Kate Roberts, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in STEM Education, will be defending her thesis titled, “Borderline Grading Decisions: The factors that influence the choices of high school physical science teachers." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Kate Roberts at katie.m.hayes@maine.edu

Ashley Reynolds, a candidate for Master of Science in Food Science & Human Nutrition, will be defending her thesis titled, “THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTUITIVE EATING AND BOTH BODY MASS INDEX AND DIET QUALITY IN COLLEGE STUDENTS." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ashley Reynolds at ashley.reynolds@maine.edu.

Peter Strand, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Earth & Climate Sciences, will be defending his dissertation titled, “A bi-hemispheric perspective on the Last Glacial Maximum and Termination using 10Be surface-exposure chronologies from the Southern Alps of New Zealand, the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia, and the Haizi Shan of western China." Zoom meeting: […]

Diana Spencer, a candidate for Master of Science in Botany & Plant Pathology, will be defending her thesis titled, “Genetic characterization of centromere-mediated uniparental genome elimination in Arabidopsis." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Diana Spencer at diana.spencer@maine.edu

David Ray, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Resources, will be defending his dissertation titled, “ Quantitative Silviculture of Northern Conifer Species." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact David Ray at david.ray@maine.edu

Zoe Read, a candidate for Master of Science in Forest Resources, will be defending her thesis titled, "Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Deadwood in Forests of the Northeastern United States." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Zoe Read at zoe.read@maine.edu

Amirhossein Shahlaeegilan, a candidate for Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, " MODELING THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON SPEEDING AT RURAL ROADWAY FACILITIES IN MAINE USING SHORT-TERM SPEED AND TRAFFIC COUNT DATA.." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Amirhossein Shahlaeegilan at […]

Amirhossein Shahlaeegilan, a candidate for Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, "MODELING THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON SPEEDING AT RURAL ROADWAY FACILITIES IN MAINE USING SHORT-TERM SPEED AND TRAFFIC COUNT DATA." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Amirhossein Shahlaeegilan at amirhosein.shahlaeegilan@maine.edu

Nicholas Soucy, a candidate for Master of Science in Computer Science, will be defending his thesis titled, "Performance Enhancement of Hyperspectral Semantic Segmentation Leveraging Ensemble Networks." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Nicholas Soucy at nicholas.soucy@maine.edu

Meredith Helmick, a candidate for Master of Science in Earth and Climate Science, will be defending her thesis titled, "Investigation of Cryptotephra in Polar Ice Cores." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Meredith Helmick at Meredith.helmick@maine.edu

Amelia Sullivan, a candidate for Master of Science in Food Science & Human Nutrition, will be defending her thesis titled, “THE ROLE FOOD SECURITY, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND NUTRITION LITERACY PLAY ON THE DIET QUALITY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Amelia Sullivan at amelia.sullivan@maine.edu.

Jared Wildwistle, a candidate for Master of Science in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, will be defending her thesis titled, "EXPLORING REUSABLE TAKEOUT PACKAGING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO DISPOSABLE PLASTICS IN MAINE’S RESTAURANT INDUSTRY." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jared Wildwistle at jared.entwistle@maine.edu

David Leff, a candidate for Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, " IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING OF SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE STRAIN SENSORS FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENT APPLICATIONS." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact David Leff at david.leff@maine.edu

Rebecca Morgan, a candidate for Master of Arts in Intermedia, will be defending her thesis titled, " The Art of Surviving: Alchemy of Healing Trauma in Relation to Identity: A Self Study. " Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Rebecca Morgan at rebecca.m.morgan@maine.edu

Rachel Groenhout, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Literacy Education, will be defending her dissertation titled, "“READING IS EVERYWHERE” A CASE STUDY SITUATING CHILDREN’S BOOK DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE LITERACY PRACTICES OF SOMALI NEW MAINERS." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Rachel Groenhout at rachel.groenhout@maine.edu

Abigayl Novak, a candidate for Master of Science in Forestry, will be defending her thesis titled, "Influence of Biochar as a Soil Amendment on Soil Qualities and Wild Blueberry's Physiology." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Abigayl Novak at abigayl.novak@maine.edu

Andrea Tirrell, a candidate for Master of Science in Ecology & Environmental Science, will be defending her thesis titled, “A sky island perspective: New England alpine plant distributions across the region." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Andrea Tirrell at andrea.tirrell@maine.edu

Adwoa Dankwa, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Food and Nutrition Science, will be defending her dissertation titled, “Integrated Optimization of Microbial and Chemical Composition of Non-Dairy, Low-Alcohol Fermented Beverages: Kombucha and Water Kefir." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Adwoa Dankwa at adwoa.dankwa@maine.edu

Amanda Wain, a candidate for Master of Arts in Psychological Sciences, will be defending her thesis titled, “ Systemic growth factor increases as a result of exercise may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease in mid-life mice and humans." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Amanda Wain at amanda.hewes@maine.edu