2002-2003 Edition
Texas A&M University Graduate CatalogTexas A&M University Graduate Catalog
Catalog Contents
Academic Calendar
Board of Regents and System Administrative Officers
Texas A&M University Administrative Officers
Office of Graduate Studies
General Information
Degree Information
Admission
Registration and Academic Status
Tuition, Fees and Other Financial Information
Housing
Orientation
Resources for Students
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Course Descriptions
Faculty
Appendices

Texas A&M Administrative Officers and Office of Graduate Studies Officers

Texas A&M University Administrative Officers

President - Robert M. Gates

Chief of Staff - Rodney P. McClendon

Special Advisor to the President - R. C. Slocum

Assistant to the President - Sheran Riley

Executive Vice President and Provost - David B. Prior

Vice Provost - William L. Perry

Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Associate Provost for Academic Services - Mark H. Weichold

Associate Provost for Information Technology - Pierce E. Cantrell

Assistant Provost - Paul R. Meyer

Interim Assistant Provost for Enrollment - Alice G. Reinarz

Assistant Provost for Finance and Administration - Teresa G. Lowell

Assistant Provost for International Programs - Emily Y. Ashworth

Assistant Provost for Student Financial Aid - Arnold Trejo

Associate Executive Vice President - G. Dan Parker, III

Assistant Vice President for University Risk and Compliance - Charley B. Clark

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Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost - Karan L. Watson

Assistant Dean of Faculties - Christine A. Stanley

Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Edward A. Hiler

Dean, College of Architecture - J. Thomas Regan

Dean, Mays Business School - Jerry R. Strawser

Dean, College of Education and Human Development - Jane Close Conoley

Dean, Dwight Look College of Engineering - G. Kemble Bennett

Dean, College of Geosciences - Björn Kjerfve

Dean, College of Liberal Arts - Charles A. Johnson

Dean, College of Science - H. Joseph Newton

Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine - H. Richard Adams

Dean, The George Bush School of Government and Public Service - Richard A. Chilcoat

Dean, Graduate Studies - John R. Giardino

Dean and Director, Texas A&M University Libraries - C. Colleen Cook

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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - K. Sue Redman

Vice President for Administration - Charles A. Sippial, Sr.

Vice President for Development - Robert L. Walker

Vice President for Governmental Affairs - Michael G. O'Quinn

Vice President and Associate Provost for Institutional Assessment and Diversity - James A. Anderson

Vice President for Research - Richard E. Ewing

Vice President for Student Affairs - Dean L. Bresciani

Head, School of Military Sciences - John A. Van Alstyne

Executive Director of University Relations - Cynthia J. Lawson

Office of Graduate Studies

Vice President for Research - Richard E. Ewing, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Dean - John R. Giardino, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Associate Dean - Ozden O. Ochoa, B.S., M.Eng., Ph.D.

Associate Dean - Dan H. Robertson, B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D.

Assistant Dean - Clifton P. Griffin, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Graduate Council

(September 2004-August 2005)

John R. Giardino, Chair and ex officio

L. Garry Adams

Clint W. Magill

Stephen E. Atkins

Cary J. Nederman

Esther E. Carrigan

Robert K. Popp

John J. Dinkel

David W. Reed

Gerald D. Frye

Cassandra J. Rutherford

Clifton P. Griffin

William A. Seitz

Walter E. Haisler

Bruce Thompson

Charles F. Hermann

Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco

James B. Kracht

Jay R. Walton

Eberhard S. Laepple

Mark J. Zoran

Committees on Graduate Instruction

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Architecture

David W. Reed, Chair

Mark J. Clayton, Co-chair

David N. Appel

Mardelle M. Shepley, Co-chair

Mike A. Arnold

Richard R. Davison

Marla L. Binzel

Leslie H. Feigenbaum

Robert S. Chapkin

Charles W. Graham

Ronnie L. Edwards

Chang-Shan Huang

Delbert M. Gatlin

Valerian Miranda

James C. Hu

Taeg Nishimoto

Eluned C. Jones

Frederic I. Parke

M. Mortimer Kothman

Jon E. Rodiek

David J. Leatham

Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco

Carol A. Loopstra

David G. Woodcock

Rhonda K. Miller

Rosanna G. Moreira

Bush School of Government

Timothy H. Murphy

Charles F. Hermann, Chair

Allen E. Pepper

Jeffrey A. Engel

Steven C. Ricke

Kishore Gawande

C. Wayne Smith

Hank C. Jenkins-Smith

Pete D. Teel

William F. West

Peter A. Witt

   

Business

Geosciences

PhD

Vatch P. Tchakerian, Chair

Ricky W. Griffin, Chair

Christian Brannstrom

Adrienne Colella

Benjamin S. Giese

James H. Leigh

Gerald R. North

Lynn L. Rees

Thomas E. Yancey

Arun Sen

Sorin Sorescu

Liberal Arts

MBA

Cary J. Nederman, Chair

John J. Dinkel, Chair

Ralph James Q. Adams

Jonathan L. Brookfield

Michael S. Alvard

Samuel T. Certo

Charles R. Conrad

Jeffrey S. Conant

Emily S. Davidson

Shane Johnson

Mark A. Fossett

Mary L. McAnally

Hae-Shin Hwang

Rogelio Oliva

Hugh J. McCann, Jr.

Dayna R. Rasco

Howard J. Marchitello

William B. Richmond

Manuel Martin-Rodriguez

Carroll W. Scherer

Susanna L. Priest

Winston T. Shearon

Bala Shetty

Science

Asghar Zardkoohi

Mark J. Zoran, Chair

MS

Paul Frederick Dahm

John J. Dinkel, Chair

Teruki Kamon

Wendy R. Boswell

Michael P. Rosynek

R. Austin Daily

Thomas Schlumprecht

R. Timothy Dye

Deborah Siegele

Wayne E. Etter

Stephen W. McDaniel

Veterinary Medicine

Arun Sen

L. Garry Adams, Chair

Judith M. Ball

Education

John E. Bauer

James B. Kracht, Chair

James A. Thompson

Gaile S. Cannella

Jeremy S. Wasser

Patricia Goodson

C. Jane Welsh

John R. Hoyle

 

Patricia J. Larke

Texas A&M University at Galveston

Ron E. McBride

William A Seitz, Chair

Mavicela Oliva

Gary A. Gill

Carol L. Stuessy

Donald E. Harper

Bruce Thompson

Andre M. Landry

William McMullen

Engineering

Frederic B. Pearl

Karen Butler-Purry, Chair

Gilbert T. Rowe

Marvin L. Adams

Thomas G. Schmalz

Richard M. Alexander

Frederick C. Schlemmer

N.K. Anand

Wyndylyn M. von Zharen

Gerard L. Cote

 

S. Bart Childs

 

Guy L. Curry

 

Mahmoud M. E-Halwagi

 

Walter E. Haisler

 
Stephen A. Holditch    

Garng M. Huang

   

Peter B. Keating

   

Rosana G. Moreira