Faculty of Engineering
Bulletin for Monday, February 20, 2006
Speakers:
Mon., Feb. 20,
4:00 pm, 315 Cedar Street, Hope 216.
Yale School of Medicine Interdepartmental Program in
Vascular Biology and Transplantation:
"Exploration of Collagen Mimetic Peptide’s Affinity
to Natural Collagen for Sustained Drug Delivery
and Scaffold Functionalization," Prof. Michael Yu,
Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins
University.
Host: Prof. Mark Saltzman.
Wed., Feb. 22,
4:00 pm, Watson 500.
Computer Engineering Seminar:
"Neuromorphic Vision Systems," Prof. Ralph
Etienne-Cummings, Johns Hopkins University.
Host: Prof. Eugenio Culurciello.
Wed., Feb. 22,
4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Membrane Aeration, Biofilms and Membrane
Bioreactors," Prof. Michael J. Semmens,
Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota.
Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech.
Refreshments at 3:30 pm, Mason mezzanine.
Wed., Feb. 22,
1:00
pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"The
Ehrenfest Time and Quantum Interference,"
Prof. Saar Rahav, Cornell University.
Host: Prof. A. Douglas Stone.
Thurs., Feb. 23,
1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.
Condensed Matter Physics seminar:
"Ultracold
Atoms and Bose-Einstein Condensates in Storage Rings and Optical
Cavities,"
Prof. Subhadeep Gupta, University of California,
Berkeley.
Host: Prof. David P. DeMille.
Fri., Feb. 24,
4:00 pm, Dunham 5th Floor Conference Room.
Center for System Science Seminar:
"Modeling and Control in Cancer Genomics,"
Prof. Aniruddha Datta, Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Texas A & M University.
Host: Prof. Kumpati Narendra.
Our fourth IEEE
SISC Ed Nicollian Award!
Chun-Chen “Frank” Yeh,
EE, advisee of Prof. T.P. Ma,
has won the 2005 Ed Nicollian Award for his
presentation of “SONOS-type Non-volatile Memory
with All Silicon Nitride Dielectric Stack.” This
award is given to the best student presentation at
the IEEE Semiconductor Interface Specialists Conference,
SISC. The Award includes a check (wrote Yeh to his
Adviser and lab colleagues: “…Without your continuous
assistance, I wouldn't have made it. Just want to let
you know that this award belongs to you, and most
important of all, SO DOES THE CHECK! I'll arrange a
lunch or dinner and we can celebrate it together”).
Of eleven Ed Nicollian Awards given to date, four
were won by Prof. Ma’s advisees--in 2005, 2004, 2002,
and 2000.
Celebrate
National Engineers Week, February 19-24!
Trivia Tournament,
Fri., Feb. 24, 4:00 pm, Davies Auditorium.
Professors from our five Departments and Program will be
the contestants! The winners get to treat
all
the students
in
their Department/Program (undergrad and grad!) to Thai food!
T-Shirt Design
Contest,
open to Engineering students.
-Glory (see people wearing your designer T-shirt)! and a
$100 gift certificate to the Yale Bookstore or Yale Clothing
Store on Broadway.
-Submission deadline: Wed., Feb. 22.
-E-mail your design to <eric.mitchell@yale.edu>
-The winner will be announced at the Trivia Tournament.
Take a closer look at
General Electric:
Mr. Eric Luftig, Healthcare Marketing Manager,
GE Advanced Materials, Silicones, will brief
undergraduates about employment and graduate
students about internships at GE.
Wed., Feb. 22, 4:00 pm, Engineering Student
Center in Dunham. Bring a resume.
Challenge for our grad
students and postdocs:
You are invited to design a summer research
project for a New Haven high school junior
based on your research. One project will be selected,
and high school juniors will compete to work for
8 weeks in your lab with you as mentor. At the
end of the summer, you and your mentee will each
receive a $2,000 honorarium along with a plaque
and other recognition. The student will then write
up his/her summer research project and enter it in
high school science fairs. The deadline for submission
of the summer project proposal is Tues., Feb. 28.
If this pilot program works well, more projects will
be available in the future. For specifics, contact
<eric.stern@yale.edu>
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workshop:
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Wed., Feb. 22, 3:00 pm.
End of Faculty of
Engineering Bulletin 687