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‡Distinguished Professor ‡‡University Professor

Endowed ChairEndowed Professorship

Graduate CommenCement Ceremony

Platform Officials

Faculty Representatives and Presenting Professors

GregoryL.Geoffroy,PresidentoftheUniversitySedahliaJ.Crase,ProfessorofHumanDevelopmentand

FamilyStudies,SpeakerElizabethHoffman,ExecutiveVicePresidentand

ProvostDavidK.Holger,AssociateProvostforAcademic ProgramsThomasL.Hill,VicePresidentforStudentAffairsToddR.Holcomb,AssociateVicePresidentforStudent

AffairsDioneD.Somerville,DeanofStudentsJefferyW.Johnson,PresidentoftheAlumniAssociation

LindaAmbrosio,Biochemistry,Biophysics,andMolecularBiology

SusanW.Arendt,Apparel,EducationalStudiesandHospitalityManagement

BruceA.Babcock,EconomicsDianeC.Bassham,Genetics,DevelopmentandCell

BiologyGwynA.Beattie,PlantPathologyDonaldC.Beitz,Biochemistry,Biophysics,and

MolecularBiology‡LeslieR.Bloom,CurriculumandInstructionKennethM.Bryden,MechanicalEngineeringJoelR.Coats,EntomologyWilliamG.Crumpton,Ecology,Evolution,and

OrganismalBiologyJackC.M.Dekkers,AnimalScienceTimR.Derrick,KinesiologyNancyJ.Evans,EducationalLeadershipandPolicy

StudiesAnnM.Fiore,Apparel,EducationalStudiesand

HospitalityManagementBrianGleeson,MaterialsScienceandEngineeringMarkC.Gordon,Chemistry‡CherylO.Hausafus,Apparel,EducationalStudiesand

HospitalityManagementBethA.Herbel-Eisenmann,CurriculumandInstructionJosephA.Herriges,EconomicsAndrewC.Hillier,ChemicalandBiologicalEngineeringHeikeHofmann,StatisticsVasantG.Honavar,ComputerScienceRichardB.Honzatko,Biochemistry,Biophysics,and

MolecularBiologyR.S.Houk,ChemistryCharlesR.Hurburgh,AgriculturalandBiological

EngineeringKristenM.Johansen,Biochemistry,Biophysics,and

MolecularBiology

RobynJohnsonCooper,EducationalLeadershipandPolicyStudies

RameshwarS.Kanwar,AgriculturalandBiosystemsEngineering

FrankieSantosLaanan,EducationalLeadershipandPolicyStudies

MonicaH.Lamm,ChemicalandBiologicalEngineeringMichaelD.Larsen,StatisticsMichaelLee,AgronomyHowardA.Levine,Mathematics‡BarbaraL.Licklider,EducationalLeadershipandPolicy

StudiesZhiqunLin,MaterialsandScienceEngineeringHailiangM.Liu,MathematicsSuryaK.Mallapragada,ChemicalandBiological

EngineeringAdinMann,MechanicalEngineeringJoanneM.Marshall,EducationalLeadershipandPolicy

StudiesGregoryM.Maxwell,MechanicalEngineeringScottC.McLeod,EducationalLeadershipandPolicy

StudiesBrianE.Mennecke,Logistics,Operations,and

ManagementInformationSystemsW.AllenMiller,PlantPathologyMeganJ.Murphy,HumanDevelopmentandFamily

StudiesBalajiNarasimhan,ChemicalandBiologicalEngineeringBasilJ.Nikolau,Biochemistry,Biophysics,and

MolecularBiologyCraigA.Ogilvie,PhysicsandAstronomySayKeeOng,Civil,Construction,andEnvironmental

EngineeringLynnPaxson,ArchitectureJacobW.Petrich,ChemistryPamelaRiney-Kehrberg,HistoryDerrickK.Rollins,ChemicalandBiologicalEngineering

MarkC.Engelbrecht,DeanoftheCollegeofDesignLabhS.Hira,DeanoftheCollegeofBusinessMarkJ.Kushner,DeanoftheCollegeofEngineeringCherylL.Achterberg,DeanoftheCollegeofHuman

SciencesJoeP.Colletti,SeniorAssociateDeanoftheCollegeof

AgricultureandLifeSciencesDonaldL.Reynolds,AssociateDeanforResearchofthe

CollegeofVeterinaryMedicineDavidJ.Oliver,AssociateDeanoftheCollegeofLiberal

ArtsandSciencesKathleenM.Jones,AssistantVicePresidentfor

EnrollmentandRegistraroftheUniversity

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Faculty Marshals

LarryH.Ebbers,UniversityProfessorofEducationalLeadershipandPolicyStudies,Collegeof HumanSciences(ChiefMarshal)

DanielC.Robinson,UniversityProfessorofEducationalLeadershipandPolicyStudies,CollegeofHumanSciences(ChiefMarshal)

FrederickH.Dark,AssociateProfessorofFinance,CollegeofBusiness

YvonneS.Gentzler,AssociateProfessorofApparel,EducationalStudies,andHospitalityManagement,CollegeofHumanSciences

RichardE.Horton,EmeritusProfessorofElectricalandComputerEngineering,CollegeofEngineering

KennethC.Kruempel,EmeritusAssociateProfessorofElectricalandComputerEngineering,CollegeofEngineering

JonJ.Tollefson,ProfessorofEntomology,CollegeofAgricultureandLifeSciences

RobertS.Wallace,AssociateProfessorofEcology,EvolutionandOrganismalBiology,CollegeofLiberalArtsandSciences

HollisMonroe,Producer,WOIRadio

Announcer and Reader of Names

Musicians

ConductorMichaelGolemo,DirectorofBands

VocalistKellyKruse*

TrumpetMatthewGaunitzKatharineGayJoelRindfleischAlexSutherlandChadZimmermann

HornSarahBaldusLucindaFerneauLauraLarabeeKristenPudenz*ChristopherTruckenmiller

* graduating student

TromboneAllenChaceBurtonHableMargaretLarabeeMeyer*JeffreySchmitt

EuphoniumOmarAlemanLynseyCarlson*

TubaJohnCarmichealSimonMcCoy

PercussionSamanthaDeatonRachelMcCoy

AlricP.Rothmayer,AerospaceEngineeringMaxF.Rothschild,AnimalScience‡StephenG.Sapp,SociologyVernonR.Schaefer,Civil,Construction,and

EnvironmentalEngineeringMackS.Shelley,Statistics‡‡JimingSong,ElectricalandComputerEngineeringSivalingamSritharan,Civil,Constructionand

EnvironmentalEngineeringHansStauffer,ChemistryLouisaB.Tabatabai,Biochemistry,Biophysics,and

MolecularBiology

EileenL.Thacker,VeterinaryMicrobiologyandPreventiveMedicine

AnthonyM.Townsend,Logistics,Operations,andManagementInformationSystems

AkhileshTyagi,ElectricalandComputerEngineeringKejinWang,Civil,Construction,andEnvironmental

EngineeringHeatherWestGreenlee,BiomedicalSciencesHongweiXin,AgriculturalandBiosystemsEngineeringJeffreyJ.Zimmerman,VeterinaryDiagnosticand

ProductionAnimalMedicine

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Graduate ColleGe ProGram8:00 p.m., Friday, May 9, 2008, C.Y. Stephens Auditorium

President GreGory l. Geoffroy, B.s., Ph.d., PresidinG

ProcessionalPomp and Circumstance .............................................................................................................EdwardElgar

The Star-Spangled Banner.............................................................................................................FrancisScottKey arr.MichaelGolemo KellyA.Kruse,Vocalist

IntroductionofSpeaker PresidentGeoffroy

CommencementAddress: “Oh my gosh, this is it, here I go:” Embarking On Your Journey and Becoming Yourself SedahliaJ.Crase Professor HumanDevelopmentand FamilyStudies Interlude

A Western Fanfare ........................................................................................................................EricEwazen RecognitionofStudentsReceivingResearchExcellenceAwards ProvostHoffman

andTeachingExcellenceAwardsConferringoftheDegreeDoctorofPhilosophy PresidentGeoffroy

CandidatesfromtheGraduateCollegepresentedbyDavidK.Holger,AssociateProvostforAcademicProgramsandDeanoftheGraduateCollege

ConferringoftheMaster’sDegree PresidentGeoffroyCandidatesfromtheGraduateCollegepresentedbyDavidK.Holger,AssociateProvostforAcademicProgramsandDeanoftheGraduateCollege

TheClassof2008andtheAlumniAssociation JeffreyW.Johnson PresidentoftheISUAlumniAssociationRemarks PresidentGeoffroy

The Bells of Iowa State.................................................................................................................... JamesC.Wilson arr.MichaelGolemo KellyA.Kruse,Vocalist

FollowingthesingingofThe Bells of Iowa State,theclassandaudienceshouldremainstandinguntilthefacultyleavethestage.RefertothebackcoverforthelyricsandhistoryofThe Bells of Iowa State.

RecessionalLa Mourisque ........................................................................................................................... TylmanSusato

Sedahlia Jasper Crase is a professor in the

Department of Human Development and

Family Studies at Iowa State University. She

joined the Iowa State faculty in 1973 as an assistant

professor, was named

associate professor in

1977, and professor in

1982.

Dr. Crase is a native of

Kentucky who received

a bachelor’s degree

from Berea College, a

Master’s degree from the

University of Kentucky,

and the doctorate from Iowa State University. She

was the first member of her family to attend high

school.

Dr. Crase’s research focuses broadly on various

aspects of parenting and parent education, including

parenting attitudes and behaviors. In addition to

her many scholarly publications, she contributes

regularly to more popular venues on parenting. She

was a founding member of the Iowa Chapter of the

National Committee for the Prevention of Child

Abuse and Neglect.

Graduate CommenCement SpeakerSedahlia Jasper Crase

Dr. Crase’s participation in the North Central

Regional Research Project as a young assistant

professor was particularly valuable to her research

and teaching, as it gave her a perspective on Iowa

families she would not otherwise have received. The

work involved traveling the state and collecting data

on 120 families over a five-year period.

Dr. Crase has taught thousands of students. Her

greatest professional pride and joy are the more

than 75 graduate students she has mentored in her

role as their major professor, and she continues

to informally mentor many of them as they move

through their own careers and family lives.

Dr. Crase has served in numerous leadership roles at

Iowa State and in her profession. This past academic

year, she has served as president of the ISU Faculty

Senate. She also has served as president of the ISU

Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, president of the Iowa

Council on Family Relations, and editor of Parenting

Studies.

She and her husband, Ike, have two grown children.

