Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, October 21, 2002

 

Speakers:

 

Mon., Oct. 21, 4:00 pm, HGS 119 (320 York Street).

   "When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It! (Yogi Berra's

   Guide to the Quantum World)," Prof. R. Shankar, Physics

   and Applied Physics.

 

Tues., Oct. 22, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.

Graduate Student Seminar:

   "A Framework for Maintaining Formations of Autonomous

   Vehicles and Robots Based on Rigidity," Tolga Eren, Electrical

   Engineering.

   Advisor: Prof. Peter Belhumeur.

 

Wed., Oct. 23, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.

Solid State and Optics Seminar:

   "Solid State Quantum Computing," Prof. Vladimir Privman,

   Department of Physics, Clarkson University and Director,

   NSF Center for Quantum Device Technology.

   Host: Prof. Sean Barrett.

 

Wed., Oct. 23, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.

Mechanical Engineering Seminar:

   "Granular Matter Needs a New Statistical Mechanics,"

   Prof. Hernan Makse, Levich Institute, City University

   of New York.

   Host. Prof. Jerzy Blawzdziewicz.

   Refreshments: 2:15 pm.

 

Wed., Oct. 23, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.

Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:

   "Functional Materials and Devices via Electrically Driven

   Assembly of Colloidal Particles," Prof. Orlin D. Velev,

   Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University.

   Host: Prof. John Walz.

 

At the Carnegie Institution in Washington:

   Prof. Jerry Woodall, EE, and four other 2001 National

   Medal of Technology Laureates interacted with 2001 winners

   of the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, the

   Internet Science & Technology Fair, and the Intel Science

   Talent Search (Mariangela Lisanti, who did her prize-winning

   work in Becton under the guidance of Prof. Mark Reed, EE)

   and an audience of ~400 middle and high schools teachers

   and students at the Student Technology Roundtable Sept. 19.

   The event was sponsored by the Foundation for the Study

   of America's Technology Leadership (FSATL) in cooperation

   with the Technology Administration (TA) of the U.S.

   Department of Commerce. A professionally edited, entertaining

   and informative presentation of the event was made into

   a CD for distribution to middle and high school classes.

   Visit www.eng.yale.edu/news/woodall-Student-Tech-Roundable.htm

 

For research on water reuse:

   Prof. Menachem Elimelech, EnvE/ChE, was appointed

   ExxonMobil Chair Professor this past summer by the

   Singapore Economic Development Board and the National

   University of Singapore. This professorship recognizes

   an individual who has significantly contributed to an area

   of research of major importance to Singapore. Singapore,

   a country of 4.2 million people, suffers from a serious

   water shortage and has embarked on a comprehensive

   research program in advanced membrane technology

   to produce high quality water from sources such as

   seawater and used domestic water. Prof. Elimelech did

   research last July and August at the National University

   of Singapore on advanced membrane technology for

   water reclamation and reuse.

 

YES Y50K Educational Session:

   Representatives from Mintz Levin will speak on "Legal

   Issues in Entrepreneurship" (finance/exit strategies,

   intellectual property). Mon., Oct. 21, 8:00-10:00 pm, WLH 203.

 

   Engineering majors are invited to think up a good concept

   for a new service or product and submit a two-page executive

   summary to the Yale Entrepreneurial Society YES, by Nov. 3;

   winning entries will split $2,000. The big competition will be

   in the spring, when teams will compete with their business

   plans for $50,000 in cash and $50,000 in gifts.

   Get the specifics at www.yes.yale.edu/ 

 

   Note: One of YES' founders is EE major Sean Glass '03 who

   took a year off to start his own company, www.higherone.com

 

Career Services & Faculty of Engineering invite:

   Engineering Workshop Series, Workshop #1, "Job and Internship

   Search Strategies," Ms. Joni Huff, UCS Counselor. Students from

   all classes are invited to learn a variety of methods for conducting

   a job/internship search. Tues., Oct. 22, 4:00 pm, Becton Faculty

   Lounge. Refreshments will be served.

 

Yes   :)   and    no   :(

   :)    Yes: "Between you and ME" ("and him," "and her," "and them"). :)))

   :(((  No: "Between you and I." :(((

 

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