| January 1 |
New Year's Day. (Tech is closed; no classes) |
| January 2 |
First day to register for new students and continuing students. |
| January 2 - January 12 |
Late registration and schedule changes for spring semester 2007. |
| January 4 |
Woodruff School Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting
2:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 3220 |
Woodruff Colloquium
3:30 p.m.
MaRC Building Auditorium
Title: Wall Shear Stress Measurements in the Embryonic Chicken Heart
Speaker: Professor Jerry Westerweel (Delft University of Technology) |
| January 5 |
Deadline to pay registration fees without penalty to Bursar's Office: 4:00 p.m. |
| January 8 |
First day of classes for the spring 2007 semester. |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Sangsoo Lee
11:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 311
Title: Measurement of Absorption Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in an Ammonia-Water Absorber
Committee: Dr. Srinivas Garimella, Chair (ME), Dr. S. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan (ME), Dr. Sheldon M. Jeter (ME), Dr. Tom Fuller (ChBE), Dr. Amyn Teja (ChBE)
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Deadline to submit nominations for the fall semester 2006 Woodruff School Outstanding Employee Award
4:30 p.m.
Submit packet in a sealed envelope to Trudy Allen, MRDC Building, Room 3212 |
| January 12 |
Deadline to submit nominations for the 2007 Faculty Research Awards |
| Last day to register for new students and continuing students or make schedule changes |
| Deadline to submit reactivated degree petitions for spring Commencement |
| Thesis deadline to use enrollment waiver |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Arnab Choudhury
3:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 311
Title: A Piezoresistive Microcantilever Array for Chemical and Biochemical Sensing
Committee: Peter J. Hesketh, Chair (ME), Levent Degertekin (ME), Zhoumin Zhang (ME), Jiri Janata (CHEM), Lawrence Bottomley (CHEM), Zhiyu Hu (ORNL) |
| Deadline to pay registration fees with penalty to Bursar's Office: 4:00 p.m. |
| January 13 |
Deadline to submit reactivated degree petitions |
| January 15 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Tech is closed; no classes) |
| Deadline to submit nominations for the 2006 Sigma Xi Research Awards. Send nominations to Professor Meilin Liu at . |
| January 16 |
Woodruff Colloquium
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: Multiscale Modeling in Materials and Mechanics
Min Zhou
Speaker: William Curtin (Division of Engineering, Brown University)
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| January 17 |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Wei Tan
2:00 p.m.
MARC Building, Room 401
Title: Development of Convective Reflow-Projection Moir Warpage Measurement System and Prediction of Solder Bump Reliability on Board Assemblies Affected by Warpage
Committee: Dr. I. Charles Ume, Chair (ME), Dr. Wayne Book (ME), Dr. Suresh Sitaraman (ME), Dr. C. F. Jeff Wu (ISYE), Dr. Yeong Kim (ECE), Dr. Jiahui Pan (Akrometrix, LLC)
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| January 18 |
Woodruff Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs Seminar
11:00 a.m.
Molecular Science & Engineering Building, Room 3201A
Title: The CANDU Program and AECL
Speaker: Benjamin Rouben (Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) |
Faculty Meeting
1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
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Structural Mechanics Seminar
3:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: An Elastic-Plastic Finite Element Model of Asperity Contact with Adhesion
Itzhak Green
Speaker: George G. Adams (Northeastern University) |
Woodruff Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs Seminar
4:00 p.m.
MS&E Building, Room 3201A
Title: High-Fidelity NEWTRNX
Speaker: Kevin T. Clarno (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
| January 19 |
Deadline to submit implementation phase Proposals for the Leadership in Undergraduate Engineering Education (LUEE) Program in the College of Engineering. Submit proposals to Ray Vito.
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Computational Science and Engineering Seminar Series
2:00 p.m.
Engineering Science and Mechanics Building, Room 212
Title: Introduction to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Speaker: Thomas Zacharia (Associate Laboratory Director, Computing and Computational Sciences)
For more information, contact |
| January 23 |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Xavier Brun
1:30 p.m.
MARC Building, Room 114
Title: Analysis and Optimization of Handling Stresses in Thin Multicrystalline Silicon Wafers
Committee: Dr. Shreyes N. Melkote, Chair (ME), Dr. Steven Danyluk (ME), Dr. Suresh K. Sitaraman (ME), Dr. W. Steven Johnson (MSE), Dr. Paul M. Griffin (ISyE), Dr. Juris Kalejs (JPK Consulting)
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| January 24 |
Materials Science Colloquium
3:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 295
Title: Materials Science Colloquium on Propulsion Materials Research
Speaker: Dr. Wesley Hoffman (Air Force Research Laboratory)
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| January 25 |
MOM Research Group Seminar
11:30 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Non-Linear Finite Element Modeling of Partially Electroded Actuators
Speaker: Kyle Webber |
MEMS Seminar
1:30 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Electromagnetic Actuated MEMS for Displays and Imaging
Dr. Levent Degertekin
Speaker: Professor Hakan Urey (Koc University, Istanbul-Turkey) |
| January 27 |
Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers: A Workshop for Faculty, Post-Docs, and Graduate Students
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Student Center, Piedmont Room
Lunch will be served.
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| January 29 |
College of Computing Seminar
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Klaus Building, Room 1116
Title: Addressing Challenges of Adaptivity and Scale in Parallel Scientific Simulations
Speaker: Manish Parashar (Rutgers University) |
| January 30 |
Georgia's State Energy Strategy
11:00 a.m.
Wardlaw Building, Gordy Room
Speaker: Elizabeth Robertson |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Christopher Green
1:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Development of Leakage Model for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Compressive Seals
Committee: Dr. Jeffrey Streator, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. Comas Haynes (GTRI), Dr. Richard Salant (ME), Dr. Meilin Liu (MSE), Dr. Samuel Graham (ME), Dr. Edgar Lara-Curzio (ORNL) |
| January 31 |
Deadline to submit nominations for the ASME's Ben C. Sparks Medal and the Frank von Flue Award. For more information, www.asme.org/Education/College. |
| February 1 |
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Design, Freeform Fabrication, and In Vivo Evaluation of Implantable Polycaprolactone Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
Dr. David Rosen
Speaker: Dr. Suman Das (University of Michigan) |
| February 2 |
Deadline to submit nominations for the 2007 Georgia Tech Oustanding Undergraduate Academic Advising Awards. Submit to or MC-0740. |
Woodruff Colloquium
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: Refrigerants In-tube Condensation: Miniaturisation and Energy Performance
Professor Srinivas Garimella
Speaker: Professor Alberto Cavallini (University of Padova) |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Marat Seydaliev
2:00 p.m.
Neely Building, Room 118
Title: Development and Test of a GEM-Based TEPC for Neutron Protection Dosimetry
Committee: Dr. C.-K. Chris Wang, Chair (NRE/MP), Dr. Nolan E. Hertel (NRE/MP), Dr. Cassiano de Oliveira (NRE/MP), Dr. John L. Wood (Physics), Dr. Timothy Fox (Emory University) |
| February 5 |
Deadline to submit nominations for the Georgia Tech Annual Education Partnership Award. Call Donna Llewellyn at 404.894.2340 with any questions. |
| February 6 |
Lecture
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: Patents and Patent Searches
Speaker: John Calvert (Supervisory Patent Examiner at the United States Patents and Trademarks Office) |
| February 7 |
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Methods and Tools to Support Product Family Creation
Dr. Farrokh Mistree
Speaker: Henri J. Thevenot (Ph.D. Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University) |
| February 8 |
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MRDC 4211
Title: BWR Nuclear Fuel Management Optimization: One Pellet at a Time
Dr. Nolan Hertel
Speaker: Guillermo Ivan Maldonado (University of Cincinnati) |
Faculty Advisory Committee
3:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 3220 |
| February 9 |
Woodruff Colloquium
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: New Hypothesis for Vulnerable Plaque Rupture: Cavitation Induced Debonding of Cellular Calcifications in Thin Fibrous Caps
Professor Andrés García
Speaker: Dr. Sheldon Weinbaum (The City College of New York and The New York Center for Biomedical Engineering) |
Woodruff Colloquia
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Speaker: Dr. Sheldon Weinbaum (City College of New York) |
| February 12 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Theodore Anderson
9:00 a.m.
