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August 4, 2005

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ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY

ADAI grants

The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards. Proposed research must be in alcohol or drug abuse-relatedfields. The maximum amount considered for funding is $20,000. The next application deadline is 5 p.m. Oct. 17. Questions concerning the application process or suitability of a potential project should be directed to the Institute at 206-543-0937. Application guidelines are available on the ADAI Web site at http://depts.washington.edu/adai or by calling ADAI at 206-543-0937.

OTHER NEWS

English language courses

The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English. Convenient online courses are available for UW employees who want to improve their sentence-level grammar and vocabulary in academic, business, or technical writing. All of the courses have online interactive exercises and short assignments to be completed each week. Instructors respond to assignments within two business days, giving detailed one-on-one feedback.

Evening and Saturday on-site courses focus on improving conversational skills, grammar, pronunciation, presentations, and preparation for the TOEFL, TOEIC, and verbal parts of the GRE and GMAT. There are also daytime courses in reading, writing, grammar, speaking, listening, and vocabulary and idioms.

UWELP customizes courses in English for the Workplace. Depending on the needs of your group, courses can be designed for such areas as pronunciation and fluency, assisting clients by telephone, presentation skills and the language of meetings, e-mail communication, and job-specific vocabulary and idioms.

For more information, call 206-543-6242 or e-mail uwelp@u.washington.edu.

Study participants needed

The Northwest Lipid Research Clinic is conducting a research study for men and women age 18 to 75 with low levels of “good” or HDL cholesterol. All eligible individuals will receive an approved cholesterol-lowering medication plus an investigational medication or a placebo (inactive pill). If interested, please call Barbara at 206‑744-9204. The Northwest Lipid Research Clinic is part of the UW located near Harborview Medical Center.

RAID 2005 – Eighth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection

September 7–9, Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle.This symposium brings together leading researchers and practitioners from academia, government and industry to discuss intrusion detection technologies and issues from the research and commercial perspectives. The symposium is intended to further advances in intrusion defense by promoting the exchange of ideas in a broad range of topics, such as risk assessment and risk management, intrusion tolerance, deception systems and honeypot, vulnerability analysis and management, IDS assessment, IDS survivability, privacy aspects, data mining techniques, visualization techniques, cognitive approaches, biological approaches, self-learning, case studies, legal issues and critical infrastructure protection (CIP). For more information, including registration and abstract submission, visit http://www.conjungi.com/RAID/cfp.htm.

Blood drives

Friday, Aug. 5 from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Health Sciences Lobby, 3rd Floor C-Wing.

Monday, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:45 to 4 p.m. in the HUB, Room 108.

Tuesday, Aug. 9 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. on Stevens Way across from Lewis Hall.

Friday, Aug. 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. at on Stevens Way in the loading area in front of More Hall.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Expedited Rule Making

(Per RCW 34.05.353)

Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Housekeeping amendments to various Title 478 WAC, University of Washington rules.

Statutory Authority for Adoption and Statute Being Implemented: RCW 28B.20.130.

Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: These proposed housekeeping amendments are intended to keep the UW’s rules accurate and are as follows:


  • WAC 478-04-030 — Updates a meeting location and clarifies the rule to indicate that committees of the Board of Regents are considered the same as the full Board for the purpose of executive sessions.
  • WAC 478-136-015 and 478-136-030 — Update an office location, address and phone number.
  • WAC 478-168-035, 478-168-180, 478-168-310, and 478-168-390 — Update a job title.

Reasons Supporting Proposal: This proposal meets the criteria for expedited rule making, as stated in RCW 34.05.353 (1)(c), “The proposed rules only correct typographical errors, make address or name changes, or clarify language of a rule without changing its effect.” These amendments are also consistent with the provisions of Washington State Executive Order 97-02.

Notice: this rule is being proposed under an expedited rule-making process that will eliminate the need for the agency to hold public hearings, prepare a small business economic impact statement, or provide responses to the criteria for a significant legislative rule. if you object to this use of the expedited rule-making process, you must express your objections in writing and they must be sent to: Rebecca Goodwin Deardorff, Director of Rules Coordination, University of Washington, 4014 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105-6203, rules@u.washington.edu, Fax: 206-616-6294, and received by Sept. 21.

DEGREE EXAMS

Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.

