Upcoming Defenses

Defenses

Xuyang Tang



Xuyang Tang

Xuyang Tang will defend her M.S. thesis Food Environment Around Schools and Students' Weight Status: A Study of Four New Jersey Low-Income Communities. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Friday, May 31, 2013
10:00 a.m.
Wrigley Hall, Room 102
Arizona State University, Tempe campus

Past Defenses

Defenses

Rider W. Foley



Rider W. Foley

Rider W. Foley will defend his Ph.D. dissertation Towards Sustainable Anticipatory Governance: Analyzing and Assessing Nanotechnology Innovation Processes. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
9:00 a.m.
Wrigley Hall, Room 481
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Daniela Panfil

Daniela Panfil will defend her B.S. honors thesis Analysis of Nitrogen Uptake in a Duckponics Systems. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Thursday, May 9, 2013
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Wrigley Hall, Room 481
Arizona State University, Tempe campus

Defenses

Colin Kunzweiler



Colin Kunzweiler

Colin Kunzweiler will defense his M.S. thesis West Nile Virus in Maricopa County, Arizona: Investigating Human, Vector, and Environment Interactions. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Wrigley Hall, Room 481
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Craig Thomas



Craig Thomas

Craig Thomas will defend his Ph.D. prospectus Naturalizing Sustainability: Thoreau, Leopold, Carson, Wilson. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013
1:00 p.m.
Room 401, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Angela Xiong



Angela Xiong

Angela Xiong will defend her M.A. thesis Participatory Design of a Comprehensive Playground Intervention Manual for Obesity Mitigation in Phoenix, AZ. Faculty, students, and general public are invited.

Friday, April 19, 2013
3:00 p.m.
Room 323, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Susan Spierre Clark



Susan Spierre Clark

Susan Spierre Clark will defend her Ph.D. dissertation Examining a Sustainable Approach to Global Climate Change Policy. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013
10:00 a.m.
Room 227, ISTB1
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Dorothy Anna Trippel



Dorothy Anna Trippel

Dorothy Anna Trippel will defend her M.A. thesis Tools for Problem and Project Based Learning in Sustainability: A Case Study of Two Undergraduate Classes. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013
12:30 p.m.
Room 401, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Nivedita Rengarajan



Nivedita Rengarajan

Nivedita Rengarajan will defend her M.S. thesis Solid Waste Management (SWM) in India: Finding Sustainable Pathways for the City of Bangalore. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Monday, April 15, 2013
2:00 p.m.
Room 246 (Coconino), Memorial Union
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Scott McClintock



Scott McClintock

Scott McClintock will defend his Ph.D. prospectus Communication for Sustainability: How Can Science Influence Social Will to Transform Society to a Sustainable Path?. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited to attend.

Friday, April 12, 2013
3:00 p.m.
Room 323, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Sainan Zhang



Sainan Zhang

Sainan Zhang will defend her Ph.D. dissertation Socio-Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Land Fragmentation Under Conditions of Rapid Urbanization. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
12:00 p.m.
Room 401, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Auriane Magdalena Koster



Auriane Magdalena Koster

Auriane Magdelena Koster will defend her Ph.D. dissertation An Institutional Approach to Understanding Energy Transitions. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Friday, April 5, 2013
10:00 a.m.
Room 401, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Erin (Frisk) Redman



Erin (Frisk) Redman

Erin (Frisk) Redman will defend her dissertation Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Sustainability Education through the Integration of Behavioral Science into Pedagogy and Practice. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Friday, February, 22, 2013
3:00 p.m.
Room 481, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Edgar Cardenas



Edgar Cardenas

Edgar Cardenas will defend his Ph.D. prospectus Humanistic Science: Using Art-Science Approaches to Enhance Problem Solving for Sustainability. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Monday, January 7, 2013
4:30 p.m.
Room 401, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Christa Brelsford



Christa Brelsford

Christa Brelsford will defend her Ph.D. prospectus From Conflict to Cooperation: Institutional Change in the Las Vegas Water System. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Monday, December 17, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Room 401, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Braden Ryan Kay



Braden Ryan Kay

Braden Ryan Kay will defend his Ph.D. dissertation Developing and Testing Transition Strategies for Urban Sustainability: Case Studies in Transition Research in Phoenix, Arizona. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Monday, November 19, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Room 242 (La Paz), Memorial Union
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Mindy A. Kimball



Mindy A. Kimball

Mindy A. Kimball will defend her Ph.D. prospectus, Breaking Automobile Path Dependence for Sustainable Mobility: Passenger Transportation Infrastructure in Phoenix. Faculty, students, and general public are invited to attend.

Monday, October 29, 2012
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Room 323, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Tamara Hope Lawless



Tamara Hope Lawless

Tamara Hope Lawless will defend her Ph.D. prospectus, Harnessing the Impact of Schools: New Insights for Sustainable Community Development. Faculty students and the general public are invited.