MARC Building, Room 201
Title: Simulation and Fabrication of a Formable Surface for the Digital Clay Haptic Device
Committee: Dr. David Rosen, Chair (ME), Dr. Wayne Book (ME), Dr. Ari Glezer (ME) |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Ming Zhang
11:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Crystal Plasticity Modeling of Ti-6Al-4V and Its Application in Cyclic and Fretting Fatigue Analysis
Committee: Dr. David L. McDowell, Chair (ME), Dr. Richard W. Neu (ME), Dr. Min Zhou (ME), Dr. Naresh N. Thadhani (MSE), Dr. John Holmes (AE)
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Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Jie Yang
2:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Spatial Coherence in a Shallow Water Waveguide
Committee: Dr. Ji-Xun Zhou, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. Peter H. Rogers (ME), Dr. Jianmin Qu (ME), Dr. Emanuele Di Lorenzo (EAS), Dr. Mark A. Richards (ECE), Dr. Peter H. Dahl (ME (U of Washington))
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| February 15 |
Deadline to submit nominations for the 2007 Woodruff School International Graduate Research Assistantships. For more information, contact Yogendra Joshi.
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Woodruff Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs Seminar
11:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: A Gas-Cooled Fast Transmutation Reactor
Speaker: Jess Changler and Chris Sommer |
MOM Research Seminar
11:30 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Atomistic Simulations of Dislocation Nucleation in Sigma3 Asymmetric Tilt Grain Boundaries
Speaker: Mark Tschopp |
| February 16 |
Progress Report Grades Due for 1000 and 2000 Level Courses |
Faculty Meeting
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211 |
| February 19 |
Georgia Tech Best Practices Challenge Winners Announced |
Woodruff Nuclear and Radiologicaly Engineering and Medical Physics Seminar
1:30 p.m.
MS & E Building, Room 3201A
Title: Application of Transport Theory and Reactor Physics in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
Speaker: Dr. Bojan Petrovic (Westinghouse Science and Technology) |
| February 21 |
Georgia Tech Women's Forum
12:00 p.m.
Student Center, Room 301
Title: February General Meeting
Topic: Inspirational author and poet Tanya Finney (www.tanyawrites.com), discusses her journey through bad relationships in search for love in her first literary release Love Letters: Connecting the Heart of Man to God. Lunch (optional); $7.00, brown baggers may enjoy a drink and dessert bit for $1.00. RSVP: Contact Beth Spencer at 404.385.2557 or .
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| February 22 - February 24 |
Graduate Recruitment |
| February 25 |
MOM Research Group Seminar
11:30 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Non-Linear Finite Element Modeling of Partially Electroded Actuators
Speaker: Kyle Webber |
| February 26 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Benjamin Wagner
10:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Rotating Equipment Defect Detection Using the Algorithm of Mode Isolation
Committee: Dr. J.H. Ginsberg, Chair (ME), Dr. A.A. Ferri (ME), Dr. I. Green (ME), Dr. O.A. Bauchau (AE), Dr. D.H. Hodges (AE)
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| February 26 - February 28 |
Woodruff School Ph.D. Written Qualifying Exams |
| February 27 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Ashley Palmer
10:00 a.m.
Whitaker Ford Building, Room 1214
Title: Investigations of the Composition-Function Relationships in Normal, Degraded, and Engineered Articular Cartilage Using EPIC-Microcomputed Tomography
Committee: Dr. Marc Levenston, Chair (ME), Dr. Ravi Bellamkonda (BME), Dr. Robert Guldberg (ME), Dr. Robert Sah (BE, UCSD), Dr. Raymond Vito (ME) |
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Guggenheim Bldg. Room 246
Title: Suppression of Aeroelastic Instability by Means of Passive Targeted Energy Transfer
Speaker: Gatan Kerschen (University of Liege, Belgium) |
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
3:30 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Dynamics of Acoustically Forced, Premixed Flames
Speaker: Professor Tim Lieuwen (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| February 28 |
Deadline to submit nominations for the Sandia National Laboratories Georgia Tech Excellence in Engineering Fellowship for Doctoral Students. Submit materials to Dr. Raymond Vito, Tech Tower. For more information view www.sandia.gov.
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| March 1 |
Deadline to submit applications for the SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science) Program at Georgia Tech. Go to www.sure.gatech.edu for more information. |
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Thermal-Hydraulic Studies in Support of the ARIES-CS Divertor Design
Speaker: Dr. S. I. Abdel-Khalik (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
Mechanics Seminar
3:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Total Wavefield-Based Subsurface Imaging
Speaker: Loukas F. Kallivokas (The University of Texas at Austin) |
| March 2 |
Last day to withdraw from individual courses with a grade of W |
| Deadline to submit proposals for the Georgia Tech Honors Program Special Topics Courses for fall 2007. View www.honorsprogram.gatech.edu for more information. |
| Beginning of Women's Awareness Month at Georgia Tech: I <3 GT Women. For more details on each event, visit www.womenscenter.gatech.edu/wam. For information about the Women's Resource Center, view www.womenscenter.gatech.edu.
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| March 5 |
Deadline to submit abstracts for the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Technology Education Symposium at the ASME International Congress and Exposition. Submit abstracts to www.asmeconferences.org/Congress07. |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Gautam Jadhav
2:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: The Development of a Miniature Flexible Flapping Wing Mechanism for Use in a Robotic Air Vehicle
Committee: Dr. Kevin Massey, Co-Chair(GTRI/ATAS), Dr. Wayne Book (ME), Dr. David Rosen (ME) |
Center for Nonlinear Science Seminar
4:30 p.m.
Skiles Building, Room 255
Title: Looking for Order With Chaos: Locating and Understanding Coherent Structures Within Kuramoto-Sivashinsky Equation
Speaker: Ruslan L. Davidchack (University of Leicester) |
| March 5 - March 9 |
Woodruff School Ph.D. Oral Qualifying Exams |
| March 6 |
Woodruff School Zeigler Outstanding Educator Lecture
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: The Biotech Century and Mechanical Engineering
Speaker: Dr. Robert Nerem
Lunch in the atrium after the lecture |
Materials Science and Engineering Seminar
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 299
Title: Biomimetic Polymers to Control Stem Cell Behavior
Professor V. Milam 4-2845
Speaker: Dr. Kevin E. Healy (University of California at Berkeley) |
| March 7 |
Brown Bag Lunch
12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: ME Brown Bag Luncheon
This month's topic - Homeland Security Presentation, and Red Book Overview
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| March 8 |
Strategic Energy Institute and the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Technology Square Research Building (TSRB) Auditorium
Title: General Motors Energy Diversity and Fuel Economy Tour
Speaker: Dr. Charlie Liotta (Vice Provost, Ga. Tech), Dr. Catherine Ross (Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development and Harry West Chair), Michael Bly (Director, GM Hybrid Vehicle Integration & Controls)
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Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Current Status and Future Directions of Neutronics Methods for Reactor Core Stimulation
Speaker: Dr. Farzad Rahnema (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Kwaku Eason
2:00 p.m.
