Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, January 29, 2001
 
Speakers
Mon., Jan. 29, 1100 am, Becton Faculty Lounge.
"An Implantable Biosensor for Continuous Long-term
Monitoring of Blood Glucose Levels," Dr. Francis Moussy,
Center for Biomaterials, University of Connecticut Health
Center. Host Prof. James Duncan.
 
Mon., Jan. 29, 400 pm, Mason 107.
Monday Evening Seminar
"Regular and Chaotic Orbit Gallium Nitride Microcavity
Lasers," Nathan Rex, graduate student in Physics.
Refreshments.
 
Wed., Jan. 31, 300 pm, Mason 300.
CAChe* Seminar
"Prediction of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties
with Computer-aided Chemistry," David A. Gallagher,
CAChe Group, Fujitsu. Host Dr. Dragos Ciuparu, Chemical
Engineering. Please register with <dragos.ciuparu@yale.edu>
Refreshments will be served.
*Computer-aided chemistry package for experimentalists.
 
National award
Prof. Csaba Horváth, ChE, has been awarded the 2001 ACS
National Award in Separations Science & Technology for
"contributions to chemistry of national significance." This award
is sponsored by IBC Advanced Technologies Inc. and Millipore Corp.
According to Chemical and Engineering News, 1/15/01, Prof. Horváth
is "an innovator who was the first to demonstrate a technology
that has become a multi-billion-dollar business, has been named
the dominant analytical technique of the postwar era, and is an
indispensable foundation of modern biotechnology." Prof. Horváth
will accept the award and deliver his award address before the
Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry at the ACS
national meeting in San Diego in April.
 
$2.5 M for environmental research
A proposal by Prof. Menachem Elimelech, ChE and EnvE, and
four Pennsylvania State University researchers was selected
by the National Science Foundation to receive one of the six
Collaborative Research Activities in Environmental Molecular
Science (CRAEMS) Awards. The five investigators will share
the $2,550,000 award over five years. Their winning proposal,
"Molecular Level Analysis of Macromolecule-Surface
Interactions in Bacterial Adhesion," was for investigation of
experimental and theoretical aspects of bacterial cell motion
and adhesion near solid interfaces in aquatic systems. This
research has implications for restoration of contaminated
groundwater, water treatment, and wastewater reclamation,
all a matter of growing global importance as the scarcity of
fresh water becomes a major environmental and human
health concern.
 
Welcome
LeAnn (Lieyang) Zhou has joined the Engineering Information
Technology Office as Support Specialist, starting 1/22/01. She
had previously provided computer support at the Yale School
of Music. Ms. Zhou has a B.S. in Electrical Technology from
the Shanxi Business Management Institute, Xian, China, and
an A.S. in Computer Science from Tompkins Cortland Community
College, Ithaca, NY. She is married to Gang Wang, Associate
Director of the Yale Office of International Students & Scholars.
Ms. Zhou can be reached at <lieyang.zhou@yale.edu> or
at 2-7873.
 
Yale Scientific Magazine elects new board
Chair of the Advisory Board Prof. Werner Wolf
Publisher Ivan J Galea, grad student AP
Editor-in-Chief Stanley Lo '01
Managing Editor Charleen Hsuan '02
Senior Editors Nita Madhav '02, David Weinreb '02
Business Manager Chetan Jindal '04
Students who have an interest in writing for/editing/marketing
the oldest student science magazine in the country are
urged to contact <ysm@jove.eng.yale.edu> or to attend
a YSM weekly meeting Thursdays at 830 pm in WLH 205.
 
Engineering grads and stock options
Yale's Tau Beta Pi is sponsoring a talk on what students should
know about the job search process and when considering stock
options and benefit packages as part of a job offer. The talk
will be given Thurs., Feb. 1, 700 pm, in Becton C031 by
Jeff Daniel, founder and CEO of CollegeHire. There will also
be food and drink and a prize. If you have questions, contact
<gina.larossa@yale.edu>
 
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