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: 10/20/2014
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Brown Lab
Room: 221

Redox Motifs and Redox Potential of Selenoproteins


By: Fei Li          Chair: Sharon Rozovsky         

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Chemistry and Biochemistry
Date: 10/11/2014
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Evans Hall
Room: 204

Nanostructured Nitrogen and Carbon Codoped Ti02 Thin Films: Deposition Techniques, Structural Characterizations and Optoelectronic


By: Inci Ruzybayev          Chair: Ismat Shah         

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Physics
Date: 10/06/2014
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Wolf Hall
Room: 318

Novel Preclinical Targets and Therapies for Treatment of Osteoarthritis


By: Padma Srinivasan          Chair: Catherine Kirn-Safran         

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Biological Sciences
Date: 10/03/2014
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Spencer Lab
Room: 126

Characterizing PTFE Transfer Film Properties to Elucidate Transfer Film’s Role in Ultra-Low Wear Sliding of Polymer Nanocomposites


By: Jiaxin Ye          Chair: David Burris         Co-Chair: Michael Santare

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Mechanical Engineering
Date: 10/01/2014
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Graham Hall
Room: 185

“As You Like It — Who Plans The Renaissance Village?: A Case Study of The Impact of a Gentrification Process on Non-Gentrifying Students”


By: Michele Rossi          Chair: Jonathan Justice         

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Urban Affairs and Public Policy
Date: 09/30/2014
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Smith Hall
Room: 102

Information Retrieval for Reducing Manual Effort in Biomedical and Clinical Research


By: Dongqing Zhu          Chair: Ben Carterette         

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Computer Sciences

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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