Kirsten is a doctoral candidate in American Studies

at the University of Maryland, and Brandon is a

third-year law student at Georgetown University Law

Center. Dr. Crase points to parenting her children as

her most fulfilling role and greatest accomplishment.

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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREESFROM THE GRADUATE COLLEGE

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Marcus Anthony Alexander Winnsboro, S.C.B.S., University of South Carolina;M.B.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Logistics, Operations and

Management Information SystemsMajor: Human Computer InteractionDissertation: Ethnic-identity intensity as a

moderator of the Technology AcceptanceModel and its antecedents

Pamela K. Armstrong-Vogel West Des MoinesB.S., University of Iowa;M.S., Drake University;M.S., Ibid.;Spc., Ibid.Department: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational Leadership)Dissertation: Leading change: The role of the

principal leading school improvementthrough implementation of the IowaProfessional Development Model

Deanndrea L. Baird Cedar RapidsB.A, Simpson College;M.Educ., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational Leadership)Dissertation: Mission possible: Skills 2010-A

study of Kirkwood Community College’semployers’ skills and education needs

§ Xiaomin Bao Hangzhou, ChinaB.Sc, Zhejiang UniversityDepartment: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and

Molecular BiologyMajor: GeneticsDissertation: Functional analysis of the C-

terminal domain in the Drosophila JIL-1histone H3 kinase

Mark E. Barker Ft. Scott, Kans.B.S., University of Kansas;M.S., Kettering University;M.B.A., Drake UniversityMajor: Mechanical EngineeringDissertation: Predicting loads on ground

engaging tillage tools usingcomputational fluid dynamics

§ Research Excellence Award†† Teaching Excellence Award

§ Jennifer Ellen Barker Devine Council BluffsB.A, Central Missouri State University;M.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: HistoryMajor: Agricultural History and Rural StudiesDissertation: “Our cherished ideals”: rural

women, activism, and identity in theMidwest, 1950-1990

Alison Elizabeth Barnhill HuxleyB.S., Iowa State University;D.V.M., Ibid.Major: NeuroscienceDissertation: Proteins affecting rod

photoreceptor differentiation in themurine retina: A proteomics approachwith emphasis on mTOR

Mustafa Birkan Bayrak Istanbul, TurkeyLisans., Istanbul Technical University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Civil, Construction and

Environmental EngineeringMajor: Civil Engineering (Geotechnical

Engineering)Dissertation: Analysis of jointed plain

concrete pavement systems withnondestructive test results using artificialneural networks

M. Brad Beardsley Laura, Ill.B.S., Iowa State University;M.S., Ibid.Major: Materials Science and EngineeringDissertation: Potential use of quasicrystalline

materials as thermal barrier coatings fordiesel engine components

Shirley Ruth Oetjen Beaver CliveB.S.N., University of Iowa;M.N., University of Oregon Health Sciences

CenterDepartment: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational Leadership)Dissertation: Second fiddle? An interpretive

study of followers of servant leaders

17§ Research Excellence Award†† Teaching Excellence Award

Gregory Scott Bennet AmesB.P.A., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University;M.B.A., Iowa State University;M.A., Ibid.Department: Agricultural and Biosystems

EngineeringMajor: Sustainable AgricultureDissertation: Identity preservation &

traceability: the state of the art - from agrain perspective (status of agriculturalquality systems / traceability /certification systems)

Romeu Luiz de Castro BessaBelo Horizonte, Brazil

B.F.A., Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais;M.A., Illinois State University;M.F.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-

ChampaignDepartment: ArchitectureMajor: Human Computer InteractionDissertation: Situating digital tools through

ubiquitous virtuality: Confluences of art,architecture, and activity in HCI

§††Markie Louise Christianson BlumerAnchorage, Alaska

B.S., Northern Arizona University;M.Ed., Ibid.;M.A., University of Louisiana - MonroeDepartment: Human Development and

Family StudiesMajor: Human Development and Family

Studies (Marriage and Family Therapy)Dissertation: Gay men’s experiences of

Alaskan society in their coupledrelationships

Sangwon Cha Seoul, South KoreaB.Sc., Seoul National University;M.Sc., Ibid.Department: ChemistryMajor: Analytical ChemistryDissertation: Laser desorption/ionization

mass spectrometry for direct profilingand imaging of small molecules fromraw biological materials

Changhoon Choi Sokcho, South KoreaB.Sc., Inha University;M.Eng., Ibid.Department: Chemical and Biological

EngineeringMajor: Chemical EngineeringDissertation: Kinetic study of copper

chemistry in chemical mechanicalpolishing (CMP) by an in-situ real timemeasurement technique

§ Michelle Cirillo Warwick, N.Y.B.S., State University of New York –

Plattsburgh;M.A.T., Northern Arizona UniversityDepartment: Curriculum and InstructionMajor: EducationDissertation: On becoming a geometry

teacher: A longitudinal case study of oneteacher learning to teach proof

Tami Jo Cline Alexandria, Va.B.S., Colorado State University;M.S., Boston UniversityMajor: Foodservice and Lodging

ManagementDissertation: Purchasing practices, barriers,

and industry support in Child NutritionPrograms needed to meet wellness policyrequirements

Helen Marie Colvin KeokukB.S., Iowa State University;M.B.A., Ibid.Department: Logistics, Operations and

Management Information SystemsMajor: Human Computer InteractionDissertation: The acceptance of domestic

technology: TAM as applied to aproposed classification scheme

†† Steven Michael Corns Fort MadisonB.S., Iowa State University;M.S., Ibid.Major: Mechanical EngineeringDissertation: The role of information flow in

engineering optimization

Greg Davis NewtonB.S., Iowa State University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational Leadership)Dissertation: The development and field test

of the Education Technology LeadershipAssessment survey

Thanda Dhliwayo Harare, ZimbabweB.Sc.Ag., University of Zimbabwe;M.Phil., Ibid.Department: AgronomyMajor: Plant BreedingDissertation: Genetic mapping and analysis

of traits related to improvement ofpopcorn


Ana Paula da Silva Dias Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAg. Eng., University of Vicosa;M.S., Ibid.Major: Plant PathologyDissertation: Epidemiological studies of

shading effects on Asian soybean rust

†† Jennifer A. Diers BredaB.A., University of Northern Iowa;M.Ed., University of North Carolina at

CharlotteMajor: Human Development and Family

StudiesDissertation: Faculty and student experiences

with clickers: A qualitative explorationof engaging students in higher-levelthinking

Geng Ding Beijing, ChinaB.S., Peking UniversityDepartment: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and

Molecular BiologyMajor: Molecular, Cellular and

Developmental BiologyDissertation: Molecular, genetic,

physiological and biochemical studies of3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase andbiotin carboxyl carrier protein-likeproteins in Arabidopsis thaliana

Bernice Adabasu Dodor Whuti-Anloga, GhanaB.Sc., University of Ghana;M.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Family and Consumer Sciences

Education and StudiesMajor: Family and Consumer Sciences

EducationDissertation: The effects of individual

attributes, health behaviors, and religionon adolescent obesity: A study of AfricanAmerican and Caucasian adolescents

Pamela Ann Duffy HumboldtB.S., Iowa State University;B.S., University of Pennsylvania;M.Educ., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Curriculum and InstructionMajor: EducationDissertation: Holes in the health care safety

net: An ethnographic study of a freemedical clinic

Islam Hassan El-adaway Cairo, EgyptB.S., American University in Cairo;M.S., Ibid.Department: Civil, Construction and

Environmental EngineeringMajor: Civil Engineering (Construction

Engineering and Management)Dissertation: Construction dispute

mitigation through multi-agent basedsimulation and risk managementmodeling

§ Michael Todd FrederickColorado Springs, Colo.

B.S., Iowa State University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Computer EngineeringDissertation: Beyond the arithmetic

constraint: depth-optimal mapping oflogic chains in reconfigurable fabrics

Philip Walter Gassman AmesB.S., Iowa State University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Agricultural and Biosystems

EngineeringMajor: Environmental ScienceDissertation: A simulation assessment of the

Boone River watershed: baselinecalibration/validation results and issues,and future research needs

Nathaniel Daum Ginder AmesB.S., Iowa State University;B.A., Ibid.Department: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and

Molecular BiologyMajor: BiochemistryDissertation: The structure and mechanism

of SAICAR synthetase

†† Supratim Giri Kolkata, IndiaB.Sc., University of Calcutta;M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology -

KanpurMajor: ChemistryDissertation: Mesoporous silica

nanomaterials and magneticnanoparticles based stimuli-responsivecontrolled-release delivery systems


Angela Renee Green Greenville, Ky.B.S., University of Kentucky;M.S., Ibid.Department: Agricultural and Biosystems

EngineeringMajor: Agricultural Engineering

(Agricultural Structures andEnvironmental Systems)

Dissertation: A systematic evaluation oflaying hen housing for improved henwelfare

Lucia Gutierrez Montevideo, UruguayIng.Ag., Universidad de la RepublicaDepartment: AgronomyMajors: Plant Breeding and Ecology and

Evolutionary BiologyDissertation: Genetic diversity in cultivated

and wild Hordeum species

Matthew Alan Halverson Des MoinesB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: MathematicsDissertation: Asymptotic behavior of the

solutions to a family of PDE’s arisingfrom the chemotaxis equations of Kellerand Segal

Joseph R. Hanson CarlisleB.A., University of Northern Iowa;M.B.A., University of Nebraska - OmahaDepartment: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational Leadership)Dissertation: Application-based learning:

How community college businessstudents learn to apply knowledge totheir professional employment

†† Renee Joy Hein Wichita, Kans.B.S., Newman UniversityDepartment: ChemistryMajor: Analytical ChemistryDissertation: LC-MS analysis of related

peptides and anions in the positive mode

Keri L. Henderson GrinnellB.A., Wartburg College;M.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: EntomologyMajor: ToxicologyDissertation: Impact of veterinary antibiotics

in the environment

Joseph Ralph Hermann WaukeeB.S., Iowa State University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Veterinary Microbiology and

Preventive MedicineMajor: Veterinary MicrobiologyDissertation: Quantitative studies on

airborne transmission of porcinereproductive and respiratory syndromevirus

Suckwon Hong Seoul, South KoreaB.Eng., Hankuk Aviation University;Major: Materials Science and EngineeringDissertation: Evaporation induced self-

assembly of ordered structures from acapillary-held solution

Jennifer Catherine HuckettLos Alamos, N. Mex.

