Atik Faysal, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, will be defending his dissertation titled, "Functionalized δ-hexalactone (FDHL): Bio-based Monomers to Synthesize Renewable Polyester Thermoplastics" Zoom meeting: For the […]
Alainie Sawtelle, a candidate for Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, “Statistical Analysis of Frequency and Severity of Lane Departure Crashes in […]
Matthew Kline, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, will be defending his dissertation titled, “Catalytic Ring Opening of Mono- and Bicyclic Compounds for the Production of Renewable […]
Kyle Bond, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, will be defending his dissertation titled, “The role of FOXD1 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Kyle Bond at kyle.bond@maine.edu
Kyle Bond, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, will be defending his dissertation titled, “THE ROLE OF FOXD1 IN CLEAR CELL RENAL CELL CARCINOMA" Zoom meeting: For […]
Travis Russell, a candidate for Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, “Design, Implementation, and Test of Spacecraft Antennae and a Ground Station for MESAT1" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Travis Russell at travis.russell@maine.edu
Joseph Reed, a candidate for Master of Science in Resource Economics and Policy, will be defending his thesis titled, “Community Level Resilience in the United States" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Joseph at Joseph.reed@maine.edu
Jeremy Deeds, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Environmental Science, will be defending his dissertation titled, “Enhanced Condition Assessments for Maine Lakes" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jeremy at jeremy.deeds@maine.edu
Erin Peterson, a candidate for Doctor Philosophy in Wildlife Ecology, will be defending her thesis titled, “The long-term impact of dam removals on Penobscot River migratory fishes” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Erin Peterson at erin.peterson1@maine.edu
Melissa Jankowski, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, will be defending her dissertation titled, "An Experimental Investigation Into the Effects of Trait and State Self-Criticism on the Benefits and Barriers to Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Melissa at melissa.jankowski@maine.edu
Jordan Bruso, a candidate for Master of Arts in History, will be defending his thesis titled, “The Siege of Calais during The Hundred Years War: An Exercise in Medieval Total War from an English Perspective 1344-1347” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jordan at alexander.watson@maine.edu
Amir Rahmani Chokanlu, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, will be defending his dissertation titled, “Nanomaterials for Sustainability: Using Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry for Microkinetic Modeling of Thermo- and Photo- Catalysts." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Amir at amir.rahmani@maine.edu
Brittany Goetting, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in History, will be defending her dissertation titled, “BOUND BY PRINT: THE BAPTIST BORDERLANDS OF MAINE AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES, 1770-1840” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Brittany Goetting at brittany.cathey@maine.edu
Katrina Pugh, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, will be defending her dissertation titled, “Sustainability Conversations for Impact: Transdisciplinarity on Four Scales.” Zoom meeting: Https://Maine.zoom.us/j/5708689164 For the Zoom password, please contact Katrina Pugh at katrina.pugh@maine.edu
Dan Chadbourne, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, will be defending his thesis titled, “Who Are You? A study Authentic Leadership in Action.” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Dan Chadbourne at daniel.w.chadbourne@maine.edu
Sarah Risley, a candidate for Master of Science in Marine Biology & Marine Policy, will be defending her thesis titled, “Linking Local Knowledge & Community Science in Support of Coastal Marine Stewardship" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Sarah at sarah.risley1@maine.edu
Preston Spicer, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Civil & Environmental Engineering, will be defending his dissertation titled, "MIXING PROCESSES IN TIDALLY PULSED RIVER PLUMES: MECHANISMS, SIGNIFICANCE, AND VARIABILITY" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Preston at preston.spicer@maine.edu
Kimberly Bartenfelder, a candidate for Master of Arts in English, will be defending her thesis titled, “Becoming Oriented: Queering Bodies and Space in Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House and Toni Morrison's Beloved and Paradise” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Kimberly Bartenfelder at kimberly.bartenfelder@maine.edu
Luke Douglas, a candidate for Master in Science in Forest Resources, will be defending his thesis titled, “Rusty Blackbird Use of Commercial Spruce-fir Forests of Northern New England" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Luke at luke.douglas@maine.edu
Carl Pohlman, a candidate for Master of Science in Forest Resources, will be defending his dissertation titled, “Assessing the long-term effects of natural disturbance-based silviculture on the avian assemblage at the Acadian forest ecosystem research program" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Carl at carl.pohlman@maine.edu.
