| Ph.D. Final Oral Examinations |
| Student: Mira Park Title: "Highly Scaled Programmable Metallization Cell memory Devices" Committee: M. Kozicki (Chair), D. Schroder, M. Mitkova, T. Alford, T. Thornton Date: July 27, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. in ECG 115 |
| Student: Jitendra Makwana Title: "Non-Volatile Memory Characterization, Modeling, and Simulation" Committee: D. Schroder, (Chair), S. Phillips, H. Barnaby, M. Kozicki, Y. Zhang Date: July 26, 2005, at 2:30 p.m. in ERC 593 |
| Student: Patrick Seeling Title: "The Rate Variability-Distortion (VD) Curve of Encoded Video" Committee: M. Reisslein(Chair), J. Hui, L. Karam, J. Si, C. Tepedelenlioglu Date: July 21, 2005, at 1:00 p.m. in GWC 353 |
| Student: Carlo Requiao da Cunha Title: "Scanning Gate Microscopy Investigations of Quantum Point Contacts" Committee: D. Ferry (Chair), R. Akis, T. Picraux, N. Tao, S. Lindsay Date: June 17, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. in ERC 490 |
| Student: Khawza I. Ahmed Title: "Effect of Channel Estimation on Multicarrier and MIMO Systems in Wireless Channels" Committee: A.Spanias (Co-Chair), C.Tepedelenlioglu (Co-Chair), D.Morrel, A.Papandreou-Suppappoloa, T. Duman Date: June 9, 2005, at 1:45 p.m. in GWC 409 |
| Student: Li Chen Title: "Optical Characterization of GaN, SiC and A1N" Committee: B. Skromme (Chair), T. Thornton, D. Vasileska, F. Ponce, and D.K. Schroder Date: May 13, 2005, at 1 p.m. in ERC 490 |
| M.S. Final Oral Examinations |
| Student: Juan M. Andrade Rodas Title: "Semi-Autonomous 3D Tracking" Committee : L. Karam (Chair), G. Qian, G. Abousleman Date: July 22, 2005, 3:00 p.m. GWC 409 |
| Student: Zhifeng Hu Title: "Adaptive Sensor Activity Control in Many-to-one Sensor Networks" Committee : J. Zhang (Chair), J. Hui, C. Tepedelenlioglu Date: July 22, 2005, 2:00 p.m. GWC 487 |
| Student: Vidyarani M. Dyaberi Title: "Spatio-Temporal Structures in Modern Dance" Committee : G. Qian (Chair), H. Sundaram, J. James Date: July 22, 2005, 10:00 a.m. Brick Yard 361 |
| Student: Anand Swaminathan Title: "Low Gamma Dose Rate Testing of Piezoresistive Microelectromechanical Pressure Transducers" Committee : K. Holbert (Chair), G. Heydt, R. Ayyanar Date: July 21, 2005, 11:00 a.m. ERC 593 |
| Student: Saurabh P. Gupte Title:Synchronization in Modular Complex Networks" Committee : Y. Lai(Chair),M. Reisslein, A. Rodriguez Date: July 8, 2005, 2:00 p.m. GWC 604 |
| Student: Hyung Seok Kim Title:Determination of Complex Permittivity Using a Cylindrical Post in a Waveguide" Committee : G. Pan (Chair), J. Aberle, R. Diaz Date: June 24, 2005, 2:00 p.m. GWC 409 |
| Student: Yeong Eun Yang Title:A Virtual Channel Design Methodology for Networks On-Chip" Committee : Y. Joo (Chair), J. Aberle, V. Tamas Date: June 24, 2005, 10:00 a.m. GWC 216 |
| Student: Wenjun Yun Title:The Design and Fabrication of Advanced Benzocyclobutene Based Octoput-Shaped Flexible Electrode " Committee : J. He (Co-Chair), B. Kim (Co-Chair), G. Pan Date: June 23, 2005, 10:00 a.m. GWC 353 |
| Student: Saurabh Monga Title: "Failure Analysis and Design Optimization of High Voltage Equipment Using Electric Field Concepts" Committee : R. Gorur (Chair), G. Heydt, D. Tylavsky Date: June 8, 2005, 10:30 a.m. ERC 533 |
| Student: Darshan Y.P Kobla Title: "Design and Protyping of NoC based MPSoC Architecture on Xilinx FPGA" Committee : K. Chatha (Chair), D. Schroder, D. Tylavsky Date: May 26, 2005, 1:00 p.m. ERC 593 |
| Student: Robert Whitley Title: "Modeling, Simulation, and Control system Design for the Westland Lynx Helicopter" Committee : A. Rodriguez (Chair), K. Tsakalis, W. Higgins Date: May 16, 2005, 2:00 p.m. GWC 379 |