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April 24, 2018

Thesis Title:

The Dark Canvas: Activating Landscape through Light

Student:

Tabet, Travis

Location:

P 133

Time:

1:00 pm

Department:

School Architecture Planning

Committee Chair:

Crawford, Katya

Committee Members:

Frye, Susan

Wilson, Christopher
Dissertation Title:

Neutrino Flavor Conversions in Dense Medium: Matter Stimulation, Dispersion Relation, and Neutrino Halo

Student:

Ma, Lei

Location:

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Time:

2:00 pm

Department:

Physics Astronomy

Committee Chair:

Duan, Huaiyu

Committee Members:

Finley, Daniel

Loomba, Dinesh

Qian, Yongzhong

April 26, 2018

Thesis Title:

For the Health of the Middle Rio Grande: A Proposal for Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Student:

Houle, Tess

Location:

P133, Pearl Hall

Time:

1:00 am

Department:

School Architecture Planning

Committee Chair:

Kambic, Kathleen

Committee Members:

Frye, Susan

Simon, Alfred
Thesis Title:

SPLIT-RING RESONATOR WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION BY SIMULATIONS, MEASUREMENTS AND LINEAR TIME-INVARIANT MODELING

Student:

Hmaidi, Mohamed

Location:

ECE department Room 132

Time:

9:00 am

Department:

Electrical Computer Engr

Committee Chair:

Gilmore, Mark

Committee Members:

Christodoulou, Christos

Schamiloglu, Edl
Dissertation Title:

International news agencies in the era of global communications: The case of CCTV and its penetration to the U.S. new market

Student:

Ran, Huan

Location:

Room 219, Department of Communication and Journalism

Time:

12:00 pm

Department:

Communication Journalism

Committee Chair:

Rodriguez Nazario, Ilia

Committee Members:

Gandert, Miguel

Volz, Yong

White, Judith
Thesis Title:

A SPELEOTHEM RECORD OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA DURING MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE 3

Student:

Peinado, Justin

Location:

NHTP 105

Time:

1:00 pm

Department:

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Committee Chair:

Asmerom, Yemane

Committee Members:

Galewsky, Joseph

Polyak, Victor
Thesis Title:

Dense-array teleseismic imaging of the Southern Albuquerque basin

Student:

Finlay, Tori

Location:

Northrop Hall 340

Time:

2:15 pm

Department:

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Committee Chair:

Lowe Worthington, Lindsay

Committee Members:

Roy, Mousumi

Schmandt, Brandon
Thesis Title:

Floristic Inventory of the Ladder Ranch, Sierra County, New Mexico

Student:

Gautreaux, Matthew

Location:

CERIA 337

Time:

3:00 pm

Department:

AS Biology

Committee Chair:

Lowrey, Timothy

Committee Members:

Muldavin, Esteban

Snell, Howard

April 27, 2018

Dissertation Title:

Understanding patterns of diversity and evolution of mainland Anolis lizards

Student:

Gray, Levi

Location:

51 Castetter Hall

Time:

9:30 am

Department:

AS Biology

Committee Chair:

Poe, Steven

Committee Members:

Andersen, Michael

Cook, Joseph

Wang, Ian
Dissertation Title:

Vacuum

Student:

Shahsiah, Babak

Location:

UNM Art Building Room 143

Time:

12:00 pm

Department:

Art Art History

Committee Chair:

Shimano, Yoshiko

Committee Members:

Anderson-Riedel, Susanne

Bouton, Ligia

Ho, Szu-Han

Rangel, Matthew
Dissertation Title:

High-throughput automated multi target super-resolution imaging

Student:

Farzam, Farzin

Location:

Physics and Astronomy department

Time:

1:30 pm

Department:

Physics Astronomy

Committee Chair:

Lidke, Keith

Committee Members:

Lidke, Diane

Neumann, Aaron

Prasad, Sudhakar
Thesis Title:

How the Proximity of Crime Effects Housing Prices - A Hedonic Pricing Study of Inner-Loop Houston, TX

Student:

Thompson, Samuel

Location:

bandw 104

Time:

4:00 pm

Department:

Geography

Committee Chair:

Lippitt, Christopher

Committee Members:

Berrens, Robert

Carr, John

April 30, 2018

Thesis Title:

