
Jeremy W. Gworek
Gregory T. Haack
Jonathan A. Herman
Geoffrey A. Hillenbrand
Ryan J. Hoffman
Jeffrey L. Hunter
Masamichi Ikeda
David R. Johnson
Danielle N. Kubicki
Andrew M. Lachina
Vincent M. Lovullo
Titus J. Maddela
Matthew W. McKee
Patrick E. McManus
Ryan C. Mierzwa
Alex K. Minors
Thomas J. Najuch
Gregory D. Nelson
Peter W. Nolan
James T. O'Connor
Patrick T. Otis
Scott M. Ouimet
Laura M. Przybylski
Dennis R. Renders
Nadine R. Roberts
William B. Sancho, Jr.
Alaa R. Shadid
Mamadou O. Sy
Donald L. Taylor
Weng K. Tham

 


Computer Engineering B.S.

September 2006
Azeem Akbar
Don Zacharia

February 2007
Robert Bachellor
Daniella Wong

June 2007
Jonathan Bruneau
Jayan S. Patel
Paul J. Gofran
Ankit B. Patel
John J. Winklhofer
Craig E. Pullyblank
Kenneth C. Arnold
Andre D. Colquhoun
Kevin H. Becker
Justin A. Keeney
Jordan L. Walbesser
Stephen M. Pfetsch
Albert V. Co
Ala'A S. Noweihed
Thomas P. Erb
Zlatan Sadibasic
Neha Kaul
Adam M. Weiss
Thomas A. Occhino
Chris M. Haigney
Keith E. Stabins
Michael R. Brachmann

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Computer Science B.A.

September 2006
Jeremy D. Warrick

February 2007
Scott S. Freeman
David T. Van Cott

June 2007
Sean R. Buddy
Daniel J. Colascione
Patrick J. Korzelius
Robert J. Russello
Brandon J. Setegn
Roger Zheng

 

Bachelor of Science (BS) - continued


Computer Science B.S.

September 2006
Yaser Arshad
Vishal H. Gandhi
Jackson Lau
Nathaniel McQuay
Ali Nawab
Benjamin C. Robboy
Manjinder K. Sandhur
Garun N. Vagidov

February 2007
Jason B. Abofsky
Woo-Jin Bae
Ryan W. Brown
Asif S. Chowdhury
Shawn A. Corio
Patrick J. Cupka
Luke J. Freeland
Matthew T. Frey
Ryan J. Gentner
Adam J. Hamilton
Jeffrey R. Howell
Sean P. Janis
Frank Kim
Chin Yee Koo
Geoffrey C. Letson
Wayne C. Melbrod
Hyung Jin Phang
Adam J. Phillips
Daniel J. Richmond
Jason P. Ruckman
Namrata S. Shenoy
Parminder Singh
Amer Terzic
Prasanna V. Vijayakumar
Andrew W. Wong
Yujin Yang

June 2007
Mark D. Baker
Tadeusz Bojanowski
Patrick J. Bosek
David Chen
Rahul Chopra
Christopher P. Crawford
Suzanne M. Duermyer
Rich P. Greenland
Devi Harjanta
Tom Hicks
Matthew S. Hissong
Yunsung Hong
Kyle F. Jacobs
James Jongsurasithiwat
Justin M. Kneitel
John A. Korzelius
Kareem A. Kouis
Chin Fu Lim
Joseph R. Mattiello
Matthew B. Miller
Jonathan T. Mingola
Ariful Mowla
Vijey R. Nagarajah
Boyd W. Perkins
Christopher L. Poole
Navyn M. Rajoo
Nur S. Sadi
Geoffrey A. Schwartz
Minwook So
Alec Solway
Chiduk Song
Dani E. Srour
Collin Tedlock
Zachary N. Todtenhagen
Gregory S. Viglione
Michael J. Wawrzyniak
Eucario Xelo

 

Electrical Engineering B.S.

September 2006
Beaugenor Belotte
Amy J. Caporusso
Jose E. Caraballo
Joel L. Christian
Jermaine A. Clarke
Brian P. Kelly
Joshua L. Kinne
Arushi Malik
Darryl B. McCune II
Michael J. Privitere
Zubair Rehman
Kin C. Sze

February 2007
Scott P. Arendt
Scott P. Beszczynski
Gavin Campbell
Frank C. Catalfamo
Fletcher A. Chapin
Christian A. Codjovi
Thang Q. Doan
Sheikh Farabi
David C. Fellows
Gary S. Gordon
Siddharth S. Gudiduri
Adit Gupta
Andrew S. Hakes
Daniel S. Herrling
Chi-Hua Huang
Charles S. Izzo
Frank D. Jaworski
Tae Woo Kim
Harpaul S. Kumar
Mouda Lee
Marlen L. Long
Robert J. Miskines
Henry Yoon Wai Mok
Bryan H. Nguyen
Jesmit Patel
Craig A. Smith
David C. Wang
Timothy F. White

