Pratibha Sapkota, a candidate for Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled "Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Thermoplastic and Conventional Rebar." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Pratibha Sapkota at pratibha.sapkota@maine.edu.

James LeBlanc, a candidate for Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia, will be defending his thesis titled, "Imbalance: Reflections on Queer and Rural Identities." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link […]

Ivy Yen, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology & Environmental Science, will be defending her dissertation titled "Ecological Consequences of Personality: Linking Disease, Physiology, Space-Use, and Seed Dispersal […]

Emily MacDonald, a candidate for Master of Science in Forest Resources, will be defending her thesis titled "Heat, drought, and the seedling bottleneck: climate stress threatens tree regeneration." Zoom meeting: […]

Kodey Silknitter, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Science, will be defending his dissertation titled "Understanding the Role of b4gat1 in the Neuromuscular System Utilizing a Novel Zebrafish […]

Vanessa Schaeffer, a candidate for Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia, will be defending her thesis titled "IMMATERIAL: HEARING THE UNSEEN - A STAGE WITHOUT AN IMAGE: TAP DANCE AS […]

Josephine Adu-Gyamfi, a candidate for Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled "GUIDING SUSTAINABLE ENHANCED PFAS DRINKING WATER TREATMENT OPTIONS." Zoom meeting: For […]

Ayan Dutta, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, will be defending his dissertation titled "ROLE OF PRECURSOR FORMULATION IN CROSSLINKED POLYOL SYSTEMS: FROM CELLULOSE-BASED THIOL-ENE HYDROGELS TO POLYOL […]

Cecilia Andrade, a candidate for Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia, will be defending her thesis titled "REIMAGINING IDENTITY THROUGH EMBODIED RESISTANCE." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, […]

Gregory Gaines, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in History, will be defending his dissertation titled "Sagas and Scholars: Academic Influence on Scandinavian American Cultural Identities, 1870-1930." Zoom meeting: For […]

Colby Ellis, a candidate for Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled "Smartphone-Controlled Thigh Haptic Feedback Device for Gait Improvement in Older Adults." Zoom meeting: […]

Simin Moavenzadeh Ghaznavi, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be defending her dissertation titled "Management of PFAS-laden Biosolids: Implications on Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Simin Moavenzadeh Ghaznavi at simin.moavenzadeh@maine.edu.

Gabriella Peluso, a candidate for Master of Science in Marine Biology, will be defending her thesis titled "Immune Gene Expression & Thymus Development as Indicators of Immunocompetence in Lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, L." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Gabriella Peluso at gabriella.peluso@maine.edu.

Alessandra Moulton, a candidate for Master of Science in Marine Policy, will be defending her thesis titled "UNDERSTANDING MECHANISMS OF ACCESS IN U.S. SEAFOOD SYSTEMS: A REVIEW AND LOCAL CASE STUDY." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Alessandra Moulton at alessandra.moulton@maine.edu.

Ethan Waterhouse, a candidate for Master of Arts in Mathematics, will be defending his thesis titled "Information Theory, Stability, and the Kane-Tao Theorem." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ethan Waterhouse at ethan.waterhouse@maine.edu.  

Megan Tomasch, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Science and  Engineering, will be defending her dissertation titled "THE ROLE OF CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR-EXPRESSING NEURONS IN THE CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE AMYGDALA ON NEONATAL TRAUMA-INDUCED VULNERABILITY TO TACTILE HYPERSENSITIVITY." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Megan Tomasch at megan.tomasch@maine.edu.

Meredith Mitchell, a candidate for Master of Science in  Biomedical Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled "Connecting Surface Properties of Hydrophobic Coatings to the Performance of Electrowetting Devices." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Meredith Mitchell at meredith.mitchell@maine.edu.

Gideon Ilung, a candidate for Master of Arts in Mathematics & Statistics, will be defending his thesis titled "Magnetic Fields between Two Converging Cylinders using Elliptic Functions." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Gideon Ilung at gideon.ilung@maine.edu.

Kailee Berge, a candidate for Master of Science in Marine Biology, will be defending her thesis titled "ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING OF STOCK OF ORIGIN OF ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA IN THE GULF OF MAINE." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Kailee Berge at kailee.berge@maine.edu.

Zhijing Zhan, a candidate for Master of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition, will be defending her thesis titled "Developing food packaging with integrated passive daytime radiative cooling and freshness preservation." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Zhijing Zhan at zhijing.zhan@maine.edu.    

Kelly Hoover, a candidate for Master of Science in Quaternary and Climate Studies, will be defending her thesis titled "MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE AT LOS MORTEROS, PERU: AN APPROACH USING GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Kelly Hoover at kelly.hoover@maine.edu.  

Jack Dunning, a candidate for Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled "Hybrid Domain Analysis: A Framework for Thin-Film Metrology." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jack Dunning at jack.dunning@maine.edu.  

Sanjana Mutyapu, a candidate for Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled "Development and Characterization of Seaweed-Derived Flexible Thin Films and Coated Paper for Food Packaging Applications." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Sanjana Mutyapu at sanjana.mutyapu@maine.edu.  

Julianna Silver, a candidate for Master of Science in Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources, will be defending her thesis titled "EVALUATION OF BLUE MUSSELS (MYTILUS EDULIS) AS SURVEILLANCE FOR VIBRIO ANGUILLARUM ." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Julianna Silver at julianna.silver@maine.edu.  

Sara Rawal, a candidate for Master of Science in Botany and Plant Biology, will be defending her thesis titled " Effects of Foliar Water Uptake and Cellulose Nanofibrils on Crop Performance." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Sara Rawal at sara.rawal@maine.edu.

Sydney Sheehan, a candidate for Master of Engineering in  Biomedical Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled "Exploration of Audible Sound, Time-Delay Spectroscopy in Assessing Bone Health." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Sydney Sheehan at sydney.sheehan@maine.edu.  

Dorien Baudewyns, a candidate for Master of Arts in Psychological Sciences, will be defending her thesis titled "Adverse Childhood Experiences among Indigenous Peoples in Maine." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Dorien Baudewyns at dorien.baudewyns@maine.edu.