Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, October 29, 2001

Speakers: 

Mon., Oct. 29, 4:00 pm, Dunham Fifth Floor Conference Room. 
Center for Systems Science Seminar: 

"Information Dynamics and Its Applications," Prof. Ashok Agrawala, University of Maryland.

Mon., Oct. 29, 4:00 pm, Mason 107. 
Monday Evening Seminar: 

"Demonstration of a Flash Memory Cell with 55A EOT Silicon Nitride Tunnel Dielectric," Ashot Melik-Martirosian, Electrical Engineering. 
Adviser: Prof. T.P. Ma. 
Refreshments at 3:30 pm.

Tues., Oct. 30, 1:00 pm, Becton 3rd Floor Alcove. 
Special Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: 

"Golden Rule Decay versus Lyapunov Decay of the Quantum Loschmidt Echo," Prof. Philippe Jacquod, University of Leiden, 

The Netherlands. 
Host: Prof. A. Douglas Stone.

CANCELLED: Tues., Oct. 30, 4:00 pm, Mason 107. 
Graduate Student Seminar:  4:00 pm, Mason 107. 
Graduate Student Seminar: 

"Imaging Spectroscopy of GaN," Jim Schuck, Applied Physics.  
Adviser: Prof. Robert Grober. 
Refreshments at 3:45 pm.

Wed., Oct. 31, 2:30 pm, Mason 107. 
Mechanical Engineering Seminar: 

"Adventures of a Yale Inventor," Prof. Juan de la Mora, Mechanical Engineering.

Wed., Oct. 31, 4:00 pm, Mason 211. 
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:

"Universal Scaling Behavior of Dirt in Used Motor Oil," Prof. David A. Weitz, Applied Physics and Physics, Harvard University. 
Host: Prof. Michael Loewenberg.

Thurs., Nov. 1, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52. 
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: 

"Electron Fractionalization, Topological Order, and Cuprate Superconductivity," Prof. T. Senthil, MIT. 
Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev.

Area doctoral examination: 

Thurs., Nov. 1, 4:00 pm, Mason 211. 
Jim Chen, EnvE, will be examined on "In-Situ Visualization of Colloidal Fouling Processes in Crossflow Membrane Filtration by Particle Image Velocimetry and Laser Speckle Diagnostics." Faculty Committee: Prof. Menachem Elimelech, EnvE & ChE, Prof. Roger Ely, EnvE & ChE, and Prof. John Walz, ChE & EnvE.

Doctoral thesis defense: 

Fri., Nov. 2, 1:00 pm, Mason 107. 
Jian Zhang, ChE, will be examined on "Column Technologies for Electrokinetic Separation of Proteins and Peptides." Faculty Committee: Prof. Menachem Elimelech, EnvE & ChE, Prof. Csaba Horváth, ChE, Prof. Michael Loewenberg, ChE.

Graduate student Town Meeting: 

Oct. 23, Prof. Alessandro Gomez, DGS, called graduate students to a Town Meeting (the fourth since last year) at which graduate students discuss topics of concern with faculty and administrative staff. The latest discussion dealt mostly with health-related topics and student unionization issues. On hand were also Dean Susan Hockfield and Associate Dean Richard Sleight from the Graduate School and Dr. Paul Genecin, Director of the Yale University Health Services.

Come to the Engineering student organizations fair: 

Engineering student organizations are seeking to interest fellow students in joining one or several of the following organizations:   
   >AIChE, American Institute of Chemical Engineers 
   >ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers 
   >BMES, Biomedical Engineering Students 
   >EnvES, Environmental Engineering Students 
   >IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
   >NSBEY, National Society of Black Engineers at Yale 
   >TBPi, Tau Beta Pi 
   >Team Lux, Yale solar car group 
   >YSEA, Yale Science and Engineering Association 
   >YSM, Yale Scientific Magazine 
When? Thurs., Nov. 1, 4:00-5:30 pm. 
Where? Outside Davies Auditorium in Becton. 
What else? Cookies and soda or water.

Dr. Ewing heads Engineering's participation: 

Dr. Martin Ewing, Director of Engineering IT, is in charge of encouraging the Faculty of Engineering to donate generously to the United Way Campaign of Greater New Haven. United Way distributes the donations it receives to area agencies, freeing the latter from the need to approach the community with individual fundraising campaigns. You will find a list of the funded agencies and information about the work of the United Way of Greater New Haven at www.uwgnh.org/commimpact/agencies.html

Influenza and pneumovax vaccinations: 

Vaccinations for members of the Yale community who are 62 and older will be given at the Health Center
    8:30 am to 4:00 pm on 
    Wed., Oct 31, and Thurs., Nov. 1, 
Vaccinations for others will start a week later.

End of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 525