Dear colleagues, We greatly appreciate PSE community's interest in the 2017 Smith School Distinguished Junior Researchers Seminar program. We are pleased to announce this year's invited speakers and the seminar schedule: • November 21, 12-1pm: Davood Pourkargar (University of Minnesota) • November 28, 12-1pm: Kristen Severson (MIT) Detailed program and seminar information can be found from the program webpage: http://peese.org/distinguished-junior-researchers-seminar Both seminars will take place in Lecture Room 218 of Olin Hall at Cornell University (161 Ho Plaza, Ithaca, New York, 14853). These seminars are open to the public. For directions to visit Cornell, see http://www.cornell.edu/visit We also plan to record this year's seminar presentations and make them available in YouTube, and/or share them through Zoom, upon permissions from the invited seminar speakers. We expect to continue this program next year with a similar schedule. Your interest and participation would be greatly appreciated. Please refer to the program webpage for future updates. Thanks much and have a great day, Fengqi ............................................. Fengqi You, PhD Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor Cornell University Mail: 318 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853 Email: [log in to unmask] www.peese.org