SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric Environmental Science HUANG, Xiaofeng. Formation mechanisms of water-soluble organic
compounds in atmospheric aerosols.
LO, Chun Fung. Implication of urbanization on meteorology and air quality.
YUAN, Zibig. Analyses of atmospheric pollutants in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta by observation-based methods.
Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry FU, Zhibiao. Studies of protein secretion in escherichia coli.
FUNG, Tsz Kan. The functions and proteolysis of cyclin A and cyclin F during mitosis.
HUO, Lin. Identification and characterization of novel DNA replication- initiation proteins in budding yeast.
JIN, Wenying. Lipid biidmg of pick1 regulates the function of AMPA receptors and asics.
LN, Wei. Role of axin in KF-p signalmg pathway and characterization of axin mutant proteins in AXINN mice.
LIU, Yuxin. PCTAIREI phosphorylates n-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion protein and regulates exocytosis.
LO, Wing Sze. Association of SNPs and haplotypes in GABABZ with schizophrenia.
TAM. Kwai Ping Connie. Rapid inversion of the salmonella enterica shuftlon:
a new molecular mechanism for control of pathogenesis.
WU, Hoi Ti. Regulation of the pro-survival AKT signaling cascade: roles of receptor tyrosine kinases, G proteins, and their crosstalks.
WU, Liming. Elucidation of the NF-KB pathway mediated by Epstein - BARR virus encoded latent membrane protein 1 (LMPI).
ZHAO, Xiaosu. NRC-interacting factor 1 interacts with p35 and regulates neuronal differentiation.
Doctor of Philosophy in Biology
CHOY, Siu Wah. Characterization of a transcriptional repressor complex and mab-21 interacting genes in male sensory ray patterning of C elegans.
HE, Xuejia. Fate of carbon and phosphorus by the grazing of daphnia.
HUI, Wing Sze. Spatial and temporal regulation of three collagen genes during sensory ray morphogenesis of caenorhabditis elegans.
KWOK, Chun Man. Cellulose biosynthesis and cell cycle progression in dinoflagellates.
MIAO, Aijun. Trace metal accumulation and toxicity in marine phytoplankton.
MIAO, Li. Potential antifouling compounds of marine-derived fung from Hong Kong.
TSANG, Shun Wa. Dissection of the molecular components required for caenorhabditis elegans sensory ray morphogenesis.
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry
CHUNG, Lung Wa. Computational studies of the reaction mechanisms and stereochemistry of metal-mediated organic reactions.
CUI, Ping. Quantum dissipation theory and applications to quantum transport and quantum measurement in mesoscopic systems.
HAEUSSLER, Matthias. Synthesis and properties of conjugated hyperbranched polymers.
HUNG, Wai Yiu. Syntheses and reactivities of osmium and ruthenium complexes with metal-carbon triple bonds.
M I , Lo Ming. Synthesis, optical activity, and liquid crystallinity of polyacetylenes containing naturally occurring buildmg blocks.
LAM, King Chung. Theoretical studies on structural and mechanistic aspects of transition-metal catalyzed reactions.
MO, Yan. I. Quantum dissipation theory with application to electron transfer.
11. Protein folding kinetics and thermodynamics: a mean-field ising model.
SAU, Yiu Keung. Part I. Synthesis and reactivity of 2,2'-bipyridine-supported iridium alkyl compounds. Part II. Metal complexes with c h i d phosphine oxide and sulfoxide ligands.
WAN, Chun Hong. Sugars and polyol compounds in ambient aerosols and cooking fume aerosols.
YANG, Zhimou. Molecular hydrogels: design, synthesis, enzymatic regulation, and biological applications.
Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Environmental Science GUAN, Rui. Bioavailability and toxicity of trace metals to the cladoceran
daphnia magna in relation to CD exposure history.
MU, Wan Keung Ken. The identification of novel marine bacteria, and the construction of single chain fragment variable antibodies for the control of a viral pathogen.
WANG, Tingliang. The identification and characterization of genes involved in cadmium response in chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
YANG, Lai Hung. Antifouling compounds from the marine sponge acanthella cavemosa and its associated microbes.
Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics
JIN, Cbangqiu. Gas-kinetic moving mesh methods for viscous flow simulations.
LEUNG, Kwai Sun. Essays on exotic option pricing and credit risk modeling.
XIAO, Yong. Efficient numerical method for micromagnetic simulation and application.
YIN, Xiaoqin. Gerbes over orbifolds and twisted orbifold Gromov-Witten invariants.
