Sonia Naderi, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, will be defending her dissertation titled, “LOW COST AND RELIABLE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Sonia at sonia.naderi@maine.edu

Haley Jean, a candidate for Master of Science in Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences, will be defending her thesis titled, “IMPLEMENTATION OF SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS IN DIVERSIFIED VEGETABLE OPERATIONS IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Haley at haley.jean@maine.edu

Sara Kelemen, a candidate for Master of Science in Plant, Soil and Environmental Science, will be defending her thesis titled, “Improving Use of Soil Health Practices in Kansas: A Study of Barriers to Adoption and Novel Incentive Programs." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Sara at sara.kelemen@maine.edu

Morton Greenslit, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and Astronomy, will be defending his dissertation titled, “Plasma-Assisted Growth and Characterization of Piezoelectric AlN and ScxAl1-xN Films and Microwave Acoustic Sensors." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Morton at morton.greenslit@maine.edu

Aaron Chesler, a candidate for a Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Sciences will be defending his dissertation titled, “HOLOCENE AND LAST GLACIAL PERIOD ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY BASED ON SOUTH POLE ICE CORE MICROPARTICLE AND TRACE ELEMENT RECORDS." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Aaron at Aaron.Chesler@maine.edu.

Nicole Orminski, a candidate for a Master of Science in Marine Biology and a Master of Science in Marine Policy, will be defending her thesis titled, “Strategies to promote value and resilience in the American lobster (Homarus americanus) industry." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Nicole at nicole.orminski@Maine.edu.

Ming-Tso Chien, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Education, will be defending his dissertation titled, “Identity and Language Socialization of Asian Transnational Adolescents across Communities of Practice: A Critical Narrative Study." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ming-Tso at ming.chien@maine.edu