The oral doctoral examination of Ziyi Zhao, candidate for the Ph.D. degree will be held on Wednesday, July 29, at 10:30 a.m. via Zoom.

Zhao’s advisor is Professor Qinru Qiu. The dissertation examining committee will be composed of Professors Mustafa Cenk Gursoy, Fanxin Kong, C.Y. Roger Chen and Sucheta Soundarajan. Professor Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas will serve as chair of the defense. The title of the candidate’s dissertation is: “Large-Scale Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Traffic Density Prediction and Management.”