04/27/2024 | Aziz Almathami, PHD, Nuclear Engineering
10:00AM, USB Building
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Particle Image Velocimetry Based Flow Characterization In Randomly Packed Pebble Bed Core Geometry
Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Chair: Yassin Hassan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7084
04/29/2024 | Lorena Mejia Domenzain, PHD, Industrial Engineering
2:00PM, Emerging Technologies Building 4002
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Integer-preserving Gram-Schmidt QR Factorization
Engineering
Industrial & Systems Eng
Chair: Erick Moreno Centeno
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7086
05/1/2024 | Silabrata Pahari, PHD, Chemical Engineering
10:00AM, Jack E. Brown Chemical Engineering Building
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advanced Material Design: Multiscale Modeling and Control of Nanostructure-Property Relationships in Self-Assembling Amphiphiles
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: Joseph Kwon
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7069
05/2/2024 | Sankhadeep Sarkar, PHD, Chemical Engineering
11:00AM, Chemical Engineering Department, EB Room 256
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Reliability Analysis of Lithium-Ion Battery Using Electrochemical Modeling
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: Faisal Khan
Co-Chair: Mahmoud El-Halwagi
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7065
05/2/2024 | Dylan Russell Schlichting, PHD, Oceanography
11:00AM, Eller O&M 602
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Numerical and physical mixing in simulations of submesoscale baroclinic instabilities over sloping bathymetry
Arts and Sciences
Oceanography
Chair: Henry Potter
Co-Chair: Robert Hetland
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7068
05/3/2024 | Ben J. Gorr, PHD, Aerospace Engineering
9:00AM, HRBB Room TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
SCIENCE-DRIVEN CONSTELLATION DESIGN AND OPERATIONS FOR EARTH OBSERVATION
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Daniel Selva Valero
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7070
05/3/2024 | Aryabhat Darnal, PHD, Mechanical Engineering
2:00PM, Room 224 Mechanical Engineering Office Building, TAMU
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF CHIRAL HIERARCHICAL METAMATERIAL KERF STRUCTURES
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Hanifah Muliana
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7082
05/3/2024 | Ankith Sharma, PHD, Medical Sciences
2:00PM, REYN - 162
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Probing Bacterial Tat Receptor Complex Oligomerization & FUS Condensate Substructure via Single molecule microscopy
School of Medicine
School of Medicine
Chair: Siegfried Musser
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7085
05/6/2024 | Adrian Tinoco Najera, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
10:00AM, VMTH 101
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DISCOVERY OF NOVEL NON-INVASIVE BIOMARKERS IN DOGS WITH CHRONIC HEPATOPATHIES
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Small Animal Clinical Sc
Chair: Jonathan Lidbury
Co-Chair: Jan Suchodolski
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7094
05/6/2024 | Nathan Curtis Gober, PHD, Computer Engineering
1:00PM, WEB 333C
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Simulation Techniques for Modeling and Evaluating Processor Cores and Memory Systems
Engineering
Electrical & Computer Eng
Chair: Paul Gratz
Co-Chair: Daniel Jimenez
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7083
05/6/2024 | Tye S Thompson, PHD, Chemistry
2:00PM, ILSB Room 1143 or Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A BODIPY for CLIPS and Effects on Trk Modulation
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Kevin Burgess
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7097
05/7/2024 | Noah Benjamin Lemke, PHD, Entomology
10:00AM, HPCT 413
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Age structure and spatiotemporal dynamics mediate reproductive success in the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Entomology
Chair: Jeffery Tomberlin
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7064
05/7/2024 | Hulya Avci, PHD, Educational Psychology
1:00PM, Remotely via Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Multi-Ecological Exploration of Perceived Digital Competence of In-Service U.S. Secondary School Teachers: A Multi-Method Investigation
School of Education and Human Development
Educational Psychology
Chair: Susan Pedersen
Co-Chair: Cheryl Craig
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7095
05/7/2024 | John H. Hoang, MUP, Urban and Regional Planning
1:30PM, Langford A349
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
School of Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning
Chair: Siyu Yu
Co-Chair: Michelle Meyer
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7099
05/7/2024 | Lucie Ford, PHD, Toxicology
3:00PM, VENI 101B/C
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Risk and Hazard Characterization of Environmental Chemicals and Defined Mixtures using a Battery of Human In Vitro Methods
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences
Chair: Ivan Rusyn
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7098
05/8/2024 | Sherrie Loise Ray, MS, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
10:00AM, AGSV 217
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
TEACHERS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES: IDENTIFYING SCHOOL BASED AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA IN GHANA
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ag Leadership, Educ & Comm
Chair: John Elliot
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7074
05/8/2024 | Emily Jane Summers, PHD, Oceanography
1:00PM, Main 218
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Modelling transport and pathways of microplastics in estuarine and coastal waters
Arts and Sciences
Oceanography
Chair: Kyeong Park
Co-Chair: Jiabi Du
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7067
05/9/2024 | Sangheon Choi, MS, Aerospace Engineering
9:00AM, HRBB 621
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
GPS-denied Ocean Navigation
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Daniele Mortari
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7087
05/9/2024 | Jaclyn Nicole Ketchum, PHD, Physiology of Reproduction
9:00AM, Kleberg 126
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The Impact of Sperm Borne Epigenetic Marks on Bull Fertility and Early Embryo Development
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science
Chair: George Perry
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7091
05/9/2024 | Weiying Lin, PHD, Geography
