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![Joshua Benjamin](/engineering/sloan/images/joshua-benjamin.jpg)
Joshua Benjamin, Ph.D.
2021 Environmental Engineering
Major Professors: Mauricio Arias, Ph.D., Qiong Zhang, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Pressure Retarded Osmosis: A Potential Technology for Seawater Desalination Energy
Recovery and Concentrate Management”
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![Sabrina Rosa Ortiz](/engineering/sloan/images/sabrina-rosa-ortiz-2.jpg)
Sabrina Rosa Ortiz, Ph.D.
2021 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Arash Takshi, Ph.D.
Dissertation: ”Copper Electrodeposition Assisted by Hydrogen Evolution for Wearable Electronics:
Interconnections and Fiber Metallization"
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![Troi Williams](/engineering/sloan/images/troi-williams.jpg)
Troi Williams, Ph.D.
2021 Computer Science and Engineering
Major Professor: Yu Sun , Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Learning State-Dependent Measurement Models to Improve Robot Localization”
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![Kiesha Pierre](/engineering/sloan/images/kiesha-pierre.jpg)
Kiesha Pierre, Ph.D.
2021 Environmental EngineeringMajor Professor: Andres Martinez-Tejada-Martinez, Ph.D.
Dissertation: "Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis of the Hydraulic Performance and Bio-kinetics
in a Full-scale Oxidation Ditch"
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![William Serrano Garcia](/engineering/sloan/images/william-serrano-garcia.jpg)
William Serrano Garcia , Ph.D.
2021 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Sylvia W. Thomas, Ph.D.
Dissertation: "Advanced Organic Polymers for the Nanoscale Fabrication of Fiber-based Electronics
Using the Electrospinning Technique"
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Francesca Toledo Cossu, M.S.
2021 Geosciences (MS)
Major Professor: Ping Wang, Ph.D. LinkedIn Profile
![Nicole Febles](/engineering/sloan/images/nicole-febles.jpg)
Nicole Febles, Ph.D.
2021 Biomedical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Robert Frisina, Dr. Nathan Gallant
Dissertation: "Alternative Approaches to Protect Sensory Inner Ear Tissue Against Cisplatin-induced
Ototoxicity"
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![Andrea Wright](/engineering/sloan/images/andrea-wright.jpg)
Andrea Wright, Ph.D.
2020 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Nasir Ghani
Dissertation: "Analysis of Denial of Service Attacks in Emerging Software Defined Network Infrastructures"
![Maya Carasquillo](/engineering/sloan/images/maya-carrasquillo.jpg)
Maya Carrasquillo, Ph.D.
2020 Environmental Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Maya Trotz
Dissertation
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![Shamaria Engram](/engineering/sloan/images/shamaria-engram.jpg)
Shamaria Engram, Ph.D
2020 Computer Science and Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Jay Liggati
Dissertation: "Unifying Security Policy Enforcement: Theory and Practice"
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![Ufuomaroghene Ikoba](/engineering/sloan/images/ufomua-ikboa.jpg)
Ufuomaroghene Ikoba, Ph.D.
2020 Biomedical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Ryan Toomey, Dr. Nathan Gallant
Dissertation
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![Anthony Windmon](/engineering/sloan/images/anthony-windmon.jpg)
Anthony Windmon, Ph.D.
2020 Computer Science and Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Sriram Chellapan
Dissertation: "Detecting Symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
and Congestive Heart Failure via Cough and Wheezing SoundsUsing Smart-Phones and Machine
Learning"
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![Jorge Calabria, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/jorge-calabria.jpg)
Jorge Calabria, Ph.D.
2019 Environmental Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Daniel H. Yeh
Dissertation: "Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor for Wastewater Nitrogen Recovery"
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![Dinorah Chacin, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/dinorah-chacin.jpg)
Dinorah Chacin, Ph.D.
2019 Marine Sciences
Major Professor: Dr. Christopher Stallings
Dissertation: "Investigation of seascape heterogeneity and ecological responses in tropical and
subtropical systems"
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![Emma Lopez-Ponnada, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/emma-lopez-ponnada.jpg)
Emma Lopez-Ponnada, Ph.D.
