Stanford Report, June 14, 2006

Ph.D. Orals

ph.d. orals

The deadline for submitting Ph.D. orals is 5 p.m. Wednesday for the following issue.

THURSDAY, JUNE 15

Jim Y. Wong, biological sciences, "HURP Controls Microtubule Dynamics and Spindle Function," 12:30 p.m., Hewlett Building, Room 201.

FRIDAY, JUNE 16

Caroline Beth Nielsen, geological and environmental sciences, "Nitrogen- Fixing Trees Alter the Composition and Function of Soil Microbial Communities in Young Hawaiian Ecosystems," 9 a.m., Building 320, Room 105.

Michael Malkin, electrical engineering, "Cryptographic Methods for Secure Watermark Detection," 10 a.m., Gates Building, Room 498.

Henry Chin, electrical engineering, "Linear Electro-Optic Conversion of Sampled Signals for a Photonic-Assisted Analog-to-Digital Converter," 1 p.m., CIS-X Building, Auditorium.

Fayaz Onn, electrical engineering, "GPS and Radar Remote Sensing of Water Vapor," 2 p.m., Packard Building, Room 101.

MONDAY, JUNE 19

F. Edward Boas, biochemistry, "Physics-Based Design of Protein-Ligand Binding," 2 p.m., Munzer Auditorium.

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

Steven P. Loheide, geological and environmental sciences, "Innovative Methods for Determining Natural Groundwater Discharge in Riparian Environments," 2 p.m., Hartley Conference Room.