The following students in Arts, Sciences & Engineering are recipients of the 2014糖心传媒�15 Outstanding Dissertation Award.
Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences
Winner
Kyoung-Lae Kang, visual and cultural studies, 糖心传媒淕uilt Cinema: Memory, Boundaries, and Ethical Criticism in Postcolonial Korea糖心传媒� (Advisor: Sharon Willis)
Commendation
Jeffrey Ludwig, history, 糖心传媒淐hristopher Lasch: A Life, Volume One: History as Social Criticism糖心传媒� (Advisor: Robert Westbrook)
Social Sciences
Winner
Miguel Rueda, political science, 糖心传媒淭hree Essays on Electoral Manipulation糖心传媒� (Advisor: Gretchen Helmke)
Commendations
Heng Liu, economics, 糖心传媒淓ssays on Dynamic Mechanism Design糖心传媒� (Advisors: Paulo Barelli and Srihari Govindan)
Meredith Martin, psychology, 糖心传媒淒elineating the Functions of Attachment and Affiliation in Early Adolescents糖心传媒� Internal Working Models of their Best Friendship糖心传媒� (Advisor: Patrick Davies)
Natural Sciences
Winner
James Baker, physics, 糖心传媒淒evelopment of a Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Biosensing Platform糖心传媒� (Advisor: Benjamin Miller)
Commendation
Ilker Yildirim, brain and cognitive sciences, 糖心传媒淔rom Perception to Conception: Learning Multisensory Representations糖心传媒� (Advisors: Robert Jacobs and Daniel Gildea)
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Winner
Kyle Fuerschbach, optics, 糖心传媒淔reeform, 蠁-Polynomial Optical Surfaces: Optical Design, Fabrication and Assembly糖心传媒� (Advisor: Jannick Rolland)
Commendations:
Li Chen, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 糖心传媒淚ncreasing Coverage and Improving Efficiency for RFID Systems and Wireless Sensor Networks糖心传媒� (Advisor: Wendi Heinzelman)
Walter Lasecki, computer science, 糖心传媒淐rowd Agents: Interactive Intelligent Systems Powered by the Crowd糖心传媒� (Advisors: Jeffrey Bigham and James Allen)
Amy Van Hove, biomedical engineering, 糖心传媒淓nzymatically-responsive Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogels for the Controlled Delivery of Therapeutic Peptides糖心传媒� (Advisor: Danielle Benoit)
