Doctoral Candidates Scheduled for Final Oral Examinations of the Dissertation

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Student Name Major Chair Name Date, Time, Location Title
O'CONNOR, GABRIELA IBERIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES Nagle, Charles NOVEMBER 20, 2025; 10:00 AM; BEN 2.116A MODELING IDIOMATICITY IN VECTOR SPACE MODELS: THE CASE OF MEXICAN SPANISH
SPRADLIN, MEREDITH CHEMISTRY Brodbelt, Jennifer S, Eberlin, Livia NOVEMBER 20, 2025; 2:30PM; NHB 6.204 ADVANCEMENTS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY IMAGING OF THE TUMOR METABOLOME TOWARD FUNCTIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THERAPEUTIC RESISTANCE
STERLING, JESS EMERY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Havird, Justin C NOVEMBER 20, 2025; 1:00PM; WCP 2.120 MITOCHONDRIAL EVOLUTION AND FUNCTION AS DRIVERS OF LIFESPAN DIVERSITY ACROSS NATURAL SYSTEMS
TORRO SENENT, GUILLEM SR MUSIC PERFORMANCE Hudson, Caleb NOVEMBER 20, 2025; 10:00AM; 1.112 BSOM NON-TREATISE OPTION
WANG, HAO PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Okuno, Ryosuke NOVEMBER 20, 2025; 9:00-11:00AM; CPE 2.236 AQUEOUS CARBON CARRIERS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY AND GEOLOGIC CARBON STORAGE
WILCOXSON, TANNER CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Truskett, Thomas M, Milliron, Delia NOVEMBER 20, 2025; 9:00AM; GLT 4.102 TUNING COLLOIDAL INTERACTIONS IMPACTS DYNAMIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF NANOCRYSTAL ASSEMBLIES THROUGH STRUCTURAL MANIPULATION
CHAKRABORTY, SAIKAT ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING Kulkarni, Jaydeep P NOVEMBER 21, 2025; 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM; EER 5.652 DESIGN, MODELLING AND TCAD SIMULATION STUDY OF EMERGING MEMORY DEVICES GATED THYRISTOR BASED CRYOGENIC 1-T DRAM AND FERROELECTRIC FET BASED NAND FLASH
DENG, CHENMIN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (MSE, PHD) Hanson, Alex NOVEMBER 21, 2025; 12:00-2:00PM; EER 3.640/3.642 NONLINEAR POWER SHARING CONTROL AND GENERALIZED FRAMEWORK FOR SERIES/PARALLEL MODULAR CONVERTERS WITH A LUNAR APPLICATION
GUAMAN TIPAN, PABLO CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Ehrlich, Lauren I NOVEMBER 21, 2025; 2:00 PM; MBB 1.210 CR4 AND CCR7 DIFFERENTIALLY REGULATE NEGATIVE SELECTION AND TREG DEVELOPMENT BY MODULATING THYMOCYTE LOCATION AND INTERACTIONS WITH THYMIC APCS
KUO, SHING-FU CIVIL ENGINEERING Machemehl, Randy B NOVEMBER 21, 2025; 2:00PM; ECJ 8.616 QUEUE-CENTRIC EVALUATION: A CLUSTERING METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING SPATIO-TEMPORAL TRAFFIC PREDICTION MODELS