Oral exam announcements
Our oral exam guidelines outline your path from request to examination, walking you through the required forms and expenses, as well as guidelines for examination by audio or video.
Your supervisory committee, an external examiner and an examination chair will attend your examination.
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2024-09-13
Evan Carlson, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy ScienceSearching for Long-Lived Supersymmetric Particles Using Displaced Vertices and Missing Transverse Energy with the ATLAS Detector
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2024-09-13
Ardeshir Shojaeinasab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceDecoding Illicit Bitcoin Transactions: A Multi-Methodological Approach for Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud Detection in Cryptocurrencies
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2024-09-13
Mehdi Hashemirahaghi, Department of Political Science
Doctoral Department of Political Science Social SciencesPursuit of the Unknown: Understanding Refugee Decision-Making
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2024-09-13
Luke Kernan, Department of Anthropology
Doctoral Department of Anthropology Social SciencesRe-worlding the Self in Graphic Narratives— A Case Study of Sense, Affect, and Mad-Centered Knowledges of Psychosis
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2024-09-12
Suriani Dzulkifli, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
Doctoral Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies EducationThe art of social consciousness: An exploration of the impact of formal education, non-formal adult education and informal learning on international students
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2024-09-12
Wenjun Yang, Department of Electrical Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceQoE-Oriented Multipath QUIC Protocol Design in 6G Mobile Networks
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2024-09-09
Mahsa Torabi, Department of Civil Engineering
Doctoral Department of Civil Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceA Novel Approach to Life Cycle Assessment for Early-Stage Design of Low-Carbon Buildings
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2024-09-09
Mahsa Sadat Torabi, Department of Civil Engineering
Doctoral Department of Civil Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceA Novel Approach to Life Cycle Assessment for Early-Stage Design of Low-Carbon Buildings
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2024-09-04
Ramin Rostampour, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
Doctoral Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies EducationLatent Insights into Measurement of Academic Challenges: An Examination of Perceived Academic Challenges Scale
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2024-09-03
Mojtaba Malek Akhlagh, Department of Computer Science
Doctoral Department of Computer Science Engineering and Computer ScienceAdaptive Resource Allocation in Multi-Agent Social Networks
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2024-08-30
Zahra Nikdel, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceErgodicity in Software Systems
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2024-08-27
Eric Mah, Department of Psychology
Doctoral Department of Psychology Social SciencesVariability in Free versus Cued Recall
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2024-08-21
Kazi Sabrina Haq, Department of Sociology
Doctoral Department of Sociology Social SciencesRacial Disparities in Cognitive Functioning in Middle and Later Life: The Role of Stressors as Mediators and Social Resources as Moderators
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2024-08-20
José Alberto Nava Aquino, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy ScienceTheory of Charge and Flux Noise in Superconducting Wires
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2024-08-20
Gioi Tran, Social Dimensions of Health
Doctoral Social Dimensions of Health Human and Social DevelopmentSubstance use among transgender and non-binary people in Canada
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2024-08-19
Brosnan Yuen, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceA 3D Ray Traced Biological Neural Network Learning Model and Applications
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2024-08-19
Nahiane Pipaon Fernandez, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry ScienceHigh-Throughput Compatible Catalyst Development Towards Sustainable Direct Alkenylation Reaction Discovery and Optimization
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2024-08-19
chuutsqa Layla Rorick, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction Educationcatswiiʔats łimaqsti ʔaaḥʔasaquu caʔak: It Flows Through my Inner Conscience Like a River: Teaching at the Confluence of Hesquiaht Language Flow and Second Language Acquisition
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2024-08-15
Siyu Wang, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences ScienceDeformation of Tian Shan from Coseismic to Million-year Timescales
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2024-08-15
Hannah Mohun, Department of Psychology
Doctoral Department of Psychology Social SciencesDual-Method Assessment of Emotion Facets in Adolescents Affected by Somatization: Differences From Psychiatric Controls and Variations After Treatment
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2024-08-14
Israporn Sethanant, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences ScienceDiscovery and Characterization of Earthquakes on Immature Strike-slip Faults with InSAR