The Role of Descriptive Social Norms in Opioid and Other Substance Use Among College Students

Student:

Edwards, Karlyn

Location:

Logan Hall 156

Time:

8:00 am

Department:

Psychology

Committee Chair:

Vowles, Kevin

Committee Members:

Venner, Kamilla

Witkiewitz, Katie A
Thesis Title:

Ethnic and Racial Group Differences in Attitudes Towards Undocumented Latino Immigrants

Student:

Pena, Juan

Location:

RWJF/UNM Center for Health Policy

Time:

10:00 am

Department:

Psychology

Committee Chair:

Verney, Steven

Committee Members:

Devos, Thierry

Sanchez, Gabriel

Venner, Kamilla
Dissertation Title:

Navajo Epistemology: Sa'ah Naaghai Bik'eh Hozhoon Teachings

Student:

Nez, Vangee

Location:

Waters Room 105 Zimmerman

Time:

11:00 am

Department:

Lang Literacy Sociocultural LL

Committee Chair:

Werito, Vincent

Committee Members:

Cajete, Gregory

Deyhle, Donna

Secatero, Shawn

May 1, 2018

Thesis Title:

Birth and Evolution of the Virgin River Fluvial System: ~1 km of post-5 Ma uplift of the western Colorado Plateau

Student:

Walk, Cory

Location:

Northrop Hall 116

Time:

2:00 pm

Department:

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Committee Chair:

Karlstrom, Karl

Committee Members:

Crossey, Laura

Crow, Ryan

Scuderi, Louis

May 2, 2018

Dissertation Title:

Refining models of crustal growth and evolution in southwestern Laurentia with paired U-Pb and Lu-Hf analyses of igneous and detrital zircon

Student:

Holland, Mark

Location:

Northrop Hall rm. 105

Time:

9:00 am

Department:

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Committee Chair:

Karlstrom, Karl

Committee Members:

Crossey, Laura

Heizler, Matthew T

Schmandt, Brandon
Dissertation Title:

Tunneling in Si MOS nanostructures

Student:

Shirkhorshidian, Amir

Location:

ECE 118

Time:

10:00 am

Department:

*Interdisciplinary:Engineering

Committee Chair:

Zarkesh-Ha, Payman

Committee Members:

Acosta, Victor

Balakrishnan, Ganesh

Carroll, Malcolm
Thesis Title:

Evaluating the Utility of Object Based Image Analysis for Ecological Monitoring of Pinon-Juniper Woodlands

Student:

Taraschi, Zachary

Location:

BANDW 104

Time:

12:00 pm

Department:

Geography

Committee Chair:

Lippitt, Caitlin

Committee Members:

Lippitt, Christopher

Litvak, Marcy
Thesis Title:

Gray Matter Correlates of Emotional Intelligence in Incarcerated Male Offenders

Student:

Ulrich, Devin

Location:

MRN Large Conference Room (1023 Domenici Hall)

Time:

12:00 pm

Department:

Psychology

Committee Chair:

Kiehl, Kent

Committee Members:

Cavanagh, James

Yeo, Ronald
Dissertation Title:

Development of Metallic Magnetic Calorimeters and Paramagnetic Alloys of Ag and Er for Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy

Student:

Le, Linh

Location:

Physics and Astronomy Room 190

Time:

12:30 pm

Department:

Physics Astronomy

Committee Chair:

Boyd, Stephen

Committee Members:

Becerra Chavez, Francisco

Cantor, Robin

Hecht, Adam

May 3, 2018

Thesis Title:

Systematics and Diversification of the Pantropical Avian Order Coraciiformes

Student:

McCullough, Jenna

Location:

CAST 107

Time:

9:30 am

Department:

AS Biology

Committee Chair:

Andersen, Michael

Committee Members:

Degnan, James

Witt, Christopher
Thesis Title:

Urban Scaling and the Impact of Socioeconomic Performance on Health and Environmental Outcomes

Student:

Tallman, Sky

Location:

SAAP P-135

Time:

10:00 am

Department:

School Architecture Planning

Committee Chair:

Fleming, William

Committee Members:

Epstein, Richard

Scruggs, Caroline
Dissertation Title:

American Indian Student Motivation at a Tribal College

Student:

Izzo, Rebecca

Location:

Technology Building

Time:

10:00 am

Department:

