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
- Jacob Molinaro Doctoral Dissertation Defense, Chemical and Biological Engineering Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Novel Solvents and Reaction Conditions for the Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfu
- 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
Thesis Defense Announcements
- 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
- Joseph Stangl presents Mechanical Engineering MS Thesis Defense Monday, April 21, 2025 at 9:00 am
Multiaxial Experimental Determination of Failure of Composite Materials through Digital Image Correlation to Calibrate Composite Failure Theories
- LRES Thesis Defense Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Tyler Boyd will present his thesis, titled "Extensive Sampling Requirements for Monitoring Soil Health on the Blackfeet Nation"
- LRES Thesis Defense Friday, April 25, 2025 at 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Taylor Kennedy will present her thesis, titled "Connecting Bioregions: Migration of the army cutworm moth, Euxoa auxiliaris"
- 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