09/12/2024 | Morgan N. Thompson, PHD, Entomology
9:00AM, HPCT 413
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Local and systemic plant defense against aboveground and belowground specialist insect herbivores
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Entomology
Chair: Anjel Helms
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10318
09/13/2024 | Sourajit Dey Baksi, PHD, Chemistry
1:00PM, CHEM 2101
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Syntheses of Platinum and Silicon adducts of conjugated polyynes: en route to carbyne
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: John Gladysz
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10362
09/16/2024 | Joung Bo Ko, PHD, Kinesiology
10:00AM, Human Clinical Research Facility Conference Room
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Effects of Human Milk Oligosaccharide 2'-Fucocyllactose Ingestion on Weight Loss & Markers of Health
Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management
Chair: Richard Kreider
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10360
09/16/2024 | Ashwath Sethu Venkataraman, PHD, Aerospace Engineering
1:30PM, HRBB621
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION, AND APPLICATIONS OF A NUMERICAL FRAMEWORK FOR SIMULATIONS OF THE DYNAMICS OF DETONATIONS
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Elaine Oran
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10327
09/17/2024 | Ty Lawrence Jansky, MS, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
9:00AM, AGLS 200
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#da10346
09/17/2024 | Srihari Menon, PHD, Industrial Engineering
11:00AM, ETB 4002
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE EFFECT OF POSTURE AND SEX ON SPACECRAFT OCCUPANT INJURY UNDER DYNAMIC LOADS
Engineering
Industrial & Systems Eng
Chair: Nancy Currie-Gregg
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10347
09/18/2024 | Kartik Kumar Rajagopalan, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering
12:00PM, RDMC 229
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Thermo-Responsive Polymer Salogels For Shape Stabilization Of Inorganic Salt Hydrate Phase Change Materials
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Svetlana Sukhishvili
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10320
09/18/2024 | Jiaying Zhu, PHD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
1:00PM, HEEP Center RM437
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURE OF TURNIP YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Jae Cho
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10328
09/18/2024 | Alexius O. Dingle, PHD, Genetics and Genomics
2:00PM, HEEP 440
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Exploring mechanisms for developing an inducible death in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Entomology
Chair: Zachary Adelman
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10323
09/19/2024 | Michael Richard McKinsey, MS, Computer Science
10:00AM, PETR 120
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Using Parallel Performance Data to Classify Parallel Algorithms
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Olga Pearce
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10337
09/19/2024 | Pritam Roychowdhury, PHD, Chemistry
3:00PM, ILSB 3147
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
TRACELESS AMINATION VIA BIFUNCTIONAL N-AMINOPYRIDINIUM INTERMEDIATES
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: David Powers
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10319
09/23/2024 | Stephen David Decasien, PHD, Anthropology
9:00AM, ANTH 113
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The Naval Ram: History, Production, and Symbolism in Ancient Greece and Rome
Arts and Sciences
Anthropology
Chair: Deborah Carlson
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10340
09/24/2024 | John C. Hoefler, PHD, Chemistry
12:30PM, CHEM 1126
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Dynamics and Selective Air Oxidation of Phosphines Adsorbed on Silica and Activated Carbon and Immobilized Phosphine Oxides as Carriers for Peroxides
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Janet Bluemel
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10336
09/24/2024 | Erik Hoempler, PHD, Management
2:00PM, Wehner 102
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The Company You Keep: The Impact of Scandals on Industry Peer Interlock Networks
Mays Business School
Management
Chair: Srikanth Paruchuri
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10342
09/25/2024 | Shubham Jain, PHD, Water Management and Hydrological Science
9:00AM, Blackland Research and Extension Center & Microsoft Teams
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Towards Enhancing the Performance and Interpretability of Machine Learning Approaches for Large Sample Hydrology
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biological & Agricultural Eng
Chair: Raghavan Srinivasan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10331
09/25/2024 | Jessie Lene Cortez, PHD, English
9:00AM, LAAH 360
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Constructing Vulnerability: Readings of Openness to Disease
Arts and Sciences
English
Chair: Sara DiCaglio
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10356
09/25/2024 | Alan Martinez, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering
