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| Student Name | Major | Chair Name | Date, Time, Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALVES DE MORAES, ALANA | CIVIL ENGINEERING | Hebdon, Matt | NOVEMBER 14, 2025; 11:00 AM; ECJ 4.304 | NO TITLE PROVIDED |
| BAI, YANAN | PLANT BIOLOGY | Huq, Enamul | NOVEMBER 14, 2025; 2:00PM; NMS 5.106 | GENE CO-EXPRESSION REGULATORY NETWORK (GRN) ANALYSIS IDENTIFIES NOVEL REGULATORS OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS IN ARABIDOPSIS |
| CZWAKIEL, NICOLE | GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES | Breecker, Daniel O | NOVEMBER 14, 2025; 1:00PM; JGB 3.222 | A SPATIOTEMPORAL INVESTIGATION OF RAINFALL SEASONALITY IN SPAIN ACROSS THE PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE |
| DAI, TING-YU | CIVIL ENGINEERING | Niyogi, Dev, Nagy, Zoltan | NOVEMBER 14, 2025; 3:00 PM; EER 4.704 | MACHINE LEARNING ON BUILDING ENERGY MODELING: CITY, URBAN, AND BUILDING SCALE |
| DU, YUHAN | CIVIL ENGINEERING | Mohammadi, Javad | NOVEMBER 14, 2025; 1:00-3:00PM; CEER CEM CONFERENCE ROOM #4 | TOWARDS ADDRESSING COMPUTATIONAL CHALLENGES, TIME COUPLING, AND DEPLOYMENT BARRIERS OF MULTI-AGENT POWER SYSTEM |
| GOUWS, ELLEN B | MICROBIOLOGY | Payne, Shelley M | NOVEMBER 14, 2025; 2:00PM; MBB 1.210 | THE ROLE OF IFNB ON SHIGELLA FLEXNERI CELL-TO-CELL SPREAD |
| LUO, KAIFA | PHYSICS | Giustino, Feliciano | NOVEMBER 14, 2025; 2:00-4:00PM; POB 5.116 | SYMMETRY AND TOPOLOGY OF POLARONS IN COMPLEX MATERIALS |
| RUTENBERG, SHAY P | CIVIL ENGINEERING | Hebdon, Matt, Prinz, Gary | NOVEMBER 14, 2025; 2:00 TO 4:00 PM; ECJ 4.304 | SHEAR RESISTANCE MECHANISMS IN COMPOSITE STEEL BRIDGES |
| SHAO, PEIXIA | CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION | Liu, Min | NOVEMBER 14, 2025; 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM; SZB 4.626 | UNDERSTANDING HOW COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY, AND SELF-REGULATED LEARNING SHAPE ONLINE LEARNERS' BEHAVIORAL ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING OUTCOMES |
| SHI, DIWEN | CIVIL ENGINEERING | Dick, C. Tyler | NOVEMBER 14, 2025; 8:00 AM TO 11:00 AM; ECJ 5.442 | ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF BATTERY ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE DEPLOYMENT TO REDUCE DIESEL ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF NORTH AMERICAN FREIGHT RAIL OPERATIONS |