02/16/2026 | Megan Elizabeth Miller, MS, Physiology of Reproduction
9:30AM, KLCT 126 (Animal Science Faculty Lounge)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Maternal Nutrient Restriction Programs Fetal Hepatic DNA Methylation in Ovine Monozygotic Twins
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science
Chair: Michael Satterfield
Co-Chair: Jennifer Zoller
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23098
02/16/2026 | Erin Alizah Hirtzel, PHD, Chemistry
3:00PM, LSB Room 3147
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Aziridination-enabled lipidomics and high-throughput reaction screening by mass spectrometry
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Xin Yan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23103
02/16/2026 | Lei Wang, PHD, Statistics
4:00PM, https://tamu.zoom.us/j/95970636027
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advances in Truncated Latent Gaussian Copula Models: Dimension Reduction for Microbiome Data and Correlation Estimation in Sparse Multivariate Longitudinal Settings
Arts and Sciences
Statistics
Chair: Xiaoqing Wang
Co-Chair: Irina Gaynanova
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23141
02/17/2026 | Maureen Kelly, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
12:00PM, VENI 106 A (Open); VIDI 349 (Closed)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
EVALUATING THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CUTANEOUS AND BLOOD-BORNE FILARIAL NEMATODES IN COMPANION ANIMALS
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Guilherme Gomes Verocai
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23052
02/17/2026 | Gael Ndi Nkwain, PHD, Geology
12:00PM, Halbouty 102A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
QUANTIFYING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL FAUNAS IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN: A SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF FAUNAL DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE HIGH NORTHERN LATITUDES (>49°N)”
Arts and Sciences
Geology & Geophysics
Chair: Christina Belanger
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23057
02/17/2026 | Junhua Huang, PHD, Agricultural Economics
1:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Three Essays on The Impact of COVID-19 Nutrition Policies on Grocery Shopping Behavior of Low-income Households
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Agricultural Economics
Chair: Henry Bryant
Co-Chair: Pourya Valizadeh
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23142
02/18/2026 | Andy McCutchen Horgan, PHD, Horticulture
11:30AM, HFSB 203
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
MORPHOLOGICAL, MOLECULAR, AND GENETIC REGULATION OF COMPLEX FRUIT TEXTURE PHENOTYPES IN THE SOLANUM GENUS
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Horticultural Sciences
Chair: Patricia Klein
Co-Chair: James Giovannoni
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23059
02/18/2026 | Rebecca Belle Ward, PHD, Psychology
12:00PM, YMCA 115
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Meaning Making in Action: Self Essentialism in Decision Making Narratives
Arts and Sciences
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Chair: Rebecca Schlegel
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23092
02/18/2026 | Benjamin Maurice Thomas, PHD, Genetics and Genomics
3:00PM, MREB2 room 1403
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Development of Protein Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Shiga Toxin producing E. Coli
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Zhilei Chen
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23053
02/19/2026 | Paige Graves Seitz, PHD, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
9:00AM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Adult Learner Motivation and Engagement: An Exploratory Study of Agricultural Nonprofit Members' Participation in Asynchronous Online Learning
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ag Leadership, Educ & Comm
Chair: Theresa Murphrey
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23074
02/19/2026 | Anant Mehta, MS, Computer Science
11:00AM, PETR 120
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Foundations of Self-Supervised Fine-Tuning for Open-Weight CLIP Models
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Tianbao Yang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23118
02/19/2026 | Megan Cheyenne Copeland, PHD, Biology
12:00PM, HELD 004C
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ASSEMBLY, ANNOTATION, AND ANALYSIS: UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF GENOMIC ARCHITECTURE
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Heath Blackmon
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23066
02/19/2026 | Samantha Dyanne Aguilar, PHD, Educational Psychology
1:00PM, EDCT 715B
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Cultural Congruity for Latino Students in STEM: Fostering STEM and Ethnic Identity
Education and Human Development
Educational Psychology
Chair: Jeffrey Liew
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23054
02/20/2026 | Karissa L. Palmer, PHD, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
9:00AM, AGLS 129
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
GOT MILK!: USING RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS TO INVESTIGATE HOW LABELING INFLUENCES CONSUMERS’ DECISION TO PURCHASE DAIRY AND PLANT-BASED MILK
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ag Leadership, Educ & Comm
Chair: Holli Leggette
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23067
02/20/2026 | EJ John Broker, PHD, Chemistry
10:00AM, JCAIN 205
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Mechanically Induced Reactivity of Graphene: A Model System for Mechanochemical Studies of This & Other 2D Materials
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: James Batteas
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23064
02/20/2026 | Hannah Rose Stalb, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology
10:00AM, Zoom: https://tamu.zoom.us/j/91948346762?pwd=DVtwE7vOYzT9n9STpNa2a0hnC7QJRr.1 Meeting ID: 919 4834 6762 Passcode: 299304