MARC Building, Room 201
Title: Numerical Investigation of Micro/Macro Coupling in Magneto-Impedance Sensors for Weak Field Measurements
Committee: Kok-Meng Lee, Chair (ME), Peter J. Hesketh (ME), Suresh K. Sitaraman (ME), Mark G. Allen (ECE), Gary S. May (ECE) |
Structural Mechanics Seminar Series
3:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Friction: Big Challenges at Small Scales
Ting Zhu, ME
Speaker: Robert W. Carpick (University of Pennsylvania) |
| March 10 |
7th Annual Technology Service Day. 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Volunteer for service projects at nonprofit agencies, schools and libraries throughout the Atlanta area. View www.HandsOnAtlanta.org or call 404.979.2800.
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| March 12 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Keith Suda-Cederquist
9:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Near-Wall Thermometry via Total Internal Reflection Fluorescent Micro-Thermometry (TIR-FMT)
Committee: Dr. Minami Yoda, Chair (ME), Dr. Yogendra Joshi (ME), Dr. Zhuomin Zhang (ME)
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Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Min Pei
11:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Effects of RE Doping on the Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of a SnAg Alloy
Committee: Dr. Jianmin Qu, Chair (ME), Dr. David L. McDowell (ME), Dr. Richard W. Neu (ME), Dr. Thomas H. Sanders, Jr. (MSE), Dr. C. P. Wong (MSE)
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: Exploring Realistic Interaction and Part Behavior Simulation for Virtual Assembly
Dr. Farrokh Mistree
Speaker: Abhishek Seth (Ph.D. Candidate, Iowa State University) |
| March 13 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Hannah Muchnick
8:00 a.m.
MARC Building, Room 201
Title: Robust Design of Multilevel Systems Using Design Templates
Committee: Janet K. Allen, Chair (ME), Farrokh Mistree (ME), David McDowell (ME) |
Tribology Seminar Series
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Adhesive Failures in MEMS
Dr. Green
Speaker: Andreas A. Polycarpou (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Azeem Meruani
2:30 p.m.
MARC Building, Room 201
Title: Tweel Technology Tires for Wheelchairs and Instrumentation for Measuring Everyday Wheeled Mobility
Committee: Dr. William Singhose, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. Stephen Sprigle (AP), Dr. Harvey Lipkin (ME) |
Woodruff School Faculty Advisory Committee
3:30 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 3220 |
| March 14 |
Last day Degree Petitions can be accepted by the Registrar for summer semester |
Faculty Meeting
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Scott Sample
11:00 a.m.
Neely Building, Room 118
Title: IMRT Beam Angle Optimization Using MCNP
Committee: Dr. Cassiano de Oliveira, Chair (NRE), Dr. Tim Fox (MP), Dr. Nolan Hertel (NRE), Dr. Eric Elder (MP) |
| March 15 |
Deadline to submit new degree petitions |
| Deadline to submit nominations for the Luther Long Award which honors a graduate student working in engineering mechanics. Contact Award Committee: Laurence Jacobs, Steve Johnson, George Kardomateas, Jianmin Qu |
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MS&E Building, room 3201A
Title: Investigation of the Influence of Different Auxiliary Heating Methods on the Density Limit in Textor
Speaker: Zachary W. Friis and Stephen Douglas (Georgia Tech) |
| March 15 - March 17 |
Graduate Student Recruiting |
| March 16 |
Deadline to submit proposals for the IPST Industry consortium-Sponsored Research Program. Submit proposals electronically to Marian Pena (). |
| Deadline to submit nominations for the Woodruff School 2007 Jack M. Zeigler Outstanding Educator Award. Inquiries should be address to Robert Nerem.
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| Fifth Annual Georgia Tech Graduate Technical Symposium. This event is sponsored by the Black Graduate Student Association. View www.bgsa.gatech.edu/gt2 for more information. |
Structural Mechanics Seminar
10:00 a.m.
Sustainable Education Building, Room 122
Title: Influence of Elastodynamic and Plastic Effects on the Impact Process in Machine Dynamics
Laurence Jacobs
Speaker: Dr. -Ing. Robert Seifried (University of California, Berkeley) |
CSE/ORNL Seminar Series
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
ESM Building, Room 212
Title: High Fidelity Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Combustion
Speaker: Dr. Ramanan Sankaran (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
| March 19 - March 22 |
National Hydrogen Associate Annual Hydrogen Conference and Expo. San Antonia, Texas. |
| March 19 - March 23 |
Georgia Tech Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Meeting (Student Petitions) |
| March 19 - March 23 |
Spring Break (no classes) |
| March 21 |
Georgia Tech Best Practices Showcase
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Student Center
Register at www.orgdev.gatech.edu/bp/tech.htm for any sessions you wish to attend.
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| March 22 |
Woodruff School Staff Lunch
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Cheesecake Factory, 3024 Peachtree Road, NW
Please send an email to Melody Foster by Monday, March 19th if you will attend. The Winner of the Outstanding Staff Yearly Award will be announced!
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| March 26 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Michael Haberman
8:30 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4115
Title: Design of High Loss Viscoelastic Composites through Micromechanical Modeling and Decision Based Material by Design
Committee: Dr. Yves H. Berthelot, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. Mohammed Cherkaoui (ME), Dr. David L McDowell (ME), Dr. Erian Armanios (AE), Dr. Hamid Garmestani (MSE)
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Woodruff Colloquium
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: Automation in the 21st Century
For more information contact Professor Kok-Meng Lee
Speaker: Professor Peter B. Luh (University of Connecticut) |
Woodruff School Seminar
1:30 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Nanometric Metallic Alloys
Speaker: Indranil Manna (I. I. T., Kharagpur, India) |
| March 26 - March 28 |
Academic Advisement for Summer and Fall Semesters 2007 |
| March 27 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Andrew Perkins
10:00 a.m.
MARC Building, Room 331
Title: Investigation and Prediction of Solder Joint Reliability for Ceramic Area Array Packages under Thermal Cycling, Power Cycling, and Vibration Environments
Committee: Dr. Suresh Sitaraman, Chair (ME), Dr. Daniel Baldwin (ME), Dr. Richard Neu (ME), Dr. Rao Tummala (ECE), Dr. Kamal Sikka (IBM) |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Keunhan Park
10:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Thermal Characterization of Heated Microcantilevers and a Study on Near-Field Radiation
Committee: Dr. Zhuomin Zhang, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. William P. King (ME), Dr. Yogendra Joshi (ME), Dr. Samuel Graham (ME), Dr. Alexei Marchenkov (PHY), Dr. Mark G. Allen (ECE)
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M.S. Thesis Presentation by Marcus Eliason
3:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: Combined Micro and Nanopatterning for Cell Substrates
Committee: Dr. William P. King, Chair (ME), Dr. Andrés J. García (ME), Dr. Samuel Graham (ME) |
| March 28 |
First day of registration for summer semester 2007 for continuing students (Phase 1) |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Laura-Lee Farrell
10:00 a.m.
