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Brian Nicholas Arnold (MS, MINE)
Brian Nicholas Arnold (MS, MINE)
6/15/26, 2:00 PM
Coupled Effects of Tailings Particle Size and Borehole Size on Cement Paste Backfill Fracture Initiation Pressure
@ 353 Holden Hall, Blacksburg -
Benjamin Philip Levy (MS, MATH)
Benjamin Philip Levy (MS, MATH)
6/15/26, 3:00 PM
Gauss Bonnet Theorem for Singular Curves in CPn
@ 455 McBryde Hall, Blacksburg -
Larry E Luster (PHD, CHE)
Larry E Luster (PHD, CHE)
6/16/26, 11:00 AM
Exploration of Dynamic Structure-Process-Property Relationships in Vitrimer-Like Materials and Multimodal Polymer-Clay Composites
@ 115 Goodwin Hall, Blacksburg -
Saehah Yi (PHD, LSFS)
Saehah Yi (PHD, LSFS)
6/17/26, 9:00 AM
Food and Water as Vehicles for Transmission of Antibiotic Resistant Escherichia coli in the Chobe District of Botswana
@ 108 Human & Ag Bio Science 1, Blacksburg -
Andrew Robert Jelson (PHD, CSA)
Andrew Robert Jelson (PHD, CSA)
6/17/26, 10:00 AM
Understanding How ChatGPT is Used in Writing Education: An Analysis of Students' Usage and Educators' Perspectives on it
@ 3211 Gilbert Place, Blacksburg -
Gabriela Carneiro de Sousa (MS, BMVS)
Gabriela Carneiro de Sousa (MS, BMVS)
6/17/26, 10:00 AM
Canine placental changes in normal and abnormal parturition: a transcriptomic approach from pre-term to second stage labor
@ 129 Vet Med Phase 1, Blacksburg -
John Cole Morgan (PHD, FOR)
John Cole Morgan (PHD, FOR)
6/22/26, 9:00 AM
Topographic and depth-to-bedrock controls on non-perennial headwater streamflow
@ 315 Julian Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg -
Mason Thomas Perry (MARCH, ARCG)
Mason Thomas Perry (MARCH, ARCG)
6/23/26, 11:30 AM
"Through the Keyhole: A Retreat for Both Family & Private Reconnection"
@ 400 Cowgill Hall, Blacksburg -
Yacine Berrada (MARCH, ARCG)
Yacine Berrada (MARCH, ARCG)
6/24/26, 10:00 AM
Oasis
@ 403 Cowgill Hall, Blacksburg -
Demikia Surgeon Taylor (PHD, LSAE)
Demikia Surgeon Taylor (PHD, LSAE)
6/30/26, 10:00 AM
Policy, Practice, and Possibility: A Collective Case Study Exploring Agency Among Veteran School-Based Agriculture Educators in Virginia
@ 1810 Litton Reaves Hall, Blacksburg
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Theses and Dissertations
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