01/22/2025 | Tyler Yung Laughlin, PHD, Anthropology
11:00AM, ANTH 210 CSFA Conference Room
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Lithic, Cultural, and Paleoclimatic Changes During the Archaic Period in Central Texas
Arts and Sciences
Anthropology
Chair: Michael Waters
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01/22/2025 | Sanjeevani Choudhery, PHD, Computer Science
12:00PM, Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Functional Annotation of Genes Using Multi-Omics Data
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Thomas Ioerger
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01/22/2025 | Yuhan Huang, PHD, Biology
1:00PM, BSBW 025
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Neuromuscular Basis of Locomotor Behaviors in Drosophila Larvae
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: AREF ARZAN ZARIN
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01/24/2025 | Jordan K Robinson, MS, Atmospheric Sciences
10:00AM, OMB 1209
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Evaluating the Diurnal Wind Cycle and Its Impact on Propagating Convection in the Himalayas
Arts and Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences
Chair: Courtney Schumacher
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01/28/2025 | Ittipon Khuimphukhieo, PHD, Plant Breeding
9:00AM, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Weslaco, TX, USA
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
High throughput phenotyping in sugarcane using an unoccupied aerial systems
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soil & Crop Sciences
Chair: Jorge Dasilva
Co-Chair: Russell Jessup
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01/29/2025 | Stephen Christopher Tamm, MS, Biomedical Sciences
12:00PM, VERO 114A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Molecular Detection and Characterization of Mannheimia from Cattle and Their Environment
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Large Animal Clinical Sc
Chair: Paul Morley
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02/3/2025 | Jo Anne Hudson Settles, PHD, Educational Human Resource Development
2:00PM, 550 Harrington Tower
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Nursing Students Experiences Using Virtual Simulations During COVID
Education and Human Development
Educ Admn & Human Resource Dev
Chair: Elizabeth Roumell
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02/3/2025 | Faye Ouyang, PHD, Chemical Engineering
2:00PM, JEB 256
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Understanding and Engineering the Metabolic Potentials of Microbes for Pharmaceutical and Environmental Applications
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: Xuejun Zhu
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02/3/2025 | Shelby Kate Reid, PHD, Neuroscience
9:00PM, ILSB 3147
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Spinal Cord Injury
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Dylan McCreedy
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02/12/2025 | Johnathan Kelley Ellard, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology
2:00PM, Wildlife, Fisheries, and Ecological Sciences Building (WFES)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Spatially intensive fish inventories conducted 70 years apart reveal strong spatial footprints of reservoirs in a regulated temperate river
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Joshuah Perkin
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02/14/2025 | Ethan Taylor Iverson, PHD, Chemistry
8:00AM, MEOB 501
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Structure-Property Relationships of Polyelectrolyte-based Thermally Conductive Dielectrics
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Jaime Grunlan
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02/14/2025 | Rebecca Diane Mangold, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology
2:00PM, WFES 411
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Environmental correlates and ecological consequences for long-term fish assemblage change in a regulated river basin
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Joshuah Perkin
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02/19/2025 | Shegufta Tahsin Upama, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering
12:00PM, CHEN 256
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
High-Performance Composites Based on CNT Fabrics and Ceramic Matrices
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Micah Green
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02/20/2025 | Alexia Cassandra Kreinbrink, PHD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
2:00PM, HPCT 440
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Characterization and Identification of the Labile Iron and Zinc Pools of Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Ingrid Tommos
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02/21/2025 | Douglas Duhatschek, PHD, Animal Science
9:00AM, Collaboration Center (#190) at the AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Amarillo, TX
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Strategies to improve the nutritional value of sorghum silage to be used as an alternative for corn silage in dairy operations in areas with water restriction and risk of droughts, mitigating risk without impairing herd production performance
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science
Chair: Juan Pineiro
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02/25/2025 | Maxwell R Kimball, PHD, Chemistry
9:30AM, RDMC 202
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Silica-Immobilized Pd and Cu Catalysts, Polymer-Embedded Metallocenes, and Aluminum Trichloride Adducts Studied by Solid-State NMR
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Janet Bluemel
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02/27/2025 | Meikah Helene Dado, PHD, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
9:00AM, AGSV 217
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A Mixed Methods Investigation of the Impact of Information Communication Technology on Agricultural Extension Services for Women Smallholder Farmers in Uganda
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ag Leadership, Educ & Comm
Chair: John Elliot
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02/28/2025 | Tiffany E. Sill, PHD, Chemistry
1:00PM, hybrid- Zoom and Chem 1328
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Mechanistic Elucidation and Generalizable Design Principles for Polyetherimide-Based Corrosion-Protective Coatings
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Sarbajit Banerjee
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03/3/2025 | Sara Nicole Maynard, PHD, Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences
3:00PM, BTLR 309
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Novel single-cell stress response in plants
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Lawrence Griffing
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03/7/2025 | Dongchen Li, PHD, Atmospheric Sciences
1:00PM, OMB room 1209
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ACTIVE-PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING OF ICE CLOUDS AND DUST AEROSOLS
Arts and Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences
Chair: Ping Yang
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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
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