08/6/2025 | Dylan Lee Garibaldi, MS, Biomedical Engineering
10:00AM, ETB 5039
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A Novel Media-Concentration Based Accelerated Hydrolytic Degradation Model for Biodegradable Polymers based on Time-Concentration Superposition Frameworks
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Balakrishna Haridas
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08/7/2025 | Jack Wang, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
10:00AM, Online
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advancing biomechanical characterization for coronary plaque rupture risk assessment
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Lucas Timmins
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18861
08/8/2025 | Anwesha Basu, MS, Computer Science
2:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Improving Few-Shot Recognition by Post-Hoc Correction
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: James Caverlee
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08/11/2025 | Shweta Kailani, PHD, Educational Psychology
9:00AM, HECC 715B conference room
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Meeple-Centered Learning: Using Collaborative Games To Enhance Ill-Structured Problem-Solving Skills In Undergraduate Students
Education and Human Development
Educational Psychology
Chair: Susan Pedersen
Co-Chair: Tugce Aldemir
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08/11/2025 | . Abani, PHD, Materials Science and Engineering
11:00AM, https://tamu.zoom.us/j/3083637408?pwd=aGJmd3hyTzVMNkU3QjErY1UwVGxQZz09
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
NONAQUEOUS ACID-MEDIATED SYNTHESIS OF MACROCYCLIC POLYMER NANOPARTICLES AND THIN FILMS
Engineering
Materials Science & Engr
Chair: Hongcai Zhou
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18866
08/11/2025 | Yunong Wang, PHD, Chemistry
2:00PM, CHEM 255
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Imaging Living Cells with Multifunctional Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Chair: Lane Baker
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08/12/2025 | Bo Chen, PHD, Atmospheric Sciences
2:00PM, O&M 1209
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Advancing the Measurement and Understanding of Aerosol Vertical Profile Using Micropulse Lidar
Arts and Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences
Chair: Sarah Brooks
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18869
08/13/2025 | Lauren Williams, DRPH, Public Health Sciences
8:00AM, SPHC Building, Room 108 and Zoom link: https://tamu.zoom.us/j/95392101393?pwd=ixztBDYpr0aHaiQW6Qoi6oxSdb9A0Q.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#da18868
08/15/2025 | Edudzi David Sallah, PHD, English
1:00PM, Zoom
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Providence and the Preacher: A Transatlantic Black Religious Discourse
Arts and Sciences
English
Chair: Ira Dworkin
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18865
08/21/2025 | Max Errickson Simons, PHD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
2:00PM, ILSB 3143
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Biosynthesis of UDP-L-Arabinofuranose, CDP-Fucofuranose and CDP-6-deoxy-Altrofuranose for the Capsular Polysaccharides of Campylobacter jejuni
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Tatyana Igumenova
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18857
08/21/2025 | Sunder Neelakantan, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
2:00PM, tbd
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Investigating the biomechanical alteration in the right ventricle and pulmonary system in pulmonary hypertension
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Reza Avazmohammadi
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18860
08/28/2025 | Claudia A Collier, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
11:00AM, 5039
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ANALYZING ENTERIC NEUROINFLAMMATION IN GULF WAR ILLNESS: EX VIVO AND IN VITRO STUDIES
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Shreya Raghavan
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18864
08/29/2025 | Liuyi Jin, PHD, Computer Science
2:00PM, Peterson
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
AI-enabled Next-Generation Emergency Medical Services at the Edge
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Radu Stoleru
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18872
09/17/2025 | James Edward Gonzales, PHD, Biomedical Engineering
8:00AM, Emerging Technologies Building
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Development, Implementation, and Applications of Advanced Methods for Performing and Analyzing Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Wonmuk Hwang
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18867
09/17/2025 | Emily Catherine Reed, PHD, Genetics and Genomics
1:00PM, MREB 1403
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ELUCIDATING THE FUNCTION AND REGULATION OF HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA IN T-LYMPHOCYTES
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair: Adam Case
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18862
09/23/2025 | Shurui Gui, PHD, Computer Engineering
3:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Learning Invariant Representations for Out-of-Distribution Generalization: Graphs, Functions, and Large Language Models
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Shuiwang Ji
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18871
10/2/2025 | Xiner Li, PHD, Computer Science
12:00PM, TBD
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Robust Artificial intelligence for Life Science: Graphs, Geometries, and Sequences
Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Chair: Shuiwang Ji
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18855
12/9/2025 | Steve Jackson, PHD, Toxicology
10:00AM, USDA Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: 2881 F&B Road, College Station, Texas
Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
NutriClay strategies against foodborne AMR bacterial pathogens
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences
Chair: Timothy Phillips
| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18863