The final examination for a Ph.D. candidate is an oral defense which includes a presentation of the student's thesis research and is followed immediately by a meeting with the student's thesis ...

A senior defense is an opportunity for you to share your thesis with your advisor, secondary advisor and reader(s). The purpose of a defense is to celebrate your work, reflect upon your creative and ...

Everyone’s Zoom box looks to be on mute. All eyes in the virtual space are focused attentively on the student presenter. The last five years of coursework and long nights writing have come down to ...

Proposal must be at least one year before the final defense, since this shows the feasibility of the project and the committee’s buy in. Needs to be addressed in the yearly meeting with student.

After completing the research proposal successfully, the PhD in Computer Science candidate must conduct the necessary research and publish the results in a PhD dissertation. The dissertation must be ...

“Can you move the computer closer?” asks a disembodied voice. “Because we see a lot of roof.” “Ah, I think it looks much better,” another invisible person says a few minutes later, following ...

Noting the intersection of Zhou's topic and the technology used to bring committee members together, Campbell described the event as "truly a 21st century dissertation defense." Zhou concurred, ...

Friday, May 1, 2026 Deadline to schedule dissertation defense for Summer I 2026 graduation Friday, May 15, 2026 Last day for doctoral candidates to hold dissertation defense for Summer I 2026 Friday, ...

Before completion of a doctoral degree, you must have your dissertation accepted for defense by your review committee. The dissertation defense may occur before or after the final electronic ...