What: Seminar Who: Prof. Mohammad R. K. Mofrad, University of California Berkeley When: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Models of Cellular Mechanobiology, from Focal Adhesions to Nuclear Pores

What: NRE 8011/8012 Seminar Who: Dr. Anna Erickson, Georgia Tech, NRE When: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 11:00 AM Where: Boggs Building Room 3-47 Title: Antineutrinos for reactor safeguards: effect of fuel loading and burnup on the signal

What: Faculty Candidate Seminar Who: Dr. Shannon Yee, University of California Berkeley When: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Towards Polymer-Hybrid Thermoelectric Energy Conversion: The Promise of Harvesting Waste-Heat for Power Generation

What: GT Courtesy Listing Who: Paul Adams, Pratt and Whitney When: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 3:30 PM Where: Guggenheim Building Room G442 Title: Challenges and Opportunities for Future Aerospace Propulsion Systems

What: Faculty Candidate Seminar Who: Dr. Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland When: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 10:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Enhancing Microfluidics Sample Preparation with 3D Carbon electrodes and Electric Fields

What: Woodruff School Graduate Women (WSGW) Tech Talks Who: Dr. Saniya LeBlanc, Stanford University When: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 11:00 AM Where: MARC Building Room 101 Title: The Feasibility of Thermoelectric Power Generation: Linking Materials, Systems, and Cost

What: NRE 8011/8012 Seminar Who: Dr. Rakesh Behera, Georgia Tech, NRE When: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 11:00 AM Where: Boggs Building Room 3-47 Title: Fundamental Understanding of Oxide Nuclear Fuels Using Atomistic Simulations

What: COE/Structural Mechanics Seminar Who: Dr. Gwenaelle Proust, School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia When: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 3:00 PM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: What can one do with electron backscatter diffraction? Illustration through case studies

What: GT Courtesy Listing Who: Mr. Norman Wereley, University of Maryland When: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 3:30 PM Where: Guggenheim Building Room 442 Title: Adaptive Energy Absorption Systems Using Magnetorheological Fluids

What: GT Courtesy Listing Who: Mr. Chuck Zhang, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering When: Monday, January 28, 2013 at 12:00 PM Where: MRDC Building Room 114 Title: Lightweight Carbon Nanotube Buckypaper Material for Multifunctional Applications