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
CHEUNG, Sai Kit. The study of weak localization effects on wave dynamics in mesoscopic media in the diffusive regime and at the localization transition.
HE, Hongtao. Vertical transport properties of weakly-coupled AC-driven GaAs/AlAs superlattices.
SUN, Zhouzhou. Self-sustained current oscillations in weakly coupled superlattices.
WANG, Yongjian. Dewetting instability of polymer thin film.
YE, Jianting. Fabrication and optical characterization of nanostructures formed inside ALP0,-5 zeolite single crystals.
YIN, Sun. The entanglement and spin relaxation of electrons in quantum dots and resistance anomaly of nanowires.
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioengineering
WONG, Ling Wai. Molecular delivery system based on the nanoporous zeolite microstructures.
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering
FENG, ~iali&. Characteristics and source apportionment of organic matter in PM,, from cities in different climatic zones of China.
NNG, Ka Yip. Process development of specialty chemicals.
HARJO, Benny. Process development in the manufacture of natural products.
LAU, Ngai Ting. Catalytic reduction of sulfur dioxide and nitric oxide.
WANG, Wei. Dielectric-material-assisted microwave heating in freeze drying.
WANG, Yong. AFM studies on detailed structures and dynamic growth of crystals in Ba-Cn polymer films.
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
BURTON, Melissa Deanne. Effects of low frequency wind-induced building motion on occupant comfort.
DONG, Xiaobo. Characterization of soil behavior using electromagnetic wave- based technique.
KONG, Linggang. Behaviour of pile groups subjected to torsion.
LI, Xia. Micro-scale investigation on the quasi-static behavior of granular material.
TSANG, Chiu Wa. Nonequilibrium transport of heavy metals in soils and its influence on soil remediation.
WAN, Kam Hung. Tkansit services planning with congestion.
ZHANG, Min. Centrifuge modelling of potentially liquefiable loose fill slopes with and without soil nails.
ZHANG, Weihua. Chemical-enhanced washing for remediation of heavy metal and petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils.
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#j@ APPENDICESDoctor of Philosophy in Computer Science CHANG, Hong. SeIIIi-SLIperviSed distance metric learning.
GAN, Rui. Robust multimodal medical image registration and statistical cerebrovascular segmentation.
HAN, Yo Sub. Regular languages and codes.
MOURATIDIS, Kyriakos. Continuous monitoring of multi-dimensional queries.
PUN, Chun Chung Joshua. On the use of the appropriateness and cohesiveness web data quality dimensions for fin- hlgh quality web pages.
TRIPPEN, Gerhard Wolfgang. Online exploration and search in graphs.
WEI, Yichen. 3D structure computation from multiple views.
WONG, Chun Kit Wilbur. Segmentation algorithms for quantitative analysis of vascular abnormalities on three dimensional angiography.
YIN, Jie. Probabilistic activity recognition from low-level sensors.
YUAN, Jin. Secret sharing schemes from linear codes.
ZENG, Gang. Surface reconstruction from images.
ZHANG, Lei. Alleviating problems due to resource constraints in computer networks using additional information.
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
CHAN, W i g Chau. Performance limits of mimo wireless communications.
FENG, Zhihong. Enhanced device performance of 111-nitride HEMTs on sapphire substrates by MOCVD.
LEE, Wai Kit. Modeling the distributed RC effects of bicmos technology at
5 high frequency operations.
LEUNG, Lai Kan. Design and integration of a singlechip 1-V CMOS IEEE 802.11 a transceiver.
r U, Tao. Signal detection in unknown interference channels.
LIU, Jie. Channel engineering of 111-nitride HEMTs for enhanced device performance.
LOU, Yunjiang. Optimal design of parallel manipulators.
SHI, Minghua. Gas identification system based on an array of gas sensors and an integrated committee machine classifier.
SHI. Xuejie. Compact modeling of doublegate metal-oxidesemiconductor field-effect transistor.
WU, Xu Sheng. Three dimensional multi-gates devices and circuits fabrication, characterization, and modeling.
ZHANG, Baolong. Processing, characterizations and optical modeling of color filter liquid-crystal-on-silicon microdisplays.
ZHANG, Junyu. Performance optimization of Markov systems based on sensitivity.
ZHANG, Min. Applications of carbon nanotubes on integrated circuits.
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering HENG, Samuel. Catalytic membrane reactor for water and wastewater
treatment.
HO, Ka Yee. Nanostructured environmental catalysts for carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds removal.
HU, J i g . Fundamental investigation on removal and recovery of heavy metals from synthetic wastewater using magnetic nanoparticles.
