Defense Announcements

09/28/2023 | Sarah Elizabeth Darhower, EDD, Curriculum and Instruction

9:30AM, Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
THE EFFECT OF LEARNING ASSISTANTS (LA) ON UNDERGRADUATE SENSE OF BELONGING IN AN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY (A&P) LAB COURSE

School of Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture

Chair: Joanne Olson
Co-Chair: Shaun Hutchins

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1695


09/28/2023 | Afolabi Afolabi Agbona, PHD, Plant Breeding

2:00PM, ZOOM

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
NON-DESTRUCTIVE EARLY PREDICTION OF CASSAVA ROOT BIOMASS USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soil & Crop Sciences

Chair: Dirk Hays

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1703


09/28/2023 | Oliver Rojas Conde, MS, Petroleum Engineering

4:00PM, RICH-910

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
APPLICATION OF CAUSAL INFERENCE TO ANALYZE MICROSEISMIC AND SEISMIC EVENTS IN UNCONVENTIONAL PLAYS

Engineering
Petroleum Engineering

Chair: Siddharth Misra

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1688


09/29/2023 | Xi Chen, PHD, Ocean Engineering

9:00AM, PMEC 226 and zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
GAS PERFUSION THROUGH POROUS NON-HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES FOR FRICTION DRAG REDUCTION IN TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOWS

Engineering
Ocean Engineering

Chair: Marc Perlin

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1667


09/29/2023 | Michelle Marie Wood-Ramirez, MWM, Water Management and Hydrological Science

11:00AM, MS Teams: http://bit.ly/MWRfinalexam

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Arts and Sciences
Geography

Chair: Thomas McDonald
Co-Chair: Fouad Jaber

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1712


09/29/2023 | Sayyam Sawant Deshpande, MS, Chemical Engineering

3:00PM, JEB 256

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Electrochemical testing of diglyme-based structural battery electrolytes produced by polymerization-induced phase separation for low-temperature applications.

Engineering
Chemical Engineering

Chair: Micah Green

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1700


10/2/2023 | Rosa Marie Garcia, PHD, Water Management and Hydrological Science

9:00AM, O&M 807

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A MULTISCALE, MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Hospitality Hotel Mgmt Tourism

Chair: Ronald Kaiser
Co-Chair: James Brumbelow

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1664


10/2/2023 | Natalie A Vest, PHD, Chemistry

9:00AM, MEOB 501

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
POLYELECTROLYTE-BASED FLAME RETARDANT TREATMENTS FOR POLYMERIC MATERIALS

Arts and Sciences
Chemistry

Chair: Jaime Grunlan

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1711


10/2/2023 | Emily D Bencosme Cuevas, PHD, Biomedical Sciences

9:00AM, TBD

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Characterizing deer tick saliva transmission factors of Borrelia burgdorferi, as target antigens in vaccines to prevent Lyme disease

School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology

Chair: Albert Mulenga

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1715


10/2/2023 | Ruochen Liu, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering

9:30AM, ETB 4002

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
SELF-SUSTAINING REACTION ENABLED FREE-FORM MANUFACTURING OF INORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITES

College of Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering

Chair: Shiren Wang

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1232


10/2/2023 | Abbey Elizabeth Hotard, PHD, Marine and Costal Management and Science

12:00PM, OCSB 340C

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Rethinking Relocation and Resilience: An analysis of household hazard adaptation in the greater Houston and New Orleans regions

Texas A&M at Galveston
Marine & Coastal Environ Sci

Chair: Ashley Ross

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1685


10/2/2023 | Erika Nicole Sullivan, MS, Rangeland Wildlife Fish Mgmt

1:00PM, HFSB building

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
TEACHING RANGELAND LITERACY OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM THROUGH THE PRAIRIE PROJECT

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Rangeland Wildlife & Fish Mgmt

Chair: Morgan Treadwell

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1713


10/2/2023 | Omar Ali Mohamed Elgharieb Abdelwahab, PHD, Petroleum Engineering

1:30PM, Petroleum Engineering Department - RICH 511

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
NANOTUBE-STABILIZED FOAMS AND THE EFFECT OF POLYACRYLAMIDE ON ENHANCING OIL RECOVERY USING FOAM FLOODING

Engineering
Petroleum Engineering

Chair: Ibrahim Akkutlu

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1665


10/3/2023 | Taryn S Johnson, PhD, Anthropology

11:00AM, ANTH 300B

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advancing the Practice of Coprolite Research

