Doctoral Oral Exams for April 25–29

The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

Chunfang Chen, Ph.D., College of Nursing, Tuesday, April 26, 11 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Physical Activity, Daily Step Counts and Functional Ability in Older Adults: Using NHANES Database.” Cynthia Jacelon, chr.

Tippawan Srichalerm, Ph.D., College of Nursing, Tuesday, April 26, 1:30 p.m. Skinner Room 012. Dissertation: “Thai Novice Nurses’ Experiences and Perspectives of Breastfeeding and Human Milk in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).” Carrie-Ellen Briere, chr.

Karin Eva Lehnigk, Ph.D., Geosciences, Wednesday, April 27, 9 a.m. Morrill II Room 245. Dissertation: “Size, Timing, and Landscape Impacts of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in the Channeled Scablan of Eastern Washington, USA” Isaac Larsen, chr.

Milad Nasr Esfahani, Ph.D., Computer Science, Wednesday, April 27, 1 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Towards Reliable Circumvention of Internet Censorship.” Amir Houmansadr, chr.

Tao Jiang, Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wednesday, April 27, 1 p.m. 235 Marston Hall. Dissertation: “Experimental Investigation of Clay Aggregate and Granular Biofilm Behavior.” Guoping Zhang, chr.

Yash Chandak, Ph.D., Computer Science, Wednesday, April 27, 2 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Reinforcement Learning for Non-Stationary Problems.” Philip Thomas, chr.

Samar Mahmoud, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Thursday, April 28, 11 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Principle of AAA+ Proteases.” Peter Chien, chr.

Se Ho Kwak, Ph.D., Economics, Friday, April 29, 4 p.m. Crotty Hall Room 308 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Three Essays on Shacklean Decision Theory.” Donald Katzner, chr.