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THESIS CANDIDATES

Paula Chapman, MS Statistics
The impact of a high school exit exam: A comparison of psychological indicators between those who have and have not passed the exit exam
Friday, December 18, 9:00am GMCS 405
Chair: C.D. Joey Lin

Kaya Yuki, MA Mathematics
Multi-dimensional Frobenius Problem - Partial Solution to N-2 Case
Friday, October 30, 4:00pm GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Vadim Ponomarenko

Eunju Park, MA Mathematics
On the Frobenius Numbers
Wednesday, October 28, 3:30pm GMCS 418
Chair: Dr. Vadim Ponomarenko

Courtney Worman, MS Statistics
Predicting Baseball Pticher Injury Using Change Point Analysis
Monday, October 19, 2009, 9:00am GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Richard Levine

Jonathan Boiser, MS Applied Mathematics
Computational Problems in the Braid Group
Thursday, August 123, 2009, 5:00pm GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Imre Tuba

Stefan Kolb, MS Applied Mathematics
On Portfolio Optimization in the Case of the RDEU Criterion for the Geometric Brownian Motion Model
Friday, July 10, 2009, 11:00am GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Vladimir Rotar

Patrick Dussler, MS Applied Mathematics
Analytic and Numerical Examples of Weather Derivate Pricing
Thursday, July 9, 2009, 2:00pm GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Sam Shen

Suchitra Jadgdish, MS Applied Mathematics
Density Symmetrry Breaking in Binary Bose-Eistein Condensates
Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 10:00am GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Ricardo Carretero

Scott Strachan, MS Applied Mathematics
An Analysis of the Non-Linear Annual Climate Cycle
Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 3:00pm GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Sam Shen

Marcus Bantle, MS Applied Mathematics
Error Analysis, Assessment and Design of the Alberta Acid Deposition Network
Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 2:00pm GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Sam Shen

Laleh Shojania Howard
, MS Statistics
A Comparison of Two Track Fusion Algorithms
Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 10:00am GMCS 418
Chair: Dr. K.J. Lui

Anya Umlauf, MS Statistics
Stratified Sampling of Low-Density Parity-Check Codes
Monday, May 18, 2009, 12:00pm GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Michael O'Sullivan

Michael Boone, MS Applied Mathematics
The Preservation of Ultrametricity After Lumping
Thursday, May 14, 2009, 10:00am GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Peter Salamon

Veeral Patel, MS Applied Mathematics
Study, Modeling, and Simulation of the Claim Arrival Process Generated byCatastrophic Events
Thursday, May 14, 2009, 1:30pm GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Vladimir Rotar

Susan Guyler, MS Applied Mathematics
Modeling and Simulation of the Dynamics of a Superconducting Quantum Interference Filter (SQIF) Device
Thursday, April 30, 2009, 10:00am GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Antonio Palacios

Scott Nelson, MS Statistics
Hedging Weather Derivative Basis Risk
Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 1:00pm, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Barbara Bailey

Wei Chen, MS Statistics
Application of Dynamic Linear Regression Model & Hypothesis-Testing for Damage Detection of Highway Bridge
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 9:00am, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. K.J. Lui

Ryan Humphrey, MS Applied Mathematics
Inpainting Using Anisotropic Diffusion and Its Application to Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferograms
Monday, April 20, 2009, 11:00am, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Peter Blomgren

Christine Lee, MS Biostatistics
El Niño Factor Analysis and USHCN V2 Error Analysis
Friday, March 27, 2009, 3:30pm, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Sam Shen

Zhirui Yang, MS Statistics
Auxiliary Covariates in Random Effects Logistic Regression
Models with Application to Epidemiological Study

Friday, March 20, 2009, 12:30pm, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Jianwei Chen

Ryan Moore, MA Mathematics
On Short Minimal Zero Sequences
Friday, February 20, 2009, 2:00pm, GMCS 418
Chair: Dr. Vadim Ponomarenko

Clayton Ambrose, MS Applied Mathematics
A Foundation for Interpolated Tree Orthogonal Multiplexing
Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 12:00pm, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Stefen Hui

John Everts, MS Applied Mathematics
Scattering of Discrete Solitons Off Impurities
Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 4:30pm, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Ricardo Carretero

I-Yuan Liu, MS Statistics
Tests for Homogeneity of the Risk Ratio Between a Secondary Infection, Given a Primary Infection, and the Primary Infection
Friday, August 1, 2008, 10:00am, GMCS 307
Chair: Dr. C.D. Lin

Mayra Hernandez, MS Applied Mathematics
Effects of Non-Homogeneities in Coupled Overdamped Bistable Systems
Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 10:00am, GMCS 307

Chair: Dr. Antonio Palacios

Benedikt Kramps, MS Applied Mathematics
Daily California Temperature and Precipitation Data Gridding and Its Applications
Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 1:00pm, GMCS 308
Chair: Dr. Sam Shen

Stefanie Reichart, MS Applied Mathematics
On Extensions of Arrow's Theorem on Optimal Insurance for Some Non-Linear Risk Measurement Criteria
Friday, June 6, 2008, 11:30am, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Vladimir Rotar

