Thursday, October 3, 2002

Xingxiang Zhou to Receive Dual PhD in Electrical Engineering and Physics

Graduate Student Xingxiang Zhou will receive a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Physics. His Thesis Advisor in Electrical Engineering is Professor Marc Feldman. His Internal Advisor in Physics is Professor John Howell. The title of his dual PhD thesis is: "Superconducting quantum computation with imperfect resources". Information on the public part of the thesis defence is attached below.

Previously, the most recent student who has received a dual PhD in Physics and another discipline is Stavros Kirakakis who recieved a PhD in Physics and Philosophy 1997. His advisor in Physics was Professor Dan Watson and his advisor in Phylosophy was Professor Kyberg.

The College requirements of a dual PhD mean that students must submit a proposal to the College and have it approved in advance. Usually the requirements of a dual PhD mean the completion of all course requirements in the two departments, the passing of the preliminary examinations (if offered) in each department, passing a qualifying exam with committee members from both departments, and completion of a PhD in a field which overlaps the two field. Each dual PhD requires two PhD advisors (one in each department), and a PhD examination committee which includes faculty from both departments.

The College Chemical Physics and Engineering Program is an interdisciplinary program between Chemistry, Physics and Chemical Engineering. It offers a Graduate Certificate in Chemical Physics and Engineering. Students from any of the three departments can obtain either a dual PhD in two fields, or a PhD in one of the fields, with a graduate certificate in Chemical Physics and Engineering.

Friday, October 18, 2002.
Event: Ph.D. Defense

Speaker: Xingxiang Zhou, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering/

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, U of R

Title: Superconducting quantum computation with imperfect resources

Talk: 3:30 pm, Computer Studies Bldg. 523



The following is a list of all students at the University of Rochester who have received a dual PhD in the past 10 years:

STUDENT NAME- DEGREE - TITLE- DEGREE DATE

Per Moller Psychology and Computer Science 1993

Michael Fitzsimmons Pharmacology and Toxicology 1994

Alice Kyburg Philosophy and Computer Science 1994

Beverly Spejewski Linguistics and Psychology 1994

Joel Lachter Psychology and Computer Science 1994

Boris Goldowsky Psychology and Computer Science 1995

Maria Montserrat Sanz Yague Linguistics and Brain & Cognitive Sciences 1996

Susan Shonk Clinical Psychology and Developmental Psychyology 1996

Toben Mintz Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics 1996

Stavros Kirakakis Physics and Philosophy 1997

Rebecca Webb Linguistics and Brain & Cognitive Sciences 1997

Seth Pollack Clinical Psychology and Brain & Cognitive Sciences 1997

Jenny Saffran Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics 1997

Craig Chambers Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics 2001

Inge-Marie Eigsti Clinical Psychology and Brain & Cognitive Sciences 2002

Greg Wheeler Philosophy and Computer Science 2002

Janet Hitzeman Linguistics and Computer Science 2003

Xingxiang Zhou Electrical Engineering and Physics 2003

The following are the College rules for a joint PhD degree (in 2002)

Joint or Interdisciplinary Doctor of Philosophy Degrees (http://www.rochester.edu/GradBulletin/Regulations/phd.html) (This page is now longer online, see below).

Departments/programs authorized to offer work leading to the Ph.D. degree also may cooperate to offer work toward the degree on an interdepartmental basis. Joint work is supervised by an ad hoc committee for a single student (one member of the ad hoc committee must be from outside the two programs of study). Each ad hoc committee is appointed by the University dean of graduate studies upon nomination by the Graduate Committee of the college or colleges in which the departments/programs are located. A proposal outlining how degree requirements will be fulfilled along with supporting documentation (including program of study, proposed plan for qualifying examination(s), up-to-date advising record, proposed thesis topic) must be submitted for approval before the student is admitted to candidacy.

For a continuing formalized interdisciplinary program (i.e., Visual and Cultural Studies, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering), a standing committee acts as a "department" and supervises the program requirements for its students. "

The following is an update in 2003. Page 55 from: http://www.rochester.edu/GradBulletin/PDFbulletin/RegulationsGradBulletin.pdf

Joint or Interdisciplinary Doctor of Philosophy Degrees

Departments/programs authorized to offer work leading to the Ph.D. degree also may cooperate to offer work toward the degree on an interdepartmental basis. Joint work is supervised by an ad hoc committee for a single student (one member of the ad hoc committee must be from outside the two programs of study). Each ad hoc committee is appointed by the University dean of graduate studies upon nomination by the Graduate Committee of the college or colleges in which the departments/programs are located. A proposal outlining how degree requirements will be fulfilled along with supporting documentation (including program of study, proposed plan for qualifying examination(s), up-to-date ad- vising record, proposed thesis topic) must be submitted for approval before the student is admitted to candidacy.

For a continuing formalized interdisciplinary program (i.e., Visual and Cultural Studies, Neuroscience), a standing committee acts as a *department= and supervises the program requirements for its students.

Article submitted by:
Arie Bodek
10/3/02; 2:53:06 PM

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