Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, April 21, 2003

 

Speakers:

 

Mon., April 21, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.

Monday Evening Seminar:

    "Measuring the Backaction of an SET on a Single Electron

    Box," Benjamin Turek, Physics.

    Adviser: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf.

 

Wed., April 23, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.

Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar:

    "Effects of Non-Glide Stresses on Plastic Flow arising from

    Non-Planar Dislocation Core Structures (Case Study in

    the Atomistic Continuum Connection)," Prof. John Bassani,

    Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University

    of Pennsylvania.

    Host: Prof. Wei Tong.

 

Wed., April 23, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.

Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:

    "Using Surfactants to Direct Pattern Formation from an

    Evaporating Drop," Prof. Kathleen J. Stebe, Chemical

    and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.

    Host: Prof. Michael Loewenberg.

 

Wed., April 23, 4:00 pm, Watson 400.

Communications and Networking Seminar:

    "Revenue and Welfare Maximization in Multiservice

    Communication Networks," Prof. Yannis Paschalidas,

    Boston University.

    Host: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda.

 

Thurs., April 24, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.

Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:

    "The Wave-Vector Power Spectrum of the Local Tunneling

    Density of States: Ripples in a d-wave Sea," Dr. Douglas

    Scalapino, University of California at Santa Barbara.

    Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev.

 

Thurs., April 24, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.

Biochemical Engineering Program Seminar:

    "Mechanical-Molecular Interplay in Tissue Morphogenesis:

    Example in Lymphangiogenesis," Prof. Melody A. Swartz,

    Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering,

    Northwestern University.

    Host: Prof. Mark Saltzman.

 

Congratulations:

    Prof. Subir Sachdev, Physics and Applied Physics,

    has been appointed a Guggenheim Fellow, New York

    Times, 4/15/03, A9. "Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the

    basis of unusually impressive achievements in the past and

    exceptional promise for future accomplishment."

 

AYA Delegates to focus on Engineering:

    The AYA Delegates' Assembly LXII (62nd), April 25-26,

    which convenes alumni delegates from the U.S. and some foreign

    countries, will focus (the first time ever) on Engineering and

    the Sciences at Yale. AYA Delegates will be briefed in Davies

    Auditorium about the Engineering vision and programs, speak

    with Engineering students, see demonstrations, and visit labs.

 

More student hosts and guides needed:

    A few more students are needed to guide AYA Assembly Delegates

    through Engineering facilities Sat., April 26, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.

    Sign up with Ms. Jane Boone, Coordinator of Educational Affairs,

    <jane.boone@yale.edu> to come and wow Alumni Delegates

    with your charm (and receive an Engineering t-shirt and a gift

    certificate to T.J. Deli).

 

Great "Bulldog Days" April 14 and 15:

    Fifty to sixty pre-engineering students and parents crowded

    around Engineering DUSs, student representatives, and

    Ms. Jane Boone during the Academic Fair in Payne Whitney

    Gym while the Engineering Student Council happily sold

    Engineering t-shirts as souvenirs of the event.
 

    Graduate students Tom Boone EE '03, Robert Koudelka EE '03,

    and Jim Schuck AP '03 took more than 150 (!) interested students

    and campus visitors on tours of Engineering laboratories.

 

Society of Women Engineers invites:

    Our new SWE chapter invites all to spend an hour with alumna

    Kathryn Wilder Guarini '94 BSEE, Ph.D. Stanford '97, now

    Senior Researcher at IBM Watson Lab, Yorktown Heights, NY.

    Mon., April 21, 4:00 pm, Becton Faculty Lounge. Refreshments.

 

New foreign postdoctoral fellows and scholars:

    You and your family are invited to a Welcome Reception and

    Orientation Wed., April 23, 5:00 pm, 333 Cedar Street,

    Sterling Hall of Medicine, Beaumont Room. Refreshments.

    If you can come, please inform <elisabeth.mead@yale.edu>

 

"Teach for America" founder on campus Monday:     

    Ms. Wendy Kopp, who started a national corps of college

    grads who teach for two years in needy schools, will speak

    at the Branford College Masters House April 21, 4:00 pm.

    Guests will receive a free copy of her book.

 

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