Faculty of Engineering
Bulletin for Monday, April 11, 2005
Speakers:
Wed., April 13,
1:00 pm, Mason 107.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Probing Electronic Properties at the Single
Molecule
Level on Silicon Surfaces," Prof. Mark C. Hersam,
Northwestern University.
Host: Prof. Mark Reed.
Wed., April 13, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.
Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
"Mechanical Contact at Small Length Scales,"
Prof. William Unertl, University of Maine.
Host: Prof. Udo Schwarz. Refreshments.
Thurs., April 14, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Engineering and Biotechnology Strategies for
Nerve Repair," Prof. Christine Schmidt, Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas,
Austin.
Host: Prof. Lisa Pfefferle.
Fri., April 15, noon, Mason 107.
Biomaterials Seminar Series:
"Ferrofluids as Materials for Highly Sensitive
Biomolecular
Recognition," Prof. Hür Köser, Electrical
Engineering.
Host: Prof. Paul Van Tassel.
A light lunch will be provided.
Fri., April 15,
4:00 pm, Dunham Fifth
Floor Conference Room.
Center for Systems Science:
"Connections Between Statistical Mechanics and
Combinatorial Optimization Problems,"
Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda, Electrical Engineering.
Host: Prof. Kumpati Narendra.
Sat., April 16, 10:30 am, Becton
Davies Auditorium, 15 Prospect Street.
Science Saturday:
"Tissue Engineering: Growing New Organs in a
Dish,"
Prof. Erin Lavik, Biomedical Engineering.
Host: Prof. Ainissa Ramirez.
Last talk in the series is April 23
Doctoral area examination:
Hong
Tao--"Deformation and Failure
Behavior
of Resistance Spot Welded Dual Phase Steel."
Committee: Prof. Wei Tong, Prof. Udo Schwarz,
and Prof. David Wu. March 30.
Welcome:
Christopher Doyle
has joined us April 4 as
Office Assistant
to the Facilities Manager. He has studied business
finance at American International College, Springfield,
MA,
where he was also an avid soccer player (he was invited
to try out for major indoor soccer team). He intends to
finish his degree at the University of New Haven. His
parents, Elizabeth and Joseph Vellali, also work at
Yale.
His mother is Sr. Administrative Assistant in MB&B
and
his father is Manager of two stockrooms in KBT. His
brother
Jonathan is in the military, his sister Amanda attends
Sacred Heart Academy, and his 14-year brother Brandon
is a student at ACES in Hamden.
Matlab programmer needed:
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology has a part-time
hourly
Matlab programmer position for an undergraduate or a
graduate student. Work on computational tools for
analysis of electron micrographs of color producing
biological nanostructures (in bird feathers and
butterfly
scales!). Upgrade and expand existing Matlab m-files,
develop a free-standing version. The applicant should
have experience with basic image processing, discrete
Fourier analysis, Matlab on multiple platforms,
creating
GUIs, and graphical presentation of data. Please
contact
<richard.prum@yale.edu> or 2-9423 and ask also
about
other research possibilities.
Raising seed financing for small business:
The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology,
CCAT,
invites those thinking about starting a business (or
small businesses looking for ways to finance new
development) to a government Small Business
Innovative Research (SBIR) program
April 12, 8:30 am-noon,
at Anlyan Center for Medical Research & Education
on Congress Avenue. The day's focus will be about
biotechnology-oriented SBIR opportunities, but
attendees will also acquire a general sense of what
financing opportunities are available for small
businesses development also in engineering,
computer science, and environmental science.
AYA offers contacts for Yale alumni-to-be:
The Yale Career Network contains profiles
and contact
information of 5,600+ alumni who volunteered to act
as career advisors to current students about career
objectives, professional interests, local job market
conditions in their fields, and other career-related
issues. Use your Yale NetID and password to access
<www.aya.yale.edu/career>
Or address your questions
to the AYA at <career.network@yale.edu>
End of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 658