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
WELDER FLATS: MEASURING, MODELING, AND INFORMING HYDROLOGIC RESTORATION IN A HYPERSALINE SALT MARSH
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Russell Feagin
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23076
02/20/2026 | Poojashree Boopathyraj Chettiar, PHD, Medical Sciences
1:00PM, MREB 2 - Room 1403
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
PKC-dependent NMDAR depression by striatal glutamate delta-1 (GluD1) receptor underlies cognitive flexibility
Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine
College of Medicine
Chair: Shashank Dravid
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23097
02/20/2026 | Yufeng Wan, PHD, Biology
1:00PM, Butler 103
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The regulation of glucose metabolism in sustaining sex-specific reproductive behavior and the hierachical structure of sensory motor responses in Caenorhabditis elegansesponses
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Luis Garcia
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23115
02/20/2026 | Madison Marie Weinrich, PHD, Kinesiology
1:00PM, Rudder Tower - Room 404
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Lissajous feedback utilization in Parkinson's Disease: A bimanual coordination perspective
Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management
Chair: Deanna Kennedy
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23143
02/20/2026 | Shenghao Xie, MS, Computer Science
2:00PM, PETR 119 (temporal)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Lp Sampling in Streaming and Distributed Monitoring Models with Applications to Fp Estimation
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Samson Zhou
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23138
02/20/2026 | Athena Padgiotis, PHD, Aerospace Engineering
3:10PM, TURBO 163
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Simultaneous Evaluation of Dynamic Strength and Equation of State in Shock Compression Experiments
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Scott Jackson
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23091
02/23/2026 | Kenneth Devin Cooper, PHD, Nuclear Engineering
8:00AM, Virtual (Zoom)
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
SURFACE ENGINEERING OF NITRIDED STAINLESS STEELS AND IN SITU IRRADIATION–CORROSION TESTING METHODS FOR MOLTEN SALT REACTOR APPLICATIONS
Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Chair: Lin Shao
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23102
02/23/2026 | Noah L. Koehler, PHD, Educational Psychology
10:00AM, EDCT 715B/Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Effects of Differential Item Functioning and Common Item Alignment on the Quality of Vertical Scaling
Education and Human Development
Educational Psychology
Chair: Myeongsun Yoon
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23136
02/23/2026 | Amanda Nicole Macha, MS, Aerospace Engineering
1:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Control-Structure Interaction Study Platform Design and Mitigation Strategy Analysis for the International Space Station
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Kyle DeMars
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23117
02/23/2026 | Lois Marie Williams, MS, Water Management and Hydrological Science
1:00PM, Dwight Look Engineering Building (0385), conference room 405Q
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Biodegradability of Microplastics in Aquatic Environments: Insights from Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate (P3HB) Degradation Studies
Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engr
Chair: Xingmao Ma
Co-Chair: Thomas McDonald
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23125
02/23/2026 | Destry Intan Syafitri J., MS, Atmospheric Sciences
3:00PM, OMB1209
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Deep Learning-based Precipitation Forecasts for Indonesia
Arts and Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences
Chair: Istvan Szunyogh
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23060
02/24/2026 | Lindsey Wythe, PHD, Poultry Science
9:00AM, KLCT 126
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Integrating Microbial Ecology and Interventions to Strengthen Poultry Biosecurity
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Poultry Science
Chair: Morgan Farnell
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23087
02/24/2026 | Xiaohan Wei, PHD, Agricultural Economics
10:00AM, AGLS 210F
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Three Essays on The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Household Well-Being
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Agricultural Economics
Chair: Pourya Valizadeh
Co-Chair: Rodolfo Nayga
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23096
02/24/2026 | Maliha Momtaj, MS, Soil Science
1:30PM, Room: Heep 440, 370 Olsen Blvd, College Station, TX 77843
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Urban expansion in southeast Texas: Quantifying land use change and identifying urban impacted soils
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soil & Crop Sciences
Chair: Briana Wyatt
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23131
02/24/2026 | Sarah Elise Miller, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
2:00PM, ETB 3002 & Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Nanocomposite Hemostatic Materials for Noncompressible Hemorrhage
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Akhilesh Gaharwar
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23079
02/24/2026 | Kerim U. Kizil, PHD, Business Administration
2:30PM, Wehner 304
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Essays on Managing Operational Performance in Complex Systems
Mays Business School
Information & Operations Mgmt
Chair: Chelliah Skriskandarajah
Co-Chair: Jon Stauffer
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23127
02/24/2026 | Achyut Ranjan Gogoi, PHD, Chemistry
5:00PM, THOM 121
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
HARNESSING THE SYMBIOTIC POTENTIAL OF COMPUTATION & EXPERIMENT IN ELUCIDATION OF REACTION MECHANISMS.