B.S., New Mexico Institute of Mines andTechnology;

M.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: StatisticsDissertation: Synthetic data methods for

disclosure limitation

LaRon Maurice Hughes Arkadelphia, Ark.B.S., Arkansas State University;M.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Animal ScienceMajor: Bioinformatics and Computational

BiologyDissertation: Hypothesis building using the

Animal Trait Ontology

Rinat Ibrayev Oskemen, KazakhstanB.S., University of Nebraska - Lincoln;M.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Computer ScienceDissertation: Model-based recognition of

curves and surfaces using tactile data

Jacquelyn Renáe Jackson Tuskegee, Ala.B.S., Tuskegee University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Plant PathologyMajor: GeneticsDissertation: Characterization of barley

yellow dwarf virus subgenomic RNAs

§ John Tristan Kevern Milton, Wis.B.S., University of Wisconsin – Platteville;M.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Civil, Construction and

Environmental EngineeringMajor: Civil Engineering (Civil Engineering

Materials)Dissertation: Advancements in pervious

concrete technology


Michael Francis Lawrence St. Louis, Mo.B.S., University of Missouri - ColumbiaDepartment: StatisticsMajor: Bioinformatics and Computational

BiologyDissertation: Interactive graphics, graphical

user interfaces and software interfacesfor the analysis of biologicalexperimental data and networks

†† Carl Stephen Lebsack Laramie, Wyo.B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology;M.S., Ibid.Department: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Computer EngineeringDissertation: Performance analysis and

optimization of the Java memory system

Jun-Youl Lee Yongin, South KoreaB.S., Korea University;M.E., Ibid.;M.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Industrial and Manufacturing

Systems EngineeringMajor: Industrial EngineeringDissertation: A new approach of top-down

induction of decision trees forknowledge discovery

Seung Suk Lee Seoul, South KoreaB.S., Oklahoma State University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Foodservice and Lodging

ManagementMajor: Foodservice and Lodging

ManagementDissertation: Relationships among leadership

empowerment, job satisfaction andemployee loyalty in university diningstudent workers

Ling Li Zhangjiakou, ChinaB.E., Tianjin University;M.E., Ibid.Department: Civil, Construction and

Environmental EngineeringMajor: Civil Engineering (Environmental

Engineering)Dissertation: Production of a new wastewater

treatment coagulant from fly ash withconcomitant So

2 removal from flue gas

Chih-Chen Liu Taipei, TaiwanB.A., National Taiwan University;M.A., Ibid.Major: EconomicsDissertation: Three essays on contingent

valuation method

Zhiping Liu Huichang, ChinaB.Sc., Nanchang University;M.Sc., East Chinese Normal UniversityDepartment: Veterinary Microbiology and

Preventive MedicineMajor: ImmunobiologyDissertation: Differential mucosal gene

expression modulates the developmentof murine colitis

Stephanie D. Loveland AmesB.S., Iowa State University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Chemical and Biological

EngineeringMajor: Chemical EngineeringDissertation: Advancing block-oriented

modeling in process control

Gang Lu Hanzhong, ChinaB.E., Zhejiang University;M.E., Nanyang Technological University;M.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Civil, Construction and

Environmental EngineeringMajor: Civil Engineering (Civil Engineering

Materials)Dissertation: Rheological studies on the flow

behavior of two-phase solid-liquidmaterials

Patience Lamunu Opiyo Lueth Gulu, UgandaB.Arch., Iowa State University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational Leadership)Dissertation: The architectural design studio

as a learning environment: A qualitativeexploration of architecture designstudent learning experiences in designstudios from first- through fourth-year

§ Feng Mao Jiangshan, ChinaB.E., Xian University of Architecture and

Technology;M.E., Central Research Institute;M.S., University of ConnecticutDepartment: Civil, Construction and


Engineering)Dissertation: Permeation of hydrocarbons

through polyvinyl chloride (PVC) andpolyethylene (PE) pipes and pipe gaskets


†† Brian Daniel Matheis Lynden, Wash.B.S., Iowa State University;M.S., Ibid.Major: Aerospace EngineeringDissertation: Numerical investigation of

roughness effects in aircraft icingcalculations

§ Douglas Stinson McCorkle Winchester, Va.B.S., University of Nebraska – Lincoln;M.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Mechanical EngineeringDissertation: Establishing an advanced

engineering framework for engineeringdecision making

Sandra L. McGee Des MoinesB.S., Upper Iowa University;M.S.W., University of IowaDepartment: Family and Consumer Sciences


EducationDissertation: Their voices emerged: A

grounded theory of learning resilienceamong African American women in theformal education environment

DeAnn Valorie Miller Underwood, N. Dak.B.S., North Dakota State University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Family and Consumer Sciences


EducationDissertation: Queenbees and wannabees: The

struggle for power through bullying inadolescent girls

§ Benny Edd Mote Happy, Tex.B.S., University of Nebraska - LincolnDepartment: Animal ScienceMajor: GeneticsDissertation: The use of genetic markers to

improve sow productive life and geneticabnormalities

Nancy Lee Conzett Muecke DubuqueB.A., University of Northern Iowa;M.A., University of Wyoming;M.A., Ibid.Department: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational Leadership)Dissertation: Pre- and post-admission criteria

as predictors of academic success in anassociate degree nursing program

§††Prasun Mukherjee Kolkata, IndiaB.Sc., University of North Bengal;M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology -

BombayDepartment: ChemistryMajor: Physical ChemistryDissertation: Ultrafast fluorescence

spectroscopy used as a probe to exploreexcited state photophysics of biologicallyand environmentally relevant systems

Bosiljka Njegic Belgrade, SerbiaDipl., University of BelgradeMajor: ChemistryDissertation: Cooking up quantum chemistry

Nicholas Joseph Ouellette Des MoinesB.A., University of Northern Iowa;M.A., Aurora UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational Leadership)Dissertation: An equity analysis of the Iowa

school funding model that addresses theinstructional support program and theinfluence this program has on studentachievement

§ Sonmez Pamuk Erzurum, TurkeyDipl., T.C. Gazi University;M.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Curriculum and InstructionMajor: Education (Curriculum and

Instructional Technology)Dissertation: Faculty technology mentoring:

How graduate student mentors benefitfrom technology mentoring relationship

Judith Patch Pauley IndianolaB.F.A., Manhattanville College;M.A., University of North Carolina – Chapel

HillDepartment: Curriculum and InstructionMajor: EducationDissertation: A qualitative study of the ways

middle school teachers made meaning ofa professional development program oncultural competency

Hua Pei Hefei, ChinaB.S., University of Science and Technology –

China;Department: Physics and AstronomyMajor: Nuclear PhysicsDissertation: A study of jet energy loss in

heavy-ion collisions at PHENIX-RHIC,via 2-particle and “2+1” correlations,and future upgrade


Nguyen Quang Phan Los Banos, PhilippinesB.S., University of the PhilippinesDepartment: Genetics, Development and Cell

BiologyMajor: GeneticsDissertation: Functional characterization of

Arabidopsis sorting nexin AtSNX2b

†† Valentin Daniel Picasso Montevideo, UruguayIng.Ag., University of the RepublicDepartment: AgronomyMajor: Sustainable AgricultureDissertation: Diversity, productivity, and

stability in perennial polycultures usedfor grain, forage, and biomass production

§††Benjamin Douglas Prince Bolingbrook, Ill.B.S., Illinois CollegeDepartment: ChemistryMajor: Physical ChemistryDissertation: Development and application

of a hybrid femtosecond/picosecondcoherent Raman probe designed forstudy of excited state systems

§ Mohammad Ataur Rahman Dhaka, BangladeshB.Eng., Bangladesh University;M.E.Sc., University of Western OntarioDepartment: Civil, Construction and

Environmental EngineeringMajor: Civil Engineering (Structural

Engineering)Dissertation: Performance-based seismic

analysis and design improvements of twoprecast concrete structural systems

Susan Jane Woody Rhoades AnkenyB.A., University of Northern Iowa;M.S., Drake UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational Leadership)Dissertation: An exploration of perceptions

of Associate of Science in Nursingstudents related to transcultural nursingexperiences

Amarjyoti Sandhu BurlingtonB.Sc. Punjab Agricultural University;M.Sc., Ibid.Department: Plant PathologyMajor: MicrobiologyDissertation: Phyllosphere-mediated

bacterial degradation of airborne phenol

§ Curtis Wilmer Scherder New Hartford, Mo.B.S., University of Missouri – Columbia;M.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: AgronomyMajor: Plant BreedingDissertation: Agronomic performance, seed

characteristics, and stability of soybeanlines containing mid oleate content andmolecular analysis for diversity in theFAD2-1B gene

Joel Dean Schmidt Jackson, Wis.M.S., University of Wisconsin – La CrosseDepartment: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and

Molecular BiologyMajor: BiochemistryDissertation: Functional analysis of

paralogous genes in acetyl coenzyme Ametabolism

Gregory R. Schmitz New HartfordB.A., Wartburg College;M.Educ., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational Leadership)Dissertation: Leadership preparation and

career pathways of community collegepresidents

Darby Thompson Sewell Moultrie, Ga.B.S., University of Georgia;M.Ed., Ibid.Department: Family and Consumer Sciences


EducationDissertation: Passion: A narrative journey to

family and consumer sciences education

Weiwei Shu Yongkang, ChinaB.S., University of Science and Technology of

China;M.Eng., Ibid.Department: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Electrical EngineeringDissertation: Electromagnetic waves in

double negative metamaterials and studyon numerical resonances in the methodof moments (MoM)

Adrian Silvescu Bucharest, RomaniaDipl., University of Bucharest;M.Sc., Ibid.Major: Computer ScienceDissertation: Structural induction: towards

automatic ontology elicitation


Igor Ivan Slowing Guatemala City, GuatemalaLicenc., San Carlos UniversityDepartment: ChemistryMajor: Organic ChemistryDissertation: Mesoporous silica

nanoparticles as vehicles for intracellulartrafficking and controlled release

Jodi D. Smith AmesB.S., South Dakota State University;D.V.M., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Biomedical SciencesMajor: Veterinary AnatomyDissertation: The effects of abnormal prion

protein accumulation on retinalmorphology and function in sheep andcattle

§ Kun Song Nanchang, ChinaB.S., Dong Huo University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Apparel, Educational Studies

and Hospitality ManagementMajor: Textiles and ClothingDissertation: The influence of Chinese

cultural values on consumer perceptionsand behavioral intention towards anapparel mass customization website

Mary Clay Stensvold Sitka, AlaskaB.A., Central Washington University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Ecology, Evolution and

Organismal BiologyMajor: BotanyDissertation: A taxonomic and

phylogeographic study of the Botrychiumlunaria complex

Lisa Anne Hermann Stock UrbandaleB.S., Iowa State University;B.A., University of IowaDepartment: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational Leadership)Dissertation: Exploring the development of

information literacy concepts amongcommunity college students

Erin Linn Strait Mitchell, S. Dak.B.S., Buena Vista University;D.V.M., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Veterinary Microbiology and

Preventive MedicineMajor: ImmunobiologyDissertation: Effect of genetic and proteomic

variation in field isolates of Mycoplasmahyopneumoniae on virulence, diagnosisand prevention of disease in the pig

Alethea F. Stubbe GeorgeB.A., Northwestern University;M.B.A., University of South Dakota -

VermillionDepartment: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational Leadership)Dissertation: The community college

presidency in the new millennium:Gender differences in leadershippreparation

§ Nicholas William Suek St. Paul, Minn.B.S., University of Minnesota – Twin Cities;B.Ch.E., Ibid.Department: Chemical and Biological

EngineeringMajor: Chemical EngineeringDissertation: Molecular dynamics

simulations of amphiphilic dendrimers

Daniel R. Sundblad Des MoinesB.A., Bethel College;M.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: SociologyDissertation: Community well-being,

individual responsibility, andagricultural change: an analysis of Iowacommunities

Joshua McDowell ThomasArlington Heights, Ill.

