Below you will find an ongoing list of events taking place on or around the GA Tech Campus. Be sure to check this list for continuous coverage, as well as other news and information about GA Tech apartments.
5/5/2009
Men's Baseball versus Florida State
Date: May 9, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Russ Chandler Stadium
Fee: vary
Event Contact:
Dean Buchan, Athletic Association
404-894-5445
The Yellow Jackets close its home regular season schedule against the nationally ranked Seminoles. In addition to the game, conference titles and favorable tournament seeding will be on the line.
4/30/2009
Matteo Valleriani
Date: April 30, 2009
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Old Civil Engineering, Rm 104
Fee: none
Event Contact:
Kristie Macrakis, HTS
404-894-2185
Dr. Matteo Valleriani, Historian of Science from the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany, will present “Practitioners, Galileo and the Emergence of Pre-Modern Mechanics.”
As an example of the exchange process between theoretical efforts and technical achievements, it will be shown how Galileo approached the materiality of objects and machines during his time at the Venetian Arsenal and how this knowledge represents the foundation from which Galileo’s theory of the strength of materials emerged.
4/29/2009
Course-Instructor Opinion Survey Open from 4/13 - 5/3
Date: April 13, 2009 - May 3, 2009
Time: 12:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Location: Online
Fee: none
Event Contact:
Tristan Utschig, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning
404-385-2949
Beginning at 6AM on Monday, Apr. 13 and ending at 11:59 PM on Sunday, May 3, students may provide their feedback on spring semester courses.
4/28/2009
Learn Web Design for Sustainability
Date:February 20, 2009 - February 20, 2012
Time:Student's preference
Location: Online
Fee:none
Event Contact:
Trin Intra, CATEA, College of Architecture
404-894-0954
Become Section 508 Compliant!
CATEA’s web accessibility course is the quick and easy way to learn how to pass the U.S. government’s requirements for web accessibility. In addition, you will learn about the World Wide Web Consortium’s guidelines which are recognized internationally.
Earn Continuing Education Units (CEU's)
Need continuing education units? This course provides 0.66 CEU’s to participants via Georgia Tech’s Distance Learning and Professional Education department.
Get Web Accessibility Certified!
Looking to differentiate yourself? A CATEA Web Accessibility Certificate can help with that.
Get Bonus Material!
Along with information on how to create accessible web sites, this course also provides information on:
* Creating table-less sites using CSS
* Testing for accessibility
* And more...
Course Requirements
The course requires intermediate knowledge of HTML or XHTML. Prior knowledge of CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, and PHP are a plus but are not required to take this course. Information relating to these topics will be discussed for those who are interested in using these style sheets and languages to develop their sites.
The Art of the Book
Date:April 23, 2009 - May 29, 2009
Time:9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: GT Library, The Neely Room
Fee: none
Event Contact:
August Giebelhaus, School of History, Technology, and Society
404-894-6828
An exhibition which brings to life the elements of the book!
The exhibition is presented by Georgia Tech students from the HTS “Introduction to Museum Studies” class, and The Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking. Join us for a special exhibition opening on April 23rd from 4:00-6:00PM
Modeling Product Variety Induced Manufacturing Complexity
Date: March 24, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: IC 217
Fee: none
Event Contact:
Jennifer Harris, ISyE
404-894-2300
TITLE: Modeling Product Variety Induced Manufacturing Complexity for Mixed Model Assembly Systems
SPEAKER: Dr. S. Jack Hu
ABSTRACT:
Mass customization has been the mantra for today’s manufacturing. As a result of the paradigm change from mass production to mass customization, the number of product variety offered by manufacturers has increased drastically. Such an increase presents enormous difficulties in the design and operation of the manufacturing systems. It has been shown by both empirical data and simulations that increased variety can impact manufacturing performance, such as quality and productivity. So it is necessary to investigate how product variety complicates the design and operations of a manufacturing system. In this talk, I will present the recent research progresses in modeling product variety induced manufacturing complexity in mixed model assembly systems. An information entropy based measure is proposed to quantify the complexity in manufacturing. Then models are developed to analyze the propagation of complexity in multi-stage assembly systems. Finally, we apply such models to assembly system design.
3/13/2009
Characterization of DNA Repair Nanomachines and Manipulation for Therapeutic Benefit
Date: March 19, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: IBB Suddath Rm. 1128
Fee: none
Event Contact:
James Godard, IBB
404-894-8896
Abstract:
The mammalian nucleus is filled with self-organizing, nanometer-scale nucleoprotein machines that carry out DNA replication, RNA biogenesis, and DNA repair. The nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) machine, which repairs radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks, consists of six core polypeptides and 10-20 ancillary polypeptides. This seminar will describe how biochemical, genetic, cell biology, and nanotechnology approaches have been integrated to achieve a better understanding of NHEJ repair machine assembly and function. The work has provided a framework for the development of pharmacological modifiers of the radiation response in radiotherapy patients. Among these is a recombinant antibody fragment endowed with properties that allow it to enter cells by nondestructive receptor-mediated endocytosis, escape the endocytic compartment to enter the nucleus, bind a regulatory site in the NHEJ machine, and sensitize human cancer cells to a clinically relevant dose of ionizing radiation. Results suggest a potentially general approach for influencing the activity of DNA repair machines and perhaps adapting them to new purposes, including gene correction in stem cells.
