PhD Final Examination: Anmol Purohit
Dissertation Title: Destruction and Defluorination of Ultrashort-Chain and Short-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Continuous Flow Alkaline Hydrolysis, Supervisory Committee Members:Igor Novosselov| Committee Chair| Department of Mechanical Engineering, Avin Vijay | GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, John C. Kramlich| Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brian Pinkard| Committee Member | Aquagga Inc.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
MS Thesis Presentation: Dzaki Pahlevi
Thesis Title: Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of a Two-Step Ethanol Oxidation Reaction in a Supercritical Water Oxidation Reactor, Supervisory Committee Members:Igor Novosselov| Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering, John Kramlich| Committee Member| Department of Mechanical Engineering, John Palmore Jr.| Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: megrad@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, August 13, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Yash Talwekar
Dissertation Title: Avionics for Sub-Gram Aerial Vehicles and Biomechanics, Supervisory Committee Members: Sawyer Fuller | Committee Chair| Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jing Yu | GSR | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Joseph Garbini| Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vikram Iyer| Committee Member | Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: MEB frontdesk. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, August 17, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Ama Darkwah
Supervisory Committee Members:Alberto Aliseda | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering, John Kramlich | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Juan Carlos del Alamo | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dana Dabiri | Committee Member | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, August 21, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD General Examination: Sarah May Palmer
Supervisory Committee Members:Brian Polagye| Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ed Habtour |GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Michelle DiBenedetto|Committee Member |Princeton University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monica Shaojin Li| Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtis John Rusch | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, August 24, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
PhD Qualifying examination: Tyson Lam
Supervisory Committee Members:Mehmet Kurt | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ashish Manohar | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Per Reinhall | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Liz Wayne | Committee Member | Department of Bioengineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.