{"id":87142,"date":"2023-08-04T10:57:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T14:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=87142"},"modified":"2023-08-04T10:57:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T14:57:55","slug":"thesis-defences-aug-8-to-aug-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/08\/thesis-defences-aug-8-to-aug-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 Aug. 8 to Aug. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Tuesday, Aug. 8 and Friday, Aug. 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Earth Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Henley, a Master of Science in Earth Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis &#8220;In Situ Investigation of the Martian Surface: Quantification of Dust Coverages in Gale crater and Abrasion Marks in Jezero crater&#8221; on Tuesday, Aug. 8 at 11 a.m. in PLZ 409.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Mariek Schmidt, Supervisor; Kevin Lewis, External Examiner (Johns Hopkins University); and Frank Fueten and Richard Cheel, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of \u200b Science in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Kinesiology) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tyler Dobos, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cInvestigating Drill Constraint Kinematics in Male Baseball Pitchers\u201d on Tuesday, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in WC 204.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Jae Patterson, Chair; Michael Holmes, Supervisor; John Abbott, External Examiner (East Tennessee State University\/Chicago Cubs); and Shawn Beaudette and Michael Sonne, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Applied Health Sciences (Community Health) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Baillie, a Master of \u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis &#8220;Failure to Engage: Exploring Treatment Initiation Delays for Combat-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among the Canadian Armed Forces\u201d on Tuesday, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in STH 361 (hybrid).<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Brent Faught, Chair; Pauli Gardner, Supervisor;\u00a0Kathryn Halverson,\u00a0External Examiner\u00a0(Brock\u00a0University); and\u00a0Terrance Wade and Heather Church, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences (Health Sciences) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roopan Dhaliwal, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis\u00a0\u201cExamining the effects of BDNF and Exercise-training on Adipose Tissue Browning\u201d\u00a0on Wednesday, Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. in WC 204.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Litsa Tsiani, Chair; Rebecca MacPherson, Supervisor; Brian Roy, External Examiner (Brock University); and Paul LeBlanc and Val Fajardo, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Physics thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Connor M. Wilson, a Master of Science in Physics candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cLocalized Vibrational Modes in High-Entropy Oxides\u201d on Thursday, Aug. 10 at 9:30 a.m. in TH 259.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Martin Lemaire, Chair; David Crandles, Supervisor; Eric De Giuli, External Examiner (Toronto Metropolitan University); and Edward Sternin and Ganesh Ramachandran, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Management (Marketing Stream) thesis defences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mourin Mostafiz, a Master of Science in Management candidate, will defend the<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>thesis \u201cResponding to organizational crisis: The role of crisis communication message framing and communication information processing to protect organizational credibility\u201d on Wednesday, Aug. 9 at 10 a.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Shannon Kerwin, Chair; Narongsak Thongpapanl, Supervisor; Barry Babin, External Examiner (University of Mississippi); and Kai-Yu Wang and Abdul R. Ashraf, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Zahra Fouladgar, a Master of Science in Management candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cHow Virtual Tourism Environment Influences Product Evaluation? The Role of Mental Imagery and Affective Forecasting\u201d on Friday, Aug. 11 at 8 a.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Jean Francois Lamarche, Chair; Kai-Yu Wang, Supervisor; Xiaojing Yang, External Examiner (University of South Carolina); and Narongsak Thongpapanl and Abdul R. Ashraf, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Tuesday, Aug. 8 and Friday, Aug. 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,39,188,55,41],"tags":[166,150,7488,607,348,594,3335,1512,15,2281,81,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87142"}],"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=87142"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87145,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87142\/revisions\/87145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}