Defense Announcements

12/4/2024 | Clinson Lui, PHD, Biomedical Sciences

12:00PM, VIDI 106

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Using keratinocytoids (epidermal organoids) as a model to study canine and feline skin diseases

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology

Chair: Dominique Wiener
Co-Chair: Lauren Stranahan

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12/4/2024 | Nikhil Potnuru, PHD, Civil Engineering

1:00PM, DLEB

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Experimental Investigation of Parameters Affecting Minimum Shear Reinforcement Requirements in Prestressed Concrete Girders

Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engr

Chair: Petros Sideris

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12/4/2024 | Juliet Marie Ball, PHD, Kinesiology

3:30PM, Gilchrist Building

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE OF SPORT MARKETING RESEARCH: A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOMETRIC REVIEW OF SPORT MARKETING PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCES, AND JOURNALS

Education and Human Development
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Chair: Gregg Bennett

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12/5/2024 | Sandy Ann Labonte, PHD, Genetics and Genomics

2:00PM, HEEP 440

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
ENHANCED BACTERIAL FITNESS THROUGH COORDINATED RESPONSES TO COMPETITOR SPECIES

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Biochemistry & Biophysics

Chair: Paul Straight

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12/6/2024 | Hyein Kim, PHD, Anthropology

10:00AM, Anthropology building, ANTH 236

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
CULTURAL SUCCESS IN “BECOMING AMERICAN” AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG KOREAN IMMIGRANTS

Arts and Sciences
Anthropology

Chair: Allison Hopkins

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12/9/2024 | Junyeong Choi, PHD, Ecology and Conservation Biology

10:00AM, WFES 119

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Effectiveness of fuel treatments in mitigating wildfire risk and damage in the south-central United States

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ecology & Conservation Biology

Chair: Jianbang Gan

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12/10/2024 | Jonathon Scot Cummock, PHD, Medical Sciences

10:00AM, HMH in Fondren F6-043 A&B

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Precision Stroke Diagnostics: AI-Enhanced Imaging for Early Detection, Lesion Reversibility Prediction, and Precise Segmentation of Ischemic Stroke

Medicine
College of Medicine

Chair: David Huston
Co-Chair: Stephen Wong

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12/11/2024 | Deborah Michelle Crowley, EDD, Curriculum and Instruction

9:00AM, Zoom

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY INTO WHY GOOD TEACHERS LEAVE “GOOD” SCHOOLS

Education and Human Development
Teaching, Learning & Culture

Chair: Shaun Hutchins
Co-Chair: Paul Hernandez

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12/11/2024 | Jordan S Cook, MS, Electrical Engineering

1:00PM, WEB 236C

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
IMPROVING GRID MODELS BY INCORPORATING WEATHER DATA AND ANALYZING THE IMPACT ON RENEWABLE GENERATION

Engineering
Electrical & Computer Eng

Chair: Thomas Overbye
Co-Chair: Adam Birchfield

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12/13/2024 | Whitney Paige Mantooth, PHD, Interdisciplinary Engineering

9:00AM, SPHA 235

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
UNDERSTANDING MUSCULOSKELETAL RISKS PRESENT IN VETERINARY PROCEDURES: TOOLS, MODELS, AND VALIDATION

Engineering
Multidisciplinary Engineering

Chair: Mark Benden

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12/16/2024 | Christina Beth Sumners, PHD, Biomedical Sciences

1:00PM, VIDI 328

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Science Communication at Nonprofit Organizations

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Vet Integrative Biosciences

Chair: Barbara Gastel

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01/6/2025 | Marshall Donald Allen, PHD, Mechanical Engineering

1:00PM, JCAIN 206

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Systematic Design of Metallic Functionally Graded Materials & Structures

Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Chair: Richard Malak
Co-Chair: Raymundo Arroyave

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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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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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