At the conclusion of the study and research program, each master of science and doctoral candidate must successfully defend the thesis or dissertation. The objectives of the defense examination are (1 ...

Everyone’s Zoom box looks to be on mute. All eyes in the virtual space are focused attentively on the student presenter. The last five years of coursework and long nights writing have come down to ...

The Kennedy College of Science, Department of Chemistry, invites you to attend a doctoral dissertation defense by Parthena Chorti entitled “Bioassays for In-Field Detection of Disease Biomarkers and ...

defense by Akanksha Patel, on "Understanding the effects of polymer structure and melt processing on enzymatic depolymerization for polyester recycling." Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), commonly ...

Doctoral dissertation defenses are always among the happiest days of my academic life. Nothing is more rewarding than experiencing the rite of passage of a newly trained scholar into the world. It is ...

The dissertation defense is similar to the Comps III examination. A committee of at least 5 members should be chosen following the rules for the Comps III committee with the added requirement that one ...

A doctoral student writes a dissertation based upon original investigation and showing mature scholarship and critical judgment as well as familiarity with tools and methods of research. The subject ...