June 2007
Rizwan Ahmed
Johanna M. Alba
Tarun Anjan
William J. Aperance
Chase J. Banna
Alexander Belous
Jerell S. Billings
James P. Brown
Daniel L. Bugbee
Jahmil D. Campbell
Adam N. Card
Rashid Chaoua
Kunal Chopra
Nathan A. Corwin
John I. Egbuta
Derek E. Ellingsworth
Lindsay A. Emerson
Eric T. Fischer
John T. Gray
Joseph B. Griffo
Nicholas C. Harkola
Azeem Hassan
Gregory P. Huette
Syed Khaja S. Hussain
Divanshu M. Jain
Mohammad Zeeshan Jamil
Brian P. Janke
Myong-Hoon Kim
James F. Kisicki II
Sandeep Kotak
Eric S. Kozarsky
Jason M. Krawczyk
Maribel D. Lanfranco
Ryan A. Lange
Jatin A. Lewis
Siu-Hong Li
Zachary M. Lochner
Joseph A. Mahan
Christopher F. Malone
Richard D. Martyna
Donna Mathew
Jonathan M. McGovern
David E. McKenney
Zachary C. Mecca
Gary Meinl
Sathish Mohana Krishnan
Heather M. Nicastro
Daniel R. Nichols
William S. O'Meara
Barnard Onyenucheya
Jeffrey W. Orvek
Andrew P. Pappal
Sandeep G. Rajpal
Nathan J. Resnick
Jason C. Rivera
Ruhani Sandhu
Michael B. Sano
Vidit Saxena
Robert A. Scanlon
Christian R. Solem
Vincent F. Spinelli
Sean M. Stamp
Erik R. Stegall
Kristie K. Struzik
William G. Stubler
Scott D. Tyx
Brian R. Urbanczyk
Eric R. Vanderwalker
David A. Villegas
Camesha C. Ward
Brandon J. Weber
Christopher J. Wicher
Christopher G. Williams
Yat Fan Wong
Graham L. Woodring
Timothy L. Yore




Engineering Physics B.S.

June 2007
Simon Chan




Environmental Engineering B.S.

February 2007
Jeffrey J. Kohler
Damianos T. Skaros
Brett T. Stiehler

June 2007
Brandon M. Emerson
David J. Cassell
Tyler A. Sweet
Huntington R. Treadwell
Jill M. Gulczewski
Josh Hancock



Industrial Engineering B.S.

September 2006
Rosimar Oropeza
Garrett J. Zimmermann

February 2007
Tarun Kapoor
Erica L. Pelchy
Dale T. Strassheim

June 2007
Gabriel M. Abdella
Simone Appelt
Yuen Cheng
Matthew D. Condro
Carlos J. Cordova
Thomas J. DiMattina Jr.
Christopher J. Drucker
Bilal Hanif
Jonathan R. Jankowski
Jason S. Kaczmarski
Katie A. Kotarski
Michele K. Lee
Hengky L. Liong
Kelly M. Nasradinaj
Meghana V. Pandit
Jennifer R. Skerker
Jeremy D. Tarrien
Alex P. Trifunovski
Karankumar P. Vaidya



Mechanical Engineering B.S.

September 2006
Jason C. Austin
Gant L. Brett
Jon P. Forest
Peter Kovachi
Wan Rock Lee
Daniel P. Quinn

February 2007
Douglas M. Babicz
John D. Bianchi
Jermaine R. Brown
Sean A. Burley
Zachary J. Chamberlain
We Jeff Chiam
Daniel R. Coffey
Owen R. Conniff
John C. Deavers
Jeremy D. Faust
Seth A. Fleitman
William B. Goodfellow
Nicholas A. Granger
Muhammad Haniff Abdul Aziz
James M. Hudson
Christopher A. Imiola
Adam V. Johnson
Shashikanth Reddy Kaluvala
Craig T. Keating
Kevin Kita
Justin J. Klein
Vincent Koomson
Jeremy N. Kruger
Daniel R. Kurycki
Justin L. Malpiedi
Sann Myint Naing
Kevin P. Ruggirello
Stephen M. Soricelli
Roberto Spuches
Martin Strade
Mark C. Szymanski
Gregory R. Tilley
Rima Turakhia
Robert J. Walz
David B. Watson
Christopher R. Wirz

