One Hundred and Third Annual Commencement

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY - Continued
Hongbing Lu (Aeronautics) B.S., University of Science and Technology of China 1986;
M.5., Tsinghua University 1988.
Thesis: Nonlinear Thenno-mechanical Behavior of Polymers under Multiaxial
Loading.
William K. Marshall (Applied Physics) B.S., California Institute of Technology 1981; M.S.,
1989; MS, University of California, Berkeley 1982.
Thesis: Dynamics of Amplitude and Phase in Semiconductor Lasers and Effects of
Propagation in Dispersive Optical Fibers.
Daniel Maskit (Computer Science and History) B.A., Sarah Lawrence College 1988; MS,
California Institute ofTechnology 1994.
Thesis: Software Register Synchronization for Super-Scalar Processors with
Partitioned Register Files.
M. Susan Melnik (Applied Physics) B.5., Case Western Reserve University 1986; M.S.,
California Institute of Technology 1988.
Thesis: Diamond Surfaces: Interactions with Hydrogen and Halogens.
Zhaoyue Meng (Envirml1nental Engineering Science) B.S., Beijing University 1986; M.S.,
University of California, Los Angeles 1991.
Thesis: Thennodynamic and Dynamic Modeling of Atmospheric Aerosols.
Raanan A. Miller (Electrical Engineering) B.5., Boston University 1991; M.s., California
Institute of Technology 1992.
Thesis: Microfabricated Electromagnetic Flap Actuators and Their Applications.
Bradley Arthur Minch (Computation and Neural Systems) B.s., Cornell University 1991.
Thesis: Analysis, SynthesiS, and Implementation of Networks of Multiple-Input
Translinear Elements.
Alina Moussessian (Electrical Engineering) B.S., Iran University of Science and
Technology 1988; M.S., California Institute of Technology 1992.
Thesis: Quasi-Optical Active Antennas.
Laura Jeanne Nagel (Materials Science) B.S., Rice University 1991; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1994.
Thesis: Vibrational Entropy Differences in Materials.
Venkata Varadha Rajan Natarajan (Mechanical Engineering) B.Tech., Inclian Institute of
Technology, Delhi 1991; M.S., California Institute of Technology 1992.
Thesis: Material and Thermal Transport in Vertical Granular Flows.
Flavio oca (Aeronautics and Astronomy) B.S., California Institute of Technology 1988;
M.s., 1989.
Thesis: On the Evaluation of Time-Dependent Fluid-Dynamic Forces on Bluff Bodies.
Aaron Ian Packman (Environmental Engineering Science and Geology) B.s., Washington
University 1991; M.s., California Institute of Technology 1992.
Thesis: Exchange of Colloidal Kaolinite between Stream and Sand Bed in a
Laboratory Flume.
Michael Edward Palmer (Computer Sciellce) B.S., Yale College 1991; M.S., California
Institute of Technology 1994.
Thesis: Exploiting Parallel Memory Hierarchies for Ray Casting Volumes.