10/8/2025 | Mingxiu Wang, PHD, Soil Science
9:00AM, Heep Center room 440
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
MULTI-SCALE EVALUATION OF DEEP DRAINAGE RESPONSES TO ENCROACHED POST OAK SAVANNA RESTORATION
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soil & Crop Sciences
Chair: Briana Wyatt
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20761
10/8/2025 | Zhuodong Chai, PHD, Pharmaceutical Sciences
12:00PM, Reynolds Medical Building
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Molecular Mechanisms of Innate Immunity: The Role of MyD88 in TLR3 Signaling and Caspase-8 in E. coli-Induced Inflammation and Cell Death
Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Chair: Zhenyu Li
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20717
10/8/2025 | Benton Louis Fry, PHD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
1:00PM, WFES 406
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Using Molecular Meta-Barcoding to Determine Fish Aquatic Community and Diets
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Kirk Winemiller
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20743
10/8/2025 | Audrey Elizabeth Gold, MS, Mechanical Engineering
1:00PM, MEOB 501 Conference Room
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EFFECT OF MULTI EXPOSURE AND LASER DEFOCUS ON RESIDUAL STRESS AND PROPERTIES OF LASER POWDER BED FUSION OF TITANIUM GRADE 1
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Jyhwen Wang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20747
10/8/2025 | Bala Ram Sapkota, PHD, Agronomy
1:00PM, TEMPLE,TX
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Understanding Maize Yield dynamics and Leveraging Digital Technologies for Yield Prediction
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soil & Crop Sciences
Chair: Gurjinder Baath
Co-Chair: Seth Murray
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20754
10/8/2025 | Deokgeun Park, PHD, Mechanical Engineering
3:00PM, MEOB 501
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
State-of-Charge Estimation for Mode-Switching Evaporative Thermal Energy Storage in Electrified Aircraft Motors
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Bryan Rasmussen
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20783
10/9/2025 | Kirula Randesh Kahanavitage Don, MS, Mechanical Engineering
10:00AM, RDMC Room 202
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGIES AND CIRCULAR END-OF-LIFE STRATEGIES
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Julie Schoenung
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20782
10/9/2025 | Shawnee Andrea Chavez, MS, Civil Engineering
12:00PM, DLEB 801C
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Enhancing the Destruction of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Aqueous Film-Forming Foam with 222 nm UV-Photoreductive Technology
Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engr
Chair: Garrett McKay
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20725
10/9/2025 | Alberto Hernandez Luna, MS, Nuclear Engineering
3:00PM, Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A Comparison Study of CAP88-PC, AERMOD, and CALPUFF Dispersion Models for Dose Assessment
Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Chair: John Ford
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20765
10/10/2025 | Kandarp Ashokbhai Sojitra, PHD, Chemical Engineering
9:00AM, tbd
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A molecular picture of homotypic and heterotypic interactions in phase separation of intrinsically disordered proteins
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: Jeetain Mittal
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20720
10/10/2025 | Xinyu Nie, PHD, Biology
9:00AM, MSC 2405
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Single Molecule Resolution Study of Circadian Chromatin Dynamics Regulated by the Pioneer Transcription Factor CLOCK:BMAL1
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Jerome Menet
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20729
10/10/2025 | Tait McCoy Fullwood, MS, Agronomy
9:00AM, Heep 540
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Impact of Cotton Root Development Based on Cultivar, Soil Compaction, and Application of Mepiquat Chloride
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soil & Crop Sciences
Chair: Benjamin McKnight
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20742
10/10/2025 | Poonam Josan, PHD, Aerospace Engineering
9:00AM, HRBB 621
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF USING A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT ON HUMAN PERFORMANCE METRICS DURING SPACECRAFT ANOMALY RESOLUTION TASK
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Ana Diaz Artiles
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20763
10/10/2025 | Trevor Ryan Hastings, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering
1:00PM, RDMC 229
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advancing Materials Discovery Frameworks: Best Practices and Techniques Learned from Batch Bayesian Optimization
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Raymundo Arroyave
Co-Chair: James Paramore
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20709
10/10/2025 | Joon Young Shin, PHD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
1:00PM, HPCT 413
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Structure-based novel drug identifications in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Paul Straight
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20760
10/10/2025 | Eliot A. Nychka, MS, Aerospace Engineering
1:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Cislunar Navigation with Robust H2/Hinf LPV Observers
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Raktim Bhattacharya
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20762
10/10/2025 | Lauren Ashley McGregor, PHD, Chemistry
1:00PM, CHEM 1328
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Defining the Molecular Interplay between Thymine DNA Glycosylase and RNA
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Jonathan Sczepanski
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20784
10/10/2025 | Nicu Ahmadi, PHD, Interdisciplinary Engineering
4:00PM, Zoom meeting
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DISCOVERING ANXIETY'S PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNATURE: UNSUPERVISED MULTIMODAL PATTERN RECOGNITION FOR ARTIFICIAL EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Engineering
Multidisciplinary Engineering
Chair: Tracy Hammond
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20757
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#da20721
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#da20716
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#da20719
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#da20712
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#da20723
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#da20771
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#da20735
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#da20786
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#da20756
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#da20713
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#da20724
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#da20758
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#da20749
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#da20779
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#da20766
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#da20722
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#da20778
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#da20732
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#da20707
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#da20708
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#da20736
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#da20740
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#da20780
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#da20753
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#da20739
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#da20767
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#da20759
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#da20715
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#da20726
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#da20734
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#da20768
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#da20777
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#da20710
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#da20718
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#da20728
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#da20738
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#da20745
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#da20755
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#da20746
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#da20731
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#da20748
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#da20764
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#da20711
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#da20730
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#da20744
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#da20750
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#da20781
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#da20770
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#da20773
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#da20774
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#da20775
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#da20733
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#da20727
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#da20737
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#da20741
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#da20751
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#da20772
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#da20776
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
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20785
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
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20769
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
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20714
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
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20706
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
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da20752