Doctoral Oral Exams for Aug. 17–21

The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates. All exams will be held via video conferencing. Contact the department for online meeting information.

Final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates are scheduled as follows:

Gayane Vardoyan, Ph.D., College of Information and Computer Sciences, Monday, Aug. 17, 9 a.m. Dissertation: “Performance Evaluation of Classical and Quantum Communication Systems.” Donald Towsley, chr.

Rudmila-Rodica Ivan, Ph.D., Linguistics, Monday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m. Dissertation: “Talking about (Her) self: Ambiguity Avoidance and Principal B A Theoretical and Psycholinguistic Investigation of Romanian Pronouns.” Brian Dillon and Kyle Johnson, co-chrs.

Abbas Joorabchian, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Monday, Aug. 17, 1 p.m. Dissertation: “Cold-Formed Steel Stud Assemblies Bearing on Concrete Slabs.” Kara Peterman, chr.

Aikaterini Deliali, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 10 a.m. Dissertation: “Assessing the Impact of Bicycle Infrastructure Treatments on Bicycle Safety: A Multi-Methods Approach.” Eleni Christofa, chr.

David Tench, Ph.D., College of Information and Computer Sciences, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 1 p.m. Dissertation: “Algorithms for Massive, Expensive, or Otherwise Inconvenient Graphs.” Andrew McGregor, chr.

Craig Greenberg, Ph.D., College of Information and Computer Sciences, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 3 p.m. Dissertation: “Compact Representations of Uncertainty in Clustering.” Andrew McCallum, chr.

Janam Pandya, Ph.D., Food Science, Thursday, Aug. 20, 9:30 a.m. Dissertation: “Analysis of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Food and Environment Using Raman Spectroscopy Techniques.” Lili He, chr.

Elvan Cavaç, Ph.D., Chemistry, Thursday, Aug. 20, noon, Dissertation: “Novel Approaches Towards Improved Purity in High Yield Transcription Reactions.” Craig Martin, chr.

Matthew Metcalf, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Friday, Aug. 21, 11 a.m. Dissertation: “A Rational Design Approach to Developing Second Generation Fabry Disease Treatments.” Scott Garman, chr.

Ajay Kumar, Ph.D., Neuroscience and Behavior, Friday, Aug. 21, noon, Dissertation: Circadian Regulation of the Timing of Pre-Ovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Surge in Mice and Hamsters.” Eric Bittman, chr.

Magdalena Zapedowska, Ph.D., English, Friday Aug. 21, 2 p.m. Dissertation: “Forms of the Future: Indigeneity, Blackness, and the Visioning Work of Aesthetics in U.S. Poetry, 1822-1863.” Nicholas Bromell, chr.