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Surplus Property Auction

You can find a wide variety of furniture and equipment at the Surplus Property warehouse. These items are available for purchase by University departments. Many of the items will only be available until today. They will be sold at a public auction on June 3. To view items, an appointment must be made with the warehouse staff. The warehouse is located at 1117 N.E. Boat St., behind the University Police department. To make an appointment or for more information, call the Surplus Property office at 685-1573 or send an inquiry via e-mail at surplus2@u.washington.edu.

Free Blood Pressure Screening

UW Hall Health Primary Care Center sponsors free blood pressure screening every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Hall Health Primary Care Center and once a month in the following locations:

  • The HUB: Second Tuesday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  • Faculty Club: First Wednesday, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Schmitz Hall: Second Wednesday, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • South Campus Center: Fourth Wednesday, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    Degree Exams

    Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.

    General Examinations

  • Al-Hussein A Abou-Zeid, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, June 1. 403 Electrical Engineering. (Prof. Sumit Roy).
  • Ethan Thomas Adams, Classics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, June 1. 210 Denny. (Prof. Stephen Hinds).
  • Moulinath Banerjee, Statistics, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 26. 325 Thomson. (Prof. Jon Wellner).
  • Santanu Chatterjee, Economics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. 310 Denny. (Prof. Stephen Turnovsky).
  • Chi-Te Chen, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, May 26. 403 Electrical Engineering. (Prof. Leung Tsang).
  • Hanh Bich Duong, Anthropology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 30. 401 Denny. (Prof. Charles Keyes).
  • Ulrike Dusek, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 26. 420 Atmospheric Science/Geophysics. (Prof. David Covert).
  • Erika Dawn Eggers, Physiology and Biophysics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 1. G417 Health Sciences. (Prof. Albert Berger).
  • T Jens Feeley, Political Science, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 31. 40 Smith. (Prof. Bryan Jones).
  • Amy L Freeman, Geography, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, May 26. 409 Smith. (Prof. Victoria Lawson).
  • Kyle Justin Garton, Pathology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. K076 Health Sciences. (Prof. Elaine Raines).
  • Daniel Roland Hahn, Zoology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. 114 Kincaid. (Prof. Shahid Naeem).
  • Richy Joe Harrod, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 30. 22 Anderson. (Prof. Charles Halpern).
  • Richard Douglas Heyman, Geography, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. Starlight Room, Smith. (Prof. Matthew Sparke).
  • Jon Michael Honea, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. 107A Anderson. (Prof. Robert Gara).
  • Christian Huber, Germanics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. 308 Denny. (Prof. Dorothee Ostmeier).
  • Ju-Hwan Jung, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, May 26. 203 Electrical Engineering. (Prof. Chen-Ching Liu).
  • Andrew Evan Kamholz, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. 31 EE1. (Prof. Paul Yager).
  • Craig Steven Kaplan, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 1. 203 EE1. (Prof. David Salesin).
  • Aaron Matthew Laing, Sociology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, May 26. 110C Savery. (Prof. Edgar Kiser).
  • Kelley Marie McCoy, Communications, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 31. 126 Communications. (Prof. Gerald Baldasty).
  • Susanne Finckh McDermott, Fisheries, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 30. 129 Fishery Sciences. (Prof. Donald Gunderson).
  • Pornprapit Phoasavadi, Music, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1. Faculty Lounge, Music. (Prof. Ter Ellingson).
  • Mary Alice Pickert, Political Science, Ph.D. 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 31. 40 Smith. (Prof. T. John Pempel).
  • Suzana Popovic, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. 134 Mechanical Engineering. (Prof. Minoru Taya).
  • Rachel Lorraine Root, Music, D.M.A. 11 a.m. Thursday, June 1. Fishbowl, Music. (Prof. Abraham Kaplan).
  • Susan Nicole Smith, History, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 26. 320 Smith. (Prof. Glennys Young).
  • Holly Brodski Stein, Education, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 31. A106 Padelford. (Prof. Timothy Standal).
  • Xiaoping Wang, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1. 22 Anderson. (Prof. Stuart Strand).
  • Yun Wu, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. 243 Wilcox. (Prof. Guozhong Cao).

