Student Advising

PhD STUDENT COMMITTEES

  1. Paul, Chinju, “The Dark Side of Information Systems Use: Three Essays,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Business, Iowa State University. Completed Spring 2022, Chair. (Placed at Mississippi State University).
  2. Kang, Sung-Mo, “Sending Signals: The Effect of Voice Endorsement Disparity on Team Effectiveness,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Business, Iowa State University. Completed Spring 2022, Member.
  3. Voitenko, Alexander, “Perception of Software Quality within an Agriculture Company,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Human Computer Interaction, Iowa State University. Completed Spring 2021, Chair.
  4. Nehme, Alaa, “Coping with information security fear appeals: A drive theory perspective,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Business, Iowa State University. Completed Spring 2021, Member.
  5. Ray, Argha, “Societal impact of technologies,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Business, Iowa State University. Completed Spring 2021, Member.
  6. Lan, Bo, “Traveling Salesman Problem with time windows and drones (TSPTWD),” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Business, Iowa State University. Completed Summer 2020, Member.
  7. Mirsadikov, Akmal, “Determining indicators of deception in computer mediated communication using eye tracking,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Business, Iowa State University. Completed Summer 2018, Member.
  8. Choi, Inmyung, “Information technology, competition, and their impact on firm performance: Theoretical development and empirical analyses,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Business, Iowa State University. Completed Summer 2017, Member.
  9. Cortes, David, “The vehicle routing problem and its intersection with cross-docking,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Business, Iowa State University. Completed Spring 2017, Member.
  10. Gupta, Manjul, “Information Systems in the 21st Century: Culture, Agility and Big Data,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Business, Iowa State University. Completed Spring 2015, Member.
  11. Cordes, Christofer Sean, “Impact of Process Protocol Design on Virtual Team Effectiveness,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Human Interaction, Iowa State University, Completed Spring 2013, Member
  12. Tannian, Mark, “Business impact visualization for information security and compliance,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Engineering, Iowa State University. Completed Spring 2013, Member.
  13. Alexander, Marcus. “Ethnic-Identity Intensity as a Moderator of the Technology Acceptance Model and Its Antecedents,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Human Computer Interaction, Iowa State University. Completed Spring 2008, Member.
  14. Colvin, Helen. “The acceptance of domestic technology: TAM as applied to a proposed classification scheme,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Human Computer Interaction, Iowa State University. Completed Spring 2008, Member.
  15. Hategekimana, Claver, “Cognition and Technology: Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Software Training,” Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in Human Computer Interaction, Completed Fall 2008, Member.

