The following is a list of thesis defences taking place from Monday, Oct. 4 to Friday, Oct. 8.<\/p>\n
Master of Science in Computer Science thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Yi Wang,\u00a0a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis \u201cAn implementation of separation logic in COQ ” on Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 11 a.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Michael Winter, Supervisor; Ethan Jackson, External Examiner (Vector Institute); and Naser Ezzati-Jivan and Robson De Grande, Committee Members.<\/p>\n PhD in Biotechnologies thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Radesh Nattamai Malli Pooranachandhiran, a PhD candidate in Biotechnologies, will defend his thesis \u201cDe novo sequencing, annotation, and characterization of the genome of Lavandula angustifolia (Lavender)\u201d on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 2 p.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n The examination committee members are Brian Roy, Chair; Ping Liang and Soheil Mahmoud, Co-Supervisors; Igor Kovalchuk, External Examiner (University of Lethbridge); Yifeng Li, Internal External Examiner; and Heather Gordon and Vincenzo De Luca, Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n Master of Science in Earth Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Farzaneh\u00a0HajSoltan, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, will defend her thesis \u201cPaleoceanography across the Pliocene\u2013Pleistocene transition in the southern Bering Sea: dinoflagellate cysts and\u00a0acritarchs\u00a0from IODP Site U1341\u201d on Thursday, Oct. 7 at 1 p.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Martin J. Head, Supervisor; Elisabeth Levac, External Examiner (Bishop’s University); and Richard Cheel and Kevin Turner, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Arts in Applied Disability Studies\u00a0thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Katie Primeau, a Master of Arts candidate in the Department of Applied Disability Studies, will defend her thesis\u00a0“Understanding Belongingness in Schools for Disabled Students who Require a High Level of Support”\u00a0on Friday, Oct. 8 at 9:30 a.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes\u00a0Dawn Zinga,\u00a0Chair;\u00a0Maureen Connolly, Supervisor;\u00a0Julian Kitchen, External Examiner\u00a0(Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University);\u00a0Rosemary Condillac,\u00a0Graduate Program Director; and Tim Fletcher and Kimberly Maich, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Science in Physics thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Michael Cosco, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend his thesis \u201cOptical Study of (Nb0.5 In0.5)0:02 Ti0.98 O2 Crystals” on Friday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; David Crandles, Supervisor; Christopher Homes, External Examiner (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY); and Maureen Reedyk and Edward Sternin, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master Arts in Child and Youth Studies thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Evan Harding, a Master of Arts candidate in the Department Child and Youth Studies, will defend his thesis\u00a0“The Christian Summer Camp as a Location for Queer Theoretical Inquiry”\u00a0on Friday, Oct. 8 at 1:30 p.m. via video conference.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes\u00a0Dawn Zinga,\u00a0Chair;\u00a0Rebecca Raby, Supervisor; Adam Davies, External Examiner\u00a0(Assistant Professor, Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph);\u00a0Hannah Dyer,\u00a0Graduate Program Director; and Shannon Moore, Committee Member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is a list of thesis defences taking place from Monday, Oct. 4 to Friday, Oct. 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,188,55,41,38],"tags":[607,348,522,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74406"}],"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=74406"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74429,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74406\/revisions\/74429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}