Nafi Ahmed, Industrial Engineering, “ML-Driven Digital Manufacturing for Biofabrication Processes and Systems,” June 22, 2026, 9:00 a.m., FWH 4280. Major Professor: Dr. Rohan Shirwaiker.

Akram Batikh, Nuclear Engineering, “An Integrated Hybrid Causal Logic Framework for Muliti-Hazard Probabilistic Risk Assessment,” June 22, 2026, 9:00 a.m., BU-1121 Duke Energy Conference Room. Major Professor: Dr. Mihai A. Diaconeasa.

Aaron Frye, Chemical Engineering, “Process Engineering Intensification and Scale Up of Carbon Conversion Technologies via Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation,” June 22, 2026, 9:00 a.m., EBI-1005. Major Professor: Dr. Fanxing Li.

Jiahan Chen, Bioinformatics, “Factorial condition gene network inference and comparison analysis,” June 22, 2026, 9 a.m., Ricks Hall, Rm. 336. Major Professor: Dr. Dahlia Nielsen.

Sarah Hudadoff, Genetics and Genomics, “Methods for Altering the Sex Ratios of Sheep Blowfly Lucilia cuprina to Improve Genetic Pest Control Stategies”, June 22, 2026, 9:00 a.m., Thomas Hall Room 3503, Major Professor: Dr. Maxwell Scott.

Brooklynn Joyner, PRTM, “Between Science and Society: Characterizing Public Trust in Science and Scientists Across Rural Communities”, June 22, 2026, 10:00 a.m., Jordan Hall Room 1214, Major Professor: Dr. Lincoln Larson.

Faisal Mohammed G. Alghamdi, Civil Engineering, “Demand Management Policies for Improving Urban Water Infrastructure Performance,” June 22, 2026, 2:00 p.m., Remote. Major Professor: Dr. Emily Berglund.

Sandeep Sthapit, Computer Science, “From Modeling the Collaborative Mind to Designing Pedagogy: Foraging, Metacognition, and Collaboration in CS,” June 23, 2026, 9:00 a.m., Virtual. Major Professors: Dr. Sandeep Kuttal and Dr. Tiffany Barnes.

Zhizhen Li, Computer Science, “AI-driven intelligent beam management and sensing in next-generation wireless networks,” June 23, 2026, 10:30 a.m., Remote. Major Professor: Yuchen Liu.

Maxwell Noonan, Electrical Engineering, “Multimodal Animal Wearables for Behavioral and Physiological Monitoring,” June 23, 2026, 1:00 p.m., MRC 454A. Major Professor: Dr. Alper Bozkurt.

Md Farhamdur Reza, Electrical Engineering, “Adversarial Vulnerabilities under Constrained Acess in Modern AI Systems: From Black-Box Attacks to Mutimodal Jailbreaks,” June 24, 2026, 9:00 a.m., Zoom. Major Professor: Dr. Huaiyu Dai.

Ryan Tharp, Fish, Wild, & Con Bio-CALS-PHD, “Applications of acoustic telemetry to artificial reef design and fishery assessment,” June 24, 2026, 11:00 a.m., CMAST 205. Major Professor: Dr. Jeffrey Buckel.

Asmaa Farag, Nuclear Engineering, “A Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Methodology to Rightsize Emergency Planning Zones for Advanced Reactors,” June 24, 2026,1:30 p.m., Remote. Major Professor: Dr. Mihai A. Diaconeasa.

Bethany Mostert, Plant Biology, “Biochemical Divergence of Two Cytochrome P450 Reductase Isoforms in Artemisia annua and Their Implications for Artemisinin Biosynthesis,” June 25, 2026, 10:00 a.m., Thomas Hall 3503. Major Professor: Dr. Deyu Xie.

Riley Lawson, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, “Soil biosensors and rhizosphere dynamics: thermal and photometric approaches for precision nutrient management,” June 25, 2026, 10:00 a.m., Weaver Labs 125. Major Professors: Dr. Chadi Sayde and Dr. Amy Grunden.

Ajmal Rasheeda Satheesh, MEAS, “Aerosol Flux Measurements Across Multiple Spatiotemporal Scales,” June 25, 2026, 1:30 p.m., JH1132. Major Professor: Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze.

Yesim Kutlu, Nuclear Engineering, “High-Fidelity Multi-Physics Modeling and Simulation of Hexagonal Reactor Cores,” June 26, 2026, 10:00 a.m., Duke Energy Building. Major Professors: Dr. Kostadin Ivanov/Dr. Maria Avramova.

Abdulhadi Aldawsari, Electrical Engineering, “Reflection-based mm-Wave Array Pattern (RMAP) Measurement system,” June 26, 2026, 3:00 p.m., 337 MRC. Major Professor: Dr. Jacob Adams.

Lauren Anderson, Microbiology, “Linking the Gut Microbiome to Host Immunometabolism Through Circulating Metabolic Signals,” June 30, 2026, 9:00 a.m., Scott 216. Major Professors: Dr. Matthew Koci and Dr. Hsiao-Ching Liu.

Muhammed Ziauddin Ahmad Ebrahim, Chemical Engineering, “Fabrication of Multifunctional Aerogels Using Electrospun Nanofibers,” July 2, 2026, 10:00 a.m., EBI-2018. Major Professor: Dr. Saad Khan.

Yixiao Chen, Applied Mathematics, “Immersed finite element method using body fitted meshes for elliptic and parabolic interface problems,” July 2, 2026, 1 p.m., SAS 3282. Major Professor: Dr. Zhilin Li.

Anna Jump, Community College Leadership, “Motivational Processes of Adult Immigrant Learners Pursuing Non-Credit ESL Education Within a Rural Community College”, July 6, 2026, 1:00 p.m., Remote, Major Professor: Dr. Makena Stewart.

