Faculty of Engineering
Bulletin for Monday, September 5, 2005
WELCOME TO ENGINEERING 2005-06!
Speakers:
Wed., Sept. 7,
1:00 pm, Mason 107.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Q>100
Million Microresonators on Silicon Chips,"
Prof. Kerry Vahala, Applied Physics Department, Caltech.
Host: Prof. Jack Harris.
Thurs., Sept. 8,
1:00
pm, Sloane Physics Lab 56.
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"Antiferromagnetism on the Pyrochlore Lattice A,"
Prof. Shivaji L. Sondhi, Princeton University.
Host: Prof. Steven Girvin.
Appointed:
President Richard Levin has appointed Prof. Menachem
Elimelech, Roberto C. Goizueta Professor of Chemical
Engineering and Director of the Environmental Engineering
Program, as the Chair of the Department of Chemical
Engineering. Prof. Elimelech will continue to serve
as the Director of the Environmental Engineering Program.
Promoted:
Prof. Jerzy Blawzdziewicz has been promoted to
Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering.
Prof. Jung Han has been promoted to Professor
in Electrical Engineering.
Congratulations:
Prof. David and Mrs. Lily LaVan welcomed into their
life a baby girl, Sarah Simon LaVan, their firstborn,
on July 7.
Freshman orientation:
113 first-year students attended the Engineering
Orientation August 29. They expressed the following
interests [most had more than one]:
44--Biomedical Engineering
34--Mechanical Engineering
27--Electrical
25--Applied Physics
25--Computer Science
24--Environmental Engineering
23--Chemical Engineering
19--Electrical Engineering/Computer Science
Correct on <eng.yale.edu>
& in our "Orange Book":
The correct information about our graduate
courses is under Graduate on our Engineering
website www.eng.yale.edu/
[some of our grad
course information is incorrect in the Graduate
School brochure].
The correct information about the Select Program
in Engineering is at <www.eng.yale.edu/select/>
and in our "Orange Book" [it is incorrect in the
Blue Book].
Engineering and CS
Databases and other tools:
Mon., Sept. 5, 3:00 pm, the Engineering Library
will brief you on a variety of online databases
for finding books, journal articles, and full-text
papers. Also, take a tour on what else is available
at our Engineering Library Fri., Sept. 9, 2:00 pm.
Sustainability
projects:
In light of Yale's renewed emphasis on a more
sustainable University environment, students are
invited to help solve technical problems and design
solutions [for possible credit] in environmental
management, energy systems, intermodal transportation,
and infrastructure design and construction. If you
are interested in an independent sustainability
project, contact Mr. Glenn Weston-Murphy, ME,
<glenn.weston-murphy@yale.edu>
Learn about management
consulting:
The Boston Consulting Group will conduct a
presentation and host a reception Wed., Sept. 7, 7:00 pm,
in the College Room of the downtown Omni Hotel for
undergraduates who wish to learn about management
consulting. For specifics, contact <striker.rory@bcg.com>
For those who are new:
Use a Post Office box number (not the street number)
as your Yale mailing address. The correct mailing
address is:
Name
Department, Yale University
P.O. Box (6-digit number)
New Haven, CT 06520-(last 4 digits of P.O. number.
The street number is only for parcel delivery.
If you wish to send
water:
Prof. Ainissa Ramirez, ME, could take the case
of bottled water you donate to the New Have Armory,
290 Goffe Street, if you drop it off at her office,
Becton 209, by Fri., Sept 9. Or you can give her
$7.00 and she will pick up a case on your behalf
to send to Hurricane Katrina's victims.
End of Engineering
Bulletin 665