MS thesis and PhD dissertation defenses are open to the public. The presentations are directed at an expert audience. Fellow graduate students are among those who might benefit the most from attending these defenses.
Links to the Electronic Thesis/Dissertation (ETD) in the Shocker Open Access Repository (SOAR) are also provided below.
Summer 2025 Schedule
| Candidate | Adviser | Degree | Time | Location | Remote link (if available) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bikram Acharya | Prof. Ambal | Physics MS | July 3, 2025, 1:00 pm | JB021 | |
| Tyler Nolan | Prof. Solomey | Physics MS | July 16, 2025, 2:00 pm | JB 021 |
Past Defenses
| Candidate | Adviser | Degree | Time | Location | ETD link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Burgardt | Prof. Muether | Physics MS | April 30, 2025 9 am | JB 042 | thesis |
| Bathiya Samarakoon | Prof Figy | Applied Math - Physics | April 15, 2025, 3:30 pm | JB 336 | thesis |
| Brooks Hartsock | Prof. Solomey | Physics MS | April 19, 2024, 9:00 am | JB021 | thesis |
| Emmanuel Aregbesola | Prof. Ambal | Physics MS | July 12, 2024 | JB021 | thesis |
| Md Rahman | Prof. Ambal | Physics MS | April 26, 2024, 12:00 pm | JB021 | thesis |
| Abdul Yahaya | Prof. Muether | Physics MS | April 26, 2024, 4:15 pm | JB021 | thesis |
| Sushil Shivakoti | Prof. Muether | Physics MS | July 17, 2024 | JB021 | thesis |
| Jarred Novak | Prof. Solomey | Physics MS | July 20, 2023, 1:00 pm | JB021/ZOOM | thesis |
| Tinghua Chen | Prof. Figy | Applied Math - Physics | July 18, 2023, 10:00 am | JB042/ZOOM | dissertation |
| Trent English | Prof. Solomey | Physics MS | April 15, 2022, 2:00 pm | JB127 | thesis |
| Momin Khan | Prof. Muether | Physics MS | April 27, 2022, 9:00 am | JB021 | thesis |
| Brian Doty | Prof. Solomey | Physics MS | Nov. 17, 2021, 12:00 noon | JB110 | thesis |
| Aditya Sharma | Prof. Ferguson | Physics MS | Nov 18, 2021, 9:00 am | JB128 | thesis |
| Shrey Tripathi | Prof. Solomey | Physics MS | April 29, 2021, 1:00 pm | virtual by Zoom | thesis |
| Lynn Buchele | Prof. Ferguson | Physics MS | April 26, 2021, 9:30 am | virtual by Zoom | thesis |
| Zak Elkarghli | Prof. Muether | Physics MS | November 25, 2020, 11:00 am | virtual by Zoom | thesis |
| Sajib Halder | Prof. Hamdeh | Physics MS | July 17, 2020, 2:00 pm | virtual by Zoom | thesis |
| Jonathan Folkerts | Prof. Solomey | Physics MS | May 15, 2020, 12:00 pm | virtual by Zoom | thesis |
| Nam Nguyen | Prof. Behrman | Applied Math PhD | January 13, 2020, 1:00 pm | Jabara Hall 353 | dissertation |
| Timothy Reed | Prof. Muether | Physics MS | November 25, 2019, 1:00 pm | Jabara Hall 021 | thesis |
| Sef Altakarli | Prof. Muether | Physics MS | July 19, 2019, 11:00 am | Jabara Hall 046B | thesis |
| Bathyia Samarakoon | Prof. Behrman | Physics MS | April 30, 2019, 9:00 am | Jabara Hall 021 | thesis |
| Caleb Gimar | Prof. Solomey | Physics MS | April 30, 2019, 1:00 pm | Jabara Hall 046B | thesis |
| Tinghua Chen | Prof. Figy | Physics MS | July 12, 2018, 1:00 pm | Jabara Hall 021 | thesis |
| Chris Bevilacqua | Prof. Solomey | EEPS MS | April 27, 2018, 12:00 pm | Geology 101 | research paper |
| Alan Cedeno | Prof. Muether | Physics MS | April 25, 2018, 10:00 am | Jabara Hall 021 | thesis |
| Kari Ehrman | Prof. Ferguson | Physics MS | April 24, 2018, 1:00 pm | Jabara Hall 021 | thesis |