Woodruff Memorial Research Building, Emory University
Title: Prosthetic Vein Valve: Delivery and In Vitro Evaluation
Committee: Dr. David Ku, M.D., Ph.D. (ME, BioE), Dr. Eliot Chaikof, M.D., Ph.D. (BME), Dr. Ross Milner, M.D. (Emory)
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Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Brent Nelson
11:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 311
Title: Nanoscale Thermal Processing Using a Heated Atomic Force Microscope Tip
Committee: Dr. William P. King, Chair (ME), Dr. Yogendra Joshi (ME), Dr. F. Levent Degertekin (ME), Dr. Alexei Marchenkov (Phys), Dr. William Koros (ChBE)
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Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Jungchul Lee
2:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: Fabrication, Characterization, and Application of Multifunctional Microcantilever Heaters
Committee: Dr. William P. King, Chair (ME), Dr. Yogendra Joshi (ME), Dr. Ari Glezer (ME), Dr. Mark Allen (ECE), Dr. Oliver Brand (ECE)
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| March 29 |
National Science Foundation Workshop at Georgia Tech
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
College of Management Auditorium 200
Title: Student Workshop |
Georgia Tech Women's Forum
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Student Center, Piedmont Room (lower level, near Jackets Restaurant)
Title: 2007 Scholarship Awards Luncheon
Join the Georgia Tech Women's Forum as we present our 2007 scholarship award recipients. Each recipient will present their award-winning essay titled, If you could have a meeting with any historical femaile figure, living or dead, who would it be?. RSVP by Friday, March 23: Contact Beth Spencer at 404.385.2557.
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Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Seminar
1:30 p.m.
IBB Building, Suddath Seminar Room 1128
Title: Contact Robotics and Neuroengineering
Speaker: Neville Hogan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Brian Wayman
2:00 p.m.
ES&T, Room L1387
Title: Arterial Response to Local Mechanical Variables in Organ Culture: The Effects of Circumferential and Shear Stress
Committee: Dr. Raymond Vito, Chair (ME), Dr. Robert Guldberg (ME), Dr. Alexander Rachev (ME), Dr. Todd McDevitt (BME), Dr. Marc Levenston (ME, Stanford) |
National Science Foundation Workshops
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
College of Management Auditorium 300
Title: Workshop for Faculty and Research Scientists |
| March 30 |
Deadline to submit proposals on Creating Energy Options for the Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Initiative Seed Fund Program. Direct your questions to .
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Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Yu-Bin Chen
2:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 311
Title: Rigorous Modeling of the Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructures and Comparisons with Measurements of Fabricated Gratings and Slit Arrays
Committee: Dr. Zhuomin Zhang, Chair (ME), Dr. F. Levent Degertekin (ME), Dr. Peter J. Hesketh (ME), Dr. Gee-Kung Chang (ECE), Dr. Pei-feng Hsu (MAE, Florida Institute of Technology)
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Structural Mechanics Seminar Series
2:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Rethinking Plasticity theory for Crystalline Solids
Jianmin Qu
Speaker: John L. Bassani (University of Pennsylvania) |
| March 31 |
4th Annual Georgia Tech Auto Show
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Georgia Tech Campus
View www.GaTechAutoShow.com for more details. |
| April 2 |
Deadline for the initial thesis format check (Note: this is not required, but is strongly recommended; all theses must conform to the requirements in the Manual for Graduate Theses. |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Byron Johns
4:00 p.m.
Van Leer Building, Room W 225
Title: Design and Control of a New Reconfigurable Robotic Mobility Platform
Committee: Dr. Ayanna Howard, Co-Chair(ECE), Dr. Nader Sadegh (ME), Dr. Harvey Lipkin (ME) |
| April 3 |
Automation and Mechatronics Seminar
11:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: A Unified Toolchain for Control Systems and Mechatronics
Speaker: Andrew Deck and Jeannie Falcon (National Instruments)
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College of Engineering Structural Mechanics Seminar Series
3:00 p.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: Mechanics of Progressive Collapse: What Doomed World Trade Center and What Can We Learn?
Speaker: Zdenek P. Bazant (Northwestern University)
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| April 4 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Thomas Smith
9:30 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Hardware Simulation of Fuel Cell / Gas Turbine Hybrids
Committee: Dr. William J. Wepfer, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. Comas Haynes (GTRI), Dr. Samuel Graham (ME), Dr. Christiaan Paredis (ME), Dr. Meilin Liu (MSE), Dr. David Tucker (U.S. DOE NETL)
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Automation and Mechatronics Seminar
3:30 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Can Newton's Third Law be Questioned?
Speaker: Professor Ye-Hwa Chen (Georgia Tech)
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| April 4 - April 5 |
Georgia Tech Women's Forum, Book and Bake Sale
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Skiles Walkway
GTWF will be selling used books and wonderful baked goods. If you wish to donate paperbacks, hardbacks, good magazines, and/or baked goods, pleast contact Joelle Szendel (404.894.1143) or Shirley Tomes (404.894.0591). Donations due by Monday, April 2.
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| April 5 |
Woodruff Colloquium
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Dr. Hesketh
Speaker: Roger T. Howe (Stanford University)
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M.S. Thesis Presentation by Alexander Michaud
10:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Experimental Investigation of Reflection of Airborne Noise at Duct Terminations
Committee: Dr. Kenneth A. Cunefare, Chair (ME), Dr. Yves Berthelot (ME), Dr. F. Levent Degertekin (ME) |
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
Molecular Science & Engineering Building, Room 3201A
Title: Nuclear Energy
Speaker: Weston M. Stacey (Georgia Tech) |
Woodruff Colloquium
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: MEMS at the Knee of the Curve
Speaker: Professor Roger T. Howe (Stanford University) |
| April 5 - April 7 |
Graduate Student Recruiting |
| April 8 |
Last day of registration for summer semester 2007 for continuing students (Phase 1) |
| April 9 |
Deadline to submit graduate thesis/dissertation and required forms for spring semester |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Steven Hamilton
10:00 a.m.
Neely Building, Room 118
Title: A Time-Dependent Slice Balance Method for Radiation Transport Computations
Committee: Dr. Cassiano de Oliveira, Chair (NRE), Dr. Weston M. Stacey (NRE), Dr. Kevin T. Clarno (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Academic Program Review
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Dean Don Giddens and Associate Dean Jane Ammons plan to meet with the ME faculty to discuss the final report from the ME Academic Program Review. All interested faculty should plan to attend.
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College of Engineering Distinguished Professor Seminar
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
BME building, Lecture Hall 1103
Title: Understanding and engineering Biomolecular Structures for Nanomedicine
Speaker: Gang Bao (Georgia Tech)
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Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Matthias Messer
3:00 p.m.
MARC Building, Room 114
Title: A Systematic Approach Towards Simulation-Based Integrated Product, Materials, and Design Process Design
Committee: Dr. Janet K. Allen, Chair (ME), Dr. David L. McDowell (MSE/ME), Dr. Farrokh Mistree (ME), Dr. P. Douglas Yoder (ECE), Dr. Benjamin Klein (ECE), Dr. Cyrus K. Aidun (ME)
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Woodruff School Annual Spring Banquet
6:00 p.m.
Student Center Ballroom
Honoring graduating seniors, award winners and presenting the Woodruff School Distinguished Alumnus and the Zeigler Outstanding Educator
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| April 10 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Camil-Daniel Ghiu
10:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Pool Boiling from Enhanced Structures under Confinement
Committee: Dr. Yogendra Joshi, Chair (ME), Dr. Said Abdel-Khalik (ME), Dr. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan (ME), Dr. Madhavan Swaminathan (ECE), Dr. Sushil Bhavnani (Auburn University)
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ATDC Annual Showcase: A Billion Dollar Celebration
1:00 p.m.
Technology Square Research Building
At the event, you'll see demonstration from ATDC's forty fast-growth companies, Talk with the entrepreneurs leading those firms, Hear updates on the ATDC and its related programs, Network with the area's technology leaders
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| April 11 |
Institute Faculty/Staff Honors Luncheon
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Student Center Ballroom
Contact Aimee Anderson at 404.894.7163 for more information |
Fulbright Faculty Scholars Program Workshop
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Global Learning Center, Room 330
Speaker: Dr. Andy Riess (Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Washington, D.C.
