This second PhD recipient of 1998 will begin as an Assistant Professor at Southern Utah University in the fall. She is employed at Rincon Research in Tucson. Now let's list the master's recipients. Ryan Ruddy, Duncan Matthew Russell, and Xianbao Xu received master's degrees in 1997. Other students scheduled to graduate in Spring 1998 are Kevin Griffin, Scott Lietz, Kirk Mehtlan, and Mark Moelich.
Qualifying exams are one of the first challenges graduate students prepare for.
In mathematics, Jeff Edmonds, Jia-Ling Dai, and Maria Agrotis successfully completed qualifying exams. As is apparent, many students made great strides towards their goals in the 1997-1998 school year. Many more years of success are anticipated.