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Osvaldo Gutierrez Santacruz
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23128
02/25/2026 | Yuanxing Liu, PHD, Chemical Engineering
9:00AM, College Station
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Process modeling, monitoring and safety management of PEMWE systems
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: Faisal Khan
Co-Chair: Efstratios Pistikopoulos
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23058
02/25/2026 | Milos Dujovic, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering
9:00AM, RDMC 202
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
UNRAVELING THE MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL STABILITY OF MAX PHASES: FROM PROCESSING AND DEFORMATION TO DELAMINATION
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Miladin Radovic
Co-Chair: Ankit Srivastava
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23132
02/25/2026 | Junho Moon, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering
12:30PM, RDMC 208
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Stimuli-responsive, Programmable Shape Morphing Materials via Stereochemical Control and Microgel Assembly
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Svetlana Sukhishvili
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23089
02/25/2026 | Chimuanya Princess Osuji, DRPH, Public Health Sciences
1:30PM, TBA
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Examining delayed care and its associated factors among U.S. adults with chronic diseases
School of Public Health
School of Public Health
Chair: James Burdine
Co-Chair: Ellisa Jones-Mckyer
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23077
02/25/2026 | Viktoriia White, MS, Petroleum Engineering
3:00PM, RICH 511
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITY WITH APPLICATION OF 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY
Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Chair: Ding Zhu
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23110
02/26/2026 | Ryan Matthew Blanchard, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
10:00AM, ETB 5039
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
IDENTIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND TREATMENT OF POLYPLOID GIANT CANCER CELLS TO TARGET CHEMOTHERAPY RESISTANCE
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Tanmay Lele
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23121
02/26/2026 | Melissa Gentry, PHD, Economics
11:30AM, WCSS 218
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Three Essays on Economic Inclusion for People with Disabilities
Arts and Sciences
Economics
Chair: Andrew Barr
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23095
02/26/2026 | Saylor Marley Mealing, DRPH, Public Health Sciences
1:00PM, TBA
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
The Impact of Past Reproductive Injustices on the Current Reproductive Health Decisions of African American Women
School of Public Health
School of Public Health
Chair: Ping Ma
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23135
02/26/2026 | Kiran Alla, MS, Horticulture
1:00PM, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Centre, Uvalde, TX
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Genome-Wide Association Study of Southern Native Tepary Beans and Rhizosphere Microbiome Dynamics of Summer Cover Crops
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Horticultural Sciences
Chair: Vijay Joshi
Co-Chair: Shuyang Zhen
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23137
02/26/2026 | Kaitlyn Elizabeth Carter, PHD, Genetics and Genomics
1:30PM, MREB 1403
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Heterogenous response to loss of ERBB3 in colorectal cancer
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Nutrition
Chair: David Threadgill
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23133
02/26/2026 | Alexander Clark Coulter, PHD, Statistics
3:00PM, BLOC 427 and Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Feasible Nonparametric Methods in Population-Scale Biostatistical Applications
Arts and Sciences
Statistics
Chair: Yuchao Jiang
Co-Chair: Irina Gaynanova
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23116
02/26/2026 | Kyle Stratton Williams, PHD, Nuclear Engineering
4:00PM, Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Exploration of Chemical and Mechanical Effects on Alloy Corrosion Mechanisms in Molten FLiNaK Salt
Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Chair: Lin Shao
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23105
02/27/2026 | Evan Scott McRae, MAR, Architecture
8:00AM, ZOOM, Langford A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Architecture
Architecture
Chair: Fabrizio Aimar
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23104
02/27/2026 | Richard Edmund Rosas, PHD, Oceanography
9:00AM, OMB 203
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
AN EXAMINATION OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES AND THE INFLUENCE ON SE AWATER CARBONATE CHEMISTRY PARAMETERS
Arts and Sciences
Oceanography
Chair: Niall Slowey
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23082
02/27/2026 | Rebecca Lee, PHD, Statistics
