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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THIRD fp^img^ Brigham Young University Marriott Center Thursday, April 24, 2008 Digitized by tine Internet Archive in 2011 witii funding from Brigiiam Young University Iittp://www.arcliive.org/details/commencementexer2008brig ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THIRD fpWWy Brigham Young University Marriott Center Thursday, April 24, 2008 Contents Order of the Academic Procession 4 Significance of the Academic Costume 4 Program 5 Commencement Speaker 6 Doctoral Degrees 7 Doctor of Philosophy 7 Doctor of Education 9 Juris Doctor 9 Master's Degrees 13 Master of Arts 13 Master of Science 16 Master of Accountancy 24 Master of Business Administration 28 Master of Education 31 Master of Fine Arts 31 Master of Information Systems Management 31 Master of Law 32 Master of Music 32 Master of Public Administration 32 Master of Public Health 34 Master of Public Policy 34 Master of Social Work 34 Educational Specialist 35 Certificates 35 Museum Practices Certificates 35 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate 35 Baccalaureate Degrees 36 David O. McKay School of Education 36 Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology 38 College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences 41 College of Fine Arts and Communications 48 College of Health and Human Performance 52 College of Humanities 55 David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies 59 College of Life Sciences 60 Marriott School of Management 63 College of Nursing 67 College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences 67 Scholastic Recognition 71 Graduates with University Honors 71 Summa Cum Laude 73 Magna Cum Laude 73 Cum Laude 74 Phi Kappa Phi 76 Air Force and Army ROTC Graduates 78 College Convocation Schedule 79 Commencement Committee and Line Marshals 80 Academic Procession ORDER OF THE ACADEMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROCESSION ACADEMIC COSTUME President, Board of Trustees, and The significance of the academic Administrative Officers costume is determined especially by the Official Guests sleeves and hoods. Faculty Doctors wear the round bell sleeve; Candidates for Advanced Degrees the gown is faced down the front and Class of 2008 barred on the sleeves with black velvet or color indicating the degree; the doctor's hood is large. The doctor may choose to wear the gold tassel on the cap. Masters wear the long, closed sleeve, with a slit near the upper part of the arm; the master's hood is of more moderate size. Bachelors wear the long or pointed sleeve. The color of the tassel indicates whether the degree is in the field of arts (white), fine arts (brown), music (pink), or science (golden yellow). Program Presiding Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3:00 P.M. Prelude Don Cook, Carillon 3:15 P.M. Academic Procession Color Guard, President, Board of Trustees, Administrative Officers, Official Guests, — Faculty, and Graduates from the Smoot Administration Building to the Marriott Center 3:45 P.M. Processional Brian S. Mathias, Organ 4:00 P.M. Presentation of Colors Air Force and Army ROTC Welcome Elder Cecil O. Samuelson, Member of the Quorum of the Seventy and President of Brigham Young University Invocation Summer Valynn Price, BYUSA President President's Greeting Elder Cecil O. Samuelson Conferring ofDegrees Elder Cecil O. Samuelson and John S. Tanner, Academic Vice President Induction into the Alumni Association Bruce L. Olsen, President, BYU Alumni Association Expression from Graduate Matthew N. Daley Brigham Young University Singers "Thou Art the Peace ofAll Things Calm" by Alan Smith "In the Quiet Hours" by Jay Matthew Butler Sarah Nowland, Accompanist Ronald Staheli, Conductor J. Commencement Address Elder David A. Bednar Benediction Devon R. Classman, BYUSA Executive Vice President Recessional Brian S. Mathias, Organ Postlude Joseph E. Peeples, Carillon — Commencement Speaker DAVID BEDNAR A. David A. Bednar was ordained and set apart as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 7 October 2004. Prior to his call to the Quorum of the Twelve, Elder Bednar served as an Area Authority Seventy, as an area authority, as a regional representative, twice as a stake president, and as a bishop. Elder Bednar was born on 15 June 1952, in Oakland, California. He served as a full-time missionary in southern Germany and then attended Brigham Young University, where he received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. He also received a doctoral degree in organizational behavior from dent of Brigham Young University Purdue University. Idaho (formerly Ricks College) from After completing his education. 1997 to 2004. Elder Bednar was a professor of Elder Bednar married Susan Kae business management at Texas Tech Robinson in the Salt Lake Temple on University and at the University of 20 March 1975, and they are the parents Arkansas. He then served as the presi- of three sons. DOCTORAL DEGREES Brian Gregory Mead DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY MS, Brigham Young University, 2007 BS, Brigham Young University, 2004 Guillermo A. Acosta Major: Psychology MS, Brigham Young University, 2004 Dissertation: When Do We Forgive? An BS, Brigham Young University, 1998 Examination of Relational and Apologetic Major: Physics and Astronomy Factors That Are Influential in Forgiveness Dissertation: Scandium Oxide Thin Films Within Friendship Relationships and Their Optical Properties in the Frances Naluwemba Extreme Ultraviolet Major: Educational Leadership Bader