Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, April 9,  2001

Speakers:

 

Mon., April 9, 4:00 pm, Davies Auditorium.
"In the Company of Scholars: Robert J. Birgeneau" 
(lectures by distinguished scholars of the Graduate School):

"High Temperature Superconductivity: Why is it so Interesting and so Intractable?" Robert J. Birgeneau '65 M.S., '66 Ph.D. (physics), President, University of Toronto, former Dean of Science, MIT. 
Host: Dean Susan Hockfield. 
A reception will follow the lecture.

 

Wed., April 11, 1:00 pm, Mason 107. 
Condensed Matter and Optics Seminar: 

"High-Tc and Ferroelectric Thin Films for Microwave Applications," 
Dean W. Face, '87 Ph.D., DuPont Superconductivity, Wilmington, DE. 
Host: Prof. Daniel Prober.

 

Wed., April 11, 2:30 pm, Mason 107. 
Mechanical Engineering Seminar: 

"The Role of Cavitation in the Enhancement of Acoustic Hyperthermia," 
Prof. Ronald A. Roy, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Boston University. Host: Prof. Robert Apfel.

 

Wed., April 11 (rescheduled from Feb. 14), 4:00 pm, Mason 211. 
Environmental Engineering Seminar: 

"In Search of Physiological Mechanisms for Activated Sludge  
Deflocculation caused by Shock Loads of Toxic Chemicals," 
Prof. Nancy G. Love, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. 
Host: Prof. Roger Ely.

 

Thurs., April 12, 11:00 am, Becton 4th floor alcove. 
Special Solid State Seminar: 

"Flow Rate Modulation Epitaxy of V-shaped AlGaAs/GaAs Quantum Wires: Toward the Realization of Real One-Dimensional States," Dr. Xuelun Wang, Electron Devices Division, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan. 
Host: Prof. Robert Grober.

 

Congratulations: 

Tyler Radniecki, a second year Environmental Engineering graduate student, has received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship. His adviser is Prof. Roger Ely.

 

Wireless networking experiment: 

"Whether it is the dawn of a new age or only a gilding of Yale's lily has yet to be determined, but the Yale wireless networking experiment has reached Engineering and Computer Science," writes Dr. Martin Ewing, Director of Engineering Information Technology. Laptop computers with radio interface cards can now connect to the internet from the Engineering Library, the Davies Auditorium, from Mason Room 107, and from the lounge in Mason Lab. If you want to try it, contact <martin.ewing@yale.edu>

 

Parking space renewal now online: 

The Parking & Transit Office announces that renewals or requests for a change of parking space must now be made online. We have April, May, and June to complete the transaction. The Parking & Transit Office will confirm our parking space renewal by e-mail. See www.yale.edu/hronline/selfservice/

 

Everyone's input is valuable: 

Richard Bascom, Senior Administrator, invites Administrative Staff to the Becton Faculty Lounge Tues., April 10, 2:00-3:00 pm for a brainstorming session about our future needs regarding office space, meeting-room space, and other kind of space in Engineering. Representatives from Kliment and Halsband, the company retained by the University to help with planning facilities development, will attend the meeting. Faculty and Support Staff in teaching, research, information technology, and facilities have already provided their input.

 

Fame and $20,000 & $10,000 for inventors: 

The BFGoodrich Collegiate Inventors Program has been renamed The Collegiate Inventors Competition and is now being sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, Corning, Inc., Goodyear, and the U.S. Patent & 
Trademark Office. Student winners/teams will receive $20,000 and faculty advisors-$10,000. Deadline: June 1. For a brochure, contact <rdepuy@invent.org> Also, visit <www.invent.org/collegiate>

 

Patents by our faculty: 

The Yale Office of Cooperative Research has established a link to our Patents page, see www.yale.edu/ocr/sites_yale.html

 

End of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 510