What: Guest Speaker Who: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad, The University of Texas at Austin When: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 1:00 PM Where: MARC Building Room 201 Title: SET-BASED COLLABORATIVE DESIGN EXPLORATION

What: Gegenheimer Lecture on Innovation Who: Mr. David Phelps, CreoSalus, Inc. When: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:00 AM Where: Ferst Center Building Room Theater Title: NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

What: NRE/MP Seminar Who: Chairman Gregory Jaczko, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission When: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 3:00 PM Where: Wardlaw Center Building Room Gordy Room Title: Key Challenges Currently Faced by the NRC and the Nuclear Industry

What: Non-ME Seminar Who: Mr. Scottt Noteboom, Yahoo, Sr. Director of Data Center Engineering and Operations When: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 11:00 AM Where: Klaus Building Building Room KACB 1116W Title: Evolving Efficiencies in Data Center Design and Operation-- Please note corrected time change**

What: NRE 8011/8012 Seminar Who: Dr. Bojan Petrovic, Georgia Institute of Technology When: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 2404 Title: Design Features of IRIS, an Advanced Integral Pressurized Water Reactor

What: Fluid Mechanics Seminar Who: Prof. Yasushi Takeda, Hokkaido University, Division of Energy and Environmental Systems When: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 1:00 PM Where: Love Building Room 210 Title: Topological Behavior of Rotating Two-Fluid Interfaces

What: Mechanical Engineering Seminar Who: Mr. Alper Erturk, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA When: Monday, November 30, 2009 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Modeling and Applications of Vibration Energy Harvesting Using Piezoelectric Transduction

What: Manufacturing and Design Seminar Who: Dr. Harry Cook, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign When: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Let's Include Value in Value Engineering

What: NRE 8011/8012 Seminar Who: Dr. Sang Hyun Cho, Georgia Institute of Technology When: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 2404 Title: Modeling of Plasmonic Heating by Optically-tunable Gold Nanoparticles for Thermal Therapy of Cancers

What: Mechanical Engineering Seminar Who: Mr. Jimmy Granstrom, University of California Santa Barbara When: Monday, December 7, 2009 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Multilayer barrier films comprising nitrogen spacers between free-standing barrier films