College of Arts and Sciences
Anthropology

Chair: Heather Thakar
Co-Chair: Anna Linderholm

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1474


10/3/2023 | Taryn Shae Johnson, PHD, Anthropology

11:00AM, ANTH 300B

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advancing the Practice of Coprolite Research

Arts and Sciences
Anthropology

Chair: Heather Thakar
Co-Chair: Anna Linderholm

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1694


10/3/2023 | Justin Robert Jelacic, MS, Construction Management

12:00PM, Francis Hall 311

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS IN RELATION TO HEAT-RELATED ACCIDENTS IN CONSTRUCTION

School of Architecture
Construction Science

Chair: Youngjib Ham

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1710


10/4/2023 | Haley Irene Burke, MA, English

2:00AM, Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Human Divinity: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Aesthetics and its Political Consequences

Arts and Sciences
English

Chair: Marian Eide

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1719


10/4/2023 | Molly Sloan Smith, MS, Physiology of Reproduction

8:00AM, KLCT 126

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
REPRODUCTIVE MICROBIOMES AND CYTOKINE PROFILES OF BEEF CATTLE IN RELATION TO FERTILITY

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science

Chair: Rebecca Poole

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1666


10/4/2023 | Natalie Marie Aguirre, PHD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

9:00AM, HEEP 413

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Linking plant physiology and plant chemical communication: herbivore-associated volatiles modulate plant resistance and photosynthesis

Arts and Sciences
Biology

Chair: Anjel Helms

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1696


10/4/2023 | Zengrui Liu, PHD, Computer Science

10:10AM, Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
An Exposition of User Privacy on the Web: Fingerprinting and Tracking 

Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering

Chair: Nitesh Saxena

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1681


10/4/2023 | Alton Don Hutchinson, PHD, Aerospace Engineering

3:00PM, HRBB 621

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
SONIC BOOM PROPAGATION: ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS AND LOUDNESS MITIGATION THROUGH AIRCRAFT SHAPING

Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Chair: Rodney Bowersox

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1714


10/5/2023 | Bryan Joseph Morreale, PHD, Aerospace Engineering

8:00AM, HRBB 621

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Multi-Fidelity Simulations of Hypersonic Turbulent Boundary Layers in the Presence of High Reynolds Numbers and Cool Walls

Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Chair: Rodney Bowersox
Co-Chair: Diego Donzis

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1716


10/5/2023 | Dayle Dayle Kotturi, PHD, Biomedical Engineering

10:00AM, TBD

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF METABOLITES USING SURFACE ENHANCED SPATIALLY OFFSET RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Chair: Michael McShane

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1663


10/5/2023 | Robyn Marie Moses, PHD, Physiology of Reproduction

1:00PM, Kleberg 126

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigation of the Synthesis, Transport, and Metabolic Contributions of Fructose and Lactate by the Ovine Conceptus Throughout Pregnancy

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science

Chair: Fuller Bazer

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1679


10/5/2023 | Tacey Lynn Hicks, PHD, Oceanography

2:00PM, Eller O&M Rm 602

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
From the Coast to the Deep Sea: Carbonate Chemistry of Calcifying Ecosystems

Arts and Sciences
Oceanography

Chair: Kathryn Shamberger

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1676


10/5/2023 | Shannon Ingram Wilson, PHD, Biomedical Engineering

3:00PM, ETB 3002

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Evaluation & Improvement of Surgical Deployment Practices for Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Chair: Michael Moreno

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1687


10/5/2023 | Jose Gerardo Cazares, PHD, Civil Engineering

3:00PM, DLEB 702

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Development of a Framework for Safe Operation of Automated Vehicles Using Model Predictive Control with Consideration of Roadway Geometry

Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engr

Chair: Ivan Damnjanovic

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1705


10/6/2023 | Nirmitee Sanjay Mulgaonkar, PHD, Biological and Agricultural Engineering

8:00AM, Scoates Hall Room 305

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Computational design and experimental validation of direct-acting small molecule antivirals

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biological & Agricultural Eng

Chair: Sandun Fernando
Co-Chair: Maria King

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1686


10/6/2023 | Karsen Elizabeth Conser, MS, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications

11:30AM, AGLS 200

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ag Leadership, Educ & Comm

Chair: Robert Strong
Co-Chair: Theresa Murphrey

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1697


10/6/2023 | Dylan Luc Pham, PHD, Biomedical Sciences

1:00PM, VENI 107A

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Peptide Lv: Molecular Mechanisms for Angiogenesis

School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences

Chair: Gladys Ko

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1709


10/6/2023 | Ronald Daryll Espino Gatchalian, PHD, Nuclear Engineering

3:00PM, AIEN M111

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Deterministic and Probabilistic Deep Learning in Predicting Reactor Physics of a Source-driven Subcritical System