Seetan Mujham Almadi Dissertation: The Role of Perceptions of Major: Sociology Female Administrators Regarding the Dissertation: Palestinian Women Roles After Gender Regimes in Urban Coeducational the First Intifada, 1987-1992 Secondary Schools in Uganda Jacob Dustin Christenson Congling Nie MS, Brigham Young University, 2003 Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering BS, California State Polytechnic University, Dissertation: Wind/Rain Backscatter 2001 Modeling and Wind/Rain Retrieval for Major: Marriage and Family Therapy Scatterometer and Synthetic Aperture Dissertation: The Relationship of Marital Radar and Family Therapy in a University-Based Kenneth James Plummer Training Clinic to Health Care Services BA, Brigham Young University, 1996 Use Major: Instructional Psychology and Sun Hua Technology Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering Dissertation: Analysis of the Psychometric Dissertation: Throughput Constrained and Properties ofTwo Different Concept-Map Area Optimized Dataflow Synthesis for Assessment Tasks FPGAs Spencer Russell Strand Kimberly Ann Jensen BS, Brigham Young University, 2004 MS, Brigham Young University, 2003 Major: Civil Engineering BS, Brigham Young University, 2000 Dissertation: Liquefaction Mitigation Major: Mechanical Engineering Using Vertical Composite Drains and Dissertation: Bio-Surfaces and Geometric Liquefaction-Induced Downdrag on Piles: References for a Standardized Implications for Deep Foundation Design Biomechanical Design Methodology Sarah Westerberg for Mass Customization MPA, Brigham Young University, 2001 John D. Livingstone Major: Educational Leadership BS, Brigham Young University, 2000 Dissertation: The Effect of Sustained Major: Clinical Psychology Principal Development on the Dissertation: Spirituality and Religious Development and Maintenance of Support as Buffers Against the Negative Collaborative Activities in Schools Effects of Marital Distress on Ambulatory Blood Pressure All candidateslisted forgraduationwillbe awarded degreessubjectto completion ofrequirements. DOCTORAL DEGREES Geoffrey Albert Wright Kent Downing Layton MA, Chapman University, 2004 MS, Brigham Young University, 1999 BS, Brigham Young Universit}', 2002 BS, Brigham Young University, 1999 Major: Instructional Psychology and Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Dissertation: Low-Voltage Analog CMOS Dissertation: How Does Video Analysis Architectures and Design Methods Impact Teacher Reflection-for-Action? Giuseppe Martinengo DECEMBER 2007 GRADUATES MBA, Brigham Young University, 2002 Major: Marriage, Family, and Human Nosa Agbonkonkon Development Major: Chemistry Dissertation: Gender Differences and Dissertation: Counter-Flow Ion Mobility Similarities in the Work-Family Interface: Analysis: Design, Instrumentation, and The Importance of Considering Family Characterization Life Stages Muhammed Al-Muhammed Robert K. Messenger MS, Brigham Young University, 2004 MS, Brigham Young University, 2004 Major: Computer Science BS, Brigham Young University, 1999 Dissertation: Ontology Aware Software Major: Mechanical Engineering Service Agents: Meeting Ordinary User Dissertation: Integrated Piezoresistive Needs on the Semantic Web Sensing for Feedback Control of Rick Joseph Baxter Compliant MEMS MS, Brigham Young University, 2003 Tyler A. Money BS, Brigham Young University, 2000 BS, Weber State University, 2002 Major: Wildlife and Wildlands Conservation Major: Clinical Psychology Dissertation: The Ecology of Translocated Dissertation: Adolescent Girls' Perception of Greater Sage Grouse in Strawberry Valley, Change in Residential Treatment Centers: Utah A How Qualitative Study of Treatment David Cline Works MS, Brigham Young University, 1998 N. Thomas Nelson BS, Brigham Young University, 1995 MS, Brigham Young University, 1995 Major: Computer Science BS, Brigham Young University, 1994 Dissertation: Sampling Methods in Ray- Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering Based Global Illumination Dissertation: Space-Time Coding with Offset Joseph A. Curtin Modulations MPA, Brigham Young University, 1996 Zhan Pengcheng BS, Brigham Young University, 1989 Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering Major: Instructional Psychology and Dissertation: Optimizing Wireless Network Technology Throughput: Methods and Applications Dissertation: Testing the Assumption of Sample Invariance of Item Difficulty Heidi S. Porter Parameters in the Rasch Rating Scale BS, Weber State University, 1997 Model Major: Microbiology Dissertation: The Effect of Febrile Hernan V. Fuentes Temperature on Plasmodiumfalciparum Major: Chemistry Dissertation: Microchip Liquid Michael E. Rimer Chromatography and Capillary MS, Brigham Young University, 2002 Electrophoresis Separations in Multilayer BS, Brigham Young University, 2000 Microdevices Major: Computer Science Dissertation: Improving Neural Network Matthew L. Gross Classification Training BS, Brigham Young University, 2002 Major: Chemical Engineering Delys Waite Snyder Dissertation: Two-Dimensional Modeling MA, Brigham Young University, 1990 ofAP/HTPB UHlizing a Vorticity BA, Brigham Young University, 1978 Formulation and One-Dimensional Major: Instructional Psychology and Modeling ofAP and ADN Technology Dissertation: A Corpus-Based Approach to Derek Bastian Kingston Determining Standard Written American MS, Brigham Young University, 2004 English BS, Brigham Young University, 2002 Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering Dissertation: Decentralized Control of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Perimeter and Target Surveillance