Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, February 18, 2002
 
Happy National Engineers Week, Feb. 17-23!

Speakers:
 
Mon., Feb. 18, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Monday Evening Seminar:
 "Combining Scholarship with Entrepreneurism: A Model
 for Yale's Graduate Program in Engineering," Prof. Jerry
 Woodall, Electrical Engineering.
 Host: Prof. Richard Chang.
 Refreshments at 3:30 pm in the Mason Lounge.
 
Wed., Feb. 20, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
 "Nucleation Behavior of n-Alkanes," Dr. Hubert King,
 Corporate Strategic Research, Exxon Mobil Research and
 Engineering Co., Annandale, NJ.
 Host: Prof. David Wu.
 
Web., Feb. 20, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
 "The Tat Pathway of Protein Secretion in Bacteria:
 From Genetic Analysis to Novel Biotechnology Applications,"
 Prof. Matthew De Lisa, Chemical Engineering,
 University of Texas at Austin.
 Host: Prof. Lisa Pfefferle.
 
Thurs., Feb. 21, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
 "Metal-Insulator Transition and Possible Ferromagnetic
 Instability in 2D," Prof. Sergey Kravchenko,
 Northeastern University.
 Host: Prof. Subir Sachdev.
 
Fri., Feb. 22, 3:00 pm, Dunham 5th Floor Conference Room.
Center for Systems Science Seminar:
"Quantitative and Qualitative Depth from Stereo Vision,"
 Prof. Steven Zucker, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
 
National Academy of Engineering elects Prof. Morse, Prof. Graedel:
Engineering has elected 74 new members, among them Prof. Thomas E. Graedel and Prof. A. Stephen Morse from the Yale Faculty of Engineering.

Election to the National Academy of Engineering is one of the highest professional distinctions that can be accorded an engineer in the U.S.

Academy membership honors those who have made "important contributions to engineering theory and practice" and those who have demonstrated "unusual accomplishment in the pioneering of new and developing  fields of technology."

Thomas E. Graedel, Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Professor Adjunct of Geology and Geophysics for elected "For outstanding contributions to the engineering theory and practice of industrial ecology, particularly for improved methods of life-cycle analysis." 

A. Stephen Morse, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Computer Science,  was elected "For contributions to geometric control theory, adaptive control, and the stability of hybrid systems."
 
"Bring it with you," amends MIT Lincoln Lab:
Undergraduates and graduate students (U.S. citizens) who are interested in internships or full time positions at Lincoln  Lab should bring résumés Tues., Feb. 19, 4:00 pm, to the  Becton Faculty Lounge. 

Lincoln Lab will be represented by Richard Ralston '71 Ph.D., Associate Head of the Solid State  Division, Dr. Vyshnavi Suntharalingam '89 MC (EE. Favorite  pizza while at Yale: Pepe's), Associate Group Leader of the  Advanced Silicon Technology Group, and Dr. Douglas Koltenuk '93 JE  (Physics. Favorite pizza: Naples), Technical Staff, Sensor  Exploitation Group of the Tactical Systems Technology Division.  
 
There will be pizza (from Yorkside) and other refreshments. :)
 
Go for a Fulbright, Rhodes, Marshall, etc.:
The International Education and Fellowship Programs Office  is running informational sessions at 55 Whitney Ave., 3rd floor  about fellowships and scholarships available to seniors, recent  graduates, and graduate students:

   --Tues., Feb. 19, 4:00 pm: Fulbright Grants.
   --Thurs., Feb. 21, 4:00 pm: Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Churchill, 
      and Gates Scholarships.

Recent award winners will be present to answer questions. Application are due in early fall but better start now, because the application process is lengthy. For more, visit www.yale.edu/iefp/fellowships/index.html

Back with latest from a workshop in New York:
Dr. Martin Ewing, Engineering Information Technology, has the latest on WebMathematica's ability to show research algorithms and data on a "live" web page and to allow students to check their math and to submit homework. Faculty are invited to explore this additional tool by  contacting <martin.ewing@yale.edu>
 
Standing room only in Davies auditorium:
The first Engineering Sesquicentennial Lecture, given by Prof. Michel Devoret, AP & Phys, filled the  ~280-seat Davies auditorium to capacity.
 
Americans get fewer facts, more opinion: 
A study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, a research institute affiliated with Columbia University,  the Pew Charitable Trusts, and Princeton Survey Research  Associates, examined network, cable, and public TV, Newsweek, Time, NYT, Washington Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Fresno Bee, and various TV talk shows found factual reporting down to 63% in November 2001 and December from 75% in mid-September and most coverage (90%) of administration policy reporting no significant dissent,  write Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, Director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, in an opinion editorial  in the NYT 1/29/02.  
 
Requiescat in pace:  
Condolences to Prof. Juan Fernandez de la Mora, ME, and to Dr. Mercedes Carreras, Senior Lector Spanish/Portuguese  and Lecturer Faculty of Engineering, whose father and  father-in-law died suddenly in Spain on February 9.
 
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