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April 2009
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4/1, Wednesday

4th Annual Georgia Tech Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium and Awards
This event is open to all undergraduate students doing research for pay, credit, or volunteer. Go to www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu for more details on this event. If you have any questions, contact karen.harwell@carnegie.gatech.edu

Annual Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Student Center Ballroom
2:30 p.m. to 3:25 p.m. (poster session), 3:35 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (oral sessions). See the program at http://undergradresearch.gatech.edu/documents/2009%20Symp%Program.pdf Contact Dav Sanborn at dave.sanborn@me.gatech.edu if you have any questions about this event.

4/2, Thursday

Woodruff Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Room 114
Title: Future of Breast Care, Mammographic Screening
Speaker: Kenneth W. Brooks (New Technology Development, Hologic Inc.)

Open Forum on Energy and the Environment: The Impact of CO2 on Global Climate Change --
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Ford ES&T Building, Room L1255
Title: Understanding Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Speaker: A. Nenes (School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech)
Food and beverages will be provided. For more information, contact christopher.jones@chbe.gatech.edu

4/3, Friday

Deadline to sign-up to participate in Tech Beautification Day
Students, faculty and staff will work on landscaping projects and general clean-up on and around campus. Projects this year include planting trees, spreading pine straw and wood chips, painting bike racks and collecting litter. For more information or to register, visit www.gttbd.org

The Center for Space Systems Lecture Series
11:00 a.m.
Student Center Theater
Title: Innovation in Space Systems
Speaker: Chris Scolese (Acting Administrator, NASA)
For more information, contact Cindy Pendley at 404-385-3819

4/3, Friday - 4/4, Saturday

Woodruff School Graduate Student Recruiting Weekend
By invitation only. Contact Trudy Allen for more information

4/4, Saturday

Georgia Tech Beautification Day
8:30 a.m.
Georgia Tech Campanile
Students, faculty, and staff will work on landscaping projects and general clean-up on and around campus. Projects this year include planting trees, spreading pine straw and wood chips, painting bike racks and collecting litter. For more information or to register, visit www.gttbd.org

4/5, Sunday

Last day to register for summer semester for continuing students (Phase I)

4/6, Monday

M.S. Thesis Presentation by Paul Langston
9:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Implementation and Evaluation of a Two-Dimensional Laser Doppler Vibrometer System for Non-Contact Monitoring of External Stress Loading of Aluminum Samples
Committee: Dr. Karim Sabra, Chair (ME), Dr. Larry Jacobs (CEE/ME), Dr. François Guillot (ME)

Technical and Recruiting Presentation by Exponent Inc. (Engineering and Scientific Consulting)
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 185
By Drs. Stacy Imler and Scott Lieberman (GT Ph.D. alumni). This session is for Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, and Bioengineering Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows. For more information, go to www.exponent.com

4/7, Tuesday

Deadling for students, staff, and faculty to register as a volunteer for Georgia Tech Earth Day
Volunteer for at least one hour between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17th and receive a free tee-shirt. To register, go to www.earthday.gatech.edu

4/8, Wednesday

First day to register for fall semester for continuing students (Phase I)

4/9, Thursday

Woodruff Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs Seminar
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Molecular Science & Engineering Building, Room 3201A
Title: Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication (MOX) Facility
Speaker: Clay H. Ramsey (U.S. Department of Energy)

4/13, Monday

Deadline to submit committee assignment preferences for the 2009-2010 academic year
Faculty should send their preferences to Min Zhou

4/14, Tuesday

Mechanical Engineering Seminar
10:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Transient Mass Spectrometric Imaging of Submerged Interfaces
Speaker: Peter Kottke (Georgia Tech)

GT Motorsports and GT Off-Road Presentation of the 2009 Competition Cars
11:00 a.m.
Love Building, 1st Floor Atrium
For more information about this joint event, contact Carl Feathers at http://www.gtms.gatech.edu or Raymond Eggleston at http://www.gtor.gatech.edu/html/

Health Systems Institute and Tennenbaum Institute at Georgia Tech: Distinguished Lecture
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Technology Square Research Building, 1st Floor Auditorium
Title: A Vision of a US Healthcare System
Speaker: Denis Cortese (President and CEO, Mayo Clinic)

The 2009 George H. and Faye C. Sparks Forum in Ethics and Engineering
3:00 p.m.
Student Center Theater
Title: Humanitarian Engineering Education
Speaker: Deborah J. Goodings (University of Maryland)
There will be a reception after the forum

Woodruff School Faculty Meeting
3:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211

When the Whistle Blows: Georgia Tech Remembrance Ceremony
5:00 p.m.
Green space west of Tech Tower adjacent to Cherry Street
(Rain Location: Bill Moore Student Success Center)

Health Physics Society (Atlanta Chapter) Meeting
6:30 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Three Mile Island and the Nuclear Industry: A change we can believe in
Speaker: Dick Dubiel (Millennium Services, Inc.)

