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
BRAZ, DENISE LUCIANA DE FATIMA DE FATIMA LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES Falu, Nessette APRIL 6, 2026; 1:00 PM; HACKET ROOM 1313 IN LLILAS NO TITLE PROVIDED
CHA, YOOJIN PUBLIC POLICY Evans, Mary APRIL 6, 2026; 9:00-10:00AM CST; SRH 3 ESSAYS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
CLEMENTS, ZACHARY LEE AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Humphreys, Todd E APRIL 6, 2026; 1:00-4:00PM CST; ASE 2.202 GNSS INTERFERENCE DETECTION AND GEOLOCATION
FANGER, BRYN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Russell, Ryan P APRIL 6, 2026; 10:00AM CST; ASE 2.202 CONSTRAINT HANDLING FOR LOW-THRUST TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION
JIANG, SHAN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (MSE, PHD) Khurshid, Sarfraz APRIL 6, 2026; 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM; EER 6.704 NO TITLE PROVIDED
KIENZLE, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER CIVIL ENGINEERING Katz, Lynn E, Misztal, Pawel APRIL 6, 2026; 3:00 PM; ECJ 3.122 EMBRACING THE CHEMICAL COMPLEXITY OF REAL-TIME PFAS ANALYSIS USING OPTIMIZED PROTON TRANSFER REACTION TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY
LIU, HUIHAN COMPUTER SCIENCE Zhu, Yuke APRIL 6, 2026; 3:30PM TO 5:30PM; GDC 4.816 BUILDING CONTINUALLY IMPROVING AND RELIABLE AUTONOMY THROUGH HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATION
ORTEGA, AGUEDA SOCIOLOGY Auyero, Javier APRIL 6, 2026; 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM; RLP GLICKMAN C CULTIVATING BONDS: RELATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINING AGROECOLOGY IN AN ADVERSE CONTEXT
RAHMAN, AYESHA CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Lopez, Jaime APRIL 6, 2026; 9:30AM-11:30AM CST; MBB 2.204 SPATIAL AND POST-TRANSLATIONAL MECHANISMS REGULATING THE DNA-PROTEIN CROSSLINK PROTEASE SPRTN
SALUDARES, CONNOR CHEMISTRY KRISCHE, MICHAEL J APRIL 6, 2026; 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM; NORMAN HACKERMAN BUILDING - NHB 5.202 ASYMMETRIC RU-CATALYZED CARBONYL ALLYLATIONS VIA HYDROGEN TRANSFER TO P-UNSATURATED FEEDSTOCKS: PROGRESS TOWARDS THE SYNTHESIS OF BAFILOMYCIN A1