PhD Alumni Directory
Graduates by Year
2011 - 2012
2010 - 2011
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Cristopher Ratkevich Cecka | Prof. Eric Darve |
Fast multipole methods and high performance computing |
| Julien Remi Cortial | Prof. Charbel Farhat |
Time-parallel methods for accelerating the solution of structural dynamics problems |
| Irina Kalashnikova | Prof. Charbel Farhat |
The discontinuous enrichment method (DEM) for multi-scale transport problems |
| Maksims Ovsjanikovs | Prof. Leonidas Guibas |
Spectral methods for isometric shape matching and symmetry detection |
| Howard Howan Stephen Shek | Walter Murray Prof. T.L. Lai |
Statistical and algorithm aspects of optimal portfolios |
2009 - 2010
2008 - 2009
2007 - 2008
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Cristina Green | Alexander Kosovichev |  Numerical modeling of convective instability in a stratified shear layer and wave-like properties of solar supergranulation. |
| Hanh My Huynh | Michael Saunders | A large scale quadratic programming solver based on block_lu updates of the kkt system. |
| Shalini Krishnamurthy | Margot Gerritsen | Relaxation schemes for multiphase, multicomponent flow in gas injection processes. |
| Felix Kwok | Hamdi Tchelepi | Scalable Linear and Nonlinear Algorithms for Multiphase Flow in Porous Media. |
| Joy Rajiv | Sunil Kumar | Computing Bounds via Duality for Singular Stochastic Control Problems. |
| Tamar Shinar | Ron Fedkiw | Simulation of coupled rigid and deformable solids and multiphase fluids. |
| Gurjeet Singh | Gunnar Carlsson | Algorithms for Computational Topology and Their Applications |
2006 - 2007
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa Aczon | Margot Gerritsen | Stability and Error Estimation using Entropy Functions |
| Manas Baveja | Lawrence Wein | Biometric Analysis of the US-VISIT Program |
| Sou-Cheng Choi | Michael Saunders | Iterative Methods for Singular Linear Equations and Least-Squares Problems |
| Lek-Heng Lim | Gene Golub Gunnar Carlsson |
Foundations of Numerical Multilinear Algebra: Decompositions and Approximations of Tensors |
| Kourosh Modarresi | Gene Golub | A Local Regularization Method Using Multiple Regularization Levels |
| Yaakov Tsaig | David Donoho | Fast Solution of L1 Minimization Problems |
2005 - 2006
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Pan-Chi Lee | Stefanos Zenios | Essays on Computational Models for Managing the Delivery of Dialysis Therapy |
| Yifan Liu | Lawrence Wein | Mathematical Models in Homeland Security |
| An Nguyen | Leo Guibas | Implicit bounding volumes and bounding volume hierarchies |
| Inam Rahman | David Donoho | Multi-Scale Decomposition of Manifold-Valued Data |
| Yaakov Tsaig | David Donoho | Fast Solution of L1 Minimization Problems |
2004 - 2005
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Ofer Levi | David Donoho | Multiscale geometric analysis of three-dimensional data |
| Igor Neverov | Ron Fedkiw | Physics based modeling of the human face |
| Zheng Su | Tze-Leung Lai Michael Saunders |
Computational methods for least squares problems and clinical trials |
| Joseph Teran | Ron Fedkiw | Novel finite element algorithms with applications to skeletal muscle simulation |
| Xiaolong Yu | Robert Tibshirani | Regression methods for microarray data |
2003 - 2004
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Bryson | Doron Levy | High-order central schemes for balance laws and Hamilton-Jacobi equations |
| Maureen Doyle | Walter Murray | A barrier algorithm for large nonlinear optimization problems |
| Sepandar Kamvar | Christopher Manning | Personalized search in self-organizing data networks |
| Bradley Mallison | Margot Gerritsen | Streamline-based simulation of two-phase, multicomponent flow in porous media |
| Neil Molino | Ron Fedkiw | Mesh generation and fracture for deformable bodies |
2002 - 2003
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Bridson | Ron Fedkiw | Computational aspects of dynamic surfaces |
| Joel Franklin | Sebastian Doniach | Topics in macro-molecular dynamics integration |
| Paul Hamilton Hargrove | Jim Plummer | Efficient kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of annealing in semiconductor materials. |
| James Lambers | Gene Golub | Krylov subspace methods for variable-coefficient initial-boundary value problems |
