01/5/2026 | Taeseung Jeon, MS, Nuclear Engineering
2:00PM, University Service Building, Thermal Hydraulic Laboratory
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
FLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN A 9×9 HELICAL CRUCIFORM FUEL ROD BUNDLE ANALYZED BY PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY
Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Chair: Yassin Hassan
Co-Chair: Kenneth Peddicord
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01/12/2026 | Sienna N Mcpeek, PHD, Entomology
10:00AM, Heep413
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Necrophagous Fly Community Structure and Phenotypic Cascades in Response to Carcass Variety Across Seasons in Central Texas, USA
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Entomology
Chair: Jeffery Tomberlin
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02/10/2026 | Kaylee Raye Kipp, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
12:00PM, VENI 106A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES RELATED TO PARASITE CONTROL AND ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE IN RANCHED AND WILD BISON HERDS IN THE UNITED STATES
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Guilherme Gomes Verocai
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02/17/2026 | Maureen Kelly, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
12:00PM, VENI 106 A (Open); VIDI 349 (Closed)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EVALUATING THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CUTANEOUS AND BLOOD-BORNE FILARIAL NEMATODES IN COMPANION ANIMALS
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Guilherme Gomes Verocai
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02/18/2026 | Benjamin Maurice Thomas, PHD, Genetics and Genomics
3:00PM, MREB2 room 1403
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Development of Protein Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Shiga Toxin producing E. Coli
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Zhilei Chen
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02/20/2026 | Poojashree Boopathyraj Chettiar, PHD, Medical Sciences
1:00PM, MREB 2 - Room 1403
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
PKC-dependent NMDAR depression by striatal glutamate delta-1 (GluD1) receptor underlies cognitive flexibility
Medicine
College of Medicine
Chair: Shashank Dravid
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03/2/2026 | Karina Lee Hissen, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
11:00AM, VIDI 106
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigating Dietary L-glutamate Effects on the Intestinal Mucosa of Hybrid Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis ♀ × Morone chrysops ♂)
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Michael Criscitiello
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