Everyone’s Zoom box looks to be on mute. All eyes in the virtual space are focused attentively on the student presenter. The last five years of coursework and long nights writing have come down to ...

The final examination for a Ph.D. candidate is an oral defense which includes a presentation of the student's thesis research and is followed immediately by a meeting with the student's thesis ...

A senior defense is an opportunity for you to share your thesis with your advisor, secondary advisor and reader(s). The purpose of a defense is to celebrate your work, reflect upon your creative and ...

After completing the research proposal successfully, the PhD in Computer Science candidate must conduct the necessary research and publish the results in a PhD dissertation. The dissertation must be ...

Proposal must be at least one year before the final defense, since this shows the feasibility of the project and the committee’s buy in. Needs to be addressed in the yearly meeting with student.

All students are required to satisfactorily complete the required number of CSE 700 hours. The rules for CSE 700 are as follows: Topics studied in CSE 690 may not duplicate the topic of the master’s ...

Wendy Robinson is a doctoral candidate at Iowa State University. You can connect with her on Twitter @wendyrmonkey. As I write this, I am four days away from my dissertation defense. A year’s worth of ...