June 2007
Shawn M. Arnold
Daniel R. Austin
Kevin A. Baboolal
Christopher I. Back
Cory M. Berardi
Matthew J. Beres
Daniel C. Berke
Christopher N. Berry
Kevin Black
Michael G. Bonarski
David R. Bostaph
Thomas K. Braun
Nathaniel Brenton
Michael M. Brizzee
Justin M. Brosseau
Agustinus Chahyadi
Ji Tai Chen
Wany Chong
Samuel J. Ciulla
Robert J. Collins
Mark R. Crawford
Daniel R. Cumm
Robert S. Czapla
Nandan C. Dabhade
David J. Dedo
Joseph M. Desimone
Jordan P. Diez
Marco G. Difranco
Jeffrey M. Ewin
Michael H. Fiebelkorn
Sara A. Forde
Kevin M. Gastle
Tedros Ghebretnsae
Jacqueline M. Giles
Jonathan Gutierrez
Matthew P. Gutmann
Michael J. Harlach
Melinda K. Harrison
Jeremy Hawa
Shinichi Hida
Robert W. Hoffman
Josh R. Hollenbeck
Dennis J. Hoover
Mark D. Huntington
Nathan M. Hurley
Nicholas H. Ihle
Mariah J. Ireland
Christopher M. Jank
Ryan M. Jarvis
Daniel J. Jason
Brett D. Juhas
Jarrett L. Kaczmarski
Kathleen A. Kane
Robert W. King
Katherine E. Koehler
Laura Koehler
Jacqueline A. Kuczmanski
Derek D. Lambrino
Thomas C. Law
Mathew S. Levy
Te Ian Lim
Matthew J. Loveless
Wesley J. Marchand
Scott L. Marsh
John A. McDonald
Joshua M. Morss
Thomas R. Nicholas
William Ofori-Atta
Richard L. Olinger III
Erik J. Pakosz
Bin Pan
Joseph M. Parker
Eric M. Peckham
Franklin J. Pereny
Francis D. Peterson
Stephen R. Plaske
Jason Rahimzadeh
Creighton H. Randall
Matthew R. Randall
Matthew D. Remmes
Robert P. Reynolds
Mary E. Russell
Randy E. Sanders
Alan R. Sattelberg
Amanda C. Schmidt
Surinder Singh
Jevaughn A. Spencer
Eric N. Stolzenburg
Anthony T. Tasner
Fritznel Theodore
Justin L. Thie
Garick J. Tischler
Kevin A. Varga
James F. Vorberger
Neil A. Walkowski
Daniel N. Wanderman
Lei Wang
David H. Welby
David A. Winchcombe
Robert J. Woods
Paul M. Wrazen
Brendan A. Yadav
Jonathan G. Zielinski


 


Combined Degrees

Recommending Candidates for Degrees
Harvey G. Stenger Jr., Dean

 

Bachelor of Science/Master of Science(Computer Science)

September 2006
Richard A. Giomundo

February 2007
Yujin Yang

June 2007
Michael M. Kozelsky

Bachelor of Science (Civil Engineering)/Master of Business Administration

June 2007
Marcin S. Kucharski

Bachelor of Science (Industrial Engineering)/Master of Business Administration

June 2007
Wahono Saputra

Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering)/Master of Business Administration

June 2007
Craig M. Ferris
David R. Grabau
Andrew N. Leonard
Rachel M. Losecco
Vishnu Reddy
Michael C. Zaccheo

 

Master of Engineering (MEng)


Chemical Engineering M.Eng.

September 2006
Chiau Funn Ma

February 2007
Chin Fan Tee

June 2007
Deepa Singh Makkar


Civil Engineering M.Eng.

February 2007
Patrick J. Barry
Matthew J. Jolliff
Gordon M. Soderholm

June 2007
Carl R. Danelski
Boris Weinstein


Electrical Engineering M.Eng.

September 2006
Jason D. Bowker
Vikas Dua
Sudip M. George
Jon M. Moscovic
Henry Wysocki

February 2007
Emily K. Ames
John Baudanza
Daniel F. Cammarata
Mark F. Domino
Leonard J. Fiume
William A. Fleming
Shiu Fai Jacky Fung
Brian T. Gordon
Kenneth L. Hampton
Marleny Lopez
Jeffery M. Maher
Troy R. McKay
Jeffrey G. Wagner
Davinah A. Walker
Robert F. Zahm

June 2007
Jason A. Lupienski
James L. Zeames


Industrial Engineering M.Eng.

September 2006
Jeff Joseph
Ranjana K. Mehta
Ketan P. Shenoy

February 2007
Virat R. Damania
Christian C. Impellitier
Amit Kathuria
Joe Mathew
Mylinda J. Snyder
Sunny Vaid

June 2007
Ashith Balakrishna Hegde
Harish V. Iyer
Gautam Kundra
Gunvanti V. Marathe
Jane M. Schweizer


Mechanical Engineering M.Eng.

June 2007
Edward J. Merritt, Jr.

 

Master of Science (MS)


Aerospace Engineering M.S.

September 2006
Eduardo Freire

February 2007
Adam C. Cunningham
Ryu Yamanaka

June 2007
William D. Banas
Frank J. Centinello III
Jemin George
Jeremy A. Lambert


Chemical Engineering M.S.

September 2006
William W. Gikandi

February 2007
Eric C. Cichowski
Lan Yao

June 2007
Kisar Bittar
Wai Keong Choong
Daniel M. Leo
Zhen Li
Kok Hong Lim
Phan Nee Saw


Civil Engineering M.S.

