Defense Announcements
Graduate students and their department are responsible for submitting an announcement to the MSU Calendar at least seven (7) business days prior to the defense.
Submitting an event:
- Create a calendar event through the Submit an Event button on the MSU Calendar.
- Place the appropriate “Tag” on the event so that it will appear on the Graduate School
webpage. To get a “Tag” to appear, start by typing “presentation" and choose from:
- Presentations (Professional Paper)
- Presentations (PhD Comp Exam)
- Presentations (Doctoral Defense)
- Presentation (Thesis Defense)
Current Defense Announcements:
Doctoral Defense Announcements
- Carter Hoffman, PhD Dissertation Defense in Chemical Engineering Friday, April 25, 2025 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
A PARALLELIZED, ULTRAHIGH-THROUGHPUT DROPLET MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM
Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Exams
- Dimantha Kottawa Gamage presents IMSE PhD Comprehensive Exam Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 1:00 pm
A Novel Knowledge Generation Methodology for Navigating Early Stages of R&D
Thesis Defense Announcements
- LRES Thesis Defense Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Tyler Boyd will present his thesis, titled "Extensive Sampling Requirements for Monitoring Soil Health on the Blackfeet Nation"
- LRES Thesis Defense Friday, April 25, 2025 at 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Taylor Kennedy will present her thesis, titled "Connecting Bioregions: Migration of the army cutworm moth, Euxoa auxiliaris"
- American Studies MA Thesis Defense: Adrienne Pollard Friday, April 25, 2025 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Adrienne Pollard will be defending her MA thesis titled "Making Music = Making Kin: Music as a Metaphor for Culture" for American Studies on Friday, April 25th, from 1:00 -...
- LRES Thesis Defense Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Jack Poole will present his thesis, titled "Bridging fields and floodplains: hydrologic connection, nitrate reduction, and water storage across landscapes managed for dryland cereal production in central Montana"
Professional Paper Presentations