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| April 11 - April 24 |
Registration for fall semester 2007 for continuing students (Phase 1) |
| April 12 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Charles Becht
10:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 311
Title: Onset of Flow Instability in Uniformly-Heated, Narrow, Rectangular Channels
Committee: Dr. Said I. Abdel-Khalik, Chair (ME), Dr. Sheldon M. Jeter (ME), Dr. S. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan (ME)
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Honeywell Nobel Initiative
11:00 a.m.
Howey Physics building, Lecture Room 1
Title: From Micro- to Nanoelectronics
Speaker: Dr. Klaus von Klitzing (Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics)
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Nuclear and Radiiological Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
Molecular Science & Engineering Building, Room 3201A
Title: Advances in Control and Understanding of Fusion Plasmas in DIII-D
Speaker: Mickey Wade (General Atomics - San Diego, CA) |
| April 12 - April 13 |
NSf Engineering Research Center on Company and Efficient Fluid Power Conference
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Georgia Tech Global Learning Center
Registration deadline is Friday, April 6th. View at http://www.ccefp.org/conference/index.html. |
| April 13 |
Woodruff Colloquium
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Dr. Winer
Speaker: John A. Williams (Cambridge University) |
Woodruff Colloquium
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: Tribological Challenges in Small Devices
Speaker: John A. Williams (University of Cambridge) |
Research and Cummunity Building Day: A show-and-Tell Event
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Georgia Tech Savannah Campus, PARB 126
For more information, contact Dirk Schaefer |
| April 14 |
35th Annual Dean Briffin Pi Mile 5k Road Race
8:00 a.m.
Tech Tower Lawn
7:00 am Registration - 8:00 am Race. For more information visit Pi Mile website
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| April 16 |
Deadline to submit proposals for the 2007 Honda Initiation Grant. View www.honda-ri.com/HRI_Us/about-us/honda-initiation-grant for more details. |
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Seminar
11:15 a.m.
MS&E Building, Room 3201A
Title: Dust Particle Size Effects on Absorbed Fraction Values in the Anterior Nose
Speaker: Hanna Moussa (University of Tennessee) |
| April 17 |
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Modeling Microcapsules on Polymeric Substrates: from Controlled Motion to Targeted Delivery
Speaker: Alexander Alexeev (University of Pittsburgh) |
Institute Student Honors Luncheon
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Student Center Ballroom
For more information, contact Gus Giebelhaus at 404.894.6828 |
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
3:00 p.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: Nanoparticle Suspensions (nanofluids): A New Solution to the Heat Transfer Demands
Speaker: Calvin Hong Li (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Jamal Wilson
3:30 p.m.
MARC Building, Room 201
Title: A Systematic Method for Reverse Engineering Biological Systems
Committee: Dr. David Rosen, Chair (ME), Dr. Meisha Shofner (PTFE), Dr. David Ku (ME), Dr. Bert Bras (ME), Dr. Janet Allen (ME), Dr. Jeanette Yen (BIO) |
| April 18 |
Georgia Tech Women's Forum
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Student Center, Room 301
Speaker: Certified Professional Coach Cathy Perry of Inward Bound
Topic: Work/Life Balance: Beyond Time Management to Living Your Values |
ISTD Sustainability Showcase of Student and Faculty Research
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Ferst Center Galleries |
| April 19 |
ASME Spring Picnic
More information will be posted soon |
Nuclear and Radiological engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: The Future of Nuclear Energy
Speaker: Jeffrey T. Gasser (Southern Nuclear Company) |
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Seminar
3:00 p.m.
Bunger-Henry Building, Room 380
Title: Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy of Liver Tumor - A Clinician's Perspective
Speaker: Sunil Krishnan, M.D. (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center) |
| April 20 |
Cross registration application deadline for summer semester |
Earth Day 2007
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Skiles Walkway and the Georgia Tech Plaza
See www.earthday.gatech.edu to volunteer for a one-hour shift
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Earth Day 2007 Musical Performance by Dr. Dr., Mr. MD
11:00 a.m.
Georgia Tech Plaza (by the campanile)
Contact Paul Neitzel for more details. |
CSE/ORNL Seminar Series
2:00 p.m.
ESM Building, Room 212
Title: Cyber Security Through a Defense-In-Depth Approach
Speaker: Victor Hazlewood (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
| April 21 |
Deadline to submit applications for 2007 Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative/Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Fellowship Program for Master's Degree Students: 5:00 p.m. Submit an application to www.studentpipeline.org.
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| April 23 |
Deadline to let Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies know about Undergraduate Research Opportunities (or credit or pay) for Summer Semester 2007. Contact Dave Sanborn for additional information.
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| April 24 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by David Bark
8:00 a.m.
IBB Building, Room 1316
Title: Mechanistic Numerical Study of Thrombus Growth
Committee: Dr. David Ku, Chair (ME), Dr. Cyrus Aidun (ME), Dr. Don Giddens (BME) |
Woodruff Distinguished Lecture
1:30 p.m.
Van Leer (ECE) Auditorium
Speaker: Dr. Steve Koonin, (Chief Scientist of BP)
A reception will follow the lecture. More information about this event will be posted as it becomes available. |
Materials Seminar
3:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 299
Title: Application of Thermodynamics to Modern Materials Challenges
Speaker: Y. Austin Chang (University of Wisconsin) |
| April 26 |
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
10:00 a.m.
IBB, Room 1128
Title: Role of Damage and Remodeling in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Regeneration
Speaker: Dr. James Iatridis (University of Vermont) |
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
Molecular Science & Engineering, Room 3201A
Title: Characteristics of Small ELMs in NSTX
Speaker: Rajesh Maingi (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - UT-Batelle, LLC) |
Woodruff Colloquium
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: Dynamics and Stability of Coupled Capillary-Surfaces: Adhesion Inspired by Nature
Dr. Paul Neitzel
Speaker: Professor Paul H. Steen (Cornell University) |
Faculty Meeting
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211 |
| April 27 |
Last day of classes for spring semester |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Byron Van Gorp
8:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: FIRAT With Improved Dynamics and Detection Range
Committee: Dr. Levent Degertekin, Chair (ME), Dr. Wayne Whiteman (ME), Dr. Peter Hesketh (ME) |
Center for Organic Phtonics and Electronics Seminar
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The Molecular Science and Engineering Building, Room 3201
Title: Mechanical Issues for Flexible Electronics
Speaker: Jay Lewis, RTI (MCNC Research and Development Institute) |
| April 30 |
First day of final exams for spring semester |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Toufik Yacine Chalfi
1:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Pressure Loss Associated with Flow Area Change in Micro-Channels
Committee: Seyed M. Ghiaasiaan, Chair (ME), Sheldon M. Jeter (ME), Marc K. Smith (ME) |
Retirement Party for Woodruff School Chair Ward O. Winer
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m
The Alumni House
Invitations to the event are forthcoming |
| May 1 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Charles Coggins
9:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Single- and Multiple-Stage Cascaded Vapor Compression Refrigeration for Electronics Cooling
Committee: Dr. Yogendra Joshi, Chair (ME), Dr. Andrei Fedorov (ME), Dr. Paul Kohl (ChE) |
General Faculty Assembly and Academic Senate
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Student Center Theater |
| May 2 |
Deemed Export Advisory Committee Meeting at Georgia Tech
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
GTRI Conference Center Auditorium (250 14th Street, NW)
For more information, view www.whistle.gatech.edu/archives/07/apr/02/deac.shtml or on the Georgia Tech export website at www.export.gatech.edu.
