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At least twenty-four hours prior to attending a seminar, make sure you have access to the building where it is being held. A workstation in the ORNL Visitor Center can read your prox card and display the buildings that you are able to enter. If the building where the seminar is being held is not listed, you will need to see your supervisor or host to arrange a “nonintent change” for access to the building. (Being escorted is not allowed as a substitute for getting proper permission.)

Technical Calendar entries for on-site meetings require the name and phone number and/or e-mail address of an ORNL contact person. You may either use one contact for all meetings sponsored by your division or use a specific contact for each meeting.


Wednesday, February 08

Dynamics of Soft Matter   calendar icon
Alexei P. Sokolov, Chemical Sciences Division and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Materials and Chemistry Seminar Series
10:00 AM — 11:00 AM, Building 4500-N, Weinberg Auditorium
Coffee and cookies are available at 9:30.
Contact: Athena S. Sefat (sefata@ornl.gov), 865.574.5495

Revival of a Forest King: Efforts to Restore
the American Chestnut in East Tennessee   calendar icon
Leila Pinchot, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Sustainable Campus Initiative Seminar
12:00 PM — 1:00 PM, ORNL Conference Center (Building 5200),
Tennessee Rooms B-C
Contact: Bo Saulsbury (saulsburyjw@ornl.gov), 865.574.4694

Highly Anisotropic Dirac Fermions in
a Bi Square Net of SrMnBi2   calendar icon
Jun Sung Kim, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
Materials Science and Technology Division Seminar
2:00 PM — 3:00 PM, Chemical and Material Sciences Building (4100), Room J-302
Contact: Ho Nyung Lee (hnlee@ornl.gov), 865.574.9782


Thursday, February 09

Molecular/Nano Level Approaches for the Enhancement of Axial Compressive Properties of Rigid-Rod Polymers   calendar icon
Thuy D. Dang, Ph.D, Xerion Materials Corp, Westminster
Materials Science and Technology Division Seminar
9:30 AM — 10:30 AM, Engineering Technology Facility, Building 5800, Room F202
Contact: Robert E. Norris (norrisrejr@ornl.gov), 865.576.1179

Recipe for High Performance Computing Software
and Application at Exascale   calendar icon
Hatem Ltaief, KAUST Supercomputing Laboratory, Saudi Arabia
National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) Seminar
10:30 AM — 11:30 AM, Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (Building 5100), Lecture Hall (Room 128)
Contact: Bilel Hadri (bhadri@utk.edu), 241-1527

Digital Soil Data and Remote Soil Property Characterization    calendar icon
Mike Tischler, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC
Geographic Information Science and Technology Group Seminar
1:00 PM — 2:00 PM, Research Office Building (5700), Room L-204
Contact: Budhendra L. Bhaduri (bhaduribl@ornl.gov), 865.241.9272

Development of Very High Power Electrochemical Cells Based Upon Porous, Nanostructured Electrodes   calendar icon
John D. Busbee, Ph.D, Xerion Materials Corp, Westminster
Materials Science and Technology Division Seminar
1:30 PM — 2:30 PM, Research Office Building (Building 5700), Room MS-A104
Contact: Robert E. Norris (norrisrejr@ornl.gov), 865.576.1179

Determination of CO, H2 and H2O
Coverage by XANES on Pt and Au During Water Gas Shift
Reaction: Experiment and DFT Modeling    calendar icon
Jeff Miller, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill.
CNMS Discovery Seminar Series
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM, SNS Central Laboratory and Office Building (8600), Iran Thomas Auditorium (A-103)
Contact: Steve Overbury (overburysh@ornl.gov), 865.574.5040


Friday, February 10

Additive Manufacturing Research at Missouri S&T   calendar icon
Ming C. Leu, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla
Measurement Science and Systems Engineering Division Seminar
8:30 AM — 10:00 AM, Research Office Building (5700), Room L-204
Contact: Lonnie Love (lovelj@ornl.gov), 865.576.4630

