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| Student Name | Major | Chair Name | Date, Time, Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, FAITH | AFRICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA STUDIES (PHD) | Browne, Simone A | APRIL 8, 2026; 10:00AM CST; GORDON-WHITE BUILDING RM 3.200A | VISUALIZING THE FORMS AND MODES OF BLACK DIGITAL RETREAT |
| WU, THOMAS | CIVIL ENGINEERING | Kinnas, Spyridon A | APRIL 8, 2026; 2:00PM TO 4:00PM; ECJ 4.304 | PREDICTION OF PROPELLER PERFORMANCE AND INDUCED UNDERWATER NOISE USING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISCOUS/INVISCID INTERACTIVE METHOD |
| ARYAL, SAJANA | SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES (PHD) | Mishra, Srikanta | APRIL 9, 2026; 11:15 AM; DMC 5.102, MOODY COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION | INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN COCHLEAR COMPRESSION REVEAL INCIPIENT COCHLEAR CHANGES IN NORMAL-HEARING ADULTS |
| CHEN, PO-CHEN | CIVIL ENGINEERING | Johnson, Blair | APRIL 9. 2026; 10:00AM CST; ECJ 4.304 | TURBULENCE-INDUCED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND BEDFORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE ABSENCE OF MEAN SHEAR |
| ESCOBAR, IVANA | COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS | Heimbach, Patrick, Habbal, Feras A | APRIL 9, 2026; 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM; POB 4.304 | DIFFERENTIABLE ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION IN OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS FOR VARIATIONAL STATE ESTIMATION |
| JIANG, DANQI | GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES | Bangs, Nathan L | APRIL 9, 2026; 9:00 AM TO 12:30 PM; JGB 3.116 | OUTER WEDGE STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION ALONG THE CASCADIA AND NORTHERN HIKURANGI SUBDUCTION MARGINS |
| LAW, SAM | ANTHROPOLOGY (SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY) | CANOVA, PAOLA | APRIL 9, 2026; 10:00 AM; WCP 5.118 | BUILDING A DIGNIFIED LIFE: URBAN AUTONOMY AND THE ART OF LIVING OTHERWISE |
| NING, SHUPENG | ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (MSE, PHD) | CHEN, RAY T, PAN, ZHIGANG | APRIL 9, 2026; 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM; MRC 2.114 | CROSS-LAYER HARDWARE-SOFTWARE CO-DESIGN OF PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR SCALABLE AND HARDWARE-EFFICIENT OPTICAL NEURAL NETWORKS |
| WANG, ALBERT DI | ACCOUNTING | CHEN, SHUPING | APRIL 9, 2026; 10:30 AM TO 11:30 AM; CBA 4M.204 | F(R)ICTION IN MACHINES: ACCOUNTING HALLUCINATIONS OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS |
| WANG, MARK KAI-ZHANG MAST | CIVIL ENGINEERING | Passalacqua, Paola | APRIL 9, 2026; 2:00 PM; ECJ 4.304 | SCALABLE APPROACHES FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPOUND FLOOD HAZARD ASSESSMENT |