Doctoral Exam Schedule

Barbara Machado Marques, Forestry and Environmental Resources, “CRISPR Genome Editing for Climate Resilience and Sustainable Bioproducts in Forest Trees”, May 8, 2024, 2:00 p.m., Partners II Suite 2500. Major Professor: Dr. Jack Wang.

Matthew Clary, Materials Science & Engineering, “Magnetic Materials and Structures for Reprogrammable Soft Robots and Cardiac Devices,” May 8, 2024, 2:00 p.m., EBI-3018. Major Professor: Dr. Joseph Tracy.

Seonyoung Youn, Fiber & Polymer Science, “Development of Health Monitoring E-Textile Garment System Using Digital Simulation Technology,” May 8, 2024, 10:30 a.m., Wilson College of Textiles, room 4404. Major Professor: Dr. Kavita Mathur.

Tyler Harper-Gampp, Learning & Teaching in STEM, “Exploring Middle School Students’ Scale Cognition and Knowledge Integration During Virtual Reality-Supported Science Instruction”, May 9, 2024, 3:00 p.m., Center for Technology & Innovation Room 317, Major Professors: Dr. Cesar Delgado and Dr. Karen Chen.

Lisa Lamb, Teacher Education & Learning Sciences, “Economics & Personal Finance Professional Development Program: A Critical Disability Analysis”, May 9, 2024, 12:00 p.m., Remote, Major Pofessor: Dr. Meghan Manfra.

Gokhan Cakir, Electrical Engineering, “Methods to Improve State Estimation Performance for Real Time Monitoring on Distribution Systems,” May 10, 2024, 10:00 a.m., FREEDM Center/Energy Board Room. Major Professor: Dr. Mesut Baran.

Qinjin Jia, Computer Science, “Perceive, Generate, Evaluate: Automated Feedback Generation for Student Project Reports and Efficient Evaluation Thereof,” May 13, 2024, 2:00 p.m., Zoom. Major Professor: Dr. Edward F. Gehringer.

Briana Kemp, ELPHD, “Searching for Sisterhood: An Examination of the Lived Mentorship Experiences of Black Doctoral Women in Counselor Education”, May 13, 2024, 11:00 a.m., Remote. Major Professors: Dr. Stanley Baker and Dr. Rolanda Mitchell.

Allegra Modlin, Adult & Community College Education, “Virtual Advising in the Community College Setting in A Pandemic Era: A Utilization-Focused Evaluation”, May 13, 2024, 10:00 a.m., Remote, Major Professor: Dr. Carrol Warren.

Danielle Moloney Gallagher, Teacher Education & Learning Sciences, “Zooming Out and Zooming In: Opportunities for Mathematics Teacher Learning through Interactions with Data”, May 13, 2024, 1:00 p.m., Center for Technology & Innovation Room 333, Major Professor: Dr. Temple Walkowiak.

Kimberly Ideus, Learning and Teaching in STEM, “The Epistemic Emotion of Awe: A Tool for Teachers’ Professional Development”, May 14, 2024, 10:00 a.m., Nortel, Friday Institute. Major Professor: Dr. Gail Jones.

Lin Ge, Statistics, “On Sequential Decision Making: Online Optimization and Offline Evaluation,” May 14, 2024, 1:00 p.m., Remote. Major Professors: Dr. Riu Song and Dr. Luo Xiao.

Ryan Gordon Bing, Chemical Engineering, “Metabolic Engineering and Optimization of Non-native Solventogenic Lignocellulose Fermentation by the Extreme Thermophile Anaerocellum, May 14, 2024, 3:30 p.m., EBI-2018. Major Professor: Dr. Robert M. Kelly.

Harley Locklear, ELPHD, “Retrospective perceptions and experiences of rural QTBIPOC students in relation to their school counselors: A narrative inquiry.” Mary 14, 2024, 3:00 p.m., Remote. Major Professor: Dr. Stanley Baker.

