Recipients of the Dean's List of Exceptional Doctoral Theses
Criteria for eligibility for Dean's List of Exceptional Doctoral Theses
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Name: |
Sharleen Harper |
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Date: |
1st April 2009 |
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Thesis Title: |
"Mathematical models for dispersal of aerosol droplets in an agricultural setting |
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Academic Unit: |
Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, College of Sciences |
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Supervisors: |
Professor Robert McKibbin
Professor Graeme Wake
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Name: |
Andreas Hermann |
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Date: |
19th June 2009 |
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Thesis Title: |
"Ab initio calculations of water and ice: Structural, electronic and optical properties" |
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Academic Unit: |
NZ Institute of Advanced Studies, College of Sciences |
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Supervisors: |
Professor Peter Schwerdtfeger
Dr Joachim Brand
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Name: |
Alison Kearney |
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Date: |
19th June 2009 |
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Thesis Title: |
"Barriers to school inclusion: An investigation into the exclusion of disabled students from and within New Zealand schools" |
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Academic Unit: |
School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, College of Education |
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Supervisors: |
Associate Professor Jill Bevan-Brown
Dr Roseanna Burke, Ministry of Education
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Name: |
Bambang Kusumo |
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Date: |
21st July 2009 |
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Thesis Title: |
"Development of field techniques to predict soil carbon, soil nitrogen and root density from soil spectral reflectance" |
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Academic Unit: |
Institute of Natural Resources, College of Science |
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Supervisors: |
Professor Michael Hedley
Mrs Carolyn Hedley, Landcare Research
Mr Mike Tuohy
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5. |
Name: |
Trisia Angela Farrelly |
Date: |
17th November 2009 |
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Thesis Title: |
"Business Va'avanua: Cultural hybridisation and indigenous entrepreneurship in the Bouma National Heritage Park, Fiji" |
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Academic Unit: |
The School of People, Planning and Environment |
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Supervisors: |
Dr Sita Venkateswar Associate Professor Regina Scheyvens |
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6. |
Name: |
Christine Kenney |
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Date: |
27th January 2010 |
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Thesis Title: |
"Me aro ki te ha o hinehuone: Women, miscarriage stories and midwifery: Towards a contextually relevant research methodology" |
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Academic Unit: |
School of Health and Social Services |
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Supervisors: |
Associate Professor Cheryl Benn Professor Taiarahi Black Dr Suzanne Phibbs |
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Name: |
Song Shi |
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Date: |
27th January 2010 |
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Thesis Title: |
"Monthly house price indicies and their applications in New Zealand" |
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Academic Unit: |
Department of Economics and Finance (PN) |
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Supervisors: |
Professor Martin Young Professor Rob Hargreaves |
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8. |
Name: |
Nicholas Albert |
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Date: |
16th June 2010 |
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Thesis Title: |
"Two novel MYB transcriptional activators regulate floral and vegetative anthocyanin pigmentation patterns in petuna" |
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Academic Unit: |
Institute of Molecular Biosciences |
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Supervisors: |
Professor Michael McManus Professor Paula Jameson Dr David Lewis, NZ Institute of Crop and Food Research Dr Kathy Schwinn, NZ Institute of Crop and Food Research Dr Huaibi Zhang, NZ Institute of Crop and Food Research |
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Name: |
Ting Wang |
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Date: |
16th June 2010 |
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Thesis Title: |
"Statistical models for earthquakes incorporating ancillary data" |
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Academic Unit: |
Institute of Fundamental Sciences |
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Supervisors: |
Associate Professor Mark Bebbington Dr David Harte Emeritus Professor David Vere-Jones, Victoria University of Wellington |
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10. |
Name: |
Carlene Starck |
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Date: |
12 July 2010 |
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Thesis Title: |
"The human myostatin precursor protein |
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Academic Unit: |
Institute of Molecular Biosciences |
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Supervisors: |
Dr Andrew Sutherland-Smith A/Prof John Tweedle |
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Name: |
Anwesha Sarkar |
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Date: |
12 July 2010 |
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Thesis Title: |
"Behaviour of milk protein-stabilised-oil-in-water emulsions in simulated physiological fluids" |
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Academic Unit: |
Riddet Institute |
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Supervisors: |
Prof Harjinder Singh A/Prof Kelvin Goh (IFNHH) Prof Paul Singh |
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Petrina Hargrave |
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Date: |
12 July 2010 |
