What: NRE/MP Seminar Who: Dr. Richard Nygren, Sandia National Laboratories When: Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM Where: Boggs Building Room 3-47 Title: Technology for Magnetic Fusion and a bit of good scenery around the US

What: Mechanical Engineering Seminar Who: Prof. Evelyn Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology When: Friday, October 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Nanoengineered Surfaces: Transport Phenomena and Energy Applications

What: GT Courtesy Listing Who: Dr. Michela Chiappalone, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) When: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 11:00 AM Where: Ford ES and T Building Room L1205 Title: Studying Network Dynamics in Neuronal Assemblies: Towards the Future Integration of Brain and Machines

What: Lecture Who: Dr. Zi Chen, Washington University in St. Louis When: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 1:00 PM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Nonlinear Mechanics, Morphology and Instability of Thin Structures

What: Mechanical Engineering Seminar Who: Prof. Wei Chen, Northwestern University When: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 3:00 PM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Robust Shape and Topology Optimization

What: Mechanical Engineering Seminar Who: Prof. Massimiliano Gei, Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering, University of Trento When: Friday, October 12, 2012 at 1:30 PM Where: MRDC Building Room 2404 Title: Modelling homogeneous and composite soft dielectric elastomers: performance, instabilities, electrostrictive effects.

What: GT Courtesy Listing Who: Dr. Gareth Padfield, Former University of Liverpool Professor and Senior RAE Bedford Flight Test Engineer When: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 2:00 PM Where: Student Success Center Building Room Clary Theatre Title: American Helicopter Society (AHS) Nikolsky Lecture

What: NRE/MP Seminar Who: Dr. Brian Wirth, University of Tennessee When: Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 11:00 AM Where: Boggs Building Room 3-47 Title: Multiscale Investigation of Irradiation Effects in Fuel, Clad and Structural Materials

What: Seminar Who: Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri, National Institute of Standards and Technology When: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 2:00 PM Where: MARC Building Room Auditorium Title: An Overview of NIST Sustainable Manufacturing Program

What: NRE/MP Seminar Who: Dr. Hany Abdel-Khalik, North Carolina State University When: Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 11:00 AM Where: Boggs Building Room 3-49 Title: Exact-to-Precision Generalized Perturbation Theory Development for Reactor Analysis Calculations