2019 Environmental Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Sarina Ergas, Dr. James Mihelcic
Dissertation: "Innovating Green Stormwater Infrastructure for Nutrient Management: Long-Term Field
and Modeling Studies of Conventional and Modified Denitrifying Bioretention Systems"
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![Lorena Sanchez-Vivas, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/lorena-sanchez-vivas.jpg)
Lorena Sanchez-Vivas, Ph.D.
2019 Environmental Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. James Mihlecic
Dissertation: "Bamboo as a Sustainable Engineering Material: Mechanical Properties, Safety Factors,
and Experimental Testing Properties, Safety Factors, and Experimental Testing"
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![Evans Bernardin, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/evans-bernardin.jpg)
Evans Bernardin, Ph.D.
2018 Biomedical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Stephen E. Saddow
Dissertation: "Demonstration of Monolithic-Silicon Carbide (SiC) Neural Devices"
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![Shamara Collins, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/shamara-collins-seto.jpg)
Shamara Collins, Ph.D.
2018 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Chris Ferekides
Dissertation: "The Effect of Processing Conditions on the Energetic Diagram of CdTe Thin Films
Studied by Photoluminescence"
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![Pacia Diaz, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/pacia-diaz.jpg)
Pacia Diaz, Ph.D.
2018 Environmental Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Daniel Yeh
Dissertation: "Pursuing Resilience of Coastal Communities Through Sustainable and Integrated Urban
Water Management"
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![Ileana Freytes-Ortiz, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/ileana-freytes-ortiz.jpg)
Ileana Freytes-Ortiz, Ph.D.
2018 Marine Sciences
Major Professor: Dr. Chris Stallings
Dissertation: "An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Predator-Prey Relationships in a
Changing Ocean: From System Design to Education"
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![Tamina Johnson Jeffers, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/tamina-johnson-jeffers.jpg)
Tamina Johnson Jeffers, Ph.D.
2018 Engineering Science
Major Professor: Dr. Piyush Koria
Dissertation: "Elastin-Like Polypeptide Fusion Tag as a Protein-Dependent Solubility Enhancer of
Cysteine-Knot Growth Factors"
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![Abdiel Laureano-Rosario, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/abidel-laureano-rosario.jpg)
Abdiel Laureano-Rosario, Ph.D.
2018 Marine Biology and Biological
Major Professor: Dr. Frank E. Muller-Karger
Dissertation: "Evaluating Beach Water Quality and Dengue Fever Risk Factors by Satellite Remote
Sensing and Artificial Neural Networks"
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![Darline Lott, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/darline-lott.jpg)
Darline Lott, Ph.D.
2018 Geology / Hydrogeology
Major Professors: Dr. Mark Rains, Dr. Mark Stewart
Dissertation: "The Utility of the Conductivity Mass-Balance Method for Base Flow Separation in
Rivers and Streams"
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![Samuel Perez, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/samuel-perez.jpg)
Samuel Perez, Ph.D.
2018 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Sylvia Thomas
Dissertation: "Integration and Cross-Coupling of a Notched-Turbine Symbiotic Power Source for Implantable
Medical Devices"
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![Michael Grady, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/michael-grady.jpg)
Michael Grady, Ph.D.
2017 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Thomas Weller
Dissertation: "A High Accuracy Microwave Radiometric Thermometer to Measure Internal Body Temperature"
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![Amine Hafsi, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/amine-hafsi.jpg)
Amine Hafsi, Ph.D.
2017 Civil Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Andres Tejada-Martinez
Dissertation: "DNS and LES of Scalar Transfer Across an Air-water Interface During Inception and
Growth of Langumir Circulation"
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![Adonis McQueen, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/adonis-mcqueen.jpg)
Adonis McQueen, Ph.D.
2017 Molecuar Medicine
Major Professor: Dr. Dennis E. Kyle
Dissertation: "Synthesis, in vitro Characterization and Applications of Novel 8-Aminoquinoline
Fluorescent Probes"
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![Rafael Rodriguez, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/rafael-rodriguez.jpg)
Rafael Rodriguez, Ph.D.
2017 Mechanical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Rasim Guldiken
Dissertation: "Experimental Evaluation of Cooling Effectiveness and Water Conservation in a Poultry
House Using Flow Blurring® Atomizers"
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![Laura Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/laura-rodriguez-gonzalez.jpg)
Laura Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Ph.D.
