Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, September 19, 2005

Speakers:

Wed., Sept. 21, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
   "Light in Anisotropic Media: Towards Negative Index
   Materials at Optical Frequencies," Prof. Evgenii
   Narimanov, Princeton.
   Host: Prof. Douglas Stone.

Wed., Sept. 21, 2:15 pm, Mason 17.
Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
   "Energy Landscapes and Dynamics in Materials
   and Proteins under Stress," Prof. Daniel J. Lacks,
   Case Western Reserve.
   Host: Prof. Corey O'Hern.

Wed., Sept. 21, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
   "Two-Dimensional (2D) Correlation Spectroscopy
   Study of Polymers, Biomolecules, and Other
   Interesting Systems," Dr. Isao Noda, New Platform
   Technologies Division, Corporate R&D, Procter & Gamble.
   Host: Dr. Dragos Ciuparu.

Thurs., Sept. 22, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 56.
Condensed matter Physics Seminar:
   " Spin Incoherent Effects in Momentum Resolved Tunneling and Transport in Luttinger Liquids,"
   Dr. Greg Fiete, Kavli Institute for Theoretical
   Physics.
   Host: Dr. Vadim Oganesyan.
 
Doctoral area examinations:
   Alana Leahy-Dios--"New Experimental Data and Model
   for Thermal Diffusion Coefficients." Prof. Abbas
   Firoozabadi, Prof. Daniel Rosner, and Prof. Paul
   Van Tassel.
   Fri., Sept. 23, 10:30 am, Mason 107.

   Babak Fazelabdolabadi--"Macro-ions Near Confining
   Surfaces: A Theoretical/Numerical Investigation on
   the Influence over Colloidal Forces." Committee:
   Prof. Paul Van Tassel, Prof. Michael Loewenberg,
   and Prof. John Walz. 
   Fri., Sept. 23, 3:00 pm, Becton 408.

  Allegra da Silva--"Adsorption of Viruses in Aquatic
   Systems: Implications for Outbreaks of Diarrheal
   Disease.” Committee: Prof. Menachem Elimelech, Prof.
   William Mitch, and Prof. Jordan Peccia.
   Fri., Sept. 23, 3:00 pm, Mason 107.
 
Welcome, new researchers:
   Chemical Engineering:
   Dr. Thanh (Helen) Nguyen, Postdoctoral Fellow and
   2005 recipient of Yale's Gaylord Donnelley
   Environmental Fellowship, joined us from
   Johns Hopkins University,

   Dr. Seoktae Kang, Visiting Fellow, is from Gwangju
   Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea,

   Dr. Moshe Herzberg, Postdoctoral Fellow (starting 10/1/05),
   from the University of Connecticut,

   Dr. Monica Lam, Postdoctoral Associate (starting 11/1/05),
   from the University of Toronto,

  Dr. Yang Yun, Postdoctoral Associate (starting 12/1/05),   
   from Carnegie Mellon University.
   More new researchers in our next Bulletin.
 
Catching up:
   May 26, 2005, the Connecticut Academy of Science
   and Engineering, CASE, elected the following as members:
   Marshall Long, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of
   Applied Physics and Chairman of the Department of
   Mechanical Engineering, Daniel Prober, Professor of
   Applied Physics and of Physics and Chairman of the
   Department of Applied Physics, and Daniel Rosner,
   Llewellyn West Jones Jr. Professor of Chemical
   Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

   Other members of the Faculty of Engineering who were
   previously elected to CASE: Prof. Richard K. Chang,
   Prof. A. Stephen Morse, the late Prof. Csaba Horvath,
   Prof. Richard Barker, Dean Paul Fleury, Prof. Gary Haller,
   Prof. Roman Kuc, Prof. T.P. Ma, Prof. Kumpati Narendra,
   Prof. John C. Tully, Prof. Robert Wheeler, Prof. Werner
   Wolf, and Prof. Jerry Woodall. More at
   www.eng.yale.edu/news/CASE-05.htm
 
Receptions:
   For new faculty, Thurs., Sept. 22, 5:00-7:00 pm,
   Quinnipiack Club. Invited: Faculty and Staff.
   RSVP, 2-4222.

   For new graduate students, Thurs., Sept. 29, 5:00-7:00 pm,
   Becton Faculty Lounge. Invited: Faculty, Graduate
   Students, and Staff. Regrets only, 2-4252.
 
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   Wed., Sept. 21, 2:00 pm.

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