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2024-08-14
Shunyuan Mao, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy ScienceAccelerating Fluid Dynamics Problems in Planet Formation with Machine Learning
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2024-08-13
Fengzhou Tan, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences ScienceExploring Complex Earthquake Sequences through Innovative Automatic Detection and Location Methods
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2024-08-13
Hayley Parkin, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry ScienceUniform, 1-Dimensional Polymer Nanofibers for Applications in Nanomedicine
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2024-08-13
Frederick Taylor Agate, Department of Psychology
Doctoral Department of Psychology Social SciencesExamining the Neuropsychological Role and Malleability of Trait Mindfulness in the Context of Physical Activity and Ecological Momentary Assessment in Older Adults
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2024-08-13
Robert Bickley, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy ScienceDeep learning-enabled studies of galaxy mergers and supermassive black hole evolution
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2024-08-12
Shahin Honari, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceBuckling Free and High Optical Quality Factor Large Thin Rib Disk
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2024-08-12
Xiaoxiao Ma, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Doctoral Department of Mathematics and Statistics ScienceOn Bilevel Programs and Minimax Problems
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2024-08-09
Charlie Chen, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy ScienceDifferential cross-section measurements of WbWb production in the lepton+jets channel at sqrt{s}=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
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2024-08-09
Colin Bakker, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction EducationThe Problem of Originality: Reading Thomas Mann’s Joseph and His Brothers
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2024-08-08
Jonas Bambi Yona, School of Health Information Science
Doctoral School of Health Information Science Human and Social DevelopmentExtracting, Analyzing and Using Patterns of Service Utilization from a Cross Continuum Health Service System to Optimize Care for Patients with Complex Issues – A Methodological Approach
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2024-08-07
Nicole LEgg, Department of Psychology
Doctoral Department of Psychology Social SciencesHelpful or Harmful? Differences in Exercise Experiences Between those With and Without Recent Disordered Eating
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2024-07-30
Andrew Sung, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
Doctoral Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies EducationIntroducing the Let’s Face It! Scrapbook app: Social eye processing training for improving face-to-face social interactions in autistic youth
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2024-07-29
Farshid Haidary Makoui, null
Doctoral false HumanitiesEfficient Code-Based Cryptosystems and Digital Signature for Post-Quantum Cryptography
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2024-07-29
William Briguglio, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceMachine Learning Techniques for the Preservation of Data Privacy
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2024-07-24
Ruth Digby, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences ScienceChanges in aerosols and clouds following a rapid reduction in emissions: Case studies from the COVID-19 pandemic
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2024-07-23
Xiangyu Ren, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceCross-Layer Scheduling and Routing for Ultra Reliable and Low Latency Communication
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2024-07-23
Emily May, Department of Biology
Doctoral Department of Biology ScienceImproving our understanding of vertebrates in nutrient recycling and ecological stoichiometry
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2024-07-16
Shervin Shameli, Department of Civil Engineering
Doctoral Department of Civil Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceSeismic Evaluation of High-Capacity Shear Walls Used in Mid-Rise Light Wood Frame Buildings
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2024-07-15
Alexander Hart, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy ScienceDosimetry and Radiobiology of Ultrahigh Dose-Rate Radiotherapy Delivered with Low-Energy X-rays and Very High-Energy Electrons
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2024-07-11
Katie Crotts, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy ScienceExpedition Unknown: Characterizing and Modelling Perturbed Debris Disks in Search for Elusive Planets
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2024-07-05
Samuel Mathew, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceEffect Of Point Mutations On The Conformation Changes Of PR65 Using Double Nanohole Aperture Tweezer Signals
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2024-07-04
Binyan Xu, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Doctoral Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceAn Integrated Fault-tolerant Model Predictive Control Framework for UAV Systems
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2024-06-27
Xander Huggins, Department of Civil Engineering