Individual Fam Comm Educ IFCE

Committee Chair:

Flowerday, Terri

Committee Members:

Armstrong, Jan

Borden, Allison

Werito, Vincent

May 4, 2018

Dissertation Title:

Kenyan Youths??? Experiences of Intercultural Conflict: Negotiating Context, Intersectionalities, and Agency

Student:

Scott, Lindsay

Location:

CJ 219

Time:

12:00 pm

Department:

Communication Journalism

Committee Chair:

Collier, Mary

Committee Members:

Eguchi, Shinsuke

Lopez, Nancy

Washington, Myra
Dissertation Title:

Interpretating Uncertainty Quantification for Times Series

Student:

Peterson, Matthew

Location:

Farris 3100

Time:

1:00 pm

Department:

Computer Science

Committee Chair:

Estrada-Piedra, Trilce

Committee Members:

Bridges, Patrick

Luan, Shuang

Stracuzzi, David

May 7, 2018

Dissertation Title:

A Decision-Making Framework for the Selection of Sustainable Alternatives for Energy-Retrofits

Student:

Jafari, Amirhosein

Location:

CENT Room 3031

Time:

1:00 pm

Department:

*Interdisciplinary:Engineering

Committee Chair:

Valentin, Vanessa

Committee Members:

Berrens, Robert

Halter, Susan

Russell, Mark

May 8, 2018

Dissertation Title:

Gently Radical Changing

Student:

Bryson, Kaitlin

Location:

Art & Ecology Room 304

Time:

1:00 pm

Department:

Art Art History

Committee Chair:

Hart-Mann, Jeanette

Committee Members:

Banerjee, Subhankar

Buick, Kirsten

Ho, Szu-Han

Natvig, Donald

May 9, 2018

Dissertation Title:

The Support Needs of First Generation Immigrant Families with Sons and Daughters with Disabilities

Student:

Jacob, George

Location:

TEC 220

Time:

1:00 pm

Department:

Special Education

Committee Chair:

Luckasson, Ruth

Committee Members:

Armstrong, Jan

Copeland, Susan

Griffin, Megan

May 10, 2018

Dissertation Title:

Psychological Factors and the Relation Between Neighborhood Conditions and Latino Health: A Mixed Methods Study

Student:

Rodriguez Espinosa, Patricia

Location:

RWJF Center for Health Policy - Downstairs conference room

Time:

9:00 am

Department:

Psychology

Committee Chair:

Verney, Steven

Committee Members:

Castro, Felipe Gonzalez

Sanchez, Gabriel

Venner, Kamilla
Thesis Title:

Subjectivity in Yoko Tawada's Das nackte Auge

Student:

Adams, Anna

Location:

ORTG 323D

Time:

11:00 am

Department:

Foreign Languages Literatures

Committee Chair:

Schroeter, Katrin

Committee Members:

Baackmann, Susanne

Wilby, Jason
Dissertation Title:

Drinking Norms and College Student Alcohol Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Student:

Hagler, Kylee

Location:

Logan Hall

Time:

12:00 pm

Department:

Psychology

Committee Chair:

Venner, Kamilla

Committee Members:

Neighbors, Clayton

Tonigan, Jeff

Witkiewitz, Katie A
Dissertation Title:

Mechanisms of autophagy in prediabetic individuals compared to controls in response to acute exercise and rapamycin treatment in peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

Student:

McCormick, James

Location:

Johnson Center Room 118

Time:

2:00 pm

Department:

Health Exercise & Sports Sci

Committee Chair:

Mermier, Christine

Committee Members:

Amorim, Fabiano

Dokladny, Karol

Kravitz, Leonard

May 11, 2018

Dissertation Title:

Mainland Southeast Asia in the Longue Dur??e: A Zooarchaeological Test of the "Broad Spectrum Revolution" in Northern Thailand

Student:

Conrad, Cyler

Location:

Anthropology 178

Time:

10:00 am

Department:

AS Anthropology

Committee Chair:

Jones, Emily

Committee Members:

Marwick, Ben

Nelson, Sherry

Straus, Lawrence
Thesis Title:

Neurobehavioral Signatures of Children-Victims of Bullying

Student:

Solis, Isabel

Location:

Logan Hall, room 206

Time:

11:00 am

Department:

Psychology

Committee Chair:

Ciesielski, Kristina

Committee Members:

Smith, Bruce

Stephen, Julia

Verney, Steven

June 11, 2018

Dissertation Title:

Regulation of biogenesis of microRNA using antisense based bi-functional molecules.

