Recent Ph.D. Graduates - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Madhuri Lolla

Thesis Title:

Thesis Advisor: Professor Wen Zhang

Year: 2012

Present position:

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Kasia Pawlek

Thesis Title: Mathematical Modeling of Virus Infections and Immune Responses

Thesis Advisor: Professor Libin Rong and Professor Meir Shillor

Year: 2012

Present position: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina Beaufort

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John Purcell

Thesis Title: Modelling, Numerical Analysis, and Simulations of Nonlinear Dynamic Beams

Thesis Advisor: Professor Meir Shillor

Year: 2011

Present position: Department of Mathematics, Macomb Community College

email: purcellj@macomb.edu

Susan Toma

Thesis Title: Facet-Inducing Inequalities of the Convex Hull of Integer Solutions Satisfying the Comb Structure of the Multiple-Alldifferent Predicate

Thesis Advisor: Professor Serge Kruk

Year: 2009

Present position: Assistant Professor, Madonna University

email: stoma@madonna.edu

Rakinawasan Sanjeeva

Thesis Title: Automorphism Groups of Algebraic Curves over Finite Fields

Thesis Advisor: Professor Tony Shaska

Year: 2009

Present position: Senior Lecturer, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

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Daniel Coffield

Thesis Title: A Model for Single Phase Flow in Horizontally Fractured Porous Media Using Homogenization Techniques

Thesis Advisor: Professor Anna Spagnuolo

Year: 2009

Present position: Assistant Professor, Univ. of Michigan - Flint

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Feiyi Jia

Thesis Title: Contributions to Bayesian Ranking and Selection Rules and to Randomized Response Survey Analysis

Thesis Advisor: Professor Gary McDonald

Year: 2009

Present position: Statistician, MED Institute, Inc.

email: felisiajia@hotmail.com

Jayantha Lanel Gan Hewage

Thesis Title: Complex Root Isolation

Thesis Advisor: Professor Charles Cheng

Year: 2009

Present position: Senior Lecturer, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

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Galbodayage Sujeeva Wijesiri

Thesis Title: Theta Functions of Algebraic Curves with Automorphisms

Thesis Advisor: Professor Tony Shaska

Year: 2008

Present position: Senior Lecturer, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

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Renuka Menike Rathugamage

Thesis Title: Models and Analysis for Adhesive Contact, Material Damage, or Cardiac Waves

Thesis Advisor: Professor Meir Shillor

Year: 2008

Present position:

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Nart Shawash

Thesis Title: Relationships among popular interconnection networks and their common generalization

Thesis Advisor: Professor Eddie Cheng

Year: 2008

Present position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Detroit Mercy.

email: shawasnm@udmercy.edu

Mbagne Faly Mbengue

Thesis Title: Analysis of Models for Nonlinear Dynamic Beams with or without Damage or Frictionless Contact

Thesis Advisor: Professor Meir Shillor and Professor Kevin Andrews

Year: 2008

Present position: Lecturer, Oakland University

email: mfmbengu@oakland.edu

Daniel Kirkwood

Thesis Title: A Hybrid Algorithm For The Common Real Zero Problem

Thesis Advisor: Professor Charles Cheng

Year: 2008

Present position: Mathematician, National Security Agency

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Nibedita Bandyopadhyay

Thesis Title: Models and Methodologies for Recurrent Event Data

Thesis Advisor: Professors Ananda Sen and Ravi Khattree

Year: 2006

Present position: Senior Statistician, Johnson & Johnson

email: nbandyop@oakland.edu

George Zhengzhi Xia

Thesis Title: Some Contributions to Multiple Comparison Methods for Longitudinal Data and General Linear Mixed Effects Methods

Thesis Advisor: Professor Subbaiah Perla

Year: 2006

Present position: Senior Research Analyst, Macomb Institutional Research, Macomb Community College

email: xiag@macomb.edu

Racheal Zhang

Thesis Title: Some Analytical Characteristics of the Ridge Regression Trace

Thesis Advisor: Professor Gary McDonald

Year: 2005

Present position: Bioinformatics/Statistical Analyst, Van Andel Research Institute

email: rzhang_mi@yahoo.com

Lazaros Kikas

Thesis Title: Interconnection Networks and the k-Disjoint Path Problems

Thesis Advisor: Professor Eddie Cheng

Year: 2004

Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Detroit Mercy.

email: kikasld@udmercy.edu

Pulak Ghosh

Thesis Title: A Bayesian Approach to Bioequivalence Trials

Thesis Advisor: Professor Ravindra Khattree

Year: 2003

Present position: Associate Professor, Biostatistics at Emory University, School of Public Health, Quantitative Methods & Information Systems, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

email: pulak.ghosh@iimb.ernet.in

Homepage: http://www.iimb.ernet.in/user/165

Anuradha Roy

Thesis Title: Some Contributions to Discrimination and Classification with Repeated Measures Data with Special Emphasis on Biomedical Applications

Thesis Advisor: Professor Ravindra Khattree

Year: 2002

Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Management Science and Statistics, University of Texas at San Antonio.

email: anuradha.roy@utsa.edu

Homepage: http://faculty.business.utsa.edu/aroy

Xeuzhang Hou

Thesis Title: Analysis and Control of a Torsional Flexible Robot Arm - An Operator Approach

Thesis Advisor: Professor Sze-kai Tsui

Year: 2000

Present position: Associate Professor, Mathematics Department, Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland.

email: xhou@towson.edu

Homepage: http://www.towson.edu/~xhou/