CEAS MS PhD Defense Notices

To post upcoming thesis defense announcements

Gianni Gaetano, a student in Masters of Science in AeroSpace Engineering will defend thesis titled 'Robotic Emulation of Satellite Contact Dynamics Using Force-Feedback Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation' on 11/04/2026 8:00 AM at https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NzYwNTk1Y2ItZDg0ZC00NWE2LWJhYzItZDhiZTlkZGZkNGVj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22f5222e6c-5fc6-48eb-8f03-73db18203b63%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22277d91e3-8b3c-4172-b39c-8aff7136de28%22%7d Advisor: Ou Ma. Defense Date:

November 4, 2026

Amirhosein Sarchami, a student in Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering will defend thesis titled 'Controlling Interfacial Dynamics in Multiphase Systems: Fundamentals and Applications' on 11/04/2026 1:00 PM at https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/231923146446691?p=ALMRN0VN4yofm8n2PN Advisor: Kishan Bellur. Defense Date:

November 4, 2026

Kathleen Bentley, a student in Masters of Science in Engineering Education will defend thesis titled 'A Social Network Analysis of State Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Plans and National Science Foundation Engineering Education Research and Innovation Awards' on 11/04/2026 2:00 PM at Edwards Center One Room 4124 Advisor: Sheryl Sorby. Defense Date:

November 4, 2026

Mohammad Amin Moradi, a student in Masters of Science in Materials Science will defend thesis titled 'Evaluation of structure-property relationships between thioether linked PAMAM-acyl Janus-type materials and their self-assembled nanostructures' on 11/05/2026 10:00 AM at https://ucincinnati.zoom.us/j/83713650847?from=addon Advisor: Briana Simms. Defense Date:

November 5, 2026

Sridhanajayan Suresh, a student in Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering will defend thesis titled 'Diffusion-Guided Generative Adversarial Framework for Manufacturability-Aware 3D Topology Optimization' on 11/05/2026 10:30 AM at https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/2715685301641175?p=AVcTBjzuyRRNuYDu5n Advisor: Sundararaman Anand. Defense Date:

November 5, 2026

Kevin Ruhnke, a student in Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering will defend thesis titled 'Electro-Thermal Modeling of Wireless High-Frequency Electric Field Delivery to Healthy and Wounded Skin' on 11/05/2026 3:00 PM at Bioscience Center Room 235 Advisor: Daria Narmoneva. Defense Date:

November 5, 2026

Adwitiya Shukla, a student in Masters of Science in Computer Science will defend thesis titled 'Does an LLM Re-Ranker Add Information or Only Combination Capacity? Evidence from ICD-10 Coding' on 11/05/2026 3:00 PM at https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/2235290938709659?p=94yEXd8JGCOkREjmnH Advisor: Justin Zhan. Defense Date:

November 5, 2026

Connor Horn, a student in Masters of Science in AeroSpace Engineering will defend thesis titled 'Experimental Characterization and Error Modeling of a Ground-Referenced PnP Localization System for UAS Operation' on 11/05/2026 3:30 PM at https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/218932800837073?p=abJqScFWybwNGEfAQf Advisor: Kelly Cohen. Defense Date:

November 5, 2026

Subash Pokharel, a student in Masters of Science in Civil Engineering will defend thesis titled 'Analytical Investigation of Eccentrically Loaded Bolt Groups' on 11/06/2026 8:30 AM at 800A Rhodes Hall Advisor: James Swanson. Defense Date:

November 6, 2026

Yiyang Du, a student in Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering will defend thesis titled 'A Molecular Dynamics Study on Deformation Mechanisms of Single Crystal Ceramics: Sapphire and Yttria Stabilized Zirconia' on 11/06/2026 1:00 PM at https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/21382776772044?p=w6K1rWL7i2Yak5Ho8k Advisor: Manish Kumar. Defense Date:

November 6, 2026

Nandini Goud Gadkol, a student in Masters of Science in Computer Science will defend thesis titled 'Protein–Protein Binding Affinity Prediction Using Structural and Sequence Representations' on 11/06/2026 1:30 PM at https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/2372243491222801?p=xYvtl3McUkzyBchwVA Advisor: Jun Bai. Defense Date:

November 6, 2026

Artem Tikhonov, a student in Masters of Science in Computer Engineering will defend thesis titled 'A Human-Centric Pipeline for Occlusion-Aware Person Identity Persistence in Video Analysis' on 11/06/2026 1:45 PM at https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MDZiZTE3OTgtOWI1NC00MWQ1LWFjOTQtYWU5ZDA2NDVkOTQz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22f5222e6c-5fc6-48eb-8f03-73db18203b63%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225a1947f0-e2a8-4ac4-8ae7-d8a4829dd02c%22%7d Advisor: Vesna Novak. Defense Date:

November 6, 2026

Manish Aryal, a student in Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering will defend thesis titled 'Generative Artificial Intelligence Framework for Design, Manufacturing, and Human-Centric Applications' on 11/06/2026 3:00 PM at Remote; Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/280996595155087?p=BHRX2yEaDRiGc8MHu8 Advisor: Sundararaman Anand. Defense Date:

November 6, 2026

Dylan Marques, a student in Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering will defend thesis titled 'Layer-by-Layer Coatings to Modify Drug Release Kinetics for Regenerative Medicine Applications ' on 11/10/2026 10:00 AM at Rhodes 509 Advisor: John Martin. Defense Date:

November 10, 2026

Ruihong Lyu, a student in Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering will defend thesis titled 'Geometry-Aware Longitudinal Analysis of Resting State fMRI based Functional Connectomes: Centroid Choice, Biological Validation, and Applications to Collision-Related Brain Change' on 11/10/2026 3:00 PM at CEAS Bioscience Center Room 235 Advisor: Thomas Talavage. Defense Date:

November 10, 2026