Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, November 4, 2002

 

Speakers:

Wed., Nov. 6, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.

Mechanical Engineering Seminar:

    "The Search for Power Laws: Jamming in Foams,"

    Prof. Michael Dennin, Physics Department, University

    of California at Irvine.

    Host: Prof. Corey O'Hern.

    Refreshments at 2:15 pm.

 

Wed., Nov. 6, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.

Chemical Engineering Seminar:

    "Biofilm Modeling: Self-Organization or Invisible Hand?"

    Prof. Slav Hemanowicz, University of California at Berkeley.

    Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech.

 

Purdue honors Prof. A. Stephen Morse:

    The Purdue School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    has selected alumnus Prof. A. Stephen Morse, EE/CS, to

    receive one of its 2002 Outstanding Electrical and Computer

    Engineer Awards. "Out of approximately 20,000 ECE alumni,

    only 134 individuals can claim this distinction." Prof. Morse

    will attend the awards ceremony at Purdue Nov. 7. See

    http://dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu/ECE/Alumni/OECE/

 

Final doctoral examinations, given Oct. 10:

    David Gultekin: A Study of Thermophysical Properties

    of Substances by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance." Committee:

    Prof. John Gore, Prof. Adam Anderson, and Prof. Marshall Long.

 

    Edward Parsons: "NMR Methods for the Analysis of Water

    Diffusion in Neural Tissue." Committee: Prof. John Gore,

    Prof. Adam Anderson, and Prof. Robert Grober. 

 

3rd Career Services/Faculty of Engineering workshop:

    Prof. Daniel Prober, AP, Director of Graduate Admissions,

    will discuss what to consider when deciding whether to apply

    to graduate school and the application process. Graduate students

    will participate in Q&A. Open to students in all classes.

    Twenty-one students attended workshop #2. Refreshments.

    Tues., Nov. 5, 4:00 pm, Becton Faculty Lounge.

 

YES Y2K Concept Competition:

    The deadline for the YES Concept Competition is Sun.,

    Nov. 2. Enter an executive summary (two pages) of a concept

    for a for-profit business or a social entrepreneurship project

    (for-profit or non-profit). You could win a prize ($2,000 in

    awards). Instructions at www.yes.yale.edu or contact

    matthew.sherwin@yale.edu

 

From the Desk of Mrs. Boone:

    Undergraduates are invited to Dunham 222 to peruse the

    Engineering Internships folder for internships and summer

    research jobs. The information is also accessible at

    www.eng.yale.edu/undergraduate/internships.htm

 

    Mrs. Jane Boone, Coordinator for Educational Affairs, would

    like to express her appreciation to the gracious student hosts,

    volunteers all, at the residential college luncheons during the

    Engineering Alumni weekend: Calhoun--Kayla Nelson '03,

    Timothy Dwight--Joanna Dolgin '03, and Saybrook--Ryan

    Hutchinson '03,

 

Exhibit extended:

    Beinecke Library will exhibit until Mon., Nov. 11, first or

    early editions of Archimedes, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton,

    James Clerk Maxwell, Josiah Willard Gibbs and others of

    importance for the development of engineering from the

    16th through the 19th centuries. Mezzanine level, stairs

    on right of entrance.

 

If we don't want it, let's not get it:

    Last year, about 22 tons of unwanted mail (catalogs, magazines,

    flyers, mail for people no longer at Yale) were _not even sent_

    to Yale departments. Those 22 tons did not need to be hauled

    to our landfill. And the senders can cut down on printing

    costs and save on postage.

    So, let's cut down some more on unwanted mail. When

    you get unwanted mail, drop it into the "unwanted mail"

    receptacle in your mailroom. The mail will be sent to

    Campus Mail which will contact senders requesting to

    delete your name from their mailing lists. Or write

   "Return" on the unwanted mail and send it to "Campus

    Mail" yourself.

 

Who's going to be speaking?

    As soon as speakers are confirmed, they are posted on

    our website, www.eng.yale.edu/news/index.html under

    "Speakers, month-at-a-glance."

 

Who are you?

    "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is

    not an act but a habit." Aristotle.

 

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