Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, April 14, 2003

 

Speakers:

Mon., April 14, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.

Monday Evening Seminar:

    "Gallium-Arsenide Deep-Level Materials for Optoelectronics,"

    Joseph McManis, Applied Physics.

    Adviser: Prof. Janet Pan. Refreshments.

 

Mon., April 14, 4:00 pm, Bass 305.

Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Seminar:

    "Challenges of Automated Molecular Microscopy,"

    Dr. Bridget Carragher, Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute.

    Host: Prof. Vinzenz Unger.

 

Tues., April 15, 11:00 am, Watson 400.  (Rescheduled from April 10).

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

    Prof. Martin Margala, Electrical and Computer Engineering,

    University of Rochester.

    Host: Prof. Yiorgos Makris.

 

Tues., April 15, 4:00 pm, Davies Auditorium, Becton.

Final Sesquicentennial Lecture in the 
Distinguished Lecture Series:

    "Fourteen Ways to get to Mars, and Twenty-Four Ways to

    Miss It," Dr. Charles Whetsel, Chief Engineer, Mars

    Exploration Program, NASA and JPL.

    Host: Dean Paul Fleury.

 

Wed., April 16, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.

Solid State and Optics Seminar:

    "Wavefunction Imaging in the Cuprate High Temperature

    Superconductors," Prof. Jennifer Hoffman, University of

    California at Berkeley

    Host Prof. Douglas Stone.

 

Wed., April 16, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.

Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:

    "A Multicomponent Space-Charge Transport Model for

    Ion-Exchange Membranes," Prof. Peter Pintauro, Chemical

    Engineering, Case Western Reserve University.

    Host: Prof. John Walz.

 

Wed., April 16, 4:00 pm, Watson 400.

Communications and Networking Seminar:

    "Dynamic Resource Allocation in Satellite and Wireless

    Networks," Prof. Eytan Modiano, MIT.

    Host: Prof. Edmund Yeh.

 

Thurs., April 17, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.

Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:

    "Charge Inversion via Fractionalization of Charge and

    Gene Delivery," Prof. Boris Shklovskii, University

    of Minnesota.

    Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev.

 

Fri., April 18, 4:00 pm, Dunham 5th Floor Conference Room.

Center for Systems Science Seminar:

    "Post-Modern Control," Prof. Robert Stengel, Princeton.

    Host: Prof. Kumpati Narendra.

 

Mechanical Engineering faculty search:

    Applications are invited for junior faculty positions in

    fluid and thermal sciences and in mechanical engineering

    design. Deadline: April 30.

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

 

Ph.D. area examination:

    Lafe Spietz, "The Ideal Electron Gas Thermometer:

    Progress Toward a Quantum Temperature Standard."

    Committee: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf, Prof. Daniel Prober,

    Prof. Robert Grober. The examination took place April 10.

 

Volunteers needed:

    Contact <joshua.buck@yale.edu>, if you could assist with

    the Bulldog Days Academic Fair/Bazaar Mon., April 14,

    2:00-3:30 pm, Lanman Center, Payne Whiney Gym.

    Our DUSs and Mrs. Jane Boone will participate also.

 

Officers for 2003-04:

    IEEE:

        Chair: Nitin Gupta '04,

        Vice Chair: Andrew Bassford '04,

        Treasurer: Jimmy Zhang '04,

        Secretaries: Matt Aldrich '04 and Cameron McNatt '04,

        Sys-Ops: Andrew Bassford '04 and Jimmy Zhang '04.

 

    NSBE-Yale:

        President: Yaw Adjei-Poku ‘04,

        Vice-President: Robert Watkins ‘05,

        Secretary: Abena Asare ‘05,

        Treasurer: Kimballe Campbell ‘05.

        Visit <www.yale.edu/nsbe/>

 

    Yale Scientific Magazine:

        Editor-in-Chief: Andrew Read '05,

        Publisher: Reuben Grinberg '05.

 

Student phonathon:

    Yale College Engineering Student Council (YCESC) members

    impressed Mrs. Jane Boone, Coordinator for Educational

    Affairs, no end with their organizational skills and ability to

    handle questions April 7 & 8 nights (until after 9:30 pm!)

    when they phoned Yale admittees who are now making up

    their minds where to study engineering. Participants were

    Joshua Buck '04 CE, YCESC Chair, Kate Johnson '04 EE,

    Tiffanee Green '03 BME, Preetham Reddy '04 CE,

    Mo Nasr '04 ME, Jennifer Michelstein '03 EE, Jason Hsue '05, AP,

    Nicholas Gross '06 BME, Michelle Brady '03 EE, and

    Kevin Brower '04, CE.

 

Alumna informs:

    Gabel Chong '00 Ph.D. wrote to inform (via this Bulletin) our

    undergraduates and grad students about the availability of

    internships at Intel in MA, her employer. Apply by the end of April.

    Visit www.intel.com/jobs/usa/students/internships/fouryear.htm

 

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