MASTER’S STUDENT COMMITTEES

  1. Almehaimeed, Eman, “Strengths, Opportunities, and Areas of Improvements for Maroof Platform in Saudia Arabia,” Creative component for Master of Science in Human Computer Interaction, Completed Summer 2020, Chair.
  2. Chadive, Bhavana, “Understanding the impact of Academic Climate on STEM dissertator’s interest in faculty careers using data management and visualization techniques,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall 2018, Member.
  3. Trimble, Robert, “Spatial Identification for Roadway and Intersection Crashes in Iowa,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall 2018, Co-chair.
  4. Ibarra Camou, Inigo, “Argentina biofuels industry evolution and impacts on its value chain,” Creative component for Master of Seed Technology and Business, Completed Summer 2018, Member.
  5. Schindel, Karl, “An analysis of implementing an ERP system in a higher education institution,” Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Summer 2018, Chair.
  6. Fang, Felicia, “Replacement Model and Reliability Analysis on Wheel Loaders in Iowa DOT,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Spring 2018, Co-chair.
  7. Pei, Mary, “A Capability Maturity Model for Iowa DOT’s Performance Data Management,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Spring 2018, Chair.
  8. Chevvuri, Deepti, “Auto extraction of descriptive metadata – A generative statistical model with covariance scoring,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Spring 2017, Member.
  9. Chiluveru, Pranay, “Measuring the effectiveness of CRM and analyzing its importance in student recruiting,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall, 2016, Member.
  10. Masana, Phinandra, “Topics Extraction from Students’ Literature with ICA, LDA, and Trend Analysis,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall, 2016, Co-chair.
  11. Subhas, Vani, “Recurrence Repair Event Analysis of Iowa DOT Data,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall, 2016, Co-chair.
  12. Rawat, Akanksha, “Analyzing the United States Labor Condition Applications (LCA) Data of Highly Skilled Foreign Workers and Their Salaries using Tableau Visualization,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Summer, 2016, Co-chair.
  13. Moguloju, Rajesh, “Analyzing Student Data to Improve the Effectiveness of Iowa State University’s CRM,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Summer, 2016, Co-chair.
  14. Damalchervu, Krishna, “Analysis of Visual Cues at Crossings, in Combination with the Primary Factors Contributing to Fatalities in Highway-rail Accidents and Factors Affecting ‘Did Not Stop’ Accidents,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Summer, 2016, Member.
  15. Kondapalli, Manasa, “Reexamining the Implementation of the Lean Applications to Mitigate the July Effect: Using Word Cloud Method to Prioritize the Factors that Cause the July Effect,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Summer, 2016, Member.
  16. Khosa, Nemisha, “How Personality Affects Victim’s Response to Cyberbullying,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Summer, 2016, Member.
  17. Lee, Grace Jieun, “Cluster Analysis and Support Vector Machine Classification for Resident Freshmen Applicants,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Summer, 2016, Chair.
  18. Guntuka, Laharish, “A Literature Review on Vaporware,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Summer, 2016, Member.
  19. Taneeru, Anil, “Determining the Causes Behind Federal Rail Road Accidents: Using Text Mining and Topic Modeling in R,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Summer, 2016, Member.
  20. Tanksley, Charles, “Effect of GSS Avatar Gender Clues on Perception of Idea Quality,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Summer, 2016, Chair.
  21. Heims, Matthew, “Enhanced Soybean Quality Analysis for Improved Supply Chain Management Decisions,” Creative component for Master of Science in Seed Technology and Business, Completed Summer 2016, Member.
  22. Ashrita, Adrija, “Feasibility Study of the Data Visualization Project for Office of Student Financial Aid Using Tableau Analytics,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Spring, 2016, Member.
  23. Acharya, Apoorva, “Predicting Repair and Maintenance Behavior of Vehicles,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall, 2015, co-Chair.
  24. Saw, Jonathan, “Reprice at Supply Chain Pace,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall, 2015, Member.
  25. Riley, Kimberly, “A machine learning approach to pattern discovery in server logs,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall, 2015, Chair.
  26. Rangaraju, Prabhu, “L1 Norm Optimization on Big Data: Study and Analysis,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Spring, 2014, Chair.
  27. Hu, Lei, “A Comparison of Methods for Numerical Attribute Reconciliation in data Integration,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Spring, 2014, Member.
  28. Espinosa, Patricio, “Facebook Features and Motivations: A Comparison between US and Ecuadorian College Students,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Spring 2013, Chair.
  29. Perett, Jesse, “A Study of Social Influences and Information Security,” Creative Component for Master of Science in Information Assurance, Iowa State University.  Completed Spring, 2013, Member.
  30. Yang, Fan, “Information Security as Strategic Capability for Competitive Advantage,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Spring 2013, Chair.
  31. Yan, Meiguan, “Facebook Data Availability and Implications: A Review,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall 2011, Chair.
  32. Kang, Hyun, “Critical success factors in implementing process-oriented knowledge management systems (PKMS) in the public sector in Korea,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall 2011, Member.
  33. Cho, Sung Teck, “A Grand Strategy Framework for Green IT in Organizations,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall 2010, Chair.
  34. Roots, Kurt, “Improving Model Accuracy through Preprocessing in the Predictive Model Markup Language,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall 2010, Member.
  35. Varghese, Preetham, “Cross Application Development and the Supply Chain,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems, Completed Fall 2010, Member.
  36. McBride, Kris, “A Case for Virtualization: A Look at Server Virtualization for Information Technology Services at Iowa State University,” Creative component for Master of Science in Information Systems. Completed Spring 2009, Chair.
  37. Thomas, David. “Case Study: Compressor Controls Corporation WLAN Security,” Creative Component for Master of Science in Information Systems. Completed Summer 2008, Member.
  38. Laux, Dawn. “A study of Biometric Authentication Adoption in the Credit Union Industry,” Thesis for Master of Science in Information Systems, Iowa State University. Completed Spring 2007, Member.
  39. Aguiar Zaffaroni, Laura “Measuring Preference for Virtual Teams: Scale Development and Validation,” Thesis for Master of Science in Information Systems, Iowa State University. Completed Spring 2006, Chair.
  40. Pilson, Christopher. “PIRANHA: A methodology of detecting covert communication via image-based steganography,” Thesis for Master of Science in Information Assurance, Iowa State University. Spring 2005, Member.
  41. Colvin, Chris. “A Basic Framework and Overview of a Network-based RAID-like Distributed Backup and File Storage System: NetRAID” Thesis for Master of Science in Information Assurance, Iowa State University, Spring 2005, Member.
  42. Haubrich, Jeremy, “Radio Frequency Identification for Tracking Evidence in a Forensic Crime Lab,” Creative Component for Master of Science in Information Systems. Completed Spring 2005, Member.
  43. Luse, Andy. “Roaming user-based distributed firewalls,” Thesis for Master of Science in Information Assurance, Iowa State University, Spring 2005, Member.
  44. Kiseleva, Ksenia. “Security Threat Assessment the Iowa Crime Lab Wireless Operating Environment,” Creative Component for Master of Science in Information Assurance, Iowa State University, Completed Spring 2004, Member.
  45. Gupta, Anuj.  “SOX & keeping track of scores: A Documentation Methodology,” Creative Component for Master of Science in Information Assurance, Iowa State University.  Completed Spring 2004, Member.

UNDERGRADUATE HONORS RESEARCH PROJECTS

  1. Fishel, Amanda, Implementing Geographic Information Systems in the College of Business,” Completed Fall, 2017, Advisor.
  2. Dong, Trong Duc. “E-Commerce,” Completed Fall, 2010, Adviser.
  3. Schlapkohl, Kyle. “MIS Image Management,” Completed Spring 2007, Adviser.
  4. Padleckas, Craig. “Outsourcing and its effect on MIS graduates,” Completed Spring 2006, Adviser.