September 2006
Konstantinos Agrafiotis
Georgios Apostolakis
Vasileios Barmpoutis
Erick A. Burgos Ganuza
Ioannis P. Christovasilis
Kavin R. Gandhi
Anthony J. Kurek, Jr.
Ronny Purba

February 2007
Mohd Foad Abdul Hamid
Sumit Bansal
Sumest Bhattarai
Hanshin Cho
Shidong Li
Angela J. Muir
Rosaleen B. Rauch
Shannon M. Seneca
Tarun Singh

June 2007
Dhawal Agarwal
Mehdi Ahmadizadeh
Muhammed E. Akiner
Yadav Badri
Graeme J. Ballantyne
Karen E. Beljan
Robert A. Buchan
Georgios Christodoulidis
Thomas M. Connell
Samer M. El Bahey
Pierre P. Fouche
Eray M. Gunel
Woosuk Kim
Umamaheswararao Kunapuli
Andrew L. Odien
Tarek Ragab
Brian T. Regan
Michelle Rhodes
Beth Ellen Schrayshuen
Daniel J. Schwartz
Leila Sermek
Deep Shah
David M. Swiatek
Jeffrey Tudini
Venkata J. Yeddanapudi
Toshiyasu Yoza


Computer Science M.S.

September 2006
Abhijeet Agarwal
Manjari Agarwal
Shashank Aggarwal
Manivannan Arivazhagan
Deepak Arora
Srivats Balachandran
Anmol Bhasin
Chetan P. Bhole
Gaurav S. Chandalia
Sharvari P. Dighe
Vikrant S. Dogra
Prasanna Hariharan
Narasimhamurthy N. Hithalahally
Naved I. Kazi
Amol A. Kothari
Rahul Krishna
Praveen Krishnamurthy
Abhijeet Kumar
Kiran-Garaga Lokeswarappa
Kamal Meka
Denis Mindolin
Viral D. Modi
Gautam Shankar Nemlekar
Mukul Patil
Apoorva Patki
Prasad S. Phatak
Mohammed Pithapurwala
Manu Pushpendran
Candice J. Quadros
Ragini S. Rahalkar
Deepa Ramachandran
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Amit Sharma
Shreyas Shinde
Young Whan Song
Saloni K. Sonpal
Karthik Sridharan
Pranjal P. Thakur
Abishek J. Wadhwa
Akshay Wadia
Li Xu

February 2007
Vidya Bharrgavi Balasubramanyn
Prakash T. Chougule
Ken Yian Chow
Avanee S. Gokhale
Taehyong Kim
Daniel F. Krawczyk
Ajeya Krishnamurthy
Santhosh Lakshmi Narasimhan
Demian Lessa
Chun T. Lim
Chuan Lin
Aditya Kumar Mamillapalli
Shawna K. Matthews
Sagar A. Mehta
Rashmi Mudiyanur
Yawar M. Nahvi
Krishnan Narayanan
Thanh-Nhan T. Nguyen
Peter B. Noel
Brian C. Parfitt
Gaurav A. Saple
Kunal H. Shah
Mallika Mahendra Shah
Nejal J. Shah
Xuanshen Yang
Yang Yang

June 2007
Prashant Arora
Jason J. Bechtel
Tom M. Berge
Erik M. Best
Deepti U. Bhadre
Mohammed F. Bhuiyan
Christopher T. Clader
Harsh Deep
Tejas V. Dhedia
Gang Fang
Wei Jin
Aditya A. Joag
Jinhyang Kim
Abhishek Kohli
Vinu Krishnaswamy
Madhav R. Menon
Abhijeet P. More
Tushar Saxena
Divyesh P. Shah
Shravya R. Shetty
Jeanette M. Sperhac
Manik Taneja
Sarvesh A. Telang
Nirmal Thangaraj
Achint O. Thomas
Anish A. Uppal
Sindhujah Viswanathanthyagarajan
Yang Wang


Electrical Engineering M.S.

September 2006
Sonal Ambwani
Swaminathan Balakrishnan
Avarachan V. Cherian
Chiou-Yi Lee
Bei Li
Nitin Ravi
Nihal Shastry
Aditya Veerapaneni
Nandakumar P. Venugopal
Pavan Venugopal
Viritha Yella

February 2007
Byung Wook Ahn
Ronald W. Bullard
Vincent M. Foo
Kanke Gao
Hyung Seo Kim
Pavankumar Kotta
Chieh Liu
Nakul S. Pandit
Anshul Saxena
Kiran Tangeeda
Min-Chang Tsai

June 2007
Shahriar Behnamian
Joshua A. Berkow
Tsz Fung Chan
Ruyi Chen
Chingsheng Brian Chu
Xiaoyan Gui
Adam J. Halstead
Mark Hood
Yong Woo Jeong
Dae Yu Kim
Jung Kwun Kim
Michel Kulhandjian
Bharath V. Kuppuswamy
Bin Liu
Chieh Liu
Olorunishola O. Olabisi
Peter Mersich
MIchael W. Pfetsch
Christopher T. Selk
Shengyao Zhang


Industrial Engineering M.S.

September 2006
Ozgur M. Araz
Subhendu Banerjee
Deepak Pallatadka
David E. Rice

February 2007
Amanda J. Burger
Po-Wei Chang
Chou-Yi Chen
Shrivardhan S. Joshi
Sandeep D. Karnik
Agnal A. Kokkat
Yen-Hung Lin
Namitha Natasekhar
Casey W. Russell
Sridhar Sangubhatla
Aditya Sikka
Chia-Wen Sung
Alex B. Ticoalu
Prashant Tomar
Jessica L. Weaver
Justin T. Yates
Shennon R. Yaw

June 2007
James L. Davie
Ming-liang Fang
Sun Hai
Sumit Juneja
Nikhil Khedkar
Jeffrey Lapp
Theresa J. Moehle
Younggi Song
Adam D. Stotz
Hai Sun
Ying Zhang


Mechanical Engineering M.S.

