Doctoral Oral Exams for April 12–16

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates. All exams will be held via video conferencing. Contact the department for online meeting information.

Final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates are scheduled as follows:

Jorge Luis Muriel Mundo, Ph.D., Food Science, Monday, April 12, 10:30 a.m. Dissertation: “Formation, Characterization, and Utilization of Multilayer Nanoemulsions in Foods.” David Julian McClements, chr.

Franklyn Kanyako, Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Monday, April 12, 1 p.m. Dissertation: “Modeling Portfolios of Energy R&D Investment under Deep Uncertainty.” Erin Baker chr.

William Anthony Rainey, Ph.D., Sociology, Monday, April 12, 1 p.m. Dissertation: “The Changing Nature of Inequality in a Time of Institutional Transformation.” Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, chr.

Junshang Liang, Ph.D., Economics, Tuesday, April 13, 4 p.m. Dissertation: “Constructing a Marxian Input-Output Model Considering the Turnover of Capital and Revisiting the Falling-Rate-of-Profit Hypothesis.” Deepankar Basu and Naoki Yoshihara, co-chrs.

Jacklyn Stein, Ph.D., Sociology, Wednesday, April 14, 11 a.m. Dissertation: “Understanding Opinions about U.S. Economic Inequality.” Naomi Gerstel, chr.

Ashlin Sathyan, Ph.D., Polymer and Science Engineering, Wednesday, April 14, 2 p.m. Dissertation: “New Approaches to Functional Material Chemistry and Interfaces.” Todd Emrick, chr.