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| Student Name | Major | Chair Name | Date, Time, Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, YEJI | CIVIL ENGINEERING | Bartos, Matthew D | NOVEMBER 18, 2026; 12:00-2:00PM CT; ECJ 4.304 | PROBABILISTIC HYDRAULIC MODEL-DATA INTEGRATION FOR STATE ESTIMATION AND DIAGNOSIS IN WATER SYSTEMS |
| MANN, ADAM NATHAN | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | Sanoja, Gabriel, Freeman, Benny D | NOVEMBER 18, 2026; 2:00PM CT; GLT 3.102 | CO-DESIGNING MECHANICAL AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES |
| PARK, JUNGJOON | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | YU, GUIHUA | NOVEMBER 18, 2026; 12:00 PM TO 2:00 PM; ETC 5.132 | STRUCTURED AND FUNCTIONAL HYDROGEL DESIGN FOR RESPONSIVE DIRECT AIR CAPTURE OF WATER AND CARBON DIOXIDE |
| TOWNSEND, DOUGLAS REID | BIOCHEMISTRY | Georgiou, George | NOVEMBER 18, 2026; 2:30 PM TO 3:30 PM; POB 2.302 | PROFILING HUMAN ANTIBODY REPERTOIRES IN RESPONSE TO FLAVIVIRUS AND SARS-COV-2 INFECTIONS |
| ZHONG, ZIYUE | PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES | Zhang, Feng | NOVEMBER 18, 2026; 9:00AM TO 11:00AM; PHR 2.208 | MATERIAL PROPERTIES, STRUCTURE, AND DRUG RELEASE OF ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE BASED LONG-ACTING IMPLANTS |
| BALAICH, NATHAN GILBERT | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | KORGEL, BRIAN A | NOVEMBER 19, 2026; 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM; EER 0.806/0.808 | SCALABLE AMBIENT PROCESSING OF PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS TOWARD STABLE, LOW-COST, FLEXIBLE MICROGROOVE MODULES |
| BIANCO, JARROD SANTO | PHYSICS | TENERANI, ANNA | NOVEMBER 19, 2026; 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM; NORMAN HACKERMAN BLDG (NHB) 3.202 | ALFVEN WAVE COLLAPSE AND WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS IN THE SOLAR WIND |
| CAI, SHUKAI | COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS | Dawson, Clinton N, Dutta, Sourav | NOVEMBER 19, 2026; 2:00PM CT; POB 4.304 | OPERATOR LEARNING SURROGATES FOR SPECTRAL WAVE MODELING AND INTEGRATED WAVE-CURRENT HYDRODYNAMICS |
| CHEN, GANBIN | AEROSPACE ENGINEERING | HUANG, RUI | NOVEMBER 19, 2026; 4:00 PM TO 6:00 PM; ASE 2.202 | THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES ON THE MECHANICS OF PRESSURIZED BLISTERS OF ELASTIC MEMBRANES |
| CHULUKHADZE, VAKHTANG | ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (MSE, PHD) | Lu, Ruochen | NOVEMBER 19, 2026; 1:00-4:00PM CT; MER ROOM 2.114 | SINGLE-CRYSTAL LITHIUM NIOBATE TRANSDUCERS AND RESONATORS: FROM KILOHERTZ ULTRASOUND TO MILLIMETER-WAVE |