September 2006
Deepika Aneja
Sivakaminathan Arumugasundaram
Nidheesh Bharadwaj
Douglas A. Boehm
Wai Kit R. Chan
Yi Chen
David A. Dejnozka
Malhar A. Desai
Michael G. Fattey
Christopher M. Gatley
William Godoy
Timothy A. Howe
Sandeep S. Kurup
Thomas Mc Greevy
Andrea B. McClain
Abdul Kather Rephy Parely
James L. Senneff
Manikya Deepthi Talla Manga Kusuma
Wei Xie
Wanseok Yang

February 2007
Varun Allampalli
Veluppillai Arulesan
Chung Yao Cheng
John J. Fudella
Venkatraghavan Gourishankar
Shelley K. Hodgson
Chuan-Chin Hsu
Andrew H. Jennings
Amar S. Junankar
Sousaku Kawaguchi
Amit Kumar
Anjani Kumar
Wai-Kuan Low
Matthew C. Morse
Mallepally Reddy
Hemanth-Kumar Satyanarayana
Justin C. Scheifflee
Anindita Sengupta
Rajesh Tippabhotla
Kevin D. Todtenhagen

June 2007
Sebastien Bruneau
Frank J. Centinello III
Ching-Chi Chen
Erich D. Devendorf
Matthew D. Devendorf
Bryan R. Dolan
Guillaume F. Durand
Sandeep George
Chiung-Yi Huang
Ting-Shu Hung
Raghu Jagannathan
Farzin Jalilalghadr
Hak-Jae Kim
Jin Soo Kim
Umamaheswara Konda Venkata
Lalit Kumar
Jan Lin
Yu-Cheng Liu
Joel N. Miller
Jack K. Moody
Vishak K. Nagaraja
Michael J. Parthum
Jeremiah J. Rauch
Frederick Raveau-Violette
Satyajit Sarangi
David D. Sekuterski
Michael P. Szymanski
Thomas Vincent
Ki Chang Yoo
Kun Yu

 

 

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)


Aerospace Engineering Ph.D.

February 2007
Minsuok Kim
“Computational Fluid Dynamic Studies of Endovascular Stents for Treating Cerebral Aneurysms”
Major Professor: Hui Meng


Chemical Engineering Ph.D.

September 2006
Ken-Tye Yong
“Solution Phase Systhesis of Anisotropic and Multicomponent Nanoparticles”
Major Professor: Mark T. Swihart

February 2007
Yuri H. Dancik
“Mathematical Models of Diffusion Near and Through Skin Appendages: Hair Follicle and Endocrine Sweat Gland Pathways”
Major Professor: Johannes M. Nitsche

Piyush Koria
“Cellular Processes Involved in Epidermal Morphogenesis and Wound Repair and Regeneration”
Major Professor: Stelios Andreadis

Weili Shi
“Synthesis, Characterization and Assembly of Metallic Nanoparticles”
Major Professor: Mark T. Swihart

Anshu Verma
“Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Gap Junctional Conductance and Permeability”
Major Professor: Johannes M. Nitsche

June 2007
Eleftheria Antoniou
“Structure-Property Relationships in Associating Polymer Solutions”
Major Professor: Paschalis Alexandridis

Effendi Leonard
“Robust Microbial Fabrication of Plant Pharmaceuticals: Complexities and Solutions”
Major Professor: Mattheos Koffas

Gang Liu
"System Level Modeling and Analysis of Biological Reaction Networks in Signal Transduction and Glycosylation"
Major Professor: Sriram Neelamegham

Zhihua Xiao
“Platelet-Neutrophil Adhesion and Neutrophil Activation Induced by Platelet Activation”
Major Professor: SriramNeelamegham

Yajun Yan
“Biosynthesis of Plant-specific Flavonoids in Metabolic Engineered Microorganism”
Major Professor: Mattheos Koffas

Hongwang Zhang
“Spray Pyrolysis Aerosol & Solution Phase Synthesis of Nanoparticles”
Major Professor: Mark T. Swihart


Civil Engineering Ph.D.

