Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, October 25, 2004

Speakers:

Mon., Oct. 25,
4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Monday Evening Seminar:
    "Fabrication of Single Electron Devices," 
    Michael Metcalfe, Physics Department.
    Adviser: Prof. Michel Devoret.
    Refreshments at 3:30 pm.


Tues., Oct. 26,
4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Graduate Student Seminar:
    "Tunneling Spectroscopy Study of Thin Gate Dielectrics,"
    Wei He, Electrical Engineering.
    Adviser: Prof. T.P. Ma.
    Refreshments at 3:45 pm.

Wed., Oct. 27,
11:00 am, Becton Faculty Lounge.
Department of Biomedical Engineering Research Seminar:
    "Biomechanics of Engineered Heart Valve Tissues,"
    Prof. Michael S. Sacks, Biomedical Engineering,
    University of Pittsburgh, PA.
    Host: Prof. Mark Saltzman.


Wed., Oct. 27,
1:00 pm, Mason 107.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
    "Electronic Structure of Oligo(phenylene-ethynylene)s
    Chemisorbed on Gold," Dr. Roger van Zee, National
    Institute of Standards and Technology.
    Host: Prof. Mark Reed.


Wed., Oct. 27,
2:30 pm, Mason 107.
Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
    "Deformation-Assisted Transformations in
    Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Alloys,"
    Prof. Michael Atzmon, University of Michigan.
    Host: Prof. David Wu.


Wed., Oct. 27, 4:00 pm,
Mason 211.
Department of Chemical Engineering
2004 Fall John M. Henske Lecture:
    "Drinking Water Distribution: Processes that
    Degrade its Quality," Prof. Vernon Snoeyink, Civil
    and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois,
    Urbana-Champaign.
    Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech.

Wed., Oct. 27,
4:00 pm, Watson 500.
Communications and Networking Seminar:
    "Distributed Coordination and Swarming of Mobile
    Agents: From Bird Flocking to Synchronization
    of Coupled Oscillators," Prof. Ali Jadbabaie,
    University of Pennsylvania.
    Host: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda.


Thurs., Oct. 28,
1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
    "Nonlinear Transport Near Quantum Critical Points,"
    Prof. Shivaji Sondhi, Princeton University.
    Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev.

Symposium on Computational Biology:
   
"A Look to the Future," Mon., Oct. 25, 9:00-3:30 pm,
    Anlyan Center, Congress Avenue, New Haven.
    Sponsors: Provost's Office, Biological Sciences Advisory
    Committee, Biomedical Engineering, and 18 other
    Yale departments and programs. For more information,
    contact <charlene.bloch@yale.edu


Senior Advisory Committee visits:
   
Mon., Oct. 18, the Engineering Senior Advisory
    Committee was on campus to meet with Dean Fleury and
    our Departments' Chairs. The visitors also enjoyed lunch
    at the Quinnipiac Club with undergraduates, Dean Fleury,
    the Chairs, and the Director of Educational Affairs.

For Engineering students only:
    T
he next "Life after Yale Engineering Degree" lunch and
    informal chat for Engineering undergraduate and graduate
    students with alumni who have put their Yale engineering
    education to good use is Fri., Oct. 29, noon to 1:30 pm in
    the Becton Faculty Lounge. The guest will be Donald
    Hudson '55 EE, founder of Integrated Genetics,
    <www.eng.yale.edu/eng150/Hudson> All Engineering
    students are invited, but do R.S.V.P. (it stands for the
    French "rpondez, s'il vous plat" or "reply, please" and
    means we need to know if you are coming) to
    <eric.mitchell@yale.edu>


YCESC has new officers:
   
The Yale College Engineering Student Council officers
    for 2004-05 are:
        President:
Gary Green '06, SY; MB&B major
           who does a lot of work with BME,
        Secretary:
Geoffrey Schreiner '06, ES, EE major,
        Treasurer:
Jason Hsueh'05, PC, AP&CS major,
        Activities Director:
Elizabeth Broomfield '08, BR, major
           as yet undecided.


NSBE-Y offers "a little help":
   
The National Society of Black Engineers-Yale chapter
    says to come and get a little help with your resume
    and cover letter Wed., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm, African-American
    House Library, 211 Park Street at a "Resume and Cover
    Letter Workshop" sponsored by NSBE-Yale and UCS.
    Bring your resume and cover letter to the workshop.

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