Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, June 2, 2003

 

Speaker:

 

Wed., June 4, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.

Solid State and Optics Seminar:

    "Quantum Fluctuation Effects in 1D Josephson Junction

    Arrays," Prof. David Haviland, Royal Institute of Technology,

    Stockholm, Sweden.

    Host: Prof. Michel Devoret.

Fri., June 6, 1:00 pm, Becton 408. 
Special Theory Seminar:

    "Chirkikov's Ten Commandments of Chaos," Prof. Dima 
    Shepelyansky, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
    Host: Prof. A. Douglas Stone.

 

Engineering Commencement 2003:

    It poured Monday, May 26, but not on the Engineering

    Commencement ceremonies which, to everyone's delight, were

    held inside. Davis Auditorium was brimming with graduates

    and their proud family members and friends (after distributing

    200 programs, we ran out). Almost all Engineering graduates

    were present to accept their diploma and an Engineering lapel pin

    to remind them of their days at Yale Engineering. The Dean and

    the Director of Educational Affairs greeted our beaming graduates

    and their happy entourages, and the Director of Graduate Studies

    and each of the Directors of Undergraduate Studies, colorful in their

    various academic finery, said a few words about most of our graduates

    as they handed out diplomas to our 53 Bachelor's, 34 Master's

    (27 of whom are going on to the Ph.D.), and 5 Ph.D. degree recipients.

 

Final doctoral examinations:

    Peter Fong: "Development and Characterization of Normoxic

    Polymer Gels for Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry." Committee:

    Prof. John Gore, Prof. Mark Saltzman, and Prof. Francesco

     d'Errico.

    Tues., June 3, 4:00 pm, Becton 508.

 

    Silvina Horovitz: "Multimodal Studies of Brain Activation." Committee:

    Prof. John Gore, Prof. Lawrence Staib, and Prof. Roman Kuc.

    Tues., June 3, 2:00 pm, Becton 508.

 

Doctoral area examinations:

    Gianfilippo Coppola: "Turbulent Counterflow Diffusion Flame." Committee:

    Prof. Alessandro Gomez, Prof. Daniel Rosner, and Prof. Mitchell

     Smooke.

    Mon., June 2, 8:30 am, Becton 408.

 

    Barbara LaMantia: "Studies of Intra-Bubble Combustion Synthesis."

    Committee: Prof. Daniel Rosner, Prof. Alessandro Gomez, and 
     Prof. Michael Loewenberg. 

    Tues., June 3, 10:30 am, Mason 107.

 

    Joseph McManis: "GaAs Deep-Level Materials for Integrated

    Optoelectronics." Committee: Prof. Janet Pan, Prof. Jerry Woodall,

    and Prof. Richard Chang.

    May 27.

 

Don't send by US Mail and get it there faster:

    If you send a letter to another Yale department by US Mail

    rather than by Campus Mail, you will delay its delivery and

    waste postage. And it still will be delivered to that other

    department by none other than--Campus Mail! This is how it works:

    The mail you sent by US Mail will be trucked to Wallingford where

    it will be sorted. If you addressed the envelope with the department's

    name and street address (instead of the PO Box number), your mail

    will have to be sorted by hand (much slower). After the mail has

    been sorted, your letter will be delivered to Yale's Campus Mail. There

    it will get sorted  again. After that, Campus Mail will deliver your

    letter to that other Yale department. Had you sent your letter by

    Campus Mail, you would have skipped the useless back and forth to

    Wallingford for sorting, and your mail would have reached its

    destination sooner.

 

Wish to become part of the Friendship Force?

    President of the Friendship Force of Southern Connecticut Barbara

    Skolones, Administrative Assistant in ChE, welcomes your interest in

    hosting a husband and wife from Merseburg, Germany, for a week

    in September (15-22) in order to provide them with an opportunity

    to get to know the American way of life. (Hosts become eligible to

    be hosted in turn in a foreign country for one or more weeks). Home

    Hosts provide a bedroom, most meals, and some time with their families.

    Hosts may (but do not need to) take part in planned activities like

    trips to museums, potluck dinners, welcome and farewell dinners, etc.

    Home Hosts have to be screened and to attend a meeting Aug. 24.

    Day Hosts make themselves available during the day; they transport

    the visitors to planned activities or, if there are no planned activities,

    just spend the day with the visitors. For more on the Friendship Force

    of Southern Connecticut, affiliate of Friendship Force International,

    visit http://soctfriendshipforce.netfirms.com

 

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