07/8/2025 | Kevin Fuentes, PHD, Mechanical Engineering
10:30AM, MEOB 501
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Direct Adaptive Estimation and Control Approaches for Dynamic Systems With Known and Unknown Inputs
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: James Hubbard
Co-Chair: Mark Balas
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18467
07/8/2025 | Samuel Franklin Gailliot, PHD, Statistics
1:00PM, Blocker 427
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Scalable Gaussian Processes for Air Quality Prediction from Remote Sensing Data
Arts and Sciences
Statistics
Chair: Rajarshi Guhaniyogi
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18481
07/10/2025 | Mridula Gupta, PHD, Poultry Science
10:30AM, Kleberg Center, Room no. 126
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Gut-Brain Signaling in the Context of Vaccination: From Peptides to Single Cells
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Poultry Science
Chair: Giridhar Athrey
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18466
07/10/2025 | Sophia Ahmed, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering
2:00PM, RDMC 208
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
UTILIZATION OF NITRATE SALT HYDRATE EUTECTIC PHASE TRANSITIONS FOR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Patrick Shamberger
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18473
07/10/2025 | Shrihari Ravindra Jadhav, MBT, Biotechnology
2:00PM, Zoom Call(Online)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: Victor Ugaz
Co-Chair: Clint Magill
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18475
07/14/2025 | Dhruv Rathod, MS, Visualization
1:00PM, ARCC 307
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts
College of Perf Vis Fine Arts
Chair: Edgar Rojas Munoz
Co-Chair: Jinsil Seo
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18482
07/14/2025 | Ana Maria Velasquez Escobar, PHD, Genetics and Genomics
2:00PM, AGLS 113 & https://tamu.zoom.us/j/98577060017
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Developing a Gene Drive Approach for Island Mouse Eradication and Biodiversity Conservation
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Nutrition
Chair: David Threadgill
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18462
07/16/2025 | Kay Renee Phelps, MS, Marine Biology
11:00AM, online
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Marine Sci & Maritime St
Marine Biology
Chair: Daniel Roelke
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18472
07/17/2025 | Gabriella Grace Mazzapica, MED, Curriculum and Instruction
10:00AM, Virtual
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture
Chair: Susan Fields
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18471
07/17/2025 | Alexandra Lane Prouse, PHD, Marine Biology
11:00AM, OCSB 142
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Trophic Ecology and Contaminant Body Burdens of Marine Predators Across Ocean Basins
Marine Sci & Maritime St
Marine Biology
Chair: Jay Rooker
Co-Chair: Antonietta Quigg
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18476
07/18/2025 | Rorey Mattingly Yates-Iannelli, 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#da18461
07/18/2025 | Jordan Kenneth Marks, 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
Co-Chair: Paul Keiper
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18463
07/18/2025 | Whitney Paige Tanner, 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#da18464
07/18/2025 | Jose De Santiago, 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#da18465
07/18/2025 | Thomas Jeremy Adams, 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#da18468
07/18/2025 | Robert Charles Perez, 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#da18483
07/21/2025 | Jonathan Alexander Kerman, MS, Soil Science
9:00AM, HEEP 440
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Assessing soil functional recovery on a recently rewilded Fly Ash Deposit
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soil & Crop Sciences
Chair: Felipe Andres Aburto Guerrero
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18477
07/22/2025 | Ammon Salvatore Hoffman, MS, Biology
10:00AM, remote
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Angela Hawkins
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18479
07/29/2025 | Sarita Neupane, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
9:00AM, VENI 101 A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigating the role of glucose and diabetic-associated metabolites during urinary tract infection
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Sargurunathan Subashchandrabose
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18469
08/11/2025 | Shweta Kailani, PHD, Educational Psychology
9:00AM, HECC 715B conference room
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Meeple-Centered Learning: Using Collaborative Games To Enhance Ill-Structured Problem-Solving Skills In Undergraduate Students
Education and Human Development
Educational Psychology
Chair: Susan Pedersen
Co-Chair: Tugce Aldemir
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18470
08/21/2025 | Sunder Neelakantan, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
2:00PM, tbd
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigating the biomechanical alteration in the right ventricle and pulmonary system in pulmonary hypertension
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Reza Avazmohammadi
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18474
08/28/2025 | Claudia A Collier, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
11:00AM, 5039
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ANALYZING ENTERIC NEUROINFLAMMATION IN GULF WAR ILLNESS: EX VIVO AND IN VITRO STUDIES
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Shreya Raghavan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18480
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#da18478