Tina Baur, MS Applied Mathematics
Acceptable Insurance Premiums in the Case of Dependent Claims
Friday, June 6, 2008, 10:00am, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Vladimir Rotar

Shayne Vargo, MA Mathematics
Algebraic Analysis of the Sum-Product Algorithm
Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 11:00am, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Michael O'Sullivan

Jennifer Ross, MA Mathematics
Construction of Lattice Packings from Number Fields
Friday, May 2, 2008, 2:30pm, GMCS 307
Chair: Dr. Carmelo Interlando

Michelle Miller, MS Applied Math
Level Set Methods for Biomedical Imaging
Friday, April 25, 2008, 10:15am, GMCS 310
Chair: Dr. Peter Blomgren

Herve Nganguia, MS Applied Math
Comparative Study of Mathematical Models of Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila and Cyanobacterium
Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 4:00pm, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Joseph Mahaffy

Martin Weckerle, MS Applied Math
Application of Numerical Methods to the Study of Thin Films
Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 3:00pm, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Robert Grone

Karlo Kovacic, MS Applied Math
Multiplicative Complexity of Quadratic Boolean Forms
Friday, February 1, 2008, 3:00pm, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Carmelo Interlando

Tyler Barry, MS Applied Math
Analysis and Simulation of Wireless OFDM
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 11:00am, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Stefen Hui

Katja Sauler, MS Applied Math
Accepatable Insurance Premiums and Advanced Central Limit Theorems of Probability Theory
Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 12:30pm, GMCS 418
Chair: Dr. Vladimir Rotar

Andreas Joachim Rupp, MS Applied Math
Gridding Daily Precipitation Data over Texas
Friday, July 20, 2007, 2:00pm, GMCS 307
Chair: Dr. Sam Shen

Eric John Bieri, MS Applied Math
Modeling the Demand for Insurance Dependent on the Premium Charged
Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 2:30pm, GMCS 325
Chair: Dr. Vladimir Rotar

Erica Nicole Offerman, MA Mathematics
Middle School Sutdents' Understanding of Connections Between Algebraic and Graphical Representations of Linear Functions
Tuesday, July 19, 2007, 1:00pm, GMCS 327
Chair: Dr. Susan Nickerson

Val Villegas, MA Mathematics
Grassmannian Low Denstiy Parity Check Codes
Friday, April 27, 2007, 11:00am, GMCS 308
Chair: Dr. Michael O'Sullivan

Xiang Wang, MS Statistics
Testing Non-Inferiority or Equivalence Under Miltiple Matching
Friday, April 24, 2007, 2:00pm, GMCS 308
Chair: Dr. K.J. Lui

Brenda Kathleen Wilborn, MA Mathematics
Limit SEts of Schottky Groups
Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 1:00pm, GMCS 308
Chair: Dr. David Lesley

S. Jennifer Stary, MS Statistics
Exact Confidence Intervals for the Proportion Under Inverse Sampling
Friday, December 15, 2006, 12:00pm, GMCS 418

Chair: Dr. C.D. Lin

Chad Wagner, MS Applied Mathematics
Ultametric Characteristics in Phage Proteins
Thursday, December 14, 2006, 5:30pm, GMCS 405
Chair: Dr. Peter Salamon

Tam Thanh Lieu, MS Applied Mathematics
Sexual Networks and Small Worlds
Thursday, December 14, 2006, 2:00pm, GMCS 418
Chair: Dr. Peter Salamon

Andrea L. Sholtes, MS Applied Mathematics
Cycles in LDPC Codes
Thursday, December 14, 2006, 8:00am, GMCS 418
Chair: Dr. Roxana Smarandache

Eric Gorenstein, MS Applied Mathematics
A Construction and Analysis of Quasi-Cyclic and Convolutional Low Density Parity Check Codes
Thursday, December 14, 2006, 10:00am, GMCS 418
Chair: Dr. Roxana Smarandache

Raymond Montellano Paulino, MS Applied Mathematics
Linear Congruence Construction and Fourier Transform Decoding of LDPC Codes
Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 1:00pm, GMCS 418
Chair: Dr. Stefan Hui

Guillermo Alvarez, MS Applied Mathematics
OFDM Signal Power Analysis
Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 3:00pm, GMCS 418
Chair: Dr. Stefan Hui

Estaban Javier Mansilla Kenning, MS Applied Mathematics
On Edgeworth Expansions for Independent and Dependent Random Variables with Applications to Insurance
Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 10:00am, GMCS 418
Chair: Dr. Vladimir Rotar

Michael Carlyle Davis, MS Applied Mathematics
Optical Manipulations fo Matter-Waves in the contextof Bose-Einstein Condensation
Friday, November 14, 2006, 3:30pm, GMCS 325

Colleen Neroda, MA Mathematics
Distriance Matrices
Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 10:00am, GMCS 327

Chair: Dr. Bob Grone

Douglas Lowell Wilkins, MS Statistics
Statistical Modeling of Accident Insurance Contracts
Friday, November 3, 2006, 1:00pm, GMCS 325
Chair: Dr. Richard Levine

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