Since this graduate study was my first experience in the United States,
I would like to thank the following persons for both academic and personal
support.
First, I am very grateful to my research advisor, Dr. Michael E. Ryan,
for his support and encouragement throughout the research. I also would
like to thank all of the faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering,
who gave me the opportunity and motivation for graduate study. I owe a
lot to my friends with various backgrounds, J.M.Stanek, A.C.Butera and
others in the UB law school and Dr. R.D.Manning at Georgetown University.
They introduced me to the real America and kept encouraging me in various
points.
If any of them were not there, I could not have completed any graduate
studies.
Oh! and the awesome Niagara River gave me a wonderful opportunity for
fly fishing.
All I've done is give you a book. You have to have the courage to learn what's inside it.Miss Freida Joy RileyHomer H. Hickam, Jr. - Rocket Boys -