05/5/2025 | Homa Pesarakli, PHD, Architecture
1:00PM, Langford A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EVALUATE THE IMPACTS OF DESIGN ON THE OCCURRENCE OF INTERRUPTION EVENTS DURING THE MEDICATION PROCESS IN THE ICU
Architecture
Architecture
Chair: Zhipeng Lu
Co-Chair: Farzan Sasangohar
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16398
05/5/2025 | Chen Chen, PHD, Food Science and Technology
2:00PM, Heep 440
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Impact of Proanthocyanidins (Condensed Tannins) on Pulse Protein Functionality
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Food Science & Technology
Chair: Joseph Awika
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16418
05/6/2025 | Shuai Yin, PHD, Chemistry
10:00AM, CHEM 1126
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EARTH-ABUNDANT IRON CATALYSIS ENABLED ACCESS TO A NOVEL PATTERN IN MULTI-COMPONENT CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Osvaldo Gutierrez Santacruz
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16407
05/6/2025 | Tanner Cole Fonville, MS, Geology
10:00AM, HALB 354
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Global Dynamics of Miocene Oceans: Evidence and Ecologic Interpretations from Benthic Foraminiferal Assemblages
Arts and Sciences
Geology & Geophysics
Chair: Christina Belanger
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16421
05/6/2025 | Vsevolod Cheburkanov, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
11:00AM, ETB 5039
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
High-speed Brillouin microscope for non-invasive imaging and sensing of microscopic mechanical properties of highly scattering biological samples
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Vladislav Yakovlev
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16391
05/6/2025 | Kaylee L. Lovejoy, MS, Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management
1:00PM, HFSB 303
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
AN INTEGRATED ANALYSIS FOR RESOURCE SELECTION OF SHEEP USING GPS COLLARS, REMOTE SENSING, AND MACHINE LEARNING TO INFORM LAND MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Rangeland Wildlife & Fish Mgmt
Chair: Javier Leyton
Co-Chair: Humberto Perotto Baldiviezo
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16411
05/7/2025 | Lara Ankita Dsouza, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
11:00AM, VENI 101A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Nucleotide Metabolism in Poxvirus Infections: From Viral Modulation of Host Pathways to Antiviral Targeting
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Zhilong Yang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16409
05/7/2025 | 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#da16415
05/8/2025 | Deep Jagdishchandra Parikh, PHD, Aerospace Engineering
9:30AM, Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, 8th Floor, Rudder Tower
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Robust On-Board Autonomy For Proximity Operations Of Mobile Agents
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Manoranjan Majji
Co-Chair: John Junkins
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16426
05/8/2025 | Shea Jessica Mackey, PHD, Animal Science
11:00AM, Kleberg
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Nutritional strategies to enhance performance of feedlot cattle
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science
Chair: Reinaldo Cooke
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16408
05/8/2025 | Luke Samuel Myers, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
1:00PM, TIPS
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A Translational Pig Model of Angelman Syndrome: Establishing a Foundation for Preclinical Research and Therapeutic Development
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Scott Dindot
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16413
05/9/2025 | Sabrina Vandenheuvel, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
9:00AM, ETB 5039
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
3D Engineered Biomimetic Models to Study Mechanisms of Cancer Metastasis
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Shreya Raghavan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16389
05/9/2025 | Haley Rose Mossell, MS, Geology
10:00AM, HALB 354
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ICE RAFTED DEBRIS AS A PROXY FOR ICE SHEET DYNAMICS ON WEST ANTARCTICA THROUGH THE PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARYICE RAFTED DEBRIS AS A PROXY FOR ICE SHEET DYNAMICS ON WEST ANTARCTICA THROUGH THE PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY
Arts and Sciences
Geology & Geophysics
Chair: Franco Marcantonio
Co-Chair: Trevor Williams
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16396
05/9/2025 | Ariana V Benedict, MA, History
11:00AM, Glasscock Building
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Arts and Sciences
History
Chair: Jonathan Brunstedt
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16386
05/9/2025 | Sarah Nicole Davis, PHD, Marine Biology
11:00AM, OCSB 142
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERN AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF PRESENCE, ECOLOGICAL IMPACT, AND RISK PERCEPTION.
