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
- Byron Amerson Ecology & Environmental Sciences PhD Defense Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Geomorphic Controls on Hyporheic Exchange: Framework for Assessing Stream Restor
- Emma Kubinski Dissertation Defense Friday, April 17, 2026 at 8:30 am - 9:30 am
"Increasing the Resilience of Organic Vegetable Systems Through Agroecological Weed Management"
- Samuel Koeshall Dissertation Defense Monday, April 20, 2026 at 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
"Influence of environment, genetics, and management on field pea grain nitrogen concentration and yield response and subsequent effect of legume-based crop rotations on soil organic carbon"
Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Exams
- Grouped Online Testing Algorithm for False Discovery Rate Control, McBeth Ahortor's PhD Proposal Monday, April 20, 2026 at 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm
Grouped Online Testing Algorithm for False Discovery Rate Control
Thesis Defense Announcements
- Jasmine Vang Cognitive Biases in Cybersecurity Masters Defense CS Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
This work explores how cognitive biases shape cyber attacker decisions and presents MindTrap, a framework for modeling these biases using formal logic. By analyzing observable behavior, the approach enables the...
- MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking Thesis Defense Friday, April 17, 2026 at 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
MFA candidate Leif Everson defends his thesis "From the Air", a short documentary about the work of Chris Boyer, a hydrologist, pilot, and photographer.
- MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking Thesis Defense Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
In the mercurial deserts of West Texas, an alien ecology unfolds beneath the shadow of advancing industry, revealing inhuman systems that endure in a land scarred by oil extraction.
- Ethan M Glenn MS Thesis Defense - ECE Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Cluster-Based Virtual Band Construction for Hyperspectral Classification
Professional Paper Presentations