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| Student Name | Major | Chair Name | Date, Time, Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, KIERSTEN | PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES | Fonken, Laura K | JUNE 12, 2026; 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM; BME 3.204 | THE ROLE OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN IMMUNE FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR DURING DEVELOPMENT |
| JAN, AASIM ZAHOOR | PHYSICS | Shoemaker, Deirdre | JUNE 12, 2026; 11:00 AM TO 12:30 PM; POB 2.402 | TOWARD ROBUST GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE INFERENCE ACROSS CURRENT AND FUTURE OBSERVATORIES |
| TOPLU TUTAY, GIZEM | OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING | Kutanoglu, Erhan, Hasenbein, John J | JUNE 12, 2026; 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM; ETC 5.224 | MULTI-OBJECTIVE STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION FOR RESILIENCE PLANNING IN POWER AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS |
| BALL, MELANIE ROSE | ARCHITECTURE PH.D. | Norwood, Bryan E | JUNE 15, 2026; 10:00AM CST; GOL 2.302B | MORE THAN HOUSES: OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH AND THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF URBAN CRISIS |
| HYSER, RAYMOND MARSHALL III | HISTORY | Raby, Megan M, Hunt, Bruce J | JUNE 15, 2026; 9:00AM CST; GAR 1.102 | CARIBBEAN CEYLON: COFFEE LANDSCAPES, KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE 19TH -CENTURY GLOBAL TROPICS |
| SAFAK, ARIFE | PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES | Smyth, Hugh D | JUNE 15, 2026; 8:30 AM; PHR 2.208 | NO TITLE PROVIDED |
| GUO, JINLONG | ENGINEERING MECHANICS | Ravi-Chandar, Krishnaswa | JUNE 16, 2026; 10:00AM-12:00PM CST; ASE 2.202 | ON CRACK NUCLEATION AND PROPAGATION IN ELASTOMERS |
| SPENCE, RYLAN BAYO | COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS | Dawson, Clinton N | JUNE 16, 2026; 10:00AM CST; POB 6.304 | DATA-CONSISTENT ASSIMILATION: THEORY, ALGORITHMS, AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR PREDICTABILITY-AWARE VARIATIONAL METHODS AND ENSEMBLE SPECTRAL FILTERS |
| GLADDEN, BRADLEY | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | Haas, Derek A | JUNE 17, 2026; 1:00PM CST; NETL CONFERENCE ROOM | RECYCLING NUCLEAR FUEL IN THERMAL-SPECTRUM MOLTEN SALT REACTORS: SEPARATION-AVOIDANT FLOURINATION, REACTOR MOLDING, AND FUEL CYCLE ANALYSIS |
| HU, JINCHUAN | PETROLEUM ENGINEERING | Sharma, Mukul M | JUNE 17, 2026; 2:30-4:#0PM CST; BRONS CONFERENCE ROOM | MODELING AND DESIGN OF ADVANCED COMPLETION SYSTEMS FOR SUBSURFACE INJECTION APPLICATIONS |