Articles by author: jmontague

  • August 4 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Yasamin Aali

    Yasamin Aali, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Reconfiguring the Path: Evolutionary and Neural Optimization of Hamiltonian Toolpaths for Multi-Material 3D Printing” on Tuesday, August 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, External Examiner; Rahnuma Islam Nishat, Supervisor;  Renata Queiroz Dividino, Supervisory Committee Member.

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  • August 14 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Cameron J. Dyrseth

    Cameron J. Dyrseth, a Master of Science in Physics candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Quantum Localization in Incommensurate Tight-Binding Chains” on Friday, August 14 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Jeffery Rau (Univ. of Windsor), External Examiner;  Kirill Samokhin, Supervisor;  David Crandles and Ganesh Ramachandran, Supervisory Committee Members.

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  • August 13 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Areeba Iqbal

    Areeba Iqbal, a Master of Science in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Exciton interactions in chiral two-dimensional perovskites” on Thursday, August 13, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The defence will take place in closed format.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Jasneet Kaur, External Examiner; Jianbo Gao, Supervisor; Travis Dudding and Georgii Nikonov, Supervisory Committee Members.

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  • August 12 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Ryan Gunther

    Ryan Gunther, a Master of Science in Statistics candidate, will defend the thesis titled “Dimensionality Reduction Approaches for Baseball Swing Motion Analysis“ on Wednesday, August 12 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The defence will take place in GSB 405.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Shawn Beaudette, External Examiner; William Marshall, Supervisor; Jan Vrbik and S. Ejaz Ahmed, Supervisory Committee Members.

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  • June 15 – PhD Thesis Defence – Rozhin Rowshanpour

    Rozhin Rowshanpour, a PhD in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis “Developing New Strategies in Organic Synthesis Through Photocatalytic Azo Formation, Radical Fluorination, and Carbonyl Activation” on Monday, June 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 601C.

    The examination committee members are Maureen Reedyk, Chair; Travis Dudding, Supervisor; Rebecca Davis, External Examiner (University of Manitoba); Yifeng Li, Internal Examiner; and Georgii Nikonov and Tony Yan, Advisory Committee.

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  • June 8 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Marcus Elbert Villena

    Marcus Elbert Villena, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend the thesis “Graph Attention Mechanisms for Modeling Pathway-Level Importance from Gene Expression” on Monday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. The defence will take place in WH147.

    The examination committee includes Jeff Stuart, Chair; Yifeng Li, Supervisor; Xiaojian Shao, External Examiner (National Research Council); and Tony Yan and Adonis Skandalis, Supervisory Committee Members.

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  • June 2 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Atieh Sarvi

    Atieh Sarvi, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend the thesis titled “ Network-Based Gene Prioritization for Major Depressive Disorder Using Integrated Biological Data ” on Tuesday, June 2 at 11:00 a.m. in MC H313.

    The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Sheridan Houghten, Supervisor; Yifeng Li, External Examiner (Brock University); and Renata Queiroz Dividino, Supervisory Committee Member.

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  • June 1 – PhD Thesis Defence – Temitayo Laleye

    Temitayo Laleye, a Doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend the thesis titled “Synthesis of a Homologous Series of Bolaphosphatidylcholines: Influence of Chain Length and Rigidity on Self-Assembly and Model Phospholipid Membrane Structure” on Monday, June 1 at 11:00 a.m. in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee includes William Pickett, Chair; Jeffrey Atkinson, Supervisor; John Sanderson, External Examiner (Durham University); Thad Harroun, Internal Examiner; and Travis Dudding and Tony Yan, Supervisory Committee Members.

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  • May 20 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Zachary McGovarin

    Zachary McGovarin, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend the thesis titled “Three-Body Diffusion: A Novel Molecular Generation Model for Multi-Target De Novo Drug Design” on Wednesday, May 20 at 10:00 a.m. online.

    The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Betty Ombuki-Berman, Supervisor; Blessing Ogbuokiri, External Examiner (Brock University); and Yifeng Li and Divya Matta, Committee Members.

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