Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, May 24, 2004

Speakers: 

Tues., May 25, 11:00 am, Mason 211. 
Solid State and Optics Seminar: 
The Ubiquitous SQUID," Prof. John Clarke, Materials 
Sciences Division, Physics Department, University of 
California at Berkeley. 
Host: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf. 

Wed., May 26, 1:00 pm, Mason 107. 
Solid State and Optics Seminar: 
"Ultra-intense Light Filaments Detect Bioaerosols and 
Transmit Information through Clouds," Dr. Jean-Pierre Wolf, 
Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France. 
Host: Prof. Richard Chang. 

Final doctoral examinations: 
Melissa Koudelka--"Analysis and Synthesis of Textured 
Surfaces With Variation in Illumination, Viewpoint, and Time." 
Committee: Prof. Peter Belhumeur, Prof. James Duncan, 
Prof. Steven Zucker, and Prof. Julie Dorsey. 
May 20.

Todd Zickler--"Image-based Modeling with Arbitrary Reflectance." 
Committee: Prof. Peter Belhumeur, Prof. Stephen Morse, 
and Prof. Steven Zucker. 
May 20.

Yanning Sun--"Efficient and Robust Drift Dominated 
Optoelectronic Devices." 
Committee: Prof. Jerry Woodall, Prof. T.P. Ma, and 
Prof. Janet Pan. 
May 25.

To be honored Commencement Sunday: 
The award selection committee had received more than 100 letters 
from graduate students recommending 46 faculty members 
for the Graduate Mentor Award. Prof. Menachem Elimelech, 
Director of the Environmental Engineering Program, is one 
of three faculty members chosen to receive the Graduate 
Mentor Award at the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 
Commencement Convocation Sun., May 23, for providing to 
advisees outstanding guidance, encouragement, and inspiration. 
See www.yale.edu/opa/v32.n30/story14.html

New crop of graduate students: 
Twenty-seven new graduate students will be joining us
in the fall; they come from the U.S. (13), Canada, China, 
France, Germany, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Turkey.

Promoted: 
Ms. Tanis Lea has been promoted to Senior Administrative 
Assistant in Applied Physics.

Condolences: 
We extend our sympathy to Vivian Smart, Senior Administrative 
Assistant in Electrical Engineering, upon the loss of her sister.

BMES chooses contact persons, Board: 
The 2004-05 contact persons for the Yale Chapter of the 
Biomedical Engineering Society are Maya Kotas '05 and Melissa 
Jeffries '05. Board members are: Historian/Webmaster: Fanor 
Balderrama; Job/Internship/Research: Allison Polland, 
Waenyod Wongtrangan; Public relations: Kristen Andersen, 
Casey Harness; Speakers: Vandana Balakrishnan, Maya Kotas; 
Treasurer: Melissa Jeffries. Faculty adviser: Prof. James Duncan. 

YSEA-Undergraduate chapter chooses Chair: 
In 2004-05, Yale Science and Engineering Association-UC will 
be headed by Julia Lauper '06.

Engineering and Applied Science soccer team: 
Last season, their 3rd, ENAS' soccer team, "Los Locos," played 
five games, won two, tied two, and lost one. It beat Medschool 
4:2 in the semifinals and Economics in the final with 1:0, finishing
as the champions. The team's players (grad students, faculty, 
and postdocs) come from USA, Brazil, Canada, Germany, 
Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, 
and Spain. "Los Locos" welcomes new members. Practice is 
twice a week at 6:00 pm. Interested? Then, show up Fri., 
May 21, ~5:00 pm at the Yale intramural fields near the 
softball diamonds. But before that, e-mail to Co-Captains, 
graduate student <michael.sander@yale.edu> or research 
scientist in ChE <james.wilkins@yale.edu>, that you're coming 
and you'll receive instructions and game locations. The first 
game is against the Busch Leaguers (GPSCY team) Tues., 
May 25, 5:30 pm, 

Team Lux and solar car together again: 
Team Lux arrived in Athens, Greece, May 18 and the "The John 
Lee," was supposed to arrive on a truck from Spain Fri., May 21.
See www.yale.edu/teamlux

Happy Commencement!

We salute our 

 

2004 Engineering Prize Recipients

 

Graduate Students

 

Martin Piech, Chemical Engineering
Henry Prentiss Becton Prize, prize certificate and a check. 

 

Robert Koudelka, Electrical Engineering
Harding Bliss Prize, pewter bowl and a check.

 

Undergraduate, Seniors

 

Ryan Robert McClendon
Henry Prentiss Becton Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Engineering and Applied Science (prize certificate, a check and pewter bowl. The recipient of the Becton prize carries the Engineering banner at Commencement. 

 

David M. Cohen
Edward O. Lanphier Memorial Prize, prize certificate and a check.

 

Jonathan Harry Kerner
Donald Warren McCrosky Memorial Prize, prize certificate and a check.

Kevin Peter Brower
Charles A. Walker Prize in Chemical Engineering, prize certificate and a check.

 

Joshua Hernandez Buck
Harry A. Curtis Prize, prize certificate and a check.

 

Jingshen Zhang and Michael James Glickman
Franz B. Tuteur Memorial Prize, prize certificate and a check.

 

David I-Wang Chu
D. Allan Bromley Prize in Biomedical Engineering, prize certificate and a check.

 

Gordon Taylor Gray and Kathryn Greer Johnson
D. Allan Bromley Prize in Environmental Engineering, prize certificate and a check.

 

Kathleen Anne Baillie
Harry A. Curtis Prize, prize certificate and a check.

Peter Anthony Dobrowolski and Mohsen Alan Nasr
L.C. Lichty and E.O. Waters Mechanical Engineering Senior Award for High Scholarship and Original Research, prize certificate and a check.

Undergraduate, Juniors

Alexander Daniels
Belle and Carl Morse Junior Prize in Engineering and Applied Science, prize certificate and a check.

Jayson Allen Morgan  
Department of Chemical Engineering Junior Prize, prize certificate and a check.

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