Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday

Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, February 23, 2004

Speakers:
Mon., Feb. 23, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Diffusion-Engineered Single-Photon Spectrometer for
UV/Visible Detection," Veronica Savu, Physics.
Adviser: Prof. Daniel Prober.
Refreshments at 3:30 pm.

Wed., Feb. 25, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Metallic Magnetic Calorimeters," Prof. George Seidel,
Brown University.
Host: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf.

Wed., Feb. 25, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
"Combustion modeling for aircraft engine applications,"
Prof. Heinz Pitsch, Center for Turbulence Research,
Stanford University.
Hosts: Prof. Mitchell Smooke and Prof. Alessandro Gomez.
Refreshments at 2:15 pm.

Wed., Feb. 25, 4:00 pm, Watson 400.
Communications and Networking Seminar:
"Distributed Coordination Algorithms for Mobile Sensing
Networks," Prof. Francesco Bullo, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.
Host: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda.

Thurs., Feb. 26, 2:30 pm (note special time!), Sloane Physics Lab 52.
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"Mesoscopic Physics of Photons in Cold Atomic Gases,"
Dr. Eric Akkermans, Technion, Israel.
Host: Prof. Michel Devoret.

Thurs. (note the day!), Feb. 26, 4:00 pm, Watson 400.
Communications and Networking Seminar:
"Cross-layer Design Issues for Quality of Service Provisioning
in Wireless Networks," Prof. Leandros Tassiulas, University
of Maryland.
Host: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda.

Fri., Feb. 27, 11:00 am, Watson 500.
Electrical Engineering Seminar:
"Distributed Router Fabrics," Mr. Brian Patrick Towles,
Concurrent VLSI Architecture Group, Electrical Engineering
Department, Stanford University.
Host: Prof. A. Stephen Morse.

Welcome:
Dr. Hai Ni has joined us from the University of Windsor,
Canada, as Visiting Scientist to do research on NiTi shape
memory alloys from MEMS with Prof. Ainissa Ramirez, ME.
Dr. Ni is an expert in thermal analysis of phase transitions
and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and is interested
in microstructure development in metals.

Discovery's "Science" features Prof. Kuc:
Feb. 8, the "Science" WildTech series featured researchers
from Yale, MIT, Brown, et al. in an hour-long program
on seeing (What nature teaches robots). One segment
highlighted Prof. Roman Kuc, EE, and his research
on bat-mimicking mobile sonar.

Final doctoral examination:
Sara Haug, "Neural Modulation of Cell-cell Conduction in
Feed Arteries." Committee: Prof. Steven Segal,
Prof. Michael Loewenberg, and Prof. Vincent Pieribone.
Feb. 13.

Briggs & Stratton summer internships offer:
Exposure for Sophomores and Juniors to product testing,
quality control, design and development, technology
research, materials, manufacturing, and assembly.
Benefits: Subsidized housing, reimbursed roundtrip,
$12.61 per hour, and the world's largest musical festival
on the shores of Lake Michigan. Contact Mr. Doug Stears
<shears.doug@basco.com> also <www.briggsandstratton.com>
Apply now.

Be one of the first to see FEMLAB 3.0:
COMSOL will give a free seminar, "Take Multiphysics Modeling
to the Next Level," and a software demonstration
Mon., Feb. 23, 1:00-3:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 57.
Host: Prof. Hür Köser, EE. Space is limited, so please register
at <www.comsol.com/seminars/usa/newhaven/>

Yale Entrepreneurial Society, YES, invites:
Network with entrepreneurs, etc., Thurs., Feb. 26, in New
York City, <www.yes.yale.edu/yesny.htm>

Seniors biking to CA for Habitat seek sponsors:
Peter Dobrowolski ME '04 and Mohsen Nasr ME '04 will
ride their bicycles this summer from New Haven to San Francisco
to raise money for six new homes to be built in Greater New
Haven by Habitat for Humanity. Both seniors are committed
to raising a minimum of $4,000 and hope to find sponsors in
the Yale Engineering community and among alumni and friends.
For specifics, contact <dobrowolski@yale. edu> and also visit
<www.yale.edu/habitat>

Happy National Engineers Week
February 22-28

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