Defense Announcements

10/14/2025 | Qizan Chen, PHD, Chemical Engineering

10:00AM, JEB

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Mechanistic Insights into Urate Imposters as Ammonia Urate Crystal Growth Modifiers via Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Engineering
Chemical Engineering

Chair: Jeetain Mittal

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21025


10/14/2025 | Matt Ryan Kulpa, PHD, Biomedical Sciences

11:00AM, VENI 101A

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Exploring filarial nematode biodiversity of wild North American ungulates through novel molecular approaches for diagnosis

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology

Chair: Guilherme Gomes Verocai

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21022


10/14/2025 | Shikhadri Mahanta, PHD, Biological and Agricultural Engineering

12:30PM, Scoates 305; Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ENHANCING WHEAT AND WHEAT FLOUR FUNCTIONALITY AND SAFETY WITH ATMOSPHERIC COLD PLASMA TREATMENT

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biological & Agricultural Eng

Chair: Janie Moore

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21024


10/14/2025 | Linh Khanh Huynh, PHD, Medical Sciences

1:00PM, IBT

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Caenorhabditis elegans Uses Canonical and Non-canonical Hippo signaling

Medicine
College of Medicine

Chair: David Reiner

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21017


10/14/2025 | Nicolas Grijalva Flores, MS, Materials Science and Engineering

1:00PM, RDMC 202

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DATA DRIVEN STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS TOWARDS ACCELERATING HIGH-THROUGHPUT ALLOY DISCOVERY

Engineering
Materials Science & Engr

Chair: Raymundo Arroyave
Co-Chair: Brady Butler

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21027


10/14/2025 | Jenith Vijayakumar, MS, Aerospace Engineering

3:00PM, ALLEMO Conference Room

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
HIGH FREQUENCY LASER ENERGY DEPOSITION FOR HYPERSONIC ACTIVE FLOW CONTROL ON A FLARED CONE

Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Chair: Nathan Tichenor

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21065


10/15/2025 | Razan Tarek Saleh Khawaja, MS, Chemical Engineering

6:00AM, LH143

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Alternative Pathways for Decarbonizing Methanol Production Plants Through Advanced Technologies

Qatar Campus
Chemical Engineering

Chair: Nimir Elbashir
Co-Chair: Dhabia Al-Mohannadi

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21078


10/15/2025 | Zong Hang Peng, MS, Biomedical Sciences

8:00AM, Small Animal Hospital Room 2004

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Serum amikacin concentrations in dogs with naturally occurring open wounds treated with topical amikacin in carboxymethylcellulose hydrogel

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Small Animal Clinical Sc

Chair: Kelley Mankin

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21037


10/15/2025 | Siddharth Jayaraman, MS, Chemical Engineering

10:30AM, JEB 256

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Catalytically Upgrading Short-Chained Oxygenates Through Experimental and Modeling Techniques

Engineering
Chemical Engineering

Chair: Manish Shetty

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21018


10/15/2025 | Brittany Leigh Staff Moody, PHD, Anthropology

10:30AM, Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Morphological Variation in Femoral Diaphyseal Cross-Sections Among Recent Homo sapiens in Response to Multiple Selective Pressures

Arts and Sciences
Anthropology

Chair: Sheela Athreya

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21080


10/15/2025 | MD Hadiur Rahman Khan, PHD, Electrical Engineering

11:00AM, WEB 202

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF ULTRASOUND POROELASTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES FOR IN VIVO STUDY OF CANCERS

Engineering
Electrical & Computer Eng

Chair: Raffaella Righetti

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21055


10/15/2025 | Hailiang Hu, PHD, Computer Engineering

12:00PM, Wisenbaker 333C

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
TOWARDS EFFICIENT FPGA-BASED COMPUTATION: FROM PREDICTION TO IMPLEMENTATION

Engineering
Electrical & Computer Eng

Chair: Jiang Hu

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21019


10/15/2025 | Rex Li, PHD, Chemical Engineering

1:00PM, JEB room 105

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A Hybrid Data-Driven and Physics-Based Framework for Predicting CO2 Release and Dispersion from High-Pressure Pipelines

Engineering
Chemical Engineering

Chair: Qingsheng Wang

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21028


10/15/2025 | Moeka Ono, PHD, Ecology and Conservation Biology

1:00PM, TBD

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Assessing Carbon Allocation and Soil Carbon Dynamics in Managed Forest Ecosystems

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology

Chair: Asko Noormets

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21056


10/15/2025 | Blaine Alan Suehs, PHD, Ecology and Conservation Biology

2:00PM, WFES Building

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
THE EFFECTS OF GLYCINE SUPPLEMENTATION IN SOYBEAN MEAL-BASED DIETS AS A FUNCTIONAL AMINO ACID FOR HYBRID STRIPED BASS (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis)

