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May 2008
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4/28, Monday - 5/2, Friday

Final exams for spring semester

5/1, Thursday

Deadline to submit applications for the National Council Postdoctoral Research Awards
View www.national-academies.org/rap or call the NRC at (202) 334-2760

Woodruff School Faculty Social
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Love Building, 2nd Floor Atrium
This event is open to Woodruff School faculty members and is sponsored by the School's Faculty Development Committee. For more information, contact Dr. Peter Hesketh

5/1, Thursday - 5/3, Saturday

GT Off-Road (Baja SAE) Competition
At Tennessee Tech, Cookeville, Tennessee

5/1, Thursday - 5/3, Saturday

GT Off-Road-Baja SAE Competition
Tennessee Tech, Cookeville, Tennessee
For more information on GT Off-Road, see http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/minibaja/

5/2, Friday

Last day to participate in the Course/Instructor Survey for spring 2008
Report problems with the survey to CETLhelp@gatech.edu with CIOS in the subject line

Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Thomas Beechem
3:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 311
Title: Metrology of GaN Electronics Using Micro-Raman Spectroscopy
Committee: Dr. Samuel Graham, Chair (ME), Dr. Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb (ME), Dr. Alan Doolittle (EE), Dr. Srinivas Garimella (ME), Dr. Dan Green (RFMD Inc.), Dr. Suresh Sitaraman ( ME)

5/3, Saturday

Spring Semester Commencement for Bachelor's and Master's Degrees

5/5, Monday

Deadline to submit grades online for spring term 2008 by Noon

Grade Entry Page Closes
12:00 p.m.
Access through BuzzPort or OSCAR (https://oscar.gatech.edu). For assistance, email comments@registrar.gatech.edu

5/6, Tuesday

Grades available online for students after 6:00 p.m.

5/7, Wednesday

Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Meeting (Petitions)

Woodruff School Graduate Committee Meeting
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4115

The Planetary Society Town Hall Meeting on U.S. Space Policy
7:00 p.m.
Management Building, LeCraw Auditorium (800 W. Peachtree Street)
This even is free and open to the public, however, seating is limited.

5/8, Thursday

Summer Transfer FASET Orientation
See: http://www.faset.gatech.edu

M.S. Thesis Presentation by Zachary Moore
10:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: Life Modeling of Notched CM247LC DS Nickel-base Superalloy
Committee: Dr. Richard W. Neu, Chair (ME), Dr. David L. McDowell (ME), Dr. W. Steven Johnson (MSE)

5/8, Thursday - 5/16, Friday

Late registration and schedule changes for Summer Term 2008

5/11, Sunday - 5/15, Thursday

16th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE16)
Orlando, Florida
See www.asme.org for more information

5/11, Sunday - 5/16, Friday

Advances in Computational Heat Transfer Conference (OHT08)
Marrakech, Morocco
Go to www.asme.org

5/12, Monday

Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Meeting (Petitions)

Summer Term Classes Begin

M.S. Thesis Presentation by Tyler Sumner
11:30 a.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: Safety and Dynamics Analysis of the Subcritical Advanced Burner Reactor: SABR
Committee: Dr. W. F. G. van Rooijen, Co-Chair(NRE), Dr. W. M. Stacey (NRE), Dr. S. M. Ghiaasiaan (ME)

M.S. Thesis Presentation by Anubhav Kumar
3:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Use of Airside Economizer for Data Center Thermal Management
Committee: Dr. Yogendra Joshi, Chair (ME), Dr. Srinivas Garimella (ME), Dr. Ruchi Choudhary (COA)

5/13, Tuesday

College of Engineering Town Hall Meting with Dean Don Giddens
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Van Leer Building (ECE) Auditorium

Biomechanics Workshop Seminar
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
IBB, Room 1128
Title: Implications of a theory of CNA elasticity that takes into account the dependence of elastic properties on nucleotide sequence and the intensity of the intramolecular electrostatic forces
Speaker: Bernard D. Coleman (Rutgers University)

Structural Mechanics Seminar Series
3:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Trabecular Bone as a Hierarchical Structural Composite Material
Speaker: Iwona Jasiuk (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

5/14, Wednesday

Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Jomkwun Munnae
12:15 p.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: Robotic Flexible Endoscope Control
Committee: Dr. Harvey Lipkin, Chair (ME), Dr. Nader Sadegh (ME), Dr. Aldo A. Ferri (ME), Dr. Ayanna MacCalla Howard (ECE), Dr. Wayne Daley (GTRI)

M.S. Thesis Presentation by Patrick Cross
2:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: System Modeling and Energy Management Strategy Development for Series Hybrid Vehicles
Committee: Dr. Nader Sadegh, Chair (ME), Dr. Wayne Book (ME), Dr. William Singhose (ME)

5/15, Thursday

Georgia Tech Advaned Technology Development Center (ATDC) Entrepreneurs Showcase
The Biltmore, 817 West Pechtree Street
For more information, see http://www.atdc.org/company list.asp

5/16, Friday

Georgia Tech Military Affinity Group National Armed Forces Day Celebration
8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Wardlaw Center, 177 North Avenue
Visit www.gtmag.org for more information and to RSVP

Deadline to submit nominations for the spring 2008 Woodruff School Classified Employees Achievement Award
12:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 2404

5/16, Friday - 5/17, Saturday

GT Motorsports Competes in the Formula SAE Competition
Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
View www.me.gatech.edu/gtmotorsports/ for more information on the team.

5/20, Tuesday

Georgia Tech Retirement Dinner
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Wardlaw Building, Gordy Room

5/21, Wednesday

Georgia Tech Women's Forum
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Georgia Tech Student Center, Room 321
Title: May General Meeting on Drought Gardening
Speaker: Georgia Tech Horticultruist Michael Walsh
He will provide useful tips to help fellow gardeners through expected dry conditions. He will also share how Georgia Tech maintains it's beautiful landscaping, including suggestions for great drought-tolerant plants. RSVP by Monday, May 19 - shondra.carter@comm.gatech.edu or 404-385-8368

5/22, Thursday

Deadline to submit names/form to graders for summer semester
Send information to Dimetra Diggs-Butler

5/23, Friday

Deadline to submit proposals for the Focused Research Program (FRP) at Georgia Tech . Submit to the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation

5/26, Monday

Memorial Day Holiday (no classes)

5/30, Friday - 6/2, Monday

RoboCup World Event
Suzhou International Expo Center, Suzhou, China
See http://www.robocup-cn.org for more information

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