Doctoral Department of Civil Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceGroundwater-connected systems: A social-ecological framing, global data-driven applications, and sustainability implications
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2024-06-27
Luiz Henrique Da Silva Correa, Department of Civil Engineering
Doctoral Department of Civil Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceSafer Alternatives to Prevent Biofouling in Reverse Osmosis Polyamide Membrane Systems
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2024-06-21
Bo Liu, Department of Economics
Doctoral Department of Economics Social SciencesEssays in High-Frequency Trading: Insights of trading speed, systematic risk and market sentiment
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2024-06-20
Julie Funk, Department of English
Doctoral Department of English HumanitiesDominant Hormone Protocol: Directed Life and the Biopolitics of Chemical Messages
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2024-06-17
Ashleigh Parker, Department of Psychology
Doctoral Department of Psychology Social SciencesEarlier Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease: Investigating Brain-Based Changes in Older Adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline
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2024-06-17
Marcus Vespa, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry ScienceUsing Living Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly to Form Functional π-Conjugated Nanostructures for Potential Optoelectronic Device Applications
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2024-06-13
Trung Nguyen, Faculty of Law
Doctoral Faculty of Law LawNon – Recognition of Unlawful Situations as Customary International Law: A Case-based Approach
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2024-06-10
Lynn Yu Ling Ng, Department of Political Science
Doctoral Department of Political Science Social SciencesFrom Competition to Cooperation: Reworking Care Relations in Eldercare
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2024-06-06
Jillian Harding, School of Nursing
Doctoral School of Nursing Human and Social DevelopmentIndigenous Peoples’ Experiences with Culturally Safe Health Care
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2024-05-30
Joseph Monaghan, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry HumanitiesEnvironmental Applications of Membrane Introduction Mass Spectrometry
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2024-05-29
Laura Jokinen, Department of Geography
Doctoral Department of Geography Social SciencesAdvancing community-level health data collection and health impact assessment practices for First Nations in British Columbia, Canada
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2024-05-29
Monique Auger, Social Dimensions of Health
Doctoral Social Dimensions of Health Human and Social DevelopmentSupporting the wholistic wellness of Métis children, youth, and families through prevention-based child and family support services
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2024-05-13
Elham Hosseini Toodeshki, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceAdvances in Erbium-Doped Nanostructures: From Nanothermometry Applications to Single Photon Emission and Microresonator Innovations
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2024-05-10
Patrick Duke, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences ScienceInvestigating the Northeast Pacific Ocean Carbon Sink using a Machine Learning Approach
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2024-05-07
Myles Creed, Department of Linguistics
Doctoral Department of Linguistics HumanitiesWriting a Grammar of Inupiaq Emphasizing Language Revitalization, Pedagogy, and Inupiaq Education
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2024-05-07
Janice Niemann, Department of English
Doctoral Department of English HumanitiesOver the Garden Wall: Garden Settings and Genre Transgressions in British Novels of the Long Nineteenth Century
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2024-05-07
Donna Beverly McKee, School of Nursing
Doctoral School of Nursing Human and Social DevelopmentUsing Postcolonial Theory and a Cultural Safety Orientation to Understand Inuit Perspectives of Public Health TB Policy and Practice in Nunavut
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2024-05-06
Junyu Wu, Department of Linguistics
Doctoral Department of Linguistics HumanitiesPerception of L3 French vowel contrasts by L1 Mandarin-L2 English learners: a contrastive hierarchy perspective
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2024-05-03
Geoffrey deRosenroll, Division of Medical Sciences
Doctoral Division of Medical Sciences ScienceNeuronal computations supporting direction selectivity in the mouse retina
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2024-05-03
Mian Huang, Department of Civil Engineering
Doctoral Department of Civil Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceExperimental Investigation into the Behavior of Geocell-Reinforced Bases under Freeze-Thaw Cycles
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2024-05-02
Mitchell Nascimento, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry ScienceRing-Expansion and Ring-Opening of Phosphorus-Containing Heterocycles
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2024-04-30
Yucong Zhang, Department of Pacific and Asian Studies
Doctoral Department of Pacific and Asian Studies HumanitiesEcologizing the Chinese Countryside: The Rural Fix for Urban Sustainability in the Lower Yangzi Delta
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2024-04-29
