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Schedule of Doctoral Defenses

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Derek Brake, Animal Science. 9:30 a.m., 140, Call Hall. Title of Dissertation: Effects of Duodenal Amino Acid Infusion on Small Intestinal Starch Digestion in Cattle. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Doctoral Defense: Kennard Callender, Nuclear Engineering. 9:30 a.m., 3053, Rathbone Hall. Title of Dissertation: Methods for Optimization of the Signature-Based Radiation Scanning Approach for Detection of Nitrogen-Rich Explosives. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Doctoral Defense: Yelica Lopez Rodriguez, Physiology. 2:30 p.m., 4th Floor Mara Conference Center, Trotter Hall. Title of Dissertation: Immunosuppressive Properties of Wharton's Jelly Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in the Treatment of Graft Versus Host Disease in Rat Model. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Chen Lin, Chemistry. 2:30 p.m., 209, Chemistry/Biochemistry Building. Title of Dissertation: Low Temperature Laser-Induced Fluorescence Studies of Chromophores in Soft Solids and Biological Matter. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Qiumei Bian, Industrial Engineering. 3:30 p.m., 2036, Durland Hall. Title of Dissertation: Femtosecond Laser Micromachining the Advanced Materials. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Ainul Zakiah Abu Bakar, Human Ecology - Institutional Management. 9 a.m., 166, Justin Hall. Title of Dissertation: Dining at Continuing Care Retirement Communities: A Social Interaction View. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Doctoral Defense: Saad Alsubaie, Security Studies. 9 a.m., 166, Justin Hall. Title of Dissertation: The Impact of Regional Political Developments on the Evolution of Transnational Terrorism in Saudi Arabia. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Kennard Callender, Nuclear Engineering. 9:30 a.m., 3053, Rathbone Hall. Title of Dissertation: Methods for Optimization of the Signature-Based Radiation Scanning Approach for Detection of Nitrogen-Rich Explosives. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Shon McCormick, Security Studies. 2 p.m., 201, Eisenhower Hall. Title of Dissertation: A Comparative Study of the Role of Police on Civil War Onset and Reoccurrence. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Tixieanna Dissmore, Human Nutrition. 9:30 a.m., 146, Justin Hall. Title of Dissertation: The Role of P2Y2 Nucleotide Receptor in Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein 1 Expression and Aggregated Low Density Lipoprotein Uptake in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.