04/9/2026 | Connor Orrison, PHD, Chemistry
9:00AM, ILSB 3147
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
GENERATION, QUANTIFICATION, AND MODULATION OF HYDRATED ELECTRONS FROM COLLOIDAL MN(II)-DOPED QUANTUM DOTS FOR ENHANCED VISIBLE-LIGHT DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSIS
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Dong Son
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25785
04/9/2026 | Patrick Wayne Grigsby, PHD, History
10:00AM, GLAS 107
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The Limits of Machine Charity: Rediscovering Lost Perspectives on the Tammany Hall Political Machine in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Arts and Sciences
History
Chair: Katherine Unterman
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25779
04/13/2026 | Lina Marcela Villa Zapata, PHD, Industrial Engineering
10:00AM, ETB 4002
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Mean-Risk Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming with Endogenous Uncertainty: Modeling and Application to Wildfire Management
Engineering
Industrial & Systems Eng
Chair: Lewis Ntaimo
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25791
04/13/2026 | Kenna N. Ashen, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering
10:30AM, RDMC 302B
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
First-Principles Studies of Layered Neuromorphic and Ferroelectric Materials
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Xiaofeng Qian
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25795
04/13/2026 | Yuwen Li, PHD, Electrical Engineering
11:00AM, WEB 236C
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Microfluidic Electrical Impedance-based Sensing of Microbial-Material Interactions
Engineering
Electrical & Computer Eng
Chair: Arum Han
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25778
04/13/2026 | Devleena Samanta, PHD, Mechanical Engineering
2:00PM, PETR 126
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
MECHANOCHEMICAL COUPLING IN HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYESTERS: POLYMER-SPECIFIC RESPONSES OF PLGA AND PLA TO CONCURRENT MECHANICAL LOADING AND AQUEOUS EXPOSURE
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Matt Pharr
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25777
04/14/2026 | Tarun Hejmadi, MS, Aerospace Engineering
11:00AM, HRBB 210
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Sensor Fusion Methods for Gaussian Mixture Models in Cislunar Space Domain Awareness
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Suman Chakravorty
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25794
04/15/2026 | Margarita Chouliara, MS, Nutrition
2:00PM, Borlaug, Room 101
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A Formative Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Culturally Tailored Bilingual AR/AI Digital Menu Prototype in a Hispanic Restaurant Setting
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Nutrition
Chair: Hyunjung Lee
Co-Chair: Po-Ju Chen
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25787
04/17/2026 | Kadie L. Graves, MS, Animal Science
11:15AM, Kleberg
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Metabolome development of raw and cooked Biceps femoris, Semimembranosus, and Gluteus medius muscles under extended aging times impacts on Beef Flavor
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science
Chair: Christopher Kerth
Co-Chair: Rhonda Miller
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25772
04/17/2026 | Aayushman Sharma, PHD, Aerospace Engineering
1:00PM, HRBB 210
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Data driven control for high-dimensional systems
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Suman Chakravorty
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25792
04/22/2026 | Alecia Lynn Bell, EDD, Educational Administration
1:00PM, 527 HT
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Executive Leaders’ Perceptions and Operationalization of Sustainability within Prescriptive Transformation Models in an Urban-Intensive School District: A Phenomenological Study
Education and Human Development
Educ Admn & Human Resource Dev
Chair: Valerie Hill-Jackson
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25775
04/22/2026 | Calvin Jacob Young, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology
2:00PM, WFES 236
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Stream fish movement in relation to mussel density and local environmental conditions.