B.A., Northwestern College;M.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: KinesiologyMajor: Kinesiology (Biological Basis of

Physical Activity)Dissertation: Factors affecting lower

extremity loading during running

Chad William Timm Des MoinesB.A., Simpson College;M.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Curriculum and InstructionMajor: EducationDissertation: Circles of support: Towards a

liberatory pedagogy for communityeducation

María del Pilar Torres GonzálezPonce, Puerto Rico

B.S., University of Puerto RicoDepartment: Chemical and Biological

EngineeringMajor: Chemical EngineeringDissertation: Novel amphiphilic

polyanhydrides for vaccine delivery


Aditya Choudary Velivelli Hyderabad, IndiaB.Eng., Osmania University;M.S., University of Missouri - RollaMajor: Mechanical EngineeringDissertation: Development of a multiblock

solver utilizing the lattice Boltzmann andtraditional finite difference methods forfluid flow problems

Guoqing Wang Hengyang, ChinaB.Eng., Nanjing University;M.Eng., Nanjing University of Aerospace and

AstronauticsMajor: Aerospace EngineeringDissertation: Thin water films driven by air

through surface roughness

Shih-Yu Wang Cheng-Kong, TaiwanB.Sc., National Central University;M.Sc., Ibid.;M.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Geological and Atmospheric

SciencesMajor: MeteorologyDissertation: Influences of midtropospheric

perturbations on summer convectivestorms over the United States northernplains

Xing Wang Beijing, ChinaB.Sc., Peking University;M.Sc., Peking Union Medical CollegeDepartment: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and

Molecular BiologyMajor: BiochemistryDissertation: The locations and signaling of

H-Ras on endosomes and plasmamembrane

Zhongming Wang Tongxiang, ChinaB.S., City University of Hong KongDepartment: MathematicsMajor: Applied MathematicsDissertation: Development of level set

methods for computing the semiclassicallimit of Schrödinger equations withpotentials

Hadley Alexander WickhamAuckland, New Zealand

B.H.B., University of Auckland;B.Sc., Ibid.Major: StatisticsDissertation: Practical tools for exploring

data and models

Emilie Susanna Noel Zehr BondurantB.A., Wartburg College;M.A., Southern Illinois UniversityDepartment: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and

Molecular BiologyMajor: ImmunobiologyDissertation: Relatedness of Haemophilus

parasuis strains and their proteins’possible roles as virulence factors

Li Zhang Pucheng, ChinaB.Econ., Wuhan University;M.A., Ibid.Major: EconomicsDissertation: Three essays on agricultural

risk and insurance

Li Zhang ChinaB.Eng., Tsinghua University;M.S., University of IowaMajor: Mechanical EngineeringDissertation: Experimental and simulation

study of demand controlled ventilation

§ Shu Zhang Xinjin, ChinaB.Eng., Dalian Institute of Light Industry;M.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and

Molecular BiologyMajor: BiochemistryDissertation: Genetic regulation of the

healthfulness of beef fatty acidcomposition

Shengqiang Zhong Guangzhou, ChinaB.Sc., Zhongshan University;M.Sc., Ibid.Department: AgronomyMajor: GeneticsDissertation: Integrating QTL analysis into

plant breeding practice using Bayesianstatistics

§ Deborah Zorn Lincoln, Neb.B.A., Buena Vista UniversityDepartment: ChemistryMajor: Physical ChemistryDissertation: Modeling ionic liquids,

diffusion on surfaces and catalysis: Agraduate student looks high and low


MASTER OF ACCOUNTING

Sarah Carroll Best CliveB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Accounting

Kelley Ryan Bloom Red OakB.A., University of Kansas - LawrenceMajor: Accounting

Nicole Renee Bogler EarlingB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Accounting

Hsin-Han Chen AmesB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Accounting

Tanner James Eubank IndianolaB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Accounting

Kristina Marie Gronborg AvocaB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Accounting

Ross David Kelderman CliveB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Accounting

Abby Nanette Reinert UnionB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Accounting

David Kibet Rotich Kaibio, KenyaB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Accounting

Mansi Y. Shah Milwakee, Wis.B.Com., Gujarat University;P.G.D., Som-Lalit Institute of Management

Studies;M.Com., Gujarat UniversityMajor: Accounting

Dongyan Wang AmesB.Ag., China Agricultural University;M.Sc., Ibid.Major: Accounting

Kelsey Jean Whiley GriswoldB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Accounting

MASTER OF AGRICULTURE

Jeff Franklin Eurek Loup City, Neb.B.S., University of Nebraska at KearneyMajor: Professional Agriculture

Francine Ilene Ide Shannon CityB.S., Northwest Missouri State UniversityMajor: Professional Agriculture

Aviva Meriam O’Neil Springdale, UtahB.A., University of CaliforniaMajor: Professional Agriculture

Lisa Ann Smiley Cannon Falls, Minn.B.S., University of Minnesota - MinneapolisMajor: Professional Agriculture

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE

Mohammad Bassam Los Angeles, Calif.B.Sc., University of ShahidMajor: Architecture

Steven Bates Drake AmesB.A., University of Chicago;M.B.A. Ibid.Major: Architecture

BJ Dietz Epstein Des MoinesB.A., University of RedlandsMajor: Architecture

Andrew James Fett Grand Island, Neb.B.A, Augustana CollegeMajor: Architecture

Gregory Robert Freeman Circle Pines, Minn.B.S., University of Minnesota - MinneapolisMajor: Architecture

Danielle Christa Hermann WaukeeB.Arch., Iowa State UniversityMajor: ArchitectureThesis: Big women


Nguyen Thai Hoang Minneapolis, Minn.B.S., University of Minnesota – Minneapolis;B.S., Ibid.Major: Architecture

Ryan Stewart Larson CliveB.A., Colorado CollegeMajor: Architecture

Stefanie Maria Opitz Gurnee, Ill.B.S., University of ConnecticutMajor: Architecture

Lucas Clifford Tidwell Clinton, Miss.B.A., Belmont UniversityMajor: Architecture

Abbey Renee Williams VilliscaB.A., Morningside CollegeMajor: Architecture

MASTER OF ARTS

Matthew L. Abbott Forest CityB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Literature)Thesis: Healing the borders: Pueblo medicine

and cultural hybrids in Frank Waters’The Man Who Killed the Deer and LeslieMarmon Silko’s Ceremony

†† Ryan Thomas Austin Windsor HeightsB.S., Iowa State University;M.A., Concordia UniversityDepartment: HistoryMajor: History of Science and Technology

Luke Thomas Bergeron Greene, MaineB.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Creative Writing)Thesis: Disappearances

Rebekah S. Bovenmyer New LondonB.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Creative Writing)Thesis: The Straight and Narrow: a novella

Brian Douglas Burmeister De WittB.A., Ashford UniversityDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Creative Writing)Thesis: Good seeing you: a collection of short

stories

Lauren Elizabeth Cerretti Dracut, Mass.B.A., University of Massachusetts – LowellDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Literature)Thesis: Connecting to Cuban national

identity through literature: anexamination of memory, nostalgia,trauma and exile in Oscar Hijuelos’s OurHouse in the Last World and A SimpleHabana Melody

James Matthew Cheek NevadaB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: History

Jordan Keith Cook AmesB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: History

Jackie Elizabeth Davenport Boise, IdahoB.S., Boise State University;B.A., Ibid.Major: AnthropologyThesis: Postconflict and conflict behavior in

all-male groups of captive westernlowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Timothy A. Dicks AlbiaB.A., University of Northern IowaDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Creative Writing)Thesis: Three Russian phrases

Joseph Kelso Dodson NevadaB.A., Grandview CollegeMajor: History

Taylor Renee Gerling MediapolisB.A., University of Northern IowaDepartment: EnglishMajor: Rhetoric, Composition, and

Professional Communication

Leah Marie Graysmith Okemos, Mich.B.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Literature)Thesis: Sex and gender in the equine in

literature

Melissa Renee Hemann West Des MoinesB.A., University of IowaDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Creative Writing)Thesis: The West Dallas Gang: a screenplay


Andrew Richard Judge MelroseB.A., University of Northern IowaDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Creative Writing)Thesis: Alchemy in the atomic age

Marcy Deborah Leasum Mondovi, Wis.B.A., University of Wisconsin – Eau ClaireDepartment: EnglishMajor: Rhetoric, Composition, and

Professional CommunicationThesis: “I hope to share my struggles, my

successes, and everything in between”:a rhetorical study of health blogs

Kurt William Mackel-WiederandersDes Moines

B.A., Wartburg CollegeMajor: History

Londie Theresa Martin Austin, Tex.B.A., University of Texas at AustinDepartment: EnglishMajor: Rhetoric, Composition, and

Professional CommunicationThesis: Bringing ecocomposition to a

multimodal composition course:Critical literacy and place at work inEnglish 250

Katherine Anne McNitt Charleston, Ill.B.A., University of Illinois – Urbana

ChampaignMajor: Political ScienceThesis: The effect of the Internet on the civic

engagement and voting behavior ofyoung Americans

Michael Howard McPherson OskaloosaB.A., Azusa Pacific UniversityMajor: History

Natalie Louise Meyer JohnstonB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Literature)Thesis: A sentimental tale: Death and

madness in The Bondwoman’s Narrative

Tessa Elizabeth Murphy WoodburnB.A., Simpson CollegeMajor: History

Stephen Andrew Resch DubuqueB.S., U.S. Military Academy;M.S., University of Missouri - RollaDepartment: EnglishMajor: Rhetoric, Composition, and