Student:

Bhattarai, Umesh

Location:

Clark 214A

Time:

9:00 am

Department:

Chemistry

Committee Chair:

Liang, Fu-Sen

Committee Members:

Edwards, Jeremy

Perrone-Bizzozero, Nora

Wang, Wei

June 12, 2018

Dissertation Title:

Targeting miRNA using small molecules

Student:

Yan, Hao

Location:

Clark 214A

Time:

2:00 pm

Department:

Chemistry

Committee Chair:

Liang, Fu-Sen

Committee Members:

Cui, Lina

Hartley, Rebecca

Wang, Wei

Dissertation & Thesis Announcements

April 24, 2018

The Dark Canvas: Activating Landscape through Light

Neutrino Flavor Conversions in Dense Medium: Matter Stimulation, Dispersion Relation, and Neutrino Halo

April 26, 2018

For the Health of the Middle Rio Grande: A Proposal for Green Stormwater Infrastructure

SPLIT-RING RESONATOR WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION BY SIMULATIONS, MEASUREMENTS AND LINEAR TIME-INVARIANT MODELING

International news agencies in the era of global communications: The case of CCTV and its penetration to the U.S. new market

A SPELEOTHEM RECORD OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA DURING MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE 3

Dense-array teleseismic imaging of the Southern Albuquerque basin

Floristic Inventory of the Ladder Ranch, Sierra County, New Mexico

April 27, 2018

Understanding patterns of diversity and evolution of mainland Anolis lizards

Vacuum

High-throughput automated multi target super-resolution imaging

How the Proximity of Crime Effects Housing Prices - A Hedonic Pricing Study of Inner-Loop Houston, TX

April 30, 2018

The Role of Descriptive Social Norms in Opioid and Other Substance Use Among College Students

Ethnic and Racial Group Differences in Attitudes Towards Undocumented Latino Immigrants

Navajo Epistemology: Sa'ah Naaghai Bik'eh Hozhoon Teachings

May 1, 2018

Birth and Evolution of the Virgin River Fluvial System: ~1 km of post-5 Ma uplift of the western Colorado Plateau

May 2, 2018

Refining models of crustal growth and evolution in southwestern Laurentia with paired U-Pb and Lu-Hf analyses of igneous and detrital zircon

Tunneling in Si MOS nanostructures

Evaluating the Utility of Object Based Image Analysis for Ecological Monitoring of Pinon-Juniper Woodlands

Gray Matter Correlates of Emotional Intelligence in Incarcerated Male Offenders

Development of Metallic Magnetic Calorimeters and Paramagnetic Alloys of Ag and Er for Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy

May 3, 2018

Systematics and Diversification of the Pantropical Avian Order Coraciiformes

Urban Scaling and the Impact of Socioeconomic Performance on Health and Environmental Outcomes

American Indian Student Motivation at a Tribal College

May 4, 2018

Kenyan Youths??? Experiences of Intercultural Conflict: Negotiating Context, Intersectionalities, and Agency

Interpretating Uncertainty Quantification for Times Series

May 7, 2018

A Decision-Making Framework for the Selection of Sustainable Alternatives for Energy-Retrofits

May 8, 2018

Gently Radical Changing

May 9, 2018

The Support Needs of First Generation Immigrant Families with Sons and Daughters with Disabilities

May 10, 2018

Psychological Factors and the Relation Between Neighborhood Conditions and Latino Health: A Mixed Methods Study

Subjectivity in Yoko Tawada's Das nackte Auge

Drinking Norms and College Student Alcohol Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Mechanisms of autophagy in prediabetic individuals compared to controls in response to acute exercise and rapamycin treatment in peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

May 11, 2018

Mainland Southeast Asia in the Longue Dur??e: A Zooarchaeological Test of the "Broad Spectrum Revolution" in Northern Thailand

Neurobehavioral Signatures of Children-Victims of Bullying

June 11, 2018

Regulation of biogenesis of microRNA using antisense based bi-functional molecules.

June 12, 2018

Targeting miRNA using small molecules