2017 Environmental Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Sarina Ergas
Dissertation: "Advanced Treatment Technologies for Mitigation of Nitrogen and Off-flavor Compounds
in Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Recirculating Aquaculture Systems"
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![Cristina Subt, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/cristina-subt.jpg)
Cristina Subt, Ph.D.
2017 Marine Sciences
Major Professor: Dr. Brad E. Rosenheim
Dissertation: "Resolving chronological and temperature constraints on Antarctic deglacial evolution
through improved dating methodology"
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![Dagmara Urena Monfort, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/dagmara-monfort.jpg)
Dagmara Urena Monfort, Ph.D.
2017 Engineering Science
Major Professor: Dr. Piyush Koria
Dissertation: "Recombinant Elastin Based Nanoparticles for Targeted Gene Therapy"
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![Michael Cross, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/michael-cross.jpg)
Michael Cross, Ph.D.
2016 Applied Physics: Biophysics
Major Professors: Dr. W. Garrett Matthews, Dr. Nathan Gallant, Dr. Ryan Toomey
Dissertation: "Biophysical Characterization and Theoretical Analysis of Molecular Mechanisms Underlying
Cell Interactions with Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels"
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![Michael Martinez-Colon, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/michael-martinez-colon.jpg)
Michael Martinez-Colon, Ph.D.
2016 Biogeochemical Oceanography
Major Professors: Dr. Pamela Hallock Muler, Dr. Carlos Green-Ruíz
Dissertation: "Pollutants and Foraminiferal Assemblages in Torrecillas Lagoon: An Environmental
Micropaleontology Approach"
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![Natasha Mendez-Ferrer, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/natasha-mendez-ferrer.jpg)
Natasha Mendez-Ferrer, Ph.D.
2016 Biological Oceanography
Major Professor: Dr. Pamela Hallock Muller
Dissertation: "Photic Stress in Symbiont-Bearing Organisms: Analyses of Photosynthetic Performance"
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![Maria Vega-Rodriguez, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/maria-vega-rodriguez.jpg)
Maria Vega-Rodriguez, Ph.D.
2016, Marine Resource Assessment
Major Professor: Dr. Frank Muller-Karger
Dissertation: "Influence of Water Quality on Stony Coral Diversity and Net Community Productivity
in the Florida Keys"
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![Olukemi Akintewe, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/olukemi-akintewe.jpg)
Olukemi Akintewe, Ph.D.
2015 Chemical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Ryan Toomey, Dr. Nathan Gallant
Dissertation: "Fabrication of Tissue Precursors Induced by Shape-changing Hydrogels"
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![Veronica Aponte, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/veronica-aponte-morales.jpg)
Veronica Aponte, Ph.D.
2015 Engineering Science
Major Professor: Dr. Sarina Ergas
Dissertation: "Ammonium Removal from High Strength Wastewater Using a Hybrid Ion Exchange Biological
Process"
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![Edikan Ogunnaike Archibong, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/edikan-archibong-ogunnike.jpg)
Edikan Ogunnaike Archibong, Ph.D.
2015 Engineering Science
Major Professor: Dr. Anna Pyayt
Disseration: "Optofluidic Spectroscopy Platform for Detection of Hemolysis"
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![Pablo Cornejo Warner, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/pablo-cornejo-warner.jpg)
Pablo Cornejo Warner, Ph.D.
2015 Environmental Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Qiong Zhang, Dr. James Mihelcic
Dissertation: "Environmental Sustainability of Wastewater Treatment Plants Integrated with Resource
Recovery: The Impact of Context and Scale"
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![Mutsaim Elsheikh, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/mutsaim-elsheikh.jpg)
Mutsaim Elsheikh, Ph.D.
2015 Mechanical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Jose L. Porteiro, Dr. Steven T. Weber
Dissertation: "A Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Flow Induced Noise In Hydraulic Counterbalance
Valves"
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![Maritza Muniz-Maisonet, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/maritza-muniz.jpg)
Maritza Muniz-Maisonet, Ph.D.