Eliza Jacobs, a candidate for Master of Science in Teaching, will be defending her thesis titled, “Middle School Science Teachers' Vulnerability in the Written Discourse of a Professional Learning Community" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Eliza at eliza.jacobs@maine.edu
Joseph Collard, a candidate for Master of Arts in History, will be defending his thesis titled, “Prophets of Pong: How Newspapers Covered Video Games between 1972 to 1976" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Joseph at joseph.collard@maine.edu
Caitlin Cleaver, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology & Environmental Sciences, will be defending her dissertation titled, “Barriers and opportunities to adoption and diffusion in Maine's aquaculture industry Zoom meeting: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://maine.zoom.us/j/81855230295?pwd=RC9GbE5QSGhWYVZ6QnBqQmRXOTdmUT09 Password: 829876 Or Telephone: US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or […]
Adam Wagner, a candidate for Master of Arts in English, will be defending his thesis titled, “Orion's Eyes: A Manuscript of Poems" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Adam at adam.wagner@maine.edu
Theresa Gillis, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, will be defending her dissertation titled, “SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES: AN EXAMINATION OF THEIR WORKING RELATIONSHIPS IN MAINE SCHOOLS” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Theresa Gillis at theresa.gillis@maine.edu
Jackman Mickiewicz, a candidate for Master of Science in Civil Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, “Development of Thermoplastic Composite External Reinforcing of Concrete Decking System" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jackman at jackman.mickiewicz@maine.edu
Evangelos Zarkadas, a candidate for Master of Arts in History, will be defending his thesis titled, “The Effects of Regional Separatism on Late Roman Identity in Fourteenth-Century Byzantium" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Evangelos at evangelos.zarkadas@maine.edu
Michael Crusham, a candidate for Master in Science in Forestry, will be defending his thesis titled, “Comparison of efficiency between fixed radius and variable radius sampling methods." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Michael at michael.crusham@maine.edu
Amber Parker, a candidate for Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, “DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A 1:70 SCALE MODEL WIND TURBINE OF THE IEA REFERENCE 15MW FLOATING OFFSHORE SYSTEM” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Amber Parker at amber.delaney@maine.edu
Lauren Jacobs, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies, will be defending her dissertation titled, “OUTDOOR PURSUITS AND OUTDOOR LEARNING AT RURAL MAINE SCHOOLS: A POSITIVE OUTLIER APPROACH” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Lauren at lauren.jacobs@maine.edu
Haleigh Morgan, a candidate for Master of Arts in English, will be defending her thesis titled, “Night of the Comet" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Haleigh Morgan at haleigh.morgan@maine.edu
Elizabeth Leclerc, a candidate for Master of Science in Quaternary and Climate Studies, will be defending her thesis titled, “Giving Form to Flow: Modelling the Paleohydrological Context for Human Settlement and Water Use in the North-Central Coast of Peru” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Elizabeth Leclerc at elizabeth.leclerc1@maine.edu
Marshal Bertrand, a candidate for Master of Science in Forest Resources, will be defending his thesis titled, “Yield and Mechanical Properties of Veneer from Maine-Grown Eastern Spruce and Balsam Fir" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Marshal at marshal.bertrand@maine.edu
Rachel Coleman, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, will be defending her dissertation titled, “Overlapping scales of place based Indigenous knowledge and hydroclimate in Australia." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Rachel at rachel.coleman@maine.edu
Katie Thompson, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership, will be defending her dissertation titled, "THE ROLE OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COACHES IN SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION OF PROFICIENCY BASED LEARNING AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Katie at kmthomp24@gmail.com
Davis MacDonald, a candidate for the Master of Arts in Mathematics, will be defending his thesis titled, "The Category of Modules Over Leavitt Path Algebras.” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Davis MacDonald at davis.macdonald@maine.edu
Kallol Barai, a candidate for Master of Science in Botany and Plant Pathology, will be defending his thesis titled, “Quantifying Spatial Heterogeneity of Wild Blueberries and Crop Water Stress Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Technologies.” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Kallol Barai at kallol.barai@maine.edu
Jason Nagy, a candidate for Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, “DEVELOPMENT OF A STRUCTURAL FINITE ELEMENT MODELING APPROACH FOR HYBRID COMPOSITE-STEEL SHIPPING CONTAINERS" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jason at jason.nagy@maine.edu
Savannah Clark, a candidate for Master of Arts in History, will be defending her thesis titled, “Fighting for Home: Northern New England Women and the American Civil War" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Savannah at savannah.clark@maine.edu
Sheryl Brown, a candidate for Doctor of Prevention and Intervention Studies, will be defending her thesis titled, “How School Counselors Promote Growth Mindset in Their Practice: Five Views of Agency in the Motivation of Elementary Students” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Sheryl Brown at sheryl.baker@maine.edu
Sheryl Baker, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Education, will be defending her dissertation titled, “How School Counselors Promote Growth Mindset in Their Practice: Five Views of Agency in the Motivation of Elementary Students" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Sheryl at sheryl.baker@maine.edu
