You are invited to attend and participate in the oral doctoral examination of Deshawn Coombs, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, which will be held on Wednesday, August 21, at 10 a.m. in 263 Link Hall.

Coombs’s advisor is Professor Benjamin Akih-Kumgeh. The dissertation examining committee will be composed of Professors Shalabh Maroo, Jianshun Zhang, Teng Zhang and Mehmet Sarimurat. Professor Ashok Sangani will serve as chair of the defense. The title of the candidate’s dissertation is: “Numerical Investigation of Laser-Induced Ignition Phenomena.”