Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, December 10, 2001

Speakers:

Mon., Dec. 10, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Spin Ordering Quantum Transitions of Superconductors in
a Magnetic Field," Ying Zhang, Physics Department.
Adviser: Prof. Subir Sachdev.
Refreshments.

Wed., Dec. 12, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.

Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"X-ray Scattering Studies of Transition Metal Oxides: Can
you see Orbital Ordering with X-rays, or Not?" Dr. Doon Gibbs,
Physics Department.
Host: Prof. Simon Mochrie.

Wed., Dec. 12, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.

Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
"Dynamics of Thin Liquid Films," Prof. Jerzy Blawzdziewicz,
Mechanical Engineering.

Thurs., Dec. 13, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.

Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"All-Optical NMR in Semiconductors," Prof. Jay Kikkawa,
University of Pennsylvania.
Host: Prof. Sean Barrett.

Doctoral area examination:

Sara Haug's doctoral area examination is Wed., Dec. 12, 12:30 pm,
Pierce Laboratory Library, on "Regulation of Cell-to-Cell Conduction
in Feed Arteries of the Hamster Retractor: Role of Autonomic
Innervation." Faculty Committee: Prof. Steven S. Segal,
Prof. Michael Loewenberg, Prof. Vincent A. Pieribone.

Investors eagerly awaited:

Tues., Dec. 11, noon to 5:00 pm, W.L. Harkness 208, 100 Wall St.,
eleven student creative teams will present new products that
they developed as part of their work in ENAS 323a, "Creativity
and New Product Development." The class was taught by
Mr. Henry Bolanos who will teach a similar course at
Auckland University in New Zealand next semester. Mr. Bolanos
will turn part of the trip over into an adventure by sailing
around Cape Horn on a 75-foot schooner.

Two Mobile Robot Contests on Thursday:

Thurs., Dec. 13, 7:00 pm, Davies Auditorium, the students
of EE 227, "Circuits and Electronics Laboratory," will put
their Final Projects to the test in Mobile Robot Contests.
One contest will pit robots in a Mobile Robot Speed Race
around a very circuitous track. Mobile Robot Maze will challenge
the robots to be the first to find their way to the finish line
through a maze. The class was taught by Prof. Janet Pan,
Electrical Engineering.

Congratulations:

Based on the Yale chapter's monthly reports, the New England
Zone of the National Society of Black Engineers, NSBE, has
named NSBE-Yale "Chapter of the Month for October" and
Tiffanee Green '03, chair of NSBE-Yale, as "The Member
of the Summer for the New England Zone.

Looking forward to the pleasure:

Our faculty, graduate students, and staff are looking forward
to the pleasure of good company in festive surroundings at
the Faculty of Engineering Holiday Party Wed., Dec. 12, 5:30-7:30 pm,
at the Yale Golf Course.

Engineering Library winter recess hours:

Dec. 22               1:00-5:00 pm
Closed                 Dec. 23- Jan. 1
Jan. 2-Jan. 4        8:30 am-5:00 pm
Closed                 Jan. 7-Jan. 11
Regular hours resume Monday, January 14.

Every language has them:

A staff member whose native language is not English
sometimes does not understand what someone is saying,
even though she understands every word. Her problem
is with idiomatic expressions, and she handling it by way
of www.goenglish.com/Index.asp, a dictionary of idiomatic
expressions. Here is the explanation of "Go for broke!"
You are "broke" when you have no money; to "go for broke"
is to risk losing everything for one chance to win big. Example:
"Are you sure you want to bet all of your money on that one horse?"
Answer: "I'm going for broke!" "Go for broke" also means to take
a risk, try your best, and give all your energy to something.
Example: "Do you think that girl will dance with me if I ask her to?"
Answer: "Sure: go for broke!" Example: "The way to be
successful is to decide exactly what you want, then go for broke."

The next issue:

The next issue of our Engineering Bulletin will reach you in 2002.

Have a wonderful 

HOLIDAY SEASON and WINTER RECESS

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