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
MCGILL, MAKENNA PSYCHOLOGY - CLINICAL Schnyer, David M, Clark, Alexandra L NOVEMBER 12, 2026; 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM; SEA 3.560 ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CARDIOMETABOLIC HEALTH, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, AND WHITE MATTER AGING: A TRACK-TBI STUDY
TUETKEN, TODD M KINESIOLOGY Todd, Janice S, Stocking, Charles NOVEMBER 12, 2026; 1:00PMP; STARK CENTER FOR PHYSICAL CULTURE & SPORTS PARADIGM LOST: TRAINING PRINCIPLES BEFORE MATVEYEV AND THE MAKING OF SPORT PERIODIZATION
VOGLER, RONALD CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Kumar, Manish, Freeman, Benny D NOVEMBER 12, 2026; 2:00-4:00PM CT; ECJ 3.110 ALTERNATIVE SYNTHESIS METHODS FOR BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS AND MEMBRANES TOWARDS IMPROVED SCALABILITY
ZHANG, MINSU ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING Millan, Jose del R. NOVEMBER 12, 2026; 12:30 PM TO 2:30 PM; EER 3.642 BRAIN-STATE ADAPTIVE NEUROSTIMULATION FOR TREATING COGNITIVE DECLINE
HOWLAND, KENNEDY BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Brock, Amy NOVEMBER 13, 2026; 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM; BURDINE HALL 216 CELL-CELL FUSION IS A DISTINCT ROUTE TO WHOLE-GENOME DOUBLING AND GENERATES GENOMIC DIVERSITY IN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER
JAIN, ANANT MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Sreenivasan, S V, Raja, Laxminarayan L NOVEMBER 13, 2026; 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM; MER 1.606M PLASMA-BASED PRECISION WAFER THINNING
MA, SIYUAN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING John, Lizy K NOVEMBER 13, 2026; 9:00AM TO 12:00PM; EER 3.648 BIT-SERIAL PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY FOR MACHINE LEARNING ACROSS THE MEMORY HIERARCHY
MATSUMURA, KANAKO NEUROSCIENCE Dobbs, Lauren K NOVEMBER 13, 2026; 1:00 PM TO 4:00 PM; HDB 1.208 STRIATAL ENKEPHALIN GATES SYNAPSE-SPECIFIC VENTRAL STRIATOPALLIDAL CIRCUIT PLASTICITY AND SEX-SPECIFIC PERSISTENCE OF COCAINE SEEKING DURING ABSTINENCE
OKOYE, GODWIN EJIKE PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES Avancena, Anton NOVEMBER 13, 2026; 12:00PM CT; PHR 3.110 DIAGNOSIS-TO-TREATMENT INTERVAL AND REAL-WORLD HEALTH OUTCOMES IN FIRST-LINE DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA
PARK, KYOUNGJUN COMPUTER SCIENCE Qiu, Lili NOVEMBER 13, 2026; 9:30 AM TO 12:00 PM; GDC 6.816 MULTIMODAL AI FOR VIDEO FORENSICS, EFFICIENT AUDIO UNDERSTANDING, AND WIRELESS-CONDITIONED GENERATION