Faculty of Engineering bulletin for Monday, September 30, 2002
 
Speakers: 

Tues., Oct. 1, noon, Dunham 5th floor Conference Room.
Information, Communication, and Control Seminar:

"Systematic Weight Modification in H∞ Control Design," Prof. Brian D. O. Anderson, President, National Information and Communications Technology Centre of Australia, Canberra. Host: Prof. A. Stephen Morse. 

 

Wed., Oct. 2, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.
"Dendritic Growth," Prof.  M. E. Glicksman
Materials Science and Engineering Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Host: Prof. David Wu.
 
Wed., Oct. 2, 4:00 pm, Mason 211. 
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
 "Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Catalytic Materials," Prof. Jingguang Chen, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware. 
Host: Prof. Gary L. Haller.
 
Thurs., Oct. 3, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52. 
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar: 
"Spin Textures, Screening and Excitations in Dirty Quantum Hall Ferromagnets," Prof. John Chalker, University of Oxford, England. 
Host: Prof. Nicholas Read.
 
Graduate Student Seminar: 
Tues., Oct. 8, 4:00 pm, Mason 107. 
"Image-based Rendering of Objects and Textures with Arbitrary Reflectance," Melissa Koudelka, Electrical Engineering. 
Advisor: Prof. Peter Belhumeur. 
 
 Welcome: 
Barbara Joyner joins us Sept. 30 as Administrative Assistant in Chemical Engineering. Ms. Joyner brings with her almost 30 years of varied experience at Yale, most recently at the Yale Economic Growth Center, 27 Hillhouse.
 Who did it? 
The planning and implementation of the memorable "First Annual Engineering Barbecue" Sept. 13, enthusiastically encouraged and assisted in myriad ways by Mrs. Jane Boone, Coordinator for Educational Affairs, was a grad and undergrad student team effort, energized by EnvE grad student Sharon Walker. The team set up 25 tables and 200 chairs, blew up and hung/affixed 200+ plus helium balloons, made table cloths stay on the tables in spite of a mischievous wind whipping around the courtyard, bought, hauled and prepared food (cleaned and cut "pounds and pounds of onions, tomatoes and lettuce"), set out food, cleaned/ prepared BBQ grills, grilled hot dogs and flipped more than 500 burgers (Prof. Grober proved to be a most serious chef extraordinaire!), and had produced Engineering tee-shirts for the raffle. And then they took everything down and cleaned up after the rest of us. So, let's hear it for Eric Stern, Youjung Byon, Josh Buck, Skye Grue, Kate Johnson, Sharon Walker, Tom Boone, Ratna Oetama, Sven Uda, Todd Zickler, Jeff McCutcheon, Ermme Harper, Sara Hasmi, Jane Halverson, Long Nghiem, Matt Hirschbeck, and Jeremiah Johnson. Also thanks to Mr. Tom Boone Sr. and to all who loaned and carted around BBQ grills! Pictures: www.eng.yale.edu/news/barbecue-02.htm
Engineering softball team:
Jeff McCutcheon, first year ChE grad student and Captain, invites Engineering grad students, post docs, and faculty to play (you have to be on the roster to play). Games are Sundays at the IM fields near the Yale Bowl. 
Sept. 29,    3:15 pm, Engineering vs. Medical School 
                 4:45 pm, Engineering vs. SOM 
Oct. 6,        1:45 pm, Engineering vs. Law school
Oct. 27,      3:15 pm, Engineering vs. Music School
Nov. 3,      12:15 pm, Engineering vs. Law School 
 
Playoffs start Nov. 10, championship game Nov. 17.
Contact <mccutcheon@yale.edu> or (203) 500-2820 and state your experience or preferred position (but everyone who wants to play can play, because this is done for fun). Spectators invited! Ideas welcomed for a team uniform, post-game cookouts, etc.

Warm up and lineup:
15 minutes before the game.
Needed: more bats, softballs, and gloves.
Hiring students: 
Students are needed Oct. 19 (2:00-4:00 pm) and 20 (10:00 am- noon) during the Engineering Sesquicentennial Alumni Weekend to direct attendees to labs, etc. and to take candid photos. Contact Prof. Roman Kuc <roman.kuc@yale.edu
 
Position in Connecticut:
A "fundamental research" healthcare investment firm seeks a research analyst to support senior analysts with data gathering, maintenance (SQL server), company research, and presentation of research ideas. Write <wendy@duruscapital.com>
Engineering Library Workshop:
 Learn to select the best databases for engineering and computer science research and learn techniques for efficient searching. Fri., Oct. 4, 1:00 pm.
 
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