- Faculty
of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, April 29, 2002
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- Speakers:
- Mon.,
April 29, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Monday Evening Seminar:
- "A
Josephson Junction Quantum Bit," Dr. J. S. Tsai,
NEC Fundamental Research Laboratories.
Host: Prof. Richard Chang.
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- Wed.,
May 1, 3:00 pm, Mason 107.
The Aris and Bessie B. Phillips Lectureship in Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics:
- "Mechanics
of Propagating Buckle Delaminations,"
Prof. John W. Hutchinson, Division of Engineering and Applied
Sciences, Harvard University.
Host: Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Reception in the Becton Faculty Lounge at
4:00 pm
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- Thurs.,
May 2, 3:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
- "Critical
Points in Two-dimensional Disordered Systems,"
Prof. Paul Fendley, University of Virginia.
Host: Prof. Nicholas Read.
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- Thurs.,
May 2, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
The John M. Henske Distinguished Lecture in Chemical
Engineering:
- "Protein
Crystals on Lipids: Physical Chemistry in Nature,"
Dr. Alice P. Gast, Vice President of Research, MIT.
Host: Prof. John Walz.
Reception in the Mason Lobby at 3:15 pm
Sponsored by Olin Corporation.
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- Fri.,
May 3, Yale Engineering Sesquicentennial Forum:
"Challenges to Innovation in the 21st
Century."
- Host:
Dean Paul Fleury.
See special second page
of today's Bulletin.
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- Prof.
Duncan to head $7.1 M program:
- Prof.
James Duncan, Diagnostic Radiology and EE, is the
Principal Investigator for a $7.4 M bioimaging research grant
to develop approaches which will provide neurosurgeons
information that will dramatically change the treatment of
patients suffering from epilepsy. Co-PI is Dennis Spencer, MD,
Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery at Yale. One of the eight
key researchers is Prof. Lawrence H. Staib '86 M.S.,
'87 M.Phil, '90 Ph.D., Diagnostic Radiology and EE. The
granting agency is NIH's new National Institute of Biomedical
Imaging and Bioengineering whose acting director, Dr. Donna J.
Dean, was present at the 4/25 press conference announcing the
grant. President Richard Levin and Dean Paul Fleury
gave the opening remarks.
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- Engineering
alumnus receives Yale Medal:
- J.
Robert Mann Jr. '51E, received the highest award for service
to Yale at the Assembly of AYA delegates Yale Medal Dinner in
Commons on April 26.
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Mr.
Mann has worked with the engineering faculty to develop new
courses and research opportunities for undergraduates in
systems design and microelectronics. His gifts established the
J. Robert Mann Jr. Microelectronics Teaching Laboratory and
the J. Robert Mann Jr. Electronic Design and Fabrication Lab,
both in Becton Center.
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Mr.
Mann has also been a visiting lecturer in electrical
engineering at the Yale School of Architecture, was president
of the Yale Science and Engineering Association, has served on
the Yale Alumni Board, the Federation of Yale Alumni
Organizations and on the AYA Board of Governors and was a
member of the Class of '51 Executive Committee.
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- Student
projects presentations:
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-Electrical
Engineering: Tues., April 30, Dunham Lab 220, 20-minute
presentations, 10:30 am-5:30 pm. Specifics at www.eng.yale.edu/pjk/EESrProj_02/
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-Environmental Engineering: Five graduating seniors
will present their senior projects Wed., May 1, 9:00 am-11:30
am, Mason 107.
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-Applied
Physics: Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores will present their projects
(corrected
date)
Thurs., May 2, 10:00 am, Becton 4th floor alcove.
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- Watch
them in Davies Auditorium, Wed., May 1:
- -4:30
pm: "Robot Showdown: Building our Future." See
them demolish buildings with 2 lbs bricks and build a new
Engineering building in the Hillhouse, Trumbull, Prospect,
Grove Street area on an 8x8 game board. Be part of the
audience that evaluates the performance of the 33 robots
designed and constructed by ME 185b "Mechanical Design
Studio" students whose varied designs sprang from
identical materials. Instructor: Mr. Glenn Weston-Murphy.
-6:30
pm: "Robot Soccer Shoot-Out." Nine robots, whose
circuits and sensors were built by EE 350b "Embedded
Systems" students, will do their utmost to be the first
to shoot five goals in the shortest time. Instructor: Prof.
Roman Kuc.
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