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
ALHOTAN, MUHAMMAD M. PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Delshad, Mojdeh, Sepehrnoori, Kamy JULY 31, 2025; 1:00PM; CPE 2.236 UNDERGROUND HYDROGEN STORAGE: MODEL ENHANCEMENT, GEOLOGICAL SUITABILITY, AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION
GE, CHANGHAN COMPUTER SCIENCE Qiu, Lili, Shakkottai, Sanjay JULY 31, 2025; 6:00PM; GDC 6.702D AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION TUNING FOR PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION IN CELLULAR NETWORKS
KLASSEN, ANDREA MUSICOLOGY/ETHNOMUSICOLOGY Nardini, Luisa JULY 31, 2025; 12:00PM; MRH 3.702 CHANT CIRCULATION AS AN ECOLOGY OF MIND: CONSIDERING NEO-GREGORIAN SUPER-REGIONAL DIFFUSION AS A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
LEMA GALINDO, RAUL MARCEL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Sreenivasan, S V JULY 31, 2025; 10:00AM; MER 1.206B METAL-ASSISTED CHEMICAL ETCHING EQUIPMENT FOR SCALABLE FABRICATION OF SILICON MICRO/NANO STRUCTURES
MIGNANELLI, MICHAEL ANTHONY CLASSICS Gagarin, Michael, Riggsby, Andrew M JULY 31, 2025; 1:00 PM; WAG HALL 116 LAW IN THE COURT OF COMEDY: LAW AS DAILY LIFE IN ARISTOPHANIC COMEDY
NISSEN, CHRIS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Kovar, Desiderio, Beaman, Joseph J JULY 31, 2025; 1:00PM; ETC 5.224 A METHOD FOR MEASURING EARLY-STAGE SINTERING IN CERAMICS USING LASER ULTRASONICS
RIVERA, DANN DIEGO PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES Fast, Walter L, Whitman, Christian P JULY 31, 2025; 12:00 PM; BME 6.202F DISCOVERY AND OPTIMIZATION OF INHIBITORS AND PROBES THAT TARGET NEW DELHI METALLO--LACTAMASE
VEKHTER, JOSH S COMPUTER SCIENCE Vouga, Paul E JULY 31, 2025; 3:00PM; JGB 5.516 INTEGRABLE SYMMETRIC FIELDS IN COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN: FROM STABLE WOVEN SHELLS TO SEAMLESS PARAMETERIZATIONS
ZHANG, ZHANRUI ENGINEERING MECHANICS Huang, Rui JULY 31, 2025; 3:30-5:00PM; ASE 2.202 EXTRACTION OF PARAMETERS FOR INTERFACIAL TRACTION-SEPARATION RELATIONS FROM REMOTE MEASUREMENTS USING LAMINATED BEAM SPECIMENS
CAPPELLI, PIERCE A EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, QUANTITATIVE METHODS (PHD) Whittaker, Tiffany A AUGUST 1, 2025; 3:00 PM; SZB 5.626 INVESTIGATING THE USE OF MULTIPLE INDICATORS IN CROSS-LAGGED PANEL MODELS: A METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH APPROACH