Defense Announcements

06/17/2025 | Yuhao Zhong, PHD, Industrial Engineering

2:00PM, Zoom and in-person (ETB)

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Explainable Machine Learning for Smart Manufacturing and Healthcare

Engineering
Industrial & Systems Eng

Chair: Satish Bukkapatnam

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18142


06/27/2025 | Alissa Breanne Herring, MS, Animal Science

9:00AM, KLCT 400

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Maternal citrulline supplementation increases fetal growth and programs postnatal pancreatic development in lambs

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal Science

Chair: Michael Satterfield

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18141


06/30/2025 | James Yang, PHD, Chemistry

9:30AM, CHEM 255

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
NEW SYNTHETIC METHODOLOGIES AND POLYMER PHYSICS INVESTIGATION OF DEFECT-FREE CONJUGATED LADDER POLYMERS

Arts and Sciences
Chemistry

Chair: Lei Fang

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18151


07/14/2025 | Ana Maria Velasquez Escobar, PHD, Genetics and Genomics

2:00PM, AGLS 113 & https://tamu.zoom.us/j/98577060017

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Developing a Gene Drive Approach for Island Mouse Eradication and Biodiversity Conservation

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Nutrition

Chair: David Threadgill

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18144


07/16/2025 | Kay Renee Phelps, MS, Marine Biology

11:00AM, online

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:

Marine Sci & Maritime St
Marine Biology

Chair: Daniel Roelke

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18153


07/18/2025 | Rorey Mattingly Yates-Iannelli, 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#da18143


07/18/2025 | Jordan Kenneth Marks, 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: Paul Keiper

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18145


07/18/2025 | Whitney Paige Tanner, 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#da18147


07/18/2025 | Jose De Santiago, 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#da18148


07/18/2025 | Thomas Jeremy Adams, 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#da18150


07/18/2025 | Robert Charles Perez, 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#da18164


07/21/2025 | Jonathan Alexander Kerman, MS, Soil Science

9:00AM, HEEP 440

Tentative Title of Thesis / Dissertation / Record of Study:
Assessing soil functional recovery on a recently rewilded Fly Ash Deposit

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Soil & Crop Sciences

Chair: Felipe Andres Aburto Guerrero

| Direct Link: https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/Defense-Announcements#da18160


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#da18161