Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, March 26, 2001

Speakers:
Mon., March 26, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Monday Evening Seminar:

"Measurements of Thermodynamic Fluctuations in a Dilute Fermi
Gas (and what they mean for Superconducting Electronics)," Christopher
Wilson, Applied Physics.
Refreshments will be served.

 

Tues., March 27, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Graduate Studies Seminar Series:

"Linear Viscoelasticity of Concentrated Emulsions," Martin Nemer,
Chemical Engineering.
Refreshments served at 3:45 pm.

 

Wed., March 28, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.
Condensed Matter and Optics Seminar:

"Organic Transistors, Circuits, and Injection Lasers," Dr. Anath
Dodabalapur, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies. Murray
Hill, NJ. Host: Prof. Richard Chang.

 

Wed., March 28, 2:30 pm Mason 107.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar:

"Recent Theory and Experiments in Hydrodynamic Turbulence,"
Prof. Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, Mechanical Engineering.

 

Wed., March 28, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:

"Aggregation Behavior of Charged Colloidal Particles: DLVO
Theory and Beyond," Prof. Michael Borkovec, Clarkson University.
Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech.

 

Thurs., March 29, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.

"Mechanics of Quantum Dots: From Deposition to Photoluminescence,"
Prof. Harley Johnson, Boston University. Host: Prof. Marshall Long.

 

Congratulations:

The recipient of the 2001 Sheffield Distinguished Teaching Award
March 22 was Prof. Werner Wolf, AP. This award is conferred
on a member of the Faculty of Engineering who, in the opinion of faculty
peers, exemplifies the Yale commitment to excellence in teaching.
Dean Paul Fleury's citation and Prof. Wolf's acceptance remarks
are at www.eng.yale.edu/news/index.html

 

Bravo!

ME major James Carleton '01 received the New Haven Section ASME
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Student Award at an
awards dinner at Fairfield University March 20. The president of
ASME International, Mr. John R. Parker, PE, ASME Fellow, was
the keynote speaker at the event. This annual award is conferred
on an ASME student member who exhibits a well-rounded
undergraduate engineering education and shows great promise
as a future Technology Leader.

 

New Senior Administrator for Engineering:

Richard Bascom is the new Senior Business Administrator for
the Faculty of Engineering. Mr. Bascom started at Yale in 1988
as a manager in Auditing with over ten years of manufacturing
management experience. In 1994, he joined the University's Finance
Office as Business Process Analyst and Special Projects Manager;
his assignments have included the Faculty Practice at the School of
Medicine, Financial and Human Resources Information Systems
(Project X), and serving as Acting Administrator for the Faculty
of Engineering. Mr. Bascom graduated with highest honors from
the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, received his
B.S. cum laude in mechanical engineering from the University of
New Haven in 1984 and, in 1992, earned an MBA, also from UNH.
Mr. Bascom's civic involvement includes various leadership
positions with the largest agricultural fair in Connecticut
(Durham Fair) and the Coginchaug Little League and establishing
and maintaining websites for the Durham Historical Society
and the Durham Senior Citizens Center. Richard and Christine
Bascom and their three teenage children live in Durham.

 

Final doctoral examination

The final doctoral of Gilbert Feke will take place Tues., March 27, 9:30 am, Watson 100.
His thesis, "Characterization of Photoacid Generation in Chemically
Amplified Photoresists using pH-sensitive Fluorescence Imaging,"
is available for review in Dunham 239. The thesis
adviser was Prof. Robert Grober, AP.

Life-transforming invention:

Yale's Industrial Environmental Management Program will screen
"The Man in the White Suit" (a 1951 film classic with Alec Guinness
as the amateur inventor of a fabric that doesn't get dirty, wrinkle,
or wear out) and moderate a discussion on the human (sometimes funny!)
aspects of technological development. Fri., March 30, 7:00 pm, Luce
Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.

End of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 508

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