{"id":92729,"date":"2024-05-10T09:48:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=92729"},"modified":"2024-05-10T21:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T01:00:53","slug":"thesis-defences-may-13-to-may-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/05\/thesis-defences-may-13-to-may-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 May 13 to May 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, May 13 and Friday, May 17.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Applied Disability Studies thesis defence\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Micaela Totino, a Master of Arts in Applied Disability Studies candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cUsing Multiple Exemplar Training to Increase Fitness to Stand Trial&#8221; on Thursday, May 16 from 10 a.m. to noon in virtual format.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Dawn Zinga, Chair; Valdeep Saini, Supervisor; Marc Woodbury-Smit, External Examiner (Hospital for Sick Children); Rosemary Condillac, Graduate Program Director; and Laura Mullins and Kendra Thomson, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Health Sciences) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zachary Bellows, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cDisparities in Mental Health, Physical Health, and Substance Use Across Sexual Orientations in Adults\u201d on Monday, May 13 from 1 to 4 p.m. in STH 361.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Terrance Wade, Chair; Karen Patte and Anthony Chum, Supervisors; Patricia O\u2019Campo, External Examiner (Unity Health Toronto); and Asif Khowaja and Will Pickett, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Biological Sciences thesis defences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diana Tosato, a Master of Science in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cDiversity of cover crops in two organic vineyards in the Niagara Region, Canada, as adaptation measure to climate change &#8221; on Tuesday, May 14 at 11:30 a.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Yifeng Li, Chair; Liette Vasseur, Supervisor; Sean Smukler, External Examiner, UBC; and Debbie Inglis and Jim Willwerth, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Elyse Aubry, a Master of Science in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cDetermining the effect of different cover crops on nematode communities in vegetable production&#8221; on Tuesday, May 14 at 1 p.m. in GSB 305.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Ian Patterson, Chair; Ping Liang and Tahera Sultana, Co-Supervisors; Vaughn Mangal, External Examiner; and Oualid Ellouz, Committee Member.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Georgina Louise Gardner, a Master of Science in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cInvestigating the Importance of Physiological Cell Culture Conditions in Modeling Cancer Metabolism and Metabolic Reprogramming&#8221; on Thursday, May 16 at 9:30 a.m. in GSB 405 in hybrid format.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Jeff Stuart, Supervisor; Newman Siu Kwan Sze, External Examiner; and Gaynor Spencer and Rebecca MacPherson, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Computer Science thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jessica Graham, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cEdge Communication Efficiency with GNNs in Internet of Vehicles&#8221; on Wednesday, May 15 at 9:30 a.m. in GSB 308.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Robson De Grande, Supervisor; Ali Emami, External Examiner; and Yifeng Li and Renata Queiroz Dividino, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, May 13 and Friday, May 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,188,55,41,38],"tags":[8907,567,1696,7488,12849,348,522],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92729"}],"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=92729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92733,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92729\/revisions\/92733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}