2015 Chemical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Ryan G. Toomey, Dr. Nathan D. Gallant
Dissertation: "Topographical Enhancement of Cell Adhesion on Poorly Adhesive Materials"
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![Alisha Peterson, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/alisha-peterson.jpg)
Alisha Peterson, Ph.D.
2015 Engineering Science
Major Professor: Dr. Vinay K. Gupta
Dissertation: "Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Nanomaterials: Gold Nanoshells with Organic-
Inorganic Hybrid Cores"
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![Mandek Richardson, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/mandek-richardson.jpg)
Mandek Richardson, Ph.D.
2015 Biomedical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Venkat Bhethanabotla, Dr. Patricia Kruk
Dissertation: "Theoretical and Experimental Investigations to Improve the Performance of Surface
Acoustic Wave (SAW) Biosensors"
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![Mark Santana, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/mark-santana.jpg)
Mark Santana, Ph.D.
2015 Environmental Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Qiong Zhang, Dr. James Mihelcic
Dissertation: "The Effect of Urbanization on the Embodied Energy of Drinking Water in Tampa, Florida"
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![Eric Tridas, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/eric-tridas.jpg)
Eric Tridas, Ph.D.
2015 Mechanical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Rudy Schlaf
Dissertation: "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of an Electrospray RF Ion Funnel"
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![Innocent Udom, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/innocent-udom.jpg)
Innocent Udom, Ph.D.
2015 Chemical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Yogi Goswami
Dissertation: "Investigation of Enhanced Titanium and Zinc Oxide Semiconductors for the Photodegradation
of Aqueous Organic Compounds"
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![Tarah Word, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/tarah-word.jpg)
Tarah Word, Ph.D.
2015 Biophysical Chemistry
Major Professor: Dr. Randy W. Larsen
Dissertation: "Photoacoustic Calorimetry Studies of the Earliest Events in Horse Heart Cytochrome-c
Folding"
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![Frank Alexander, Jr., Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/frank-alexander.jpg)
Frank Alexander, Jr., Ph.D.
2014 Electrical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Andrew Hoff, Dr. Shekhar Bhansali
Dissertation: "RTEMIS: Real-Time Tumoroid and Environment Monitoring Using Impedance Spectroscopy
and pH Sensing"
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![Sennai Habtes, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/sennai-habtes.jpg)
Sennai Habtes, Ph.D.
2014 Marine Sciences
Major Professor: Dr. Frank E. Müller-Karger
Dissertation: "Variability in the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Larval Scombrid Abundance in
the Gulf of Mexico"
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![Shara Pantry, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/shara-pantry.jpg)
Shara Pantry, Ph.D.
2014 Biological Sciences
Major Professor: Dr. Peter G. Medveczky
Dissertation: "Persistent Infection with Human Herpesvirus-6 in Patients with an Inherited Form
of the Virus: A Newly Described Disease"
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![Issa Ramirez, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/issa-ramirez.jpg)
Issa Ramirez, Ph.D.
2014 Mechanical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Craig P. Lusk, Dr. Fernando Burgos
Dissertation: "Pseudo-Rigid-Body Models for Approximating Spatial Compliant Mechanisms of Rectangular
Cross Section"
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![Ana Arellano, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/ana-arellano-sloan.jpg)
Ana Arellano, Ph.D.
2013 Marine Sciences
Major Professor: Dr. Paula G. Coble
Dissertation: "Investigation of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) Optical Properties, Nutrients,
and Salinity in Coastal Florida: Springshed to Estuaries"
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![David Cure, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/david-cure.jpg)
David Cure, Ph.D.
2013 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Thomas Weller
Dissertation: "Reconfigurable Low Profile Antennas Using Tunable High Impedance Surfaces"
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![Regina Easley, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/regina-easley.jpg)
Regina Easley, Ph.D.
2013 Marine Sciences
Major Professor: Dr. Robert H. Byrne
Dissertation: "The Spectrophotometric Analysis of Lead Carbonate Complexation and Carbonate Saturation
States in Seawater"
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![Yvonne Girard-Davis, Ph.D.](/engineering/cee/images/whitebackground.jpg)
Yvonne Girard-Davis, Ph.D.
