PhD General Examination: Thomas Chu
Supervisory Committee members: Xu Chen| Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Amir Taghvaei | GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Santosh Devasia | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Steve Shen | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Thomas Chu. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, November 3, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
PhD General Examination: Marina Ruediger
Supervisory Committee Members: Ashis Banerjee| Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Abhishek Gupta | GSR | Department of Computer Science and Engineering , Santosh Devasia | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Aaron Marburg| Committee Member | UW Physics Laboratory.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Marina Ruediger. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Ziyuan Wang
Dissertation Title:
An Efficient and Effective Electromagnetic Rewarming Platform for Cryopreservation
Supervisory Committee Members: Dayong Gao |Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Yinhai Wang | GSR | Department of Civil And Environmental Engineering , John Kramlich | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Zhiquan Shu | Committee Member | School of Engineering & Technology - UW Tacoma , Ming Chen | Committee Member | The Boeing Company.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Ziyuan Wang. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
PhD General Examination: Youngshang Han
Supervisory Committee Members: Mohammad Malakooti | Committee Chair| Department of Mechanical Engineering , Karl Bohringer | GSR | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Junlan Wang | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jie Xiao | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Youngshang Han. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
PhD General Examination: Mackenzie Pitts
Supervisory Committee Members: Katherine Steele | Committee Chair| Department of Mechanical Engineering , Brody Foy | GSR | Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology , Michelle Hickner | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Christine Agresta | Committee Member | Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Mackenzie Pitts. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM.
PhD Final Examination: Benjamin Wong
Dissertation Title: Ergodic Graph Exploration via Markov Chain for Active Robotic Information Acquisition, Supervisory Committee Members: Ashis Banerjee | Committee Co-Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Santosh Devasia | Committee Co-Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Karen Leung |GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Joseph Garbini | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Benjamin Wong. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, November 17, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Shuan Cheng
Committee Members: Xu Chen | Faculty Co-Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Shijing Sun | Faculty Co-Advisor | University of Cambridge, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy , John Kramlich | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Mohammad Malakooti | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Aniruddh Vashisth | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Shuan Cheng. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Madeleine McCreary
Committee Members: Katherine Steele | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Mehmet Kurt | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Krithika Manohar | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Ariel Rokem | Committee Member | Department of Psychology.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Madeleine McCreary. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Shawn Kim
Committee Members: Jaehyun Chung | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Nathan Sniadecki | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Lucas Meza | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Younghoon Kwon | Committee Member | UW Medicine, Division of Cardiology.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Shawn Kim. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Gan Gao
Dissertation Title:
Computational processing of open-top light-sheet microscopy datasets for guiding treatment decisions
Supervisory Committee Members: Jonathan Liu |Committee Chair | Stanford University and Department of Mechanical Engineering , Ruikang Wang | GSR | Department of Bioengineering , Mehmet Kurt | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Duane Storti | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Gan Gao. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Keith Neale
Committee Members: Lucas Meza | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Junlan Wang | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Mohammad Malakooti | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Aniruddh Vashisth | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Vipin Kumar | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Keith Neale. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, November 21, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Syed Sulman Ahmed
Committee Members: John Palmore Jr. | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Alberto Aliseda | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Michelle Hickner | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Brian Polagye |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Syed Sulman Ahmed. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, December 11, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Zhiyang Xue
Committee Members: Joseph Powers | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Nathan Sniadecki | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jenny Robinson | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Farid Moussavi-Harami | Committee Member | UW Medicine, Division of Cardiology.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Zhiyang Xue. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, December 12, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.