Events

Upcoming Events

Title: Chao Yin (Computational Chemistry) - Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
From: 1:00pm Monday, April 14, 2025
To: 3:00pm Monday, April 14, 2025
Categories: Dissertation Defense
Description:

"High-Performance Computing and its Application on Quantum Chemistry", presented by Chao Yin .

Associate Professor of Chemistry Devin Matthews is the Dissertation Advisor.

Format of defense:   Hybrid (both in-person and virtual audiences)

Email address for attendees to request the URL for the Virtual Defense:   chaoy@smu.edu


 

 

 

Title: Writers' Room
From: 9:00am Tuesday, April 15, 2025
To: 12:00pm Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Categories: Fellowships
Registration: Registration is required for this event.
Description:

Writers' Rooms are dedicated times and places for graduate writers to work on their academic writing projects (e.g., scholarly articles, dissertations, etc.). Writers should plan to spend most of the three-hour block in independent writing; however, Graduate Writing Consultants will be available for very brief, limited consultations if concerns arise during the writing time.

Every Tuesday, 9am-12pm. Register to secure your seat. We have tea and coffee. Bring your own mug.

Location: Moody 231

Title: Project Management Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdocs
From: 12:30pm Tuesday, April 15, 2025
To: 1:45pm Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Categories: Career Development, Professional Development
Registration: Registration is required for this event.
Description:

In this lunch-and-learn session, you will learn project management basics that can assist with the planning and execution of writing your thesis or dissertation, publishing your scholarly article, or organizing a collaborative research project. Designed for graduate students and postdocs at any stage of their research or writing, this workshop will provide strategies for managing time, resources, and expectations in scholarly work. Participants may review the Project Management video and guide before the workshop (optional). Registration required; lunch will be provided. The workshop will be held in Moody Hall 126.

Title: Nicolette Edwards (Anthropology) - Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
From: 1:00pm Thursday, April 17, 2025
To: 4:00pm Thursday, April 17, 2025
Categories: Dissertation Defense
Description:

"Investigating Women's Provisioning Efforts in the Ethnoarchaeological Record of Central African Forest Foragers", presented by Nicolette Edwards.

Professor Karen Lupo is the Dissertation Advisor.

Format of defense:  Hybrid (both in-person and virtual audiences)

Building name and room number for defense:   Moody School RM 125

Email address for attendees to request the URL for the Virtual Defense:  nicolettee@smu.edu

Additional Information:  The defense presentation will last for approximately 45 min followed by a public Q&A session. Once that is complete the audience will be asked to leave for the remainder of the defense.
 

Title: Austin Marstaller (Computational & Applied Mathematics) - Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
From: 2:00pm Thursday, April 17, 2025
To: 3:00pm Thursday, April 17, 2025
Categories: Dissertation Defense
Description:

"NONLINEAR PHENOMENA OF DISCRETE WAVE SYSTEMS WITH NONLOCAL COUPLING", presented by Austin Marstaller.

 Professor Alejandro Aceves is the Dissertation Advisor.

Format of defense:    Hybrid (both in-person and virtual audiences)

Building name and room number for defense:   Hyer G01