Distinguished Dissertation Awards
Recipients in the Natural and Computational Sciences
2017-2018
Jacob Ethier, Physics"Proton Spin Structure from Monte Carlo Global QCD Analyses"
2016-17
Hao Shi, Physics
"Computational studies of strongly correlated quantum matter"
2015-16
Leonidas Aliaga Soplin, Physics
"Neutrino Flux Prediction for the NuMI Beamline"
2014-15
Yifan Zhang, Computer Science
"Providing Eficient Services for Smartphone Applications"
2013-14
Fengyuan Xu, Computer Science
“Improving Energy Efficiency and Security for Pervasive Computing Systems”
2012-13
Malcolm B. Gethers, Computer Science
“Information integration for software maintenance and evolution”
2011-12
Zhenyu Wu, Computer Science
“Discovering New Vulnerabilities in Computer Systems”
2010-11
Michael Bagge-Hansen, Applied Science
“Enhanced Field Emission from Vertically Oriented Graphene by Thin Solid Film Coatings”
2009-10
Steven Robert Gianvecchio, Computer Science
“Application of Information Theory and Statistical Learning to Anomaly Detection”
2008-09
Karl Wayne Kuschner, Physics
“A Bayesian Network Approach to Feature Selection in Mass Spectrometry Data”
2007-08
Andrey Nikolayevich Chernikov, Computer Science
“Parallel Generalized Delaunay Mesh Refinement”
2006-07
James Robert McCombs, Computer Science
“Toward a Robust and Efficient Iterative Eigensolver”
2004-05
Zhengmao Zhu, Applied Science
“Photochemical Modification of Polyethylene Terephthalate Surfaces”
