Dissertation defense for Yuan
Doctoral candidate in Biological Engineering, Yuan Yuan, under major professor Sarah Wu, will defend the dissertation entitled, "Continuous-Flow Liquid-Phase Plasma Discharge for Nonthermal Milk Processing: Microbial Inactivation, Quality Preservation, and Scale-Up Strategy" at 2:00 pm, PDT on July 9, 2026 in EP 413. This event is free and open to the public.
University Location: EP 413 - Engineering/Physics Bldg - Main Campus.
Thursday, July 9, 2026, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Dissertation defense for Jokhio
Doctoral candidate in Biological Engineering, Sharjeel Jokhio, under major professor Ching-An Peng, will defend the dissertation entitled, "Anticancer Activity of Extracellular Vesicles Efficiently Isolated from Cruciferous Plants" at 10:00 am PDT on July 10, 2026 in the Engineering Physics Building conference room 413. This event is free and open to the public.
University Location: EP 413 - Engineering/Physics Bldg - Main Campus.
Friday, July 10, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Dissertation defense for Lucke
Doctoral candidate in Computer Science, Kyle Lucke, under major professor Min Xian, will defend the dissertation entitled, "Uncertainty Quantification for Deep Learning" at 1:00 MST on July 10, 2026 in CHE 303 and via Zoom. Please email cogs@uidaho.edu for meeting information. This event is free and open to the public.
University Location: CHE Entrance - University of Idaho, Idaho Falls.
Friday, July 10, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Dissertation defense for Rios
Doctoral candidate in Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochem, Erick Rios, under major professor Jill L. Johnson, will defend the dissertation entitled, "Proteomic Landscape of Hsp90 and Cdc37 Dysfunction: A Study of Mutational Effects in Hsp90 System" at 9:00 am PDT on July 13, 2026 in Life Sciences South 277. This event is free and open to the public.
University Location: LIFE 277 - Life Sciences South (LSS) - Main Campus.
Monday, July 13, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:20 PM.
Dissertation defense for Makrakis
Doctoral candidate in Computer Science, Georgios Michail Makrakis, under major professor Constantinos Kolias, will defend the dissertation entitled, "Proactive and Reactive Security in Digital Electrical Substations via SDN and Device Biometric Authentication" at 2:00 pm PDT on July 13, 2026 in CHE 301 Idaho Falls, and via Zoom. Please email cogs@uidaho.edu for meeting information. This event is free and open to the public.
University Location: CHE 301 - University of Idaho, Idaho Falls.
Monday, July 13, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Dissertation defense for Bertagnoli
Doctoral candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Andrea Bertagnoli, under major professor Daniele Tonina, will defend the dissertation entitled, "A Framework for Estimating Streambed Elevation and Groundwater Exchange Across Local and Reach Spatial Scales" at 9:00 am PDT on July 15, 2026 in Classroom 428A 4th floor Boise Idaho Water Center. This event is free and open to the public.
University Location: Idaho Water Center - University of Idaho Boise.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Dissertation defense for Bhatta
Doctoral candidate in Entomology, Bhupendra Bhatta, under major professor Louise-Marie Dandurand, will defend the dissertation entitled, “Virulence and Genetic Diversity of Globodera Populations from Peru and the United States, and Biofunigation Strategies to Control Globodera Pallida” at 9:00 am PDT on July 15, 2026 in Ag Science Room 62. This event is free and open to the public.
University Location: AG SCI 62 - Ag Science - Main Campus.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Dissertation defense for Alomari
Doctoral candidate in Electrical Engineering, Amani Ahmad Ali Alomari, under major professor Brian K. Johnson will defend the dissertation entitled, "Enhancing Conventional Directional Protection Through Stationary Wavelet Transform in Synchronous Generator-Inverter Based Resources Integrated Network at10:00 am PDT on July 15, 2026 in GJL 218 and via Zoom. Please email cogs@uidaho.edu for meeting information. This event is free and open to the public.
University Location: GJL 218 - Gauss Johnson Engineering Laboratory - Main Campus.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Thesis defense for Saleh
Masters student in Cybersecurity, Youssef Saleh, under major professor Frederick Sheldon, will defend the thesis entitled, "Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Using LLMs in Network Packet Analysis" at 10:30 am PDT on July 16, 2026 in the Computer Science Conference Room and via Zoom. Please email cogs@uidaho.edu for meeting information. This event is free and open to the public.
Thursday, July 16, 2026, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
Thesis defense for Ming
Masters student in Agricultural Economics, Zhao Ming, under major professor Xiaoli Etienne, will defend the thesis entitled, "Insights from U.S. Dairy Processors' Sustainability Efforts Towards Net Zero by 2050" at 12:00 pm PDT on July 17, 2026 in Ag Science Room 62 and via Zoom. Please email cogs@uidaho.edu for meeting information. This event is free and open to the public.
University Location: AG SCI 62 - Ag Science - Main Campus.
Friday, July 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Thesis defense for Trujillo
Masters student in Entomology Henry Trujillo, under major professor Armando Falcon-Brindis, will defend the thesis entitled, "Assessing the Arthropod Communities in Bean Fields of Southern Idaho: Environmental and Management Factors" at 1:00 pm PDT on July 27, 2026 in the University of Idaho Parma Research and Extension Center. This event is free and open to the public.
Monday, July 27, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.