Defense Announcements
Graduate students and their department are responsible for submitting an announcement to the MSU Calendar at least seven (7) business days prior to the defense.
Submitting an event:
- Create a calendar event through the Submit an Event button on the MSU Calendar.
- Place the appropriate “Tag” on the event so that it will appear on the Graduate School
webpage. To get a “Tag” to appear, start by typing “presentation" and choose from:
- Presentations (Professional Paper)
- Presentations (PhD Comp Exam)
- Presentations (Doctoral Defense)
- Presentation (Thesis Defense)
Current Defense Announcements:
Doctoral Defense Announcements
- Doctoral Defense in History: "Cementing America," by Kirke D.A. Elsass Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Dissertation Abstract: Engineers and material scientists around the world are now developing alternatives to conventional cement and to concrete, the construction medium to which cement is crucial. Their research mostly aims...
- Maribelle(Mimi) Stanley Doctoral Defense, ChBE Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm
RheoNMR as a Technique to Study Shear-Induced Transitions
Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Exams
Thesis Defense Announcements
- Caelen Boucher-Bergstedt MS Defense Monday, April 7, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Buzz Pollination: Investigations of Pollen Expulsion Using the Discrete Element Method
- LRES Thesis Defense Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Ryan Barnes will present his thesis, titled "Impacts of Very Tall Stubble on Pulse Crop Morphology and Productivity in the Northern Great Plains"
Professional Paper Presentations