Doctoral Candidates Scheduled for Final Oral Examinations of the Dissertation

Final oral examinations are open all members of the University community and the public, unless attendance is restricted by the Graduate Studies Committee. Questions should be directed to the Office of the Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, Degree Evaluators at (512) 471-4511.

Student Name Major Chair Name Date, Time, Location Title
DUGGAL, ISHAAN PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES Peppas, Nicholas A AUGUST 10, 2026; 11:00 AM TO 12:00 PM; BME 3.204 SEMINAR ROOM ENGINEERING BIOMATERIALS TOWARDS PULSATILE DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS
MENCEL, MARSHAL CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Bittner, George D AUGUST 10, 2026; 1:00PM CT; WEL 2.246 CELLULAR, MOLECULAR, AND BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISMS OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PLASMALEMMAL REPAIR IN EUKARYOTES
BENWAY-TREJO, CAITLIN MARIE MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Manthiram, Arumugam AUGUST 11, 2026; 12:00 PM TO 1:00 PM; GLT 2.102 STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF ALUMINUM FOIL ANODES IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
JARIWALA, AKSHIT AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Goldstein, David B, Bakolas, Efstathios AUGUST 11, 2026; 10:00AM CT; ASE 2.202 STEERING COHERENT STRUCTURES: PHYSICS-AWARE PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF BOUNDARY-LAYER SEPARATION
ROY, ADITYA MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Ben-Yakar, Adela AUGUST 11, 2026; 12:00 PM TO 1:30 PM; ETC 4.150 OPTOTHERMAL INTERACTIONS AT THE LASER-TISSUE INTERFACE IN TWO-PHOTON BRAIN IMAGING
MANSFIELD, NOAH C ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (MSE, PHD) Wasserman, Daniel M AUGUST 12, 2026; 9:00AM CT; MER 1.606M MID-WAVE INFRARED GUIDED MODE RESONATORS: NOVEL STRUCTURES AND PHOTODETECTION
ADKINS, AMANDA COMPUTER SCIENCE Biswas, Joydeep AUGUST 18, 2026; 10:00 AM; GDC 3.516 OBJECTS AS THE FOUNDATION FOR ROBUST LONG-TERM ROBOT PERCEPTION
JUAREZ, GABRIEL J CHEMISTRY Sessler, Jonathan L AUGUST 18, 2026; 1:00 PM; NHB 5.202 NO TITLE PROVIDED
BUCHLEITER, JON HISTORY Suri, Jeremi JULY 29, 2026; 1:00-4:00PM CT; GAR 1.102 AND VIRTUAL ARMS CONTROL COMES OF AGE: ACDA AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF US ARMS CONTROL