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology

Chair: Delbert Gatlin III

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21049


10/15/2025 | Adrian Nordstrom Prats, MS, Aerospace Engineering

2:00PM, ALLEMO Conference Room

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Development of high-speed Femtosecond Laser Electronic Excitation Tagging (FLEET) for hypersonic ground test facilities

Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Chair: Arthur Dogariu

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21074


10/15/2025 | Will West Purvines, PHD, Neuroscience

2:30PM, MREB Rm TBD

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DEVELOPMENTAL AND ADULT ALCOHOL EFFECTS ON STRIATAL AND SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS FUNCTION

Medicine
College of Medicine

Chair: Jun Wang

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21059


10/15/2025 | Christopher Cobos, PHD, Soil Science

3:00PM, Lubbock AgriLife Research Center

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
OPTIMIZING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURAL COTTON SYSTEMS IN THE SEMI-ARID TEXAS PLAINS

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soil & Crop Sciences

Chair: Katie Lewis
Co-Chair: Terry Gentry

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21026


10/15/2025 | Cheng Zhang, PHD, Civil Engineering

3:30PM, DLEB

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Modeling and Evaluating Ridesharing Scenarios with Meeting Points

Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engr

Chair: Luca Quadrifoglio

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21073


10/16/2025 | Sarah Ahmed Farouk Ahmed Eldakrouri, MS, Chemical Engineering

7:00AM, LH143

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Modification of Nickel-Copper Catalytic Systems for Enhancing Hydrogen Production in Tri-Reforming of Methane: The Role of Promoters and Synthesis Techniques

Qatar Campus
Chemical Engineering

Chair: Nimir Elbashir

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21069


10/16/2025 | Victoria Nicole Elliott Ford, MS, Atmospheric Sciences

9:00AM, TBD

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Bridging the Gaps in Extreme Precipitation Records: A Refined Hot Deck Imputation Approach for the Contiguous U.S.

Arts and Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences

Chair: William Baule

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21034


10/16/2025 | Cassandra Kaufhold, PHD, Neuroscience

10:00AM, HPEB LL46

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Insights into the Gut-Brain-Axis in Parkinson’s Disease

Medicine
College of Medicine

Chair: Farida Sohrabji
Co-Chair: Rahul Srinivasan

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21012


10/16/2025 | Griffin G. Nicholson, PHD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

10:00AM, WFES 336

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Anthropogenic introductions and understudied interspecific and intraspecific frog interactions

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology

Chair: Lee Fitzgerald

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21013


10/16/2025 | Pouyan Forghani, PHD, Computer Science

10:30AM, PETR 314

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Secure Parallel Composition of Asynchronous Cryptographic Protocols

Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering

Chair: Juan Garay

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21039


10/16/2025 | Muhammed Ulascan Ersoy, MS, Electrical Engineering

11:00AM, https://tamu.zoom.us/j/99530644861

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
PARAMETER-EFFICIENT FINE-TUNING FOR LEARNING LANGUAGE MODEL WATERMARKS

Engineering
Electrical & Computer Eng

Chair: Tie Liu

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21043


10/16/2025 | Amanda Turk Clair, MED, Curriculum and Instruction

2:00PM, Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture

Chair: Emily Cantrell

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21076


10/16/2025 | Jesse Manuel Sandoval, MS, Toxicology

3:30PM, VENI 101A

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Quantitative Analysis of Vitamin D in Pet Food and Animal Feed using PTAD Derivatization and Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soil & Crop Sciences

Chair: Timothy Herrman

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21053


10/17/2025 | Ayushi Pandey, MS, Biological and Agricultural Engineering

9:00AM, Teams

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Cross-validated Machine Learning Approach for Remote Sensing-based Mapping of Irrigated Areas in an Agricultural Watershed

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biological & Agricultural Eng

Chair: Srinivasulu Ale
Co-Chair: Salvatore Calabrese

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21042


10/17/2025 | Kolton L. Witherspoon, MS, Poultry Science

9:00AM, KLCT Room 126

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
IDENTIFYING SPERMATOZOA SCORING FEATURES FOR BROILER BREEDERS

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Poultry Science

Chair: Giridhar Athrey

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21060


10/17/2025 | William N. Fife, PHD, Aerospace Engineering

9:30AM, HRBB (room not yet reserved)

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Direct Methods For Uncertainty-Aware Guidance and Trajectory Optimization

Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Chair: Kyle DeMars

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21057


10/17/2025 | Thomas Matthew Perea, MS, Ocean Engineering

10:00AM, Haynes Engineering Building 214

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The Development of a Control System of a Free-Running High Speed Craft

