# Dissertation

## MATH-9990

Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a doctoral dissertation. Grades of S or U are assigned by the adviser each term to reflect the student's research progress for the given semester. Once the dissertation has been publicly defended, approved by the doctoral committee, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education, it will be archived in a standard format in the library.

1-15 credits
Prereqs:
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2024 | Dissertation (1-15c) Yangyang Xu Rongjie Lai Peter R Kramer Chjan C Lim Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Ashwani Kumar Kapila William Douglas Henshaw Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Yuri V Lvov Jeffrey William Banks David Isaacson Gregor Kovacic Seats Taken: 5/210 |  |
2023 | Dissertation (1-15c) Yangyang Xu Rongjie Lai Peter R Kramer Chjan C Lim Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Ashwani Kumar Kapila William Douglas Henshaw Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Yuri V Lvov Jeffrey William Banks David Isaacson Gregor Kovacic Seats Taken: 21/210 | Dissertation (1-15c) Seats Taken: 0/25 | Dissertation (1-15c) Rongjie Lai Chjan C Lim Peter R Kramer John E. Mitchell Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila William Douglas Henshaw Yangyang Xu Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Jeffrey William Banks Gregor Kovacic Seats Taken: 12/160
2022 | Dissertation (1-15c) Yangyang Xu Rongjie Lai Peter R Kramer Chjan C Lim Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Ashwani Kumar Kapila William Douglas Henshaw Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Yuri V Lvov Jeffrey William Banks David Isaacson Gregor Kovacic Seats Taken: 23/210 | Dissertation (1-15c) Seats Taken: 0/25 | Dissertation (1-15c) Rongjie Lai Chjan C Lim Peter R Kramer John E. Mitchell Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila William Douglas Henshaw Yangyang Xu Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Jeffrey William Banks Gregor Kovacic Seats Taken: 23/170
2021 | Dissertation (1-15c) Yangyang Xu Rongjie Lai Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Chjan C Lim Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Ashwani Kumar Kapila William Douglas Henshaw William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Yuri V Lvov Jeffrey William Banks David Isaacson Seats Taken: 27/190 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Seats Taken: 0/25 | Dissertation (1-15c) Rongjie Lai Chjan C Lim Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila William Douglas Henshaw Yangyang Xu Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Jeffrey William Banks Seats Taken: 23/170
2020 | Dissertation (1-15c) Yangyang Xu Rongjie Lai Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Chjan C Lim Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila William Douglas Henshaw William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Yuri V Lvov Jeffrey William Banks David Isaacson Seats Taken: 25/210 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Seats Taken: 0/25 | Dissertation (1-15c) Rongjie Lai Chjan C Lim Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic William Douglas Henshaw Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Yangyang Xu Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Jeffrey William Banks Seats Taken: 23/180
2019 | Dissertation (1-15c) Rongjie Lai Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Chjan C Lim Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila William Douglas Henshaw William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Yuri V Lvov Jeffrey William Banks David Isaacson Seats Taken: 23/190 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Seats Taken: 1/50 | Dissertation (1-15c) Rongjie Lai Chjan C Lim Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic William Douglas Henshaw Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Yangyang Xu Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Jeffrey William Banks Seats Taken: 21/181
2018 | Dissertation (1-15c) Rongjie Lai Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila William Douglas Henshaw David Isaacson Yuri V Lvov Jeffrey William Banks William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Margaret Cheney Seats Taken: 18/190 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Seats Taken: 0/50 | Dissertation (1-15c) Rongjie Lai Chjan C Lim Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila William Douglas Henshaw Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Jeffrey William Banks Seats Taken: 20/171
2017 | Dissertation (1-15c) Rongjie Lai Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Joyce R. McLaughlin David Isaacson Yuri V Lvov Jeffrey William Banks William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Margaret Cheney Seats Taken: 21/190 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Joyce R. McLaughlin Seats Taken: 0/55 | Dissertation (1-15c) Rongjie Lai Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Jong-Shi Pang Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Jeffrey William Banks Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson William Douglas Henshaw Joyce R. McLaughlin Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Seats Taken: 21/220
