SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry
CHAN, Tsz Choi. Identification and characterization of proteins for initiation of DNA replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
CHAN, Wan Mui. Regulation of p53 by isofoms, stoichiometry, and ubiquitination.
CHEN, Yu. Regulation of EphA4-dependent signaling at synapses.
FU, Hongjun. Molecular characterization of multi-targets by bis(7)-tacrine at amyloid b cascade associated with Alzheimer's disease.
HE, Lisheng. Characterization of p35, a neuronal activator of C W , as a novel microtubule-associated protein.
HOU, Zhibo. Function and regulation of the neuronal Cdk5/p35 kinase in the control of protein translation.
LEE, Mei Ki. Chemokine signaling via PTX-insensitive G proteins: activation of transcriotion factors and chemotaxis.
NG, Ka Lun. Cloning and characterization of the yjeA gene encoding a novel secretory Dnase, yjeA, from Bacillus subtilis.
RUI, Yanning. Elucidation of molecular mechanisms and biological functions of Axk-mediated JNK pathway and p53 signaling.
WU, Xing. Analysis of the interactions of hCdtl with hGeminin and hMcm6.
Doctor of Philosophy in Biology
CHAN, Siu Chiu. Regulation of Cidea protein stability by the ubiquitin- mediated proteasomal degradation pathway and characterization of Cidea's interacting proteins.
GENG, Lin. Visualization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor trafficking with quantum dots in Xenopus muscle cells.
LAM, Yiu Man. Characterization of cuticle collagens and their biosynthetic process in C. elegans sensory ray morphogenesis.
LI, Zhong. To study the physiological role of Cideh protein by using Cideb knockout mice as a model system.
MA, Leung Hang. Characterization of calcium signals during the blastula period of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryogenesis.
SIOW, Lam. ATP and P2Yl nucleotide receptor in cortical neurons: localization, signal transduction and transcriptional regulation.
WONG, Chung Kai. Roles of ring domain proteins, Ringlb and Ringl3, in apoptosis.
XIE, Qunhui. Transcriptional regulation and function of PRIMA (Proline-Rich Membrane Anchor), a membrane anchor of globular acetylcholinesterase, in muscle and neuron.
ZHANG, Li. Bioavailability of Cd, Zn and Se in two marine fish.
ZHANG, Rui. Bacterioplankton in Hong Kong waters: diversity, dynamics, and mortality.
ZHOU, Jie. Functions of tyrosine kinases and phosphatases in presynaptic development during newomuscular junction formation.
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry
CHEUNG, Wai Man. Transition metal complexes with dichalcogenoimidodipbosphinate ligands.
WANG. Ling. Syntheses and applications of bisphosphonate-based biomaterials and nanomaterials.
XIE, Yutao. Surface-enhanced hyper Raman and surface-enhanced Raman scattering: novel substrates, surface probing molecules and chemical applications.
YANG, Cheng. Explorations in the application of nanotechnology to improve the mechanical properties of composite materials.
YI, Xiaoyi. Titanium, zirconium, and cerium compounds containing an oxygen tripodal ligand.
ZHANG, Xinhao. Theoretical studies on the mechanistic aspects of metal mediated reactions.
ZHU, Jun. Theoretical studies on bonding in platinum horyl and metallabenzene complexes and mechanisms of mthenium/osmium mediated allene insertion reactions and molybdenum/tungsten catalyzed alkyne metathesis.
Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Environmental Science CHEUNG, Ma Shan. Trophic transfer of metals along marine rocky shore food
chains.
CHIU, Man Ying. Biological and ecological processes that intervene the larval and juvenile stages of the gastropod Crepidula onyx.
HO, Yam Tat. Dynamics of nutrients and phytoplankton biomass and production in Hong Kong waters.
HUANG, Yili. Potential roles of bacterial quorum sensing and biofilm formation in the biofouling process.
HUNG, Oi Shiig. Effects of environmental factors on biofilms and subsequent larval attachment of benthic marine invertebrates.
LI, Honglei. Investigation of genes involved in larval attachment and metamorphosis of biofouling species Hydroides elegans and Balanus amphitrite.
XU, Jie. Nutrient limitation in the Pearl River Estuary, Hong Kong waters and adjacent South China sea waters.
YU, Zhiliang. Use of ValRS-IleRS interparalog distance for the analysis of the phylogenetic relationships between methanopyrus isolates from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
ZHANG, Wen. Dynamics and diversity of prokaryotic communities in marine sediments of Hong Kong.
Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics
AN, Ran. Study of the field-induced phase transition for the antiferromagnetic chain.
HE, Qiaolin. Numerical study of solutions to Prandtl equations and N-S equations.
HO, Siu Lam. Levy libor model and credit risk.
KONG, Jin Jean. Topics on strategic games between two asymmetric firms and pricing of credit default swap by multi-variate rational lognormal model.
LIU, Hongwei. Gas-kinetic methods for viscous fluid flows.
WANG, Jue. Algebraic structures of signed graphs.
