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
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
DAVIS, RONALD WENDELL HISTORY Berry, Daina R, LeFlouria, Talitha L NOVEMBER 21, 2025; 11:00AM; GAR 1.102 "THEY MADE ME THE BEST BRONC RIDER IN THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO MAKE ME A RIDER:" ENSLAVED AND FREE BLACK COWBOYS IN TEXAS AND THE U.S. SOUTH, 1840-1885
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
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