On 5/25/2011 Roger Goldman successfully defended his thesis dissertation titled "Analysis, Algorithms, and Control for Intelligent Surgical Exploration and Intervention". His thorrough reserach won him a unianimous vote for graduation with destinction - an honor that is typically saved for the top 10% of graduate students. Roger is the 4th Ph.D. student to graduate from ARMA with destinction. Congtratulations Roger :-).