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
MACHONA, BRUCE NURSING SCIENCE, ALTERNATE ENTRY (PHD) Zuniga, Julie A NOVEMBER 21, 2025; 10:00AM; NUR 4.174 EXPLORING WOMEN'S AND PROVIDERS' PERCEPTIONS OF PRECONCEPTION AND POSTPARTUM CARE AFTER GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS
MAHMOOD, AYESHA MICROBIOLOGY Mavridou, Despoina NOVEMBER 21, 2025; 12:00PM; NHB 1.720 COMBINATION STRATEGIES TO CONSTRAIN -LACTAMASE EVOLUTION AND POTENTIATE EXISTING -LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS
MANOHARAN, VIGNESH COMPUTER SCIENCE Ramachandran, Vijaya NOVEMBER 21, 2025; 1:00PM; GDC 4.516 DISTRIBUTED FAULT TOLERANT DISTANCE COMPUTATION IN GRAPHS: ALGORITHMS AND LOWER BOUNDS
MCNIFF, MARA ART HISTORY Papalexandrou, Athanasio NOVEMBER 21, 2025; 2:00PM; DFA 2.506 RITUALS OF BELONGING: RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT, MATERIAL PRACTICE, AND ACCULTURATION BETWEEN GREEK SELINUS AND PUNIC MOTYA
SUNDARAM, SRIRAM ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING Touba, Nur A, Abraham, Jacob A NOVEMBER 21, 2025; 10:00AM-12:00PM; EER 3.648 DESIGNING POWER-EFFICIENT MULTI-CHIPLET PROCESSORS FOR DATA CENTERS: MODELING, CALIBRATION, AND OPTIMIZATION
VINOD, ADITYA AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Bisetti, Fabrizio NOVEMBER 21, 2025; 9:00 AM; ASE 2.202 REYNOLDS NUMBER SCALING IN TURBULENT PREMIXED FLAMES
WILLIAMS, CLAIRE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Martindale, Rowan C NOVEMBER 21, 2025; 1:00-4:00PM; JGB 3.222 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS AND IMPACTS ON CARIBBEAN REEFS FROM THE LAST INTERGLACIAL TO THE FUTURE
VARSHNEY, AKANKSHA MICROBIOLOGY Keiler, Kenneth C DECEMBER 2, 2025; 3:00 PM TO 5:00 PM; MBB 1.210 TARGETING TRANS-TRANSLATION TO KILL MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AND PATHOGENIC NON-TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA
WRAY, DYLAN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Clarno, Kevin DECEMBER 4, 2025; 4:30PM; NETL CONFERENCE ROOM COMPUTATIONAL EXAMINATION OF METALLIC FUELS IN COMMERCIAL SODIUM-COOLED FAST REACTORS USING THE FAST FUEL PERFORMANCE CODE
REYNOLDS, SARAH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Webber, Michael DECEMBER 10, 2025, 10:00AM; ETC 5.210 A METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE POTENTIAL FOR CIRCULARITY AT THE NEXUS OF ENERGY, WATER, AND WASTE IN THE PERMIAN BASIN