2016 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Joyce R. McLaughlin David Isaacson Yuri V Lvov Jeffrey William Banks William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Margaret Cheney Seats Taken: 24/180 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Joyce R. McLaughlin Seats Taken: 0/55 | Dissertation (1-15c) Rongjie Lai Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Jong-Shi Pang Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Jeffrey William Banks Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson William Douglas Henshaw Joyce R. McLaughlin Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Seats Taken: 19/220
2015 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman David Isaacson Yuri V Lvov Ashwani Kumar Kapila Joyce R. McLaughlin William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Margaret Cheney Seats Taken: 29/170 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Joyce R. McLaughlin Seats Taken: 0/55 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Jong-Shi Pang Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Jeffrey William Banks Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson William Douglas Henshaw Joyce R. McLaughlin Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Seats Taken: 25/210
2014 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman David Isaacson Yuri V Lvov Ashwani Kumar Kapila Joyce R. McLaughlin William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Margaret Cheney Seats Taken: 28/170 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Joyce R. McLaughlin Seats Taken: 0/55 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Jong-Shi Pang Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Joyce R. McLaughlin Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Seats Taken: 33/190
2013 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman David Isaacson Yuri V Lvov Ashwani Kumar Kapila Joyce R. McLaughlin William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Margaret Cheney Seats Taken: 32/170 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Joyce R. McLaughlin Seats Taken: 0/55 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Jong-Shi Pang Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Joyce R. McLaughlin Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Seats Taken: 27/190
2012 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman David Isaacson Yuri V Lvov Ashwani Kumar Kapila Joyce R. McLaughlin William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Margaret Cheney Seats Taken: 28/170 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Joyce R. McLaughlin Seats Taken: 0/55 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Jong-Shi Pang Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Joyce R. McLaughlin Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Seats Taken: 32/190
2011 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman David Isaacson Yuri V Lvov Ashwani Kumar Kapila Joyce R. McLaughlin William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Margaret Cheney Seats Taken: 28/170 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Joyce R. McLaughlin Seats Taken: 0/55 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Jong-Shi Pang Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Joyce R. McLaughlin Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Seats Taken: 26/190
2010 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Yuri V Lvov Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Joyce R. McLaughlin William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Margaret Cheney Seats Taken: 18/451 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Joyce R. McLaughlin Seats Taken: 1/55 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Jong-Shi Pang Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Joyce R. McLaughlin Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Seats Taken: 23/190
2009 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Yuri V Lvov Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Joyce R. McLaughlin William L. Siegmann Fengyan Li John E. Mitchell Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Margaret Cheney Seats Taken: 23/451 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Seats Taken: 0/50 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Jong-Shi Pang Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Joyce R. McLaughlin Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Seats Taken: 16/90
2008 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Margaret Cheney Donald A Drew William L. Siegmann Gregor Kovacic Joyce R. McLaughlin Mark H Holmes Yuri V Lvov Chjan C Lim Kristin P Bennett Isom Herron Bruce Piper Seats Taken: 18/400 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Seats Taken: 0/50 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Jong-Shi Pang Fengyan Li Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Joyce R. McLaughlin Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Seats Taken: 23/650
2007 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Yuri V Lvov Joyce R. McLaughlin Gregor Kovacic William L. Siegmann John E. Mitchell Jong-Shi Pang Thomas Pok-Yin Yu Isom Herron Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Victor Roytburd Margaret Cheney Seats Taken: 31/475 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Seats Taken: 0/50 | Dissertation (1-15c) Jong-Shi Pang Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Kristin P Bennett Mark H Holmes Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Joyce R. McLaughlin Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Seats Taken: 21/625
