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Wei-Han Huang, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, 2003, National Taiwan University
Major: Chemical Engineering
Dissertation: Fabrication of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials via Colloidal Self Assembly
Dissertation Chairperson: P. Jiang
Byul Hur, Bachelor of Science, 2000, Yonsei University—South Korea; Master of Science, 2007, University of Florida
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dissertation: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits and Systems for Test and Characterization
Dissertation Chairperson: W. R. Eisenstadt
Minki Hwang, Bachelor of Science, 1995, Master of Science, 1997, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology––
South Korea; Master of Science in Biological Sciences and Engineering, 2004, Pennsylvania State
University
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation: Modeling of Hemodynamically Induced Vein Graft Remodeling
Dissertation Chairperson: R. Tran-Son-Tay
Minsoon Hwang, Bachelor of Engineering, 2001, Chungnam National University—South Korea; Master of Science,
2004, University of Florida
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dissertation: Frequency Division Multiple Access Receiver for Wireless Interconnection on Printed Circuit Board
Dissertation Chairperson: K. K. O
Paul Anthony Indeglia, Bachelor of Architecture, 1990, University of Notre Dame—Indiana; Master of Science, 1998,
Humboldt State University—California; Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering, 2006,
University of Florida
Major: Environmental Engineering Sciences
Dissertation: On the Physicochemical Characteristics and Biological Effects of Derivatized Fullerene and Synthesis By-Products
Dissertation Chairperson: J. Bonzongo
Hyoung Jeen Jeen, Bachelor of Science, 2003, Pusan National University—South Korea; Master of Science, 2007,
University of Florida
Major: Physics
Dissertation: Magnetoelectric Effects in Manganites
Dissertation Chairperson: A. Biswas
Marcus Anthony Johnson, Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering cum laude, 2007, Master of Science, 2008,
University of Florida
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Dissertation: Differential Game-Based Control Methods for Uncertain Continuous-Time Nonlinear Systems
Dissertation Chairperson: W. E. Dixon
Perry Barnett Johnson, Bachelor of Science, 2006, Master of Science in Medical Physics, 2007, Georgia Institute of Technology
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Assessing Patient Dose in Interventional Fluoroscopy Using Patient-Dependent Hybrid Phantoms
Dissertation Chairperson: W. E. Bolch
Timothy Robert Johnson, Bachelor of Science in Biology summa cum laude, 2003, University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire;
Master of Science, 2007, University of Florida
Major: Horticultural Science––Environmental Horticulture
Dissertation: Developing a Model of Orchid Seed Germination: In Vitro Studies of the Threatened Florida Species Bletia purpurea
Dissertation Chairperson: M. E. Kane
Cary Jordan, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology magna cum laude, 2005, University of South Florida; Master of Education,
2007, University of Florida
Major: School Psychology
Dissertation: An Investigation of Treatment History of Pediatric OCD and Predictors of Treatment Received
Dissertation Chairperson: J. H. Kranzler
Dissertation Cochairperson: D. Joyce
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Wan Seop Jung, Bachelor of Advertising and Public Relation, 2006, Chung Ang University—South Korea;
Master of Advertising, 2008, University of Florida
Major: Mass Communication
Dissertation: Mapping the Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Effects: A Systematic Quantitative Meta-Analysis
Dissertation Chairperson: D. M. Treise
Steven Joseph Kammerer, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, 1986, Ohio State University; Master of Science in Plant Pathology,
1989, University of Georgia
Major: Plant Pathology
Dissertation: Waitea and Rhizoctonia Pathogens of Seashore Paspalum: The Role of Salinity in Disease Expression and Characterization
of a New Waitea Circinata Variety Causing Basal Leaf Blight
Dissertation Chairperson: P. Harmon
Ming-Wei Sherry Kao, Bachelor of Science cum laude Biochemistry, 2004, University of Waterloo—Canada;
Master of Science in Horticulture, 2006, Auburn University—Alabama
Major: Horticultural Science
Dissertation: Influence of Harvest Maturity and Pre-Storage Conditioning on Quality of Melting and Non-Melting Flesh Peaches
Dissertation Chairperson: J. K. Brecht
Dissertation Cochairperson: J. G. Williamson
Aaron Jacob Kashtan, Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, 2005, Brown University—Rhode Island;
Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, 2006, Dartmouth College—New Hampshire
Major: English
Dissertation: Writing Yourself Into the World: Fantasies of Handwriting and Computer Graphics
Dissertation Chairperson: T. A. Harpold
Dissertation Cochairperson: D. D. Ault
Nicholas Charles Kawa, Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology magna cum laude, 2002, University of Arizona;
Master of Arts, 2008, University of Florida
Major: Anthropology
Dissertation: The Social Nature of Agrobiodiversity in Central Amazonia
Dissertation Chairperson: A. Oyuela-Caycedo
Cari Jo Keebaugh, Bachelor of Science cum laude, 2005, Master of Arts, 2007, University of Florida
Major: English
Dissertation: “Into the Woods”: Intertexuality in Children’s and Young Adult Fantasy Texts
Dissertation Chairperson: K. B. Kidd
Travis William Kemper, Bachelor of Arts in Applied Science, 2004, University of California at Santa Cruz;
Master of Science, 2010, University of Florida
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Dissertation: Molecular Dynamics Method Development and Simulations of Molecule-Polymer Interactions
Dissertation Chairperson: S. B. Sinnott
Sarah Elizabeth Key-DeLyria, Bachelor of Arts, 2004, Rice University—Texas; Master of Arts in Communication Sciences
and Disorders, 2006, University of Texas at Austin
Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Dissertation: Executive Function and Language Comprehension in Traumatic Brain Injury
Dissertation Chairperson: L. J. Altmann
Michelle Lea Kiel, Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies with distinction, 2000, Hendrix College—Arkansas;
Master of Arts, 2006, University of Florida
Major: Anthropology
Dissertation: Rebeginnings: Agricultural Intervention and the Crafting of State and Status in Eastern Madagascar
Dissertation Chairperson: B. H. Chalfin
Mary Theresa Kiely, Bachelor of Arts, 1993, Iona College—New York; Master of Arts, 1995, New York University
Major: Special Education
Minor: Educational Psychology
Dissertation: The Relationships Between Secondary General Education Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices for Included Students With Disabilities
Dissertation Chairperson: M. T. Brownell