Stanford Report, May 13, 2009

ph.d. orals

ph.d. orals

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

FRIDAY, MAY 15

Jessica Shors, biology, "The Case of the Benevolent Intruder: Effects of the Invasive Argentine Ant on Native Lycaenid Butterflies," 2 p.m., Building 320, Room 105.

MONDAY, MAY 18

Liang Xu, materials science and engineering, "Giant Magnetoresistive Sensor for Biomolecule Detection and Cancer Diagnosis," 2 p.m., Packard Building, Room 202.

TUESDAY, MAY 19

Tolga Çukur, electrical engineering, "Spectral Shaping Techniques for Rapid Steady-State MRI," 3:30 p.m., Packard Building, Room 101.

FRIDAY, MAY 22

John P. Cunningham, electrical engineering, "Methods for Understanding Motor Cortical Processing and Neural Prostheses," 10 a.m., CISX Auditorium.

Carri Chan, electrical engineering, "Scheduling Algorithms for Communication and Services Systems," 2:30 p.m., Packard Building, Room 204.