YUAN, Junqing. Pseudo-values empirical likelihood methods for u-statistics with applications.
ZHU, Xiaohong. Numerical methods for a mixed Stokes-Darcy model.
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
CAI, Yuan. Characterization of ultrathin ii-vi semiconductor nanowires by transmission electron microscopy.
CHAN, Siu Keung. MBE-VLS grown ZnSe and ZnS nanowires: growth mechanisms and photoluminescence properties.
CHENG, Yiu Fai. Numerical study of spin-1/2 models on the Shastry Sutherland lattice.
DING, Lu. Optical and magneto-optical studies of crystalline and nano- structured zinc oxide.
HOU, Bo. Enhanced transmissions of classical waves through subwavelength apertures.
XU, Jun. Fabrication of photonic quasicrystals using holographic lithography method.
ZHANG, Xieqiu. Scanning tunneling microscopy study: from clean surface to surfaces adsorbed with atom/cluster or metallic island.
ZHAO, Lijuan. Chemical syntheses and characterizations of ii-vi semiconductor nanocrystals.
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioengineering
HE, Huiqi. Miniaturized electroporation system for gene transfer using bio- MEMS technology.
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering
CUI, Yue. Enzyme-based biosensor5 for intracellular metabolic compounds and related metabolites.
FENG, Chunhua. Microfabrication-compatible synthesis strategies for nanoscale electrocatalysts in microfabricated fuel cell applications.
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TANG, Youhong. Microrheological study on polyethylene / thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer /layered silicates nanocomposites.
ZHAI, Jianpang. Synthesis and characterization of ultra-small single-walled carbon nanotubes produced via template technique.
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
BACZKOWSKI, Bartlomiej Jan. Steel fibre reinforced concrete coupling beams.
CHEN, Rui. Experimental study and constitutive modelling of stress- dependent coupled hydraulic hysteresis and mechanical behaviour of an unsaturated soil.
JI, Yunfeng. Videogrammetric technique for structural dynamic applications.
LEUNG, Ho Wai Derek. Pollutants transformation in saline sewage sewer - experimental investigation, process study and model development.
POON, Chun Wing. Identification of nonlinear non-hysteretic and hysteretic structures using empirical mode decomposition.
WONG, Kin Ming. Evolutionary structural form optimisation for lateral stiffness design of tall buildings.
XIAO, Feng. Game-theoretic models for competitive pricing and network design problems
XIAO, Lianzhen. Interpretation of hydration process of concrete based on electrical resistivity measurement.
XU, Wei. Development of practical implementation methods for road pricing.
YANG, Chengyu. Seismic analysis of long span bridges including the effects of spatial variation of seismic waves on bridges.
YANG, Xin. The role of dissolved organic nitrogen in by-product formation during drinking water chloramination.
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
AU, Kin Chung. Differential techniques for scalable and interactive mesh editing.
CHU, Siu Hang. Making digital painting organic.
FU, Hongbo. Differential methods for intuitive 3D shape modeling.
HAN, Jinsong. Anonymous and trustworthy computing in peer-to-peer systems.
JIN, Xing. Topology inference and tree construction for topology-aware overlay streaming.
LEUNG, Yiu Cho. Counting combinatorial structures in recursively constructible graphs.
MA, Jian. The impact of radio signal strength on the design of wireless sensor networks.
SHEN, Dou. Learning-based web query understanding.
TAN, Ping. 3D modeling from photometry and geometry.
TSANG, Wai Hung. Scaling up support vector machines.
WANG, Feng. Video content analysis and its applications for multimedia authoring of presentations.
WANG, Jingdong. Graph based image segmentation.
WU, Tai Pang. From dense photometric stereo to interactive 3D markup.
XUE, Wenwei. Event detection for sensor networks.
ZHANG, Jun. Power control in wireless ad hoc networks.
ZHANG, Yan. Dynamic programming speedups.
ZHOU, Zhen. Design and analysis of scheduling and queue management schemes for high performance switches and routers.
ZHU, Yanmin. Low-power event detection and wakeup scheduling in wireless sensor networks.
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
AU, Kwok Shum. Multiple-input multiple-output detection in wireless communications and data storage systems: performance and implementation issues.
CHEN, An. Buffer-efficient RTA algorithms in optical TDM networks.
CHEN, Shoushun. T i e domain CMOS image sensor: from photodetection to on-chip image processing.
CHU, Jim. New control-plane architecture for QoS-guaranteed internet.
GUAN, Lmgpeng. Novel low voltage power semiconductor devices and IC technologies.
HUANG, Weilan. Cross-layer design for ad hoc and inhastructured next- generation wireless networks.
LEUNG, Lap Fai. Designing high-performance and low-energy real-time embedded systems based on single-core and multi-cores structures.
LI, Chao. Silicon-based optical microresonator devices: polygonal microdisk channel filters and electro-optic modulators/switches.
LIN, Xinnan. Double gate MOSFET technology and applications.
