Rose Deng, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Psychological Sciences, will be defending her dissertation titled, "Uncertainty Monitoring in Category Learning and Transfer." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Rose Deng at rose.deng@maine.edu

Tuqa Al-Asadi, a candidate for Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, " Operation and Preliminary Energy Balance of a Portable Kelp Dryer in Maine." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Tuqa Al-Asadi at tuqa.alasadi@maine.edu

Lily Brickman, a candidate for Master of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition, will be defending her thesis titled, "Educating Dietetics Students About the Nutritional Concerns of Older Adults." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Lily Brickman at lily.brickman@maine.edu

Laura Braun, a candidate for Master of Science in Ecology & Environmental Science, will be defending her thesis titled, “ Understanding the Impacts of Anthropogenic Effects and Habitat Variability Interactions on Maine's Rocky Intertidal Ecosystem." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Laura Braun at laura.braun@maine.edu

Natalie Harmon, a candidate for Master of Science in Earth and Climate Science, will be defending her thesis titled, "FIRST-ROW TRANSITION ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE BLUESCHIST-ECLOGITE TRANSITION: A CASE STUDY FROM NEW CALEDONIA." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Natalie Harmon at Natalie.Harmon1@maine.edu

Tausif Karim, a candidate for Master of Arts in Communications and Journalism, will be defending his thesis titled, "Developing an LGBTQ+ Affirming Learning Module." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Tausif Karim at tausif.karim@maine.edu

Matthew Fischer, a candidate for Master of Science in Civil Engineering, will be defending his thesis titled, “Anthropogenic Effects on Tidal Distortion in Tidal Rivers" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Matthew Fischer at matthew.d.fischer@maine.edu

Xiaojian Wang, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, will be defending his dissertation titled, "Computational investigations of the fluid-structure interaction during phonation: the role of vocal fold elasticity and glottal flow unsteadiness." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Xiaojian Wang at xiaojian.wang@maine.edu

Irja Hepler, a candidate for Master of Science in Civil Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, "Testing and Analysis of Paired Inflated HIAD Tori." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Irja Hepler at Irja.Hepler@maine.edu

Heather Landazuri, a candidate for Master of Science in Quaternary and Climate Studies, will be defending her thesis titled, " SEABIRDS AS PROXIES FOR PAST EL NIÑO EVENTS IN COASTAL PERU: AN ARCHAEO-ORNITHOLOGICAL APPROACH." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Heather Landazuri at heather.landazuri@gmail.com

Ann Cleveland, a candidate for Master of Science in Teaching, will be defending her thesis titled, "Conceptualization and Perceptions of Student Preparedness in Quantitative Reasoning Among Introductory Biology Faculty." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ann Cleveland at Ann.Cleveland@mma.edu

Ines Khiyara, a candidate for Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, " Engineering the Development of Neuromuscular Circuitry On-Chip" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ines Khiyara at ines.khiyara@maine.edu

Jamie Treworgy, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Prevention and Intervention Studies, will be defending her dissertation titled, " AN EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS’ ABILITY TO USE FUNCTION-BASED THINKING TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH MILD BUT PERSISTENT PROBLEM BEHAVIORS GENERAL EDUCATION SETTINGs" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Jamie Treworgy at jamie.treworgy@maine.edu

Irja Hepler, a candidate for Master of Science in Civil Engineering, will be defending her thesis titled, "Testing and Analysis of Paired, Inflated HIAD Tori." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Irja Hepler at irja.hepler@maine.edu

Dhirgam Humaidy, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, will be defending his dissertation titled, "GOLD (I) TETRATHIOMOLYBDATE CLUSTERS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES, AND REACTIVITY WITH THIOPHENOL AND SELENOPHENOL." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Dhirgam Humaidy at Dhirgam.Humaidy@maine.edu

Duwage Perera, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, will be defending her dissertation titled, " QUANTUM MECHANICAL STUDIES OF WATER SPLITTING REACTION WITH (ZnO)3 NANOCLUSTERS AS CATALYSTS." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Duwage Perera at charitha.perera@maine.edu

David Armistead, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, will be defending his dissertation titled, "'What the Hell Just Happened?': A Phenomenological Case Study of Teaching in the COVID Era." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact David Armistead at darmistead@johnbapst.org