| Kumar Muthuraman | Sunil Kumar | Computational schemes for stochastic singular control problems, with applications in portfolio optimization |
| Yong Sun | Gene Golub | The filter algorithm for solving large-scale eigenproblems from accelerator simulations |
| Jung Woo | Eric Shaqfeh | DNA chain dynamics and its applications to micro devices and scission |
2001 - 2002
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas Enright | Ron Fedkiw | Use of the particle level set method for enhanced resolution of free surface flows |
| Ian Mitchell | Claire Tomlin | Application of level set methods to control and reachability problems in continuous and hybrid systems |
| Hersir Sigurgeirsson | Joseph Oliger | Particle-field models: Algorithms and applications |
| Paul Tupper | Gene Golub | Topics in the numerical analysis of ordinary differential equations: Molecular dynamics and chemical kinetics |
2000 - 2001
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Menelaos Karavelas | Leo Guibas | Proximity structures for moving objects in constrained and unconstrained environments |
| Gaofeng Wang | Robert Dutton | Coupled electromagnetic and device level investigations of metal-insulator-semiconductor interconnects |
1999 - 2000
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Volker Elling | Tai-Ping Liu | A Lax-Wendroff type theorem for unstructured grids |
| Aparna Gupta | Walter Murray |
Optimum asset allocation with behavioral utilities: A plan for acquiring and consuming retirement funds |
| Roger Lee | George Papanicolaou | Implied and local volatilities under stochastic volatility |
| Nhat Nguyen | Peyman Milanfar Gene Golub |
Numerical algorithms for image superresolution |
| John Zhang | Carlo Tomasi | Computing camera heading: A study |
| Tony Zhang | Gene Golub | Methods for computational and statistical estimation with applications |
1998 - 1999
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Erik Boman | Walter Murray | Infeasibility and negative curvature in optimization |
1997 - 1998
1996 - 1997
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Gander | Andrew Stuart | Analysis of parallel algorithms for time-dependent partial differential equations |
| Margot Gerritsen | Joseph Oliger | Designing an efficient solution strategy for fluid flows |
| Ze-Kai Hsiau | Robert Dutton | Boundary movement in semiconductor etching and deposition simulation |
| Menelaos Karavelas | Leo Guibas | Proximity structures for moving objects in constrained and unconstrained environments |
| Hamid Samandari | Andrew Stuart | On a class of pattern formation equations |
| Tony Shardlow | Andrew Stuart | Topics in dissipative evolution equations |
| Ronnie Sircar | George Papanicolaou | Feedback effects and stochastic volatility in derivative pricing |
| Knut Solna | George Papanicolaou | Stable spreading of acoustic pulses due to laminated microstructure |
| Pok-Yin Yu | David Donoho | New developments in interpolating wavelet transforms |
1995 - 1996
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Liliana Borcea | George Papanicolaou | Direct and inverse problems for transport in high contrast media |
| Jeremy Smith | Andrew Stuart | Analysis of moving mesh methods for dissipative partial differential equations |
| Shilpa Talwar | Arogyaswami Paulraj | Blind space-time algorithms for wireless communication systems |
| Xiaolei Zhu | Joseph Oliger | Composite adaptive grid methods for partial differential equations |
1994 - 1995
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver Ernst | Gene Golub | Fast numerical solution of exterior Helmholtz problems with radiation boundary condition by imbedding |
| Eldar Giladi | Joseph Keller | Hybrid numerical asymptotic methods |
| Marcus Grote | Joseph Keller | Nonreflecting boundary conditions |
| Carl Taswell | Joseph Keller | Algorithms for wavelet transforms and adaptive wavelet packet decompositions |
| Patrick Witting | Joseph Oliger | Numerical investigation of stratus cloud layer breakup by cloud top instabilities |
1993 - 1994
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Yang | Robert Dutton | Mesh generation and information model for device simulation |
1993
| Name | Advisor(s) | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Hongyuan Zha | Gene Golub | The singular value decompositions: Theory, algorithms and applications |