LOU, Shuzuo. Design of CMOS RF low-noise amplifiers and mixer for wireless applications.
MENG, Jim. A geometric theory for synthesis, analysis and design of sub-6 DoF parallel manipulators.
MURAUSKI, Anatoli. Surface and liquid crystal interlayer interactions:
characterizations and applications.
TSANG, Kong Chau. Confidence measures for disparity estimates from energy neuron populations.
WANG. Cheng. Adaptive downlink multi-user MIMO wireless systems.
WANG, Wenting. Design and integration of a single-chip CMOS transceiver for passive UHF RFID readers.
WU, Tao. Quantitative optical imaging for the detection of early cancer.
WU, Wen. Modeling the extrinsic resistance and capacitance of planar and non-planar MOSFETs.
WU, Yicong. Autofluorescence spectroscopy of epithelial tissue.
XU, Jijie. Towards better grasping and manipulation by multifingered robotic hand.
YEUNG, Sze Yan Fion. Variable liquid crystal pretilt angles by nanostructured surfaces and their applications.
ZHANG, Heye. An inverse framework for estimating cardiacelectrophysiological activity from medical image sequence.
ZHANG, Hualiang. Compact, reconfigwable and dual-band microwave circuits.
ZHENG, Hui. Single-chip 9-band CMOS UWB transceiver.
ZHOU, Linjie. Silicon microring and microdisk-based active devices using integrated p-i-n diodes.
ZHU, Yu. Frequency domain equalization for single carrier broadband wireless communications.
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering CAO, S h e w . Preparation, characterization and applications of monolithic
titania-silica aerogels.
Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
N, Qi. Portfolio procurement management.
LI, Xi. Benchmark generation in a new framework.
SHI, Ning. Dynamic resource allocation problems with uncertainties and complex work rules.
WITANA, Channa Patuwatha. Footbed effects on perceived sensations and predictive models of footwear fit.
XU, Dongsheng. Resource allocation among multiple stochastic demand classes in express delivery chains.
XU, Zhou. Pansportation procurement planning with side constraints.
ZENG, Qinglong. Staged postponement of committing order specifications.
ZHOU, Weihua. Optimal operation policies with heterogeneous demand.
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering
CHEN, Rong. Coupled electrochemical and heattmass transport characteristics in passive direct methanol fuel cells.
HU, Jinshan. Heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics in various micro devices for the development of micro absorption heat pump systems.
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101LI, Jing. Electrical conducting polymer nanocomposites containing graphite nanoplatelets and carbon nanotubes.
LIU, Liljn. Materials science in pre-plated leadframes for electronic packages.
SONG, Fubin. Experimental investigation on testing conditions of solder ball shear and pull tests and the correlation with board level mechanical drop test.
ZHANG, Xiaodong. Characterization of copper diffusion in advanced packaging.
ZHOU, Chunyan. Shock response and shock protection of portable electronics.
ZHU, Bo. Sheet forming of woven textile composite preforms: formability and wrinkling.
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
Doctor of Philosophy in Accounting
HOU, Qingchuan. 'lko essays on empirical accounting research.
Doctor of Philosophy in Economics
CHEN, Shaoling. Incomplete contracts and corporate governance: theory and evidence - case studies on Chinese banking and US franchising.
WANG, Lanfang. Four essays on venture capital.
W, Huayang. Essays on global outsourcing and innovation
ZHOU, Xianbo. Semiparametric and nonparametric estimation of Tobit models.
Doctor of Philosophy in Finance KUSNADI. Yuanto. M o essays on corporate finance.
ZHENG, Xiaohong. 'RVO essays on empirical asset pricing.
Doctor of Philosophy in Information Systems
GONG, Min. A policy study on the development of the telecommunications equipment manufacturing industry with two empirical studies on mobile data communications service acceptance in China and Hong Kong.
KWAN, Sbu Kin Samuel. End-user digital piracy: contingency framework, affective determinants and response distortion.
XU, Xin. The strategic impacts of ICT service innovation on consumers.
Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Management
TONG, Shilu. Contracting and information sharing under supply chain competition.
Doctor of Philosophy in Management of Organizations HUANG, Guohua. Workplace self-concept: a new conceptualization of self-
concept in organizations.
LIANG, Jian. Voice behavior in organizations: scale development, psychological mechanisms, and cross-level modeling.
SCHOOL OF HUMANZZ7ES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities
CAI, Qinghua. Differentiating language and meaning: a study of the problem of utterance in Wei Jin Xuanxue.
CHOW, Chiu Tuen. Good or evil: a comparison of Mencius and Xunzi's theories of human nature.
ZHU, Lin. Ergative constructions in Mandarin.
Doctor of Philosophy in Social Science
LUNG, Yucheng. The study of social stratification under gradual market transition in China.
SUN, Xiulin. Viage governance in contemporary China: variations and outcomes.
YU, Xiaomin. Putting corporate codes of conduct regarding labor standards in a global-national-local context: a case study of Reebok's athletic footwear supplier factory in China.
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