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Thesis Title: |
"Sudden death: The impact of the immediate aftermath on police officers, victim support workers and bereaved survivors" |
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Academic Unit: |
School of Psychology |
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Supervisors: |
Prof Nigel Long Prof Janet Leathem |
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| 13. | Name: | Darryl Cochrane |
| Date: | 15 November 2010 | |
| Thesis Title: | "The effect of vibration exercise on aspects of muscle physiology and muscular performance" | |
| Academic Unit: | Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Science | |
| Supervisors: |
Professor Elwyn Firth Professor Joern Rittweger (United Kingdom) Dr Steve Stannard (IFNHH) |
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| 14. | Name: | Kawtar Tani |
| Date: | 15 November 2010 | |
| Thesis Title: | "Under-reporting in aviation: An investigation of factors that affect reporting of safety concerns" | |
| Academic Unit: | School of Aviation | |
| Supervisors: |
Dr Andrew Gilbey Dr Jose Perezgonzalez |
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| 15. | Name: | Mieke Sachsenweger |
| Date: | 15 November 2010 | |
| Thesis Title: | "The impact of attributional style and homework experiences in cognitive behaviour therapy for depression: A longitudinal investigation employing multilevel analysis" | |
| Academic Unit: | School of Psychology | |
| Supervisors: |
Dr Dave Clarke Dr Richard Fletcher |
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| 16. | Name: | Ninya Maubach |
| Date: | 15 November 2010 | |
| Thesis Title: | "The effects of front-of-pack nutrition information and product claims on consumers' product evaluations and choice behaviour" | |
| Academic Unit: | School of Communication, Journalism & Marketing | |
| Supervisors: |
Professor Janet Hoek Professor Philip Gendall Dr Timothy McCreanor (SHORE Research Centre) |
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| 17. | Name: | Kimberly Good |
| Date: | 21 December 2010 | |
| Thesis Title: | "Is the Black Dog really a dalmatian? An investigation into whether stress impact and attributional style lead to different outcomes for individuals receiving 20 Sessions of cognitive behavioural therapy for depression" | |
| Academic Unit: | School of Pyschology | |
| Supervisors: |
Associate Professor Paul Merrick Dr Richard Fletcher Dr Nikola Kazantzis (Te Trobe University, Melbourne) |
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| 18. | Name: | John Noone |
| Date: | 11 January 2011 | |
| Thesis Title: | "The influence of psychosocial and economic factors on men and women's retirement planning" | |
| Academic Unit: | School of Psychology | |
| Supervisors: |
Associate Professor Chris Stephens Associate Professor Fiona Alpass |
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| 19. | Name: | Michael Easden |
| Date: | 11 January 2011 | |
| Thesis Title: | "The relationship between case conceptualization and homework in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for depression" | |
| Academic Unit: | School of Psychology | |
| Supervisors: |
Dr Richard Fletcher Dr Nikolaos Kazantzis, Ta Troube University, Melbourne |
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| 20. | Name: | Margaret Hartnett |
| Date: | 11 January 2011 | |
| Thesis Title: | "Motivation to learn in online environments: An exploration of two tertiary education contexts" | |
| Academic Unit: | School of Curriculum and Pedagogy | |
| Supervisors: |
Dr Alison St George Dr Jonathan Dron, University of Brighton, UK Dr Ben Kehrwald |
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| 21. | Name: | John Di Stefano |
| Date: | 11 March 2011 | |
| Thesis Title: | "Moving images of home" | |
| Academic Unit: | School of Fine Arts | |
| Supervisors: |
Professor Sally Morgan Associate Professor David Cross |
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| 22. | Name: | Sarah McWha |
| Date: | 11 March 2011 | |
| Thesis Title: | "What's in a name? Job categorisation, relationship-building and work motivation in aid organisations" | |
| Academic Unit: | School of Psychology | |
| Supervisors: |
Professor Stuart Carr Professor Malcolm MacLachlan, University of Dublin, UK |
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| 23. | Name: | Scott Hutchings |
| Date: | 17 June 2011 | |
| Thesis Title: | "Oral processing of heterogeneous foods" | |
| Academic Unit: | Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health | |
| Supervisors: |
Dr Kylie Foster Associate Professor John Bronlund Dr Jim Jones Associate Professor Roger Lentle Mr Marc Morgenstern, New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food |
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| 24. | Name: | Zachary Schlader |
| Date: | 11 October 2011 | |
| Thesis Title: | "Human behavioural temperature regulation: An exercise approach" | |
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Academic Unit: |
School of Sport and Exercise | |
| Supervisors: |
Dr Toby Mundel Associate Professor Stephen Stannard |
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| 25. | Name: | Daniel Playne |
| Date: | 22 November 2011 | |
| Thesis Title: | "Generative programming methods for parallel partial differential field equation solvers" | |
| Academic Unit: | Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences | |
| Supervisors: |
Professor Kenneth Hawick Dr Christopher Scogings |
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| 26. | Name: | Adi Alisi Vudiniabola |
| Date: | 29 November 2011 | |
| Thesis Title: | "The Fijian Diploma of Nursing Curriculum: An indigenous case study of a curriculum change" | |
| Academic Unit: | School of Health and Social Services | |
| Supervisors: |
Professor Julie Boddy Dr Denise Wilson |
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| 27. | Name: | Catherine Campbell |
| Date: | 12 December 2011 | |
| Thesis Title: | "A study of the career pathways of Canadian young adults during the decade after secondary school graduation" | |
| Academic Unit: | School of Health and Social Services | |
| Supervisors: |
Associate Professor Jacqueline Sanders Professor Robyn Munford |
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| 28. | Name: | Arno Leist |
| Date: | 20 December 2011 | |
| Thesis Title: | "Experiences in Data-parallel simulation and analysis of complex systems with irregular graph structures" | |
| Academic Unit: | Institute of Information and Mathematical Science | |
| Supervisors: |
Professor Kenneth Hawick Dr Christopher Scogings |
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