Monday, October 29, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Room 102, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Sandra Lina Rodegher



Sandra Lina Rodegher

Sandra Lina Rodegher will defend her Ph.D. prospectus Scenario Planning for Sustainability: Enhancing Participation through Understanding Social Influence. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Friday, October 5, 2012
1:30 p.m.
Room 401, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Robert Kutter



Robert Kutter

Robert Kutter will present his Ph.D. prospectus Demystifying Community Participation and Determining Whether It Helps Sustain Sanitation Project Benefits in India. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

September 24, 2012
9:00 a.m.
Room 481, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Lauren Withycombe Keeler



Lauren Withycombe Keeler

Lauren Withycombe Keeler will defend her Ph.D. prospectus Quenching our Thirst: Constructing Future Scenarios of Water in Phoenix, AZ with Stakeholder Values and Sustainability Principles. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Friday, September 21, 2012
9:00 a.m.
Room 481, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Benjamin Warner



Benjamin Warner

Benjamin Warner will defend his Ph.D. prospectus Fostering Equitable Climate Change Adaptation in the Increasingly Globalized Costa Rican Agricultural System. Faculy, students, and the general public are invited.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Room 481, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Daniel M. Nzengya



Daniel M. Nzengya

Daniel M. Nzengya will defend his Ph.D. prospectus Designing Institutions and Health Education Interventions for Sustainable Water Supply in Informal Urban Settlements in Kenya. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Friday, September 14, 2012
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Room 401, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Susan Spierre



Susan Spierre

Susan Spierre will defend her Ph.D. prospectus Determining an Equitable Approach to Global Climate Change Policy. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Room 481, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Liou Xie



Liou Xie

Liou Xie will defend her Ph.D. dissertation, Sustainability Implications of Mass Rapid Transit on the Built Environment and Human Travel Behavior in Suburban Neighborhoods: The Beijing Case. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Thursday, July 19, 2012
9:00 a.m.
Room 323, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Lea Wilson



Lea Wilson

Lea Wilson will defend her thesis, Attitudes Towards Ecosystem Services in Urban Riparian Parks. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Friday, July 13, 2012
2:00 p.m.
Room 481, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Christina P. Wong



Christina P. Wong

Christina P. Wong will defend her Ph.D. prospectus, Managing for Urban Ecosystem Services: The Yongding River Green Ecological Corridor. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Friday, May 11, 2012
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Room 323, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Cameron Childs



Cameron Childs

Cameron Childs will defend her capstone project, Case Study of an Emerging Adaptive Co-Management Project in the Agua Fria Watershed, Arizona, USA. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Friday, April 20, 2012
2:30 p.m.
Room 481, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Daniel Culotta



Daniel Culotta

Daniel Culotta will defend his thesis, From Reactive to Proactive: Creating a Governance System for Negotiating Local and Regional Climate Change Mitigation Interventions in Sonoma County, California. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Room 481, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Rider Foley



Rider Foley

Rider Foley will present his Ph.D. prospectus Towards Sustainable Anticipatory Governance – From Process Analysis to Intervention Research. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Monday, April 9, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Wrigley Hall, Room 481
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

David Iwaniec



David Iwaniec

David Iwaniec will present his prospectus defense, Participatory Modeling of Sustainable Futures Scenarios for the City of Phoenix, USA. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Friday, April 6, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Room L1-15, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Lucky Sharma



Lucky Sharma

Lucky Sharma will defend her Master's thesis, The Status of Green Purchasing Practices in the Five Most Populus U.S. States. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
1:30 p.m.
Room 102, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Briar Schoon



Briar Schoon

Briar Schoon will defend her thesis, Youth Perspectives and Future Visions for Community Food Security: An Applied Approach to Participatory Research in Phoenix, Arizona. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
12:00 p.m.
Room 481, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Kathleen Talbot



Kathleen Talbot

Kathleen Talbot will defend her thesis, A Participatory, Transformational Approach to Urban Food Security Research. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
12:00 p.m.
Room 481, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Tischa Munoz-Erickson



Tischa Munoz-Erickson

Tischa Munoz-Erickson will defend her dissertation How Cities Think: Knowledge-Action Systems Analysis for Urban Sustainability in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Wrigley Hall, Room 481
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Auriane Koster will defend her Ph.D. prospectus, Drivers of Energy Transitions: Where are We Headed, Why are We Headed There, and How are We Getting There. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Friday, March 9, 2012
12:30 p.m.
Wrigley Hall, Room 201
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Christopher Kuzdas



Christopher Kuzdas

Christopher Kuzdas will defense his Ph.D. Prospectus Toward Sustainable Governance of Water Resources in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Monday, January 9, 2012
2:00 p.m.
Wrigley Hall, Room 481

Defenses

Rajesh Buch

Rajesh Buch will defend his dissertation Decision Support Framework for Sustainability Assessment of Institutional Energy Use. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Monday, November 14, 2011
10:00 a.m.
Room 401, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Gustavo Marco Antonio Ugarte Irizarri



Gustavo Marco Antonio Ugarte Irizarri

Gustavo Marco Antonio Ugarte Irizarri will defend his Ph.D. dissertation Energy and Carbon Dioxide Impacts from Lean Logistics and Retailing Systems: A Discrete Event Simulation Approach for the Consumer Goods Industry. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011
2:00 p.m.
Decision Theater, Executive Conference Room
21 E 6th Street, Suite 126A
Tempe, AZ 85281

Defenses

Yun Ouyang



Yun Ouyang

Yun Ouyang will defend his Dissertation Prospectus, Relationship of Single-Family Residential Water Use with Its Determinants: A Multi-scale Study in Phoenix Metropolitan Region. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011
10:00 a.m.
Room 481, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Defenses

Edward Burgess

Edward Burgess will defend his thesis Assessing the Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gase Emissions of High-Speed Rail in the U.S. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.

Friday, July 22, 2011
11:00 a.m.
Room 401, Wrigley Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus


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