Graduate Program

Thesis Defense

When your thesis is complete, you must defend it in a public exam conducted by your committee. You will need to:

Schedule the defense for a time when all committee members can be present.
Reserve a room.
- Engineering conference rooms in JEC and CII
- Classroom reservations
- To reserve a Computer Science conference room, contact a department staff member.
- For questions about room reservations, contact Chris Coonrad.
Place a copy of your thesis in the lounge, so that those who wish to attend your defense may look at it in advance.
Send a copy of your abstract to Chris Coonrad so that she can forward it to the department faculty and grad students.
Fill out a Record of Thesis/Project Examination form. After your defense, have your committee members sign the form.
Have your committee members sign your thesis cover pages.