Kelly Flanagan, Civil Engineering, “The Kinematics of Interface Shear Resistance: Characterizing the Mobilization, Dilation, and Asperity Degradation of Grout- and Epoxy-Cast Micropiles in Simulated Rock with Variable Topologies,” July 7, 2026, 10:00 a.m., Remote. Major Professor: Dr. Mo Gabr.

Dhruthi Singamsetty, Comparative Biomedical Science, “Cellular and Molecular Pathways Underlying Mixed Allergen-Induced Mucous Cell Metaplasia,” July 7, 2026, 11:00 a.m., Remote. Major Professor: Yogesh Saini.

Kimberly Young, Comparative Biomedical Science, “Safety and feasibility of the use of cell and gene therapy in quine ocular disease,” July 7, 2026, 1:00 p.m., C120. Major Professors: Dr. Brian Gilger and Dr. Lauren Schnabel.

Alexandra Bryant, Chemistry, “Aptamer Characterization and Electrochemical Aptamer Based Sensor
Development,” July 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m., D.H. Hill Library, Rm. 2312N. Major Professor: Dr. Yi Xiao.

Silvia Marin-Araya, Soil Science, “Effects of environmental conditions, soil properties and inhibitors on nitrogen transformations and gaseous losses,” July 10, 2026, 1:00 p.m., William 2223. Major Professors: Dr. Josh Heitman and Dr. Rob Austin.

James Livingstone Scott, Chemistry, “Synthesis and Reactivity Nitridorhenium(V/III) and Oxorhenium(V) Complexes Toward Small Molecules via Inner and Outer Sphere Mechanisms,” July 13, 2026, 10:30 a.m., D.H. Hill Library, Rm. 2312N. Major Professor: Dr. Elon A. Ison.

Sophia Andanje, Civil Engineering, “Effect of Natural Hazards on Geotechnical Engineering Behavior of Infrastructure,” July 14, 2026, 10:00 a.m., FWH 3280. Major Professor: Dr. Brina Montoya.

Hannah Hiscott, Civil Engineering, “Bio-Medicated Soil Improvement for Planted Infrastructure and Ecological Resilience,” July 16, 2026, 9:30 a.m., EB 1005. Major Professor: Dr. Brina Montoya.

Alexa Gormley, Animal Science, “The use of pre-, pro-, and postbiotics to improve intestinal health and growth of nursery pigs through positive influences on the mucosal microbiota and mucosal immune responses,” July 23, 2026, 9:00 a.m., Polk 125. Major Professor: Dr. Sung Woo Kim.

Seth Eisenberg, Chemistry, “Development of IR-MALDESI Instrumentation for Enhanced Signal, Analyte Detection,
and Data Analysis,” July 24, 2026, 11 a.m., Broughton Hall, Rm. 4231. Major Professor: Dr. David Muddiman.

Saifur Rahman, Agricultural Education and Human Sciences, “The Adoption and Diffusion of Generative Artificial Intelligence among North Carolina Extension Agents,” July 29, 2026, 9:00 a.m., 220 Ricks Hall. Major Professor: Dr. Joseph Donaldson.

Nirwan Tandukar, Genetics and Genomics, “Genomic and Metabolic Signatures of Environmental Adaptation and Nutrient Utilization in Grass Crops”, July 29, 2026, 10:30 a.m., Plant Science Building Room 4152, Major Professor: Dr. Rubén Rellán Álvarez.

Yesid Ricardo Garavito Duarte, Animal Science, “Nutritional strategies to support intestinal health in nursery pigs: roles of functional feed additives and amino acid nutrition,” July 31, 2026, 9:00 a.m., 125 Polk Hall. Major Professor: Dr. Sung Woo Kim.

Mesbah Ahmad, Chemical Engineering, “Novel biodegradable and stretchable biopolymer films for soft electronics “ August 5, 2026, 10:00 a.m., Remote. Major Professor: Dr. Orlin D. Velev.

Gavin Gaynor, Forest Biomaterials, “Development of butanol/water-based biorefinery for the valorization of miscanthus: Process optimization, solvent recovery, and modeling”, August 7, 2026, 9:00 a.m., Jordan Hall Room 1214, Major Professor: Dr. Lucian Lucia.

Yaqin Si, Bioinformatics, “Statistical and Computational Methods for Structural Variant Association
Analysis in Whole-Genome Sequencing Studies,” August 7, 2026, 10 a.m., Ricks 336. Major Professors: Dr. Jung-Ying Tzeng and Dr. Wenbin Lu.

Victoria Yarmey, Biomedical Engineering, “Stop and Smell the RO’s: Investigating the Neuronal Role in the C. elegans Oxidative Stress Response,” August 7, 2026, 10:00 a.m., EBIII, 4142. Major Professors: Dr. Adriana San Miguel/Dr. Michael Gamcsik.

Ermek Belekov, Electrical Engineering, “Application of Multifrequency CMUT and Hybrid Piezoelectric-CMUT Arrays in Acoustic Angiography and Photoacoustic Imaging,” August 7, 2026, 11:00 a.m., EBII-3110. Major Professor: Dr. Omer Oralkan.

William Hurley Martin, Civil Engineering, “Structural Behavior and Self-healing of Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites via Inductive Heating,” August 12, 2026, 1:00 p.m., FWH 3301. Major Professor: Dr. Jason F. Patrick.

Jack Turicek, Mechanical Engineering, “Multifunctional Fiber reinforced Polymer Composites with Bioinspired Damage sensing, Self healing, and Thermal regulation,” August 19. 2026, FWH 3301. Major Professor: Dr. Jason F. Patrick.