Doctoral Exam Schedules

Haizhou Fu, Computer Science, "Efficient, Effective, and Scalable Personalized Keyword Query Interpretation System for RDF Databases," May 23, 2013, 10:00 a.m., EBII 3300. Major Professor: Dr. Kemafor Anyanwu.

Lakshmi Ramachandran, Computer Science, "Automated Assessment of Reviews," May 29, 2013, 11:00 a.m., 3300 EBII. Major Professor: Dr. Edward F. Gehringer.

Shu Li, Economics, "Essays on Grain Market and Transportation," May 30, 2013, 9:00 am, 4103 Nelson Hall. Major Professor: Dr. W. Thurman.

Zachary Kenz, Applied Mathematics, "Arterial stenosis: modeling and the inverse problem," May 30, 2013, 10:00 am., 306 Cox Hall. Major Professor: Dr. H.T. Banks.

Adam Short, Public Administration, "An Examination of Institutional and Individual Characteristics on the Importance of Information Sources to Analysts in State Legislative Fiscal Offices," May 30, 2013, 1:15 pm, Caldwell M-8. Major Professor: Dr. C. Coe.

Yidong Xia, Aerospace Engineering, "A Parallel Implicit Reconstruction-Based Discontinuous Galerkin Method for the Compressibe Flows on Hybrid Grids," May 31, 2013, 9:30 a.m., EBIII-3235. Major Professor: Dr. Hong Luo.

Meghan Hegarty, Biomedical Engineering, "Technology for Continuously Monitoring the Effectiveness of Compression Therapy for Improving Patient Outcome," June 3, 2013, 10:00 a.m., 2024/EBII. Major Professor: Dr. Edward Grant.

Stanley Elliott, Educational Research & Policy Analysis, "An Examination of Factors Associated with the Retention and Recruitment of African-American Male Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in North Carolina," June 5, 2013, 10:00 am, 500 Poe Hall. Major Professor: Dr. R. Serow.

Senganal Thirunavukkarasu, Civil Engineering, "Impedance Matching for Discrete, Periodic Media and Application to Two-Scale Wave Propagation Models. June 6, 2013 1:00 p.m., 412, Mann Hall. Major Professor: Dr. Murthy N. Guddati.

Marion Mark Russell, Civil Engineering, "Allocation of Time Buffer To Construction Project Task Durations," June 7, 2013, 1:00 p.m., 206 Mann Hall. Major Professor: Dr. Min Liu.

Haojun Luo, Electrical Engineering, "Amorhous Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide Based Thin Film Transistors and Circuits," June 10, 2013, 2:30 p.m., MRC 337. Major Professors: Dr. John Muth/Dr. Leda Lunardi.

Wei Wei, Computer Science, "Practical Integrity Assurance for Big Data Processing Deployed over Open Cloud," June 12, 2013, 10:00 a.m., EBII 3300. Major Professor: Dr. Ting Yu.

ShanShan Yao, Mechanical Engineering, "Liquid breakup and atomization in pressure jet and swirl atomizers," June 12, 2013, 9:00 a.m., 3419. Major Professor: Dr. Tiegang Fang.

Eliot Gann, Physics, "Using Resonant Soft X-Rays to Disentangle Internal Thin Film Structure," June 14, 2013, 10:00 a.m., 415 Riddick. Major Professor: Dr. Harald Ade.

Zhangwei Ning, Electrical Engineering, "Small Strain Response and Failure in Granular Soils," June 18, 2013, 1:30 p.m., Mann 206. Major Professor: T. Matthew Evans.

Vahid Zanjani-Zadeh, Civil Engineering, "Nanomechanics and Multiscale Modeling of Sustainable Concretes," June 18, 2013, 2:00 p.m., MN412A, Major Professor: Dr. Christopher Bobko.

Shivam Priyadarshi, Electrical Engineering, "System and Gate-Level Dynamic Electrothemal Analysis of Three Dimensional Integrated Circuits," June 19, 2013, 9:00 a.m., MRC 463. Major Professors: Dr. Paul D Franzon/Dr. Rhett Davis.

Hong Joon Park, Civil Engineering, "Investigation of Primary Causes of Cracking of Asphalt Concrete Pavement in North Carolina," June 20, 2013, 1:30 p.m., Mann Hall 217. Major Professor: Dr. Y. Richard Kim.

Jeong Hyuk Im, Civil Engineering, "Peformance Evaluation of Chip Seals to Higher Volume Roads by Using Polymer-Modified Emulsions and Optimized Construction Procedures," June, 24, 2013, 10:00 a.m., 206/Mann. Major Professor: Dr. Y. Richard Kim.

Joshua Reeves, Comm, Rhet, Digital Media, "If You See Something, Say Something: Surveillance, Communication, and Citizenship," June 28, 2013, 11:00 a.m., Caldwell M-8. Major Professors: Dr. Hans Kellner/Dr. Jeremy Packer.

Wei Wei, Economics, "Three Essays on Financial Durations," July 2, 2013, 9:00 am, 4103 Nelson Hall. Major Professor: Dr. D. Pelletier.

Yu Feng, Mechanical Engineering, "The analysis of non-spherical particle dynamics and the two-way coupled discrete element method for inhaled aerosol transport and deposition in human upper airway models," July, 2, 2013, 3:00 p.m., 3115 A EBII. Major Professor: Dr. Clement Kleinstreuer.

Mohammed Reza Bayati, Material Science & Engineering, "Structure and Properties of TiO2 and VO2 Based Epitaxial Heterostructures Integrated with Silicon and Sapphire," July 9, 2013, 1:30 p.m., Room 1007 EBI. Major Professors: Dr. Jagdish Narayan/Dr. Roger Narayan.

Zhenhuan Gong, Computer Science, "Multi-level data layout optimization for high-performance queries with heterogeneous access patterns," July 11, 2013, 10:00 a.m., EBII-2216. Major Professor: Dr. Nagiza F. Samatova.

Thomas Easley, Adult & Community College Education, "S.T.E.M. Faculty Perceptions of Matters of Diversity," September 3, 2013, 10:00 am, 410 Poe Hall. Major Professor: Dr. S. Bracken.

Zahra Zamani, Design, "Cognitive Play Behavior Affordances of Behavior Settings and Elements within Outdoor Preschool Settings," October 16, 2013, 9:00 am, Leazar 203. Major Professor: Dr. R. Moore.