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Weinong Huang (August) ................................................................Tuscaloosa<br />
Electrical Engineering<br />
Dissertation: Rate Control for H.264/AVC Video Coding and<br />
Transmission Over Burst-Error Wireless Channels.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Harold Stern<br />
Amy Elizabeth Hunter ................................................................ ….Fort Payne<br />
Biological Sciences<br />
Dissertation: <strong>The</strong> Effects <strong>of</strong> Nutrient Enrichment on Coastal<br />
Wetlands <strong>of</strong> the Northern Gulf <strong>of</strong> Mexico.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. William W. Schroeder<br />
Tara McDonald Johnson ............................................................Columbia, SC<br />
English<br />
Dissertation: <strong>The</strong> Victorian Aesthetic Personality: Tennyson,<br />
Carlyle, Thackeray, and Wilde.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Peter Logan<br />
Travis L. Jones (August) ........................................................................ Gadsden<br />
Finance<br />
Dissertation: Three Essays on New Issue Markets.<br />
Dissertation Directors: Dr. James A. Ligon and<br />
Dr. Robert Brooks<br />
Younbae Jun (August) .......................................................................Tuscaloosa<br />
Applied Mathematics<br />
Dissertation: Domain Decomposition Algorithms for Solving<br />
Parabolic Partial Differential Equations.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Tsun-Zee Mai<br />
Brian Reid Keener ................................................................................. Gallant<br />
Biological Sciences<br />
Dissertation: Molecular Systematics and Revision <strong>of</strong> the Aquatic<br />
Monocot Genus Saqittaria (Alismataceae).<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Robert R. Haynes<br />
Sundar Rajan Krishnan .................................................. Tirunelveli, TN India<br />
Mechanical Engineering<br />
Dissertation: Experimental Investigations and Phenomeno-<br />
Logical Simulation <strong>of</strong> Combustionin a Low<br />
Pilot-Ignited Natural Gas Engine with a Focus<br />
on Advanced Injection Timings.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Clark Midkiff<br />
Jiliang Li ............................................................................................Tuscaloosa<br />
Civil Engineering<br />
Dissertation: Geomaterial Characterization with Displacement<br />
Measurement Technique and Finite Element<br />
Simulation.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Duk-Won Park<br />
Qiaoli Liang .........................................................................Puyang, P.R. China<br />
Chemistry<br />
Dissertation: Solution Structure Determination for Pseudomonas<br />
Cytochrome Mutant H46A and NMR<br />
Evidence for the Domain Structure <strong>of</strong> Zoocin A,<br />
an Antibacterial Exoenzyme.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Russell Timkovich<br />
Michael William Mansfied .........................................................Edenton, NC<br />
History<br />
Dissertation: A Slide, A Swing, and an Oak Tree: Maysville,<br />
<strong>Alabama</strong> and the Birth if an African-American<br />
Community.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Lisa Lindquist Dorr<br />
Roland Walker Mitchell ............................................................. Nashville, TN<br />
Education Research<br />
Dissertation: Pedagogy, History, and Culture: How Pr<strong>of</strong>essors<br />
Think about Race in their Classrooms.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Jerry L. Rosiek<br />
Renee Elizabeth Morquecho (August) ...........................................Birmingham<br />
Civil Engineering<br />
Dissertation: Pollutant Associations with Particulates in Stormwater.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Robert. E. Pitt<br />
Shrikanth Bhaskar Mysore (August) ....................Bangaalore Karnataka, India<br />
Management Science<br />
Dissertation: Three Esssays in Scheduling.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. John Mittenthal<br />
Bo Ning ....................................................................................Handan, China<br />
Materials Metallurgical Engineering<br />
Dissertation: Microstructures and Properties <strong>of</strong> Hf Containing<br />
NiAl-Based Overlay Coatings.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Mark L. Weaver<br />
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Yutaka Okuyama (August) .................................. Asahikawa Hokkaido, Japan<br />