Professional Communication

§ Amanda Anne Schumacher Amery, Wis.B.A., Luther CollegeDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Creative Writing)Thesis: Not unacquainted with pain

Andrea Kay Tucker Broken Bow, Neb.B.A., University of Nebraska - OmahaDepartment: HistoryThesis: Juntos: Vivieron, trabajaron y

aprendieron (Together: They lived,worked and learned) The history ofLatinos in Valley Junction, Iowa

Laurel A. Tweed BooneB.A., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Interdisciplinary Graduate StudiesThesis: Care ethics and cloning: A

speculative literary critique of humanbiotechnology

Christopher Halverson Untiet SpencerB.A., Wartburg CollegeMajors: Political Science and HistoryThesis: Presidential leadership from

Presidents Washington to Bush andbeyond: assessing presidents within thecycled circumstances of institutionalexpectations

Kathleen Marie Wainwright Windsor HeightsB.A., Boston CollegeDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Literature)

§ Alexandria Nicole Werner Wills Point, Tex.B.A., Benedictine CollegeDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Creative Writing)Thesis: The jar of light and gold

Margaret E. Werning Des MoinesB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: EnglishMajor: English (Creative Writing)Thesis: Fearful symmetry


MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Sammy G. Ayres Jr West Des MoinesB.A., William Penn UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Luke K. Bodeen Mason CityB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Holly M. Boggess RunnellsB.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Information

Systems)

Amy Rae Brandau WellsburgB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Michael Justin Conger AmesB.Mus., Wheaton CollegeMajor: Business Administration

Autum Lindsey Davis UrbandaleB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Marketing)

Philip Chalkley Derr WhitingB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Ryan Matthew Eberly Hampshire, Ill.B.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Finance)

Matthew P. Faidley ColfaxB.A., St. Cloud State University;M.S. Ibid.Major: Business Administration

Laura Marie Graham GrinnellB.A., Luther CollegeMajor: Business Administration

Dustin Shane Gray ProleB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Jonathan Nicanor Greenlee DavenportB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Justin Timothy Gumm AnkenyB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Supply

Chain Management)

Wesley J. Hoffart West Des MoinesB.S., South Dakota State UniversityDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Information

Systems)

Ryan S. Howard WaterlooB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Weiying Hu Shanghai, ChinaB.Econ., Fudan University;M.Mgmt., Ibid.Department: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Finance)

Hsiao Fang Huang Taipei, TaiwanB.B.A., Yuan Ze UniversityDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Supply

Chain Management) (InternationalBusiness)

Eric Douglas Kamm Charles CityB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Joshua W. Klesel AmesB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Andrew Lawrence Larson Pecatonica, Ill.B.A., University of Notre Dame;B.S., Ibid.,M.S., University of Illinois - Urbana

ChampaignDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration

(Agribusiness)

Kelly Marie McAllister MuscatineB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Ahu Meco Ankara, TurkeyB.S., Bilkent UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Erin Lynn Murtha Des MoinesB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Finance)

(Supply Chain Management)

Jennifer Rose Nemmers CliveB.A., University of Northern IowaMajor: Business Administration


Karol K. Nickell UrbandaleB.A., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Adam Tyler Nussbaum Le MarsB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Matthew Steven Olson West Des MoinesB.A., University of Northern IowaMajor: Business Administration

Daniar Moidunovich OsmanalievBishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

Dipl, Kyrgyz Agricultural Institute;P.G.D., Maastricht School of Management;Dipl., Kyrgyz – Slavic UniversityDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Accounting)

Brad D. Partee Celina, OhioB.A., Miami UniversityDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Supply

Chain Management)

John Patrick Strawn AmesB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Marketing)

Sachin Padmakar Sulakhe Barshi, IndiaB.Eng., University of Pune;M.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Business Administration

Darrell Wade Thiner Polk CityB.S., South Dakota State UniversityDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Marketing)

Phyllis Marie Tinker AnkenyB.A., University of Northern IowaMajor: Business Administration

Douglas D. Van Werden OsceolaB.S., Iowa State University;B.S., Ibid.;B.S., Ibid.Department: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Finance)

(Accounting) (Supply ChainManagement)

Joshua David Vogler Des MoinesB.A., Central CollegeDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Marketing)

Jun Liang Yaw Johor Bahru, MalaysiaB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Supply

Chain Management)

Sanjarbek R. Yunusov Tashkent, UzbekistanB.S., Andizhan Institute of Engineering and

EconomyDepartment: Business AdministrationMajor: Business Administration (Accounting)

(Supply Chain Management)

MASTER OF COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING

Elizabeth Lorene Austin Houston, Tex.B.A., George Washington University;B.L.A., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Community and Regional Planning

Casey James Muhm Spirit LakeB.A., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Community and Regional PlanningThesis: Exploring the relationship between

income and property taxation at themunicipal level

Brad Robert Schmidt Appleton, Wis.B.S., University of Wisconsin - OshkoshMajor: Community and Regional PlanningThesis: An analysis of the creative economy

in rural Midwestern communities


MASTER OF EDUCATION

Jo Ann Altheide BloomfieldB.A., Buena Vista UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Higher Education)

Amy Bainum Topeka, Kans.B.A., University of KansasDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Christopher J. Binns Red OakB.A., Buena Vista UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and

Policy StudiesMajor: Education (Educational

Administration)

Darryle D. Bohanna Chicago, Ill.B.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Stephanie Elizabeth Borgert Edmond, Okla.B.A., Flagler CollegeDepartment: Educational Leadership and


John Anthony Bulcock Overland Park, Kans.B.A., Wichita State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Gatenipa Chantem Bangkok, ThailandB.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Yen Ngoc Thuy Dao Des MoinesB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Lindsay K. Diers OrientB.A., Grand View CollegeDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Patrick E. Downes Overland Park, Kans.B.S., University of KansasDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Maura Flaschner Coral Springs, Fla.B.A., University of South FloridaDepartment: Educational Leadership and


John Sky Crenshaw Gardner Boulder, Colo.B.A., Lewis and Clark CollegeDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Amanda Noel Haubrich ArcadiaB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Brooke Lynn Heithoff Saratoga Springs, N.Y.B.A., Marist CollegeDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Eric Nicholas Henderson AmesB.S., Wayne State CollegeDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Stephen Leo Humphrey FarragutB.S., Northwest Missouri State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Administration)

Clayton Joseph Johnson CrestonB.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Amy Diane Branigan Kuhr HarlanB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Curriculum and InstructionMajor: Education (Curriculum and

Instructional Technology)


Scott D. La Plante Racine, Wis.B.S., University of Wisconsin - WhitewaterDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Administration)

Haajira Asebi Lansana Denver, Colo.B.A., Metropolitan State College of DenverDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Molly Marie Long LettsB.A.S., Mount Mercy CollegeDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Jenny L. Madsen WaukeeB.A., Buena Vista UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Administration)

Gia Lyne Mason Chicago, Ill.B.A., University of IowaDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Rebecca S. McCathie St. Croix Falls, Wis.B.S., University of Wisconsin – La CrosseDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Samantha Egan McClain Fort DodgeB.A., University of Northern IowaDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Rachael Rhey Mesner RockwellB.A., Waldorf CollegeDepartment: Educatieonal Leadership and


Brenna Ilya Nelson Cedar RapidsB.A., Wartburg CollegeDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Andrew Todd Pals ThorntonB.A., Simpson CollegeDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Administration)

Lucinda Ann Peck Mt. PleasantB.A., Iowa Wesleyan College;B.A., Ibid.Department: Educational Leadership and


Nathan Price Perrien DenisonB.A., Buena Vista UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Administration)

Nathan D. Pick AnkenyB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Ashley Nicole Ransom Round Rock, Tex.B.S., Texas Tech UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Susan Lynn Rea CharitonB.A., University of Northern IowaDepartment: Family and Consumer Sciences


Education

Katherine Edith Richter Boulder, Colo.B.S., University Northern ColoradoDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Lauralyn Riley SpringvilleB.A., Upper Iowa UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Dave Lee Ross HillsboroB.A., Iowa Wesleyan CollegeDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Administration)


Hiawatha Kenyatti Jabori RutlandBradenton, Fla.

B.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Tim D. Scott CherokeeB.A., University of Northern IowaDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Administration)

Angelia M. Shindelar GreenfieldB.A., University of Northern Iowa;M.A., Ibid.Department: Educational Leadership and


Administration)

Noreen Margaret Siddiqui Lombard, Ill.B.J., University Missouri – Columbia;B.A., Ibid.Department: Educational Leadership and


Anna Lea Simoneau Beloit, Kans.B.S., Kansas State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Danae Marie Simonsen Appleton, Wis.B.A., University of Wisconsin - MadisonDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Nicole Marie Stepleton Des MoinesB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Mike R. Still Mount AyrB.S., Northwest Missouri State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Administration)

Crystal Marie Thomsen MarionB.S., Iowa State University;B.A., Ibid.Department: Educational Leadership and


Tonya Sue Van Dam NevadaB.A., Northwestern CollegeDepartment: Curriculum and InstructionMajor: Education (Special Education)

Kathryn O. Wharton GreenfieldB.A., Simpson CollegeDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Administration)

Shane E. Wheeler Van MeterB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Administration)

Jill E. Wyckoff CarlisleB.A., Coe CollegeDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Lori Rose Youngberg Grundy CenterB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Cassie Sue Zehnder Forest CityB.A., Buena Vista UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Administration)

Nicholas R. Zika Orr, Minn.B.S., Bemidji State UniversityDepartment: Educational Leadership and



MASTER OF ENGINEERING

Mark Lauritz Espeland Cedar RapidsB.S., Letourneau UniversityDepartment: Industrial and Manufacturing

Systems EngineeringMajor: Systems Engineering

Gilbert M. Grant Cedar RapidsB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Systems Engineering

Alexander Kleiman AmesB.Sc., Ben-Gurion University of NegevDepartment: Industrial and Manufacturing


Jamie D. Kovalaske Pineville, N.C.B.S., Kettering UniversityDepartment: Industrial and Manufacturing


Yi Li ChongQing, ChinaB.E., Heilongicang Commercial College;M.E., Beijing University of Aeronautics and