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COE Distinguished Professor Seminar
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: Nanotechnology Based on Oxide Nanobelts and Nanowaires
Speaker: Zhong Lin (Z. L.) Wang (Georgia Tech) |
| May 3 |
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: Stem Cell-Based Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration Strategies: Meeting at the Crossroads of Engineering and Developmental Biology
Dr. Andrés García
Speaker: Katherine K. Kuo (National Institutes of Health)
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| May 4 |
Last day of final exams for spring semester |
| May 5 |
Commencement ceremonies for spring semester graduates |
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Spring 2007 commencement ceremony |
Deadline for faculty to submit final grades, including thesis grades, for spring 2007 semester: 12:00pm.
For assistance, e-mail .
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| May 8 |
Faculty Advisory Committee
3:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 3220 |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Logan McLeod
3:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Hydrogen Separation Via Micromachined Pd/Ag Alloy Membranes: Performance Limitations and Transient Response
Committee: Dr. Andrei Fedorov, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. Levent Degertekin (ME), Dr. Rhett Mayor (ME), Dr. Meilin Liu (MSE), Dr. William Koros (ChBE) |
| May 9 |
gt motorsports presents their new car
2:00 p.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
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| May 10 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Joseph Charest
9:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: Topographic and Chemical Patterning of Cell-Surface Interfaces to Influence Cellular Functions
Committee: Dr. William P. King, Chair (ME), Dr. F. Levent Degertekin (ME), Dr. Andrés J. García (ME), Dr. Hang Lu (ChBE), Dr. Todd C. McDevitt (BME)
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M.S. Thesis Presentation by Fabian Goericke
1:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: Simulation, Fabrication and Characterization of Piezoresistive Bio-/Chemical Sensing Microcantilevers
Committee: Dr. William King, Chair (ME), Dr. Samuel Graham (ME), Dr. Peter Hesketh (ME) |
atdc Annual Showcase 1 Billion Dollar Celebration
2:00 p.m.
RSVP. |
| May 10 - May 18 |
Registration for new students and continuing students (Phase II) for summer semester |
| May 11 |
Registration fees without penalty due to the Bursar's Office by 4:00 p.m. for summer semester 2007 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Aniruddha Pal
1:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Experimental and Numerical Study of a Dual-chamber Thermosyphon
Committee: Dr. Yogendra Joshi, Chair (ME), Dr. Seyed Mostafa Ghiaasiaan (ME), Dr. Samuel V. Shelton (ME), Dr. Larry J. Forney (ChBE), Dr. Sushil Bhavnani (ME, Auburn University) |
| May 14 |
First day of classes for summer semester 2007 |
| May 16 |
Deadline for Spring Semester 2007 nominations for the Outstanding Achievement Award for classified staff. All nominations should be in a sealed envelope and delivered to Samantha James, MRDC by 4:00 p.m. |
Faculty Meeting
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211 |
Georgia Tech Women's Forum
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Student Center, Room 301
Title: Greening your Office, Home and Life
Speaker: Jody Norman (Georgia Tech's Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
Lunch (optional): $7.00 or brown baggers enjoy a drink and dessert for $1.00. RSVP to . |
| May 16 - May 20 |
2007 Formula SAE Student Competition for gt motorsports car 24
Ford Proving Grounds, Romeo, Michigan
For more information contact . |
| May 17 |
Automation and Mechatronics Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MaRC Building, Auditorium
Title: Self-Contained Field Attitude Tracking for Dynamic Legged Locomotion
Professor William Singhose
Speaker: Dr. Surya Singh (University of Western Australia) |
Office of the Provost Reorganization Town Hall Meeting
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Student Center Theatre
If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact Julie Dawkins at . |
| May 18 |
Last day to register or make schedule changes for summer semester |
| May 20 - May 24 |
10th Annual NSTI Nanotech 2007 and BioNano 2007 Conference
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California
View www.nsti.org/Nanotech2007 for submission deadlines and more information
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| May 21 |
Start of the 2007 Shanghai Summer Program at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
For more details about the program, view http://china.ece.gatech.edu/shanghai.
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Woodruff Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Multifunctional Polymer Composites
Dr. Jonathan Colton
Speaker: Dr. Kyriaki Kalaitzidou (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) |
| May 22 |
Georgia Tech Welcome to Retirement: Rolling the Dice Never Felt So Good!
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Wardlaw Center, Gordy Dinning Room
Reservations must be received by May 11. Contact for more details. |
Institute Retirement Dinner
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Wardlaw Building, Gordy Room
For more details, contact Aimee Anderson at 404.894.7613 |
| May 23 |
Ford Motor Company's Partner Recognition Event
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Skiles Walkway
To learn more about the Ford X-Plan and other miscellaneous benefits available to Georgia Tech employees see our website.
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| May 28 |
Memorial Day Holiday (no classes) |
| May 29 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Paul Wickersham
3:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Jet Mixing Enhancement by High-Amplitude Pulsed-Fluidic Actuation
Committee: Dr. David Parekh, Chair (ME), Dr. Ari Glezer (ME), Dr. Samuel Shelton (ME), Dr. Jechiel Jagoda (AE), Dr. Richard Gaeta (AE)
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| May 30 |
Deadline to submit proposals for the Focused Research Program (FRP) |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Matthew Determan
10:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Thermally Activated Miniaturized Cooling System
Committee: Dr. Srinivas Garimella, Chair (ME), Dr. Sheldon Jeter (ME), Dr. William Wepfer (ME), Dr. Mark Allen (ECE), Dr. Tom Fuller (ChBE)
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| May 31 |
ARCS Foundation National Meeting at Georgia Tech
More information is forthcoming. |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Zachary Friis
11:30 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4115
Title: An Examination of the Effects of Neutral Particles on Plasma Edge Phenomena
Committee: Weston M. Stacey, Chair (NRE), Farzad Rahnema (NRE), W.F.G. van Rooijen (NRE), Thomas Barker (BME), Richard Groebner (General Atomics), Yunfeng Liang (Forschungszentrum)
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| June 1 |
ARCS Foundation National Meeting at Georgia Tech. More information is forthcoming. |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Kyle Webber
2:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Effect of Domain Wall Motion and Phase Transformations of Nonlinear Hysteretic Constitutive Behavior in Ferroelectric Materials
Committee: Dr. Christopher Lynch, Chair (ME), Dr. Nazanin Bassiri Gharb (ME), Dr. Rosario Gerhardt (MSE), Dr. Rick Neu (ME), Dr. Jianmin Qu (ME), Dr. Arash Yavari (CEE) |
| June 4 |
Materials Council Seminar
11:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Al Alloy Based In Situ Metal Matrix Composites
Speaker: Professor M. Chakraborty (IIT Kharagpur India) |
| June 4 - June 8 |
153rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
Salt Lake City, Utah
View asa.aip.org/meetings.html for more information |
| June 5 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by John Moody
1:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4112
Title: An Investigation of 3D Elastic-Plastic Sliding Contact Under Structural and Electromagnetic Loads
Committee: Dr. Itzhak Green, Chair (ME), Dr. Richard Neu (ME), Dr. Jeffrey Streator (ME) |
| June 5 - June 6 |
American Red Cross Blood Drive at Georgia Tech
11:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Student Center Ballroom |
| June 6 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Carter Dietz
11:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Single-phase Forced Convection in a Microchannel with Carbon Nanotubes for Electronic Cooling Appliations
Committee: Dr. Yogendra Joshi, Chair (ME), Dr. Minami Yoda (ME), Dr. David Gerlach (ME) |
Woodruff School Brown Bag
12:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
This month's presentation will be Summer Safety |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Deepak Maini
1:00 p.m.