September 2006
Weiwei Jia
“Electro-Osmotic Grouting Technique for Liquefaction-Mitigation of Low Permeability Silty Soils”
Major Professor: Sabanayagam Thevanayagam

Minghui Lin
“A Thermodynamic Framework for Damage Mechanics of Electromigration and Thermomigration”
Major Professor: Cemalettin Basaran

Gordon P. Warn
“The Coupled Horizontal-Vertical Response of Elastomeric and Lead-Rubber Seismic Isolation Bearings”
Major Professor: Andrew S. Whittaker

February 2007
Wael I. Alnahhal
“Structural Characteristics and Failure Prediction of Hybrid FRP-Concrete Bridge Deck and Superstructure Systems”
Major Professor: Amjad J. Aref

Jaideep Chatterjee
“Nonlinear Deformation and Collapse Analyses by Boundary Element Method”
Major Professor: Prasanta K. Banerjee

Claudia C. Marin-Artiel
“Experimental and Analytical Study of the XY-Frictional Pendulum (XY-FP) Bearings for Bridge Applications”
Major Professor: Andrew S. Whittaker

L. Shawn Matott
“Application of Heuristic Optimization to Groundwater Management”
Major Professor: Alan J. Rabideau

Mary Ellen Miller
"Remote Sensing and Hydrological Modeling of burn scars"
Major Professor: Joseph F. Atkinson

Xiaoyun Shao
“Unified Control Platform for Real Time Dynamic Hybrid Simulation”
Major Professor: Andrei M. Reinhorn

June 2007
Karl W. Bandilla
“Modeling Large-Scale Groundwater Flow and Reactive Contaminant Transport Combining the Analytic Element Method and the Streamline Method in 3D”
Major Professor: Igor Jankovic

Nurhan Ecemis
“Effects of Soil Permeability and Compressibility on Liquefaction Screening Using Cone Penetration Resistance”
Major Professor: Sabanayagam Thevanayagam

Samuela Franceschini
“Development of a Framework to Account for Uncertainty Sources in Modeling Toxic Concentrations in the Niagara River”
Major Professor: Christina W-S. Tsai

Yufeng Hu
“Evolutionary Methodology for Aseismic Support”
Major Professor: Gary F. Dargush

Yin-Nan Huang
“Seismic Demands and Fragility Analysis on Secondary Systems in Conventional and Isolated Nuclear Power Plants”
Major Professor: Andrew S. Whittaker

Xiaobo Luo
“Development of Functional Graded Materials for Mitigating Blast and High Velocity Impacts”
Major Professor: Amjad J. Aref

Fei Ma
“An Efficient Implementation of Linear and Nonlinear Analyses of Thermomechanics and Soil Consolidation by BEM”
Major Professor: Prasanta K. Banerjee

Chuanjian Man
“Simulation of Sediment Transport by Stochastic Methods”
Major Professor: Christina W-S. Tsai

Yu-Chen Ou
“Precast Segmental Unbonded Post-tensioned Bridge Piers for Seismic Regions”
Major Professor: George C. Lee

Michael C. Pollino
“Analytical and Experimental Investigation of a Controlled Rocking Approach for Seismic Protection of Steel Truss Bridge Piers”
Major Professor: Michel Bruneau

Hwa Sung Roh
“Global Retrofit Techniques-Weakening and Damping Structures via Rocking Columns and Viscous Dampers”
Major Professor: Andrei M. Reinhorn

Macarena Schachter-Adaros
“Modeling and Integration of 3D Inelastic Buckling of Structural Elements in a 3D Global Structural Analysis Framework”\
Major Professor: Andrei M. Reinhorn

Raghavendra Suribhatla
“Effective Conductivity of Highly Heterogeneous Anisotropic Formations”
Major Professor: Igor Jankovic


Computer Science Ph.D.

September 2006
Moonjung Cho
“Novel Techniques for Data Warehousing and Online Analytical Processing in Emerging Applications”
Major Professor: Jian Pei

Praveen Elakkumanan
“Overcoming the Circuit Design Challenges in Nanoscale SRAMs”
Major Professor: Ramalingam Sridhar

Ashish Garg
“Generic Platform for Information Assurance Experiments”
Major Professor: Shambhu J. Upadhyaya

Joy Ghosh
“Mobility Aware Routing Schemes (MARS) for Mobile Wireless Networks”
Major Professor: Chunming Qiao

Maurice J. Jansen
“Lower Bound Frontiers in Arithmetical Circuit Complexity”
Major Professor: Kenneth W. Regan

Robert J. Milewski
“Automatic Recognition of Handwritten Medical Forms for Search Engines”
Major Professor: Venugopal Govindaraju

Dazhen Pan
“WDM Switching Networks”
Major Professor: Hung Ngo

Xian Xu
“Integrated Feature Selection/Extraction with Applications in Bioinformatics”
Major Professor: Aidong Zhang

February 2007
Suryaprakash Kompalli
“A Stochastic Framework for Font-independent Devanagari OCR”
Major Professor: Venugopal Govindaraju

Pengjun Pei
“Graph-Based Analysis of protein-Protein Interaction Data Sets”
Major Professor: Aidong Zhang

June 2007
Gregory R. Ball
“Segmentation-Free Recognition of Characters, Words, and Phrases in Arabic Handwriting”
Major Professor: Sargur Srihari

Amrita Chanda
“Bag-of-Fluid: An Interactive Visualization Method for Soft Objects”
Major Professor: Thenkurussi Kesavadas

Zhenming Chen
“Approximation Algorithms for Scheduling Problems with Multi-Type Contentions and Related Problems”
Major Professor: Jinhui Xu

Wei Dai
“Text Mining by Latent Semantic Analysis”
Major Professor: Rohini K. Srihari