AstronauticsMajor: Aerospace Engineering

Michael J. McWhirter Ellettsville, Ind.B.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Systems Engineering

Matthew Preston Sutton Lansdale, Pa.B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State

University;B.S., IbidDepartment: Industrial and Manufacturing


MASTER OF FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES

Gregory S. Allori Enid, Okla.B.S., Portland State UniversityDepartment: Human Development and

Family StudiesMajor: Family and Consumer Sciences

(Family Financial Planning)

Kurt Alan Green Lake Villa, Ill.B.S., U.S. Air Force Academy;M.S.A., Georgia CollegeDepartment: Family and Consumer SciencesMajor: Family and Consumer Sciences

(Family Financial Planning)

Marni Ann Kellenberger St. Charles, Mo.B.S., Southwest Missouri State UniversityDepartment: Human Development and

Family StudiesMajor: Family and Consumer Sciences

(Human Development and FamilyStudies)

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Sohyun Kim Chung Seoul, South KoreaB.F.A., Kyenghee UniversityDepartment: Art and DesignMajor: Graphic DesignThesis: A recommendation for improving the

sense of orientation by enhancing visualcommunication on wayfinding systems:A case study of Minneapolis skywaysystem

Jonathan Matthew Kamrath St. Paul, Minn.B.A., Concordia CollegeDepartment: Art and DesignMajor: Integrated Visual ArtsThesis: Family Tools


MASTER OF SCIENCE

Lindsey L. Aaron NorwalkB.A., University of Northern IowaDepartment: Human Development and


Studies (Marriage and Family Therapy)Thesis: The influence of alcohol and drug use

on one-night stands among adolescents

Brenda Papakee Ackerman AmesB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Apparel, Educational Studies

and Hospitality ManagementMajor: Textiles and ClothingThesis: The tradition of Meskwaki

ribbonwork: cultural meanings,continuity, and change

Justin James Akers KellertonB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Agricultural Education and

StudiesMajor: Agricultural Education

Mohammed Abdelrahman Al QadyCairo, Egypt

B.S., American University in CairoDepartment: Civil, Construction and


Engineering and Management)Thesis: Concept relation extraction using

natural language processing – the CRISPtechnique

Luis Fernando Aldana MarroquinQuetzaltenango, Guatemala

B.S., University of Francisco MarroquinDepartment: Logistics, Operations and

Management Information SystemsMajor: Information Systems

Nergis Ani Anil-Bayrak Istanbul, TurkeyB.S., Instanbul Technical University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Geological and Atmospheric

SciencesMajor: GeologyThesis: Fault slip velocities inferred from the

spectra of ground motion

Juan Manuel Ruiz Cali, ColombiaLicen., Universidad Santiago de CaliDepartment: Art and DesignMajor: Graphic DesignThesis: Effectiveness of values

communication through cross-culturalcorporate symbol design

Nancy Lynn Thompson AmesB.F.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Art and DesignMajor: Integrated Visual ArtsThesis: Ode to the Whiterock Conservancy

MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Elizabeth Lorene Austin Houston, Tex.B.A., George Washington University;B.L.A., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Landscape Architecture

MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Annette McCuen Hacker Pleasant HillB.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Political ScienceMajor: Public Administration

Jimmy Jr. Morris II Dallas, Tex.B.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Political ScienceMajor: Public Administration

Casey James Muhm Spirit LakeB.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Political ScienceMajor: Public AdministrationThesis: Exploring the relationship between

income and property taxation at themunicipal level

35§ Research Excellence Award†† Teaching Excellence Award‡ Degree Conferred Posthumously

Sarah Fetter Anthoney ManchesterB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: PsychologyThesis: Person-environment and gender

comparisons in the integration ofinterests, abilities, and skills

Denise R. Bacher Mt. VernonB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Art and DesignMajor: Human Computer InteractionThesis: Design patterns in level design:

common practices in simulatedenvironment construction

‡ Benjamin Allen Baird DenverB.S., University of Northern IowaMajor: Chemistry

Diana Lynn Baltimore BooneB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Human Development and Family

StudiesThesis: Understanding the concept of

adoption: A qualitative analysis withadoptees and their parents

§ Andrea Ellen BarbknechtBlack River Falls, Wis.

B.S., University of Wisconsin – River FallsDepartment: Natural Resources Ecology and

ManagementMajor: Wildlife BiologyThesis: Ecology of elk parturition across

winter feeding opportunities in thebrucellosis endemic area of Wyoming

Sarah Carpenter Barrow Denver, Colo.B.A., Carleton CollegeMajor: Journalism and Mass CommunicationThesis: The right of access, the right to hear,

and the right to speak: Applying FirstAmendment theories to the networkneutrality debate

Michael William Beckman UrbandaleB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Electrical EngineeringThesis: The effects of low pressure helium

ion bombardment on hydrogenatedamorphous silicon

Angela Begosh Selah, Wash.B.S., University of KentuckyMajor: Agronomy

Emily J. Berg Milwaukee, Wis.B.A., Middlebury CollegeMajor: Statistics

Amber Joy Bergman Mason CityB.A., University of Northern IowaMajor: Human Development and Family

StudiesThesis: Dyadic spousal experiences of

Alzheimer’s disease: Marital satisfaction,caregiver burden, and coping

Michelle A. Bernholtz CarrollB.A., Briar Cliff CollegeMajor: Industrial Relations

Dominik Quirin BirkmeierKottgeisering, Germany

Vordipl., University of AugsburgMajor: Statistics

Nicholas Neal Boersma HospersB.A., Northwestern CollegeDepartment: HorticultureMajor: Plant PhysiologyThesis: Natural weed controls: Potential of

the invasive shrub Rhamnus catharticaand improvement of corn gluten meal

Todd Andrew Bonsall Annville, Pa.B.S., Juniata CollegeDepartment: Geological and Atmospheric

SciencesMajor: GeologyThesis: The geochemistry of carbonate-

hosted Pb-Zn-Ag mineralization in theLavrion District, Attica, Greece: fluidinclusion, stable isotope, and rare earthelement studies

Lisa K. Brinkley AmesB.A., Mount St. ClareDepartment: Educational Leadership and


Eric Adam Brown Cedar RapidsB.B.A., University of IowaMajor: Foodservice and Lodging

ManagementThesis: Dimensions of transformational

leadership and relationship withemployee performance in hotel frontdesk staff

Sarah Louise Carlson Shabbona, Ill.B.A., Augustana CollegeDepartment: AgronomyMajors: Crop Production and Physiology and

Sustainable AgricultureThesis: An integrated approach to

investigating the reintroduction of flaxproduction in Iowa


Jason Harmon Chandler Mayo, Fla.B.S., University of Florida - GainesvilleMajor: Agronomy

Ko-Jung Chen Taipei, TaiwanB.A., Ming Chuan UniversityMajor: Journalism and Mass CommunicationThesis: Why Taiwanese students use Instant

Messaging: A uses and gratificationsapproach

Madhuresh Kumar ChoudharyFaridabad, India

B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology –Madras

Department: Chemical and BiologicalEngineering

Major: Chemical EngineeringThesis: Metabolic engineering of Escherichia

coli for the efficient utilization of plantsugar mixture

Evan Gary Christianson Hutchinson, Minn.B.A., Gustavus Adolphus CollegeDepartment: Geological and Atmospheric

SciencesMajors: Geology and Environmental ScienceThesis: A hydrogeologic investigation of Ada

Hayden Lake in Ames, Iowa

Bun Hiong Chua Semporna, MalaysiaB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Mechanical EngineeringThesis: Investigation into the stress assisted

damage of copper surface under singleasperity: influence of contact pressures,surfaces stress states and environments

Gregory John Colson Vienna, Va.B.A., University of VirginiaMajor: EconomicsThesis: Alternative approaches for sharing

machinery, labor, and other resourcesamong small- and medium-sizedagricultural producers

Drew John Cookman Mason CityB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Chemical and Biological

EngineeringMajor: Chemical EngineeringThesis: Protein extraction from distiller’s

grain

§ Avril Adrianne Bina De GuzmanNaawan, Philippines

B.Sc., University of the PhilippinesMajor: Journalism and Mass CommunicationThesis: Greenpeace cyberadvocacy: message

strategies and the framing of the “say noto genetic engineering” campaign

Thomas Nishantha DenagamagePeradeniya, Sri Lanka

B.V.S., University of PeradeniyaDepartment: Veterinary Diagnostic and

Production Animal MedicineMajor: Veterinary Preventive MedicineThesis: Application of evidence-based

medicine to veterinary science and foodsafety

Aditya Vasudev Dhananjay Bangalore, IndiaB.Eng., Visveswaraiah Technological

UniversityMajor: Computer ScienceThesis: Load estimation in IEEE 802.11

wireless networks

Mark James Dostal CoralvilleB.S., University of Wisconsin – River FallsMajor: Agronomy

Douglas A. Doty SidneyB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Agronomy

Jesse Duane Drew Cedar RapidsB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Curriculum and InstructionMajor: Education (Curriculum and

Instructional Technology)Thesis: The study of the impact of the M.S. in

Agronomy Distance Education Programon student careers

Katherine A. Edwards Fountain Hills, Ariz.B.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Agricultural and Biosystems

EngineeringMajors: Agricultural Engineering and

Biorenewable Resources and TechnologyThesis: Nutrient recycling in biofuel

production systems: biomass ashpelleting, ethanol co-product allocation,and a beef-ethanol production systemanalysis

Stephen M. Eilers ToledoB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajors: Information Assurance and

Computer EngineeringThesis: IseHarvest: TCP packet data re-

assembler framework for network trafficcontent

Brian Theodore Eissfeldt Peoria, Ill.B.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Logistics, Operations and

Management Information SystemsMajor: Information Assurance


Nathan Lee Fischer NeolaB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Materials Science and EngineeringThesis: Novel composites for microwave

absorption

Cory Foreman Sioux CenterB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Aerospace EngineeringThesis: Nondestructive detection and

characterization of damages inhoneycomb composite structures

Eric Daniel Fossum Norfolk, Neb.B.S., South Dakota State UniversityMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Nathan Paul Franka Broomfield, Colo.B.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Mechanical EngineeringThesis: Visualizing fluidized beds with

