Yiwen Shi
Towards Efficient Biomedical Natural Language Processing with Large Language Models
Major: Information Science
Chair: Xiaohua Hu, Hualou Liang
Committee Members: Kaidi Xu, Li Sheng, Bo Song
Date and Time: November 20, 2025 9:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact ys666@drexel.edu for link.
Erick Galinkin
Strategic Reinforcement Learning Agents for Autonomous Cyber Defense
Major: Computer Science
Chair: Spiros Mancoridis, Manolis Pountourakis
Committee Members: Vasilis Gkatzelis, Shahin Jabbari, Edward Raff
Date and Time: November 17, 2025 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact eg657@drexel.edu for link.
Teng Zhang
MXene X-Sublattice, Surface Chemistry, and Morphology Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Steven May
Committee Members: Yong-Jie Hu, Eric Stach, Yury Gogotsi, Jill Wenderott
Date and Time: October 24, 2025 2:00 PM
Location: Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Room 302
David Sirken
Medical Education and Healthcare during the Pandemic Disruption: A Hermeneutic, Phenomenological Research Study
Major: Educational Leadership and Management
Chair: Valerie Klein
Committee Members: Dominic Gullo, Atom Sarkar
Date and Time: November 11, 2025 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact dhs58@drexel.edu for link.
Brady Eckert
SiPM Characterization and Readout for nEXO & Studying Bremsstrahlung Emission in EXO-200
Major: Physics
Chair: Michelle Dolinski
Committee Members: Eric Brewe, Russell Neilson, Caio Licciardi, Nichoas DiNardo
Date and Time: December 05, 2025 10:00 AM
Location: Stratton Hall, Room 101
Pedram Bazrafshan
As-damaged Numerical Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls using Graph Theory and Generative Artificial Intelligence
Major: Civil Engineering
Chair: Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou, Ivan Bartoli
Committee Members: Abieyuwa Aghayere, Aspasia Zerva, David Han
Date and Time: December 09, 2025 8:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact pb669@drexel.edu for link.
Riya Shah
Combining IceCube's Tracks and Cascades to Improve Neutrino Source Searches
Major: Physics
Chair: Naoko Kurahashi Neilson
Committee Members: Jorn Venderbos, Eric Brewe, Christina Love, Gregory Sullivan
Date and Time: December 02, 2025 1:00 PM
Location: Disque Hall, Room 109
Tim Averianov
Understanding the Role of MXenes as Synthetic Precursors for Advanced Energy Storage Materials
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Yury Gogotsi
Committee Members: Ekaterina Pomerantseva, Nicolas Alvarez, Michel Barsoum, Steven May
Date and Time: November 07, 2025 1:30 PM
Location: Bossone Reserarch Enterprise Center, Room 302
Brian Walters
Exploring Faculty-Led Short-Term Study Abroad Programs to Understand the Alignment Between Faculty and Institutional Goals for Internationalization at a Higher Education Institution: A Qualitative Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership and Management
Chair: Kristine Grant
Committee Members: Aroutis Foster, Mary Schlarb
Date and Time: December 03, 2025 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact bw575@drexel.edu for link.
Teddy Nguyen
Improving the use of AURKA and WEE1 inhibitors in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics
Chair:
Committee Members:
Date and Time: November 17, 2025 10:00 AM
Location: New College Building, Gear A
Abigail Tetteh
Fused Filament Fabrication of PEKK & PEEK Lumbar Interbody Fusion Devices: Investigation into the Process Parameters That Enhance Static Strength
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Kenneth Barbee, Steven Kurtz
Committee Members: Daniel Porter, Sorin Siegler, Matthew Di Prima, Paul Brandt-Rauf
Date and Time: December 25, 2025 8:00 AM
Location: Pearlstein Business Center, Room 307
Doreen Nation
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Sleep Quality and Mental Health of Nurse Informaticians
Major: Health Sciences
Chair: Linda Wilson
Committee Members: Mary Gallagher Gordon, Anna Schoenbaum
Date and Time: December 12, 2025 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact dn378@drexel.edu for link.
Vida Anosike
Exploring Perceptions of Female Physicians of Anambra State (SE Nigeria), who Have Experienced IPV, and the Ability to Provide Whole Person Care to their Patients
Major: Health Sciences
Chair: Linda Wilson
Committee Members: Marcia Gamaly, Patrick Auth
Date and Time: December 17, 2025 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ena23@drexel.edu for link.