Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday

Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, October 2002.

Speakers:
Mon., Oct. 7, 4:00 pm, Mason Lab 107.
Special Monday Evening Seminar: Applied Physics Panel Discussion:
"The Schon Affair: How did it Happen and What are its Lessons?"
Prof. Charles Ahn, Prof. Daniel Ralph, Prof. Michel Devoret,
and Prof. A. Douglas Stone.
Host: Faculty of Applied Physics.

Wed., Oct. 9, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
"Scale Dependent Deformation and Field Projection in Nano- and
Micro-Mechanics of Solids," Prof. Kyung-Suk Kim, Department of
Engineering, Brown University.
Host: Prof. Udo Schwarz.

Wed., Oct. 9, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Catalysts and Reactors for Production of Single-Walled Carbon
Nanotubes of Reproducible Quality," Prof. Daniel E. Resasco,
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University
of Oklahoma.
Host: Prof. Gary Haller.

First Yale EnvE Ph.D. merits national award:
The dissertation on "Colloidal Fouling Mechanisms in Reverse
Osmosis and Nanofiltration" by Eric M.V. Hoek, recipient of
the first Yale Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, December 2001,
has won one of the two Association of Environmental Engineering
and Science Professors (AEESP) 2002 Doctoral Dissertation Awards.
The award consists of a plaque and $1,000 for the advisee and $500
for the faculty advisor. Dr. Hoek and Prof. Menachem Elimelech,
ChE/EnvE, his faculty advisor, attended the awards ceremony in
Chicago Sept. 30.

Dr. Hoek is presently an assistant professor in the Department of
Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of
California, Riverside.

Alumnus is finalist:
Jeffrey Anker '98 is a finalist (198 entries) in the international
Collegiate Inventors Competition for his MagMOONs (Magnetically
Modulated Optical Nanoprobes). Winners receive $20,000 and
a $2,000 HP gift certificate; their advisors get $10,000. We have
had winners in 1993 (Advisor: Prof. T.P. Ma, EE), 1996 (Prof. Peter
Kindlmann, EE), 1998 (Prof. Ma), 1999 (Dr. Nathan Delson, ME).
See the winning students and projects at
www.invent.org/collegiate/winners.html Mr. Anker is finishing his
Ph.D. in AP at the University of Michigan.

Final examinations:
Doctoral, Sept. 13:
Maris Gherasimova: "Synthesis and Characterization of Nitrogen-Rich
GaNAs Alloys with High Arsenic Content." Committee:
Prof. Jung Han, Prof. Jerry Woodall, and Prof. T.P. Ma.

Area, Oct. 4:
Ivan Galea: "Permeability of Foams with Surfactant-Covered
Interfaces." Committee: Prof. Michael Loewenberg, Prof. Jerzy
Blawzdziewicz, and Prof. Boa-Teh Chu.

Round 1-Sun., Oct. 6; Round 2-Sun. Oct. 13:
Seven teams will debate "Global Climate Change is Irrelevant"
Sun., Oct. 6, noon to 4:00 pm, in Davies Auditorium and Dunham 220.
Four teams will debate the pro and con Oct. 13, same venue.
Attend and make up your own mind. See www.eng.yale.edu/debates

Engineering Student Council meeting:
Dean Paul Fleury and Prof. Roman Kuc, Director of Educational
Affairs, will meet Wed., Oct. 9, with representatives of Engineering
student organizations and with several additional students nominated
by the DUS's to serve on the Engineering Student Council. The
Council's main purpose is to bring Engineering undergraduates'
suggestions and concerns to the attention of the Dean of Engineering and to take back information from the Dean about overall Yale
Engineering initiatives.

Get news of the latest research in your field:
Learn how to receive regular e-mail notices of newly published
research in your field. Attend the Engineering Library
workshop Tues., Oct. 8, 4:00 pm.

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Your postal address at Yale is a Post Office number (not the
street address). The post office may return the letter to the
sender, if there is no P.O. Box number. Correct: Dr. John Doe
or Dr. John Doe, Yale University (but don't include street number),
P.O. Box 208267, New Haven, CT 06520-8267.

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