Engineering
Nuclear Engineering

Chair: Pavel Tsvetkov

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1671


10/10/2023 | Jinhao Pan, MS, Computer Science

10:00AM, Room 214 Peterson

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Countering Mainstream Bias in Recommendations with End-to-End Adaptive Local Learning

Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering

Chair: James Caverlee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1677


10/10/2023 | Mayane Faccin, PHD, Biomedical Sciences

1:00PM, TBD

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigation of the antimicrobial activity of Staphylococcus felis C4 against Staphylococcus pseudintermedius as a novel therapy for canine superficial pyoderma

School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology

Chair: Dominique Wiener

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1717


10/10/2023 | Kate Emmaline Melone, PHD, Aerospace Engineering

3:00PM, HRBB 621

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Thermal Analysis and 3D Shock Wave Turbulent Boundary Layer Interactions in a Canonical Hypersonic Inlet

Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Chair: Rodney Bowersox

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1682


10/11/2023 | Eddie Manuel Gil, PHD, Biomedical Engineering

8:30AM, ETB 5039

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Training deep learning models for biological image and signal analysis using limited data sets

Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Chair: Vladislav Yakovlev

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1683


10/11/2023 | Laura Marcela Rodriguez Lozada, PHD, Water Management and Hydrological Science

9:00AM, Halbouty 354

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DROUGHT ASSESSMENTS AND NUMERICAL MODELS OFGROUNDWATER FLOW AND CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT: APPLICATIONS ON GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY

Arts and Sciences
Geology & Geophysics

Chair: Hongbin Zhan
Co-Chair: Maria Sanchez Flores

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1689


10/11/2023 | Qiyue Chen, PHD, Animal Science

9:00AM, KLCT 100

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
AN OMICS AND MICROSCOPIC STUDY: COLLECTIVE DYNAMICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MULTISPECIES BIOFILMS IN FACILITATING SANITIZER TOLERANCE AND FOOD-BORNE PATHOGEN DISPERSAL

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science

Chair: Sapna Dass

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1707


10/11/2023 | Dani D Gray, MS, Entomology

9:30AM, HEEP 413

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
OEBALUS PUGNAX (F.) RESISTANCE TO λ-CYHALOTHRIN IN TEXAS GRAIN SORGHUM, INSECTICIDE EFFICACY, AND NON-TARGET EFFECTS.

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Entomology

Chair: Dalton Ludwick
Co-Chair: Michael Brewer

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1670


10/11/2023 | Zhimeng Jiang, PhD, Computer Science

10:00AM, PETR 414

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Algorithmic Fairness in Machine Learning: Metrics and Algorithms

College of Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering

Chair: Xia Hu

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1372


10/11/2023 | Fatima Ali M S Al-Janahi, MS, Electrical Engineering

1:00PM, Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
CHARACTERIZING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM ARC-FAULTS

Engineering
Electrical & Computer Eng

Chair: Robert Balog

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1704


10/12/2023 | Ronnie Rattanasriampaipong, PHD, Oceanography

9:00AM, OMB 805

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Beyond TEX86: Evaluating Archaeal Evolution Coupled with Oceans and Climate Changes using Tetraether Lipids

Arts and Sciences
Oceanography

Chair: Yige Zhang

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1674


10/12/2023 | Pradeep Bharathi, MS, Mechanical Engineering

9:00AM, MEOB 501

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Gradient Path Design using Reinforcement Learning in Compositional Alloys

Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Chair: Richard Malak

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1684


10/12/2023 | Hannah Rose Stroud, PHD, Aerospace Engineering

10:00AM, TBD

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF SOLID BODIES EXPERIENCING HOMOTOPIC SURFACE EVOLUTION ASSOCIATED WITH FLUID-DRIVEN MATERIAL LOSS

Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Chair: Darren Hartl

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1690


10/12/2023 | Cagri Arisoy, PHD, Computer Science

2:00PM, Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A Neurophysiological Exploration of Human Behavior in User-Centered Cybersecurity

Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering

Chair: Nitesh Saxena

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1668


10/12/2023 | Simon Kiacz, PHD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

3:00PM, WFES 407

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Status, Distribution, and Population Modeling of Red-crowned Parrots and Conservation Opportunities of Naturalized Parrots

School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology

Chair: Donald Brightsmith

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1675


10/13/2023 | Brooke Elizabeth McAnally, MS, Physiology of Reproduction

8:00AM, KLCT 126

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Boar Reproductive Microbiome in Relation to Sperm Quality and Toll-like Receptor Expression

