Dissertation Defense Schedule

Academic Excellence

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: 11/14/2018
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Sharp Lab
Room: 215

A Search For Astrophysical Ultra High Energy Neutrinos With ANITA-IV Experiment


By: Peng Cao          Chair: John Clem         Co-Chair: David Seckel

Full Abstract >

Physics
Date: 11/08/2018
Time: 10:15 AM
Location: Purnell Hall
Room: 302

TWO ESSAYS ON COLLEGE ECONOMICS:

AN EVALUATION OF THE COLLEGE FED CHALLENGE COMPETITION

THE EFFECTS OF MATHEMATICS REQUIREMENTS ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN INTRODUCTORY ECONOMICS


By: David Simon          Chair: Saul Hoffman         

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Economic Education
Date: 11/05/2018
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Brown Lab
Room: 219

Programmable Nanomaterials Development via Kinetically Controlled Self-Assembly of Computationally Designed Peptides


By: Yu Tian          Chair: Darrin Pochan         Co-Chair: Kristi Kiick

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Materials Science & Engineering
Date: 11/05/2018
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Brown Lab
Room: 219

Computationally Designed Coiled Coil Peptides for the Solution Assembly of Nanostructured Materials


By: Michael Haider          Chair: Darrin Pochan         Co-Chair: Kristi Kiick

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Materials Science & Engineering
Date: 10/26/2018
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: None of the aboveNew location Allison Hall
Room: 134

Feminizing Aestheticism: Taste, Visual Literacy, and the Late-Victorian Periodical Press


By: Petra Clark          Chair: Margaret Stetz         

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English
Date: 10/26/2018
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Purnell Hall
Room: 450

Easy Monetary Policy and Tight Capital Requirement: An Empirical Study of Bank Lending Behavior


By: Zefan Wang          Chair: James Butkiewicz         

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Economics

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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