- Faculty
of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, January 19, 2004
-
- Speakers:
-
- Tues.,
Jan. 20,
4:15 pm, Watson 200.
- Applied
Mathematics Seminar:
- "Nanostructured
Origami," Prof. George Barbastathis,
- Mechanical
Engineering, MIT.
- Host:
Prof. Steven Zucker.
-
- Tues.,
Jan. 20, 4:00
pm, Mason 107.
- Graduate
Student Seminar:
- "High
Quality Indium Arsenide on Gallium Phosphide
- Substrates,"
Aristo Yulius, Electrical Engineering.
- Adviser:
Prof. Jerry Woodall.
- Refreshments
at 3:45 pm.
-
- Wed.,
Jan. 21,
2:30 pm, Mason 107.
- Mechanical
Engineering Seminar:
- "From
Molecular Interactions to Macroscopic Friction,"
- Prof.
Mark O. Robbins, Physics and Astronomy,
- The
Johns Hopkins University.
- Host:
Prof. Corey O'Hern.
- Refreshments
at 2:15 pm.
-
- Wed.,
Jan. 21,
4:00 pm, Mason 107.
- Department
of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
- "Analytical
Microscopy with sub-nm Resolution Studying
- Interfaces
and Individual Defects at the Atomic Level,"
- Dr.
Robert F. Klie, Center for Functional Nanomaterials,
- Brookhaven
National Laboratory.
- Host:
Prof. Lisa Pfefferle.
-
- Thurs.,
Jan. 22,
1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.
- Condensed
Matter Physics Seminar:
- "The
Impact of Magnetic Impurity Interaction on the Conductance
- of
Disordered Metals," Prof. Victor Galitsky, University of
Maryland.
- Host:
Prof. Steven Girvin.
-
- Thurs.,
Jan. 22,
4:00 pm, Mason 107.
- Special
Chemical Engineering Seminar:
- "Assessing
Impacts of Metal Contamination on Microbial
- Communities
in Freshwater Sediments An Example of
- Applied
Molecular Ecology in Environmental Engineering,"
- Ms.
Heidi Gough, Northwestern University.
- Host:
Prof. Menachem Elimelech.
-
- Sorrow
in Biomedical Engineering:
- Michael
Dutt, a graduate student in Biomedical Engineering,
- died
at the age of 27 last December 16. He had come to Yale
- from
Cornell when his faculty adviser, Prof. Mark Saltzman,
- accepted
a position at Yale. Michael Dutt is survived by his wife,
- Emily
Habisch, also a graduate student from Cornell continuing
- her
studies at Yale, and his parents and sister who live in
- Rochester,
NY.
-
- Doctoral
area examination:
- Yanhui
Yang, "Synthesis, Characterization and Catalysis of
- First-row
Transition Metal Incorporated Mesoporous Molecular
- Sieves."
Committee: Prof. Gary Haller, Prof. Lisa Pfefferle,
- and
Prof. Eric Altman.
- Wed.,
Jan. 21, 9:30 am, Mason 321B.
-
- Be
a judge:
- Wilbur
Cross High School will hold its first science fair Thurs., Feb. 5
- (and
hopes to participate in the city-wide New Haven science fair
- to
be held in Woolsey Hall in March) and needs judges. Faculty,
- senior
researchers, and education-oriented grad students who could
- serve
as judges for part of the day should get more information from
- Prof.
Daniel Prober, AP. Prof. Prober, who will be a judge, would
- be
happy to offer a ride to graduate students who would like to help
- out
with the judging and need a ride.
-
- Two
library workshops next week:
- Tues.,
Jan. 20, noon. Introduction to Engineering and Computer
- Science
Databases: learn about online databases for finding books
- (including
e-books), journal articles, and full-text papers.
- Fri.,
Jan. 23, noon. "Web of Science" and Tools for Citation
- Analysis:
Web of Science (Science Citation Index) can find papers
- that
have referenced an earlier published work. Learn to search
- by
citation in Web of Science and to use related tools for analyzing
- the
impact of journals and authors.
-
- Farewell
to Professor Cunningham:
- Professor
Emeritus of Electrical Engineering W. Jack Cunningham
- died
on January 7. All who knew him will always remember
- his
love of teaching and how much he enjoyed Yale. He taught
- at
this University from 1946 to 1988 and served Yale in numerous
- capacities,
including as the Chair of the Department of Electrical
- Engineering,
DUS and DGS, and as chair or member of many
- University
committees. He published a textbook (it was translated
- into
French and Polish) and a history of Engineering at Yale from
- 1932-82.
He was a judge at state science fairs, gave talks at the
- Eli
Whitney Museum, and participated in the community in many
- other
capacities. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Barbara
- Cunningham,
and two sons. A Memorial service was held Friday,
- January
16, at 200 pm in the Church of The Redeemer, 185 Cold
- Spring
Street, New Haven, where he had been a trustee.
- Visit
www.eng.yale.edu/news/Cunningham.htm
- End
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