Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, April 5, 2004

Speakers:

Mon., April 5, 11:00 am, Watson 500.
Special Department of Electrical Engineering Seminar:
    "Architecture and Circuits of a Reconfigurable Memory
    System," Mr. Ken Mai, Engineering, Stanford University.    
    Host: Prof. A. Stephen Morse.

Mon., April 5, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Monday Evening Seminar:
    "Measurements of Electron-Phonon Interactions in Metallic
    Thin Films," Minghao Shen, Physics.
    Adviser: Prof. Robert Grober.
    Refreshments at 3:30 pm outside of Mason 211.

Tues., April 6, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Graduate Student Seminar:
    "Combustion of Individual Bubbles," Barbara LaMantia,
    Chemical Engineering.
    Adviser: Prof. Daniel Rosner.
    Refreshments at 3:45 pm.

Wed., April 7, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
    "Scalar Dissipation Measurements in Turbulent Hydrocarbon
    Flames," Dr. Adonis N. Karpetis, Sandia National Laboratories.
    Hosts: Prof. Mitchell Smooke and Prof. Alessandro Gomez.
    Refreshments at 2:15 pm.

Wed., April 7, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
2004 Spring Barnett F. Dodge Lecture:
    "Molecular Thermodynamics for Some Applications in
    Biotechnology," Prof. John M. Prausnitz, Chemical
    Engineering, University of California at Berkeley.
    Host: Prof. Paul Van Tassel.

Wed., April 7, 4:00 pm, Watson 400.
Communications and Networking Seminar:
    "All Optical Networks: Past, Present and Future,"
    Prof. Vincent Chan, MIT. 
    Host: Prof. Sekhar Tatikonda.

Debate finals:
    The debate finals on "Voting in an e-Democracy" were
    held in Luce Hall Fri. April 2, 4:00 pm. Prof. Robert
    Grober, AP & Phys, was the Adviser.
        
        Team One:
        Jennifer Rost '06, BME; Goran Lynch '06, EE;
        Gary Green '06, BME/MBB; and Chinenye Okafor '07, EE.
 
        Team Two:
        Andrew Petro '04, CS; Emmett Shear '05, CS; Anthony
        DiFranco '05, Phys and Appl.Math, and Vladimir Vladimirov '05, Phys.

Prof. Devoret receives major European award:
    The European Physical Society [European APS] has awarded
    the 2004 Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize to Prof. Michel
    Devoret, AP & Phys, and three other scientists [from France,
    the Netherlands, and Japan] for the "realization and
    demonstration of the quantum bit concept based on
    superconducting circuits" [quantum integrated circuit physics].
    The Europhysics Prize, one of the most prestigious physics
    prizes presented in Europe, is given to internationally
    important areas of condensed matter physics. The Prize
    also has a monetary component.

Elected to CASE:
    Prof. Roman Kuc, EE, has been elected a member of
    the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, CASE.
    The Academy's 200 members provide information and advice
    on science and technology to the government, industry, and
    the people of Connecticut and encourage youth interest in
    science, engineering, and technology.

Slight change:
    The seminars on Harley Davidson engine design have
    been incorporated into ME 185, "Mechanical Design," but
    everyone who is fascinated with engines is invited to
    Mason 211, 12:30-1:20 pm,
    April 5--engine design;
    April 7--history of HD engines;
    April 12, 14, 19, and 21--dissecting (real) HD engines.
    April 22, 2:30 pm, Harley Davidson engineers will
    discus HD engines, room TBA.

Student paper contest at ASEE conference:
    Prof. Roman Kuc, EE, took some students to the
    annual ASEE New England Section Conference at Northeastern
    University, Boston, to compete in the Student Paper Contest
    April 2. Andrew Bassford, Doug Shimokawa, Stephen Tully,
    Herman Waterford II, and Jingshen Jimmy Zhang presented
    "YALIEN-an Autonomous Mobile Robot." Jose R. Fuentes'
    and Geoffrey Schreiner's entry was "Measuring Object
    Range with a Scanning Optical Proximity Detector."

Summer at Yale:
    The Yale Office of Facilities Construction and Renovation
    is hiring engineering students for the summer. Contact
    Mr. Arch Currie, Director, Project Management Division, 2-6705.

About social robots:
    The Institute for Social and Policy Studies workshop "On
    Robots, Computer Agents, and Dogs" by Prof. Sara Kiesler,
    Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon
    University is April 7, 4:15 pm, 77 Prospect Street.
    Contact <carol.pollard@yale.edu> for reading materials and
    reservations for dinner 5:45-7:00 pm.
 
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