Sahas Rathi will defend his dissertation entitled, Toughening Semicrystalline Poly(lactic acid) by Morphology Alteration on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 10:00 am in Conte A110/111. Sahas is advised by both Professors E. Bryan Coughlin and Shaw Ling Hsu. This event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served prior to the event.