2006 | Dissertation (1-15c) Joseph G Ecker John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Yuri V Lvov Jong-Shi Pang Joyce R. McLaughlin Gregor Kovacic Isom Herron Kristin P Bennett Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Donald W Schwendeman Margaret Cheney Peter R Kramer Seats Taken: 36/450 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Seats Taken: 0/50 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Chjan C Lim Kristin P Bennett Donald A Drew Victor Roytburd Gregor Kovacic Joyce R. McLaughlin Margaret Cheney David Isaacson Jong-Shi Pang Yuri V Lvov William L. Siegmann John E. Mitchell Seats Taken: 31/525
2005 | Dissertation (1-15c) Joseph G Ecker Peter R Kramer Kristin P Bennett Isom Herron John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Joyce R. McLaughlin Ashwani Kumar Kapila Jong-Shi Pang Joseph E Flaherty Thomas Pok-Yin Yu Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Harry W McLaughlin Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Seats Taken: 37/685 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Seats Taken: 1/50 | Dissertation (1-15c) Michael Zuker David A Schmidt Lester Rubenfeld Jong-Shi Pang Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Eldar Giladi Joseph G Ecker William L. Siegmann Yuri V Lvov Joyce R. McLaughlin Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Isom Herron Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Margaret Z. Kiehl John E. Mitchell R.E. Lee DeVille Harry W McLaughlin Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Leo J Schowalter Victor Roytburd Margaret Cheney Seats Taken: 35/1055
2004 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Isom Herron Kristin P Bennett John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Margaret Cheney Joyce R. McLaughlin Ashwani Kumar Kapila Jong-Shi Pang Joseph E Flaherty Thomas Pok-Yin Yu Donald A Drew Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Seats Taken: 27/600 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Joseph G Ecker Seats Taken: 1/50 | Dissertation (1-15c) Michael Zuker David A Schmidt Peter R Kramer Gregor Kovacic Eldar Giladi Joseph G Ecker Mark H Holmes Kristin P Bennett Leo J Schowalter Isom Herron Margaret Z. Kiehl R.E. Lee DeVille John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Yuri V Lvov David Isaacson Joyce R. McLaughlin Bruce Piper Donald W Schwendeman Ashwani Kumar Kapila Lester Rubenfeld Jong-Shi Pang Joseph E Flaherty Thomas Pok-Yin Yu Margaret Cheney Victor Roytburd Harry W McLaughlin Chjan C Lim Donald A Drew Seats Taken: 35/1345
2003 | Dissertation (1-15c) David Isaacson Joyce R. McLaughlin Thomas Pok-Yin Yu Peter R Kramer Yuri V Lvov Joseph E Flaherty William L. Siegmann John E. Mitchell Srinivas Akella Donald W Schwendeman Seats Taken: 16/575 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Seats Taken: 0/25 | Dissertation (1-15c) Thomas Pok-Yin Yu Ashwani Kumar Kapila Donald W Schwendeman Joyce R. McLaughlin David Isaacson Yuri V Lvov William L. Siegmann John E. Mitchell Isom Herron Joseph E Flaherty Seats Taken: 20/795
2002 | Dissertation (1-15c) Peter R Kramer Thomas Pok-Yin Yu Joyce R. McLaughlin David Isaacson Pulickel Ajayan Kristin P Bennett Joseph E Flaherty Isom Herron John E. Mitchell Mark H Holmes Seats Taken: 11/575 | Dissertation (1-15c) Seats Taken: 1/25 | Dissertation (1-15c) Harry W McLaughlin David Isaacson William L. Siegmann Yuri V Lvov Thomas Pok-Yin Yu Gregor Kovacic Joyce R. McLaughlin Peter R Kramer Joseph E Flaherty Seats Taken: 11/880
2001 | Dissertation (1-15c) Madabhushi Raghavachari Mark H Holmes William L. Siegmann John E. Mitchell Harry W McLaughlin Joyce R. McLaughlin Gregor Kovacic Chjan C Lim Isom Herron Joseph E Flaherty Seats Taken: 14/575 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Seats Taken: 0/25 | Dissertation (1-15c) David Isaacson Harry W McLaughlin Gregor Kovacic Joyce R. McLaughlin John E. Mitchell Mark H Holmes Peter R Kramer Isom Herron Kristin P Bennett Joseph E Flaherty Seats Taken: 13/880
2000 | Dissertation (1-15c) Donald A Drew Gregor Kovacic Harry W McLaughlin John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Bruce Piper Joseph E Flaherty Chjan C Lim Isom Herron Seats Taken: 13/550 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Seats Taken: 1/25 | Dissertation (1-15c) Joyce R. McLaughlin Gregor Kovacic David Isaacson Mark H Holmes John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Harry W McLaughlin Isom Herron Kristin P Bennett Chjan C Lim Joseph E Flaherty Seats Taken: 15/905
1999 | Dissertation (1-15c) William L. Siegmann Donald A Drew Chjan C Lim Kristin P Bennett Isom Herron Seats Taken: 6/400 | Dissertation (1-15c) Kristin P Bennett Seats Taken: 1/130 |  | Dissertation (1-15c) David Isaacson John E. Mitchell William L. Siegmann Gregor Kovacic Donald A Drew Harry W McLaughlin Isom Herron Kristin P Bennett Chjan C Lim Seats Taken: 12/880
1998 |  | Dissertation (1-15c) Seats Taken: 0/80 | Dissertation (1-15c) Seats Taken: 0/240 | Dissertation (1-15c) David Isaacson William L. Siegmann Donald A Drew Gregor Kovacic Joyce R. McLaughlin Isom Herron Kristin P Bennett Chjan C Lim Seats Taken: 11/800