2013 Medical sciences
Major Professor: Dr. Subhra Mohapatra
Dissertation: "A Three Dimensional Scaffold for Anticancer Drug Development"
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![Eloy Martinez-Rivera, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/eloy-martinez.jpg)
Eloy Martinez-Rivera, Ph.D.
2013 Marine Sciences
Major Professor: Dr. Jose Torres
Dissertation: "Biochemical Aspects of the Thermal Sensitivity and Energy Balance of Polar, Tropical
and Subtropical Teleosts"
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![Luis Miranda, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/luis-miranda.jpg)
Luis Miranda, Ph.D.
2013 Chemical Oceanography
Major Professor: Dr. Robert H. Byrne
Dissertation: "Development of novel nano-composite membranes as introduction systems for mass spectrometers:
Contrasting nano-composite membranes and conventional inlet systems"
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![Brandon Richard, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/brandon-richard.jpg)
Brandon Richard, Ph.D.
2013 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Sylvia W. Thomas
Dissertation: "Thermal Infrared Reflective Metal Oxide Sol-Gel Coatings for Carbon Fiber Reinforced
Composite Structures"
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![Candice Simmons, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/candace-simmons.jpg)
Candice Simmons, Ph.D.
2013 Marine Sciences
Major Professors: Dr. Edward S. Van Vleet, Dr. Foday M. Jaward
Dissertation: "Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Sediments within the Hillsborough Bay Watershed"
![Inia Soto-Ramos, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/inia-soto.jpg)
Inia Soto-Ramos, Ph.D.
2013 Marine Biology and Biological
Major Professor: Dr. Frank E. Muller-Karger
Dissertation: "Harmful Algal Blooms of the West Florida Shelf and Campeche Bank: Visualization
and Quantification using Remote Sensing Methods"
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![Monica Wilson, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/monica-wilson.jpg)
Monica Wilson, Ph.D.
2013 Marine Sciences
Major Professor: Dr. Mark E. Luther
Dissertation: "Synoptic to interannual variability in volumetric flushing in Tampa
Bay, FL using observational data and a numerical model"
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![Kathryn Bailey, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/kathryn-bailey.jpg)
Kathryn Bailey, Ph.D.
2012 Engineering Science
Major Professor: Dr. Sarina Ergas
Dissertation: "Assessing the Microbial Consequences of Remediation: Surrogate Microbial Screening
and Native Metabolic Signatures in Tc(VII) Contaminated Sediments"
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![Timetria Bonds, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/timetria-bonds.jpg)
Timetria Bonds, Ph.D.
2012 Medical Sciences
Major Professor: Dr. Javier Cuevas
Dissertation: "Store-Operated Calcium Channels in the Function of Intracardiac Neurons"
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![Prony Bonnaire Fils, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/prony-bonnaire-fils.jpg)
Prony Bonnaire Fils, Ph.D.
2012 Civil Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Jian John Lu, Dr. Pei-Sung Lin
Dissertation: "Modeling Travel Time and Reliability on Urban Arterials for Recurrent Conditions"
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![Natasha Cover Samuels, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/natasha-cover.jpg)
Natasha Cover Samuels, Ph.D.
2012 Biomedical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Susana K. Lai-Yuen, Dr. Anna K. Parsons
Dissertation: "A Novel Device and Nanoparticle-Based Approach for Improving Diagnosis and Treatment
of pelvic Inflammatory Disease"
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![Dayna Martinez-Torres.Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/dayna-martinez-torres.jpg)
Dayna Martinez-Torres.Ph.D.
2012 Industrial Systems
Major Professors: Dr. Tapas Das, Dr. Alex Savachkin
Dissertation: "Non-pharmaceutical Intervention Strategies for Pandemic Influenza Outbreaks"
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![Elisa Parker-Athill, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/elisa-parker-athill.jpg)
Elisa Parker-Athill, Ph.D.
2012 Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
Major Professor: Dr. Jun Tan
Dissertation: "Maternal Immune Dysregulation in the Pathogenesis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders:
Interleukin-6 as a Central Mechanism and Therapeutic Target of Flavonoids"
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![Dorielle Price, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/dorielle-price.jpg)
Dorielle Price, Ph.D.