Adrienne M. Decker
“How Students Measure Up: An Assessment Instrument for Introductory Computer Science”
Major Professor: William J. Rapaport

Qi Duan
“Graphic Related Protocols and Algorithms in Wireless Security”
Major Professor: Kenneth W. Regan

Taekkyeun Lee
“An Integrated Routing and MAC (Multiple Access Control) Scheme”
Major Professor: Chunming Qiao

Mingen Lin
“Algorithm Design and Computational Geometry”
Major Professor: Jinhui Xu

Peng Lin
“Optimization Issues in Broadband Networks”
Major Professor: Chunming Qiao

Zhiyong Lin
“Approximation Algorithms for Several Geometric Optimization Problems with Disturbed Distance Functions”
Major Professor: Jinhui Xu

Carlos M. Lollett
“Belief Based Reinforcement Learning for Data Fusion”
Major Professor: Peter D. Scott

Lopamudra Mukherjee
"Application of Computational Geometry, Algorithms and Image Processing to Solve Various Problems in the Study of Biological Systems"
Major Professor: Jinhui Xu

Ashok Kumar Narasimhan
“Clocking and Synchronizaton in Very Deep Submicron VLSI”
Major Professor: Ramalingam Sridhar

Suranjan Pramanik
“Adoptive End-to_End Dependability for Generic Applications in Networked Environment”
Major Professor: Shambhu J. Upadhyaya

Amalia I. Rusu-Sprincenatu
“Exploiting the Gap Between Human and Machine Abilities in Handwriting Recognition for Web Security”
Major Professor: Venugopal Govindaraju

Slawomir Staworko
“Declarative Inconsistency Handling in Relational and Semi-structured Databases"
Major Professor: Jan Chomicki

Mohit Virendra
“Secure, Robust and Trusted Data Communications in Wireless Data Networks”
Major Professor: Shambhu J. Upadhyaya

Chaohong Wu
“A Framework for Advanced Detection Algorithms in Automatic Fingerprint Recognition Systems”
Major Professor: Venugopal Govindaraju

Yulai Xie
“On the Approximation of Maximum Inscribe Sphere and Ellipsoid in High Demension Polytope”
Major Professor: Junhui Xu

Yang Yang
“On Several Geometric Spanning and Covering Problems”
Major Professor: Jinhui Xu

Liyu Zhang
“Disjoint NP-Pairs”
Major Professor: Alan L. Selman


Electrical Engineering Ph.D.

September 2006
Siyuan Chen
“Off-Line Automatic Signature Verification Techniques:Flexible Template Matching Approaches”
Major Professor: Sargur Srihari

Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
“Integrated CMOS Optical Sensor Microsystems for Biochemical Monitoring"
Major Professor: Alexander N. Cartwright

Bhanu Jaiswal
"Escape Routing Sudies in High IO Count Area Array Packaging"
Major Professor's name: Albert H. Titus

Sirisha S. Karri
"VLSI Implementation of Biologically Inspired Vision System for Depth Perception"
Major Professor: Albert H. Titus

Vidhya Seran
"Improvements for Hybrid and Three Dimensional Wavelet Based Video Coders"
Major Professor: Lisimachos P. Kondi

Zhengfan Yang
"Adaptive Multi-Channel ATI-SAR For Moving Target Detection"
Major Professor: Mehrdad Soumekh

February 2007
Maurice C. Cheung
“Optical Properties of Wide Bandgap III-Nitrides ZnO and III- N/ZnO Heterostructures”
Major Professor: Alexander N. Cartwright

Jin Hui Tan
“Magnetic Anisotropy of Magnetostrictive TbFe/FeCo Multilayer thin film and FePt Nanoparticles”
Major Professor: Wayne A. Anderson

June 2007
Jong-Uk Bae
“Hybrid Semiconductor Nanomagnetoelectronic Devices”
Major Professor: Jonathan P. Bird

Saurav Bandyopadhyay
“Cross Layer Optimization for Video Transmission over Multiple Access Wireless Systems”
Major Professor: Lisimachos P. Kondi

Manu Bansal
"Optimal Scalable Video Transmission Over Fourth-generation Wireless Networks"
Major Professor: Lisimachos P. Kondi

Rohan Grover
“Low-complexity Receiver and Code Design for Interference Suppression in Multi-antenna Wireless Systems”
Major Professor: Dimitris Pados

Mohammad K. Jubran
"Efficient Video Transmission Over Wireless Multiple Antenna Systems"
Major Professor: Lisimachos P. Kondi

Daniel S. Kaputa
“Automated Multi-Trap Laser Tweezers for Multiparametric Sorting of Micron Sized Particles”
Major Professor: Alexander N. Cartwright

Zhou Lu
“Methodologies to Enhance the Resolution of Electron Beam Lithography for Nanostructure Fabrication”
Major Professor: Alexander N. Cartwright

Anil K. Puppala
"Investigations Into Performance of  Electrical Generator Employing YBCO Superconducting Element as Its Rotor"
Major Professor: Mohammed Safiuddin

Elizabeth S. Pynadath
“Cross-Layer Optimization for DS-CDMA Visual Sensor Networks”
Major Professor: Lisimachos P. Kondi

Yili Quan
“Analog VLSI Implementation of Decision Making Model”
Major Professor: Albert H. Titus

Indranil Sarkar
“Computationally Efficient Mismatched Filters for Pulse Compression Codes”
Major Professor: Adly T. Fam

Mohammed Soliman
Dynamic Analysis of Fuel Cell/Microturbine Generation Scheme with Neural Network Control for Peak Power Shaver Applications
Major Professor: Mohammed Safiuddin

Fan Yang
“Integrated Color Detectors in 0.18um CMOS Technology”
Major Professor: Albert H. Titus


Industrial Engineering Ph.D.

