Materials Science and Engineering Program UP Diliman

Announcement of Thesis Proposal of:
MR. GELO P. ZARAGOSA
Title: Single-Reagent Synthesis of Hyperbranched Gold Nanocorals Using Squaric Acid for SEIRA Detection of Organic Dye
at 3:00 PM, Monday, June 1, 2026,
Conference Room, 2F CSRC Bldg. College of Science UP Diliman
Zoom ID Meeting: 920 8912 5588
Password: nanocorals

Announcement of Thesis Defense of:
MR. JAMES PATRICK S. GABRIEL
Title: Synthesis and Characterization of PANI/CeO2 Nanocomposites for Methylene Blue Degradation
at 9:00 AM, Friday, May 22, 2026,
1F, Lab 1 CSRC Bldg. College of Science UP Diliman
Zoom ID Meeting: 686 637 2338
Password: aPANIguy

Midyear 2026 Important Dates and Conduct of Final Defense

This serves to inform you of the following:

1. Requests to schedule thesis/dissertation defense must be submitted to the MSEP Office one (1) month before the date of defense.

2. The thesis/dissertation manuscript must be submitted to the thesis/dissertation reader three (3) months before the thesis/dissertation defense. This should give sufficient time for the reader to review the manuscript prior to endorsing for final defense.

3. The examiners are given one (1) month to read the thesis/dissertation. Thus, the defense date should be no earlier than one month after the examiners are given a copy of the thesis/dissertation. The manuscript should be submitted to the examiners one (1) month before the thesis/dissertation defense.

• May 5, 2026 Deadline of submission of completed thesis/dissertation manuscript to the reader**
• June 3, 2026 Deadline of endorsement by reader and adviser for final defense
• June 8, 2026 MSEP Graduate Committee Meeting
• June 23, 2026 Submission of manuscript to the Examiners
• July 3, 2026 Last day for submission of thesis/dissertation defense schedule to MSEP Office
• July 6, 2026 Last day for submission of thesis/dissertation defense schedule to CS Grad*
• July 25, 2026 Last day to defend thesis/dissertation

*Students who wish to defend their thesis/dissertation before July 25, 2026 must submit their request earlier than July 6, 2026 and must **submit their manuscripts to the reader earlier than May 5, 2026.

Thank you for your attention.