- Faculty
of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, September 23, 2002
-
- Speakers:
- Mon.,
Sept. 23, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
- Monday
Evening Seminar:
- "Controlled
Manipulation of the Quantum State of an Electrical
- Circuit,"
Prof. Michel Devoret, Applied Physics.
- Host:
Prof. Richard Chang.
- Refreshments
at 3:30 pm.
-
- Tues.,
Sept. 24, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.
- Chemical
Engineering Seminar:
- "Atomistic
Simulations of Surface Chemical Reactions for
- Growing
High-K Gate Stacks," Prof. Charles B. Musgrave,
- Chemical
Engineering, Stanford University.
- Host:
Prof. Eric Altman.
-
- Wed.,
Sept 25, 11:00 am, 4th floor alcove, Becton (Note time &
place).
- Special
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
- "Nanomechanical
Systems Probed by Electron Tunneling,"
- Prof.
Andrew N. Cleland, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Host:
Prof. Michel Devoret.
-
- Wed.,
Sept 25, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.
- Solid
State and Optics Seminar:
- "The
Music of the Spheres: New Prospects for High-Q Micro-resonator
- Devices,"
Prof. Kerry Vahala, Applied Physics, California
- Institute
of Technology.
- Host:
Prof. A. Douglas Stone.
-
- Wed.,
Sept. 25, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.
- Mechanical
Engineering Seminar:
- "History
of Development and Current State of the Ion Mobility
- Spectrometry
Technology," Dr. Alexandre A. Shvartsburg, US Food
- and
Drug Administration.
- Host:
Prof. Juan de la Mora.
-
- Wed.,
Sept 25, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
- Chemical
Engineering Seminar:
- "Hexavalent
Chromium, Hollywood, and Health Goals,"
- Prof.
Janet G. Hering, Environmental Science and Engineering,
- California
Institute of Technology.
- Host:
Prof. Menachem Elimelech.
-
- Welcome
to Environmental Engineering:
- Qilin
Li, Postdoctoral Associate, has joined us from the
- University
of Illinois and is working in the Environmental
- Engineering
Program with Prof. Menachem Elimelech.
-
- Welcome
to Mechanical Engineering:
- Faculty:
- Dr.
Corey O'Hern has joined us as Assistant Professor of
- Mechanical
Engineering. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral
- Research
Fellow in the Department of Physics at the James
- Franck
Institute, University of Chicago, and a Postdoctoral
- Research
Fellow in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
- UCLA.
-
- Dr.
Udo Schwarz has joined us as Associate Professor of Mechanical
- Engineering.
Previously, he held a Postdoctoral Research position
- in
the Materials Science Division, Lawrence National Laboratory,
- University
of California, Berkeley.
-
- Researcher:
- Dr.
Xiquan Jiang, Visiting Fellow, is Associate Professor in the
- Department
of Modern Mechanics at the University of Science
- and
Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui P.R. China.
-
- National
Academy of Engineering invited 100:
- The
National Academy of Engineering invited Prof. Charles Ahn,
AP,
- and
Prof. Robert Schoelkopf, AP, to participate in the Eighth
- Annual
Symposium on the Frontiers of Engineering in Irvine, CA,
- Sept.
18-21. NAE makes the selection after a competitive nomination
- and
selection process and then "brings together 100 of the nation's
- outstanding
young engineers (ages 30-45) from industry, academia,
- and
government to discuss pioneering technical work and leading-edge
- research
in various engineering fields and industry sectors."
- Prof.
Schoelkopf has also been invited to chair a session at next
- year's
symposium.
-
- Reception
to welcome new faculty and staff:
- Dean
Fleury requests the pleasure of the company of Faculty
of Engineering faculty, staff, researchers, and their
spouse/guest
Fri., Sept. 27, 5:00 pm-7:00 pm, at The Quinnipiack
Club,
221 Church Street. RSVP: 432-4222.
-
- Engineering
Student Center:
- An
Engineering Student Center, ESC (!), is coming into being in
Dunham 107 and is accessible to undergraduates taking
Engineering courses as well as to our faculty and staff. At
present, ESC offers a whiteboard, a round table, and computers
but will evolve in response to student input by way of the
Engineering Student Council (members TBA) into a place for
undergraduates to work together, hold organization meetings,
meet with recruiters, etc. Visit ESC and then start
brainstorming.
-
- Commit
to one hour a week:
- Volunteer
in New Haven schools. Info session:
Tues., Sept 24, 5:30, HGS 119.
End
of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 557
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