Apps for Autism   calendar icon
David F. Cihak, UT, Knoxville
UT Science Forum Seminar
12:00 PM — 1:00 PM, Dining Room C-D, Thompson-Boling Arena,
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Bring your lunch or purchase it from the arena.
Contact: Mark Littmann (littmann@utk.edu), 865.974.8156


Wednesday, February 15

DOE Tool Kit for Engineers and Facility Managers   calendar icon
Dan Howett, Energy and Transportation Science Division
ASHRAE, East Tennessee Chapter, Meeting
11:30 AM — 1:00 PM, Rothschild Catering, 8807 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tenn.
RSVP is required to attend this lunch meeting. Cost is $15 for ASHRAE members and guests. $5 for student members.
Contact: Dan Howett (howettdh@ornl.gov), 865.253.0567


Thursday, February 16

High Performance + Healthy Schools Symposium   calendar icon
Multiple Speakers, Multiple Disciplines
US Green Building Council, East Tennessee Chapter
8:30 AM — 2:30 PM, Fourth Floor, UT Conference Center, 600 Henley Street, Knoxville
RSVP. $45 fee includes breakfast and lunch.
An optional tour of Oak Ridge High School is offered.
Contact: USGBC, East Tennesee (easttnusgbc@gmail.com),

"How BESC relates to Sustainability"   calendar icon
Paul Gilna, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Energy & Environmental Sciences Dir Seminar
3:30 PM — 5:00 PM, Environmental Sciences Division Building (ESD), Building 1505, Conference Room 189
Contact: Jennifer Smith (smithjf@ornl.gov), 865.574.8452


Friday, February 17

This Most Uncivilized War: Reenacting
Civil War History in the Classroom   calendar icon
Mark Blevins, Bearden High School, Knoxville
UT Science Forum Seminar
12:00 PM — 1:00 PM, Dining Room C-D, Thompson-Boling Arena,
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Bring your lunch or purchase it from the arena.
Contact: Mark Littmann (littmann@utk.edu), 865.974.8156


Friday, February 24

The Thermodynamics of Conventional and Advanced Engines   calendar icon
Jerald A. Caton, Texas A&M University, College Station
Texas A&M University
9:00 AM — 11:00 AM, NTRC, Conf. Rm. C04
Contact: Stuart Daw (dawcs@ornl.gov), 865.946.1341


Wednesday, February 29

Creating and Harnessing Complex Reaction Networks   calendar icon
Linda J. Broadbelt, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Computer Science and Mathematics Division Seminar
9:30 AM — 10:30 AM, Weinberg Auditorium, Building 4500-N
Contact: Ariana Beste (bestea@ornl.gov), 865.241.3160


Monday, March 05

Toward Catalysis by Gold Clusters:
Reaction Cycles and Poisons   calendar icon
Luca M. Ghiringhelli, Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany
Materials Science & Technology Division Seminar
11:00 AM — 12:00 PM, Chemical and Material Sciences Building (4100), Room J-302
Contact: Mina Yoon (myoon@ornl.gov), 865.574.7362

Optical Spectroscopy of the Carrier Dynamics in Oxide Superlattices   calendar icon
Da Woon Jeung, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Materials Science and Technology Division Seminar
2:00 PM — 3:00 PM, Chemical and Material Sciences Building (4100), Room J-302
Contact: Ho Nyung Lee (hnlee@ornl.gov), 865.574.9782


Tuesday, March 20

Sustaining ASHRAE Through Leadership   calendar icon
Ron Jarnagin, ASHRAE President , PNNL
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers,
East Tennessee Chapter, Meeting
11:30 AM — 1:00 PM, Rothchild's Catering, 8807 Kingston Pike Knoxville
Meeting cost will be $15.
Attendees must RSVP to Tom Hatfield.
Contact: Tom Hatfield (tehatfield@trane.com), 865.588.0607


Saturday, March 24

A Special Evening with Dr. E.O. Wilson   calendar icon
Dr. E. O. Wilson, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Discover Life in America (DLIA)
6:00 PM — 8:00 PM, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 Worlds Fair Park Drive, Knoxville, TN
Contact: Patricia Parr (parrpd@ornl.gov), 865.576.8123