Doctoral Oral Exams for June 11-15

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

Peter Bent, Ph.D., Economics, Monday, June 11, 10 a.m., 114 Crotty Hall. “Three Essays on Governments and Financial Crises in Developing Economies, 1870-1913.” Carol Heim, chr.

Madhura Pawar, Ph.D., Polymer Sciences Engineering, June 11, 10 a.m., A110/A111 Conte Polymer Science Building. Dissertation: “Engineering High Performance Thermosets via next Generation Impact Modification.” Alan Lesser, chr.

Kelly Hellman, Ph.D., Resource Economics, Monday, June 11, 3 p.m., 303 Stockbridge Hall. Dissertation: “Three Essays on the Empirical Estimation of Environmental Damages Through Market and Health Impacts.” Jamie Mullins, chr.

Roy J. Adams, Ph.D., College of Information and Computer Sciences, Tuesday, June 12, 10  a.m., 151 Computer Science Building. Dissertation: “Machine Learning Methods for Discrete Event Detection in Wearable Sensor Data Streams.” Benjamin Marlin, chr.

Zhuo Yang, Ph.D., Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tuesday, June 12, 10:30 a.m., Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Conference Room, 215 Engineering Laboratory. “Model-Based Predictive Analytics for Additive and Smart Manufacturing.” Sundar Krishnamurty, chr.

Cristina Huebner Torres, Ph.D., School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Tuesday, June 12, 1 p.m., N610 Life Sciences Laboratory. Dissertation: “Social Determinants of Health and Cardiometabolic Disease Control: An Ecosocial Approach.” Elizabeth Bertone-Johnson, chr.

Christina DiMarco-Crook, Ph.D., Food Science, Wednesday, June 13, 10 a.m., 243 Chenoweth. Dissertation: “Combination Regimens Using Dietary Components for the Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer Inflammation.” Hang Xiao, chr.

Kasey Jernigan, Ph.D., Anthropology, Wednesday, June 13, 10 a.m., E24 Machmer. Dissertation: “Embodied Heritage: Obesity, Cultural Identity, and Food Distribution Programs in the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.” Tom Leatherman, chr.

Katherine Newkirk, Ph.D., Psychological and Brain Sciences, Thursday June 14, 10 a.m., Tobin 622 Center for Research on Families, Conference Room. Dissertation: “Maternal Postpartum Depression and Father Involvement Across the Transition to Parenthood.” Maureen Perry-Jenkins, chr.

Nina Papadopoulos, Ed.D., College of Education, Thursday, June 14, 10 a.m., 130 Montague House. Dissertation: “Applying Stakeholder Analysis to Lay the Groundwork for Conflict-Sensitive Education in the Somali Education Sector.” Ash Hartwell, chr.

Christy Sloan Maxwell, Ph.D., School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Friday, June 15, 10 a.m., 210A Chenoweth Laboratory (Nutrition Library). Dissertation: “Micronutrient Status and Telomere Length.” Elena Carbone, chr.

Chinomso Nwosu, Ph.D., Polymer Science Engineering, Friday, June 15, 2 p.m., A110/A111 Conte Polymer Science Building. Dissertation: “The Balance between Dipole-Diploe Interactions and Steric Exclusion on Ordering in Cationic Polymers.” E. Bryan Coughlin, chr.

Venkatesh Inguva, Ph.D., Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Friday, June 15, 2:30 p.m., 118 Kellogg Room, ELAB II Building. Dissertation: “Turbulent Mixers for Protein Folding Experiments.” Blair Perot, chr.