9:00AM, Blocker 427 and Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Hierarchical Bayesian Spectral Modeling of Multiple Time Series
Arts and Sciences
Statistics
Chair: Anirban Bhattacharya
Co-Chair: Scott Bruce
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23093
02/27/2026 | Aiya Dizon Marquez, PHD, Chemical Engineering
9:00AM, JEB 105
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Improving Poly(lactic) acid: Processability, Flame Retardancy, and Mechanical Properties
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chair: Qingsheng Wang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23100
02/27/2026 | Kendall Alyssa Howie, PHD, Food Science and Technology
11:00AM, Kleberg TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Electron Beam (eBeam) Technology for the Production of Extended Shelf-Life Meals for Commercial Foodservice Applications
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Food Science & Technology
Chair: Suresh Pillai
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23086
02/27/2026 | Kido Harrison Uyamasi, DRPH, Public Health Sciences
11:00AM, SPHA Room 278
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
AGE-PERIOD-COHORT ANALYSIS OF CERVICAL CANCER INCIDENCE
School of Public Health
School of Public Health
Chair: Patrick Tarwater
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23145
02/27/2026 | Natalie Nicole Neal, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering
1:30PM, Jack E. Brown 105
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Optical properties of and structural color in polyelectrolyte/MXene multilayers and heterostructures
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Jodie Lutkenhaus
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23146
03/2/2026 | Paria Dehghanian, PHD, Oral and Craniofacial Biomedical Sciences
10:00AM, School of Dentistry, room 211
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Novel Roles of Tendon in the Postnatal Growth of TMJ Condyle
Dentistry
College of Dentistry
Chair: Yan Jing
Co-Chair: Louis Ruest
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23084
03/2/2026 | Wesley Allen Arend, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology
10:00AM, Wildlife, Fisheries, & Ecological Sciences Building
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Systematics of the mud darter 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦 and the gumbo darter 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪 (Teleostei: Percidae).
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Kevin Conway
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23101
03/2/2026 | Lisuly Lisuly Contreras, MAR, Architecture
10:00AM, Langford 4th Floor
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Architecture
Architecture
Chair: Marcelo Lopez Dinardi
Co-Chair: Aubrey Pentecost
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23109
03/2/2026 | Karina Lee Hissen, PHD, Biomedical Sciences
11:00AM, VIDI 106
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigating Dietary L-glutamate Effects on the Intestinal Mucosa of Hybrid Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis ♀ × Morone chrysops ♂)
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Chair: Michael Criscitiello
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23075
03/2/2026 | Yuting Cai, PHD, Electrical Engineering
12:00PM, 324 WEB
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Generative and decision intelligence for power systems
Engineering
Electrical & Computer Eng
Chair: Chao Tian
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23073
03/2/2026 | Sahir Gagan, PHD, Atmospheric Sciences
12:00PM, Eller O&M, TAMU, College Station
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ADVANCING METHODS TO QUANTIFY AND ELUCIDATE THE CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF EMERGING POLLUTANTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE
Arts and Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences
Chair: Yue Zhang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23139
03/2/2026 | Daniel Steven Ocampo Millan, PHD, Mechanical Engineering
1:00PM, MEOB 501
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials & Applications to 2D Materials
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Wei Gao
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23134
03/2/2026 | Nereyda Yovana Ortiz Osejo de Lemus, PHD, Sociology
2:00PM, West Campus Social Science Building
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Push–Pull, Herd Effects, and Spatial Context in U.S. Residential Mobility: Evidence from County-to-County Flows
Arts and Sciences
Sociology
Chair: Ernesto Amaral
Co-Chair: Mary Campbell
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23071
03/2/2026 | Miranda Inez Lambert, PHD, Economics
2:00PM, WCSS 218
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Essays in Development Economics: Behavioral and Experimental Evidence from Conflict and Economic Decline
Arts and Sciences
Economics
Chair: Danila Serra
Co-Chair: Catherine Eckel
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23108
03/2/2026 | Ruifeng Chen, PHD, Toxicology
3:00PM, HPEB LL46
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
THE ROLE OF STRIATAL NEURONS AND NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN ACTION-OUTCOME CONTINGENCY