4/15, Wednesday

eRA (Extramural Research) Commons Computer Lab Workshop by the National Institutes of Health
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
For more information, go to http://www.osp.gatech.edu/NIH_Seminar.html

NIH Regional SEminar
8:00 a.m.
Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hotel
Title: eRA Commons Computer Lab Worshop
Space is limited. Register at www.osp.gatech.edu/NIH_Seminar.html

Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Bo Lu
10:30 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Application of Convection Heat Transfer in Near-Wall Jets to Electron-Beam-Pumped Gas Lasers
Committee: Dr. Said I. Abdel-Khalik, Chair (ME), Dr. Seyed M. Ghiaasiaan (ME), Dr. Sheldon M. Jeter (ME), Dr. Narayanan M. Komerath (AE), Dr. Michael F. Schatz (Phy.)

Faculty/Staff Honors Luncheon
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Student Center Ballroom
Contact Laura Staub at (404) 894-7613. Make your reservation online at www.events.gatech.edu by Friday, March 27th.

4/16, Thursday

Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Bo Yang
10:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Elastohydrodynamic Model of Reciprocating Hydraulic Rod Seals
Committee: Dr. Richard Salant, Chair (ME), Dr. Marc Smith (ME), Dr. Jeffrey Streator (ME), Dr. Laurence Jacobs (CE), Dr. Gerhard Poll (ME, Univ.of Hannover)

Acoustical Society of American Student Chapter Meeting
11:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 311
Title: The acoustical issues of NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
Speaker: Jerry Ginsberg (George Woodruff Chair in Mechanical Systems Emeritus)
Lunch will be provided

Woodruff Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs Seminar
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Molecular Science & Engineering, Room 3201A
Title: Back to the Future with Nuclear MNAs?: Confronting the Credible Commitment Problem
Speaker: Adam N. Stulberg (Georgia Tech)
Refreshments will be served

Mechanical Engineering Seminar
3:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Model Based Engineering and Discrete Event Logistics Systems
Speaker: Leon McGinnis (Georgia Tech)

4/16, Thursday - 4/17, Friday

National Institutes of Health Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta
For more information, view http://www.osp.gatech.edu/NIH_Seminar.html

4/16, Thursday - 4/17, Friday

NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration (Hosted by Georgia Tech and Georgia State University)
8:00 a.m.
Hyatt Regency - Atlanta Hotel
Register at https://www.regonline.com/NIHRegionalATL. If you have a question, contact Garrett Steed at (404) 894-3606 or seminars@osp.gatech.edu

4/16, Thursday - 4/17, Friday

Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience 17th Annual Bud Suddath Symposium
8:30 a.m.
IBB Building, Room 1128
Title: The Future Directions of Bioscience and Bioengineering Research - Celebrating 10 Years of Interdisciplinary Research
This event is open to all interested Georgia Tech faculty, graduate students, and postdocs. Visit www.suddath.gatech.edu for more information and to register.

4/17, Friday

1st Annual GTRI Shackelford Showcase
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Centennial Research Building
For more information contact donna.favors@gtri.gatech.edu

Georgia Tech Earth Day
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Around the GT campanile
Visit www.earthday.gatech.edu for more information

Structural Mechanics Seminar
3:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 2407
Title: Soft Activie Materials
Speaker: Zhigang Suo (Harvard University)

4/20, Monday

The Woodruff School Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting
8:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4115

Seminar
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Montgomery Knight Building, Room 317
Title: Active Structural Damage-Identification of Time-Varying Rotordynamics Systems
Speaker: Hans DeSmidt (University of Tennessee)

Seminar
2:00 p.m.
MaRC Building, Room 114
Title: Shape Optimization Using Constructive Representations
Speaker: Jiaqin Chen (General Electric)

4/21, Tuesday

Last day to register for fall semester 2009 for continuing students (Phase I)

ASME Student Chapter Spring Picnic
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Note location change: On the MRDC Lawn (3rd floor entrance, opposite the Love Building)
Contact Bill Elkins at welkins3@gatech.edu for more details.

