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College of Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy (Aerospace Engineering)

Dean Anthony Dickmann
BSME, Ohio State University, 1979; MS, Case Western Reserve University, 1992
Dissertation Title: On the Near Field Mean Flow Structure of Transverse Supersonic Jets Issuing into a Supersonic Freestream
Supervising Professor: Frank Lu


Doctor of Philosophy (Biomedical Engineering)

Dheerendra Raghavendra Kashyap
BE, Bangalore University, 1998; MS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2001
Dissertation Title: Development of a Broadband Multi-Channel NIRS System for Quantifying Absolute Concentrations of Hemoglobin Derivatives
Supervising Professor: Hanli Liu


Sripad Ram
BS, Indian Institute of Technology, 2001
Dissertation Title: Resolution and Localization in Single Molecule Microscopy
Supervising Professor: Raimund J. Ober and E. Sally Ward


Mengna Xia
BS, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1996; MENGR, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1999
Dissertation Title: Tissue and Vascular Oxygenation Dynamics Determined by Optical Approaches and MRI
Supervising Professor: Hanli Lin


Doctor of Philosophy (Civil Engineering)

Mohamed Adil Haque
BE, University of Madras, 2001; MS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2003
Dissertation Title: Dynamic Characteristics and Stability Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste in Bioreactor Landfills
Supervising Professor: Sahadat Hossain


Chirakarn Sirivitmaitrie
BE, Kasetsart University, 2001; MS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2003
Dissertation Title: Roadway Shallow Water Flow Modeling by Velocity Distribution Method
Supervising Professor: Ernest Crosby


Phong Thanh Vo
BS, Ho Chi Minh City University, 1998; MS, San Jose State University, 2002
Dissertation Title: Capacity Estimation of Two-sided Type C Weaves on Freeway
Supervising Professor: Stephen P. Mattingly


Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science & Engineering)

Darin Brezeale
BS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1992; MS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1999; MA, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2002
Dissertation Title: Learning Video Preferences Using Visual Features and Closed Caption
Supervising Professor: Diane J. Cook


Sourav Pal
BE, Bengal Engineering College, 2000; MS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2003
Dissertation Title: An Integrated Approach for Enhancing User Experience in Wireless Multimedia Systems
Supervising Professor: Sajal K. Das


Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science)

Brian Joseph Holbert
BS, Spring Hill College, 2006; MS, University of South Alabama, 2002
Dissertation Title: Enhance Targeting in a Haptic User Interface for the Physically Disabled Using a Force Feedback Mouse
Supervising Professor: Manfred Huber


Samee Ullah Khan
BS, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute, 1999
Dissertation Title: Game Theoretical Replica Placement Techniques for Large-Scale Distributed Computing Systems
Supervising Professor: Ishfaq Ahmad


Sumantra Raj Kundu
BE, Indian Institute of Technology, 2001: MS, University of Iowa, 2001
Dissertation Title: An Analytical Framework for Improving the Performance of Server Farms
Supervising Professor: Sajal K. Das


Doctor of Philosophy (Electrical Engineering)

Wei-Der Chung
BS, Tatung University, 1995; MS, Syracuse University, 2001
Dissertation Title: Model Reference Adaptive Control Using Stacked Identifiers
Supervising Professor: Kai S. Yeung


Siva Prasad Devireddy
BE, Osmania University, 2000; MS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2002
Dissertation Title: Low Frequency Noise in Mosfets with High-K Gate Stacks - Modeling Review
Supervising Professor: Zeynep Celik-Butler


Sandeep Kumar
BTech, Jamia Millia Islamis, 1998; MS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2002
Dissertation Title: CCDBI Readout Circuit for Micromachined Microbolometers
Supervising Professor: Donald P. Butler


Chin-Hung Kuo
BS, National Cheng Kung University, 1987; MS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1992
Dissertation Title: A Simulation Study of Electromagnetic Wave Scattering From Multi-Scale Random Surfaces
Supervising Professor: Adrian K. Fung


Pramod Lakshmi Narasimha
BE, Bangalore University, 2000; MS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2003
Dissertation Title: Sequences of Near-Optimal Feedforward Neural Networks
Supervising Professor: Michael T. Manry


Mingsheng Peng
BS, Jiangxi Normal University, 1994; MS, Jiangxi Normal University, 1997
Dissertation Title: Design and Functionality Analysis of Operational Amplifiers with Rail-to-Rail Input and Output Capability
Supervising Professor: W. Alan Davis & Ronald L. Carter


Haining Shu
BE, Peking University, 1996; MS, The University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, 2002
Dissertation Title: Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime Analysis and Energy Efficient Techniques
Supervising Professor: Qilian Liang


Jianqun Wang
BS, Tianjin University, 1995; MS, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2001
Dissertation Title: Polymer Based RF MEMS Devices
Supervising Professor: Jung-Chih Chiao


Hui Zheng
BS, Jiaotong University, 1992; MS, Jiaotong University, 1997
Dissertation Title: Reliability and Security Analysis for Power Systems
Supervising Professor: Bei Gou


Doctor of Philosophy (Industrial Engineering)

David Alan Edelen
B.Tech., Washington University in St. Louis, 1990; M.EMGT., Washington University in St. Louis, 1995
Dissertation Title: System and Method for the Pooling of Sterile Product
Supervising Professor: Donald H. Liles


Prattana Punnakitikashem
BS, Chulalongkorn University, 2001; MS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2003
Dissertation Title: Integrated Nurse Staffing and Assignment under Uncertainty
Supervising Professor: Jay M. Rosenberger


Duraikannan Sundaramoorthi
BE, Bhrathiar University, 1999; MS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2002
Dissertation Title: A Data-Integrated Simulation-Based Optimization Approach for Nurse-Patient Assignment
Supervising Professors: Victoria Chen and Jay Rosenberger


Veera Jawahar Vibeeshanan
BE, Anna University, 1996; MS, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2001
Dissertation Title: A Robust Cooperative Localization System for a Heterogeneous Team of Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Supervising Professor: Brian L. Huff