2012 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Shekhar Bhansali
Dissertation: "Optimization of Bio-Impedance Sensor for Enhanced Detection and Characterization
of Adherent Cells"
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![Tony Price, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/tony-price.jpg)
Tony Price, Ph.D.
2012 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Thomas M. Weller
Dissertation: "Nonlinear Properties of Nanoscale Barium Strontium Titanate Microwave Varactors"
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![Justin Boone, M.S. (USF), Ph.D. (FIU)](/engineering/sloan/images/justin-boone.jpg)
Justin Boone, M.S. (USF), Ph.D. (FIU)
2011 Electrical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Shekhar Bhansali, Dr. Scott Samson
Dissertation: "Through Wafer 3D Vertical Micro-Coaxial Probe for High Frequency Material Characterization
and Millimeter Wave Packaging Systems"
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![Camille Daniels, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/camille-daniels.jpg)
Camille Daniels, Ph.D.
2011 Biological Oceanography
Major Professor: Dr. Mya Breitbart
Dissertation: "Microbial Landscapes of Corals and Ctenophores"
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![Enrique Gonzalez-Velez, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/enrique-gonzalez-velez.jpg)
Enrique Gonzalez-Velez, Ph.D.
2011 Civil Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Jian John Lu
Dissertation: "Safety Evaluation of Roadway Lighting Illuminance Levels and its Relationship with
Nighttime Crash Injury Severity for West Central Florida Region"
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![Eric Huey, M.S.](/engineering/sloan/images/eric-huey.jpg)
Eric Huey, M.S.
2011 Electrical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Shekhar Bhansali, Dr. Scott Samson
Dissertation: "Site Specifc Growth of Metal Catalyzed Silica Nanowires for Biological and Chemical
Sensing"
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![Ransford Hyman, Jr., Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/ransford-hyman.jpg)
Ransford Hyman, Jr., Ph.D.
2011 Computer Science and Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Nagarajan Ranganathan
Dissertation: "Techniques for Enhancing Reliability in VLSI Circuits"
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![Erlande Omisca, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/erlande-omisca.jpg)
Erlande Omisca, Ph.D.
2011 Civil Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Maya A. Trotz
Dissertation: "Environmental Health in the Latin American and Caribbean Region: Use of Water Storage
Containers, Water Quality, and Community Perception"
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![Jose Rey, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/jose-rey.jpg)
Jose Rey, Ph.D.
2011 Engineering Science
Major Professor: Dr. Richard Gilbert
Dissertation: "Guiding Electric Fields for Electroporation Applications"
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![Andrea Rocha, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/andrea-rocha.jpg)
Andrea Rocha, Ph.D.
2011 Engineering Science
Major Professor: Dr. James Mihelcic
Dissertation: "Computational Discovery of Phenotype Related Biochemical Processes for Engineering"
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![Al-Aakhir Rogers, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/al-akhir-rogers.jpg)
Al-Aakhir Rogers, Ph.D.
2011 Electrical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Shekhar Bhansali, Dr. Scott Samson
Dissertation: "Evanescent Wave Coupling Using Different Subwavelength Gratings for a MEMS Accelerometer"
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![John Shelton, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/john-shelton.jpg)
John Shelton, Ph.D.
2011 Mechanical Engineering
Major Professor: Frank Pyrtle, III
Dissertation: "Thermophysical Characterization of Nanofluids Through Molecular Dynamic Simulations"
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![Quenton Bonds, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/quenton-bonds.jpg)
Quenton Bonds, Ph.D.
2010 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Thomas Weller
Dissertation: "A Microwave Radiometer for Close Proximity Core Body Temperature Monitoring: Design,
Development, and Experimentation"
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![Joseph Bonivel, Jr., Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/joseph-bonivel.jpg)
Joseph Bonivel, Jr., Ph.D.
2010 Engineering Science
Major Professor: Dr. Ashok Kumar
Dissertation: "Consumable Process Development for Chemical Mechanical Planarization of Bit Patterned
Media for Magnetic Storage Fabrication"
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![Joniqua Howard, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/joniqua-howard.jpg)
Joniqua Howard, Ph.D.
2010 Civil Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Maya Trotz, Dr. Fenda Akiwumi
Dissertation: "Mercury in the Environment: Field Studies from Tampa, Bolivia, And Guyana"
![Warner Ithier-Guzman, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/warner-ithier.jpg)
Warner Ithier-Guzman, Ph.D.
