Faculty
of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, April 12, 2004
Speakers:
Mon., April 12, 11:00
am, Watson 500.
Special Department of Electrical Engineering Seminar:
"Energy Analysis and Optimization of
Embedded Systems,"
Ms. Yunsi Fei, cand. Ph.D., Department of
Electrical
Engineering, Princeton.
Host: Prof. A. Stephen Morse.
Mon.,
April 12,
4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Towards a Superconducting Terahertz
Heterodyne Array
Camera," Matthew Reese, Applied Physics.
Adviser: Prof. Daniel Prober.
Refreshments at 3:30 pm outside Mason 211.
Tues.,
April 13,
4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Graduate Student Seminar:
"Cervical Spine Soft Tissue Injuries During
Simulated Low
Speed Automobile Collisions," Paul Ivancic,
Biomedical
Engineering.
Adviser: Prof. Manohar Panjabi.
Refreshments at 3:45 pm.
Wed.,
April 14, 4:00
pm, Mason 107.
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
2004 Spring John M. Henske Lecture:
"New Views on Sediment Chemistry, Toxicity,
and
Treatment (If You're a Clam, You're not Necessarily
What You Eat)," Prof. Richard G. Luthy,
Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford
University.
Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech.
Wed.,
April 14,
4:00 pm, Watson 400.
Communications and Networking Seminar:
"Applications of Information Theory to Sensory
Neuroscience,"
Prof. Toby Berger, Cornell University.
Host: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda.
Thurs.,
April 15, 1:00
pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"Superconductor to Insulator Transition in
One-Dimensional
Systems in the Presence of Dissipation," Prof.
Eugene
Demler, Harvard University.
Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev.
Fri.,
April 16,
4:00 pm, Dunham 5th Floor Conference Room.
Center for Systems Science Seminar:
"Adaptive Actuator Failure Compensation,"
Prof. Gang
Tao, University of Virginia.
Host: Prof. Kumpati Narendra.
Congratulations:
--Goldwater scholarship: Vanessa C. Wood '05,
AP,
is a winner of the Goldwater Scholarship, the
premier
undergraduate award of its type in mathematics,
science,
and engineering. The 161 men and 149 women 2004
Goldwater
Scholars were selected for academic merit from
1,113 candidates
nationwide. Vanessa Wood is interested in laser
optics,
specifically, microcavity lasers for applications
ranging
from biosensing to quantum computation.
The scholarship covers the cost of tuition, fees,
books,
and also room and board up to $7,500 a year.
--NNIN REU internship at Stanford: Carl Dietz
'05, AP, won
an internship sponsored by NSF at the Stanford
Nanofabrication
Facility. He will do research on fabrication of a
V-groove
optical fiber laser half-coupler. The internship
provides
a $3,800 stipend and covers travel and housing.
Doctoral
area examinations:
Alexis de Kerchove--"Role
of the Conditioning Film in
Bacterial Adhesion: Application to Biofouling."
Committee:
Prof. Menachem Elimelech, Prof. Paul van Tassel,
and Prof. Gaboury Benoit.
March 22.
Zachary Kuznar--"Deposition
Kinetics of Cryptosporidium
Parvum Under Dynamic Flow Conditions."
Committee:
Prof. Menachem Elimelech, Prof. Saiers, and
Prof. John Walz.
April 6.
Summer
work:
Prof. Mark Reed, EE, is looking for an
undergraduate
for general lab work from mid-May to the end of
August.
Contact Prof. Reed at <mark.reed@yale.edu>
Undergrad
peer-reviewed journal, positions:
The Journal of Young Investigators (JYI), an
international,
online peer-reviewed journal for undergraduates, is
recruiting
staff and candidates for its Board of Directors and
also
invites manuscript submissions, Deadline: April 15.
JYI support comes from NSF,
Science Magazine, the
Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Science's Next Wave, Duke
University, Georgetown University, and others.
Visit <www.jyi.org/aboutJYI/helpWanted.html>
Reception
postponed:
Due to Prof. Csaba Horvath's medical
emergency, the
Tuesday, April 13, reception in honor of his and
Prof. T.P. Ma's election to the National
Academy
of Engineering is being postponed.
End
of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 620