Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, January 26, 2004

 

Speakers:

 

Mon., Jan. 26, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.

Monday Evening Seminar:

    "Aerosol Particle Interrogation using Mid-Infrared Radiation,"

    Kevin Aptowicz, Applied Physics.

    Adviser: Prof. Richard Chang.

    Refreshments, outside Mason 211, at 3:30 pm.

 

Tues., Jan. 27, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.

Graduate Student Seminar:

    "Towards Automatic Cardiac Motion Analysis," Ning Lin,

    Biomedical Engineering.

    Adviser: Prof. James Duncan.

    Refreshments at 3:45 pm.

 

Postponed
Wed., Jan. 28, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.

Solid State and Optics Seminar:

    "Electron Spin Resonance and Mesoscopic Electron Transport:

    Applications to Spintronics," Prof. Prabhakar Bandaru,

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of

    California at San Diego.

    Host: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf.

 

Cancelled
Wed., Jan. 28, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.

Mechanical Engineering Seminar:

    "Compressive Stress Generation in Sputter-deposited Thin

    Films," Prof. Vidya Ramaswamy, Harvard University.

    Host: Prof. Ainissa Ramirez.

    Refreshments served at 2:15 pm.

 

Fri., Jan. 30, 11:00 am, Mason 107. 
Biomedical Engineering Seminar:

    "Association of Hydrophobically and Electrostatically-modified 

    PEG with Liposomes," Dr. Debra Auguste, Chemical Engineering

    Princeton University.
    Host: Prof. Mark Saltzman.

 

Doctoral area examination:

    Yuan Chen: "Synthesis Control and Characterization of Single

    Walled Carbon Nanotube in M41S Mesoporous Molecular Sieve."

    Committee: Prof. Lisa Pfefferle, Prof. Gary Haller, and Prof. Eric Altman. 

    Jan. 23.

 

To serve on ANS board of directors:

    Dr. Yehia Khalil, Lecturer in ChE, has been selected to serve on the

    national American Nuclear Society (ANS) Board of Directors.

    The selection committee included the President of the American

    Nuclear Society, members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

    Commission (NRC) and the Department of Energy (DOE).

 

    An expert of probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) and nuclear

    safety, Dr. Khalil was a recipient of the DOE 2003 Recognition

    Award for technical expertise in risk assessment and for his

    support of nuclear engineering education research (NEER)

    programs. Dr. Khalil is the Chair of the American Nuclear

    Society in Connecticut.

 

Prof. LaVan receives Moore Fund award:

    Prof. David LaVan, ME, will use his Moore Fund award

    to acquire a five-year, multi-seat license for Working Model/Nastran

    4D software. This software will enable students in ME 185 and

    ME 489 design classes to design, build, animate, and analyze

    complex mechanisms in a virtual environment. The software

    tools combine advanced kinematic and finite element capabilities

    with an intuitive graphical interface that lets a designer "drag and

    drop" basic elements of mechanisms (pivots, motors, levers, etc.)

    into a workspace.

 

    The Moore Fund supports the development of new methods and

    materials for basic courses and for the design of new courses.

 

Sandia in Dunham 220 Jan. 27:

    Representatives from Sandia National Laboratories will give

    a presentation Tues., Jan. 27, 5:00 pm, Dunham 220, about

    Sandia facilities in California and New Mexico. Sandia laboratories

    focus on biotechnology, chemical and biological threat responses,

    combustion and renewable energy, distributed information systems

    and information protection, environmental sciences, materials

    and engineering sciences, microsystems technologies, and

    systems Engineering. For an interview with Sandia, graduate

    students should contact <cara.gibilisco@yale.edu> and undergraduates

    should contact <yuri.shane@yale.edu> Also visit

    <www.sandia.gov/employment/index.html>

 

Yale Engineering Design Team, new:

    Foster your creative-design and building talents, say Daniel Wiznia '06, ME, 

    James Salzano '06, ME, and Jerry Morones '06, EE, organizers of

    a new club for students who are interested in innovation, design,

    and construction of vehicles that drive, swim (above and under water)

    or fly, etc. Exciting competitions will be part of the club's activities.

    Prof. David LaVan, ME, has agreed to be the Team's faculty adviser.

    The first meeting is Mon., Jan. 26, 7:00 pm, basement of WLH, 100 Wall Street. 

    Pizza? Yes.

 

More babies (first-borns!) at Applied Physics!

    Liqun Li, graduate advisee of Prof. Daniel Prober, and husband

    Shichang Liu became the proud parents of a baby boy, Brandon Liu,

    on Jan. 10.

 

    Huiqiong Wang, graduate advisee of Prof. Victor Henrich, and her

    husband Jincheng Wang became the proud parents of a son, Jeffrey,

    on Jan. 12.

 

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