Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, October 15, 2001

Speakers:

Mon., Oct. 15, 4:00 pm, Mason 107. 
Monday Evening Seminar: 
"X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy and its Applications to
Study Polymers," Peter Falus, Physics Department. 
Adviser: Prof. Simon Mochrie. 
Refreshments at 3:30 pm. 

Tues., Oct. 16, 4:00 pm, Mason 107. 
Graduate Student Seminar: 
"Using DNA Micro Arrays to Study Differential Gene 
Expression in Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria," Tyler Radniecki, 
Environmental Engineering. 
Adviser: Prof. Roger Ely. 

Wed., Oct. 17, 1:00 pm, Mason 107. 
Solid State and Optics Seminar: 
"Dielectric Microcavities and the Short-Wavelength Limit: 
Making Rays Race in Phase Space," Prof. Jens Nöckel, 
University of Oregon, Eugene. 
Host: Prof. A. Douglas Stone. 

Wed., Oct. 17, 2:30 pm, Mason 107. 
Mechanical Engineering Seminar: 
"Multidimensional Evolution Equations of High-Speed, Shocked,
Compressible Reactive Flow," Dr. Scott Stewart, Theoretical 
and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana. 
Host: Prof. Mitchell D. Smooke. 

Thurs., Oct. 18, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52. 
Solid State and Optics Seminar: 
"Attacking Optimization Problems with Quantum Mechanics," 
Prof. Thomas Rosenbaum, University of Chicago. 
Host: Prof. Steven Girvin. 

Thurs., Oct. 18, 4:00 pm, Becton 408. 
Electrical Engineering Seminar: 
"A Vector DSP for Imaging," Mr. John Redford, CTO, 
ChipWrights, Inc. 
Host: Prof. Richard Lethin. 

Fri., Oct. 19, 4:00 pm, Dunham Fifth Floor Conference Room. 
Center for Systems Science Seminar: 
"Bits and Pieces of Network Information Theory," 
Dr. Gerhard Kramer, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies. 

ENVE grad student garners two awards: 
Jim Chen, a third-year graduate advisee of Prof. Menachem 
Elimelech, ENVE/ChE, was the recipient of two awards at the 
2001 Annual Meeting of the North American Membrane Society 
(NAMS) in Lexington, KY, May 15-20. He received First Place 
in the NAMS Student Poster Paper Competition for his
(combined) poster-written essay-presentation "Coupled Model
of Concentration Polarization and Pore Transport in Crossflow
Nanofiltration of Multi-component Electrolytes" and a NAMS
Travel Award which is awarded to individuals beginning work in
the membrane area and showing exceptional promise in the
membrane science and technology field. 

YSEA elects new officers: 
The (alumni) Yale Science and Engineering Association
announced its officers for 2001-2003: 
President: C. Peter Van Dine '60 
Executive Vice President: Carl G. Seefried Jr. '69 Ph.D. 
Secretary: Hugo H. Beit '53E 
Treasurer: George R. Gagliardi '79 

YSEA-undergrad announces officers and activities: 
Co-presidents: Emily Lee '02 Chemistry, 
You-Jung Byon '03 ChE/Economics 
Secretary: Loretta Li '04 MCDB 
Publicity, Chair: Nita Madhav '02 EEB/History 
Alumni Relations, Chair: Ohia Amadi '03 ME
The undergraduate chapter of the Yale Science and Engineering 
Association meets Tuesdays, 8:00 pm, LC 104. Come and mingle 
with other students who are interested in science and engineering 
and help decide on activities for 2001-02, such as dinners with 
professors, poster presentations by undergraduates, a career fair, 
and recruiting panels. More info at www.yale.edu/ysea or 
contact emily.lee@yale.edu 

AIChE meeting on Monday: 
May Barclay Satterfield SW '02, president of the Yale AIChE
chapter, invites students to come, talk about the ChE major at
Yale, share your various summer experiences, and brainstorm
about what AIChE could do this year (monthly dinners with
faculty? study breaks? touring some local chemical plants?).
"We will have food!" emphasizes the AIChE president. 
Mason Lobby Mon., Oct.15, 8:00 pm. 

So Malcolm Pirnie hired her as consultant: 
Last summer, Kevan Moffett TC' 02, an environmental 
engineering major, worked for Malcolm Pirnie, one of the 
largest U.S. firms providing environmental engineering 
and science consulting services for domestic and international 
clients. Assigned to a water project in NYC, Kevan Moffett 
came up with so many sound proposals for accomplishing the 
project's objectives that she was entrusted with a significant 
part of the project. Because she exceeded expectations to such 
a high degree, Malcolm Pirnie hired her as a consultant. 

Engineering Library instruction: 
Journal Citation Reports, JCR: This session will provide an
overview of JCR, a Web-based tool for journal evaluation. JCR
presents statistical data for determining the relative importance 
of journals within a field. Tues., Oct. 16, 1200 pm. 

Not yet ready? 
You can never get much of anything done unless you go 
ahead and do it before you are ready. 

End of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 523