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Wednesday, September 03

Sequencing the Human Microbiome: Challenges and Opportunities
Mircea Podar, Biosciences Division
Biological and Environmental Sciences Directorate Seminar
3:00 PM — 5:00 PM, National Transportation Research Center
Contact: Kristina Thiagarajan (thiagarajakd@ornl.gov), 865.241.5214

Thursday, September 04

Power Combining of Fiber Lasers
William Ray, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Computer Science and Mathematics Division Seminar
11:00 AM, Computational Sciences Building (5600), Room C-101
Contact: Yehuda Braiman (865.241.2065), braimany@ornl.gov

Friday, September 05

Understanding Columbine: How Social Rejection
and a Perceived Group Fosters Mass Murder
Lowell Gaertner, The University of Tennessee, Knxoville
UT Science Forum Seminar
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

Thursday, September 11

Materials for Energy:
A Symposium on Energy Needs and Solutions
Multiple speakers, multiple affiliations
Physical Sciences Directorate Symposium
8:30 AM — 5:00 PM, JICS Building (5100), Auditorium (Room 128)
Contact: Jamie Morris (morrisj@ornl.gov), 865.576.7094
Contact: David Singh (singhdj@ornl.gov), 865.241.1944

Controls over Methylmercury Production
and Fate in the Coastal Zone
Robert Mason, The University of Connecticut, Avery Point
Biological and Environmental Sciences Directorate Seminar
10:00 AM, Building 1505, D. J. Nelson Auditorium
Contact: Baohua Gu (gub1@ornl.gov), 865.574.7286

Friday, September 12

Electronic Structure of FeAs-Based Superconductors
Zhong Fang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Materials Science and Technology Division
Materials Theory Seminar
11:00 AM, Central Laboratory and Office Building (8600),
Iran Thomas Auditorium (Room A-103)
Contact: Zhenyu Zhang ( zhangz@ornl.gov ), 865.576.5346

Science for the Energy Challenge
Thom Mason, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
UT Science Forum
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

Wednesday, September 24

Managing Locality in Grand Challenge Applications:
A Case Study of the Gyrokinetic Toroidal Code
Gabriel Marin, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Future Technologies Colloquium Series Seminar
10:00 AM, Research Office Building (5700), Room L-202
Contact: Jeff Vetter (vetter@ornl.gov), 865.576.7115

Tuesday, September 30

Bioimaging Data to Drive Mathematical Models
of Tumor Growth and Treatment Response
Tom Yankeelov, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
Computational Sciences and Engineering Division Seminar
10:00 AM, Research Office Building (5700), Room L-204
Contact: ( scottar@ornl.gov), 865.241.0331