2005 Award Winners

Quan Zhang
Ph.D., Plant Pathology
Advisor: Dr. Jacqueline Fletcher
Title: " Genetic analysis of Serratia marcescens, the causal agent of cucurbit yellow vine disease"

Nilesh B. Siraskar
M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Prabhakar R. Pagilla
Title: " Decentralized Control of Large-Scale Interconnected Systems with Application to Web Processing Machines"

Yongliang Zhu
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Specialization: Control Systems
Advisor: Dr. Prabhakar R. Pagilla
Title: "Adaptive Output Feedback Control of Nonlinear Systems"

Melissa Jean Leedy
M.S., Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Thad R. Leffingwell
Title: " Evaluation of a Measure of Legal Risk Behavior in College Students Who Use Alcohol "

Robert A. Greve
Ph.D., Business Administration
Advisor: Dr. Stephen W.S. McKeever
Option: Management Information Systems
Title: "Modeling and Simulation of Knowledge Worker Attention for Evaluation of Email Processing Strategies"

Jamie Marie King
M.S., Agricultural Communications
Advisor: Dr. Dwayne Cartmell
Title: "Newspaper Coverage of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Outbreak in the United States: A Content Analysis"

Yating Liang
Ph.D., Health, Leisure and Human Performance
Emphasis: Leisure Studies
Advisor: Dr. Lowell Caneday
Title: "Benchmarking Theory Applied to State Parks: An Exploratory Study"

Kiran S. Palyada
Ph.D., Veterinary Biomedical Science
Advisor: Dr. Alain Stintzi
Title: "Response of Campylobacter jejuni to Iron and Hydrogen Peroxide"