Megan Franklin, Plant Biology, “Exploration of Circular RNAs in Plant:Microbe Interactions,” May 15, 2024, 10 a.m., 3158 Plant Sciences. Major Professor: Dr. Heike Sederoff.

Eboni Malloy, ELPHD, “Engage, Empower, Educate: A Case Study of Black Female Adult Learners and Their Perspective on Meaningful Faculty Interactions”, May 16, 2024, 9:00 a.m., Remote, Major Professor: Dr. Susan Barcinas.

Saeed Saeed, Materials Science & Engineering, “Mechanisms of Ion Insertion in Solid State Materials for Energy Storage and Hydrogen Atom Transfer,” May 17, 2024 9:00 a.m., EBI-3018. Major Professor: Dr. Veronica Augustyn.

Elizabeth Flatt, Psychology, “Understanding Children’s Perspectives about COVID-19,” May 17, 2024, 10:00 a.m., Caldwell Hall 212. Major Professors: Dr. Amy Halberstadt and Dr. Lynne Baker-Ward.

Daniel West, ELPHD, “PACEing the Path to Engagement: A Quantitative Study of Campus Climate, Student Interactions, and Employee Engagement at Community Colleges”, May 20, 2024, 10:00 a.m., Belk Center Conference Room, Major Professor: Dr. Audrey Jaeger.

Mustafa Ozcicek, Design, “Sketching on Intelligent Mediums,” May 20, 2024, 11:00 a.m., Remote. Major Professor: Dr. Derek Ham.

Qianli Zhao, Computer Engineering, “An Analytical Framework for PPA Estimation of Systolic Array-Based Hardware Accelerators,” May 21, 2024, 9:00 a.m., JB Hunt – 3109. Major Professor: Dr. Rhett Davis.

Xiaoxia Champon, Statistics, “Categorical Functional Data Analysis with Application to Social Media,” May 21, 2024, 11:00 a.m., SAS 5202. Major Professor: Dr. Ana-Maria Staicu.

Olivia Caretti, MEAS, ‘Habitat Characteristics Drive the Availability and Use of Restored Oyster Reefs,” May 23, 2024, 10:00 a.m., Jordan 1108. Major Professor: Dr. David Eggleston.

Annie Paulukonis, Geospatial Analytics, “Fields and Foragers: Linking Pesticide Landscapes to Wildlife Demography for Pollinator Risk Assessments”, May 24, 2024, 2:00 p.m., Remote. Major Professor: Dr. Helena Mitasova.

Joyce Smith, MEAS, “Analyzing Student Performance Trends in Face-to-Face and Online Delivery Modes for an Introductory Geology Lab Course: Impacts of Learner Traits, Course Perceptions, and Instructional Materials,” May 29, 2024, 10:00 a.m., 1132 Jordan. Major Professor: Dr. David McConnell.

Wentao Liu, Biomedical Engineering, “Inverse Reinforcement Learning for Enhancing Human-Robot Symbiosis in Robot Control Design,” May 30, 2024, 9:00 a.m.., EBIII-4142. Major Professor: Dr. He Huang.

Liton Chandra Deb, Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Population Health & Pathology, “A Multi-Modeling Epidemiological Approach to Minimize Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Food Animals,” May 31, 2024, 9:00 a.m., A-101 CVM Main Building. Major Professor: Cristina Lanzas.

Erik Rosenstrom, Operations Research, “Computational methods for decision-making under uncertainty for the control of airborne disease in heterogeneous populations,” June 6, 2024, 11:00 a.m., FWH-4361. Major Professors: Dr. Julie Ivy/Dr. Maria Mayorga.

Zidan Li, Chemical Engineering, “Evolutionary Strategies for Enhanced Performance in Bacteria,” June 7, 2024, 12:00 p.m., EBI-2018. Major Professor: Dr. Nathan Crook.

Chenyin Gao, Statistics, “Tensor Completion for Causal Inference,” June 10, 2024, 11:00 a.m., Remote. Major Professor: Dr. Shu Yang.