William West, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, will be defending his dissertation titled, “Optimization of Synthetic Mooring Systems for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact William at william.west@maine.edu
Connor Ferguson, a candidate for Master in Arts in English, will be defending his thesis titled, "Trip the Light Fantastic" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Connor at connor.ferguson@maine.edu
Jordan Elliott Sanders, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Resources, will be defending his dissertation titled, “Development and production of cellulose nanocrystal fillers, polyvinyl alcohol fibers and composite polyvinyl alcohol/cellulose nanocrystal fibers with electro-spray/spinning for application in thermoplastic reinforcement" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jordan at jsande80@maine.edu
Jessica Shankman, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, will be defending her dissertation titled, “Co-rumination, Romantic Relationships, and Depressive Symptom Development In Adolescence” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jessica Shankman at jessica.shankman@maine.edu
Rebecca Champagne, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, will be defending her dissertation titled, “Evaluating physical and cultural methods to improve weed management in organic vegetables" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Rebecca at rebecca.champagne@maine.edu
William Ramsay, a candidate for Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, “Optimization of a light-weight floating offshore wind turbine with water-ballast motion mitigation technology" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact William at william.ramsay@maine.edu
Heather Clifford, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Climate Sciences, will be defending her dissertation titled, “ASSESSING PAST AND PRESENT CHANGES IN THE CHEMICAL CLIMATE OF THREE HIGH MOUNTAIN REGIONS: HIMALAYAS, ANDES, EUROPEAN ALPS” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Heather Clifford at heather.clifford@maine.edu
Christopher Bock, a candidate for Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, “Development and Evaluation of Modeling Approaches for Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing of Thermoplastics" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Christopher at christopher.c.bock@maine.edu
Dikshya Parajuli, a candidate for Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, “ROAD SALT USE ANALYSIS IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Dikshya Parajuli at dikshya.parajuli@maine.edu
Mohammed Nayeem Ibnul, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, will be defending his dissertation titled, “Developing Methods for Detecting Trace Level Analytes in Water Using a Membrane and Optical Spectroscopy" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Mohammed at mohammed.ibnul@maine.edu
Alexander Watson, a candidate for Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, “Development and Characterization of Bound Metal Deposition including Laser Ablation” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Alexander Watson at alexander.watson@maine.edu
Aimee Co, a candidate for Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, “Development of a new method for cell spheroid formation through a hydrogel dipping process” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Aimee Co at aimee.co@maine.edu
Eliot Fearey, a candidate for Doctor Philosophy in Psychology, will be defending her thesis titled, “ Inhibitory Control and Mentalizing: Potential Contributing Factors to Maladaptive Interpersonal Behaviors Associated with Depressive Symptoms." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Eliot Fearey at eliot.fearey@maine.edu
Julia Van Steenberghe, a candidate for Master of Arts in Human Development, will be defending her thesis titled, “MISS USA MEETS FEMINISM: A QUALITATIVE STUDY EXPLORING CONTESTANTS’ THOUGHTS ON FEMINISM" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Julia at julia.van@maine.edu
Riley Austin, a candidate for Master in Science in Marine Biology, will be defending his thesis titled, “Age, Growth, Foraging, and Trophic Ecology of Bigeye (Thunnus obesus) and Yellowfin (Thunnus albacares) Tuna in Continental Shelf and Slope Regions of the Northeast U.S.” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Riley Austin at […]
Cameron Hodgdon, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Biology, will be defending his dissertation titled, “MODELING LIFE HISTORY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF AMERICAN LOBSTER AND ATLANTIC SEA SCALLOPS IN A WARMING GULF OF MAINE" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Cameron at cameron.hodgdon@maine.edu
Jeffrey Hollstein, a candidate for Master of Science in Civil Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, “ DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITE IMPACT PANELS USING EMAA" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jeffrey at jeffrey.hollstein@maine.edu
Lori Risner, a candidate for Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, will be defending her thesis titled, “To Handle the Reins and Whip: Frontier Reinsmen of Northern Maine, 1810-1860” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Lori Risner at loretta.risner@maine.edu
Loretta Risner, a candidate for Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies-Maine Studies, will be defending her thesis titled, “Henry Allen and the Forgotten Frontier Reinsman of Northern Maine, 1810-1860” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Loretta Risner at loretta.risner@maine.edu
Margo Diamond, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Education, will be defending her dissertation titled, “ EXAMINING FACTORS PREDICTIVE OF ON-CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES UTILIZATION AMONG COLLEGIATE ATHLETES." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Margo at margodiamond@gmail.com
