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| Student Name | Major | Chair Name | Date, Time, Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAW, SAM | ANTHROPOLOGY (SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY) | CANOVA, PAOLA | APRIL 9, 2026; 10:00 AM; WCP 5.118 | BUILDING A DIGNIFIED LIFE: URBAN AUTONOMY AND THE ART OF LIVING OTHERWISE |
| NING, SHUPENG | ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (MSE, PHD) | CHEN, RAY T, PAN, ZHIGANG | APRIL 9, 2026; 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM; MRC 2.114 | CROSS-LAYER HARDWARE-SOFTWARE CO-DESIGN OF PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR SCALABLE AND HARDWARE-EFFICIENT OPTICAL NEURAL NETWORKS |
| OPARAMANUIKE, JOSEPH C | MUSIC PERFORMANCE | Buhler, James W, Albert, Donnie R | APRIL 9, 2026; 11:00AM-12:00PM CST; GRAD. CONFERENCE ROOM, MRH 3.702 | CULTURAL IDENTITY AND MUSICAL STYLE IN 'A BAYOU LEGEND' BY WILLIAM GRANT STILL |
| RALSTON, LAUREN | SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES (PHD) | Campbell, Julia, Hamilton, Liberty | APRIL 9, 2026; 1:00PM CST; CMB 2.112A | EXAMINING EFFECTS OF STIMULI ON AUDITORY GATING USING METHODS OF TIME AND FREQUENCY ANALYSIS |
| WANG, ALBERT DI | ACCOUNTING | CHEN, SHUPING | APRIL 9, 2026; 10:30 AM TO 11:30 AM; CBA 4M.204 | F(R)ICTION IN MACHINES: ACCOUNTING HALLUCINATIONS OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS |
| WANG, MARK KAI-ZHANG MAST | CIVIL ENGINEERING | Passalacqua, Paola | APRIL 9, 2026; 2:00 PM; ECJ 4.304 | SCALABLE APPROACHES FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPOUND FLOOD HAZARD ASSESSMENT |
| WELSH, ASHLEY M | HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH EDUCATION | Steinhardt, Mary A | APRIL 9, 2026; 10:00 AM; BEL 2.180 | PSYCHOLOGICAL HARDINESS AND SLEEP HEALTH IN MILITARY POPULATIONS |
| YADAV, MEENAKSHI | COMMUNICATION STUDIES (PHD) | Ganesh, Shiv, Sowards, Stacey K | APRIL 9, 2026; 11:00AM CST; LBJ ROOM CMA 5.136 | CASTE AS COMMUNICATION: AUTOPOIESIS, RUPTURE, AND ANTI-CASTE WORLDMAKING |
| BERUMEN, GWENDOLYN | SOCIOLOGY | Williams, Christine L | APRIL 10, 2026; 2:00PM CST; RLP 3.106 | UNSETTLED SCIENCE: CONSTRUCTING DIFFERENCE IN HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPIES |
| CAI, LINGZHE | ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING | Patt, Yale N | APRIL 10, 2026; 2:00 PM; ECJ 1.308 | NO TITLE PROVIDED |