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| Student Name | Major | Chair Name | Date, Time, Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALHADI, ALMOSTAFA A | PETROLEUM ENGINEERING | DiCarlo, David, Torres-Verdin, Carlos | JULY 9, 2026; 1:00 PM TO 3:30 PM; CPE 2.236 | MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS OF CO2 MIGRATION IN HETEROGENEOUS ROCKS: EMPLOYING CT CORE FLOODING AND ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY FOR TRACKING FLOW DYNAMICS |
| LUTH, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING | Banerjee, Sanjay K | JULY 9, 2026; 9:00AM; MER 2.114 | SYMMETRY BREAKING ENHANCEMENT AND DEVICES IN SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION METAL CHALCOGENIDES |
| MACNEILL, FIONA TILEY | ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND BEHAVIOR | Sedio, Brian E, Muth, Felicity | JULY 9, 2026; 10:00AM CT; PAT 142 | CHEMICAL MEDIATION OF ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS: POLLINATORS, HERBIVORES AND PLANT DEFENSE |
| PATEL, VISHWA | PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES | Powers, John T | JUY 9, 2026; 9:00 AM; 1.102 DPRI | THE MYCN LOCUS AS AN INTEGRATED ONCOGENIC UNIT: NONCODING MECHANISMS AND IMPROVED MODELING OF MYCN-AMPLIFIED NEUROBLASTOMA |
| VISCONTE, PIERO | IBERIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES | Sessarego, Sandro | JULY 9, 2026; 9:00AM CT; BEN 2.104 | ASPECTS OF LO²ZA SPANISH: THE INTERPLAY OF LINGUISTIC AND SOCIAL FACTORS |
| BAGHISHOV, ILGAR | CHEMISTRY | Henkelman, Graeme A | JULY 10, 2026; 10:00AM CT; WEL 2.322 | TRAINING DATA FOR FOUNDATION MODELS IN CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS: FROM INTERATOMIC POTENTIALS TO GENERATIVE DISCOVERY |
| COTNER, MICHAEL | BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING | Brock, Amy | JULY 10, 2026; 2:00PM CDT; BME 3.204 SEMINAR ROOM | QUANTIFICATION AND INTEGRATION OF PHENOTYPIC AND TRANSCRIPTOMIC INTRATUMOR HETEROGENEITY |
| IGLESIAS, HECTOR | PHYSICS | Shoemaker, Deirdre | JULY 10, 2026; 12:00 PM TO 2:00 PM; PMA 9.222 | BRIDGING THE INTERMEDIATE-MASS-RATIO GAP IN GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE PARAMETER SPACE THROUGH THE HYBRIDIZATION OF SELF-FORCE AND NUMERICAL RELATIVITY WAVEFORMS |
| AGRAVAT, RAJVI | NEUROSCIENCE | Hamilton, Liberty | JULY 13, 2026; 12:30 PM TO 2:00 PM; SEAY 4.244 | NEURAL ENCODING OF SPEECH AND MUSIC IN THE DEVELOPING BRAIN WITH AND WITHOUT ATTENTION |
| IRVING, PAUL ROBERT | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | Ganesan, Venkat, Freeman, Benny D | JULY 13, 2026; 11:00AM CST; ECJ 1.306 | DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR ION-SELECTIVE HYDRATED POLYMER MEMBRANES: INTERPLAY OF POLYMER DYNAMICS, HYDRATION, AND FIXED CHARGE EFFECTS |