Jeremy Rathfon will defend his dissertation entitiled, "Fiber Formation from the Melting of Free-standing Polystyrene, Ultra-thin Films: A Technique for the Investigation of Thin Film Dynamics, Confinement Effects and Fiber-based Sensing" on Friday, November 19, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in the Computer Sciences Building Room CS151. The event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. Refreshements will be served prior to the defense.