Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, September 9, 2002

 

Speaker: 

Wed., Sept. 11, 2:30 pm, Mason 107. Mechanical Engineering Seminar: "Applications of Picosecond Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Fluorescence in Laminar and Turbulent Flames," Prof. Michael W. Renfro, University of Connecticut. Host: Prof. Alessandro Gomez.

 

Named to chaired professorship:

W. Mark Saltzman has been named the Faculty of Engineering as the Goizueta Foundation Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering. See www.eng.yale.edu/faculty/vita/ saltzman-bio.htm

 

Welcome to Chemical/Biomedical Engineering:

Malgorzata Cartiera, Research Associate with Prof. Mark Saltzman, Biomedical Engineering Program.

Veronique Tran, Postdoctoral Associate with Prof. Mark Saltzman, Biomedical Engineering Program. 

 

Among chemistry's notables of the 20th century: 

In their Chronicles of Chemistry series, the American Chemical Society published in 2002 a list of "Luminaries of the Chemical Sciences." Among the 252 "chemists and colleagues" who contributed to "the development of 20th century chemistry" are Crick and Watson, Linus Pauling, Pierre and Marie Curie, Ernest Rutherford, and our Prof. Csaba Horváth, ChE, who "With J. Calvin Giddings and J.F. K. Huber came up with the concept of the first HPLC instruments." 

Landmark paper withstood test of time: 

Every year, the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors chooses "To recognize the author(s) of a landmark environmental engineering paper that has withstood the test of time and significantly influenced the practice of environmental engineering." In 2002, AEESP conferred this honor on Menachem Elimelech, Director of Biomedical Engineering, and Charles R. O'Melia, Johns Hopkins, for their paper "Kinetics of Deposition of Colloidal Particles in Porous Media," Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 24, 1528-1536 (1990). Prof. Elimelech and Prof. O'Melia will accept the award Sept. 30 at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Water Environment Federation in Chicago.

 

One of the world's most cited: 

Joseph Pignatello, Professor Adjunct of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering, is one of the world's most cited authors in the area of ecology/environment says Philadelphia-based ISI, Institute for Scientific Information (offices throughout the world). Less than 0.5% of all publishing researchers are included in this group. Prof. Pignatello's research focuses on organic pollutants in underground and aquatic environments and on remediation strategies for contaminated soils, water, and industrial wastewater. His primary affiliation is with the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station in New Haven, CT. For more, visit http://isihighlycited.com

 

All together now: 

Thanks to the organizational enthusiasm of our students, Friday the 13th will be the day of the 1st Annual Engineering Fall Barbecue. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to converge on the courtyard between Becton and Dunham with spouses and children starting at 4:00 pm. It will be a time to recount to your colleagues what you did and where during the summer, to welcome a shy new student or two, and to enjoy a barbecue in our Engineering backyard.

The organizers are calling for students with expertise (or willing to learn!) in setting up, cleaning up, and grilling. Also needed are some community-minded BBQ-ers to lend their charcoal or gas grills for the event. Volunteers and grill-contributors, please contact <sharon.walker@yale.edu>

 

Freshman orientation: 

About 100 Freshmen attended the Engineering Orientation. They indicated what fields interest them at present (most are interested in more than one field). Their interests: Biomedical-48, Computer Science-46, Electrical Engineering-42, Mechanical Engineering-32, Applied Physics-29, Applied Mathematics-27, Physics-24, Chemical Engineering-21, Environmental Engineering-11. 

 

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