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