Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, November 24, 2003
 
No speakers this week.
 
ENAS 441b/ENAS 748b/MENG 441b spring term:
Applied Numerical Methods II will be given during the
spring term (it was bracketed in the Blue Book and the Orange
Book). The class will be taught by Dr. Beth Anne Bennett, ME.
The course description is at
<www.eng.yale.edu/mechanical/ug_courses.html>
 
Our faculty on the international stage:
--Paper among most downloaded in the field: According to
ScienceDirect, the third most downloaded paper on catalysis is
Prof. Gary Haller's, ChE & Chem, "New Catalytic Concepts from
New Materials Understanding Catalysis from a Fundamental
Perspective, Past, Present, and Future," Journal of Catalysis,
216 (1-2), 12-22 (2003).
ScienceDirect® evolved from a web database of Elsevier Science
journals to one of the world's largest commercial (since 1999)
providers of scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature for
scientists around the world. Visit
<http//elsevier-wrg.dmdelivery.nl/ custom/md_articles/index.php>
--Invited talk: Prof. Janet Pan, EE, will give an invited talk on
"Optical and Transport Properties of Devices Utilizing Nanoscale
Deep Centers" at the 27th International Conference on the Physics of
Semiconductors next July 26-30 in Flagstaff, AZ. ICPS, the principal
conference in the field of the physics of semiconductors, is held every
two years and attracts up to 1000 attendees, see <www.icps2004.org>
 
Final doctoral exam:
Konstantinos Aivalis: "Measurement and Analysis of Scalar
Fluctuations and Turbulent Flows." Committee Prof. Katepalli
Sreenivasan, Prof. Marshall Long, Prof. Juan Fernandez
de la Mora, and Prof. Michael Loewenberg. Fri., Nov. 21.
 
:) AP does it again! :)
Nov. 18, Dr. Irfan Siddiqi, Postdoctoral Associate in AP, and
Mrs. Ambreen Siddiqi became the proud parents of a baby boy,
Talha Furqan Siddiqi. Congratulations!
(When asked what she feeds the AP faculty and staff to elicit such
impressive generative achievements, Administrative Associate
Jayne Miller smiled wickedly as she gave away the secret which,
alas, is off the record).
 
Engineering Library fall recess hours:
Closed: Sat. & Sun., Nov. 22-23,
Open: Mon.-Wed., Nov. 24-Nov. 26 830 am-500 pm,
Closed: Thurs.-Sat., Nov. 27-Nov. 29,
Regular hours resume Sunday, Nov. 30.
 
WISE internships:
Washington Internships for Student of Engineering, WISE, invite
Juniors, Seniors, and beginning graduate students to spend
10 weeks during the summer of 2004 in Washington, DC, under
the guidance of a "nationally prominent engineering professor....
The WISE Program is ranked one of the 100 best Internship
opportunities in the U.S. by the Princeton Review" (from
<www.wise-intern.org/>). Deadline Dec. 12.
 
The Women's Forum invites:
Yale community members are invited to enjoy a buffet dinner
(it starts at 6:00 pm) and a panel discussion on the structures,
the joys, and the demands of work and family "Work-Life Lessons
from Around the World," Thurs., Dec. 4, 6:00 to 9:00 pm,
Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, Room 208. The
panelists are Yale law and political science faculty plus a member
of the Yale Corporation who founded and chairs Bright Horizons.
The event is free, but reservations are required. Please
reserve your place with Ms. Rachel Thomas, 432-8847, or write
<rachel.thomas@yale.edu>
 
By international snailmail:
Your letters and cards will reach their destination in time for
Christmas, if you mail them
    by Dec. 8 to Africa, to Central and South America,
    by Dec. 15 to everywhere else.
 
When you graduate, you'll join a minority:
According to the 2000 census, the majority of the people in the U.S.,
75.6%, have not graduated from college (24.4% have a Bachelor's
or a higher degree). Degree-wise, Connecticut ranks fourth highest
in the country 31.4% of its residents have a Bachelor's or higher
degree. New Haven Register, June 18, 2002.
 
Happy Thanksgiving!

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