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| Student Name | Major | Chair Name | Date, Time, Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORET, DEREK SEVERIN | GOVERNMENT | Stauffer, Devin A | NOVEMBER 20, 2026; 1:30 PM; BAT 5.102 | ARISTOTLE'S DEFENSE OF RHETORIC |
| HAN, PENG | ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING | Huang, Qin | NOVEMBER 20, 2026; 8:30-10:30AM CT; EER 3.648 | MODULAR MULTILEVEL MULTICELL TRACTION INVERTER FOR PASSENGER ELECTRIC VEHICLES |
| LEE, CHANHEE | PLANT BIOLOGY | Theriot, Edward C | NOVEMBER 20, 2026; 1:00PM CT; NMS 1.120 | EVOLUTION OF ORGANELLAR GENOMES AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY IN GREEN ALGAL GENUS COELASTRUM (SCENEDESMACEAE) |
| LO, CHIEH-PU | ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (MSE, PHD) | Kulkarni, Jaydeep P | NOVEMBER 20, 2026; 9:00-11:00AM; EER 5.704 | ENERGY EFFICIENT SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DESIGNS: FROM GENERAL PURPOSE TO DOMAIN SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS |
| MACLAINE, BEA | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & FAMILY SCIENCES | JACOBVITZ, DEBORAH B | NOVEMBER 20, 2026; 12:00 PM TO 4:00 PM; SEA 4.424 | INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY AND MATERNAL MENTAL STATE LANGUAGE AND EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN: A MIXED METHODS STUDY |
| PIRES STONE, RONNIE FRANK | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | Sha, Zhenghui | NOVEMBER 20, 2026; 3:00PM TO 5:00PM; ETC 4.120 | THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL FOUNDATIONS FOR MULTI-ROBOT COOPERATIVE MANUFACTURING |
| REIMUND, KEVIN | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | Freeman, Benny D | NOVEMBER 20, 2026; 3:00PM CT; EER 3.646 | THE MECHANISM OF HYDRAULIC WATER TRANSPORT IN POLYMER MEMBRANES |
| VASCONCELLOS BUNHOLI, INGRID | MARINE SCIENCE | Casey, Jordan | NOVEMBER 20, 2026; 1:00PM; RM 104, PATTON CENTER, UTMSI | FROM MICROBES TO SEASCAPES: THE MOLECULAR ECOLOGY OF MARINE FISHES |
| ZHANG, HAIYUN | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | Deshpande, Ashish | NOVEMBER 20, 2026; 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM; ANNA HISS GYMNASIUM 2.124 | HUMAN-CENTERED ANTHROPOMORPHIC HAND TELEMANIPULATION: MOTION CONSISTENCY, HAPTIC FEEDBACK, AND SHARED CONTROL |
| EHRENFELS, MAXIMILIAN KEVIN | GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES | Stockli, Daniel | NOVEMBER 30, 2026; 1:00PM; JGB 6.218 | RECONSTRUCTING THERMAL HISTORIES USING LASER-ABLATION (U-TH)/HE AND 4HE/3HE THERMOCHRONOMETRY |