LAM, Koon Fung. Selective adsorption of metal ions by chemically-modified MCM-41.
Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
FENG, Jiejian. Issues in assembleto-order systems.
FU, Ke. Essays on the management of assemble-to-order systems.
LI, Yanzhi. Joint pricing and inventory control for perishable products.
MIAO, Zhaowei. Optimization problems in a crossdocking distribution system.
SHANG, Weixin. Fulfillment competition in availability and lead time.
WANG, Kaibo. Adaptive charting techniques for multivariate and dynamic processes.
XIANG, Anbo. Essays on information service systems.
ZHANG, Yan. The effects of monochronicity and polychronicity on multitasking strategy and performance.
ZHU, Xiang. Replenishment strategy and coordination with quantity flexibility in a rolling-horizon environment.
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering
CHAN, Yick Chuen. DNA electrophoresis in microsystems integrated with sub-micron pillar arrays.
CHEN, Haibin. Understanding the essential work of fracture at the molecular level.
FANG, Liming. Processing of UHMWPE and HANHMWPE nanocomposite for biomedical applications.
HUANG, Bin. Mechanical characterization of thin films.
LEE, Man. Forced convection heat transfer in integrated microchannel heat sinks.
UU, Guoning. Application of fracture mechanics in electrical/mechanical failures of dielectrics.
LUO, Zegang. Real time cloth modeling using parallel computing.
NG, Kwok Leung. Experimental study on wear properties of NiTi shape memory alloy thin film.
RUAN, Shilun. Multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforced ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene composites.
SHI, Yong. Lattice Boltzmann models for microscale fluid flows and heat transfer.
WAN, Man Pun. Indoor transport of human expiratory droplets in association with airborne infectious disease transmission using a multiphase-flow approach.
WANG, Jie. Phase field simulations of ferroelectric materials.
WANG, Xiaoling. Mechanical analysis and free energy construction of phase transition in bacterial flagellar filaments.
WANG, Xusheng. Microbridge tests on multi-layer thin films.
WANG, Yu. Efficient modehng methods for freeform objects.
XIN, Renlong. TEM studies of calcium phosphates for the understanding of biomineralization.
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
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MANAGEMENTDoctor of Philosophy in Accounting
HUANG, Yuan. Analysts' forecast, information and capital market.
Doctor of Philosophy in Finance
KING, Roger. h o essays on corporate finance: the impact of independent non-executive directors and the longevity of family control.
LIANG, Xin. Liquidity risk and volatility around the world.
ZHANG, Jie. Two essays on empirical asset pricing: 1. Forecasted earnings per share and the cross section of expected returns; and 2. The limits to arbitrage and the fundamental value-to-price trading strategies.
Doctor of Philosophy in Information Systems
HUI, Wan Yee Wendy. Essays on the pricing and marketing of information goods.
LUI, Siu Man. Impacts of information technology commoditization: selected studies from ubiquitous information services.
Doctor of Philosophy in Management of Organizations YANG, Jingyu. Failure-induced interorganizational learning: entry and
survival analysis of Japanese firms in China, 1980-2000.
Doctor of Philosophy in Marketing
FONG, Pun San. The impact of favor-elicited feelings on reciprocity behavior across time.
SCHOOL OF HUMANZTZES
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SOCIAL SCIENCEDoctor of Philosophy in Humanities
CHEUNG, Hung Shing Leonard. The textual intention of Chunqiu Gongyang Jiegu.
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WENG, Hekai. "Liberal Nationalism" in modem China: Zhang Junmai's thoughts on nation-buildmg.
ZHANG, Hui. The conception of Shishi (poetry as history) in the history of Chinese literary criticism.
ZHANG, Jun. A phonological study of the 'lbjia language.
ZHAO, Yongbiig. From martial arts to revolution: a study of "Jianghu" in Xiang Kairan, Shen Congwen, and Ding Ling.
Doctor of Philosophy in Social Science
HUANG, Xianbi. The role of social networks in employment processes in urban China.
W, Yu. Towards a meritocratic society! - intergenerational mobility in urban China (1966-2003).
TSANG, Yuk Ching Christina. Deciding stay claims of Chinese illegal immigrant: a study of the immigration official's exercise of discretion in Hong Kong 1980 to 1996.
WONG, Yin Yue Sharon. Globalization and the transformation of higher education in Hong Kong.
ZHANG, Lijuan. Institutional transformation and the multi-facet logic of differentiation of state-owned enterprise workers.
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