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Physiology & Pharmacology
Chair: Jun Wang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23078
03/2/2026 | Syed Mohammad Hameed Ul Haq, PHD, Mechanical Engineering
3:00PM, 501
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
MULTIPHYSICS NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Michael Pate
Co-Chair: Jorge Alvarado
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23144
03/3/2026 | Yinong Chen, PHD, Mechanical Engineering
11:00AM, Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Towards Naturalistic Biomechanical Studies of Occupational Activities: Subject-Specific Modeling, Novel Sensing, and Machine Learning
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Xudong Zhang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23106
03/3/2026 | Siddhesh Sunil Sabnis, PHD, Medical Sciences
3:00PM, MREB1403
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Role of glutamate delta 1 (GluD1) in pain mechanims
Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine
College of Medicine
Chair: Shashank Dravid
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23068
03/4/2026 | Sophia Grace Dagan, MAR, Architecture
8:00AM, ARCH REVIEW SPACE
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Architecture
Architecture
Chair: Marcelo Lopez Dinardi
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23062
03/4/2026 | David Nii Nartei Nartey, PHD, Industrial Engineering
10:00AM, ETB4002
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS IN HUMAN FATIGUE FORECASTING
Engineering
Industrial & Systems Eng
Chair: Farzan Sasangohar
Co-Chair: Ranjana Mehta
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23056
03/4/2026 | Cade Christian Brown, MS, Aerospace Engineering
10:30AM, HRBB 621
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF A LIFT-PLUS-CRUISE AIRCRAFT WITH ITS HIGH-FIDELITY FLIGHT DYNAMICS MODEL
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Benedict Moble
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23083
03/4/2026 | Angda Li, PHD, Economics
11:30AM, WCSS 212
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Essays on Econometrics of Measurement Error
Arts and Sciences
Economics
Chair: Yonghong An
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23107
03/4/2026 | Gabriella Maria Perez, MAR, Architecture
12:00PM, Arch Review Space
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Architecture
Architecture
Chair: Marcelo Lopez Dinardi
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23065
03/4/2026 | Jessebel Lorenzo Vistro, MUP, Urban and Regional Planning
1:00PM, Langford A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Architecture
Land Arch & Urban Planning
Chair: Thomas Sanchez
Co-Chair: Xinyue Ye
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23061
03/4/2026 | Robert Matthew Stellbauer, PHD, Water Management and Hydrological Science
1:30PM, https://tamu.zoom.us/j/5202321740
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
BEYOND INFRASTRUCTURE: MULTIPLE USE WATER SERVICES AND EXPERIENCES WITH HOUSEHOLD WATER INSECURITY
Arts and Sciences
Geography
Chair: Wendy Jepson
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23122
03/4/2026 | Zhongjia Gao, PHD, Mechanical Engineering
1:40PM, MEOB 224
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Additive Manufacturing and Solvent-free Battery Electrode Manufacturing by Processing Dry Fine Powders
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Heng Pan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23099
03/4/2026 | Elliana E. Carter, MS, Microbiology
2:00PM, BSBW 213
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF NANOPARTICLES ACTIVE AGAINST FUNGI FOR POTENTIAL USE IN SMART PACKAGING FOR FOOD PRESERVATION
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Chair: Matthew Sachs
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23088
03/4/2026 | Bailey Grace Sizemore, MS, Biomedical Engineering
2:00PM, 600 Discovery Dr, College Station, TX 77845
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A TUNABLE SILICONE PHANTOM ARM WITH EMBEDDED ARTERIES FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICE TESTING
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Gerard Cote
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23112
03/4/2026 | Francis Simbi Mvuyekure, PHD, Water Management and Hydrological Science
2:00PM, Online/Teams
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Assessing the impacts of regenerative agricultural practices on soil health, crop yield, hydrology, and water quality at field and watershed scales
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biological & Agricultural Eng
Chair: Srinivasulu Ale
Co-Chair: Rabi Mohtar
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23140
03/4/2026 | Signe Hollesen, MS, Marine Biology
2:00PM, Main 410
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF RED DRUM (SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS) AND BLACK DRUM (POGONIAS CROMIS) IN A SUBTROPICAL ESTUARY
Marine Sci & Maritime St
Marine Biology
Chair: Robert Wells
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23147
03/4/2026 | Albert Tran, MS, Civil Engineering
2:30PM, DLEB 801C
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Automated Temporal Assessment of Post-Tornado Housing Recovery Using Street-View Imagery, Deep Learning, and GIS
Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engr
Chair: Maria Koliou
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23130
03/4/2026 | Lizbeth Alvarez, MED, Curriculum and Instruction
3:00PM, via Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture
Chair: Ramona Pittman
Co-Chair: Emily Cantrell
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23123
03/5/2026 | Meredith J. Anderson, PHD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
10:00AM, VMTH 101
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Neonicotinoid Pesticide Exposure and its Relationship to Avian Ecology, Migration Phenology, and Zoonotic Pathogen Dynamics
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences
Chair: Sarah Hamer
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23070
03/5/2026 | Lauren E. Nyquist, PHD, Geography
12:30PM, O&M 807
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Beyond Repair: Cross-Boundary Energy Coordination, Infrastructure Decay, And Donor-Driven Rehabilitation In Contested Territories
Arts and Sciences
Geography
Chair: Kathleen O'Reilly
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23069
03/5/2026 | Vanessa D. Verner, PHD, Sociology
1:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
"Not By the Commission of Men's Hands": Gender, Race and Class Politics within Black Pentecostalism
Arts and Sciences
Sociology
Chair: Sarah Gatson
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23085
03/5/2026 | Yufei Huang, PHD, Neuroscience
2:00PM, MREB2 Room1403
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Neural Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive Inflexibility in Early Alzheimer’s Disease
Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine
College of Medicine
Chair: Jun Wang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23119
03/6/2026 | Matthew Riley Benedict, MAR, Architecture
8:00AM, Langford A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Architecture
Architecture
Chair: Michael Obrien
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23129
03/6/2026 | Brandy Alexandra Craft, MS, Ecology and Conservation Biology
9:00AM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
UTILIZING NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEROMYSCUS CRANIOMANDIBULAR MORPHOLOGY AND HABITAT
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Chair: Jessica Light
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23090
03/6/2026 | Michael E Woolley, PHD, Medical Sciences
1:00PM, HPEB LL44
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Engineering DARPins as Antibody Surrogates for Therapeutic Applications
Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine
College of Medicine
Chair: Zhilei Chen
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23072
03/6/2026 | Rusali Saha, MS, Computer Science
2:00PM, PETR 314
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A COMPREHENSIVE MULTILINGUAL, MULTICULTURAL INVESTIGATION OF BIAS IN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Kuan-Hao Huang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23094
03/6/2026 | Jace Tanner Peloquin, MS, Aerospace Engineering
2:00PM, Texas A&M Turbmachinery Laboratory - Room 163
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DEVELOPMENT OF A DETONATION PRODUCT EQUATION OF STATE REDUCTION FRAMEWORK
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chair: Scott Jackson
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23113
03/6/2026 | Julie Delane Swinney, MAR, Architecture
2:00PM, Langford A
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Architecture
Architecture
Chair: Marcelo Lopez Dinardi
Co-Chair: Andrew Tripp
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23124
03/16/2026 | Caroline Elizabeth Freeman, MED, Curriculum and Instruction
12:00PM, Online
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture
Chair: Emily Cantrell
Co-Chair: R Joshi
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23120
03/19/2026 | Niaz Azeez, MS, Mathematics
10:00AM, Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Arts and Sciences
Mathematics
Chair: Oksana Shatalov
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23055
03/27/2026 | Amy L. Buntin, MED, Curriculum and Instruction
9:00AM, Google Meets
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture
Chair: R Joshi
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23111
03/27/2026 | Regan N. Gardner, MS, Sport Management
11:00AM, 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#da23081
03/27/2026 | Stefenia Phipps, MS, Sport Management
11:00AM, 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#da23114
04/1/2026 | Riley Stoner, MEN, Petroleum Engineering
10:00AM, Texas A&M
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Chair: Duane McVay
Co-Chair: Thomas Blasingame
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23080
05/5/2026 | Jeong Jae Han, PHD, Interdisciplinary Engineering
1:00PM, WEB232
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGH-THROUGHPUT DRUG SCREENING PLATFORM TARGETING ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT MICROBES BASED ON DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS TECHNIQUE
Engineering
Multidisciplinary Engineering
Chair: Arum Han
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da23063