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Degree Requirements
- MASc students are required to attend 10 seminars for degree completion
- PhD students are required to attend 20 seminars for degree completion
PhD Defenses
Kelvin Vianini
Supervisors: M. Emelko & B. Anderson
Date: Thursday, July 9th, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: REMOTE
Title: Advancing Characterization of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Implications to Aquatic Phosphorus and Eutrophication in Receiving Streams
Sina Azizisoldouz
Supervisors: B. Hellinga
Date: Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: E2 2350
Title: Methods for Estimating Bicycle Volumes at Urban Intersections and Road Segments
Qiutong Yu
Supervisors: B.Tolson & J. Lin
Date: Thursday, July 16th, 2026
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: E2 2350
Title: Advancing Large-Sample Rainfall–Runoff Modelling with Recurrent Neural Networks under Spatiotemporal Variability
Sharafat Ali
Supervisors: X. Feng
Date: Thursday, July 23rd, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: REMOTE
Title: Membrane development for organic solvent nano filtration: A sustainable solution to chemical separation and purification
Manolis Katsimpalis
Supervisors: C. Haas
Date: Thursday, August 6th, 2026
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: E2 3356
Title: Rethinking Early-Stage Construction Planning Using Virtual Reality and Point Cloud Processing
Mohammad Zaid
Supervisors: D. Basu & F. Wuttke
Date: Thursday, August 6th, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: REMOTE
Title: Development of Fracture Based Geotechnical Design of Clay Barriers
Leila Miri
Supervisors: M. Polak & H. Baaj
Date: Thursday, August 6th, 2026
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: E2 3356
Title: Interface Behaviour and Mechanical Anisotropy in Layered Concrete Applicable to 3D Concrete Printing: Experimental and Numerical Investigations
PhD Comprehensive Examinations
Sultani Mulk Khan
Supervisors: A. Lund & D. Lacroix
Date: Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: E2 2350
Title: Vibration serviceability of mass timber composite ribbed-panel floor systems: An experimental and numerical assessment from component to system level
Zhengquan Cheng
Supervisors: M. Pandey & W. Xie
Date: Thursday, July 30th, 2026
Time: 8:30 AM
Location: E2 2323
Title: Markov Processes for Deterioration Modeling and Prediction in Critical Infrastructure Systems
MASc Defenses
Mathew Song
Supervisors: J. Kim & C. Kapsis
Date: Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: E2 2350
Title: Impact of Extended Reference Study Periods on the Lifecycle Performance of Conventional and Modular Residential Buildings
Ghazaal Ahmadi
Supervisors: S. Walbridge
Date: Wednesday, July 29th, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: E2 2350
Title: Fatigue Analysis and Design of Aluminum Partial Joint Penetration (PJP) Butt Joints