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SPEAKERS SCHEDULE

April 2006
as of April 5
Mon., April 3
4:00 pm
Mason 107
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Charge Dynamics in a Single Electron Trap"
Julie Wyatt
Physics Department

Refreshments at 3:30 p.m.
Adviser: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf
Wed., April 5
1:00 pm
Mason 107
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"
Semiconductor Quantum Dots for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information"
Dr. Richard Mirin
National Institute of Science and Technology, N.I.S.T.
Host: Prof. Jack Harris
Wed., April 5
2:30 pm
Mason 107
Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
"Inventing Particle Interactions for Targeted Self-Assembly"
Prof. Frank H. Stillinger
Chemistry Department
Princeton University
Hosts: Prof. Corey O'Hern and Prof. Jerzy Blawzdziewicz
Wed., April 5
10:30 am
Watson 200
Computer Engineering Seminar:
"Analysis of Probabilistic Errors in Logic Circuits"
Prof. John P. Hayes
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Host: Prof. Yiorgos Makris
Thurs., April 6
1:00 pm
Sloane
Physics Lab 52
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"Pushing the Envelope of Plasma Physics: Ultracold Neutral Plasmas"
Prof. Thomas Killian
Rice University
Host: Prof. David P. DeMille
Thurs., April 6
4:00 pm
Davies Auditorium
Yale Sigma Xi Distinguished Visitor Lecture:
"Ultrafast Optics for Physics, Medicine, and Engineering"
Prof. Erich P. Ippen
Electrical Engineering and Physics
MIT

Reception following the talk
Host: Prof. Janet Pan
Fri., April 7
1:00 pm

Dunham 220
(note time and place)
Special Solid State Seminar:
"From Einstein Intuition to Quantum Bits: The Amazing Properties of Entangled Photons
"
Prof. Alain Aspect
Institut d'Optique
Orsay University, France
Host: Prof. Michel Devoret
Fri., April 7
4:00 pm
Dunham 5th floor Conference Room
Center for Systems Science Seminar:
"Change of Mind: Optical Control of Neuronal Circuits"
Prof. Gero Miesenboeck
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Yale University
Host: Prof. Kumpati Narendra
Fri., April 7
and
Sat., April 8
Center for the Study of Global Change:
"Carbon Sequestration: Is it Feasible?"
Program
No fee, but please register with <Peter.Schrader@yale.edu>
Institute for Biospheric Studies'
Center for the Study of Global Change
Mon., April 10
4:00 pm
Mason 107
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Microfluidic-based Aerosol Identification"
Hermes Huang
Department of Applied Physics

Refreshments at 3:30 pm
Adviser: Prof. Richard Chang
Wed., April 12
1:00 pm
Becton
Faculty Lounge
Electrical Engineering Seminar:
"Nanoscale Imaging of Semiconductor and Biological Systems"
Prof. Selim Unlu
Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, and Physics
Boston University
Host: Prof. Hür Köser
Wed., April 12
2:30 pm
Becton
Faculty Lounge
Electrical Engineering Seminar:
"Genetically Engineered Materials and Systems:  Lessons from Mother Nature for Technology & Medicine"
Prof. Mehmet Sarikaya
Materials Science and Chemical Engineering,
Director, Genetically Engineered Materials Science and Engineering Center
University of Washington
Host: Prof. Hür Köser

 Wed., April 12
1:00 pm
Mason 107

 

Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"The Atomic Hanbury Brown and Twiss Effect: A Step in quantum Atom Optics"
Prof. Alain Aspect
Institut d'Optique
Orsay University, France
Host: Prof. Michel Devoret
 Wed., April 12
4:00 pm
Mason 211
Department of Chemical Engineering
John McLanahan Henske Lecture:
"Risky Business: Assessing Biological Agents of Concern in the Environment Advances in Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment"
Prof. Joan Rose
Michigan State University

Reception at 3:15 pm
Prof. Menachem Elimelech
 

Thurs., April 13
1:00 pm
Sloane
Physics Lab 52

 

Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"Dielectric Microcavity Lasers: A system with Classical and Quantum Chaos"
Prof. A. Douglas Stone
Department of Applied Physics
Yale University
Host: Prof. Vadim Oganesyan
Thurs., April 13 2:00 pm
Becton
Faculty Lounge
Electrical Engineering Special Seminar:
"Skin-like Electronics"
Dr. Stephanie P. Lacour
Department of Materials Science
University of Cambridge, UK
Host: Prof. Jung Han
Mon., April 17
 4:00 pm
Mason 107
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Diffusion-engineered Superconducting Photon Detectors"
Veronica Savu
Physics Department
Yale University
Adviser: Prof. Daniel Prober
Wed., April 19
1:00 pm
Mason 107
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"
Excitations and Reaction at Metal and Oxide Surfaces: Cluster Models can Help to Interpret experimental data"
Prof. Dr. Klaus Hermann
Fritz-Haber-Institut
Berlin, Germany
Host: Prof. Victor Henrich
Fri., April 21
4:00 pm
Dunham 5th floor Conference Room
Center for Systems Science Seminar: "Riboswitches: Controlling for Billions of Years"
Prof. Ronald Breaker
Department of Mol Cell and Development Biology
Yale University
Host: Prof. Kumpati Narendra
Mon., April 24
4:00 pm
Mason 107
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Niobium Based Photon Detectors"
Matthew Reese
Department of Applied Physics

Refreshments at 3:30 pm
Advisor: Prof. Daniel Prober
Tues., April 25
4:00 pm
Mason 107
Graduate Student Seminar:
TBA
Ryan Munden
Electrical Engineering

Refreshments at 3:45 pm
Adviser: Prof. Mark Read
Wed., April 26
1:00 pm
Mason 107
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"TBA"
Prof. Peidong Yang
University of California at Berkeley
Host: Prof. Sohrab Ismail-Beigi
Thurs., April 27
Co-Sponsored by the Faculty of Engineering and the School of Management:
"Taking Risks and Breaking Rules: The Art of Wrong Thinking"
Mr. James Dyson
Chairman and Founder of
 

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