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The key idea behind the Ph.D. Workshops is to help Ph.D. students as much as possible to move forward on their dissertation, to learn from each other, and from faculty, and to nurture their presentation skills.  

Fall 2024

Meet the Grad Ombuds11-Sep12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Philip Rubin-Streit18-Sep12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Diana Li25-Sep12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Roy Gernhardt2-Oct12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Shenghao Peng
Tianyi Tao 
16-Oct 11:45am – 1:15 pm
Ziyao Wang23-Oct12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Peiran Cheng
Zach Finn
30-Oct12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Muhammad Shabanpour6-Nov12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Jae Wook Jung and Ben Roble13-Nov12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Chinekwu Owoh20-Nov12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Dayanara Diaz Vargas4-Dec12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
All workshops will meet on Wednesdays in 316 Lake Hall unless otherwise noted.

Schedules from past semesters

Muhammad Shabanpour 7/24 at 12 noon
Pieran Chang 8/7 at 12 noon
Zach Finn 8/14 at 12 noon
Diana Li 8/21 at 12 noon
Tianyi Tao 8/21 at 1:30 pm
PhD workshop kick off meeting Wednesday, January 17 `12:00 – 1:15 pm
This meeting will take place in  Kariotis 209
Presenter Date Time
Muhammad Shabanpour – presentation 1 Wednesday, January 24 12:00 – 1:15 pm
David Hummel Wednesday, January 31 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Roy Gernhardt Wednesday, February 7 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Yanli Liu and David Hummel Wednesday, February 14 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Diana Li and Muhammad Shabanpour (presentation 2) Wednesday, February 28 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Shenghao Peng Wednesday, March 13 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Zachary Finn Wednesday, March 20 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Tianyi Tao Wednesday, March 27 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Ziyao Wang Wednesday, April 3 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Peiran Cheng Wednesday, April 10 12:00 – 1:15 pm

All workshops will meet in 316 Lake Hall unless otherwise noted.

Presenter Date Time Location
Tomere Stern 20-Sep 12:00 – 1:15 pm 316 Lake Hall
Roy Gernhardt 4-Oct (shared slot) 12:00 – 1:15 pm 316 Lake Hall
 Marly Celis Galvez 4-Oct (shared slot) 12:00 – 1:15 pm 316 Lake Hall
Yanli Liu 11-Oct 10:00 – 11:15 am 316 Lake Hall
Diana Li 18-Oct 10:00 – 11:15 am 316 Lake Hall
Zachary Finn 25-Oct 10:00 – 11:15 am 316 Lake Hall
Shenghao Peng 8-Nov (shared slot) 10:00 – 11:15 am 316 Lake Hall
Tianyi Tao 8-Nov (shared slot) 10:00 – 11:15 am 316 Lake Hall
David Hummel 15-Nov 12:00 – 1:15 pm 316 Lake Hall
Ziyao Wang 29-Nov (shared slot) 12:00 – 1:15 pm 316 Lake Hall
Peiran Cheng 29-Nov (shared slot) 12:00 – 1:15 pm 316 Lake Hall
Muhammad Shabanpour 6-Dec (shared slot) 12:00 – 1:15 pm 316 Lake Hall
Farbod Alinezhad 6-Dec (shared slot) 12:00 – 1:15 pm 316 Lake Hall

Each workshop meets Wednesdays in 316 Lake Hall unless otherwise noted.

The PhD Workshops are in-person. All Ph.D. students are required to attend the workshops. In addition, PhDstudents in their 3rd year or higher are required to present their research each semester at the PhD Workshops.