X-rays

Natalia Frishman AmesDipl., Kharkov Medical Institute;M.D., Ibid.Major: SociologyThesis: An investigation of the theory of

reasoned action concerning consumeracceptance of food irradiation

Yingkun Gai Shanghai, ChinaB.S., Shanghai Jiaotong University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Electrical EngineeringThesis: Noise analysis for switched-capacitor

circuitry

Patricio Alejandro Galdames Santiago, ChileIng., University of Chile;M.Sc., Ibid.Major: Computer ScienceThesis: Managing continuous k-nearest

neighbor queries in mobile peer-to-peernetworks

Lucy Diane Ganem IndianolaB.A., Simpson CollegeMajor: SociologyThesis: An examination of the attachment

process from childhood to romanticrelationships among young adults raisedin long-term and adoptive foster care

Haiyang Gao Liaoyang, ChinaB.E., Beihang UniversityMajor: Aerospace EngineeringThesis: A computational study of quasi-2D

flows at low Reynolds numbers

Elizebeth Ann Gaskins Des MoinesB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Agricultural Education and


Shantanu Gattani Lucknow, IndiaB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Computer EngineeringThesis: Reference models for network trace

anonymization

Joji George Butler, Pa.D.Ph.T., University of Pune;B.Ph.T., Ibid.Department: KinesiologyMajor: Kinesiology (Biological Basis of

Physical Activity)Thesis: Effect of cardiovascular exercise

training compared to strength flexibilitytraining on inflammatory mediators inan elderly population

Anand Ghurka Hyderabad, IndiaB.Eng., Osmania UniversityDepartment: Industrial and Manufacturing

Systems EngineeringMajor: Industrial Engineering

Jonathon Richard Giles Sioux Falls, S. Dak.B.S., South Dakota State University;M.B.A., University of Sioux FallsMajor: Mechanical EngineeringThesis: Energy comparison of under floor air

distribution heating ventilation and airconditioning systems in office buildings

Rachel Jean Graham Des MoinesB.A., Grand View CollegeMajor: Statistics

Clinton Allen Halverson RembrandtB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Civil, Construction and

Environmental EngineeringMajor: Civil Engineering (Geotechnical

Engineering)Thesis: Characterization of geomaterials

with X-ray computed tomography(X-ray CT)

Andrew Jay Halvorsen Fairmont, Minn.B.S., St. Olaf CollegeMajor: Statistics


Travis William Hartke Litchfield, Ill.B.A., North Central CollegeDepartment: KinesiologyMajor: Kinesiology (Behavioral Basis of

Physical Activity)Thesis: Process and impact evaluation of the

VERB Summer Scorecard Program

Sarah Meryl Heuer Fairmont, Minn.B.A., Bethel UniversityDepartment: Interdisciplinary Graduate

StudiesMajor: Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies

(International Development Studies)

Dustin L. Hiatt Council BluffsB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Political ScienceMajor: Information Assurance

Mohammed Sayel Hleihel Saida, LebanonB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Information Assurance

Christopher Brady Hoeck AnkenyB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Mechanical EngineeringThesis: Analysis of a DDGS air-drying system

with heat recovery

Christopher David Hoff NewtonB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Electrical and Computer


Computer EngineeringThesis: Cryptic backup: a framework for

automated compression, encryption, andbackup of data

Shannon Patricia Hoffman AnkenyB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Human Development and Family

StudiesThesis: Young adult risky behavior: A

comparison of adoptee vs. non-adopteeoutcomes

Jennifer Ann Hubbard AnkenyB.A., University of Northern IowaMajor: Industrial Relations

Michael Edward Hunter Redwood, N.Y.B.T., State University of New York -

CobleskillMajor: Agronomy

Nathan Gregory Johnson EsthervilleB.S., Iowa State University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Interdisciplinary Graduate


(International Development Studies)Thesis: Decision making limitations from

communication barriers in governmentstructures in Chinese rural energyprojects

Michelle L. Johnston AmesB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: PsychologyThesis: Predictors of loneliness in gay,

lesbian, and bisexual youth

Emily C. Jones Iowa CityB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Aerospace EngineeringThesis: Experimental simulation of

atmospheric boundary layers andextreme gust events

Kate Ellen Ekle Junk FarmingtonB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: PsychologyThesis: Stability of career aspirations: A test

of Gottfredson’s theory ofcircumscription and compromise

Yashodhara Reddy Kambam Hyderabad, IndiaB.Tech., Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

UniversityDepartment: Civil, Construction and


Engineering)

Ryan Robert Kelly AltoonaB.A., University of IowaDepartment: Curriculum and InstructionMajor: EducationThesis: Aporia-triggered knowledge

construction: The use of interviews and afocus group to further assess ScienceWriting Heuristic impact onparticipating teachers

Ishadeep Kaur Khanijo Ludhiana, IndiaB.Tech., Punjab Agricultural UniversityDepartments: Agricultural and Biosystems

Engineering and Civil and ConstructionEngineering

Majors: Agricultural Engineering and CivilEngineering (EnvironmentalEngineering)

Thesis: Monitoring vegetative treatmentsystem performance for open beeffeedlot runoff control


Jason R. Kinley West Des MoinesB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: EntomologyThesis: Studies on the vector competence of a

Mid-western strain of Aedes vexans(Meigen) (Diptera: Culicidae) for WestNile Virus

Dmitry A. Kirilov Arlington Heights, Ill.B.A., South Russian State Technical

University;B.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Computer Science

Jeff Daniel Koch Lyons, Neb.B.S., University of Nebraska at LincolnDepartment: Natural Resources Ecology and

ManagementMajor: Fisheries BiologyThesis: Effects of commercial harvest of

shovelnose sturgeon populations in theupper Mississippi River

Jeremy Craig Koskie Spring Valley, Wis.B.S., University of Wisconsin - PlattevilleDepartment: Civil, Construction and

Environmental EngineeringMajor: Civil Engineering (Structural

Engineering)Thesis: Investigation of steel stringer bridge

superstructures

Anna Elizabeth Kosloski Champlin, Minn.B.A., University of Minnesota - MorrisMajor: SociologyThesis: The effect of prisonization on female

criminality

Bridget Jennifer Lavelle Seattle, Wash.B.A., Grinnell CollegeMajor: Statistics

Liliana L. Lay Lisung Lima, PeruComm., University of LimaDepartment: Interdisciplinary Graduate


(International Development Studies)Thesis: Peasant communities, the first link of

the commodity chain of vicuña fiber

Minsun Lee Seoul, South KoreaB.I.S., Dongduk Womens UniversityDepartment: Apparel, Educational Studies

and Hospitality ManagementMajor: Textiles and ClothingThesis: Television shopping: the effect of

persuasive strategies on parasocialinteraction, subjective well-being, andimpulse buying tendency among olderwomen

Zhen Li Taihe, ChinaB.S., Southeast UniversityDepartment: MathematicsMajor: Applied MathematicsThesis: Numerical computation of an

optimal control problem withhomogenization in one-dimensional case

Kelly Yu-Hsin Liao Taipei, TaiwanB.Sc., University of TorontoMajor: PsychologyThesis: Experiential self-focus as a facilitator

of processing interpersonal hurt and as abuffer in the relationship between angerrumination and psychological outcomes

Seung Joo Lim Yongin, South KoreaB.S., Konkuk University;M.S., Ibid.Department: Civil, Construction and


Engineering)Thesis: Swine wastewater treatment by the

static granular bed reactor

Yan Ling Hangzhou, ChinaB.S., Fudan UniversityDepartment: Veterinary Microbiology and

Preventive MedicineMajor: Veterinary Microbiology

Haifeng Liu Lishui, ChinaB.Eng., Zhejiang University;M.Eng., Ibid.;Ph.D., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Economics

Mark Robert Loeffelbein Missoula, Mont.B.A., University of Northern ColoradoDepartment: Geological and Atmospheric

SciencesMajor: MeteorologyThesis: The impact of upper-level flow

regime change from spring to summer onQPF accuracy over the Midwest


Joel Clifton Logan Silver Springs, N.Y.B.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Mechanical EngineeringThesis: Energy efficiency enhancements to a

low energy high performance building

Senja Katarina Lopac Chisholm, Minn.B.S., University of Minnesota - DuluthDepartment: Chemical and Biological

EngineeringMajor: Chemical EngineeringThesis: Polymer chemistry effects on protein

release and immune activation

§ Miriam D. Lopez AmesB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: EntomologyThesis: Bt-resistant European corn borers

and Nosema pyrausta: Implications forresistance management

Xin Lu Suzhou, ChinaB.E., East China University of Science and

TechnologyMajor: Plant PathologyThesis: Soybean mosaic and stem canker in

Iowa soybean fields

Rebecca Jane Lukac KalonaB.S., University of California - IrvineDepartment: Food Science and Human

NutritionMajor: Nutritional SciencesThesis: Method development for the

quantification of ferritin in staple foodcrops

Adeel H. Mankee Lahore, PakistanB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Electrical Engineering

Sergiy Markutsya Kiev, UkraineM.Dipl., T.S. Kiev State University;M.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Mechanical EngineeringThesis: Modeling and simulation of

nanoparticle aggregation in colloidalsystems

Ryan David Marquardt AmesB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Natural Resources Ecology and

ManagementMajor: Sustainable AgricultureThesis: Grassland bird abundance and

nesting in short-duration rotationallygrazed pastures in southwest Iowa

Joseph Allan Marshall Rapid City, S.Dak.B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and

TechnologyDepartment: ChemistryMajor: Organic ChemistryThesis: An improved preparation of

levoglucosenone from cellulose

Juan Carlos Martínez Mexico City, MexicoAgr.Engr., Universidad Autonoma ChapingoDepartment: AgronomyMajor: Plant BreedingThesis: Establishment of transformation

systems using mature seeds of maizeinbred lines

Jason Charles Maughan Benson, UtahB.S., Utah State UniversityDepartment: Electrical and Computer


Computer EngineeringThesis: CONDENSER: A custom tool for

capturing and summarizing networktraffic for AVALANCHE and ISEAGE

Lisa Catherine McGarthwaiteGranite Falls, Minn.

