Defense Announcements

07/7/2025 | Rylee Miller Johnson, MED, Curriculum and Instruction

2:00PM, Zoom

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#da18426


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#da18421


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#da18435


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#da18420


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#da18428


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#da18430


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#da18436


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#da18416


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#da18427


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#da18425


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#da18415


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#da18417


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#da18418


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#da18419


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#da18422


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#da18437


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#da18431


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#da18433


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#da18423


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#da18424


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#da18429


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#da18434


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#da18432