Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday

Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, April 1, 2002

Speakers:
Mon., April 1, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Sounding the Atmosphere with Femtosecond White Light
and Terawatt Lasers," Prof. Jean-Pierre Wolf, Physics,
ENS-Lyon and University of Lyon, France.
Host: Prof. Richard Chang.
Refreshments at 3:30 pm.

Tues., April 2, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Graduate Student Seminar:
"Fundamentals of Capillary Electrochromatography," Rong
Xiang, Chemical Engineering.
Host: Graduate Studies Office.
Refreshments at 3:45 pm.

Wed., April 3, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Natural Amelioration of Acid Mine Drainage from Abandoned
Coal Mines in the Uniontown Syncline, Southwestern Pennsylvania,"
Prof. David A. Dzombak, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University.
Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech.

Fri., April 5, 3:00 pm, Dunham 5th Floor Conference Room.
Center for Systems Science Seminar:
"On the Multi-Armed Bandit," Prof. Eric Denardo,
Operations Research.
Host: Prof. Kumpati Narendra.

Final doctoral examination:
Candidate: Yibing Zheng. Thesis: "Acousto-electric Levitation
for Particle and Drop Array Studies: Instrument Characterization
and its Application." Committee: Prof. Robert Apfel,
Prof. Boa-The Chu, Prof. Richard Chang, Prof. Alessandro Gomez.
Mon., April 1, 1:00 pm, Becton Center 508.

Area doctoral examination:
Candidate: Xiaoning Qian. Presentation: "Shape Indexing in
Medical Image Databases." Committee: Prof. Hemant Tagare,
Prof. Lawrence Staib, Prof. James Duncan, Prof. Edmund Yeh.
Fri., April 5, 2:00 pm, Brady Memorial Laboratory 333.

Frontiers of Science and Engineering:
Room 114 in SSS, Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona on the corner of
Grove and Prospect Streets, was packed March 23 with 150 high
school students from far and wide (like from New Jersey) and half again
as many parents, teachers, or siblings for the first talk in the
Frontiers series, “Seeing is Believing: Watching Chemical Processes
Molecule by Molecule, Atom by Atom," given by Prof. Eric Altman, ChE.

Dean Paul Fleury attended and Ms. Vivian Smart, EE, Ms. Jane Boone,
Academic Affairs, and Mr. Luis Torres, Facilities, provided administrative
assistance. The next talk, April 6, is “Oceans in the Deep Earth?” and
will be given by Prof. Shun-ichiro Karato, Geology and Geophysics.
Potential for substantial contributions:
Sharon Walker, Environmental Engineering graduate advisee of
Prof. Menachem Elimelech, EnvE and ChE, was one of 11 winners
of the American Chemical Society 2002 Environmental Chemistry
Graduate Student Awards, given on the merit of the student's course
work, research productivity, and potential for making substantial
contributions to the field of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering.
The honor comes with a year's membership in the American Chemical
Society and a year's subscription to Environmental Science & Technology,
the leading journal in environmental engineering science.
FIRST Robotics Competition:
Dean Paul Fleury will give the welcoming remarks in the New Haven
Coliseum at the FIRST Robotics Competition, April 4-6, involving
62 teams of high school students from the New England states.
United Technologies is the sponsor of the New England Regional event,
and admission is free. Thurs., 10:00 am-7:00 pm (practice rounds),
Fri. 9:00 am-4:00 pm, Sat., 9:00 am-3:30 pm (final rounds 1:00 pm-3:30 pm).
The national finals will be held at the Epcot Center in Orlando, FL, April 25-27.
Fires from surge protector & power strips:
Every year, surge protectors and electrical cords cause fires.
See p. 2 of www.yale.edu/oehs/PDF_files/01_02sb.pdf
End of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 543