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 AUDITORY INSTALLATION." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Vanessa Schaeffer at vanessa.schaeffer@maine.edu.    

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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." […]

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.