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Joshuah Perkin
Co-Chair: Kirk Winemiller
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25788
04/23/2026 | Sam Altan Cerezo, MS, Entomology
2:30PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Assessing the Cross Protective Efficacy of a Commercial Eastern Equine Encephalitis Vaccine against Madariaga Virus in a Murine Model
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Entomology
Chair: Tereza Magalhaes
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25780
04/23/2026 | Payton Payton Bow, MS, Nuclear Engineering
4:00PM, Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Analysis of the Implementation of Tantalum-Sensitive Systems in Whisper for Nuclear Criticality Safety Applications
Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Chair: Craig Marianno
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25789
04/27/2026 | Kristen Dene York, PHD, English
9:00AM, LAAH 360
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Spells, Miracles, and Jests: Masks in Medieval English Poetry and Plays of the West Midlands
Arts and Sciences
English
Chair: Britt Mize
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25793
04/27/2026 | Jessica Aoi Bryan, PHD, Neuroscience
10:00AM, HPEB LL46
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Sympathetic signaling as a candidate mechanism underlying spinal cord injury-induced bone loss
Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine
College of Medicine
Chair: Michelle Schapiro
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25771
04/27/2026 | Hailey Schmidt Melzow, PHD, Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management
11:00AM, HFSB 303
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Toward Multi-Scale, Data-Driven Monitoring of Woody Plant Encroachment in Rangelands
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Rangeland Wildlife & Fish Mgmt
Chair: Javier Leyton
Co-Chair: Sorin Popescu
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25784
04/30/2026 | Grace Lily Martindale, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology
1:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
INVESTIGATING PEROMYSCUS SPECIES IDENTIFICATION THROUGH EXTERNAL TRAIT MORPHOLOGY
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Jessica Light
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25770
04/30/2026 | Suzanne R Peterson, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering
1:00PM, RDMC 208
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTY GRADIENTS IN MULTIPHASE POLYMER SYSTEMS BY USE OF AFM-BASED NANOINDENTATION
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Pavan Kolluru
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25790
05/1/2026 | Mthokozisi Ndhlovu, PHD, Communication
2:00AM, BTN 208
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
African leaders' rhetorical responses to US-China rivalry
Arts and Sciences
Communication & Journalism
Chair: Nathan Crick
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25786
05/4/2026 | Santiago Nicolas Radi Severo, PHD, Mathematics
11:00AM, BLOCKER 306
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Groups of finite type and fixed-point proportion
Arts and Sciences
Mathematics
Chair: Rostislav Grigorchuk
Co-Chair: Volodymyr Nekrashevych
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25776
05/5/2026 | Jeong Jae Han, PHD, Interdisciplinary Engineering
1:00PM, WEB232
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGH-THROUGHPUT DRUG SCREENING PLATFORM TARGETING ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT MICROBES BASED ON DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS TECHNIQUE
Engineering
Multidisciplinary Engineering
Chair: Arum Han
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25767
05/6/2026 | Chun Yip Tong, PHD, Biology
1:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Decoding Circadian Rhythm Using Single-Cell Multiomics and Spatial Transcriptomics
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Yuchao Jiang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25781
05/7/2026 | Isabella R. Villarreal, MS, Poultry Science
1:30PM, Kleberg
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EFFECTS OF PROVISIONING A MOONLIGHT REGIMEN ON LAYER HEN FEAR AND STRESS SUSCEPTIBILITY, EGG PRODUCTION, AND GROWTH
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Poultry Science
Chair: Gregory Archer
Co-Chair: Nancy Ing
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25769
05/18/2026 | Jared Patrick Lilly, PHD, Aerospace Engineering
2:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Modeling of Tow-Steered Composites Towards High-Speed Morphing Structures Design
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Darren Hartl
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25783
05/19/2026 | Randall Keith Andringa, PHD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
10:00AM, WFES 336
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Ecological Risk-factors and Ecotoxicological Consequences of Ingested Microplastics in Birds
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Jacquelyn Grace
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25773
05/22/2026 | Shelby Ann Gunnells, PHD, Oceanography
9:00AM, OMB 112
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Impacts of deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining on water column chemistry
Arts and Sciences
Oceanography
Chair: Jessica Fitzsimmons
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25768
05/29/2026 | Griffin T Best, PHD, Biology
9:00AM, MSC 2500
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Circadian Clock Control of Translation Fidelity in Neurospora crassa
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Deborah Bell-Pedersen
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25774
05/29/2026 | Kevin F. Lieb, PHD, Aerospace Engineering
10:00AM, HRBB 621
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Computational and Experimental Quantification of Cavity Noise Reduction via Hybrid Structural Morphing
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Darren Hartl
Co-Chair: Pablo Tarazaga
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da25782