- Faculty
of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, December 9, 2002
-
- Speakers:
-
- Mon.,
Dec. 9, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
- Monday
Evening Seminar:
- "Uni-directional
Lasing in InGaN Quantum Well Spiral-shaped
- Microcavities,"
Ms. Grace Chern, Applied Physics.
- Adviser:
Prof. Richard Chang.
- Refreshments
at 3:30 pm.
-
- Wed.,
Dec. 11, 230 pm, Mason 107.
- Mechanical
Engineering Seminar:
- "QCM-STM
Studies of the Nanoscale Dynamics of "Model
- System"
and "Real-World" Lubricants in Extreme Environments,"
- Prof.
Jacqueline Krim, Physics, North Carolina State University.
- Host:
Prof. Udo Schwarz.
- Refreshments
at 2:15 pm.
-
- Thurs.,
Dec. 12, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.
- Condensed
Matter Physics Seminar:
- "Experiments
at High Landau Levels in Correlated 2D
- Electron
Systems," Dr. Robert Willett, Lucent Technologies.
- Host:
Prof. Nicholas Read.
-
- Fri.,
Dec. 13, 4:00 pm, Dunham 5th floor Conference Room.
- Center
for Systems Science Seminar Series:
- "Concurrent
Error Detection in Finite State Machines,"
- Prof.
Yiorgos Makris, Electrical Engineering.
- Host
Prof. Kumpati Narendra.
-
- Yale
Engineering ranks 1st in citation impact for 1997-2001:
- Science
Watch (2002, Vol. 13, No. 5 and No. 6), which
- tracks
trends and performance in basic research, reports that,
- once
again, Yale is among the top ten of 100 federally-funded
- U.S.
universities with the highest citation impact of their
- published
research papers from 1997-2001 in 21 major fields
- of
science and the social sciences (each university's
- average-citations-per-paper
score is compared, on a
- percentage
basis, against the world impact average in
- each
field).
- In
Engineering, Yale ranks first with
a citation impact of +249.
- +249,
Yale
- +154,
University of California at Santa Barbara
- +153,
Stanford
- +144,Caltech
- +128,
Harvard
-
- Honorary
doctorate for Prof. Rosner:
- Many
young Spanish investigators have come to study
- and
carry out research in Prof. Daniel Rosner’s, ChE,
- High
Temperature Chemical Reaction Engineering (HTCRE)
- Laboratory
(Prof. Juan de la Mora, ME, had been among them).
- In
Madrid, Spain, on Nov. 28, UNED (Universidad Nacional de
- Educación
a Distancia which develops curricula that serve
- students
throughout Spain) conferred an Honorary Doctorate
- in
the Sciences on Prof. Rosner for his contributions to science
- and
for his mentoring of young Spanish researchers.
- Prof.
Rosner delivered an address which has been translated
- into
Spanish and is available in booklet form together with the
- "Laudatio"
given by UNED Vice Dean of Physical Sciences.
-
- Spoke
to an audience of 600:
- Many
outstanding scientists and Nobel Prize laureates have
- given
the Guptill Memorial Lecture at Dalhousie University,
- Halifax,
Nova Scotia. The 2002 Guptill Lecture was given
- by
Prof. Mark Reed, EE, who spoke on "The Coming Age of
- Nanoelectronics"
to an audience of 600.
-
- New
product development:
- Final
presentations of ENAS 323A, "Creativity and New Product
- Development,"
taught by Mr. Henry Bolanos, will be
- Tues.,
Dec. 10, Dunham 220, 900 am to noon and 100 pm to 400 pm.
- Eleven
Creative Teams identified needs, created products, developed
- prototypes,
a business plan, a marketing plan, and patent applications
- for
the 11 new products. Come, and see if the presentations persuade
- you
to invest.
-
- Two
robot contests in Davies Auditorium Dec. 12:
- Students
in EE 227, "Circuits and Electronics Laboratory,"
- taught
by Prof. Janet Pan, EE, will engage in two robot
- contests
Thurs. Dec. 12, 7:00 pm:
- Analog
Robot Race:
Which set of analog circuits will
- enable
a mobile robot to drive along a serpentine racetrack
- in
the fastest possible time.
- Microcontroller
Robot Maze:
Which robot will choose the
most efficient strategy for getting out of a maze.
Prizes:
A USB hard drive, a CD RW drive, a multimeter
- (a
combination ammeter, voltmeter, ohmmeter), a Swiss
- Army
knife, and a Leatherman tool.
-
- See
you at the Holiday Party:
- Dean
Paul Fleury is looking forward to the pleasure of the
- company
of Faculty of Engineering faculty, graduate students, staff, and
their
spouse or a guest at the Faculty
of Engineering Holiday Party
Fri., Dec. 13, 5:30-7:30 pm, Presidents Room, Woolsey Hall.
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