Art - “The tragic in the theater of Federico Garcia Lorca” (master’s degree). Candidate: Cláudio de Souza Filho. Advisor: professor Maria Lúcia Candeias. April 20th, at 10 am, at IA.

Biology - “Ontogenetic studies of flower and fruit in Bignoniaceae species with an emphasis on taxonomy” (doctorate). Candidate: Rosana Farias Singer. Advisor: professor João Semir. April 19th, at 14 pm, in the IB Postgraduate thesis defense room.

“Supramolecular organization, spatial orientation and optical properties of extracellular proteins in corneas and aortas of spontaneously diabetic mice” (PhD). Candidate: Marcela Aldrovani Rodrigues. Advisor: Professor Benedicto de Campos Vidal. April 20th, at 14 pm, at IB.

Food Engineering - “Development of computational tools for the energy assessment of agricultural systems” (master’s degree). Candidate: Fábio Takahashi. Advisor: professor Enrique Ortega Rodriguez. April 16th, at 9:30 am, in the FEA main hall.

“Increase in the length and weight of the small intestine, the weight of the liver and pancreas of rats due to the ingestion of cooked common beans and casein plus dietary fiber with increasing levels and solubility similar to that of common beans” (master’s degree). Candidate: Telma Angelina Faraldo Corrêa. Advisor: professor Admar Costa de Oliveira. April 18th, at 14 pm, at FEA.

Language - “Order, focusing and completion in Portuguese: syntax and prosody” (doctorate). Candidate: Flaviane Romani Fernandes. Advisor: professor Charlotte Marie Chambeland Galves. April 16th, at 13 pm, in the IEL Thesis defense room.

Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing - “Eigenvalues ​​of the Dirac operator and the Dolbeault Laplacian” (PhD). Candidate: Rafael de Freitas Leão. Advisor: professor Marcos Benevenuto Jardim. April 19th, at 14 pm, in room 253 at Imecc.

“Performance of trust region algorithms for cylinder packing problems” (master’s degree). Candidate: Larissa Oliveira Xavier. Advisor: professor Sandra Augusta Santos. April 20th, at 10 am, in room 253 at Imecc.

Dentistry - “Photoelastic analysis of stresses induced by prosthetic structures on implants manufactured using monobloc techniques, edge welding and CAD/CAM method” (master’s degree). Candidate: Maurício Pompeu Cariello. Advisor: professor Mauro Antonio de Arruda Nóbilo. April 19th, at 14 pm, at FOP.

“Evaluation of the effect of polymerization induction with different light sources and aging media on the microhardness of composite resin cylinders” (master’s degree). Candidate: Fernanda Regina Voltarelli. Advisor: professor Giselle Maria Marchi Baron. April 20th, at 8:30 am, at FOP.

Chemistry - “Determination of pore volume of silicas for clae using near-infrared spectroscopy” (master’s degree). Candidate: Flávia Panontin. Advisor: professor Ivo Milton Raimundo Junior. April 16th, at 9 am, in the IQ mini-auditorium.