Nancy Ingabire Abayo, Civil Engineering, “Geologic Considerations in Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading Assessments,” June 12, 2024, 9:00 a.m., FWH -3280. Major Professors: Dr. Ashly Cabas Mijares/Dr. Brina Montoya.

Raja Das, Geospatial Analytics, “Leveraging Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Advanced Landslide Analysis: From Detection to Prediction to Monitoring across Diverse Geo environments”, June 12, 2024, 12:00 p.m., Jordan 5103, Major Professor: Dr. Karl Wegmann.

Luke Allen, Geospatial Analytics, “Observed mesoscale surface air pressure waves and in-cloud characteristics in the context of winter storm structures”, June 13, 2024, 2:00 p.m., Jordan 5103. Major Professor: Dr. Sandra Yuter.

Obtin Alkhamis, Chemistry, “Aptamer Development for Molecular Sensing,” June 14, 2024, 12:00 p.m., COX 400. Major Professor: Dr. Yi Xiao.

Savanna Smith, Environmental Engineering, “Microbial community analysis and assembly processes in engineered bioreactors,” June 19, 2024, 8:00 a.m., FWH-3301. Major Professors: Dr. Francis de los Reyes III/Dr. Joel Ducoste.

Victor Augusto Duraes de Faria, Operations Research, “Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics to Energy Systems,” June 19, 2024, 10:15 a.m., FWH-3361. Major Professor: Dr. Anderson de Queiroz.

Temitope Ibitoye, Environmental Engineering, “Characterizing Disease Transmission Using Next-Generation Environmental Surveillance Tools,” June 20, 2024, 9:00 a.m., FWH 4280. Major Professor: Dr. Angela Harris.

Carly Catella, Chemical Engineering, “Development of peptide and nanobody toxin inhibitors for treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infection,” June 20, 2024, 10:00 a.m., PSB-1322A. Major Professors: Dr. Nathan Crook/Dr. Stefano Menegatti.

David Dickson, Physics, “Quantifying the Efficiency of Roche Lobe Overflow in the Formation of Merging Black Hole Binaries,” June 24, 2024, 10:00 a.m., Riddick 400P. Major Professor: Dr. John Blondin.

Leah Weaver, Civil Engineering, “Phanerodontia chrysosporium fungal bioremediation and geomedia amendments as treatment for contaminants in bioretention stormwater systems.” June 25, 2024, 10:00 a.m., FWH 3280. Major Professor: Dr. Tarek N. Aziz.

Matthew Herrmann, Adult & Community College Education, “The State of Community College Faculty Professional Development within the North Carolina Community College System Post-COVID-19: A Survey of Chief Academic Officers Perceptions of Professional Development”, June 26, 2024, 1:00 p.m., Remote, Major Professor: Dr. Mattie Fleener.

Talitha Batts, ELPHD, “The Impact of Virtual Vocational Teacher Education When Integrating Apprenticeship Learning for Educators in Kenya: A Narrative Study to Justify Teacher Education to Stimulate Economic Growth and Workforce Development.”, June 27, 2024, 1:00 p.m., Remote, Major Professor: Dr. Michelle Bartlett.

Gabriel Silva de Oliveira, Computer Science, “Understanding Coding Struggle in a Large Project-Based CS2 Course,” July 16, 2024, 1:00 p.m., EBII-3211. Major Professors: Dr. Collin Lynch/Dr. Sarah Heckman.

Evelyn Smith, Adult & Community College Education, “Examining Quintraditional Students’ Viewpoints of Instructional Practices in Community College”, July 17, 2024, 9:00 a.m., Remote, Major Professors: Dr. James Bartlett and Dr. Carrol Warren.

Jennifer Lecorchick, Educational Leadership, “The Whole Principal: Self-Care Practices of Principals in Title 1 Schools”, September 4, 2024, 10:30 a.m., Remote, Major Professor: Dr. Jenn Ayscue.