{"id":111020,"date":"2026-07-31T12:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=111020"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:14:05","slug":"thesis-defences-aug-4-to-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/07\/thesis-defences-aug-4-to-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 Aug. 4 to 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Tuesday, Aug. 4 and Friday, Aug. 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Computer Science Thesis Defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yasamin Aali, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cReconfiguring the Path: Evolutionary and Neural Optimization of Hamiltonian<\/p>\n<p>Toolpaths for Multi-Material 3D Printing\u201d on Tuesday, Aug. 4 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, External Examiner (Brock University); Rahnuma Islam Nishat, Supervisor; and\u00a0Renata Queiroz Dividino, Supervisory Committee Member.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of <\/strong><strong>\u200b<\/strong><strong>Science in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Health Sciences) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Raneem Kalbouna, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cExamining the Cytokine Link Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Onset of Asthma in Young Adults\u201d on Wednesday, Aug. 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. in STH 361.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Brent Faught, Chair; Karen Patte and Adam MacNeil, Supervisors; Charlis Raineki, External Examiner (Brock University); and Terry Wade, Committee Member.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Management (Finance) thesis defense\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Adefolu, a Master of Science in Management candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cPerformance Evaluation of Global Mutual Funds Using Advanced Benchmark Models with Geopolitical and Climate Transition Risk Factors\u201d on Thursday, Aug. 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Jennifer Li, Chair; Mohamed Ayadi, Supervisor; Sadok El Ghoul, External Examiner (Woody L. Hunt College of Business, University of Texas at El Paso); and Walid Ben Omrane and Skander Lazrak, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Psychology thesis\u00a0defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Malavika Krishna Kumar, a Master of Arts in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cAn Electrophysiological Investigation of Question Comprehension in Noisy Channels of Communication\u201d on Friday, Aug. 7\u00a0from 1 to 3 p.m.\u00a0in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes\u00a0Katerina Koka,\u00a0Chair;\u00a0Veena Dwivedi,\u00a0Supervisor;\u00a0Lynn Dempsey, External Examiner (Brock University); Charlis\u00a0Rainecki, Graduate Program Director; and Michael Busseri and Karen Arnell, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Tuesday, Aug. 4 and Friday, Aug. 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,188,55,41,38],"tags":[546,7488,348,522,3258,2852,594,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111022,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111020\/revisions\/111022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}