12:00PM, Zoom (311 427 7087)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Electrochemical degradation behavior of supermartensitic and additively manufactured stainless steels in CO2 and H2S saturated salt brines for oil and gas applications
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Homero Castaneda-Lopez
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10344
09/25/2024 | Huyen Nguyen, PHD, Educational Human Resource Development
1:00PM, 715B Harrington Tower
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Work-life balance of Vietnamese female faculty in higher education institutions: A phenomenological study
Education and Human Development
Educ Admn & Human Resource Dev
Chair: Jia Wang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10350
09/25/2024 | Chen Gong, PHD, Electrical Engineering
3:00PM, WEB 324
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
THE STUDY OF LATERAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (LCSEL) AND RELATED PROCESSING
Engineering
Electrical & Computer Eng
Chair: Harlan Harris
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10334
09/27/2024 | Zihao Yu, PHD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
10:00AM, tbd
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Spatiotemporal Development of Phage Life Cycles: A Single-Cell Study
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Ryland Young
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10353
09/27/2024 | Mohamed Naveed Gul Mohamed, PHD, Aerospace Engineering
1:00PM, HRBB 621
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
OPTIMAL CONTROL OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Suman Chakravorty
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10345
09/30/2024 | Sambhav Khurana, MS, Computer Science
8:30AM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advancing Graph Language Models: Towards Improved Capability and Interpretability
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Shuiwang Ji
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10329
09/30/2024 | Becky Maria Legere, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
9:00AM, VMTH 264
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
mRNA-Encoded Anti-VapA Monoclonal IgG1 for Passive Immunization of Foals Against Rhodococcus equi
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Large Animal Clinical Sc
Chair: Noah Cohen
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10333
09/30/2024 | Abdulvahit Sahin, PHD, Civil Engineering
10:30AM, DLEB
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF PELLETIZED CLAY BARRIER MATERIALS INTENDED FOR THE ISOLATION OF HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE
Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engr
Chair: Marcelo-Javier Sanchez Castilla
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10332
09/30/2024 | Nicole Anne Havrilchak, PHD, Ecology and Conservation Biology
2:00PM, WFES 336
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Lineage-related physiological, morphological, and anatomical drivers of C4 grass responses to low water availability
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Jason West
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10325
09/30/2024 | Whitney Christine Roberson, PHD, Biology
2:00PM, Rudder Tower 410
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Pax2a and Pax5 protect sensory hair cells from destabilizing effects of Fgf signaling on cell adhesion.
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Bruce Riley
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10348
09/30/2024 | Cassie Marie Marbach, PHD, Horticulture
3:00PM, HFSB 203
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EXPLORING TEXAS WINE: CONSUMER DYNAMICS, VERJUS ECONOMICS, AND CLUSTER THINNING EFFECTS
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Horticultural Sciences
Chair: Charles Hall
Co-Chair: Ioana Botezatu
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10330
09/30/2024 | Niankui Li, PHD, Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences
3:00PM, Room 403 (Biochemistry & Biophysics building)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
TOUSLED-mediated stoichiometric phosphorylation of SGS3 regulates RDR6 activity to fine-tune RNA silencing
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Xiuren Zhang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10351
09/30/2024 | Kylie Marlene Lytle, PHD, Chemistry
5:15PM, Over Zoom: https://tamu.zoom.us/j/93223875651
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Thermally Activated Single-photon Up-conversion in Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Matthew Sheldon
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10322
10/1/2024 | Zihao Shang, PHD, Civil Engineering
1:00PM, DLEB
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
An Experimental and Numerical Study of Soils Subject to Freeze-Thaw Cycles
Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engr
Chair: Marcelo-Javier Sanchez Castilla
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10349
10/2/2024 | Nour Mansour Abdelhafez Mohamed Basha, PHD, Chemical Engineering
3:00AM, Online
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advanced Data-Driven Process Monitoring Framework and its Application to Chemical Processes
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: Mohamed Nounou
Co-Chair: Costas Kravaris
