Defense Announcements
Graduate students and their department are responsible for submitting an announcement to the MSU Calendar at least seven (7) business days prior to the defense.
Submitting an event:
- Create a calendar event through the Submit an Event button on the MSU Calendar.
- Place the appropriate “Tag” on the event so that it will appear on the Graduate School
webpage. To get a “Tag” to appear, start by typing “presentation" and choose from:
- Presentations (Professional Paper)
- Presentations (PhD Comp Exam)
- Presentations (Doctoral Defense)
- Presentation (Thesis Defense)
Current Defense Announcements:
Doctoral Defense Announcements
- Madelyn Mettler, Doctoral Dissertation Defense - Chem & Bio Eng. - Center for Biofilm Eng. Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Material Coatings and Strategies for Biofilm Mitigation in Spacecraft Water Syst
- Jiahui Ma presents Industrial & Management Systems Doctoral Defense Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 10:00 am
Optimizing Hospital Decision Making Through Integrating the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) Model with Data-Driven Methods
- Larson Pavey Physics PhD Thesis Defense Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Larson Pavey, a PhD candidate in Physics, will defend his thesis titled: "Levitated Optomechanics in the Free Particle Limit".
Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Exams
- Braden Cote presents Mechanical Engineering PhD Comprehensive Exam Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 3:00 pm
Informing Bio-Inspired Robotic Designs by Understanding Flying Insect Locomotion
Thesis Defense Announcements
- Alexandra Lynch presents Mechanical Engineering MS Thesis Defense Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:00 am
Experimental and Simulation-based Efforts to Advance Understanding of Cognitive, Motor, and Neural Predictors of Dual-Task Performance
- Computer Science MS Thesis Defense: Christine Johnson Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Verification Tool for Securing RISC-V FPGA-Based Process Control System: This research describes two instantiations of a verification tool for a process control system controlled by a RISC-V computer implemented on an FPGA.
- American Studies MA Thesis Defense: Caroline Shaffer Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 2:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Caroline Shaffer will be defending her MA thesis titled "Mining for Experience: The New American Boomtown" for American Studies on Wednesday, April 16th, from 2:15 - 4:15 pm in Wilson...
- Isaac Burgess, M.S. Exercise and Nutrition Science Thesis Defense Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Please join Isaac Burgess of the Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab as he defends his Thesis titled, "Biomechanical Comparison of Pin and Freeride Ski Mountaineering Bindings in Recreational Skiers."
- Mahedi Hassan presents Mechanical Engineering MS Thesis Defense Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Thermal Transport Mechanisms in Porous Materials for Thermal Protections Systems
- Ian Godwin presents IMSE Masters Thesis Defense Friday, April 18, 2025 at 10:00 am
Creating a Distinctive University: Impact of a Top-Down Approach to Change Culture From the Ground Up
- LRES Thesis Defense Monday, April 21, 2025 at 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Lochlin Ermatinger will defend his thesis, titled "Proximal and Remote Detection of Wheat Infested by Wheat Stem Sawfly (Cephus cinctus Norton) via Multitemporal Reflectance Measurements)
- Matthew Culp presents Mechanical Engineering MS These Defense Monday, April 21, 2025 at 9:00 am
Design Optimization and Validation of a Simulated Microgravity Biofilm Reactor for Simulating Spacecraft Wastewater Systems
- American Studies MA Thesis Defense: Adrienne Pollard Friday, April 25, 2025 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Adrienne Pollard will be defending her MA thesis titled "Making Music = Making Kin: Music as a Metaphor for Culture" for American Studies on Friday, April 25th, from 1:00 -...
Professional Paper Presentations