PhD Qualifying Examination: Nicholas Ozanich
Supervisory Committee Members:William Ledoux | Faculty Advisor | VA CLiMB & Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ashish Manohar | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mehmet Kurt | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michael Bailey | Committee Member | Applied Physics Lab & Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ME front desk. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, October 16, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD General Examination: Lijun Zhou
Dissertation Title: Inverse Design of Soft Multifunctional Composites Using Machine Learning, Supervisory Committee Members: Mohammad Malakooti | Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lilo Pozzo| GSR | Department of Chemical Engineering Krithika Manohar| Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jie Xiao | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: MEB front desk. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
PhD General Examination: Kendall Johnson
Committee Members: Navid Zobeiry | Committee Chair | Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Marco Salviato| GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Corie Cobb | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aniruddh Vashisth |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Junlan Wang | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: MEB front desk. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, October 23, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD General Examination: Yifang (Gloria) Hou
Supervisory Committee Members: Per Reinhall | Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering, John Raiti | GSR | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, John Kramlich | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Junlan Wang | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: MEB front desk. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Patricia Garcia Caspuenas
Supervisory Committee Members:Steve Brunton | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brian Polagye | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Krithika Manohar | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ana Larrañaga | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ME front desk. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, November 9, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Nicholas Guimond
Supervisory Committee Members:Aaron Marburg | Faculty Co-Advisor | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Monica Li Storms | Faculty Co-Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Peter Dahl | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michelle Hickner| Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vivek Hari Sridhar | Committee Member | Department of Biology.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ME front desk. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Michael Garcia
Supervisory Committee Members:Steve Brunton | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alberto Aliseda | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stefania Fresca | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ana Larrañaga | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: MEB front desk. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Robert Drinnan
Dissertation Title: Applications of Vector Acoustic Measurements in Characterizing Shallow Water Sound Propagation, Supervisory Committee Members:Peter Dahl | Committee Chair |Applied Physics Laboratory & Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shima Abadi | GSR | UW Bothell, Engineering and Mathematics, Brian Polagye | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, David R. Dall'Osto| Committee Member | Applied Physics Laboratory & Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: MEB front desk. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.