Articles tagged with: Faculty of Mathematics and Science

• June 2 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Shams A. Alkhulaif

  Friday, May 15, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Master of Science thesis defence

  Shams A. Alkhulaif, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend her thesis titled “A Functional Programming Language with Patterns and Copatterns” on Tuesday, June 2 at 11 a.m. in virtual format.

  The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Michael Winter, Supervisor; Gunther Schmidt, External Examiner (University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich, Germany); and Brian Ross and Beatrice Ombuki-Berman, Committee Members.

  Tags: Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• May 26 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Huriyyah A.  Albandri

  Friday, May 15, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Master of Science thesis defence

  Huriyyah A.  Albandri, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend her thesis titled “Electronic and Magnetic properties of MAX phase (Cr1−xGdx)2AlC and Er3AlC alloy” on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 1 p.m., in virtual format.

  The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Fereidoon S. Razavi, Supervisor; Mark Gallagher, External Examiner (Lakehead University); and Thad A. Harroun and Maureen Reedyk, Committee Members.

  Tags: Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Physics, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• May 22 – PhD Thesis Defence – Larissa Barelli – Biotechnology

  Tuesday, April 28, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence

  Larissa Barelli, PhD candidate in Biotechnology, will defend her thesis titled “A study on the dynamics of the symbiosis between Metarhizium and plants“ on Friday, May 22 at 1 p.m. in virtual format.

  The examination committee includes: Wendy Ward, Chair; Michael Bidochka, Supervisor; Tariq Butt, External Examiner (Swansea University); and Doug Bruce and Paul Zelisko, Supervisory Committee Members.

  Tags: Biotechnology, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• May 13 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Margaret Hughes – Biological Sciences

  Tuesday, April 28, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Master of Science thesis defence

  Margaret Hughes, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Influence of perimeter plantings on plant and invertebrate diversity in vineyard ecosystems” on Wednesday, May 13 at 2 p.m. in virtual format.

  The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Liette Vasseur, Supervisor; Lesley G. Campbell, External Examiner (Ryerson University); and Miriam Richards and Wendy McFadden-Smith, Committee Members.

  Tags: Biological Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• March 11 – PhD Thesis Defence – Parisa Abbasi

  Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Parisa Abbasi, PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Investigating the Cluster Chemistry of α-Methyl-2-pyridine methanol (mpmH) with Select 3d Ions” on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 10 a.m. in Cairns 550.

  The examination committee includes Wendy Ward, Chair; Melanie Pilkington, Supervisor; Mark Turnbull, External Examiner (Clark University); Francine McCarthy, Internal External Examiner; and Georgii Nikonov and Costa Metallinos, Committee Members.

  Tags: Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• Feb 28 – PhD Thesis Defence – Wanxiangfu (Daniel) Tang – Biological Sciences

  Thursday, February 20, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Wanxiangfu (Daniel) Tang, PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend his thesis titled “The role of mobile elements in recent primate genomes” on Friday, Feb 28, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. in WH 206.

  The examination committee includes Wendy Ward, Chair; Ping Liang, Supervisor; Zhongming Zhao, External Examiner (University of Texas); Yifeng Li, Internal External Examiner; and Alan Castle and Douglas Bruce, Committee Members

  Tags: Biological Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• Feb 12 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – James Paterson

  Monday, February 10, 2020 | By jsteepe

  James Paterson, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “A Hybrid Approach to Network Robustness Optimization using Edge Rewiring and Edge Addition” on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. in RFP 303.

  The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Beatrice Ombuki-Berman, Supervisor; Charlie Obimbo, External Examiner (University of Guelph); and Brian J. Ross and Ke Qiu, Committee Members.

  Tags: Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• Feb 6 – Major Research Project Presentation – Rahul Pradeep Kumar

  Friday, January 31, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Major Research Project Presentation

  Rahul Pradeep Kumar, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will present his work titled “COrRect : Connection Oriented Resource Matching for Vehicular Clouds” on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. in MC H313.

  The examination committee includes Robson De Grande and Sheridan Houghten.

  Tags: Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Research Presentation
  Categories: Events

• Feb 13 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Pardis Asgari

  Friday, January 31, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Master of Science thesis defence

  Pardis Asgari, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Stress and the Development of Social Behaviour in Adolescent Female Rats” on Thursday, February 13 at 9 a.m. in Plaza 600F.

  The examination committee includes Francine McCarthy, Chair; Cheryl McCormick, Supervisor; Veena Dwivedi, External Examiner (Brock University, Dept. of Psychology); and Joffre Mercier and Miriam Richards, Committee Members.

  Tags: Biological Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events

• Feb 10 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Kurtis Bauer

  Friday, January 31, 2020 | By jsteepe

  Master of Science thesis defence

  Kurtis Bauer, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Physics, will defend his thesis titled “Resistivity of Single Crystal Molybdenum Dioxide” on Monday, February 10 at 11 a.m. in RFP303.

  The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Fereidoon Razavi, Supervisor; Stefan Kycia, External Examiner (University of Guelph); and Maureen Reedyk and Thad Harroun, Committee Members.

  Tags: Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Physics, Thesis defence
  Categories: Events