General Examinations


  • Chihak Ahn, Physics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18. Physics/Astronomy 520. (Prof. Scott Dunham).
  • Sage Chaiyapechara, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Fishery Science Building 229. (Prof. Russell Herwig).
  • Kenneth Randal Hawkins, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11. Electrical Engineering 303. (Prof. Paul Yager).
  • Kathryn L. D. Hutchinson, Education, Ed.D 09 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8. Miller 320. (Prof. Mike Copland).
  • Gavin D. M. Jeffries, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15. Chemistry 239. (Prof. Daniel Chiu).
  • Yunxiang Lu, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12. Benson 109. (Prof. Stuart Adler).
  • Daryl Alan Monear, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. Miller 222. (Prof. William Zumeta).
  • Sally A. Moore, Psychology, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Guthrie Annex 2, 202B. (Prof. Lori Zoellner).
  • Sarah A. Mutch, Chemistry, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15. Chemistry 239. (Prof. Daniel Chiu).
  • Tian Sang, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 11. Allen Center, CSE 503. (Prof. Paul Beame, Prof. Henry Kautz).
  • Sorrel Stielstra, Sociology, Ph.D. 12 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. Savery 110C. (Prof. Jerald Herting).
  • Juli Anna Swinnerton, Education, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. Miller 201. (Prof. Michael Knapp).
  • Jamie R. Wilson, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15. Benson 109. (Prof. Stuart Adler).

