Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, September 20, 2004

Speakers:

Tues., Sept. 21, 4:00 pm, Becton 508.
Special Solid State Seminar:
    "Nano- to Atom-scale Devices Based on 2D Donor Patterns
    in Silicon," Prof. T.C. Shen, Department of Physics,
    Utah State University.
    Host: Prof. T.P. Ma.

Wed., Sept. 22, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Decoherence in Superconducting Circuits," Dr. Guido Burkard,
    IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY.
    Hosts: Dr. Alexandre Blais and Prof. Steven Girvin.

Wed., Sept. 22, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
    "From Sliding Paper to Crawling Snails:
    Novel Applications of Thin Films," Prof. Peko Hosoi, MIT.
    Host: Prof. Eric Dufresne.

Wed., Sept. 22, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
    "Protein Unfolding at Interfaces: Slow Dynamics of
    a-Helix to b-Sheet Transition and Possible Relevance
    to Van Gogh's Glair (Egg White Varnish)," Prof. Georges
    Belfort, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer
    Polytechnic Institute.
    Host. Prof. Paul VanTassel.

Fri., Sept. 24, 1130 am, Watson 400.
Computer Engineering Seminar:
    "Post Layout Scan Chain Ordering to Increase Fault 
    Coverage by Two-Pattern Tests," Prof. Sudhakar Reddy, 
    Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 
    University of Iowa.
    Host. Prof. Yiorgos Makris.

New staff:
    Maria Gubitosi joined us July 12 as Administrative
    Assistant in Applied Physics. She had previously been
    with Bayer Pharmaceuticals, West Haven/Orange.
    Ms. Gubitosi graduated from Southern Connecticut State
    University with a B.S. in Education (Major in French,
    minor in Spanish. Having grown up in Italy, she is fluent
    in Italian). She has two sons, Louis and Matthew, in college
    and lives in Branford.

Doctoral area examination:
    Zaiyuan Ren--"OMVPE Growth and Optimization of AlGaN
    Deep UV LED." Committee: Prof. Jung Han, Prof. Jerry
    Woodall, and Prof. T.P. Ma.
    Tues., Sept. 21, 2:30 pm, Becton 5th floor alcove.

Receptions:
    Faculty of Engineering faculty, staff, and researchers:
    Dean Fleury requests the pleasure of your company at
    the Reception to Welcome New Faculty and Staff. The
    reception will be held Thurs., Sept. 23, 5:00-7:00 pm, at
    The Quinnipiac Club, Centennial Room, 221 Church Street.
    RSVP: 432-4200.

    Graduate student reception:
    Prof. Jerry Woodall, Director of Graduate Studies,
    cordially invites faculty, staff, and graduate students to
    welcome our newest graduate students.
    Tues., Sept. 28, 5:00-7:00 pm, in the Becton Faculty Lounge.
    Regrets only 2-4252.

For undergraduates:
    Take advantage of a workshop (even if it's too early
    for you to look for a position) on how to write a good
    resume, find the job you want, and make best use of
    the Office of Undergraduate Career Service.
    Mon., Sept. 20, 4:00 pm, Engineering Student Center,
    Dunham Lab ground floor.

Microsoft on campus:
    Microsoft will be interviewing on campus Sept. 30 and Oct. 1
    for internships and full-time positions (software design
    engineer, software design engineer in test, program manager).
    Email your resume to Ms. Heather Raschko <Hollyp@Microsoft.com>
    or ask for more information.

Yale Engineering Design Team event:
    About 20 students assembled Sun., Sept. 12, to build a "Drag Racer"
    powered by potential energy (gravity). The teams received a small
    cart, some aluminum, some lumber, fasteners, etc. They could
    modify the materials in the Design Lab machine shop and the
    Engineering Machine Shop (under the watchful eye of Ryan Wickre '05).
    The winning machine traveled ~100 meters. The faculty adviser
    was Prof. David LaVan. 
 
Not as usual:
    The next issue of the Engineering Bulletin will be published
    Tues., Sept. 28 (rather than on the preceding Friday). You will find
     the speakers for the week of Sept. 27 at
     <www.eng.yale.edu/news/Speakers2004-5/september-04.htm>

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