Dissertation Defense Schedule

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Sharing original dissertation research is a principle to which the University of Delaware is deeply committed. It is the single most important assignment our graduate students undertake and upon completion is met with great pride.

We invite you to celebrate this milestone by attending their dissertation defense. Please review the upcoming dissertation defense schedule below and join us!

Dissertation Defense Form

Must be received two weeks prior to your defense.

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Upcoming Doctoral Dissertation Defense

The list below is organized by the most current Dissertation Defense first. You may sort by “Program of Study” or search for a specific dissertation via the search box. To learn more about a specific dissertation select the dissertation’s title or the term “Full Abstract”.

 

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Defense Details Dissertation Program
Date: 07/18/2024
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Munroe Hall
Room: 203

French Diplomatic Odyssey: Continuity and Change in French Policies Towards Iran (Seventeenth–Nineteenth Centuries)


By: Mehdi Mousavi          Chair: Rudolph Matthee         

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History
Date: 07/11/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Wolf Hall
Room: 318

Receptor Engineering For The Development Of Immunotherapy


By: Shenyu Zhang          Chair: Zhengyu Ma         

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Biological Sciences
Date: 07/09/2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: None of the above
Room: 1

Crafting A Race Women’s Aesthetic Tradition: Literary Experimentation in Black Club Women’s Newspapers and its Visual Cultural Legacy


By: Brandi Locke          Chair: John Ernest         

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English
Date: 07/09/2024
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Center for Drug & Health Studies
Room: 1

“The Experiences of Homicide Co-victims: The Impact of Not Being an “Ideal Victim”


By: Carol Ann Sharo          Chair: Ronet Bachman         

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Criminology
Date: 07/08/2024
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Purnell Hall
Room: 450

Hypergraph Neural Networks: From Signal Processing to Convolution, U-Nets and Beyond


By: Fuli Wang          Chair: Gonzalo Arce         Co-Chair: Wei Qian

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Financial Services Analytics
Date: 07/08/2024
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Star CampusBPI / AP Bio Building (on STAR campus)
Room: 140

Machine Learning-Driven Multi-Omics for Optimizing Biotherapeutic Production


By: Sai Guna Ranjan Gurazada          Chair: Shawn Polson         

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Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

The Process

Step-by-Step

Visit our “Step-by-Step Graduation Guide” to take you through the graduation process.From formatting your Dissertation to Doctoral Hooding procedures.

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Dissertation Manual

Wondering how to set up the format for your paper. Refer to the “UD Thesis/Dissertation Manual” for formatting requirements and more.

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Defense Submission Form

This form must be completed two weeks in advance of a dissertation defense to meet the University of Delaware Graduate and Professional Education’s requirements.

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