- Faculty
of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, September 2, 2002
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- Happy
Academic Year 2002-03!
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- Speakers:
- None
this week.
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- Catching
up:
- It
will take several Engineering Bulletin issues to get caught up with
Faculty of Engineering news since June.
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- Welcome
to Applied Physics:
Researchers:
- Veronique
Boutou, Visiting Fellow with Prof. Richard Chang,
9/1/02-12/31/02.
Ivan Bozovic, Visiting Research Scientist with Prof. Charles
Ahn, 7/1/02-10/31/02.
Frederic Pierre, Postdoctoral Associate with Prof. Michel
Devoret, 9/1/02-8/31/03.
Daniel Ralph, Visiting Fellow, from Cornell University, 9/1/02-12/31/02.
Andreas Wallraff, Postdoctoral Associate with Prof. Robert
Schoelkopf, 6/15/02-6/14/03.
Christopher Wilson, Postdoctoral Associate with Prof. Robert
Schoelkopf, 8/1/02-7/31/03.
Staff:
Tanis Lea, Administrative Assistant in Applied Physics,
started 7/15. Before coming to Yale, Ms. Lea had worked for 12 years
as an administrative legal assistant at several Connecticut
companies.
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- New
staff in the Business Office:
- Joanne
Dupee, Administrative Assistant, Business Office, started 6/24.
Before joining us Ms. Dupee had worked in the travel industry.
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Final
doctoral examination:
- Fri.,
Aug. 23, Stefano Russo, "Experimental Study of Laminar Spray
Flames at Moderately High Pressures." Committee: Prof.
Alessandro Gomez, Prof. Boa-The Chu, Prof. Daniel Rosner.
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- Orientation
for Graduate Students:
- Orientation
for 30 incoming graduate students (AP-5, BME- 2, ChE-7, EE-11,
ENVE-3, ME-2) was held Fri., Aug. 30. The new students are from U.S.
and Belgium, Canada, China, Greece, India, Korea, Kuwait, New
Zealand, Singapore, and Vietnam. Attending the Orientation were Paul
Fleury, Dean of Engineering, Prof. Mitchell Smooke,
Director of Graduate Studies, Mr. George Andrews, Office of
Environmental Safety, Andrew Shimp, Engineering Librarian, Ms.
Lieyang Zhou, IT/Computer Support, Ms. Cara Gibilisco,
Graduate Registrar, and Ms. Sandra Tranquilly, Assistant.
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Dean
meets with Freshmen and parents:
- Dean
Paul
Fleury
will spend an hour with first-year
students and their parents in Davies Auditorium Sat., Aug. 31,
3:15-4:15 pm.
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- Engineering
students welcome new students:
- Undergrads,
with an assist from grad students, are embarking on a new annual
tradition, the Engineering Students for New Students Open House,
Mon., Sept. 2, 3:00-3:30 pm in the Becton Faculty Lounge. New
students will be welcomed by smiling faces (including Mrs. Jane
Boone, Coordinator of Educational Affairs and of the Select
Program in Engineering, and Ms. Joni Huff, Undergraduate Career
Services), refreshments, and a "face book" of
upperclassmen who have volunteered to be mentors for Engineering
Freshmen. (The second part of this students-for students open house
happens on Friday the 13th and includes serious eats and the beaming
presence of faculty and staff, of which more in the next
Bulletin).
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Engineering
Orientation:
- The
Engineering Orientation for incoming students will be in Davies
Auditorium, Becton Center, Mon., 3:30-5:00 pm, and will feature a
presentation by Prof. Roman Kuc, Director of Educational Affairs.
After the presentation, students will be able to tour the facilities
or consult with the Directors of Undergraduate Studies Prof. Robert
Grober, AP, Prof. James Duncan, BME, Prof. Peter
Kindlmann, EE,
Prof. Roger Ely, EnvE, and Prof. Mitchell Smooke, ME.
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And
again, at the Academic Fair:
- First
year students will have another opportunity to consult with
Engineering faculty about courses and programs Tues., Sept. 3,
2:00-4:00 pm, William L. Harness Hall.
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- Engineering
course
descriptions:
- This
year, you will find engineering course descriptions on our website
(not in the undergraduate guide to engineering, "Orange
Book"). Visit www.eng.yale.edu then each department under Undergraduate.
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