2010 Chemical Oceanography
Major Professors: Dr. Ashanti Johnson, Dr. Robert Byrne
Dissertation: "Assessing the Ability of Soils and Sediment to Adsorb and Retain Cs-137 in Puerto
Rico"
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![Ophir Ortiz, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/ophir-ortiz.jpg)
Ophir Ortiz, Ph.D.
2010 Electrical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Ryan Toomey, Dr. Jing Wang
Dissertation: "Active surface topographies in constrained hydrogel films for biomedical applications"
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![Javier Pulecio, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/javier-pulecio.jpg)
Javier Pulecio, Ph.D.
2010 Electrical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Sanjukta Bhanja, Dr. Shekar Bhansali
Dissertation: "Field-Coupled Nano-Magnetic Logic Systems"
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Jeffy Rey Jimenez, Ph.D.
2010 Chemical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Norma Alcantar
Dissertation: "Effects of Monoclonal Anti-Abeta Antibodies on the Amyloid Beta Peptide Fibrillogenesis
and their Involvement in the Clearance of Alzheimer's Disease Plaques"
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![Karyana Rosario-Cora, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/karyana-rosario.jpg)
Karyana Rosario-Cora, Ph.D.
2010 Marine Sceinces
Major Professor: Dr. Mya Breitbart
Dissertation: "Enhancing Virus Surveillance through Metagenomics: Water Quality and Public Health
Applications"
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Nekesha Williams, Ph.D.
2010 Marine Science
Major Professors: Dr. Ashanti Johnson, Dr. Barnali Dixon
Dissertation: "Linking Soil Loss to Sediment Delivery in Two Estuaries in Puerto Rico"
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![Joshua Candamo, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/joshua-candamo.jpg)
Joshua Candamo, Ph.D.
2009 Computer Science and Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Rangachar Kasturi, Dr. Dmitry Goldgof
Dissertation: "Boundary profile representation for objects and their surroundings in outdoor videos"
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![Deidra Hodges, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/deidra-hodges-sloan.jpg)
Deidra Hodges, Ph.D.
2009 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Christos S. Ferekides
Dissertation: "Development of CdTe thin film solar cells on flexible foil substrates"
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William Mondy, Ph.D.
2009 Biomedical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Les A. Piegl
Dissertation: "Data acquisition for modeling and visualization of vascular tree"
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Roland Okwen, Ph.D.
2009 Civil Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Jeffrey A. Cunningham, Dr. Alexander Domijan, Jr
Dissertation: "Enhanced CO2 Storage in Confined Geologic Formations"
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LaTia Scott Etheredge, Ph.D.
2009 Pathology and Celle Biology
Major Professor: Dr. John R. Hassell
Dissertation: "The Effect of Growth Factors on the Corneal Stroma Extracellular Matrix Production
by Keratocytes"
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Helen Thomas Benjamin, Ph.D.
2009 Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Andrew M. Hoff
Dissertation: "Non-Contact Characterization of Dielectric Conduction on 4H-SiC"
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Jonathan Mbah, Ph.D.
2008 Chemical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. John T. Wolan
Dissertation: "Endurance materials for hydrogen sulfide splitting in electrolytic cell"
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![Meralys Reyes-Natal, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/merilys-reyes.jpg)
Meralys Reyes-Natal, Ph.D.
2008 Chemical Engineering
Major Professors: Dr. Stephen E. Saddow, Dr. John T. Wolan
Dissertation: "Modeling and growth of the 3C-SiC heteroepitaxial system via chloride chemistry"
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![Eduardo Veras-Jorge, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/eduardo-veras.jpg)
Eduardo Veras-Jorge, Ph.D.
2008 Mechanical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Rajiv Dubey
Dissertation: "Design and implementation of a hard real-time telerobotic control system using sensor-based
assist functions"
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![Auristela Mueses-Perez, Ph.D.](/engineering/sloan/images/auristela-mueses.jpg)
Auristela Mueses-Perez, Ph.D.
2006 Civil Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Mark Ross
Dissertation: "Generalized non-dimensional depth-discharge rating curves tested on Florida streamflow"