Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, March 31, 2003

 

Speakers:

 

Mon., March 31, 4:00 pm, Mason 107. 

Monday Evening Seminar: 

    "Energy and Its Sustainability," Prof. Robert Grober, 

    Applied Physics. 

    Host: Prof. Richard Chang. 

    Refreshments at 3:30 pm. 

 

Wed., April 2, 2:30 pm, Mason 107. 

Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar: 

    "Molecular Tribology of Highly Ordered Monolayers," 

    Prof. Nancy A. Burnham, Department of Physics, 

    Worchester Polytechnic Institute. 

    Host: Prof. Udo Schwarz. 

    Refreshments at 2:15 pm.

 

Wed., April 2, 4:00 pm, Mason 211. 4:00 pm, Mason 211. 

Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar: 

    "Heteroepitaxil Oxides on Semiconductors: Surface 

    and Interface Issue," Dr. Yong Liang, Motorola 

    Laboratories. 

    Host: Prof. Eric Altman.

Thurs., April 3, 4:00 pm, Mason 211. 

Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: 

    "Inelastic X-ray Scattering Studies of Excitations in 

    Strongly Correlated Electron Systems," Dr. John Hill, 

    Brookhaven National Laboratory. 

    Host: Prof. Simon Mochrie. 

 

Fri., April 4, 4:00 pm, Dunham 5th Floor Conference Room. 

Center for Systems Science Seminar: 

    "The No-Free-Lunch Theorem, System Complexity, 

    and Network Security," Prof. Yu-Chi (Larry) Ho, 

    Harvard. 

    Host: Prof. Kumpati Narendra.

 

Prof. Narendra receives AACC lifetime award: 

    The American Automatic Control Council (AACC), an 

    association of the control systems divisions of eight member

    societies--AIAA, AIChE, ASCE, ASME, AISE, IEEE, ISA, SCS--

    and the U.S. National Member Organization of IFAC 

    (International Federation of Automatic Control), has 

    honored Prof. Kumpati Narendra, EE, with their Richard

    E. Bellman Control Heritage Award "for pioneering 

    contributions to stability theory, adaptive and learning 

    systems theory, and for inspiring leadership as mentor, 

    advisor, and teacher over a period spanning four decades." 

    This is AACC's highest recognition of professional achievement 

    for U.S. control systems engineers and scientists for 

    contributions to the theory or applications of automatic 

    control and AACC's only award to an individual for lifetime

    contributions to control and systems engineering. 

    Prof. Narendra will accept his award at the American 

    Control Conference (ACC) in Denver, CO, in June. 

 

Doctoral area examination: 

    Sven Ude, "Measurement and Properties of Nanometer 

    Particles in the Gas Phase." Committee: Prof. Juan de 

    la Mora, Prof. Daniel Rosner, Prof. John Walz.

    Thurs., April 3, 10:30 am, Watson 000. 

 

ME student receives ASME award: 

    Dr. Beth Anne Bennett, ME, Prof. B.T. Chu, ME, 

    Mr. Glenn Weston-Murphy, ME, seven ME majors, 

    and an ME grad student attended a dinner March 27 at 

    the Bass Center, sponsored by the New Haven ASME, 

    the Fairfield ASME, and the Connecticut chapter of 

    the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. On the agenda 

    was a talk on nuclear safety, meeting mechanical 

    engineers from Connecticut industries, and a getting

    acquainted by ME majors from different educational 

    institutions. Mike Murphy '03 received an award from 

    the New Haven ASME for leadership in Yale's ME program. 

    Dr. Bennett, one of the organizers of the event, serves as 

    the treasurer of the New Haven ASME chapter.

ME seeks two additional Junior faculty members: 

    - Junior faculty appointment in fluid and thermal sciences. 

    Preference for expertise in experimental aspects of fluids 

    and thermal sciences. Areas of research interest include 

    traditional thermo-fluids topics and emerging fields like 

    micro-fluidics and biological flows.
 

    -Junior faculty appointment in the area of mechanical 

    engineering design.

    The ideal candidate would have a strong interest in 

    teaching design and design methodology and a research 

    background in any of the following areas: mechatronics,

    robotics, sensors, electromechanical systems, kinematics, 

    and dynamics of machinery, design of the human-computer 

    interface.

    Deadline for applications: April 30, 2003. For more, visit

    www.eng.yale.edu/mechanical/JR-faculty-search.htm

 

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