The University of Massachusetts Amherst

Doctoral Oral Exams for Feb. 24–28

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

Maguette Diame, Ph.D., College of Education, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 10:30 a.m., N113 Furcolo. Dissertation: “Traditional Values and Local Community in the Formal Educational System in Senegal: A Year as a High School Teacher in Thies.” Bjorn Nordtveit, chr.

Mekhribon Abdullaeva, Ph.D., College of Education, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 4 p.m., 120 Montague House. Dissertation: “Experiences of Uzbek Immigrant Parents with Public Schools in New York City: Parental Engagement.” Gretchen B. Rossman, chr.

Joseph Gikonyo, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Thursday, Feb. 27, 9 a.m., 118 ELAB II. Dissertation: “Scaling Up the Oxygenic Photogranule (Opg) Wastewater Treatment Process.” Chul Park and John Tobiason, co-chrs.

Atif Yasin, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Friday, Feb. 28, noon., 109 Knowles Engineering Building Conference Room. Dissertation: “Formal Verification of Divider and Square-Root Arithmetic Circuits Using Computer Algebra Methods.” Maciej Ciesielski, chr.