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SPEAKERS SCHEDULE

November 2004
as of November 16

Mon., Nov. 1 
4:00 pm 
Mason 107 
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Backaction Effects of the Superconducting Single Electron Transistor"
Ben Turek
Physics Department

Refreshments at 3:30 pm
Adviser: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf
Wed., Nov. 3 
 11:00 am 
Hope Building 216 
 Medical Center 
 
Department of Biomedical Engineering Research Seminar Series: 
"Brain-Machine Interfaces: From Systems Neuroscience To Prosthetic Devices" 
Dr. Jose M. Carmena 
Center for Neuroengineering 
Duke University Medical Center 
Durham, NC
Host: Dr. Mark Laubach

Wed., Nov. 3 
1:00 pm 
Mason 107 

Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Nanoscale Fluctuations in Glass"
Prof. Nathan Israeloff
Physics Department
Northeastern University
Host: Prof. Rob Schoelkopf

Wed., Nov. 3 
4:00 pm 
Mason 211 

Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"The Role of Natural Plant Products in Disinfection Byproduct Formation"
Prof. David A. Reckhow
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Host: Prof. William Mitch 
Thurs., Nov. 4  
11:00 am  
Watson 400  
Computer Engineering Seminar:
"Development of a MEMS Testing Methodology"
Prof. Ronald (Shawn) Blanton
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Host. Prof. Yiorgos Makris
Thurs., Nov. 4  
1:00 pm  
Sloane Physics  
Lab 52  
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"Nonequilibrium Transport through a Phonon Coupled Molecule"
Prof. Aditi Mitra
Columbia University
Host: Prof. Steven Girvin
Mon., Nov. 8 
4:00 pm 
Mason 107 
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Ultrahigh Vacuum and Low Temperature Non-contact Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Ferroelectric Materials"
Fan Xiao
Yale Physics Department

Refreshments at 3:30 pm
Adviser: Prof. Charles Ahn
Wed., Nov. 10  
11:00 am 
School of Medicine 
 BCMM 206-208 
Department of Biomedical Engineering Research Seminar Series: 
"Neuromuscular Control of Stability"
Prof. Kevin P. Granata
Biomedical Engineering
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Virginia Technological Institute
Roanoka, VA
Host: Prof.  Jacek Cholewicki
Wed., Nov. 10  
1:00 pm 
Mason 107 
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Nanotube-based Nanomechanical Systems"
Prof. Alex Zettl
Department of Physics
University of California at Berkeley
Host: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf
Wed., Nov. 10  
2:30 pm 
Mason 107 
Mechanical Engineering Seminar: 
"
Jamming of Dense Granular Flows"
Prof. Bulbul Chakraborty 
Brandeis University
Host: Prof. Jerzy Blawzdziewicz
Wed., Nov. 10 
2:30 pm 
Dunham Lab 
5th Floor  Conference Room  514  
Special Department of Electrical Engineering Seminar: "Increasing Complexity and Limit of Organization in Japanese Science-based Industries: Based on the Case of Microlithography" 
Prof. Hiroyuki Chuma 
Institute of Innovation Research 
Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Host: Dr. Hironori Tsukamoto
Wed.,  Nov. 10 
4:00 pm 
Watson 500 
Communications and Networking Seminar:
"Maximizing Throughput with Network Coding"
Prof. Baochun Li 
University of Toronto 
Host: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda
Thurs., Nov. 11  
1:00 pm  
Sloane Physics  
Lab 52  
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"Symmetry-breaking Mechanism of aDiabatic Pumping: From Ferromagnets to Helimagnets and Magnetic Superconductors"
Prof. Yaroslav Tserkovnyak
Harvard University
Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev
Fri., Nov. 12 
noon 
Mason 107 
Biomaterials Seminars Series:
"Biomaterials for Controlled Release of  Proteins" 
Prof. Mark Saltzman
Chair, Biomedical Engineering
Yale

A light lunch will be provided
Host: Prof. Paul van Tassel        
Mon., Nov. 15 
1:00 pm 
Mason 107 
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Seminar:
"Ferrohydrodynamic And Electrohydrodynamic Flow Phenomena" 
Prof. Markus Zahn
Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Host: Prof. Hur Koser
Mon., Nov. 15
Rescheduled 
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Electronic Characterization of Semiconductor Nanowires"
Ryan Munden
Electrical Engineering

Refreshments at 3:30 pm
Adviser: Prof. Mark Reed

  Tues., Nov. 16 
4:00 pm 
Mason 107 

Graduate Student Seminar: 
"Hydrodynamics of Spherical Particles in Suspensions Confined Between Two Planar Walls"
Sukalyan Bhattacharya
Mechanical Engineering

Refreshments at 3:45 pm
Adviser: Prof. Jerzy Blawzdziewicz
Wed., Nov. 17 
11:00 am 
Becton 
Faculty Lounge 
Department of Biomedical Engineering Research Seminar Series:
"Seizure Prediction" 
Prof. Hitten Zaveri 
Department of Neurology
Yale
Host: Prof. Xenophon Papademetris
Wed., Nov. 17 
1:00 pm 
Dunham 220
 
Dean's Special Seminar:
"Mining the Acoustic Records in the Kennedy Assassination"
Dr. Richard L. Garwin
IBM Fellow Emeritus
Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Host: Dean Paul Fleury
Wed., Nov. 17 
1:00 pm 
Mason 107 
Solid State and Optics Seminar:|
"Supramolecular Assembly and Chromonic Liquid Crystals"
Prof. Peter Collings
Swarthmore College
Host: Prof. Richard Chang
Wed., Nov. 17  
Talk CANCELLED  
Mechanical Engineering Seminar: 
"Reliability of Polysilicon MEMS"
Prof. Arthur Heuer 
Case Western Reserve University
Host: Prof.  Ainissa Ramirez
Wed., Nov. 17 
time CHANGED 
to 2:30 pm 
location CHANGED 
to  Mason 107 
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Using Gas Adsorption Isotherm for Lubrication of Micro-devices"
Prof. Seong H. Kim
Department of Chemical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
Host: Prof. Eric Altman
Wed., Nov. 17 
4:00 pm 
Davies Auditorium 
 
Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series:
"Missile Defense and Space Weapons"
Dr. Richard L. Garwin
IBM Fellow Emeritus
Thomas J. Watson Research Center

Reception to follow in Davies Lobby
Host: Dean Paul Fleury
Thurs., Nov. 18  
1:00 pm  
Sloane Physics 
Lab 52  
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"
Quantum Hall Stripes Subject to Weak Disorder: The Quantum Depinning Transition" 

Prof. Meirong Li 
University of Sherbrooke
Canada

 

Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev
Mon., Nov. 29 
4:00 pm 
Mason 107 
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Measuring the Quantronium with the Josephson Bifurcation Amplifier"
Rajamani Vijayaraghavan
Applied Physics

Refreshments at 3:30 pm
Adviser: Prof. Michel Devoret

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