Defense Announcements

03/20/2025 | McKenzie Dean Williams, MED, Curriculum and Instruction

9:00AM, Zoom (Virtual)

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture

Chair: Emily Cantrell
Co-Chair: R Joshi

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15269


03/20/2025 | Parker Charles Weinbaum, MUP, Urban and Regional Planning

5:00PM, Langford Architecture Building

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning

Chair: Tara Goddard

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15295


03/21/2025 | YiYang Xia, MUP, Urban and Regional Planning

9:00AM, Room 303

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning

Chair: Ivis Garcia

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15274


03/21/2025 | Windya Caraline Welideniya, MUP, Urban and Regional Planning

10:00AM, Room 303, Langford Building

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning

Chair: Ivis Garcia

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15277


03/21/2025 | James H. Long, MWS, Wildlife Science

11:00AM, HFSB 303

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Rangeland Wildlife & Fish Mgmt

Chair: Roel Lopez
Co-Chair: James Cathey

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15293


03/21/2025 | Yaohao Chen, MUP, Urban and Regional Planning

12:00PM, Langford A-302

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning

Chair: Xinyue Ye
Co-Chair: Thomas Sanchez

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15288


03/21/2025 | Faith Oluwadunsin Jacob, MUP, Urban and Regional Planning

1:00PM, Room 302

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning

Chair: Shannon Van Zandt
Co-Chair: Sungmin Lee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15294


03/21/2025 | Gwendolyn M. Jones, MUP, Urban and Regional Planning

2:00PM, Langford 303

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning

Chair: Shannon Van Zandt
Co-Chair: Cecilia Giusti

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15296


03/24/2025 | Katy Louise Fredericksen, MS, Educational Administration

11:30AM, Harrington 304

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Educ Admn & Human Resource Dev

Chair: Krista Bailey

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15302


03/25/2025 | Thomas Zane Moore, PHD, Physics

1:00PM, MPHY-578

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Integrating Cavity Enhanced Vibrational Spectroscopy for Planetary Exploration

Arts and Sciences
Physics & Astronomy

Chair: Alexei Sokolov

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15280


03/25/2025 | Charles J. Ybarra, MNR, Natural Resources Development

1:00PM, HFSB 303

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Rangeland Wildlife & Fish Mgmt

Chair: Jacob Lucero

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15287


03/25/2025 | Rebecca Claire Harlow Adamek, PHD, Biomedical Sciences

1:00PM, VENI 107B

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Lymphatic adaptation to edemagenic stress: a comparative study of fluid therapy and mesenteric venous hypertension

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Physiology & Pharmacology

Chair: Cristine Heaps

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15291


03/27/2025 | Alex Ross, MS, Biomedical Sciences

9:00AM, VIDI 103

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Interactions between the Endometrium and Conceptus during the Peri-implantation Period of Porcine Pregnancy: Endometrial Adaptations to Provide Nutritional Support and an Immunoinflammatory Environment Conducive to Successful Pregnancy

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences

Chair: Gregory Johnson

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15300


03/28/2025 | John T White, PHD, Anthropology

9:00AM, Remote (virtual)

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigating Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene Human Occupation of Southcentral Alaska

Arts and Sciences
Anthropology

Chair: Frank Goebel
Co-Chair: Heather Thakar

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15281


03/28/2025 | Riley Paige Floerke, MS, Sport Management

12:00PM, Online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Paul Keiper
Co-Chair: Gregg Bennett

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15272


03/28/2025 | Noah Noah Gurrola, 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#da15275


03/28/2025 | Kendall Jackson Downey, 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#da15282


03/28/2025 | Stockton Robert Salyer, 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#da15283


03/28/2025 | Kristen S. Lopez, 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#da15284


03/28/2025 | Josh Ryan Ducheneaux, 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#da15285


03/28/2025 | Elizabeth Hernandez, 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#da15290


03/28/2025 | Connor Jay Schulman, 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#da15298


03/31/2025 | Wafa Bassiouni, MLA, Landscape Architecture

9:00AM, A303

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning

Chair: Boqian Xu
Co-Chair: Galen Newman

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15299


03/31/2025 | Izzy Aguilar Putiz, MS, Marine Biology

10:00AM, OCSB380A

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Marine Sci & Maritime St
Marine Biology

Chair: Jaime Alvarado-Bremer

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15292


03/31/2025 | Lee Lee May, PHD, Ecology and Conservation Biology

1:00PM, WFES 406

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The Production of Destruction: The Past, Present, and Future of Wildfire in the Lost Pines "Forest" of Bastrop County, Texas

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology

Chair: Urs Kreuter

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15273


04/1/2025 | Tyler J. Varner, MS, Athletic Training

8:00AM, Hildebrand Equine Complex 708

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Lori Greenwood

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15271


04/1/2025 | Jasmin Lee Norman, MS, Athletic Training

8:00AM, Hildebrand Equine Complex 708

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Lori Greenwood

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15278


04/1/2025 | Elise Elise Huggins, MS, Athletic Training

8:00AM, Hildebrand Equine Complex 708

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Lori Greenwood
Co-Chair: Anthony Boucher

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15279


04/1/2025 | Majid Ahmed H Alfifi, PHD, Computer Science

10:00AM, Peterson/Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Extremism on Social Media: Characterization, Detection, and Countermeasures

Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering

Chair: James Caverlee

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15270


04/1/2025 | Jason Shane Calahan, MED, Curriculum and Instruction

3:00PM, Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture

Chair: Ramona Pittman

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15276


04/4/2025 | Al Rahman, PHD, Industrial Engineering

10:30AM, Emerging Technology Building 4055

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
3D PRINTING OF BIOMASS-FUNGI COMPOSITE MATERIALS: EXPERIMENTATION AND CHARACTERIZATION

Engineering
Industrial & Systems Eng

Chair: Zhijian Pei
Co-Chair: CHUKWUZUBELU UFODIKE

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15289


04/8/2025 | Emma J Whaley, MS, Food Science and Technology

2:00PM, Hybrid

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EFFECT OF FLAVONOIDS ON MAILLARD REACTION PRODUCT FORMATION IN A CHEMICALLY LEAVENED BAKED GOOD

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Food Science & Technology

Chair: Joseph Awika

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15301


05/12/2025 | Evan Marshall Fox, PHD, Chemistry

12:00PM, CHEM 255

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Spatially defined organic redox polymers to probe effects of redox site spacing on structure property relationship.

Arts and Sciences
Chemistry

Chair: Emily Pentzer

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da15286