Final Examinations


  • Arunima Bandyopadhyay, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8. Chemistry 239. “Investigating the Energetics of Peptide-MHCII (1-Ak) Binding Interactions” (Prof. Craig Beeson).
  • Constantinos Boulis, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Electrical Engineering 403. “Topic Learning in Text and Conversational Speech” (Prof. Mari Ostendorf).
  • Yong Cai, Sociology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 18. Savery 110 C. “Regional Mortality Variations in China” (Prof. William Lavely).
  • Chih-Chieh Chen, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15. Atmospheric Sciences/Geophysics 310 C. “Transient Mountain Waves in an Evolving Synoptic-Scale Flow and their Interaction with Large Scales” (Prof. Dale Durran, Prof. Greg Hakim).
  • Jian Chen, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8. Electrical Engineering 303. “The Physics and Chemistry of Steady Streaming Microfluidics” (Prof. Daniel Schwartz).
  • Donald L. Courter, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16. Chemistry 102. “Investigating the Molecular Mechanism of Integrin Alpha v Beta 3 Mediated Activation of the Transcription Factor Nuclear Factor kappa B” (Prof. Cecilia Giachelli).
  • Gabrielle Naomi Oluwatoyin Dean, English, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Padelford A101C. “Seeing Things and Marking Time: Visual Presence and the Self in Emily Dickinson and Gertrude Stein” (Prof. Raimonda Modiano).
  • Jennifer Lynn Edwards, Sociology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17. Savery 110 C. “The Malaysian Anomaly: Understanding the Consquences of Affirmative Action in the Developing World” (Prof. Charles Hirschman).
  • Irene Markman Geisner, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16. Guthrie Annex III 120. “Brief Mailed Intervention for Depressed Mood in a College Student Sample” (Prof. Mary Larimer).
  • Louis Roy Miller Giersch, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Condon 311. “Experimental Investigation of Plasma Sail Propulsion Concepts Using Cascaded Arcs and Rotating Magnetic Field Current Drive” (Prof. Robert Winglee).
  • John Phillip Harrelson, Pharmacy – Medicinal Chemistry, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15. Health Sciences K 069. “Comparative Studies of Cytochrome P450 2E1 and 2A6” (Prof. Sidney Nelson).
  • Nan E. Hatch, Dentistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. Health Sciences K069. “Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Signaling and the Molecular Etiology of Syndromic Craniosynostosis” (Prof. Mark Bothwell).
  • Sushant Jain, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12. Allen Center, CSE 203. “Routing in Delay Tolerant Networks” (Prof. Gaetano Borriello).
  • Hansung Kim, Economics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12. Savery 302. “Three Essays in International Trade” (Prof. Kar-Yiu Wong).
  • Jina Kim, Asian Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8. Gowan 1B. “The Materializing and Vanishing Modern Girl: Circulation of Urban Literary Modernity in Colonial Korea and Taiwan” (Prof. Scott Swaner).
  • Peter Jon Littig, Mathematics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8. Padelford C-36. “Schubert Varieties and the Homology Ring of the Loop Space of a Compact Lie Group” (Prof. Stephen Mitchell).
  • Cheng-Yun Liu, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. Allen Center, CSE 203. “Towards a Generative Model of Natural Motion” (Prof. Zoran Popovic).
  • Douglas Wai Kok Low, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12. Allen Center, CSE 303. “Network Processor Memory Hierarchy Design for IP Packet Classification” (Prof. Jean-Loup Baer, Prof. Carl Ebeling).
  • Glenn D. Mackin, Political Science, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Smith 40. “From Clients to Citizens: How to Combine Democracy and Social Welfare” (Prof. Christine Di Stefano).
  • Tomislav Maric, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16. Atmospheric Sciences/Geophysics 310 C. “The Applicability of Hydraulic Theory to the Gap Winds Observed in the Wipp Valley” (Prof. Dale Durran).
  • Matthew J. Miller, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. Miller 112. “Talking into the Profession: An Analysis of Problem-based Conversations between Elementary Preservice Teachers” (Prof. Allen Glenn).
  • Thomas Joseph Minichillo, Anthropology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12. Denny M 32. “Middle Stone Age Lithic Study, South Africa: An Examination of Modern Human Origins” (Prof. Angela Close).
  • Dana Christine Nelson, Psychology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17. Guthrie 211. “Parenting and Child Care as Predictors of Language, Cognitive, and Behavioral Outcomes in Young Low Income Children” (Prof. Susan Spieker, Prof. Betty Repacholi).
  • Donald Jay Patterson III, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. Allen Center, CSE 503. “Assisted Cognition: Compensatory Activity Assistance Technology” (Prof. Henry Kautz, Prof. Dieter Fox).
  • Jennifer Mei-An Popham, Chemistry, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5. Chemistry 102. “Study of Surface Interactions of a N-terminal Statherin Fragment Bound to Hydroxyapatite Using Solid State NMR Dipolar Recoupling Techniques” (Prof. Gary Drobny).
  • Christina J. Ramirez, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15. FHCRC Pelton Auditorium. “BRCA Genes: Conserved Regions and the Potential Effect of Missense Changes” (Prof. Julian Simon).
  • Brendan John Reeves, Psychology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15. Physics/Astronomy A 110. “Neural Basis of Song Perception in Songbirds” (Prof. Michael Beecher).
  • Andrew L. Rogers, Education, Ed.D 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. Miller 320. “Student Voice: Bridge to Learning” (Prof. Brad Portin).
  • Maximilian Andreas Schlosshauer-Selbach, Physics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15. Physics/Astronomy A 210. “The Quantum-to-Classical Transition: Decoherence and Beyond” (Prof. Arthur Fine).
  • Diedrich Augustus Schmidt, Physics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15. Physics/Astronomy B 042. “Titanium Dioxide Thin Films: Understanding Nanoscale Oxide Heteroepitaxy for Silicon-Based Applications” (Prof. Marjorie Olmstead).
  • Kristopher R. Schumacher, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. Electrical Engineering 303. “Direct Numerical Simulation of Ferrofluids in Magnetic Fields” (Prof. Bruce Finlayson).
  • Benjamin E. Smith, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12. Atmospheric Sciences/Geophysics 310 C. “Characterization of Small Scale Ice Topography in Antarctica and Greenland” (Prof. Charles Raymond).
  • Hiran Kasturiratne Tennakoon, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16. Electrical Engineering 303. “Efficient and Accurate Gate Sizing with Piecewise Convex Delay Models” (Prof. Carl Sechen).
  • Roslyn M. Theisen, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15. Chemisty 102. “Synthetic Models and Reactivity of Sulfur-Ligated Iron Metalloenzymes” (Prof. Julie Kovacs).
  • Ruth S. Van De Water, Physics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15. Physics/Astronomy A 114. “Bk in Staggered Chiral Perturbation Theory” (Prof. Stephen Sharpe).
  • Zasha Saul Weinberg, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16. Allen Center, CSE 203. “Accurate Annotation of Non-Coding RNA’s in Practical Time” (Prof. Walter Ruzzo).