Political Science<br />
Dissertation: De-Radicalization <strong>of</strong> the Communist Parties in<br />
Developed Countries: Comparative Studies <strong>of</strong><br />
the Role <strong>of</strong> the French and the Japanese Communist<br />
Parties in Relation to the Social Movements<br />
<strong>of</strong> 1968.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Barbara Ann Chotiner<br />
Vikrant Chandrakant Palan .......................................................Rajket, Gujarat<br />
Mechanical Engineering<br />
Dissertation: Investigation <strong>of</strong> Noise Control and Vibro-Acoustic<br />
Performance Enhancement Methods for Fuel<br />
Cells.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Steve Shepard<br />
Dong-Jin Park ............................................................................... Seoul, Korea<br />
Mass Communication<br />
Dissertation: Factors Influencing the Choice <strong>of</strong> Public Relations<br />
Strategies in Cyberspace.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Bruce K. Berger<br />
Kathryn E. Perez ...................................................................... San Angelo, TX<br />
Biological Sciences<br />
Dissertation: Selected Topics in Invertebrate Systematics and<br />
Conservation.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Charles Lydeard<br />
Mosfequr Rahman .............................................................Dhaka, Bangladesh<br />
Engineering Science and Mechanics<br />
Dissertation: A Finite Element Approach to Model and Analyze<br />
Photostrictive Optical Actuators.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. John E. Jackson, Jr.<br />
Frank D. Rogers ............................................................................. Scooba, MS<br />
Mathematics<br />
Dissertation: Optimal Choices in an LFR System.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Joseph Neggers<br />
Dohyoung Ryang (August) ..............................................................Tuscaloosa<br />
Mathematics<br />
Dissertation: Finitely Generated Groups Acting Eometrically<br />
on Generalized Hyperbolic Spaces.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Jon M. Corson<br />
Demetria Rougeaux Shabazz .....................................................Galveston, TX<br />
Mass Communication<br />
Dissertation: Negotiated Boundaries and the Making <strong>of</strong> Black<br />
Representation in Julia: A Case Study <strong>of</strong> Interlocking<br />
Effects <strong>of</strong> Race, Gender, and Class on<br />
the Making <strong>of</strong> a Situation Comedy.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Jeremy G. Butler<br />
Dmitriy Sergeyevich Shaltayev (August) ................................. Moscow, Russia<br />
Management Science<br />
Dissertation: <strong>The</strong> Value <strong>of</strong> Market Information in Serial Supply<br />
Chains with Markov-Modulated Demand.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Charles R. Sox<br />
Nurhidajat Sisworahardjo (August) ....................................Jarkarta, Indonesia<br />
Electrical Engineering<br />
Dissertation: Least-Squares Polynomial Quasi-Monte Carlo<br />
Simulation for Short-Term Power Generation<br />
Asset Valuation in a Deregulated Market.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. A. A. El-Keib<br />
Nisha Michelle Sivley ......................................................................Tuscaloosa<br />
Counselor Education<br />
Dissertation: Stress <strong>of</strong> K-12 Regular Education Teachers When<br />
Working With Students With Special Needs.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Karla Carmichael<br />
Mary Elizabeth Spencer ...................................................................... Alabaster<br />
Elementary Education<br />
Dissertation: Exploring Elementary Science Teaching and<br />
Learning Through an Eco-feminist Perspective:<br />
Narrative <strong>of</strong> Embodiment <strong>of</strong> Science.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Sharon E. Nichols<br />
Jennifer Ann Sweeney (August) ................................................Greenfield, MA<br />
Psychology<br />
Dissertation: Examining the Diathesis-Stress Model <strong>of</strong> Depression<br />
in Ealry Adolescence.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Beverly Thorn<br />
Ronald Adrian Tumelson (August) ...............................................Montgomery<br />
English<br />
Dissertation: Mobilities: Social Change and the Plays <strong>of</strong> Robert<br />
Greene.<br />
Dissertation Director: Dr. Gary Taylor
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