Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, May 3, 2004

Speakers:

Tues., May 4,
4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Graduate Student Seminar:
    "MOVPE fabrication of III-V Nanostrucures," Jie Su,
    Electrical Engineering.
    Adviser: Prof. Jung Han.
    Refreshments at 3:45 pm.

Wed., May 5, 1:00 pm, Becton Faculty Lounge.
Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar:
    "Implantable Neural Probe Systems for Cortical
    Neuroprostheses," Prof. Daryl R. Kipke, Department
    Ann Arbor, MI.
    Host: Dr. Mark Laubach.

Prof. Chang elected to CASE:
    The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
    has elected Prof. Richard K. Chang, AP and Phys,
    to membership in the ~200-member body.

Condolences
    to Prof. Alessandro Gomez, ME, and to
    Mr. Glenn Weston-Murphy, ME,
    upon the loss of their fathers.

Doctoral area examinations:
(a partial listing)
Celeste Yang--"Using Confocal Microscopy to Study
    Misfolding of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide."
    Committee: Prof. Robert Grober, Prof. Victor Henrich,
    and Prof. Richard Chang.
    April 6.

Michael Sander-- "Irreversibility of Organic Compound
    Sorption to Natural and Engineered Organic Matter Solids."
    Committee: Prof. Menachem Elimelech, Prof. James
    Saiers, and Prof. Joseph Pignatello.
    April 9.

Benjamin Boese--"Natural and Engineered Nucleic Acids
    as Molecular Receptors." Committee: Prof. Ronald
    Breaker, Prof. John Walz, and Prof. Paul Van Tassel.
    April 16.

Jaimee Dong--"What Are The Technological Consequences
    of a Transition to Lead-Free Solder?" Committee: Prof. Thomas
    Graedel, Prof. Menachem Elimelech, and Prof. Robert
    Gordon.
    April 29.

Ryan Munden--"Electrical Characterization of Semiconductor
    Nanowires."
    Committee: Prof. Mark Reed, Prof. T.P. Ma, and
    Prof. Jung Han.
    April 29.

Giuliano Amantini--"Experimental and Computational
    Study of Two-Dimensional Methane Counterflow Diffusion
    Flames."
    Committee: Prof. Alessandro Gomez, Prof. Mitchell
    Smooke, Prof. Marshall Long,
and Dr. Beth Anne Bennett.
    April 29.

Weipeng Li--"Growth and Characterization of Gate Dielectrics
    for Si and GaN." Committee: Prof. T.P. Ma, Prof. Jung
    Han,
and Prof. Janet Pan.
    April 30.

Yanxiang Liu--"Advanced Dielectrics for Non-Volatile Memories."
    Committee: Prof. T.P. Ma, Prof. Janet Pan, and Prof.
    Jung Han.

    April 30.

Ermelinda Harper--"Tungsten: A Temporally and Spatially
    Resolved Quantitative Stocks and Flows Analysis."
    Committee: Prof. Thomas Graedel, Prof. William
    Mitch,
and Prof. Robert Gordon.
    Mon., May 3, 10:00 am, Environmental Sciences Center 110.

2nd Granular Materials Workshop:
    Prof. Eric Dufresne, ME, and Prof. Corey O'Hern,
    ME and Phys, organizers of the workshop, invite submissions
    of 15-minute talks and poster sessions. Deadline: May 21.
    Specifics at <www.eng.yale.edu/ohernlab/>

Postdoctoral position:
    Prof. Mark Reed, EE, seeks to fill a postdoctoral
    position in nanoscale device and mesoscale physics.
    Required: Experience in device fabrication and
    characterization, cryogenic and milliKelvin techniques,
    and low noise instrumentation. Contact <mark.reed@yale.edu>

Collegiate Inventors Competition:
    Grand prize: $50,000;
    graduate student award: $25,000;
    undergraduate student award: $15,000.
    Adviser honorarium: $5,000.
    Deadline: June 1.
    Details at <www.invent.org/collegiate>

Y-IEEE officers for 2004-05:
    Chair: Stephen Tully, Davenport '05, Vice Chair: Jose R. Fuentes '06,
    Treasurer: Geoffrey Schreiner '06, SysOp: Todd Schneider '06.
    Faculty Adviser: Prof. Peter Kindlmann.

Consulting?
    Faculty, is your consulting information current?
    <www.eng.yale.edu/faculty/consulting.html>

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