Faculty Host: Nick Hud, 404.385.1162
3/9/2009
Nasa Johnson Space Center Information Center
Date: March 10, 2009
Time: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: Bill Moore Student Success Center, Clary Theatre
Fee: none
Event Contact:
Cheryl Slater, Division of Professional Practice
404-894-3320
The NASA Johnson Space Center has been home to the nation’s human space flight programs. The center handles most of the planning and training of the US astronaut corps and houses training facilities such as the Sonny Carter Training Facility and the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, which is a critical component in the training of astronauts for spacewalks. The center is also responsible for direction of operations at White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, which serves as a backup Shuttle landing site and as the coordinating facility for the upcoming Constellation program, which will replace the Space Shuttle program after 2010.
Related Link:
NASA Johnson Space Center Website
3/6/2009
Grad Fair
Date: March 10-12, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Georgia Tech Bookstore
Fee: none
Event Contact:
Laura Pusateri, Communications & Marketing
404-894-7613
The first 20 students who purchase academic regalia will receive a FREE Nalgene water bottle.
Also, don’t miss the Grad Fair Raffle, including:
- $90 announcement package from Balfour
- $185 diploma frame from Framing Success
- One undergraduate cap, gown and tassel and one graduate cap, gown, tassel and hood from Barnes & Noble @ Georgia Tech
Drawing is March 12 at 4 PM, need not be present to win.
3/2/2009
Georgia Tech Observatory Night
Date:March 5, 2009
Time:7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Location:Howey Physics Building
Fee:none
Event Contact:
James Sowell, School of Physics
404-385-1294
The public is invited to experience some of the solar system’s celestial bodies up close, courtesy of the Georgia Tech Observatory’s 16-inch aperture telescope. The moon, Saturn and Venus are expected to be in view.
Note: Public Night is contingent on clear weather, and will be cancelled if there are too many clouds. For more information and to check on potential closures, visit the related link (below) or contact Jim Sowell (above).
For a list of public observatory nights for 2008-09, click HERE.
2/27/2009
Date: March 1, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Fee: none
Event Contact:
Cheryl Watts, Georgia Tech Athletic Association
Yellow Jackets host their final home game of the regular season. Georgia Tech faculty, staff and students get in free with a BuzzCard!
Related Link:
Women's Basketball Schedule
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Date:March 2, 2009
Time:7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Location:G011 MS&E Bldg
Fee:none
Event Contact:
Shirley Tomes, Chemistry & Biochemistry
404-894-0591
AACP Seminar Series - Prof. David Nesbitt, JILA/NIST University of Colorado
In Search of Simplicity:
From Gas-Liquid Scattering to Single Molecule RNA Folding
One of the traditions of physical chemistry is trying to break down complicated problems into simpler ones that may be more readily tested at the fundamental level by comparison between experiment and theory. This talk will address examples from our group focusing on two extremely different chemical problems. The first involves what is taking place on the molecular and quantum state level for collision dynamics at the gasliquid interface, which we study by generating supersonic beams of molecules or highly reactive radicals, “bouncing” them onto freshly formed liquid surfaces in high vacuum, and probing the recoiling species with high resolution IR spectroscopy. Such data, for example, allow us to identify microscopic branching into two distinct channels: “trapping-desorption” events (where molecules “stick” long enough to lose their memory) and “impulsive scattering” events (where molecules leave within a few collisional interactions).
The second involves the folding kinetics and thermodynamics of small biomolecules such as RNA, which we study at the single molecule level by a sensitive combination of high numerical aperture microscopy, pulsed laser induced fluorescence and time correlated single photon counting methods. This approach permits one to “watch” the folding and unfolding of a single RNA construct in real time, from which one can determine rate constants as a function of cation concentration [Mg+2] and thereby learn about kinetics and thermodynamics of single molecules. One particular thrust is on the temperature dependence of single molecule kinetics, which gives insight into enthalpic and entropic contributions to barriers for molecular folding and unfolding.
For more information contact Prof. Christine Payne (404-385-3125).
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Date:March 2, 2009
Time:1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Location:Crescent Room, Student Center Commons
Fee:none
Event Contact:
Shannon Scott, Office of Organizational Development
404-894-7284
This brown bag workshop will equip supervisors and mangers with strategies and resources aimed at improving marginal performance. Learn techniques to facilitate difficult discussions with staff members and coach employees to bring their “A” game to work everyday.
This session is part of the Performance Management Essentials Brown Bag Series. In effort to provide supervisors and managers with strategies on effective performance management, Employee Relations Services (ERS) is offering brown bag workshops from September through March. The vision of ERS is to enable effectiveness and develop talent throughout campus.
Related Link:
Coaching for Improved Performance
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