What: Non-ME Seminar Who: Dr. Yousef Saad, College of Science and Engineering Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota When: Friday, April 5, 2013 at 2:00 PM Where: Klaus Building Room 2443 Title: Multilevel Algebraic Preconditioning Techniques with Applications

What: Faculty Candidate Seminar Who: Dr. Neil Dasgupta, University of California, Berkeley When: Monday, April 8, 2013 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Atomic Layer Deposition for Interfacial Engineering of Solar Energy Conversion Devices

What: NRE 8011/8012 Seminar Who: Dr. Martin Hellman, Stanford University When: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM Where: MARC Building Room Auditorium Title: The Wisdom of Foolishness: Taking on Nuclear Deterrence

What: COE/Structural Mechanics Seminar Who: Dr. Warren Oliver, President Nanomechanics Inc., Oak Ridge TN When: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 3:00 PM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Mechanical Properties Mapping Using Probe Experiments: Fact and Fiction

What: NRE 8011/8012 Seminar Who: Dr. Hao Gao, Emory University When: Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 11:00 AM Where: Boggs Building Room 3-47 Title: Tensor Framelet based Novel Reconstruction Methods for Better and Faster CT Imaging

What: Faculty Candidate Seminar Who: Dr. Cristina Botero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) When: Monday, April 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: Driving Innovation through Multiscale Analysis: Development of a Novel Coal Feeding System for Gasification-based Plants with Carbon Capture

What: Seminar Who: Dr. Wayne Whiteman, Senior Academic Professional, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering When: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 3:00 PM Where: MRDC Building Room 4211 Title: MOOCs 101 (Massive Open Online Courses)

What: NRE 8011/8012 Seminar Who: Dr. Steven Wyrick, Dept. of Energy (NNSA) When: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM Where: Boggs Building Room 3-47 Title: Maintaining High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Capabilities for National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Applications

What: GT Courtesy Listing Who: Dr. Lori Graham-Brady, Johns Hopkins University When: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 10:00 AM Where: SEB Building Room 316 Title: Cracking Up: Micromechanical and Probabilistic Modeling of Dynamic Failure of Brittle Materials from Concrete to Ceramics

What: NRE/MP Seminar Who: Dr. Maria Okuniewski, Idaho National Laboratory When: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 11:00 AM Where: Boggs Building Room 3-47 Title: How Neutrons and Synchrotron X-rays Can Be Used to Understand Microstructural and Mechanical Properties in As-Fabricated Nuclear Fuel Plates