The University of Massachusetts Amherst

Academics

Doctoral Oral Exams for Feb. 14–18

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

Merritt Harlan, Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Friday, Feb. 18, 9: a.m. 118 Elab II. Dissertation: “Applied Remote Sensing of High Latitude Rivers: Approaches, Insights, and Future Ramifications.” Colin Gleason, chr.

Guoyi Zhao, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Friday, Feb. 18, 11:30 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Data Parallel Frameworks for Training Machine Learning Models.” Lixin Gao, chr.

Noman Bashir, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Friday, Feb. 18, 2 p.m., 109 Knowles Engineering Building and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Improving the Programmability of Networked Energy Systems.” David Irwin, chr.