12/4/2025 | Kevin N Lawanto, PHD, Educational Psychology
12:00PM, Online
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ENHANCING EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINING THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY: A PILOT STUDY INVESTIGATING SELF-REGULATION, EMOTION REGULATION, AND TEAM CO-REGULATION IN HIGH-STAKES SIMULATION
Education and Human Development
Educational Psychology
Chair: Steven Woltering
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12/4/2025 | Daniel Bang, PHD, Interdisciplinary Engineering
3:00PM, RICH 511
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Distinguishing Student and Large Language Model Writing: A Machine Learning Model using Clusters of Written and Personal Characteristics in Engineering Education
Engineering
Multidisciplinary Engineering
Chair: Saira Anwar
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12/5/2025 | Ian Kirimi Daniel, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
3:00PM, VENI 101 B/C
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advancing Tick-Borne Disease Surveillance: High-throughput Pathogen Detection in the Sahel/Central Africa Region and MALDI-TOF MS for Tick Identification in North America
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Guilherme Gomes Verocai
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12/8/2025 | Austin Ramon Johnes, PHD, Chemical Engineering
1:00PM, JEB256
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A PROCESS SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: M M Faruque Hasan
Co-Chair: Faisal Khan
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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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12/12/2025 | Di Wang, PHD, Computer Engineering
9:00AM, PETR 120
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Enabling Cross-modality Perception in Robotic Grasping, Autonomous Navigation and Precision Agriculture
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Dylan Shell
Co-Chair: Jason O'Kane
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12/12/2025 | Kirby Michele Sherman, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
10:00AM, VENI 107B
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
INVESTIGATING INJURY RESPONSE AND BONE REGENERATION IN DOWN SYNDROME MOUSE MODELS
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Physiology & Pharmacology
Chair: Larry Suva
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12/12/2025 | Osiris Karelys Lopez Garcia, PHD, Genetics and Genomics
11:30AM, Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Identification of E-cadherin-spore ligands and development of spore-tags in Clostridoides difficile
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Daniel Paredes
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12/12/2025 | Giacomo Coraluppi, MS, Computer Engineering
3:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
TIMING-AWARE SYSTOLIC ARRAY PLACEMENT FOR FPGAS
Engineering
Electrical & Computer Eng
Chair: Jiang Hu
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12/18/2025 | Haley Nicole Ellis, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology
10:30AM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
HABITAT-ASSOCIATED MORPHOLOGICAL VARATION IN POSTCRANIAL ELEMENTS OF THE PEROMYSCUS MANCIULATUS SPECIES GROUP: A 3D GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC APPROACH
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Jessica Light
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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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02/17/2026 | 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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