The ICTAS Seminar Series is a continuing lineup of speakers sponsored by ICTAS, designed to shed light on current topics of interest to the research and educational communities. Speakers represent a wide range of organizations including educational institutions around the country, as well as government and commercial organizations. It is the goal of the Seminar Series to provide knowledgeable speakers who lend a unique perspective to their particular field of expertise.

Friday, September 25, 2009, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, ICTAS, Room 310
Recent Investigations of Liquid Cooled Small-Scale Heat Sinks for High Flux Heat Removal: A Critical Summary of Experimental Data and Modeling Approaches
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with Alfonso Ortega, James R. Birle Professor of Technology,
Villanova University

Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 4:30 - 5:30 pm, ICTAS, Room 310
Aging Water Infrastructure Research Program at US EPA - Addressing the Challenge through Innovation
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with Daniel J. Murray, Jr., Senior Environmental Engineer,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, Ohio

Friday, October 30, 2009, 1:30 - 3:00 pm, ICTAS, Room 310
The Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Program
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with Nancy Garland,
Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy

Thursday, November 5, 2009, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, ICTAS, Room 310
Low-Frequency Geometries for MEMS Vibrational Energy Harvesting
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with M. Amin Karami, ICTAS Doctoral Scholar, Engineering Science and Mechanics
and Dan Inman, advisor

Thursday, November 12, 2009, 3:00 - 4:30 pm, ICTAS, Room 310
Consumer Safety in a Rapidly Changing World: Security, Identity and Anti-Counterfeiting
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with Steven Simske, Director, Security Printing and Imaging, Hewlett-Packard Labs

Friday, November 13, 2009, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, ICTAS, Room 310
Foundations for Future Physical Unclonable Functions
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with Leyla Nazhandali, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech,
Patrick Schaumont, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech,
and Inyoung Kim, Assistant Professor, Statistics, Virginia Tech

Tuesday, February 16, 2009, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, ICTAS, Room 310
Beyond Silos: Integrating Interdisciplinary Research and Education in the Academe
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with Roop Mahajan, ICTAS Doctoral Scholar, Engineering Science and Mechanics

Seminar Series for Spring:

• Jeffrey Nelson, Senior Manager, Materials Group, Sandia National Laboratories: "Material Science for Energy Applications"