10:00AM, O&M 807
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
UNPACKING SPATIOTEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG GREENSPACE, BUILT FORM, AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS
Arts and Sciences
Geography
Chair: Burak Guneralp
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7090
05/9/2024 | Marcus Brian Wharton, MS, Oceanography
1:00PM, OCSB
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
CONCENTRATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS OF MICROPLASTICS IN GULF OF MEXICO WATERSHEDS
Arts and Sciences
Oceanography
Chair: Karl Kaiser
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7073
05/9/2024 | Melanie Ann Brewer, MS, Geology
3:30PM, HALB 354 and virtual
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Impact of damming and climate on freshwater mussels in the Brazos River: A ~150 year record using stable isotopes and trace elements
Arts and Sciences
Geology & Geophysics
Chair: Ethan Grossman
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7093
05/13/2024 | Phoebe Anne Scharle, MS, Oceanography
11:30AM, Eller O&M room 602
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
MARINE ORGANIC AEROSOLS: EVALUATION OF ICE NUCELATION, AEROSOL PHASE STATE, AND COMPOSITION
Arts and Sciences
Oceanography
Chair: Daniel Thornton
Co-Chair: Sarah Brooks
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7096
05/13/2024 | Reetu Singh, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
1:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Reduced Lymphatic Pumping: A Common Consequence of Acute Exposure to Ionizing Radiation and Short Chain Fatty acids
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Physiology & Pharmacology
Chair: Ranjeet Dongaonkar
Co-Chair: Glen Laine
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7101
05/13/2024 | Kaustav Khatua, PHD, Chemistry
2:00PM, CHEM 255
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF COVALENT INHIBITORS AND DEGRADERS OF SARS-COV-2 MAIN PROTEASE
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Wenshe Liu
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7080
05/14/2024 | Siwei Cui, PHD, Computer Science
10:00AM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Enforcing Software Security Properties with Semantic-aware Static Analysis
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Shaoming Huang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7075
05/15/2024 | Rohan Singh Wilkho, PHD, Civil Engineering
2:00PM, DLEB 217
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advancing Disaster Informatics: AI-enabled Web Harvesting for informing Flash Flood Mitigation Planning
Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engr
Chair: Nasir Gharaibeh
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7100
05/21/2024 | Wei Gai, PHD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
9:00AM, 106A BCBP
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Mechanism of guanine nucleotide regulated membrane fission by AMPH-1 at recycling endosome in C. elegans
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Junjie Zhang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7072
05/21/2024 | Denis Johnson, PHD, Chemical Engineering
9:30AM, Jack E. Brown Conference Room 256
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND NITROGEN REDUCTION REACTION PERFORMANCE OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL TITANIUM NITRIDE MXENE THROUGH THE MARS-VAN KREVELEN MECHANISM
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: Abdoulaye Djire
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7079
05/21/2024 | Kristian Joel Cantens, PHD, Philosophy
10:00AM, YMCA 401
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Imagining Animals Differently: Iris Murdoch on Disagreement and Moral Change
Arts and Sciences
Philosophy
Chair: Clare Palmer
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7066
05/23/2024 | Abbie Jones Clevenger, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
11:00AM, ETB 5039
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The Impact of Microenvironmental Mediators on the Malignant Progression of Colorectal Cancer
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Shreya Raghavan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7077
05/28/2024 | Ramiah R Vickers, PHD, Genetics and Genomics
9:30AM, VENI 101B
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
STING-Mediated Immunity During Mammary Epithelial Cell Differentiation
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences
Chair: Weston Porter
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7076
05/28/2024 | Alaumy Joshi, PHD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
11:00AM, ILSB, Room 3147
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Cardiolipin Requirement for Mitochondrial Magnesium Channel and its Implications for Barth syndrome
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Hays Rye
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7088
05/29/2024 | Majed Althumayri, MS, Biomedical Engineering
1:00PM, HTIB 145
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A bioinspired in vitro model to investigate intravenous catheter-related bloodstream infections
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Hatice Ceylan Koydemir
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7092
05/31/2024 | McKaela Autumn Hodge, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
10:00AM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Cellular Transcriptomic Analysis of Tumor Microenvironments and Cancer Survival Mechanisms
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences
Chair: Brian Davis
Co-Chair: Leif Andersson
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7081
06/10/2024 | Matthew David Kroesche, PHD, Mathematics
2:00PM, BLOC 338
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Low-Lying Zeros and Moments of a Thin Family of Automorphic Forms in the Level Aspect
Arts and Sciences
Mathematics
Chair: Matthew Young
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7078
06/12/2024 | Sangjun Jeong, PHD, Horticulture
1:00PM, Online
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Interactive Effects between Light Spectra and Temperature on Plant Growth, Morphology, and Physiology in Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Horticultural Sciences
Chair: Genhua Niu
Co-Chair: Shuyang Zhen
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7089
08/12/2024 | Agostino Buono, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
1:00PM, VENI 101A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Biomarkers of inflammation in canine chronic enteropathy
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Small Animal Clinical Sc
Chair: Joerg Steiner
Co-Chair: Jan Suchodolski
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da7071