What: NRE/MP Seminar Who: Dr. Lindsay Shuller-Nickles, Clemson University When: Monday, October 17, 2011 at 11:00 AM Where: Boggs Building Room 3-47 Title: Quantum-Mechanical Calculations and Monte Carlo Simulation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Mixing for Tetravalent AO2 Nuclear Materials

What: NRE 8011/8012 Seminar Who: Dr. Chris Pickett, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) When: Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 11:00 AM Where: Boggs Building Room 3-47, 3rd FL Title: Arms Control for the 21st Century: Building Trust

What: Faculty Candidate Seminar Who: Dr. Pak Wong, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ When: Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: An Electrokinetic Bioprocessor for Translational Applications

What: Mechanical Engineering Seminar Who: Dr. Carwyn Jones, Leeds University When: Friday, October 28, 2011 at 1:00 PM Where: Love Building Room 109 Title: Seating and the Spine

What: COE/Structural Mechanics Seminar Who: Prof. Martin Maldovan, Materials Science and Engineering,Massachusetts Institute of Technology When: Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 11:00 AM Where: Montgomery Knight Building Room 244 Title: Phonon Management: Acoustics, Optomechanics, and Nanoscale Heat Transport

What: Faculty Candidate Seminar Who: Dr. Min Zou, University of Arkansas, Fayettevill, AR When: Monday, November 7, 2011 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Nano-engineered Surfaces

What: NRE/MP Seminar Who: Dr. Mikael Nilsson, University of California - Irvine When: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM Where: Boggs Building Room 3-47, 3rd FL Title: Recycling of Nuclear Fuel: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future

What: NRE 8011/8012 Seminar Who: Mr. Stephen Eilertson, United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 11:00 AM Where: Boggs Building Room 3-47, 3rd FL Title: American Centrifuge Program

What: Engineer Education Research Seminars Who: Mr. Christopher Venters, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Perspectives from the Field: Engineering Education Research and Innovative Teaching

What: Engineer Education Research Seminars Who: Ms. Andrea Goncher, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 1:00 PM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Perspectives from the Field: Engineering Education Research and Innovative Teaching