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

Rajarshi Das, Ph.D., Computer Science, Thursday Feb. 24, 2022, 10 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Semiparametric Contextual Reasoning for Question Answering over Knowledge Bases.” Andrew McCallum, chr.

David Limberg, Ph.D., Polymer Science, Thursday Feb. 24, noon, via Zoom. Dissertation: “Additive Manufacturing of Sub-micron Features and Mechanical Linkages.” Ryan Hayward, chr.

Shoshana Bloom, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Thursday Feb. 24, 2 p.m. LSL N410 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Engineering Salmonella as a Delivery Vehicle for Nuclear Acting Anti-Cancer Therapy.” Neil Forbes, chr.

Esra Nur Ugurlu, Ph.D., Economics, Friday Feb. 25, 8:30 a.m. via videoconference. Dissertation: “The Political Economy of Consumer Credit Expansion and Real Exchange Rate Policy in Dual Economics.” Peter Skott, chr.

Fubao Wu, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Friday Feb. 25, 1 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Scalable Data Analytics for Relational Databases, Graphs and Videos.” Lixin Gao, chr.