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| Student Name | Major | Chair Name | Date, Time, Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYND, JACOB KOEHLER | CHEMISTRY | Raccah, Doran | MAY 19, 2026; 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM; WELCH HALL (WEL) 4.132B | ONE SMALL HOP FOR A MAN, ONE ADHOPS FOR MANKIND: SCALABLE EXACT SIMULATIONS OF MOLECULAR MATERIALS WITH THE ADAPTIVE HIERARCHY OF PURE STATES |
| HALWACHS, KATHLEEN NICOLE | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | Rosales, Adrianne M | MAY 20, 2026; 10:00AM; EER 3.640/3.642 | FROM HYALRUONIC ACID TO DECELLULARIZED HEART: CONTROLLING HYDROGEL PROPERTIES TO GUIDE CELL REMODELING AND VASCULAR NETWORK FORMATION IN 3D |
| PRIESTLEY, AMANDA | COMPUTER SCIENCE | Nestoridi, Evita, Tian, Kevin | MAY 20, 2026; 10:30AM-12:00PM; GDC 5.516 | ASPECTS OF COMBINATORIAL PROBABILITY |
| SHAH, MANSI | ADVERTISING (PHD) | Mackert, Michael S, Oh, Jeeyun | MAY 21, 2026; 1:00 PM TO 4:00 PM; DMC MOODY CLASSROOM 4.378A | CONCEPTUALIZING DIGITAL SAFE SPACE: UNDERSTANDING HEURISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION SEEKING |
| FATHEEMA, JAMEELA | ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (MSE, PHD) | Akinwande, Deji | MAY 27, 2026; 9:30AM CST; EER 4.704 | FIRST-PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATION OF ATOMIC-SCALE SWITCHING MECHANISMS IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS FOR EMERGING MEMORY DEVICES |
| JUERGENSMEYER, KRISTINA GMURZYNSKA | ANTHROPOLOGY | Slotta, James, Keating, Elizabeth L | MAY 27, 2026; 11:00AM CST; WCP 5.118 | BETWEEN CARDS AND CONTRACTS: TRANSNATIONAL MOBILITY, COSMOPOLITAN IDENTITY AND MULTILINGUALISM AMONG BRAZILIAN MIGRANTS IN POLAND |
| ZHOU, ZEXI | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & FAMILY SCIENCES | Fingerman, Karen L | MAY 27, 2026; 10:30 AM TO 12:30 PM; SEA 2.324 | PREDICTING OLDER ADULTS' EVERYDAY SLEEP FROM DAYTIME EMOTIONS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS |
| LE, DYLAN | NEUROSCIENCE | Wei, Xuexin | MAY 28, 2026; 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM; NHB 1.720 | INFORMATION LIMITS IN NEURAL NETWORKS |
| LI, PO-HAN | ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (MSE, PHD) | Chinchali, Sandeep, Topcu, Ufuk | MAY 28, 2026; 10:00AM CST; POB 4.304 AND ONLINE | BANDWIDTH- AND COMPUTATION-EFFICIENT INFORMATION SHARING IN MULTI-AGENT NETWORKS |
| WU, SIYU | ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING | Banerjee, Sanjay K | MAY 28, 2026; 2:00-3:30PM CST; MRC 3.114 | NO TITLE PROVIDED |