Nov 30 PhD Final Oral Dissertation Defense 1 – 2 p.m., Nov. 30, 2026 Efficient, Robust, and Risk-aware Bayesian Optimal Experimental Design Jake Callehan, Program in Applied Mathematics
Nov 12 PhD Final Oral Dissertation Defense 2 – 3 p.m., Nov. 12, 2026 From knees to dislocations: order parameters from data for the phase grain boundaries of stripe patterns Ed McDugald, Program in Applied Mathematics
Sep 25 PhD Final Oral Dissertation Defense 3 – 4 p.m., Sept. 25, 2026 Modeling and Analysis of Multi-Step Bioreactors for Methane Conversion Brady Gales, Program in Applied Mathematics
Sep 22 PhD Final Oral Dissertation Defense 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., Sept. 22, 2026 Hybrid State and Parameter Estimation for Model Discovery, and Physics-Informed Forward Simulation Teddy Meissner, Program in Applied Mathematics
Aug 17 PhD Final Oral Dissertation Defense 1 – 2 p.m., Aug. 17, 2026 Vibrational State-to-State Modeling of High-Enthalpy Flows: From Data-Driven Kinetics to Shock-Tube Simulations Aaron Larsen, Program in Applied Mathematics
Jul 27 PhD Final Oral Dissertation Defense 10 – 11 a.m., July 27, 2026 The Curly Geometry of Nature: Discrete Models and Energetic Bounds of Branched Elastic Surfaces Ari Bormanis, Program in Applied Mathematics
Jul 22 PhD Final Oral Dissertation Defense 2 – 3 p.m., July 22, 2026 Scaling laws for small random perturbations of an intermittently chaotic system Ben Stilin, Program in Applied Mathematics
Jul 16 PhD Final Oral Dissertation Defense 9 – 10 a.m., July 16, 2026 New Microstructure Representations for Process–Structure–Property Modeling of Alloys Sheila Whitman, Program in Applied Mathematics
Jun 17 PhD Final Oral Dissertation Defense 11 a.m. – Noon, June 17, 2026 Inferring Effective Connectivity Graphs from Neural Replay Spike Trains Marium Yousuf, Program in Applied Mathematics
May 12 PhD Final Oral Dissertation Defense 3 – 4 p.m., May 12, 2026 Supervised-Learning for Telescope Control Systems and Performance Assessment via Record-Based Metrics Jackson Zariski, Program in Applied Mathematics
