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Monday, November 09

Teaching “Old” Materials “New” Tricks:
Site- and Shape-Specific Nanopatterning of Multifunctional Materials   calendar icon
Vinayak P. Dravid, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Physical Sciences Directorate Seminar
3:00 PM, Iran Thomas Auditorium (8600), Room A-103
Contact: Cathy L. Cheverton (chevertoncl@ornl.gov), 865.574.1144

Tuesday, November 10

Tribological Investigation of Electrical Contacts   calendar icon
Dinesh Bansal, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Materials Science and Technology Division Seminar
10:00 AM, High Temperature Materials Laboratory (Building 4515), Conference Room 265
Contact: Peter Blau (blaupj@ornl.gov), 865.574-5377

Reducing the Computational Cost of Ab Initio Methods   calendar icon
Benjamin Mintz, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Computer Science and Mathematics Division Seminar
1:00 PM, Computational Sciences Building (5600), Room J-304
Contact: Ariana Beste (bestea@ornl.gov), 865.241.3160

Nanostructured Neuroprosthetics   calendar icon
Timothy E. McKnight, Division Staff
Measurement Science and Systems Engineering Division
1:30 PM — 4:30 PM, Weinberg Auditorium (Building 4500-N)
Contact: Kristina Thiagarajan (thiagarajakd@ornl.gov), 865.241.5214

Unified density functional theory for complex fluids   calendar icon
Jianzhong Wu, University of California, Riverside, CA
UT/ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics Seminar
1:30 PM, Research Office Building (5700), Room-D307
Contact: Xiaolin Cheng (chengx@ornl.gov), 865.576.0850

Wednesday, November 11

The Economics of Nuclear Power and
Other Energy Sources   calendar icon
Kent Williams, Nuclear Science and Technology Division
Roane-Anderson Professional Society Meeting
11:30 AM, Sagebrush Steakhouse and Saloon, 390 S. Illinois Ave., Oak Ridge
Lunch may be ordered from the menu.
Contact: Kent Williams (williamska@ornl.gov), 865.574.8156

Thursday, November 12

Redefining Microbial Genomics:
Sequencing Individual Cells   calendar icon
Ramunas Stepanauskas, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences,
West Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Biological and Environmental Sciences Directorate Seminar
10:00 AM, Building 1505, Ocoee Room (189)
Contact: Martin Keller (kellerm@ornl.gov), 865.574.4333

NOTE: NEW DATE:
Fusion Engineering: Technology Gaps and ORNL Expertise   calendar icon
Arnold Lumsdaine, Division staff
Fusion Energy Division
Fusion Energy Science and Technology Seminar
3:00 PM, Research Office Building (5700), Room D-307
Contact: Theodore Biewer ( biewertm@ornl.gov), 865.574.2715

Friday, November 13

From DFT to Liquid-Phase Thermodynamics   calendar icon
Michael Diedenhofen, Cosmologic GMBH & Co., Leverkusan, Germany
Computer Science and Mathematics Division Seminar
10:00 AM, Computational Sciences Building (5600), Room J-302
Contact: Ariana Beste (bestea@ornl.gov), 865.241.3160

Minimally Invasive Back Surgery   calendar icon
Dr. James Killeffer, M.D., Head, Neurosurgery Department, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville
12:00 PM, Thompson-Boling Arena, Dining Room C-D
Bring your lunch or purchase it from the Arena.
Contact: Mark Littmann (littmann@utk.edu), 865.974.8156

Tuesday, November 17

Applications of Solid-State NMR as a Probe of
Inorganic Materials: from Molecular Sieves to Glasses   calendar icon
Banghao Chen, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Chemical Sciences Division Seminar
10:00 AM, Building 4500-N, Litter River Room (142)
Contact: Edward Hagaman (hagamanew@ornl.gov), 865.576.2751

Thursday, November 19

Characterizing the Mechanical Response of
Materials for MEMS and Nanocrystalline Metals    calendar icon
Kevin J. Hemker, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
Materials Science and Technology Division Seminar
2:00 PM, Building 4500-S, Room A-177
Contact: Easo P. George ( georgeep@ornl.gov ), 865.574.5085

Friday, November 20

Encapsulation Methods for Organic Electronic Devices   calendar icon
Samuel Graham, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Energy Efficiency and Electric Technologies Program Seminar
11:00 AM, Weinberg Auditorium, Building 4500-N
Contact: Melissa Lapsa (lapsamv@ornl.gov), 865.576.8620

Monday, November 23

Going with the flow: Australian Environmental Observation and Information Systems   calendar icon
Stuart Minchin, Research Director, Environmental Sensing, Prediction, and Reporting CSIRO Land and Water, Australia
Environmental Sciences Division Seminar
9:00 AM — 10:30 AM, D. J. Nelson Auditorium (Building 1505)
Contact: Bruce Wilson (wilsonbe@ornl.gov), 865.574.6651

Thursday, December 03

LEED Core Concepts and Strategies   calendar icon
Multiple speakers, Multiple affiliations
U.S. Green Building Council, East Tennessee Chapter, Workshop
8:30 AM — 5:00 PM, Goins Auditorium, Pellissippi State Community College,
10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville
RSVP
Contact: USGBC (workshop@usgbc.org), 1.800.795.1747