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| Student Name | Major | Chair Name | Date, Time, Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU, FANGYA | PETROLEUM ENGINEERING | Mohanty, Kishore | JULY 24, 2026; 10:00AM CT; GLT 4.102 | HYBRID EOR METHODS FOR HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS |
| RUBIN, EMILY | JOURNALISM AND MEDIA (MA, PHD) | Straubhaar, Joseph, McElroy, Kathleen O | JULY 24, 2026; 11:00AM; DMC 3.378 | BRIDGING THE DIVIDE: COMMUNITY ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS IN STATE BROADBAND AND DIGITAL EQUITY PLANNING |
| SONMEZ BAGHIRZADE, BUSRA | CIVIL ENGINEERING | Werth, Charles J | JULY 24, 2026; 1:00PM; ECJ 1.322 | MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTION OF 6PPD-QUINONE OCCURRENCE IN SURFACE WATER AND WATER QUALITY CHARACTERIZATION OF ALASKAN GLACIAL MELTWATER |
| THACKER, PRANAV JIGNESH | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | Brennecke, Joan F | JULY 24, 2026; 9:30AM CT; EER 3.646 | THE CATION CORE AS A DESIGN VARIABLE FOR CO2 CAPTURE AND SEPARATION USING IONIC LIQUIDS |
| BERTELSON, SAM C | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | Djurdjanovic, Dragan | JULY 27, 2026; 4:00PM CT; ETC 5.132 | VIRTUAL METROLOGY-BASED DIGITAL TWIN FUNCTIONALITIES IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING |
| EKSTROM, MEGAN LEAH | MIDDLE EASTERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES | Aghaie, Kamran S | JULY 27, 2026; 11:00AM-2:00PM CT; CAL 516 | HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE: COLLECTIVE HOUSING AND RESIDENTIAL NETWORKS IN THE GREATER BAGHDAD AREA, 1936-1963 |
| FURTADO, SILVIA DE FREITAS DAL BEN | JOURNALISM AND MEDIA (MA, PHD) | Gonzalez De Bustamante, C, Straubhaar, Joseph | JULY 27, 2026; 8:00AM CT; DMC 3.378A JOU CONFERENCE | KEEP JOURNALISTS IN THE LOOP: SOCIOTECHNICAL IMAGINARIES AND STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE IN THE USE OF AI IN LATIN AMERICAN JOURNALISM |
| GHOSH, NAYANIKA | SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES (PHD) | Lester-Smith, Rosemary A | JULY 27, 2026; 10:30AM; CMA 5.136 | OPTIMIZING AUDITORY-PERCEPTUAL OUTCOME MEASURES FOR EVALUATING BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL VOCAL TREMOR |
| KUMAR, VINAYAK | COMPUTER SCIENCE | Zuckerman, David I | JULY 27, 2026; 11:15AM-12:45PM; GDC 4.516 | NO TITLE PROVIDED |
| LI, JIERUI | COMPUTER SCIENCE | Mooney, Raymond J | JULY 27, 2026; 10:30-12:30PM CT; GDC 3.816 | ENHANCING COMPETITIVE-LEVEL CODE GENERATION BY UTILIZING NATURAL LANGUAGE REASONING |