IPST Building, Room 521
Title: VOF based Multiphase Lattice Boltzmann method using explicit boundary conditions at the interface
Committee: Dr. Cyrus Aidun, Chair (ME), Dr. Minami Yoda (ME), Dr. S. M. Ghiaasiaan (ME) |
| June 8 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Laurent Capolungo
10:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Modeling of the size effect in the plastic behavior of polycrystalline materials
Committee: Dr. Jianmin Qu, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. Mohammed Cherkaoui (ME), Dr. David L. McDowell (ME), Dr. Hamid Garmestani (MSE), Dr. Steven Johnson (MSE)
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| June 11 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by James Weathers
2:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 311
Title: Thermal Performance of Helium-cooled Divertors for Magnetic Fusion Applications
Committee: Dr. Said I. Abdel-Khalik, Chair (ME), Dr. Minami Yoda (ME), Dr. Seyed M. Ghiaasiaan (ME)
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Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Joshua Vaughan
4:00 p.m.
MARC Building, Room 331
Title: Dynamics and Control of Mobile Cranes
Committee: Dr. William Singhose, Chair (ME), Dr. Kok-Meng Lee (ME), Dr. J. Rhett Mayor (ME), Dr. John-Paul Clarke (AE), Dr. Patricio Vela (ECE)
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| June 12 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Stephanie Thompson
12:00 p.m.
MARC Building, Room 201
Title: Material Design vs Material Selection: A Trade-off Between Design Freedom and Design Simplicity
Committee: Farrokh Mistree, Chair (ME), Janet K. Allen (ME), David McDowell (ME)
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| June 13 |
Progress report grades due for 1000 and 2000 level courses for summer semester 2007 |
Georgia Tech Women's Forum
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Student Center, Room 301
Title: Year-end Networking Potluck
Bring your favorite dish to share (include a copy of your recipe for our upcoming GTWF cookbook). RSVP to Beth Spencer (). |
| June 14 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Steven Keller
2:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Flux-Limited Diffusion Coefficient Applied To Reactor Analysis
Committee: Dr. Farzad Rahnema, Chair (NE), Dr. Weston M. Stacey (NE), Nolan E. Hertel (NE), Thomas D. Morley (MA), Daniel W. Tedder (ChBE) |
| June 15 |
Deadline to submit letters of notification for the 7th Annual CDC/Georgia Tech Research Awards: Seed Funding to Promote Collaborative Research |
| June 18 |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Edward Birdsell
2:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: Wireless Micromachined Chemical Sensors for Operation in Harsh Environments
Committee: Dr. Ari Glezer, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. Mark G. Allen (ECE), Dr. Oliver Brand (ECE), Dr. Samuel Graham (ME), Dr. Peter J. Hesketh (ME)
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| June 22 |
Last day to withdraw from individual courses with a grade of W for summer semester |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Robert Bialobrzeski
9:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Optimization of a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Field for Cost Effective Power Output
Committee: Dr. Sheldon Jeter, Chair (ME), Dr. Srinivas Garimella (ME), Dr. Sam Shelton (ME) |
| June 25 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Matthew Wagner
10:00 a.m.
MARC Building, Room 301
Title: Automation of a Thread Rolling Machine for use in a Flexible Workcell
Committee: Dr. Shreyes Melkote, Chair (ME), Dr. Steve Dickerson (ME), Dr. Steven Danyluk (ME) |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Karen Hallow
1:30 p.m.
MARC Building, Room 114
Title: Relationships Between Mechanical Stress and Inflammation in Human Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque
Committee: Dr. Raymond Vito, Chair (ME), Dr. Hamid Garmestani (MSE), Dr. Rudolph Gleason (ME), Dr. Robert Guldberg (ME), Dr. Alexander Rachev (ME), Dr. Robert Taylor (Emory Med) |
| June 27 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Jee Cha
11:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 311
Title: Hydrodynamic Parameters of Micro Porous Media for Steady and Oscillatory Flow: Application to Cryocooler Regenerators
Committee: Dr. S. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan, Chair (ME), Dr. P.V. Desai (ME), Dr. S.M. Jeter (ME), Dr. K.D. Pennell (CEE), Dr. C.S. Kirkconnell (Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems), Dr. J.P. Harvey (Schlumberger)
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| June 28 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Yu-Shin Kim
10:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Correlation Between MMP-2 and -9 Levels and Local Stresses in Arteries Using a Heterogeneous Mechanical Model
Committee: Dr. Raymond P. Vito, Chair (ME), Dr. Andrés J. García (ME), Dr. Marc E. Levenston (ME), Dr. W. Robert Taylor (Medicine, Emory University), Dr. Zorina S. Galis (Eli Lilly and Company)
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Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Sangsoo Lee
2:30 p.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Development of Techniques for In-Situ Measurement of Heat and Mass Transfer in Ammonia-Water Absorption Systems
Committee: Dr. Srinivas Garimella, Chair (ME), Dr. S. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan (ME), Dr. Sheldon M. Jeter (ME), Dr. Amyn Teja (ChBE), Dr. Tom Fuller (ChBE)
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| June 29 |
Deadline to submit applications for the Gary B. Multanen/Composites Manufacturing Magazine Applied Research Student Scholarship
Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply. Application forms may be found at: www.cmmagazine.org/cm/GM-Application.pdf.
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Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Shashvat Prakash
2:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: Lean Blowout Mitigation in Swirl Stabilized Flames
Committee: Prof. Ben T. Zinn, Chair (ME), Dr. Yedidia Neumeier (AE), Prof. Tim Lieuwen (AE), Prof. Nader Sadegh (ME), Prof. Wayne Book (ME) |
| June 29 - July 4 |
Acoustics '08 Paris Conference
Palais des Congres, Paris, France
View www.acoustics08-paris.org for more information.
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| July 2 |
Deadline to submit proposals for DLPE Development Funds for Educational Programs.
Contact Nelson Baker ( for more information. |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Lorenzo Crosatti
2:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Gas-Cooled Divertors Performance
Committee: Dr. Said Abdel-Khalik, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. Minami Yoda (ME), Dr. Yogendra Joshi (ME), Dr. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan (ME), Dr. Narayanan Komerath (AE), Dr. Donald Webster (CEE) |
| July 3 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Brian Fronk
10:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 310
Title: Development and validation of a heat transfer model for a water-coupled microchannel gas cooler
Committee: Dr. Srinivas Garimella, Chair (ME), Dr. Sheldon Jeter (ME), Dr. Tom Fuller (ChBE) |
| July 3 - July 6 |
RoboCup 2007 Atlanta (competition for research robotics)
Opening Ceremony and Qualifying Competitions at Georgia Tech. For more information, visit www.robocup-us.org. |
| July 4 |
Independence Day Holiday (no classes) |
| July 5 |
Last day Degree Petitions can be accepted by the Registrar for Fall semester 2007 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Bummo Chung
11:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Finite-element Analysis of Physical Phenomena of the Lab-scale Electromagnetic Launcher
Committee: Dr. Itzhak Green, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. Richard Cowan (MARC), Dr. Richard Neu (ME) |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Brian Lockwood
3:00 p.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: A Two Dimensional Fluid Dynamics Solver for Use in Multiphysics Simulations of Gas Cooled Reactors
Committee: Dr. Cassiano de Oliveira, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. S. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan (NRE), Dr. Richard C. Martineau (INL) |
| July 7 - July 8 |
RoboCup 2007 Atlanta (robotics competition)
Finals at Georgia Tech |
| July 9 |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Zachary Douglas
8:30 a.m.
