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| Student Name | Major | Chair Name | Date, Time, Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAUSHALTER, KEALLY | NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES | Davis, Jaimie N | JULY 21, 2026; 12:30PM; RLP 0.104 | FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD AVAILABILITY, AND HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG HIGH-RISK YOUTH |
| LEVELL, ZACHARY H | MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | LIU, YUANYUE | JULY 21, 2026; 2:30 PM TO 3:30 PM; EER 2.850 | TOWARD REALISTIC MODELING OF HETEROGENEOUS ELECTROCATALYSIS |
| OTEGUI ALEXENICER, MILAGROS | CIVIL ENGINEERING | Kinney, Kerry A, Katz, Lynn E | JULY 21, 2026; 1:00PM CT; ECJ 3.122 | DRINKING WATER QUALITY FROM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM TO PREMISE PLUMBING: LONGITUDINAL CHANGES, SEASONAL TEMPERATURE EFFECTS AND EVALUATION OF REAL-TIME SENSING |
| ZHAO, HOUYUAN | CHEMISTRY | LIU, HUNG-WEN | JULY 21, 2026; 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM; PHR 3.110 | ELUCIDATION OF BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS AND ENZYMOLOGY IN MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF SEVERAL SULFUR-CONTAINING METABOLITES |
| BROOKER, SARAH | GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES | Barnes, Jaime D | JULY 22, 2026; 9:00AM CT; JBG BARROW CONFERENCE ROOM | TRACING FLUID-ROCK REACTIONS USING TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL STABLE ISOTOPES: EXAMPLES FROM MANTLE XENOLITHS AND TOURMALINE GEMSTONES |
| COHEN, VANYA | COMPUTER SCIENCE | Mooney, Raymond J | JULY 22, 2026; 2:00PM; GDC 3.816 | REASONING ABOUT ACTIONS WITH LARGE MULTIMODAL MODELS |
| LIU, CHEN | MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | Manthiram, Arumugam | JULY 22, 2026; 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM; GLT 3.102 | MATERIALS AND INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE ALKALI-ION BATTERIES |
| RAHMAN, SHANTO | ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (MSE, PHD) | Shi, August W | JULY 22, 2026; 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM; EER 6.704 | RELIABLE SOFTWARE TESTING WITH LANGUAGE MODELS AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS |
| SANVORDENKER, SHEA LIANG | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | Korgel, Brian A | JULY 22, 2026; 10:00 AM; GLT 2.102 | NO TITLE PROVIDED |
| ALKAN, OGUZHAN | GOVERNMENT | Somer-Topcu, Zeynep | JULY 23, 2026; 2:15 PM; BATTS 2.120D | BARRIERS TO INCLUSION: THREE ESSAYS ON VOTER EVALUATIONS OF MUSLIM CANDIDATES |