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10363
10/2/2024 | Millennium Bismay, MS, Computer Science
3:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Improving Personlized Recommendation using Chain-of-Thought Reasoning
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: James Caverlee
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10326
10/2/2024 | Timothy William Assel, PHD, Aerospace Engineering
3:15PM, HRBB 603
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Scale Resolving Simulations of Turbulence: Challenges in Closure Modeling with Cut-off in the Dissipative Scales
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Sharath Girimaji
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10364
10/3/2024 | Laurel Sage Curran, PHD, Health Education
2:00PM, College Station
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Exploring equitable and active aging
School of Public Health
Health Education Programs
Chair: Tyler Prochnow
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10341
10/4/2024 | Yuheng Zhang, PHD, Atmospheric Sciences
9:00AM, OMB 1209
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
THE CONVERGENCE AND CONSISTENCY OF LIGHT SCATTERING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN DUST OPTICS AND OCEANIC PARTICLE MODELLING
Arts and Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences
Chair: Ping Yang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10321
10/4/2024 | Zhao Xu, PHD, Computer Engineering
3:00PM, PETR 314
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Deep Learning for Molecular Geometry and Property Analysis
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Shuiwang Ji
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10317
10/7/2024 | Amy Amariany Gomez, PHD, Medical Sciences
1:00PM, Texas A&M IBT
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT PICE-SEPI-ST2 AND ITS ROLE IN HEMOSTASIS MODULATION IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS ST2 BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS
Medicine
College of Medicine
Chair: Axel Hook
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10338
10/8/2024 | Yuanhang Wang, PHD, Agricultural Economics
2:00PM, AGLS 210F
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ESSAYS ON MIGRATION, WEATHER SHOCK, AND HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Agricultural Economics
Chair: Kashi Kafle
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10339
10/9/2024 | Erica J. Pope, MS, Kinesiology
12:00PM, Huffines
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management
Chair: Steven Martin
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10365
10/9/2024 | Luna Yang, PHD, Water Management and Hydrological Science
12:45PM, DLEB conference room
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Estimating Streamflow at Ungauged Basins in the Conterminous United States
Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engr
Chair: Francisco Olivera
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10335
10/10/2024 | Minh Danh Luu, MS, Computer Engineering
12:00PM, PETR 126
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
VCDiag: Analyzing Erroneous Waveform Trace via Machine Learning for Bug Triaging
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Michael Quinn
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10361
10/11/2024 | Allison M. Savoie, PHD, Oceanography
9:00AM, OMB 602
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Carbonate Chemistry Across Ocean Environments: Coastal Waters, Coral Reefs, and the Deep-Sea
Arts and Sciences
Oceanography
Chair: Kathryn Shamberger
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10343
10/11/2024 | Emily Grace Monroe, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology
11:00AM, Online via Teams
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Modeling Climate Change Impacts on Forages and Fire Fuel in the Edwards Plateau Ecoregion of Texas, USA
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Jay Angerer
Co-Chair: Xinyuan Wu
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10359
10/14/2024 | Kumpanat Thongmai, MS, Electrical Engineering
8:30AM, WEB 201
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Real-Time Cyber-Physical System Testbed for Studying the Impact of Cyberattacks in Smart Power Distribution Systems
Engineering
Electrical & Computer Eng
Chair: Karen Butler-Purry
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10355
10/18/2024 | Dakota William Kempken, MNR, Natural Resources Development
1:00PM, Online via MS Teams
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Rangeland Wildlife & Fish Mgmt
Chair: Megan Dominguez
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10324
10/22/2024 | Hannah R. Beilue, MS, Kinesiology
12:00PM, Huffines
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management
Chair: Steven Martin
Co-Chair: Christopher Woodman
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10358
11/1/2024 | Trent Logan Letney, MS, Sport Management
12:00PM, Online
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management
Chair: Gregg Bennett
Co-Chair: Shane Hudson
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10352
11/1/2024 | Ashley N. Krantz, 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#da10354
11/1/2024 | Paul J. Cabello, 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: Gregg Bennett
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da10357