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Upcoming Defenses

  • Sijia Wang (PHD, CSA) Sijia Wang (PHD, CSA)
    7/26/24 1:00 PM
    Towards Generalizable Information Extraction with Limited Supervision
    @ GENERAL UVA Data Center
  • Meghan Failor (MS, FOR) Meghan Nicole Failor (MS, FOR)
    7/29/24 9:30 AM
    Tree Canopy Cover Response to Land Development Policies in Fairfax County
    @ 147 Julian Cheatham Hall
  • Samuel Riddle (MS, EM) Samuel George Riddle (MS, EM)
    7/29/24 10:00 AM
    Accelerated Durability Characterization of Laminated Polycarbonate Systems
    @ 229 Norris Hall
  • Ryan Gellner (PHD, BMES) Ryan Aaron Gellner (PHD, BMES)
    7/29/24 10:00 AM
    Optimal Head Impact Signal Processing and the Description and Perception of Head Impact Exposure in Female Adolescent Ice Hockey Players
    @ 210 Kelly Hall
  • Jason Smith (MS, ME) Jason Andrew Smith (MS, ME)
    7/29/24 11:00 AM
    DUAL-USE STRAIN SENSORS FOR SIMULTANEOUS STRAIN MEASUREMENT  AND ACOUSTIC SOURCE LOCATION
    @ 441 Goodwin Hall
  • Vedant Shah (MS, CSA) Vedant Rajiv Shah (MS, CSA)
    7/29/24 12:30 PM
    Are Particle-Based Methods the Future of Sampling in Joint Energy Models? A Deep Dive into SVGD and SGLD
    @ 1160 Torgersen Hall
  • Prajakta Nitin Wale (MS, ME) Prajakta Nitin Wale (MS, ME)
    7/30/24 10:00 AM
    POSE ESTIMATION AND 3D BOUNDING BOX PREDICTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES THROUGH LIDAR AND MONOCULAR CAMERA SENSOR FUSION
    @ 313E Goodwin Hall
  • Catherine Jula (MS, BMVS) Catherine Antonia Jula (MS, BMVS)
    7/31/24 8:00 AM
    Single dose pharmacokinetics of pimobendan in healthy horses
    @ 220 Vet Med Instructional Addition
  • Shahwar Khursheed (MS, EE) Shahwar Atiq Khursheed (MS, EE)
    7/31/24 10:00 AM
    Cooperative Payload Transportation by UAVs: A Model-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning (MBDRL) Application
    @ 267 Whittemore Hall
  • Cassidy Nelson (PHD, ISE) Cassidy Rae Nelson (PHD, ISE)
    7/31/24 12:00 PM
    Human Factors Design and Evaluation of Augmented Reality for Mass Casualty Incident Triage
    @ 260 Durham Hall
  • Parcilla Salley (EDD, ELPS) Parcilla Salley (EDD, ELPS)
    7/31/24 1:00 PM
    The Perceptions of Teachers Regarding the Instructional Practices and School Leadership Supports that Contributed to High Pass Rates in Algebra I for Minority Students in Rural Schools
    @ 300 VT Richmond Center
  • James Mahan (MA, FLCL) James R Mahan (MA, FLCL)
    7/31/24 1:00 PM
    Appréciation thermodynamique des Rougon-Macquart d'Émile Zola
    @ GENERAL Graduate Life Ctr
  • Aaron Price (MS, FOR) Aaron Cooper Price (MS, FOR)
    7/31/24 1:00 PM
    Exploring the Impact of Climate and Productivity on Soil Carbon Across the Native Range of Loblolly Pine
    @ 315 Julian Cheatham Hall
  • Hossein Amini (MS, EE) Hossein Amini (MS, EE)
    7/31/24 2:00 PM
    Islanding Detection and Cybersecurity in Inverter-Based Microgrids Under a High-Noise Environment
    @ 457A Whittemore Hall
  • Landon Bilyeu (PHD, PPWS) Landon T. Bilyeu (PHD, PPWS)
    8/1/24 9:00 AM
    Modeling the Spread of Airborne Particles Associated with Harmful Algal Blooms and Plumes of Colored Smoke
    @ 311 Latham Hall
  • Alexander Noll (MS, ISE) Alexander Baldrich Benoni Noll (MS, ISE)
    8/1/24 9:00 AM
    Quantifying the Reliability of Performance Time and User Perceptions Obtained from Passive Exoskeleton Evaluations
    @ 542 Whittemore Hall
  • Doyee Byun (PHD, PHYS) Doyee Byun (PHD, PHYS)
    8/1/24 9:30 AM
    A Study of Quasar Outflows: Physical Characteristics and Feedback Effects
    @ 1060 Pamplin Hall
  • Namrata Shanmukh Panji (PHD, CE) Namrata Shanmukh Panji (PHD, CE)
    8/1/24 12:00 PM
    Atmospheric Impact of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds: Improving Measurement and Modeling Capabilities
    @ 261 Durham Hall
  • Christian Hernandez Padilla (MS, ME) Christian Hernandez Padilla (MS, ME)
    8/1/24 1:00 PM
    CONTROLLING CURVATURE AND STIFFNESS IN FIBROUS ENVIRONMENTS UNCOVERS FORCE-DRIVEN PROCESSES AND PHENOTYPES
    @ 440 Goodwin Hall
  • Sabrina Amorim (PHD, APSC) Sabrina Thaise Amorim (PHD, APSC)
    8/1/24 1:30 PM
    Genetic Heterogeneity of Residual Variance for Production and Functional Traits in American Angus Cattle
    @ 3720 Litton Reaves Hall
  • Sakshi Mhatre (MS, CSA) Sakshi Manish Mhatre (MS, CSA)
    8/2/24 11:00 AM
    Intersection of Coverage and Crowdsourcing Methods for Bias Detection and Mitigation
    @ 6-017 VT Research Ctr - Arlington
  • Xinyue Huang (PHD, CE) Xinyue Huang (PHD, CE)
    8/2/24 1:00 PM
    Interactions between dust and ecosystem and landscape at multiple scales
    @ 200K Patton Hall
  • Kelsey Reed (PHD, HORT) Kelsey Madison Reed (PHD, HORT)
    8/2/24 1:00 PM
    The Use of Morphogenic Transcription Factors to Enhance Plant Regeneration
    @ 102 Fralin Biotechnology Center
  • Dylan Easley (PHD, TBMH) Dylan Cole Easley (PHD, TBMH)
    8/5/24 1:00 PM
    Muscle Loading Treatments for Achilles Tendinopathy
    @ 310 Kelly Hall
  • Kylie Davidson (PHD, CSA) Kylie Marie Davidson (PHD, CSA)
    8/6/24 3:00 PM
    Exploring Immersive Sensemaking: Integrating Expert and Novice Strategies to Shape Organizational Features in Immersive Space to Think
    @ 3210 Torgersen Hall
  • Babatomiwa Kikiowo (MS, BMVS) Babatomiwa Kikiowo (MS, BMVS)
    8/14/24 10:00 AM
    Exploring a Novel Anti-Gonococcal Compound for Combatting Drug-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae
    @ 121 Vet Med Phase 1
  • Juselyn Tupik (PHD, BMVS) Juselyn Dorien Tupik (PHD, BMVS)
    8/19/24 1:00 PM
    Battling Bacteria: Characterizing the NOD-Like Receptor (NLR) Immune Response to Brucella abortus and Borrelia burgdorferi in Host-pathogen Interactions
    @ 220 Vet Med Instructional Addition

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