Marine Sci & Maritime St
Marine Biology
Chair: Antonietta Quigg
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16406
05/9/2025 | Alex Gayle Smith, MS, Entomology
1:00PM, Heep Center 413
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Characterization of Salivary Effector Proteins in the Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) and Their Role in Modifying Plant Defenses.
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Entomology
Chair: Cecilia Tamborindeguy
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16414
05/9/2025 | Cate L. Tilley, MS, Geophysics
1:30PM, Halbouty 354
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Effects of Pore Fluid Pressure on Extension-Shear Mixed-Mode Fracture of Carrara Marble
Arts and Sciences
Geology & Geophysics
Chair: Hiroko Kitajima
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16403
05/12/2025 | Connor K Brubaker, PHD, Statistics
10:00AM, Blocker 427
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Frequency Band Analysis for Multiple Time Series
Arts and Sciences
Statistics
Chair: Scott Bruce
Co-Chair: Mohsen Pourahmadi
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16410
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#da16385
05/13/2025 | Matt F. Ebert, PHD, Mechanical Engineering
11:30AM, JCAIN 204
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Part, Path, Plan: Spatial Organization Strategies for Cooperative 3D Printing
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Vinayak Krishnamurthy
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16390
05/13/2025 | Andrea Porter, PHD, Interdisciplinary Engineering
1:00PM, SPH
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Bras, Breasts and Bulletproof Vests: Investigating Body Armor Fit for Female Law Enforcement Officers and Implications on Armor Protection
Engineering
Multidisciplinary Engineering
Chair: Mark Benden
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16400
05/13/2025 | Toyosi Timilehin George, PHD, Food Science and Technology
2:00PM, Room 440 Heep Center
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Influence of Proanthocyanidins on the Stability of 3-deoxyanthocyanins in Aqueous Systems
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Food Science & Technology
Chair: Joseph Awika
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16393
05/14/2025 | Min-Chun Chen, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
8:00AM, VMTH 101
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
STUDIES ON DOMESTIC CAT HEPADNAVIRUS AND IT’S IMPLICATIONS IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA PATHOGENESIS IN CATS
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Small Animal Clinical Sc
Chair: Joerg Steiner
Co-Chair: Julia Beatty
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16412
05/14/2025 | Precious Olohigbe Badejo, PHD, Pharmaceutical Sciences
10:00AM, COP 236
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Mechanistic Insights into the Parental Effects of E-Hookah Exposure on Platelet Function and Thrombogenicity
Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Chair: FADI KHASAWNEH
Co-Chair: Fatima Alshbool
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16395
05/14/2025 | Swatadipta Chakraborty, PHD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
10:12PM, BioBio, Room: TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DECIPHERING THE FUNCTIONS OF UBIQUITIN AND UBIQUITIN-LIKE PROTEIN PATHWAYS
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Pingwei Li
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16405
05/15/2025 | Juan Balcazar, PHD, Psychology
10:00AM, Sells (PSYC 422)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The role of motivation and affect on cognitive flexibility
Arts and Sciences
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Chair: Joseph Orr
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16419
05/16/2025 | Courteney T Roberts, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
11:30AM, ETB
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
"Self-fitting", Biodegradable Shape Memory Polymers in Biomedical Applications
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Melissa Grunlan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16397
05/16/2025 | Sreyashi Sinha, PHD, Chemistry
1:00PM, ILSB
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Bacterial Vitamin B2 Catabolic Pathway
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Tadhg Begley
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16399
05/16/2025 | Lauren Williams, DRPH, Public Health Sciences
1:30PM, SPHA Building, Room 235E and Zoom link: https://tamu.zoom.us/j/97524913690?pwd=7sRm7bIovrfsrpMdbQPHtmePQfvM5A.1
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Nature Contact for Office Workers’ Well-Being
School of Public Health
School of Public Health
Chair: Mark Benden
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16427
05/20/2025 | Leandro Farias Maia, PHD, Industrial Engineering
12:00PM, ETB 4002
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Block Decomposable Methods for Large-Scale Optimization Problems
Engineering
Industrial & Systems Eng
Chair: David Gutman
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16392
05/21/2025 | Deepak Kumar, PHD, Mechanical Engineering
9:00AM, MEOB 224
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Optimal Motion Planning for A Curvature-Constrained Vehicle in 2D and 3D
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Dvahg Swaroop
