Titles of selected recent Dissertations, Theses, Projects
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Graduate students' research interests are as diverse as those of the faculty. Here are some samples of recent titles of students' research.


Ph.D. Dissertation Titles

  • Precise Computation of Hopf Bifurcation and Some Applications

  • Projections of Runge Domains, Covering Spaces with Parameters and Traces of Locally Hyperconvex Stein Domains

  • Non-linear Equations, Quantum Groups and Duality Theorems

  • Models of Complex Dynamics in Glomerular Filtration Rate

  • The Possible Values of Certain Cardinal Characteristics

  • Chromos, Boolean Functions and a Valanche Characteristics

  • Precise solution of wave equation

  • Parametrices for Hypoelliptic Operators in Spaces of Distribution with Restricted Growth

  • Approximation Algorithms for Set Cover and Related Problems

  • Adjoints and Cohomology for Presheaves of Algebras over a Poset

  • Estimates of Classification Accuracies for Kleinberg's Method of Stochastic Discrimination in Pattern Recognition

  • Positionings of Essential Surfaces in Link Complements

  • Solvability of Convolution Equations in Spaces of Distributions on Rn with Restricted Support

  • The Topos of Ball Complexes

  • Products of Toeplitz Operators and Products of Hankel Operators on the Unit Sphere

  • The Discrete Conley Index for Non-invariant Sets and Detection of Chaos

  • Analysis of a Model of Membrane Potential for a Skin Receptor

  • Transcendential Numbers with Explicit G-ary Expansion and Jacobi-Perron Algorithm

  • On the Dynamical Power of the Center of Braids

  • Uniqueness of the Cauchy Problem in Spaces of Distributions and Generalized Distributions with Restricted Growth

  • Doi-Hopf Data, Smash Data, Frobenius-types and Functors

  • d-Hypoelliptic Convolution Equations in K1M



M.A. Theses and Project Titles


  • Decomposition of Three-Manifolds into Irreducible and Simple Components

  • An Artificial Music Performance System Based on Stochastic Discrimination

  • Tarski's Geometry Derived from Constructively Acceptable Axioms

  • Specific Integer Solutions to Second Degree Diophantine Equations in Three Variables

  • l2 Stability Analysis of the Nonlinear ADLAT Terrain Following Control System

  • The Parallel Schur Decomposition of Unsymmetric Matrices

  • Bifurcation Theory for Alloy Solidification

  • Equilibrium Shapes of Three-Dimensional Islands in Epitaxially Strained Solid Films




Employment Opportunities


Students who have completed a graduate degree have had a broad range of career opportunities. in both academic and non-academic positions. Here is a selection of recent employers (with job titles for nonacademic positions).


Ph.D.

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • University of California at Berkeley

  • Loyola University

  • University of Alabama at Montgomery

  • University of Wisconsin at Green Bay

  • Ritsumeikan University, Japan

  • University of Szczecin, Poland

  • University of Alberta, Canada

  • University of Western Ontario, Canada

  • Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (Research Associate)

  • Morgan Stanley (Senior Systems Analyst)

  • Philadelphia Stock Exchange (Technical Specialist)

  • Chubb Program Resources (Junior Programmer/Analyst)

  • Houghton Mifflin (Senior Programmer)

  • TAP Pharmaceutical Co. (Statistician)

  • Aurora Consulting Group (Application Developer)

  • Data Capture Systems (Software Engineer)

  • Daystream Systems, Inc. (Programmer)


M.A.

  • Public and Private High Schools throughout the U. S.

  • Erie Community College

  • Medaille College

  • Raytheon Company (Research Specialist)

  • Xerox (System Analyst)

  • William M. Mercer, Inc. (Actuarial Analyst)


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