September 2006
Arun Jotshi
“Search for Immobile Entities on a Network”
Major Professor: Rajan Batta

Aykut F. Kahraman
“Analysis of a Quality-of-Service Measure in a Bulk-arrival, Bulk-Service Queue: Structural Results and Applications in Air-Cargo Delivery Systems”
Major Professor: Abhijit Gosavi

Jomon Aliyas Paul
“Study of Effects of Facility Damage on Hospital Capacity Estimates and Location-Allocation Planning for Management of Natural Disasters”
Major Professor: Rajan Batta and Li Lin

February 2007
Satyaki G. Dastidar
"Discounting, Pricing and Ordering Strategies for the U.S. Automobile Dealerships”
Major Professor: Rakesh Nagi

Feng Lin
“A Methodology for Materials Selection in Green Design with Toxic Impact Concern”
Major Professor: Li Lin and Bahattin Koc

Kedar P. Sambhoos
Graph Matching Applications in Homeland Defense
Major Professor: Rakesh Nagi and Moises Sudit

Hongxia Zhao
Branch and Cut for Single Machine Scheduling
Major Professor: Ismael deFarias

June 2007
Zhang Min
“Modeling and Alleviating Congestion in a Facility”
Major Professors: Rajan Batta and Rakesh Nagi

Jha Pratik
“Air Traffic Controller's Performance in Advanced Air Traffic Management Concepts”
Major Professor: Ann M. Bisantz

Kathleen Shyhalla
“Effects of Precision and Time on Task on Shoulder Muscles During Repetitive Tapping Tasks”
Major Professor: Victor L. Paquet

Zheng Sui
“Simulation Based Optimization for Inventory Replenishment in Vendor-Managed Inventory Systems”
Major Professor: Li Lin


Mechanical Engineering Ph.D.

September 2006
Erik R. Bardy
“Design and Testing of a Total Body Thermal Protection Garment”
Major Professor: Joseph C. Mollendorf

Adam M. Fosbury
“Control and Kalman Filtering for Relative Dynamics of a Formation of Uninhabited Autonomous Vehicles”
Major Professor: John L. Crassidis

Kok-Lam Lai
“Generalizations of the Complex-step Derivative Approximation”
Major Professor: John L. Crassidis

February 2007
Rajankumar M. Bhatt
“Towards Modular Cooperation Between Multiple Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulators”
Major Professor: Venkat Krovi

Ashwin P. Gurnani
"Engineering Design at the Edge of Rationality"
Major Professor: Kemper E. Lewis

Edward M. Kasprzak
“Extension of the Nondimensional Tire Theory to General Operating Conditions”
Major Professor: Kemper E. Lewis

Sumeet S. Parashar
“Development of Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm Concurrent Subspace Optimization (mogacsso) Method with Robustness”
Major Professor: Christina L. Bloebaum

Harmanjeet Shihn
“Near-wall Subgrid Scale Modeling for Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Buoyancy Driven Non-reactive and Reactive Flows Using One Dimensional Turbulence”
Major Professor: Paul DesJardin

June 2007
Lujie Cao
“Experimental Study of Aerosol Clustering in Isotropic Turbulence by Holographic Imaging”
Major Professor: Hui Meng

Ravishankar N. Chityala
“Region of Interest Cone Beam Computed Tomography (ROI-CBCT)”
Major Professor: Kenneth R. Hoffmann

Keith Dalbey
“Predictive Computer Modeling of Geophysical Mass Flows”
Major Professor: Abani Patra

Yie Meng Hoi
“Flow-Morphology Mapping Reveals Vascular Response to Complex Hemodynamics at Arterial Bifurcations In Vivo”
Major Professor: Hui Meng

Chia-Ken Leong
“Improving Materials for Thermal Interface and Electrical Conduction by Using Carbon”
Major Professor: Deborah D.L. Chung

Hussain S. Rangwalla
“Design and Evaluation of Medical Devices for Neurovascular Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms”
Major Professor: Stephen Rudin

Matthew R. Sullivan
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Chin Pei Tang
“Geometric Framework for Cooperative Mobile Manipulator Collectives”
Major Professor: Venkat N. Krovi

Zhijie Wang
“Complex Hemodynamics at the Apex of an Arterial Bifurcation Induces Vascular Remodeling Resembling Cerebral Aneurysm Initiation”
Major Professor: Hui Meng