Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday

Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, May 13, 2002

Speakers:
Mon., May 13, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Single Photon Detector in the Optical Domain and its Biochemical
Applications," Veronica Savu, Physics. Host: Prof. Richard Chang.
Refreshments at 3:30 pm in the Mason Lounge.

Wed., May 15, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Scar Lasing in Deformed Microcavities," Dr. Sang Wook Kim,
Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems.
Host: Prof. Richard Chang.

Fri., May 17, 10:45 am, Becton 025.
"Radical Rearrangements in the Vicinity of Oxygen-covered Mo(110),"
Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar, Harvard.
Host: Prof. Mark Reed.

Fri., May 17, 11:00 am, Mason 107.
Electrical Engineering Seminar:
"MEMS for Inertia, RF and Biomedical Applications,"
Mr. Ashwin A. Seshia, Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science Department, University of CA, Berkeley.
Host: Prof. T. P. Ma.

Fri., May 17, 1:30 pm, Becton 508.
Electrical Engineering Seminar:
"Processing-Structure-Property Relationships in Micro- and
Nano-Scale Materials," Dr. Vidyut Gopal, Applied Materials, Inc.,
Santa Clara, CA.
Host. Prof. T. P. Ma.

Prof. Woodall to accept Medal at White House:
May 9, President George Bush announced the 2001 National
Medal laureates, among them Prof. Jerry Woodall, C. Baldwin
Sawyer Professor of Electrical Engineering. Prof. Woodall has been
awarded a National Medal of Technology "for the invention and
development of technologically and commercially important compound
semiconductor heterojunction materials, processes, and related
devices, such as light-emitting diodes, lasers, ultra-fast transistors,
and solar cells." Prof. Woodall is the first Yale proessor to receive
prestigious award.

Accompanying Prof. Woodall to the White House awards ceremony
will be his wife, Mrs. Susan Woodall, and Dean Paul Fleury, among
others. The awards ceremony will be webcast by the National Medals of
Science and Technology Foundation. The National Medal laureates' week
in Washington will include a black tie awards banquet and gala celebration
and numerous meetings. For more, see
http://www.eng.yale.edu/faculty/vita/woodall.html

Yale Corporation has voted:
The Yale Corporation has voted Prof. W. Mark Saltzman the Goizueta
Foundation Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering.

Goldwater Scholar:
Ted Laird '04 is one of three 2002 Goldwater Scholars at Yale
(there were 309 Goldwater Scholars nationwise this year). The
Goldwater Scholarship is "the premier undergraduate award in the
fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering" and
provides a stipend of up to $7,500 per year. Ted Laird, a physics major,
is doing research on organic semiconductors in the lab of
Prof. Charles Ahn, AP & Phys.

Doctoral area examinations:
--Ning Lin: "3D LV Deformation Analysis in Echocardiagraphic Imaging
System." Committee: Prof. James Duncan, Prof. Lawrence Staib,
Prof. Hemant Tagare.
May 9.

--Thomas Boone: "Minority Carrier Lifetime Studies in Beryllium Doped
p-type GaAs for Application in High-Speed Light Emitting Diodes."
Committee: Prof. Jerry Woodall, Prof. T.P. Ma, Prof. Janet Pan,
Prof. Jung Han.
May 9.

--Al Hersel: "The Development of Separation Systems and Column
Characterization for the Miniaturization of Liquid Chromatography."
Committee: Prof. Csaba Horváth, Prof. Lisa Pfefferle,
Prof. Menachem Elimelech.
May 9.

--Wei He: "Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy Study of Ultra-Thin
Dielectrics." Committee: Prof. T.P. Ma, Prof. Richard Barker,
Prof. Jerry Woodall, Prof. Janet Pan.
May 10.

Eight from NSBE-Yale in FL:
Eight NSBE-Yale members attended workshops and a career fair
(~250 companies, laboratories and universities were represented)
at the Society of Black Engineers 28th Annual National Convention
in Orlando, FL, March 27-31.

Engineering Library summer hours start May 15:
Summer schedule in effect May 15-September 3.
Monday Friday 8:30 am -- 5:00 pm
Saturday: 1:00 pm -- 5:00 pm
Sunday: Closed

End of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 549