Georgia Tech Academic Senate, Academic Faculty, and General Faculty Meeting
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Student Center Theater

Courtesy Joint Appointment Seminar
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: A Wave Propagation Approach to Structural Health Monitoring and to the Analysis of Periodic Structures
Speaker: Massimo Ruzzene (School of Aeronautical Engineering, Georgia Tech)

Seminar
3:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: A Wave Propagation Approach to Structural Healt Monitoring and to the Analysis of Periodic Structures
Speaker: Massimo Ruzzene (Georgia Tech)

4/22, Wednesday

Deadline to apply for cross registration for summer semester

Center for Space Systems Lecture Series
11:00 a.m.
Student Center Theater, 1st floor
Title: Innovation in Space Systems
Speaker: Chris Scolese (NASA Acting Administrator)

Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MS&E Building, Room 3201A
Title: Neutron Thermalization and VHTR Considerations
Speaker: Ayman I. Hawari (North Carolina State University, Nuclear Engineering)

4/23, Thursday

Capstone Design Expo (ME 4182 teams to show off projects and prototypes)
Love Building Atrium
6:45 p.m. Dealine for teams to set up. 7:00 to 8:45 p.m. (pizza, display, and judging). There are cash prizes for the winning teams. Contact Dr. Craig Forest at cforest@gatech.edu if you have questions.

Student Honors Luncheon
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Student Center Ballroom
Contact Laura Staub at (404) 894-7613 for more information

Woodruff Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MS&E Building, Room 3201A
Title: Predicting Nuclear Proliferation: From Technological Determinism to Strategic Culture
Speaker: Margaret Kosal (Georgia Tech)

4/24, Friday

Last day of classes for spring semester 2009

NRE 4232 Senior Design Presentations
1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
MaRC Building Auditorium
Contact Dr. W. F. G. van Rooijen at vanrooijen@mail.gatech.edu or (404) 385-4224 for more information.

4/27, Monday

Deadline to submit nominations of outstanding Ph.D. students doing research in the engineering mechanics field for the Luther Long Memorial Award in Engineeringn Mechanics. Both current Ph.D. students and students who received their Ph.D. degrees no earlier than spring 2008 are eligible. Submit nominations to min.zhou@me.gatech.edu

Final grades for spring semester can be submitted through BuzzPort or OSCAR

First day of finals for spring semester

M.S. Thesis Presentation by Jeffrey Stellman
2:00 p.m.
MARC Building, Room 431
Title: Development, Production, and Characterization of Plastic Hypodermic Needles
Committee: Dr. Jonathan S. Colton, Chair (ME), Dr. Rudolph L. Gleason (ME), Dr. Mark R. Prausnitz (CBE)

4/28, Tuesday

M.S. Thesis Presentation by Arsalan Siddiqi
2:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: Development of Tissue-Equivalent Heat-sensitive Gel for the Experimental Verification of Near Infrared (NIR) Laser-mediated Cancer Detection and Therapy
Committee: Dr. Sang H. Cho, Chair (NRE/MP), Dr. Chris Wang (NRE/MP), Dr. Eric Elder (NRE/MP)

M.S. Thesis Presentation by Mark Gleva
2:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Enhanced Active Cooling of High Power LED Light Sources by Utilizing Shrouds and Radial Fins
Committee: Dr. Samuel Graham, Chair (ME), Dr. Yogendra Joshi (ME), Dr. Satish Kumar (ME)

4/29, Wednesday

Workshop on Integrated Structural Health Awareness (ISHA)
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Student Center Theater
For more details, go to www.isha.gatech.edu

ATDC Annual Entrepreneurs Showcase
1:00 p.m.
The Biltmore, 817 West Peachtree Street
For more information about ATDC companies, see www.atdc.org/companies

ATDC Entrepreneurs Showcase: Demonstrations from over forty ATDC and VentureLab fast-growth companies
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Biltmore, 817 West Peachtree Street
Register at http://atdcshowcase.eventbrite.com

4/30, Thursday

Georgia Tech Women's Forum General Meeting on Flowers, Jewelry and Chocolate
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center, Room 249
Lunch: Feel free to bring your own lunch or stop by the H20 Cafe located in the CRC to grab a healthy lunch on your way to the meeting. RSVP by Tueday, April 28 (no later than 3:30 p.m.) to Michele Yager at michele.yater@chemistry.gatech.edu

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