- Faculty
of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, October 22, 2001
-
- Speakers:
- Mon.,
Oct. 22, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
- Monday
Evening Seminar:
- "Functional
Proteomics: High Throughput Biochemical Assays
- with
Microfabricated Devices," Mr. James Klemic, Electrical
- Engineering
and Applied Physics.
- Adviser:
Prof. Mark Reed.
Refreshments at 3:30 pm.
- Tues.,
Oct. 23, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
- Graduate
Student Seminar:
- "Why
Complex Fluids are Complicated: An Analysis of Emulsion
- Dynamics,"
Ms. Petia Vlahovska, Chemical Engineering.
- Adviser:
Prof. Michael Loewenberg.
- Refreshments
at 3:45 pm.
-
Wed.,
Oct 24, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.- Solid
State and Optics Seminar:
- "Laser
Material Processing with HighPower Lasers,"
- Dr.
Holger Schlueter, Trumpf USA, Inc., Farmington, CT.
- Host:
Prof. Daniel Prober.
-
- Wed.,
Oct. 24, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.
- Mechanical
Engineering Seminar:
- "Computational
and Experimental Study of Laminar Flames,"
- Prof.
Mitchell Smooke, Mechanical Engineering.
-
- Wed.,
Oct. 24, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
- The
Fall 2001 Barnett F. Dodge Distinguished Lecture in Chemical
Engineering*:
- "Application
of Equilibrium-, Interfacial- and Irreversible-Thermodynamics
- in
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs and Production," Dr. Abbes Firoozabadi,
- Reservoir
Engineering Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA.
- Reception
in the Mason Lobby at 3:15 pm.
- Host:
Prof. Daniel Rosner.
- *Sponsored
by Procter & Gamble.
-
- Thurs.,
Oct. 25, 1:00 pm, Physics Lab 52.
- Condensed
Matter Physics Seminar:
- "Transport
and Domain Walls in Quantum Hall Ferromagnets,"
Mr.
Aditi Mitra, Physics.
- Adviser:
Prof. Steven Girvin.
-
- Funded
again and will involve undergraduates:
- Prof.
Kumpati Narendra, EE, has received $400,000 from NSF
- for
three years (until 2004) for research on "Identification and
- Control
of Dynamical Systems Using Neural Networks." Since 1992,
- Prof.
Narendra has received ~$1,800,00 from NSF for research
- on
the application of neural networks to pattern recognition,
- identification,
and control. Undergraduates who would like to
- participate
in neural networks research during the summer
- should
get in touch with Prof. Narendra without delay.
-
- AIChE
announces 2001-02 officers:
- President:
Barclay Satterfield, TD '02
- Vice
President: Minh Vuong, TD '02
- Secretary:
Mary Lind, JE '02
- Treasurer:
Ka Lai (Kelly) Yee, DP '02
-
- YSEA-Undergrad
seeks mentors:
- The
YSEA-Undergraduate chapter wishes to provide mentors
- for
its members. The Electrical Engineering mentor is Swami
- Kumaresan
'00. Needed are mentors for majors in Chemical,
- Biomedical,
Environmental, and Mechanical Engineering.
- (Alumni
mentors are already in place for the sciences).
-
- NSBE-Yale
will hold meetings weekly:
- The
Yale chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers
- will
meet every Wednesday at 5.30 pm in the Law School Dining
- Hall.
NSBE-Yale is busy planning how to participate in National
- Engineers
Week in February and discussing an engineering
- competition.
-
- Demolition
and construction in Dunham:
- Expect
some noise on the ground floor of Dunham the week of
- Oct.
22, as the walls between Rooms 108, 110, 112, and 114 come
- down
to make way for a lab for Ms. Natalie Jeremijenko, ME.
- Electrical
rewiring may result in temporary power interruptions.
-
- Regarding
mail:
- Call
2-4400 (campus police), if you see:
-
x Restrictive markings ("Personal")
-
x The city on postmark is different from return
address
-
x No return address or you don't recognize the sender
-
x Too much postage
-
x Addressed to a title only (Vice President, no name)
-
x Wrong title with name
-
x Badly typed or written addresses
-
x Misspelled words
-
- Requiescat
in pace:
- Mafalda
Stock, who had been the Administrative Associate
- in
Mechanical Engineering from 1985 to 1999, died suddenly
- on
October 15. The wake will be Sunday, October 21, 4:00 to 6:00 pm,
- at
the Clancy W.S. Branford Funeral Home, 504 Main Street, Branford,
- 488-3414.
The late Mafalda Stock is survived by a son, Adrian Stock.
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of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 524
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