Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, April 7, 2003

 

Speakers:

 

Mon., April 7, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.

    "Detection of Cytokines Using Protein Arrays,"

    Prof. William Reichert, Biomedical Engineering,

    Duke University.

    Host: Prof. Mark Saltzman.

 

Wed., April 9, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.

Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar:

    "Local Perturbations of Colloidal Glasses,"

    Prof. Eric Weeks, Physics, Emory University.

    Host: Prof. Corey O'Hern.

    Refreshments at 2:15 pm. 

Wed., April 9, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.

Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar: 

2003 Spring J. M. Henske Lecture:

    "Sustainability Science: Research Opportunities and the

    Emergence of a New Metadiscipline," Prof. John Crittenden,

    Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan

    Technological University.

    Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech.

Wed., April 9, 4:00 pm, Watson 400.

Communications and Networking Seminar: 

    "Capacity Analysis of Large Wireless Networks,"

    Dr. Piyush Gupta, Lucent Technologies,

    Bell Laboratories. Host: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda.

 

Thurs., April 10, 11:00 am, Watson 400.

    "Design for Reliability in Sub-100nm Technologies,"

    Prof. Martin Margala, Electrical and Computer Engineering,

    University of Rochester.

    Host: Prof. Yiorgos Makris. (This was moved to next week).

 

Thurs., April 10, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.

Yale Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:

    "Charge and Statistics of Dilute Laughlin Quasiparticles,"

    Prof. Charles Kane, University of Pennsylvania.

    Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev.

 

Short course April 14 and 15:

    April 14, Becton Faculty Lounge, 9:30-12:30 and 2:30-4:30,

    April 15, Mason 107, 2:30-5:30 pm.

   

    Chemical Engineering is offering a short course on "Preparation,

    Properties, Applications, and Manufacture of Well Defined

    Dispersed Solids" given by Prof. Egon Matijevic, Victor

    K. LaMer Professor, Clarkson University.

    Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech.

    Sponsor: Dr. Robert M. Langer, '45 WE, '52 DEng.

    There is no fee and the course is open to anyone but, please,

    register with Ms. Barbara Skolones, <barbaras.skolones@yale.edu>

    or at 2-2219.

 

YSEA annual dinner:

    Reservations are requested by April 25, 2-4220, for the annual

    Yale Science and Engineering Association dinner April 30

    in the Presidents Room, Woolsey Hall

        (students on the Yale meal contract, $10 /will be refunded at dinner/,

        Yale faculty and staff, $30 per person

        YSEA member & spouse, $40 per person

        alumni, $50 per person /includes $10 for membership/).

 

    YSEA will confer their Award for Distinguished Service to

    Industry, Commerce or Education on George M. Milne Jr. '65,

    retired Pfizer Corporate Officer, the Award for Advancement

    of Basic and Applied Science on Prof. Edward Cussler '61 BE ChE,

    professor at of the University of Minnesota, and the Award

    for Meritorious Service to Yale University on Prof. Pierre Hohenberg,

    Deputy Provost for Science and Technology and Adjunct Professor

    of Physics and Applied Physics.

 

    Also honored will be retiring Engineering and Science faculty,

    including Prof. Ira Bernstein, ME, and Prof. Donald

    Crothers '58, Chem & ChE.

 

2003 Collegiate Inventors competition:

    Undergraduates and gradudate students now compete and receive

    prizes in separate categories. There are two $25,000 Graduate prizes

    and two $15,000 Undergraduate prizes. The grand prize for an

    individual or team is $50,000 (plus $10,000 for the faculty adviser).

    Deadline: June 1.

    Sponsors: Hewlett Packard Invent, Corning, Goodyear, and U.S.

    Patent and Trademark Office.

 

    Within the last decade, Yale students have won in

    1993 (Bing-long Zhang '90 M.S., '94 Ph.D., Adviser: Prof. T.P. Ma, EE);

    1996 (Gregg Favalora '96, Adviser: Prof. Peter Kindlmann, EE);

    1998 (Jin-Ping Han '98 M.S, Adviser: Prof. T. P. Ma); and in

    1999 (team led by Jennifer Davis '81, Adviser: Dr. Nathan Delson, ME).

 

    The 2003 Collegiate Inventors promotional literature features

    prominently Yale's Gregg Favalora '96 and team leader Jennifer Davis '81.

 

Volunteers needed:

    -Phonathon: Engineering students are needed to phone newly

    admitted students. When? Mon. and Tues., April 7 and 8, 5:30-8:30 pm,

    Where? Dunham 222. Pizza? Yes.

    Contact <kathryn.g.johnson@yale.edu>

 

    -Befriend a future Yalie: Especially Freshmen and Sophomores

    (who may remember how intimidating Yale can be to a newcomer)

    are invited to help welcome future Yalies who will stay on

    campus overnight April 14 during Bulldog Days, April 14-15.

    Contact <kathryn.g.johnson@yale.edu>

 

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