{"id":60462,"date":"2019-10-04T09:15:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T13:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=60462"},"modified":"2019-10-05T00:30:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T04:30:52","slug":"thesis-defences-oct-7-to-oct-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/10\/thesis-defences-oct-7-to-oct-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 Oct. 7 to Oct. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a list of thesis defences taking place at Brock from Monday, Oct. 7 to Friday, Oct. 11.<\/p>\n

All are open for the University community to attend.<\/p>\n

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Master of Psychology thesis defence<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jennet Baumbach, a Master of Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis\u00a0\u201cTamoxifen or Estradiol Limited to the Induction Phase of Nicotine Sensitization Enhances the Expression of Locomotor Sensitization in Ovariectomized and in Intact Female Rats”\u00a0on Monday, Oct. 7\u00a0at 10:00 a.m. in Plaza 600F.<\/p>\n

The examination committee includes\u00a0Frances Owen, Chair;\u00a0Cheryl McCormick, Supervisor; Elena Choleris, External Examiner\u00a0(Professor, Department of\u00a0Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science, University of Guelph);\u00a0Michael Busseri,\u00a0Graduate Program Director; Veena Dwivedi,\u00a0Committee Member and Cameron Muir, Committee Member.<\/p>\n

Master of Sociology thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Julia Kenny, a Master of Arts in\u00a0Critical Sociology candidate, will defend the thesis\u00a0“Social Problems and Moral Panic: Primary, Secondary, and Oppositional Definers in the Social Construction of Canada’s Opioid Crisis in Select Corporate Print Media”\u00a0on Friday, Oct. 11\u00a0at 9:30 a.m. in WH 147.<\/p>\n

The examination committee includes\u00a0Dawn Zinga, Chair;\u00a0Tamari Kitossa, Supervisor;\u00a0Joel Best, External Examiner\u00a0(Professor,\u00a0Department of\u00a0Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware);\u00a0Jane Helleiner,\u00a0Graduate Program Director; Jonah Butovsky, Committee Member and\u00a0Michelle Webber,\u00a0Committee Member.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Master of Science\u00a0thesis\u00a0defences<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tianyu (William) Dong, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his\u00a0<\/span>thesis\u00a0<\/span>titled \u201cDevelopment of Field-deployable Nucleic Acid Testing Platforms” on Monday, Oct. 7 at 1p.m. in MC H313.<\/p>\n

The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Feng Li, Supervisor; Tao Huan, the External Examiner (University of British Columbia); and Arthur Van Der Est and Tomas Hudlicky, Committee Members.<\/p>\n

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Kailey Meehan, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biotechnology, will defend her\u00a0thesis titled \u201cThe Development of a Time-Resolved, Vesicle-Based, Fluorescence Assay for the Activity of the Lipid Kinase Pik1″ on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 9 a.m. in Plaza 600F.<\/p>\n

The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Jeffrey Atkinson, Supervisor; Julie A. Brill, External Examiner (University of Toronto); and Paul Zelisko and Aleksandar Necakov, Committee Members.<\/p>\n

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Aileen C. Williams, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, will defend her thesis titled \u201cIn the Eyes of a Rover: An Educational Game Exploring the Ubehebe \u00a0Volcanic Craters, Death Valley California, which Mimics the Traverse of a Rover\u201d on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. in MC D319.<\/p>\n

The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Mariek Schmidt, Supervisor; Paula MacKinnon, External Examiner (DSBN); and Richard Cheel and Po Ling Bork, Committee Members.<\/p>\n

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Reginald McLean, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled \u201cAnalysis of Swarm-based algorithms for Neural Network Training” on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 at 9:30 am in Plaza 600F.<\/span><\/p>\n

The examination committee includes Uwe Brand, Chair; Beatrice Ombuki-Berman, Supervisor; Reena Yoogalingam, External Examiner (Brock University, Goodman School of Business); and Brian Ross and Robson De Grande, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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