Love Building, Room 109
Title: Acoustically Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer
Committee: Dr. Ari Glezer, Chair (ME), Dr. Marc K. Smith (ME), Dr. Paul Neitzel (ME) |
M.S. Thesis Presentation by Jared Hoover
2:00 p.m.
Neely Building, Room 118
Title: Monte Carlo Modeling of a Varian 2100C 18 MV Megavoltage Photon Beam and Subsequent Dose Delivery using MCNP5
Committee: Dr. Farzad Rahnema, Chair (NRE/MP), Dr. Eric Elder (NRE/MP), Dr. Chris Wang (NRE/MP) |
| July 9 - July 10 |
RoboCup Symposium
Georgia Tech
For more details, visit www.robocup-us.org. |
| July 9 - July 11 |
Academic Advisement for fall semester 2007 |
| July 10 |
Ph.D. Proposal Presentation by Vishwanath Subramaniam
10:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 311
Title: Computational analysis of binary-fluid heat and mass transfer in falling films and droplets
Committee: Dr. Srinivas Garimella, Chair (ME), Dr. William Wepfer (ME), Dr. Sheldon Jeter (ME), Dr. Tim Lieuwen (AE), Dr. Tom Fuller (CHBE) |
| July 11 - July 24 |
Registration for fall semester 2007 for continuing students (Phase I) |
| July 12 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Matthew Kontz
9:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 210
Title: Haptic Control of Hydraulic Machinery using Proportional Valves
Committee: Dr. Wayne Book, Chair (ME), Dr. Nader Sadegh (ME), Dr. Kok-Meng Lee (ME), Dr. Amy Pritchett (AE/ISyE), Dr. Mark Evans (John Deere) |
| July 13 |
Cross registration application deadline for fall semester 2007 |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Lalit Bohra
2:00 p.m.
Love Building, Room 311
Title: Analysis of Binary Fluid Heat and Mass Transfer in Ammonia-Water Absorption
Committee: Dr Srinivas Garimella, Chair (ME), Dr Samuel Graham (ME), Dr William Wepfer (ME), Dr Michael Bergin (CEE), Dr James Frederick (ChBE) |
| July 16 |
Deadline to submit applications/proposals for the 7th Annual CDC/Georgia Tech Research Awards: Seed Funding to Promote Collaborative Research
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Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Carl Hanna
2:00 p.m.
MARC Building, Room 114
Title: Engineering Residual Stress into the workpiece through the design of Machining Process Parameters
Committee: Dr. Steven Liang, Co-Chair(ME), Dr. Ru-Min Chao (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan), Dr. Shreyes Melkote (ME), Dr. Rick Neu (ME), Dr. Hamid Garmestani (MSE), Dr. Paul Griffin (ISYE) |
| July 21 |
Last day of the 2007 Shanghai Summer Program at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. View: http://china.ece.gatech.edu/shanghai. |
| July 24 |
Deadline for faculty to submit interview list of new Woodruff School graduate to interview |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Remi Dingreville
10:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211
Title: Modeling and Characterization of the Mechanical Behavior of Nanostructured Materials: From an Atomistic Description to a Continuum Approach
Committee: Jianmin Qu, Chair (ME), David McDowell (ME), Min Zhou (ME), Mo Li (MSE), Elisa Rideo (PHYS) |
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Benjamin Black
10:00 a.m.
Love Building, Room 311
Title: Controlling a Passive Haptic Master During Teleoperation
Committee: Prof Wayne Book, Chair (ME), Prof Al Ferri (ME), Prof Kok-Meng Lee (ME), Prof Lena Ting (BME), Prof Julie Jacko (BME), Dr Jeannie Falcon (National Instruments / University of Texas) |
| July 27 |
Last day of classes for summer semester 2007 |
| July 30 |
First day of final exams for summer semester 2007 |
| August 1 |
Deadline to submit application for the National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Awards. View www.national-academies.org/rap or call the NRC at 202.334.2760
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| August 2 |
Last day of final exams for summer semester |
| August 3 |
Commencement ceremony for summer semester 2007 graduates |
| August 7 |
Sandia National Laboratories Twelfth Annual Student Internship Symposium
Embassy Suites Hotel, Albuquerque, New Mexico
View www.sandia.gov/employment/special-prog/sip/symposium.html. |
| August 8 |
Deadline to submit names of graders for fall semester 2007. Send an email to Dimetra Butler (e-mail). |
| August 15 |
First day for faculty to interview new Woodruff School graduate students |
Woodruff School New Graduate Student Orientation
MaRC Building, Auditorium and Room 114
For more information, contact Trudy Allen (e-mail). |
| August 15 - August 24 |
Registration for new students and continuing students (Phase II) for fall semester 2007 |
| August 17 |
Registration fees without penalty due to the Bursar's Office by 4:00 p.m. for fall semester 2007 |
| August 20 |
First day of classes for fall semester |
| August 22 |
GT ADVANCE Worship on Navigating Research: How to Work with Agencies, Foundations, and Industry
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Wardlaw Center, Gordy Room
RSVP by Friday, August 10 to www.gtadvance.eventbrite.com. For questions or more details, contact Monique Tavares at . |
| August 24 |
Last day to pay registration fees with penalty to the Bursar's Office by 4:00 p.m. for fall semester |
| August 30 |
Meeting for Graders for fall semester classes
11:00 a.m.
MRDC Building, Room 4211 |
Woodruff School Ice Cream Social for Undergraduates
2:00 p.m.
More details will be available at a later date. |
| September 3 |
Labor Day Holiday (no classes) |
| September 5 |
GT Robojackets Introduction and Information Meeting
3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Student Center Ballroom
For more information, view http://www.robojackets.org/?page_id=2.
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| September 5 - September 7 |
ASME 2nd Energy Nanotechnology Conference
Santa Clara, California
For more information, view www.asme.org or contact Andrei Fedorov (e-mail)
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| September 7 |
Woodruff School Annual Cookout for Graduate Students
2:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
On the MaRC lawn
More details will be available soon. |
| September 13 - September 16 |
Georgia Tech Family Weekend |
| September 14 |
Woodruff School Family Weekend Open House
More information will be available soon. |
| Last day for faculty to interview new Woodruff School graduate students |
| Deadline for faculty to submit their preferences for new GRA's to the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies |
| September 28 |
Progress report grades due for 1000 and 2000 level courses for fall semester |
| October 12 |
Last day to withdraw from individual courses with a grade of W for fall semester |
| October 24 |
Deadline for degree petitions to be accdepted by the Registrar for spring semester 2008 |
| October 29 - October 31 |
Academic advisement for spring semester 2008 |
| October 31 |
First day to register for spring semester 2008 for continuing students (Phase I) |
| November 1 |
Deadline to submit applications for National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Awards.
View www.national-academies.org/rap. |
| November 11 - November 16 |
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE07)
Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, Washington
For more information, view www.asmeconferences.org/Congress07. |
| November 13 |
Last day to register for spring semester 2008 for continuing students (Phase I) |
| November 16 |
Cross registration application deadline for spring semester 2008 |
| Institute Graduate Curriculum Meeting |
| November 22 - November 23 |
Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes) |
| November 27 - December 1 |
154th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
New Orleans, Louisiana
View asa.aip.org/meetings.html for more details. |
| December 7 |
Last day of classes for fall semester |
| December 10 - December 14 |
Final exams for fall semester |
| December 15 |
Commencement ceremonies for fall semester 2007 graduates |