Dale McCreery, Department of Linguistics
Doctoral Department of Linguistics HumanitiesNarratives of Language, Health, and Identity
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2024-04-25
Thiago Hinkel, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction EducationThe Use of Digital Technologies by Teachers in Their Pedagogical Practice and the Experiences and Conditions that Enable Their Work: A Case Study
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2024-04-25
Amanda Dash, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceAddressing Data Scarcity with Computer Vision Methods
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2024-04-22
Inbarani Kehoe, Interdisciplinary Studies
Doctoral Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate StudiesThe Second Wave: Open Scholarship and its Impact on Higher Education
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2024-04-22
Lisa Crowshoe, Department of Indigenous Education
Doctoral Department of Indigenous Education EducationNiitsitapia’pii – Improving Well-Being in Blackfoot Youth Through Niitsi’powahsin (Speaking Blackfoot Language)
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2024-04-19
Fatemeh Nemati, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences ScienceAssessment and Detection of Landslide-generated Tsunamis through Numerical Modelling and Real-Time Instrumental Data
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2024-04-19
Kamelia Dousti, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction EducationTeaching to Diversity: British Columbia Classroom Teachers’ Experiences with Inter-agency Collaboration and Inclusive Education
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2024-04-15
Michael Livingston, Department of Biology
Doctoral Department of Biology ScienceTransparent Exopolymer Particles and Phytoplankton Nutrient Physiology in the North Pacific and Arctic Oceans
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2024-04-15
Devon Caldwell, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction EducationIntegrating Educational Technology in Primary Classrooms: Purpose and Pedagogy
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2024-04-15
Manda Roddick, Department of Sociology
Doctoral Department of Sociology Social SciencesMaking Appropriate Care Possible: An Institutional Ethnography of Rare Patient Healthwork in British Columbia
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2024-04-15
Micheal Ziegler, Department of Political Science
Doctoral Department of Political Science Social SciencesVectors of Artificial Intelligence Ethics, Social Hope and Politics of Destiny
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2024-04-12
Skye Dore-Hall, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Doctoral Department of Mathematics and Statistics ScienceComparisons of Ramp Functions and Michaelis-Menten Functions in Biochemical Dynamical Systems
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2024-04-11
Christine Huel, School of Nursing
Doctoral School of Nursing Human and Social DevelopmentThe Social Organization of People’s Experiences Enhancing Health for their Young Children after Declining Vaccines
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2024-04-11
Vishnu Perumthuruthil Suseelan, Department of Geography
Doctoral Department of Geography Social SciencesCharacterizing Phytoplankton Community Composition in the Open and Coastal Waters of the Subarctic Northeast Pacific Using In situ and Remote Sensing Techniques
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2024-04-10
Deisy Formiga Mamedes, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceDesign of Frequency-Selective Surfaces for Advanced Applications
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2024-04-09
Tamara Knittel, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Doctoral Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering and Computer ScienceMitigating variability of energy demand and supply in highly decarbonized energy systems
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2024-04-08
Devon Richtsmeier, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy ScienceExploration of applications of photon-counting detector computed tomography (CT) using a table-top CT system
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2024-04-08
Vida Saeedzadeh, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy ScienceDynamics of Galaxy Evolution: Insights from Circumgalactic Medium and Supermassive Black Hole Mergers
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2024-04-05
Leigh Joseph, School of Environmental Studies
Doctoral School of Environmental Studies Social SciencesFeeding Our Spirit: Connecting Plants, Health, Place and Identity. Renewing Ethnobotanical Knowledge in the Skwxwú7mesh First Nation
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2024-04-05
Meg Kapil, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
Doctoral Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies EducationDoing well and Feeling Well: Investigating the Contributions of Stress Appraisals and Regulatory Practices on Student Success Outcomes
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2024-04-03
Gina Mowatt, School of Child and Youth Care
Doctoral School of Child and Youth Care Human and Social DevelopmentGwalxyee’enst: Love and Refusal as Felt Research with Gitxsan Youth
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2024-03-28
Alisha Gauvreau, Department of Anthropology
Doctoral Department of Anthropology Social SciencesEkTb-9, Triquet Island, Núláwitxv Tribal Area, British Columbia, Canada: A Persistent Place of Human Occupation and Investment in Haíɫzaqv Territory