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Monday, September 22

Current Trends Toward a Favorable Environment
for New Technology Companies
Shawn Carson , Technology 2020, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Technology Transfer Office and Center for
Entrepreneurial Growth Brown Bag Seminar
11:30 AM — 1:00 PM, Conference Center (Building 5200),
Cumberland Conference Room (219)
Walk ins welcome; RSVP by September 19
and get free pizza.
Contact: Jan Palmer ( palmerjz@ornl.gov), palmerjz@ornl.gov

Wednesday, September 24

Managing Locality in Grand Challenge Applications:
A Case Study of the Gyrokinetic Toroidal Code
Gabriel Marin, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Future Technologies Colloquium Series Seminar
10:00 AM, Research Office Building (5700), Room L-202
Contact: Jeff Vetter (vetter@ornl.gov), 865.576.7115

The IAEA and State-Declared Safeguards Information
John Oakberg, International Atomic Energy Agency (retired)
Global Security and Nonproliferation Program Seminar
2:00 PM, Building 4500-S, Weinberg Auditorium
Contact: Volena LeTourneau (letourneauva@ornl.gov), 865.574.6874

Friday, September 26

Opportunities in Nanomagnetism
Sam Bader, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill.
Materials Science and Technology Division
Materials Theory Seminar
11:00 AM, SNS Central Laboratory and Office Building (8600),
Iran Thomas Auditorium (Room A-103)
Contact: Jian Shen ( shenj@ornl.gov), 865.241.4828

Formation of Preheated Zone Ahead of a Flame and
Origins of the Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition
Michael A. Liberman, Uppsala University, Sweden
Computer Science and Mathematics Division Seminar
11:00 AM, Computational Sciences Building (5600), Room L-202
Contact: Yehuda Braiman (braimany@ornl.gov), 865.241.2065

A Vision of Science for the Future of UT
John Petersen, President, University of Tennessee
UT Science Forum
12:00 PM, Thompson-Boling Arena, Dining Room C-D,
the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Bring your lunch or purchase it from the arena.
Contact: Mark Littmann (littmann@utk.edu), 865.974.8156

Sunday, September 28

Neutron Instrumentation and Optics
Dean Myles, Neutron Scattering Science Division
Neutron Scattering Lecture Series, Tenth U.S. National
School on Neutron and X-Ray Scattering
1:00 PM — 3:00 PM, SNS Central Laboratory and Office Building (8600),
Iran Thomas Auditorium (Room A-105)
The lectures continue through October 2.
Starting times vary; call for a schedule.
Contact: Al Ekkebus ( ekkebusae@ornl.gov ), 865.241.5644

Monday, September 29

Active Combustion Control Using Plasma-Based Technologies
for Combustion Optimization for Clean and Energy-Efficient
Gasoline and Diesel Engines
Michael A. Liberman, Uppsala University, Sweden
Computer Science and Mathematics Division Seminar
1:30 PM, NTRC, Room D-01
Contact: Yehuda Braiman (braimany@ornl.gov), 865.241.2065

Tuesday, September 30

NOTE TIME CHANGE:
Bioimaging Data to Drive Mathematical Models
of Tumor Growth and Treatment Response
Tom Yankeelov, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
Computational Sciences and Engineering Division Seminar
11:00 AM, Research Office Building (5700), Room L-204
Contact: ( scottar@ornl.gov), 865.241.0331

Wednesday, October 01

Mechanical Properties of Individual Nanostructures
László Forró, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Materials Science and Technology Division Seminar
2:00 PM, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (Building 8610),
Executive Conference Room (L-183)
Contact: David Mandrus (mandrusdg@ornl.gov), 865.574.6282

Thursday, October 02

Process-Level Fault Tolerance for
Job Healing in HPC Environments
Chao Wang, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Computer Science and Mathematics Division Seminar
10:00 AM, Research Office Building (5700), Room L-202
Contact: Stephen L. Scott ( scottsl@ornl.gov ), 865.574.3144

Friday, October 03

Saving Athletes' Ruined Arms
David Cassada, UT Medical Center
UT Science Forum Seminar
12:00 PM, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Thompson-Boling Arena, Dining Room C-D
Bring your lunch or purchase it from the arena.
Contact: Mark Littmann (littmann@utk.edu ), 865.974.8156

Friday, October 10

Infrared Spectroscopy of Correlated
Electron Matter at the Nano Scale
D. N. Bassov, The University of California, San Diego
Materials Science and Technology Division Seminar
11:00 AM, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (Building 8610),
Executive Conference Room (L-183)
Contact: David Mandrus (mandrusdg@ornl.gov), 865.574.6282

Friday, October 17

Neutron Scattering and Computer Simulation in Biology
Jeremy C. Smith, Center for Molecular Biophysics
Neutron Scattering Science Division
11:00 AM, SNS Central Laboratory and Office Building (8600), Iran Thomas Auditorium (Room A-103)
Contact: Dean Myles (mylesda@ornl.gov ), 865.574.0548