B.A., St. Mary’s University of MinnesotaDepartment: Electrical and Computer

EnagineeringMajor: Human Computer InteractionThesis: BioN: a novel interface for biological

network visualization

Andrew Peter McKean DubuqueB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Samir Mehanovic AnkenyB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and

Molecular BiologyMajor: BiochemistryThesis: Development of an RNA aptamer to

PD173955N through SELEX

Ryan David Meier MaxwellB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Logistics, Operations and

Management Information SystemsMajor: Information Systems

Robert Marcel Milbrandt Huron, S. Dak.B.S., South Dakota State UniversityMajor: Mechanical EngineeringThesis: Simulating energy efficiency in

laboratory buildings

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Paul Michael Miller Maplewood, Minn.B.A., St. Mary’s University of MinnesotaDepartment: Computer ScienceMajor: Information AssuranceThesis: Visualization for network forensic

analyses: extending the Forensic LogInvestigator (FLI)

Craig Michael Mizera Lemmon, S. Dak.B.S., South Dakota State UniversityDepartment: Civil, Construction and

Environmental EngineeringMajor: Civil Engineering (Transportation

Engineering)Thesis: Improving pavement marking

performance through contrasting newmethods to quantify marking presenceand increasing installation efficienciesthrough an evaluation of prototype beadguns

Cesar Paul Montalvo Clavijo Quito, EcuadorB.A., Universidad San Francisco de QuitoDepartment: EconomicsMajor: Agricultural Economics

Jeffrey Allen Moore RicevilleB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: AgronomyMajor: Soil Science (Soil Fertility)Thesis: Comparison of ESN, urea, and aqua

ammonia as sources of nitrogen for cornproduction in Iowa

Priya Sharnell Morris Milwaukee, Wis.B.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies

JoAnn Charlson Nady NevadaB.S., Iowa State University;B.S., Ibid.Major: Industrial Relations

Kendra Kay Naef Appleton, Wis.B.S., University of Wisconsin - StoutDepartment: Family and Consumer Sciences


EducationThesis: Young adult attitudes regarding

individuals with disabilities: A post-intervention comparison of high schoolgraduates

Kenneth F. O’Brien CarrollB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Agronomy

Wayne J. Ohnesorg Sidney, Neb.B.S., University of WyomingMajor: EntomologyThesis: Non-target effects of soybean aphid,

Aphis glycinces Matsumura (Hemiptera:Aphididae), management in Iowa

Shinnosuke Onuki Kawasaki, JapanB.S., Keio Gijuku UniversityDepartment: Agricultural and Biosystems

EngineeringMajor: Agricultural EngineeringThesis: Purification of ethanol with ozone,

activated carbon and gas stripping, andmethod development to evaluate qualityof ethanol

Brian Lee Oostenink Sioux CenterB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Agricultural Education and


Michael A. Oren Algonquin, Ill.B.A., DePauw UniversityDepartment: Geological and Atmospheric

SciencesMajor: Human Computer InteractionThesis: Design and evaluation of auditory

spatial cues for decision making within agame environment for persons withvisual impairments

Jason Alan Palmer EsthervilleB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Natural Resources Ecology and

ManagementMajor: Environmental ScienceThesis: An assessment of riparian land-use

and channel condition impacts onstreambank eroding lengths andrecession rates in two third order ruralwatersheds in Central Iowa

Mridul Pentapalli Bear, Del.B.Eng., University of PuneMajor: Computer ScienceThesis: A comparative study of Roth-Erev

and modifed Roth-Erev reinforcementlearning algorithms for uniform-pricedouble auctions

Claudia Marcela Prado Meza Colima, MexicoLicen., University of ColimaDepartment: Interdisciplinary Graduate


(Social Sciences)


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†† Beth Marie Prince Romeoville, Ill.B.S., Illinois CollegeDepartment: ChemistryMajor: Physical ChemistryThesis: Vibrational dynamics of excited

states probed by fs/ps CARS: simulationsand applications to ultrafast chargetransfer dynamics

Susan Charlson Radke Forest CityB.A., University of IowaMajor: Industrial Relations

Patrick Robert Reeg BellevueB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Agronomy

Christopher J. Rees York, Neb.B.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Agronomy

Andrew Paul Riha CrescoB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Computer Engineering

Laura Marie Ritland AmesB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Food Science and Human

NutritionMajor: Nutritional SciencesThesis: Relationship of centrally-located

body fat to appetitive hormones inhealthy postmenopausal women

Jason Allen Ryon OttumwaB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Aerospace EngineeringThesis: Computational simulation of

separated flow in a three-dimensionaldiffuser using v2-f and zeta-f models

Steven R. Sass St. OlafB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Jesse Lee Sathre TripoliB.S., Wartburg CollegeDepartment: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Computer EngineeringThesis: Architectural support for secure and

survivable embedded software

Matthew John Schneider Lone TreeB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Animal ScienceMajor: Animal Breeding and GeneticsThesis: An evaluation of the genetic

components of bovine respiratorydisease and its influence on productiontraits

Asish Seeboo Vacoas, MauritiusB.S., University of MauritiusDepartment: Civil, Construction and


Engineering and Management)Thesis: Proposed highway asset management

framework with an emphasis oneconomic impact analysis

Ryan Joel Six Puyallup, Wash.B.A., University of WashingtonDepartment: Curriculum and InstructionMajor: Education (Curriculum and

Instructional Technology)Thesis: Analysis of policy and educational

approaches within the Seattle recyclingprogram

Gregory Stargell Atlanta, Ga.B.S., Alabama A&M UniversityMajor: Mechanical EngineeringThesis: Devising a more robust automated

detection method using audio frequencyspectra

Asha Stephen Hyderabad, IndiaB.Tech., Kannur University;M.S., University of Missouri – Kansas CityMajor: PsychologyThesis: Gender differences in subject-specific

academic performance predicted by self-efficacy and interests of 12th grade Indianstudents

†† Sandra Jo Stewart MindenB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Apparel, Educational Studies

and Hospitality ManagementMajor: Textiles and ClothingThesis: Effects of computer self-efficacy and

spatial visualization ability on studentperceptions of 2D/3D CAD virtualprototype simulations for apparel design


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Kaye Elizabeth Strohbehn AmesB.S., South Dakota State UniversityDepartment: Agricultural Education and

StudiesMajor: Agricultural Education (Agricultural

Extension Education)

Lishan Su Xianyou, ChinaB.E., Fuzhou UniversityMajor: Journalism and Mass CommunicationThesis: Impacts of mass media coverage of

the economy during normal times andrecessions on the Index of ConsumerConfidence using time series analysisand Granger causal analysis

Bryan D. Sulzer DubuqueB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Electrical Engineering

Guan Qiang Tan DavenportB.A., Guangzhou Medical College;B.A., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: KinesiologyMajor: Kinesiology (Biological Basis of

Physical Activity)Thesis: The effects of mid-air adjustments on

knee joint loading when landing from ajump

Kristina Boysen Taylor AmesB.A., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Computer ScienceThesis: A specification language design for

the Java Modeling Language (JML) usingJava 5 annotations

Tanasha Ann Taylor Des MoinesB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Agricultural and Biosystems

EngineeringMajor: Human Computer InteractionThesis: A concept virtual harp with physical

string vibrations using augmented realityfor therapy

Wendy LeAnne Thomas Mount PleasantB.A., Monmouth CollegeDepartment: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and

Molecular BiologyMajor: BiochemistryThesis: Use of Fourier transform infrared

(FTIR) spectroscopy to determine thehealth-promoting index (HPI) of cow’smilk

Ryan Wesley Tobin Indianapolis, Ind.B.S., Indiana State UniversityDepartment: Physics and AstronomyMajor: AstrophysicsThesis: Photometric variability of Sun-like

stars in the old open cluster M67

Christopher J. Uhl Beecher, Ill.B.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Aerospace EngineeringThesis: Relating crack heating to vibration

for vibrothermography

Flavian C. Vasile Bucuresti, RomaniaLicen., Academy of Economic StudiesMajor: Computer ScienceThesis: Uncovering the structure of

hypergraphs through tensordecomposition: An application tofolksonomy analysis

Michelle Marie Vigna GreenfieldB.S., University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMajor: Agronomy

Eknath Vittal Scottsdale, Ariz.B.S., University of Illinois UrbanaDepartment: Electrical and Computer

EngineeringMajor: Electrical EngineeringThesis: A static analysis of maximum wind

penetration in Iowa and a dynamicassessment of frequency response inwind turbine types

Cindy Ngoc Vo AmesB.S., California State University – San

BernadinoDepartment: Human Development and


Studies (Child Development)Thesis: Pregnant and parenting teens’

attitudes toward pregnancy andmotherhood and their perceptions ofsocial support

Jeremy J. Wagner Cedar FallsB.S., Kansas State UniversityMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Justin Daniel Walker CherokeeB.S., Iowa State UniversityDepartment: Industrial and Manufacturing

Systems EngineeringMajor: Industrial EngineeringThesis: An innovative new pouring design for

steel castings


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Laura Christine Walters Rochester, Minn.B.S., Culver-Stockton CollegeMajor: Mathematics

Brandie Marie Ward VilliscaB.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Human Development and Family

StudiesThesis: Educational outcomes of children

with absent-fathers: An examination ofchildren with deceased fathers andchildren with fathers absent for otherreasons compared with children withfathers present in a two-parent home

Jennifer Renee Watson Scottsdale, Ariz.B.S., Kansas State UniversityMajor: Foodservice and Lodging

ManagementThesis: Defining pleasurable eating

competencies for undergraduate dieteticsprograms

§ Andrea Marie Weare Council BluffsB.A., Buena Vista UniversityMajor: Journalism and Mass CommunicationThesis: “Thin is what we’re supposed to be,

not what we’re supposed to talk about”:A qualitative study of pro-eating disorderblogging communities

Shi Wen Overland Park, Kans.B.Econ., Nankai University;M.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Statistics

Lucas D. Witt ManningB.S., Buena Vista UniversityDepartment: Computer ScienceMajor: Information AssuranceThesis: A formal approach toward

authenticated authorization withoutidentification

Michelle Lynn Wright Woodruff, Wis.B.S., University of Wisconsin - LaCrosseMajor: Industrial Relations

Liu Xi Xinyu, ChinaB.Agri., China Agriculture UniversityMajor: Plant PathologyThesis: A negative regulator of ribosomal

RNA processing specifies R-gene-independent cell death in barley -powdery mildew interactions

Melissa Ariani Yahya AmesSarj., Sepuluh Nopember Institute of

TechnologyMajor: Computer ScienceThesis: An online system for bioterrorism

surveillance

Laura Gabriela Yamauchi La Plata, ArgentinaLicen., Universidad Nacional de la PlataMajor: Foodservice and Lodging

ManagementThesis: Effects of multimedia instructional

material on students’ learning and theirperceptions of the instruction

Xiaofei Yu Laiyang, ChinaB.S., Fudan UniversityDepartment: Genetics, Development and Cell

BiologyMajor: Molecular, Cellular and

Developmental BiologyThesis: Mechanisms of BES1-regulated gene

expression downstream ofbrassinosteroid signaling in Arabidopsisthaliana

Gregory Andrew Zink Elgin, Ill.B.S., Iowa State UniversityMajor: Aerospace EngineeringThesis: Computational studies on the effect

of water impact on an unmanned airvehicle


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