    Final Examinations

  • Maximiliane Silvia Boeckl, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, June 1. 102 Chemistry. “Porphyrin self-assembly on gold for the design of molecular biorecognition surfaces.” (Prof. Tomikazu Sasaki).
  • Shu-Ling Chen, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. B526 Padelford. “Mothers and daughters in Morrison, Tan, Marshall, and Kincaid.” (Prof. Jean Dornbush).
  • Dennis Michael Chester, English, Ph.D. 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. A106 Padelford. “Performance, spectatorship, and the evolution of nationalism in Harlem Renaissance fiction.” (Prof. Johnnella Butler).
  • Yoon-Sook Choi, Music, D.M.A. 8:30 a.m. Thursday, June 1. 212 Music. “Humor in the piano sonatas of Mozart.” (Prof. Richard Will).
  • Robert Kwai Ming Choy, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. J280 Health Sciences. “Worms on prozac: Genetic and molecular analysis of fluoxetine resistance in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.” (Prof. James Thomas).
  • Kelly Alison Edwards, Education, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31. 112A Miller. “Teaching for professional responsibility in medical practice.” (Prof. Donna Kerr).
  • Carolyn Margaret Foley, Fisheries, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 31. 213 Fishery Sciences. “Timing of managed seasonal drawdowns to promote the establishment of wetland plant species on the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, California.” (Prof. Christian Grue).
  • Aaron James Frank, Chemistry, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, June 1. 439 Chemistry. “Small, oxygenated sulfur compounds: A neutralization-reionization mass spectrometry, ab initio/RRKM, and flowing pyrolysis study.” (Prof. Frantisek Turecek).
  • Timothy J Garrett, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 26. 64 Johnson. “Radiative properties of arctic clouds.” (Prof. Peter Hobbs).
  • Hurriyet Gokdayi, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Group, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, June 1. 203 Benson. “Desire for Sohbet: An ethnography of communication in Turkey.” (Prof. Resat Kasaba).
  • April Adrian Greek, Sociology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, May 26. 110C Savery. “Pathways to differential adult mortalilty by socioeconomic status in the United States.” (Prof. Charles Hirschman).
  • Roman Werner Hillermeier, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, May 26. 015 Chemistry Library. “Development engineering of advanced polymeric composite systems.” (Prof. James Seferis).
  • Gisli Holmar Johannesson, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, June 1. 319 Bagley. “Optimal hyperplanar transition state theory.” (Prof. Hannes Jonsson).
  • Lorne Dwight Johnson, Economics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, June 1. 302 Savery. “Essays in empirical asset pricing.” (Prof. Charles Nelson).
  • Andre Thomas Krammer, Physics, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1. B109 Physics. “Computational studies of protein-membrane interactions and forced unfolding of proteins.” (Prof. Viola Vogel).
  • Laura Eileen Kuske, English, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 30. A101C Padelford. “Border stories: Rethinking the function of captivity in early national fiction.” (Prof. Mark Patterson).
  • Carol Anne Ladd, Oceanography, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 26. 425 Ocean Sciences. “North Pacific mode waters: Formation and variabililty.” (Prof. LuAnne Thompson).
  • Vatchara Lertpiriyasuwat, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. 118 Loew. “Real-time estimation of end-effector position and orientation for manufacturing robots.” (Prof. Martin Berg).
  • Michael D Levitz, Public Health and Community Medicine - Biostatistics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, May 26. C3031 Padelford. “Theoretical properties for AMP chain graph models.” (Prof. Michael Perlman).
  • Michele J Malarney, Education, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. 201 Miller. “Learning communities and on-line technologies: The classroom@sea experience.” (Prof. Leslie Herrenkohl).
  • Robin Patrick McNeal, History, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1. 320 Smith. “Acquiring people: Social organization, mobilization, and the discourse on the Civil and the martial in ancient China.” (Prof. R. Kent Guy).
  • Kevin Keichi Mihata, Sociology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 30. 110C Savery. “How to build a complex theory: Complex systems, computer simulation, and sociological theory.” (Prof. Gary Hamilton).
  • Christine Caroline Newcomb, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 26. B526 Padelford. “August Wilhelm Schlegel: Poet, critic and translator.” (Prof. Diana Behler).
  • Carl Edward Pate, Sociology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 31. 110C Savery. “What has happened to Seattle’s Black community: Exploring the changes in the Central District.” (Prof. Judith Howard).
  • David Jonathan Pearton, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30. T625 Health Sciences. “Proprotein convertases in terminal differentiation of epidermis and processing of the profilaggrin amino terminus.” (Prof. Beverly Dale-Crunk).
  • Jeremy Max Piger, Economics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, May 26. 213 Balmer. “Essays on business cycle asymmetry.” (Prof. Charles Nelson).
  • Ned John Place, Zoology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1. A114 PAA. “Environmental endocrinology of the yellow-pine chipmunk, “Tamias amoenus”.” (Prof. George Kenagy).
  • Susan Thompson Sanders, Education, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1. 402 Miller. “Stories of struggle and survival: The social construction of school experience by incest survivors.” (Prof. Mary Nelson).
  • Vesna Savic, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 31. 259 Mechanaical Engineering. “Design optimization of thin-walled composite beams.” (Prof. Mark Tuttle).
  • Feng-Shiun Shie, Nutritional Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, June 1. T439 Health Sciences. “Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s disease.” (Prof. Renee LeBouf).
  • Roberta F Stein, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, May 26. M36 Denny. “Not so simple as right and wrong: An ethnographic and historical look at affirmative action.” (Prof. Miriam Kahn).
  • Smith Sukapanpotharam, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, June 1. 104 Fluke. “Theoretical foundation for common generic block in assembly production.” (Prof. Richard Storch).
  • Teresa Lyn Sukiennicki, Immunology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1. K069 Health Sciences. “Regulation of expression of the HLA class II gene, DQB1.” (Prof. Gerald Nepom).
  • Suchada Thaweesit, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, June 1. M40 Denny. “Women, gender and sexuality in contemporary Thailand.” (Prof. Charles Keyes).
  • George Robert Hartmann von Dassow, Zoology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 31. A110 Physics/Astronomy. “How dynamic networks animate living embryos.” (Prof. Garrett Odell).
  • Wen-Ling Wang, Nursing - School of, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 30. T513 Health Sciences. “Family and personal factors influencing adolescent suicide risk behaviors.” (Prof. Leona Eggert).
  • Jan Robyn Weisman, Anthropology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, May 26. 401 Denny. “Luk Khreung: The state of identity and the identity of the state in contemporary Thailand.” (Prof. Charles Keyes).
  • Regina Wender, Physiology and Biophysics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 31. G417 Health Sciences. “Glial-axonal interactions in central white matter energy metabolism: The roles of glycogen and lactate.” (Prof. Bruce Ransom).
  • Xiaohong Zhang, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, June 1. 239 Chemistry. “Cloning, sequencing, expression, and inactivation of the aminodehydroquinate dehydratase gene in amycolatopsis mediterranei S699.” (Prof. Heinz Floss).