Engineering
Ocean Engineering

Chair: Mirjam Fuerth
Co-Chair: David Allen

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21021


10/17/2025 | Saifur Rahman, PHD, Biomedical Engineering

10:00AM, Health Technologies and Innovation Building

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Soft Materials for Adaptive Bioelectronic Interfaces Across Implantable and Wearable Platforms

Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Chair: Limei Tian

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21029


10/17/2025 | June Labbancz, PHD, Horticulture

10:00AM, HFSB 518

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Pangenomic Analysis of Pyrus spp. and Transcriptomic Characterization of Pecan Nut Development

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Horticultural Sciences

Chair: Amit Dhingra

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21036


10/17/2025 | Matthew Kersten Hay, PHD, Mechanical Engineering

10:00AM, Turbomachinery Lab Rm.163

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EXPLOITING THE TIME-BANDWIDTH CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES TO DEVELOP NOVEL DIAGNOSTICS FOR REACTING FLOWS

Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Chair: Waruna Kulatilaka

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21061


10/17/2025 | Seonghwan Kang, PHD, Horticulture

10:00AM, HFSB 201

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Characterizing plant growth, morphology, and photosynthetic efficiency under novel light spectra and elevated [CO2] for improved crop production in controlled environments

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Horticultural Sciences

Chair: Shuyang Zhen

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21072


10/17/2025 | Jacob Bryant Vaughn, PHD, Aerospace Engineering

10:30AM, TBD

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The Response of Shock Wave Driven Processes to Dynamically Varying Mach Number Hypersonic Flow

Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Chair: Rodney Bowersox
Co-Chair: Ivett Leyva

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21015


10/17/2025 | Kalina Eskew, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology

1:00PM, WFES 119

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Vehicle Simulator for Analyzing the Effect of Synchronized Artificial Light and Noise Pollution on Wildlife

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology

Chair: Jessica Yorzinski

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21023


10/17/2025 | Arpan Paikar, PHD, Chemistry

1:00PM, CHEM

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Characterization of the metal-nitrene and metal-oxo intemediates

Arts and Sciences
Chemistry

Chair: David Powers

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21031


10/17/2025 | Nestor Hernandez, MS, Aerospace Engineering

1:00PM, HRBB210

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ORBIT-ATTITUDE ANALYSIS FOR MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS IN CISLUNAR SPACE

Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Chair: Manoranjan Majji

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21041


10/17/2025 | Pradip Sapkota, PHD, Plant Breeding

2:00PM, Heep 440

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Genomic and Phenomic Prediction for Improving Agronomic and Grain Quality Traits in Grain Sorghum

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soil & Crop Sciences

Chair: William Rooney

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21046


10/17/2025 | Noor Suleiman Mahmoud Obeidat, MS, Industrial Engineering

3:00PM, ETB 4002

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
SURVIVAL TRANSFORMER MODEL FOR REAL-TIME PREDICTION OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN SHORT-TERM SPECTROGRAM DATA

Engineering
Industrial & Systems Eng

Chair: Jaesung Lee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21054


10/17/2025 | Dawson P. Reprogle, MS, Engineering Technology

3:30PM, Teams Virtual Meeting

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Comparing Hardware and Software Lightweight Hybrid Cryptography for Internet of Things Devices

Engineering
Eng Tech & Ind Distribution

Chair: Ana Goulart

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21047


10/20/2025 | Meredith Grimshaw, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology

9:00AM, WFES 119

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Weather Associations with the Body Condition of Black Skimmer Chicks in Eastern Texas

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology

Chair: Jacquelyn Grace

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21033


10/20/2025 | Jeffrey Thomas Sachnik, MS, Atmospheric Sciences

9:00AM, OMB 807

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Quantifying Effective Heat Capacity of CMIP6 models under CO2 warming: temporal evolution and dependence on forcing scenarios and climate sensitivity

Arts and Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences

Chair: Yangyang Xu
Co-Chair: Xiaohong Liu

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21048


10/20/2025 | Claudia Esperanza Ossa Trujillo, PHD, Biomedical Sciences

9:00AM, VENI 101A

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EFFECTS OF ANTIBIOTICS ON FECAL AND NASAL BACTERIAL POPULATIONS IN BEEF CATTLE AND VALIDATION OF RAPID ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences

Chair: Keri Norman
Co-Chair: Harvey Scott

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21058


10/20/2025 | Daniel J. De Jesus, PHD, Curriculum and Instruction

11:00AM, EDCT 304

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Understanding University Faculty Perceptions and Practices on Biology Teaching and Learning: The Case of an R1 University’s Biology Department

Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture

Chair: BENJAMIN HERMAN

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21016


10/20/2025 | Stephen T. Johnson, MS, Computer Science

12:00PM, Zoom (https://tamu.zoom.us/j/7259997206?omn=93952076184)

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Post Disaster Path Planning and Visualization

Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering

Chair: Robin Murphy

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21064


10/20/2025 | Ritwik Kottarath, MS, Ocean Engineering

12:30PM, PMEC Galveston

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
IKE DIKE: EFFECT ON WAVES DUE TO PRESENCE OF ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS IN THE GALVESTON INLET

Engineering
Ocean Engineering

Chair: Jens Figlus
Co-Chair: Vijaykumar Panchang

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21032


10/20/2025 | Allen Lin, PHD, Computer Science

1:00PM, Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Empowering Recommendation Systems with Conversation and Language Models

Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering

Chair: James Caverlee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21045


10/20/2025 | Ryan Lai, PHD, Chemical Engineering

1:00PM, JEB 256

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Elucidating Surface and Interfacial Reaction and Transport Processes through Computational Chemistry

Engineering
Chemical Engineering

Chair: Perla Balbuena

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21050


10/20/2025 | Chi-Jui Chen, PHD, Atmospheric Sciences

1:00PM, O&M 807

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
PRECIPITATION SIMULATION IN CLIMATE AND WEATHER MODELS

Arts and Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences

Chair: Ramalingam Saravanan

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21075


10/20/2025 | Amirhossein Mahdaviarab, PHD, Biological and Agricultural Engineering

1:00PM, Price Hobgood, Room 105 (Conference Room)

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Smart Solutions for Sustainable Animal Waste Management

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biological & Agricultural Eng

Chair: Zong Liu

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21077


10/21/2025 | Brittney Clark Rothmann, MED, Curriculum and Instruction

1:00PM, Online - Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture

Chair: Li-Jen Kuo

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21063


10/22/2025 | Audrey S. Nolan, MLP, Land and Property Development

9:00AM, Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning

Chair: Timothy Early

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21067


10/22/2025 | Collette Sprague, MS, Veterinary Public Health - Epidemiology

12:00PM, VIDI 112

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences

Chair: Christine Budke

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21038


10/22/2025 | John David Dixon, MS, Astronomy

1:00PM, MIST M108

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Arts and Sciences
Physics & Astronomy

Chair: Jennifer Marshall

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21068


10/29/2025 | Eric R. Paye, MLP, Land and Property Development

9:00AM, Arch A 349

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning

Chair: Youngre Noh

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21014


11/5/2025 | Merilyn Amy Beebe, PHD, Microbiology

11:00AM, MSC 2501

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
PHENOTYPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PHYLOGENETICALLY DIVERSE PATHOGEN CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE

Arts and Sciences
Biology

Chair: Joseph Sorg

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21070


11/7/2025 | Chase Austin Lane, MS, Sport Management

11:00AM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Paul Keiper

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21035


11/7/2025 | Justin Munns, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Paul Keiper

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21030


11/7/2025 | Riley Danielle Marx, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Hyun-Woo Lee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21040


11/7/2025 | Jasmyne Chardai Cameron, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Paul Keiper

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21044


11/7/2025 | Hunter W. Henderson, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Hyun-Woo Lee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21051


11/7/2025 | Adaora Ifeoma Asiegbu, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Hyun-Woo Lee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21066


11/7/2025 | Kyla Renae Brent, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Paul Keiper

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da21071


11/7/2025 | Mallory M. Reynolds, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Paul Keiper

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11/10/2025 | John F Soukar, PHD, Genetics and Genomics

12:00PM, ETB 3002

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Nanomaterial-Induced Mitochondrial Biogenesis Enhances Intercellular Mitochondrial Transfer for Tissue Repair

Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Chair: Akhilesh Gaharwar

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11/21/2025 | Donald Lester Bowen, PHD, Biomedical Engineering

1:00PM, ETB 5039

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Nuclear magnetic resonance-based methods to enable multi-modality applications

Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Chair: Mary McDougall

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12/9/2025 | Steve Jackson, PHD, Toxicology

10:00AM, USDA Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: 2881 F&B Road, College Station, Texas

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
NutriClay strategies against foodborne AMR bacterial pathogens

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences

Chair: Timothy Phillips

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12/10/2025 | Shelby Sophia Umphres, PHD, Pharmaceutical Sciences

12:00PM, Reynolds Medical Building

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigation of the Impact of Thirdhand E-Cigarette Exposure on Platelet Function and Thrombogenicity

Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Sciences

Chair: Fatima Alshbool
Co-Chair: FADI KHASAWNEH

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