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science

Chair: Rebecca Poole

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1672


10/13/2023 | James William McElreath, PHD, Aerospace Engineering

8:00AM, TBD

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Analysis and Development of Legacy and Novel Space Domain Awareness Models and Algorithms in the Lunar Domain

Engineering
Aerospace Engineering

Chair: Manoranjan Majji

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1702


10/13/2023 | Meng Liu, PHD, Computer Science

9:00AM, Peterson 119 or 120

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advancing Geometric Deep Learning: from Fundamental Approaches to Drug Discovery Applications

Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering

Chair: Shuiwang Ji

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1662


10/13/2023 | Staci Elizabeth Hammer, PhD, Biochemistry

10:00AM, BICH 403

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Folate Metabolism in Yeast Cell Cycle and Mouse Healthspan

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry and Biophysics

Chair: Jennifer Herman

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1432


10/13/2023 | Emmeline Sheu, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering

10:00AM, RDMC208

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
High-temperature Microstructure Evolution of Copper-BCC Metallic Composites

Engineering
Materials Science & Engr

Chair: Michal Demkowicz

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1698


10/13/2023 | Taylor Ludwig, MS, Rangeland Wildlife Fish Mgmt

10:00AM, Uvalde, TX

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Ticks and Other Ectoparasites of Small Mammals and Birds Inhabiting the Madrean Sky Islands of Southern Arizona, USA

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Rangeland Wildlife & Fish Mgmt

Chair: Tammi Johnson
Co-Chair: Pete Teel

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1708


10/13/2023 | Rohan Chaudhury, MS, Computer Science

1:00PM, Room 214 Peterson

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Generating Fluent Text through Curriculum Learning And Disfluency Augmentation

Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering

Chair: James Caverlee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1678


10/13/2023 | Jemerson Panayolil James, PHD, Ocean Engineering

2:00PM, PMEC 226

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Exploration of short-term variability of sea states

Engineering
Ocean Engineering

Chair: Vijaykumar Panchang

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1693


10/13/2023 | Projna Paromita, PHD, Computer Engineering

2:30PM, PETR 120

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Development of Healthy Workplace: An Approach via Automatic Detection of Human Outcome in The Wild through Artificial Intelligence

Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering

Chair: Theodora Chaspari

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1673


10/16/2023 | Miguel Angel Avalos, MS, Nuclear Engineering

10:00AM, AIEN 211

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DEEP-LEARNING-BASED EVENT IDENTIFICATION FOR RELIABLE MONITORING OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES

Engineering
Nuclear Engineering

Chair: Pavel Tsvetkov
Co-Chair: Sunil Chirayath

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1692


10/16/2023 | Madhu Areti, PHD, Mechanical Engineering

11:00AM, MEOB 501

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Improved bi-level Thresholding based Iterative Analysis for Surface-Damage Detection on Concrete Buildings in a Post-Earthquake Environment

Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Chair: Zohaib Hasnain

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1691


10/16/2023 | Rachel Busselman, PHD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

12:00PM, VENI 107B

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Ecological interactions and novel control interventions among hosts, parasites, and neglected arthropod vectors in Texas

School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences

Chair: Sarah Hamer

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1701


10/16/2023 | Gabriela Dalmaso De Melo, PHD, Physiology of Reproduction

1:00PM, Kleberg Building, Room 126

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Pregnancy Associated Glycoproteins as Insights into Late Embryonic Development and Mortality in Beef Cattle

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science

Chair: Ky Pohler
Co-Chair: Graham Lamb

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1706


10/16/2023 | Alex V Stefanov, PHD, Neuroscience

3:00PM, 8447 Riverside Pkwy, Bryan, TX 77807, MREB room 1403

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Sex-dependent affective and cognitive outcomes of spinal cord injury: the role of the hippocampus and systemically administered neurotrophic factor IGF-1

Arts and Sciences
Biology

Chair: Michelle Schapiro

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1699


10/24/2023 | Mallory Dianne Hewitt, MS, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications

12:00PM, TBD

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ag Leadership, Educ & Comm

Chair: Scott Cummings

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1680


10/26/2023 | Suvesh Manoj Lalwani, PHD, Chemical Engineering

9:30AM, JEB

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Relaxation dynamics and thermal properties of polyelectrolyte complexes

Engineering
Chemical Engineering

Chair: Jodie Lutkenhaus

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1669


10/30/2023 | Haley Renee Lee, MS, Sport Management

11:00AM, online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

School of Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Kristofer Nite
Co-Chair: Paul Keiper

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da1718