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16423
05/21/2025 | Mitchell D Huffman, PHD, Chemical Engineering
10:00AM, JEB room 105
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Holistic Sustainability Measurement for the Process Industries
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: Faisal Khan
Co-Chair: Qingsheng Wang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16401
05/21/2025 | John P Manning, PHD, Kinesiology
2:00PM, Gibb Gilchrist Building
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The Mediating Effects of Cortico-Striatal Functional Connectivity on Set-Shifting Dual-Task Performance
Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management
Chair: Jennifer Yentes
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16430
05/22/2025 | Justin D Rogers, PHD, English
10:00AM, LAAH 360
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Art and Abyss: The Use of the Supernatural in Fin-de-Siècle Decadent Literature
Arts and Sciences
English
Chair: Mary O'Farrell
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16428
05/22/2025 | Zihang Wei, PHD, Civil Engineering
2:00PM, DLEB 304F
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Data-Driven Discovery and Control of Physically Analyzable Traffic Network Dynamics Models
Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engr
Chair: Yunlong Zhang
Co-Chair: Yang Zhou
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16416
05/23/2025 | Haley Savannah Sloan, MS, Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management
10:00AM, HFSB 303
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Factors Influencing Use of Oral Rabies Vaccine Baits on the US-Mexico Border in Texas
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Rangeland Wildlife & Fish Mgmt
Chair: John Tomecek
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16420
05/28/2025 | Jordyn Vanportfliet, PHD, Genetics and Genomics
8:00AM, https:\jacksonlab.zoom.us\j\84226223330?pwd=cQ8yGdR2z7yIXwCaL7ZBLNsrrYsf67.1&&from=addon
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Characterizing innate immune and inflammatory responses in models of mitochondrial disease
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Andrew West
Co-Chair: Raquel Sitcheran
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16422
05/28/2025 | Morgan Smith Osborne, PHD, Microbiology
10:00AM, MSC 2500
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Secretion and processing of substrates during Clostridioides difficile sporulation
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Joseph Sorg
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16417
05/29/2025 | Murat Gokoglu, MS, Ocean Engineering
9:00AM, Galveston, TX
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Modeling Soil-Like Behaviors in SPH: Density, Viscosity, and Yield Stress Adjustments for Hybrid Structure Evolution Simulation
Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Chair: Jens Figlus
Co-Chair: Roger Cordes
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16387
06/2/2025 | Hannah Louise Bleth, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology
9:00AM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Diversity and stability of fish and invertebrates in bays along the Texas coast
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Masami Fujiwara
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16431
06/2/2025 | Lois Gordils Valentin, PHD, Genetics and Genomics
2:00PM, JEB Room 256
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Engineered Conjugative Type IV Secretion Systems for Bacterial Antagonism Independent of Plasmid Transfer
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: Xuejun Zhu
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16429
06/3/2025 | Katherine M Berg, PHD, Plant Pathology
1:00PM, PLPM
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The Function of Ketols in Pathogen and Herbivory Stresses of Maize and Induced Systemic Resistance
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Plant Pathology & Microbiology
Chair: Mikhailo Kolomiets
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16402
06/5/2025 | CJ J Bott, PHD, Mathematics
1:30PM, BLOC 302
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Computation of Schubert Galois Groups
Arts and Sciences
Mathematics
Chair: Frank Sottile
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16404
06/5/2025 | Adrien Robert Auguste Cassagne, PHD, Aerospace Engineering
2:45PM, HRBB Room 621
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Complex Thermo-Mechanical Loading in High Temperature Shape Memory Alloys
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Jean-Briac Le Graverend
Co-Chair: Dimitris Lagoudas
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16394
06/6/2025 | Archita Sharma, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
12:00PM, Room: 5039, Emerging Technologies Building
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advanced Bioactive Materials for Skin Regeneration
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Feng Zhao
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16388
06/12/2025 | Jordy Cheyem Lopez Garcia, PHD, Mathematics
2:00PM, Blocker 302
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Newton polytopes and toric varieties for periodic graph operators
Arts and Sciences
Mathematics
Chair: Frank Sottile
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da16425
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#da16424