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Upcoming Defenses
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Israel Oyedare (PHD, LSAE)
Israel Olamide Oyedare (PHD, LSAE)
6/11/25 1:00 PM
How Can We Prepare the Coming Generation for Change Making? A Qualitative Study Exploring Strategies for Fostering Transformational Leadership Development Among Youth and Young Professionals
@ 1220 Litton Reaves Hall, Blacksburg -
Emilee Lacey (MS, BMVS)
Emilee Kate Lacey (MS, BMVS)
6/12/25 8:00 AM
Regulation and Pharmaceutical Intervention of Appetite in South American Camelids
@ 121 Vet Med Phase 1, Blacksburg -
Yueyan Gu (PHD, CE)
Yueyan Gu (PHD, CE)
6/12/25 2:30 PM
Deep Learning Methods for Built Environment Operational Management
@ 200K Patton Hall, Blacksburg -
Noah McNeill (PHD, BIOL)
Noah Christopher McNeill (PHD, BIOL)
6/16/25 1:00 PM
Nonbreeding Foraging Ecology of the Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)
@ 145 Steger Hall-North Wing, Blacksburg -
Yichen Guo (PHD, MATH)
Yichen Guo (PHD, MATH)
6/18/25 9:00 AM
GPU-accelerated Linear Solvers for High-order Finite Element Methods in Poisson Problems
@ 455 McBryde Hall, Blacksburg -
Nestor Alejandro Santa Cano (PHD, MINE)
Nestor Alejandro Santa Cano (PHD, MINE)
6/23/25 9:00 AM
Polarized Light Microscopy and Image Processing as a Near Real-time Monitoring Tool for Coal Mine Dust Monitoring
@ 185 Holden Hall, Blacksburg -
FNU Aruon Avinash (PHD, CE)
FNU Aruon Avinash (PHD, CE)
6/23/25 1:00 PM
Overcoming Present Bias in Engineering Design and Construction with Future Thinking and Generative AI
@ 113 Patton Hall, Blacksburg -
Emmanuel Irumhe (MS, GEOS)
Emmanuel Paul Irumhe (MS, GEOS)
7/3/25 2:00 PM
Constraining the Radial Structure of Seismic Attenuation using Multiple S-Wave Datasets
@ 4069 Derring Hall, Blacksburg
The latest theses and dissertations by our students
Explore the latest theses and dissertations showcasing graduate students' research and scholarship. Read award-winning work by our students.
Theses and Dissertations
Virginia Tech Library Systems maintains a collection of our graduate students' award-winning theses and dissertations