PhD Thesis

 PhD Thesis

My dissertation research focused on fitting models for extreme thinning of the tear film (TBU) to patient data under the advisement of Dr. Richard Braun and in collaboration with Dr. Carolyn Begley and Deborah Antwi (School of Optometry, Indiana University). I extracted meaningful parameters and analyzed quantities that cannot be measured in vivo. 

In the final year of my dissertation, I won the Wenbo Li Scholarship for Graduate Research that recognizes an outstanding research paper in the mathematical sciences. 

My PhD thesis was entitled Parameter Identification for Tear Film Thinning and Breakup.