Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, May 20, 2002

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ENGINEERING PRIZE WINNERS

(see below)

 

Speakers:

Mon., May 20, 11:00 am, Becton Faculty Lounge.

Biomedical Engineering Seminar:

    "Cell-Biomaterial Interactions and Cartilage Tissue Engineering,"

    Prof. Lawrence J. Bonassar, University of Massachusetts Medical School.

    Host. Prof. James Duncan.

Mon., May 20, 11:00 am, Mason 107.
Seminar on MEMS:

"Developments of Magnetic Induction Machines for Micro Turbomachinery,"

Prof. Hur Koser, MIT.

Host: Prof. T.P. Ma.

 

Mon., May 20, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.

Special Applied Physics Seminar:

    "Rabi Oscillations in a Large-Area Josephson Junction Qubit,"

    Dr. John Martinis, NIST, Boulder, CO.

    Host: Prof. Michel Devoret.

 

Tues., May 21, 11:00 am, Becton 508.

Electrical Engineering Seminar:

    "From Lab-on-a-Chip to Disposable Smart Biochip,"

    Dr. Jin-Woo Choi, MEMS & BioMEMS Technology, University of Cincinnati.

    Host: Prof. T. P. Ma.

 

Thurs., May 23, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.

Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:

    "Semiconductor Hardware for Quantum Computing," Prof. Robert Joynt,

    University of Wisconsin.

    Host: Prof. Steven Girvin.

 

Fri., May 24, noon, Watson 500.

Vision Lunch Seminar:

    "Quantifying the Basis of Fish Schooling Behavior Using

    Automated Image Analysis," Prof. Daniel Grünbaum, Oceanography,

    University of Washington, Seattle.

    Host. Prof. A. Stephen Morse.

 

Prof. Apfel to receive Graduate Mentor Award:

    At the 2002 Commencement Convocation, Prof. Robert Apfel,

    Robert Higgin Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will receive

    a Graduate Student Assembly Award, established to honor faculty

    members who provide outstanding inspiration, encouragement,

    and academic direction to their students. This past March, appreciation

    for Prof. Apfel's mentoring was memorably expressed by 36 students,

    post docs, and colleagues who came for a rollicking "Golden Apfel

    Celebration" in honor of Prof. Apfel's 59th birthday. As a lasting

    birthday present "in recognition of his phenomenal mentorship,"

    his former students decided to establish a Robert E. Apfel Graduate

    Fellowship in Acoustics for students in acoustics, mechanical

    engineering, or biomedical engineering at Yale. The spiritus movens

    of the Celebration and Fellowship initiatives was Christy (Smith) Holland '89 Ph.D.,

    ably assisted by Y.C. Lo '87 Ph.D. and Mark Roos '83 Ph.D. Take a look.

 

Ph.D. thesis leads to NASA project:

    Aviation Week and Space Technology reports April 29, p. 70,

    that NASA will rely on thrust in the microN range as the first

    step towards detecting gravity waves. $2.6 M will go to Busek, Inc.

    of Natick, MA, for creating a thruster based on electrostatic

    acceleration of highly charged nanodrops, based on Manuel Gamero '00 Ph.D.

    doctoral thesis (Advisor: Prof. Juan de la Mora, ME). Dr. Gamero's

    thesis, "The Transfer of Ions and Chared Nanoparticles from Solution

    to the Gas Phase in Electrosprays," had received the 2001 Friedlander

    Award from the American Association of Aerosol Research.

 

Y-IEEE announces officers for 2002-03:

Chair: Jennifer Michelstein '03

Vice Chair: Raul Ruiz '03

Treasurer: Mike Neiss '04

Secretary: Mike Guo '04

Sysop(s): Raul Ruiz '03, Mike Guo '04, and

    Nitin Gupta '04, Jimmy Zhang '04.

Faculty adviser: Prof. Peter Kindlmann, EE.

 

Biomedical Engineering Society's new officers:

President: Peter Kops CC ‘03

Vice President: Alim Manji ES ‘04

Treasurer: Joshua Buck SY ‘04

Secretary: David Chu PC ‘04

Faculty adviser: Prof. James Duncan, BME.

 

More student organization officers:

In next week's Bulletin.

 

2nd Yale Engineering Golf Tournament:

    Prof. Alessandro Gomez, ME, initiated it last year and

    Prof. Mitchell Smooke, ME, organized it this year with the

    assistance of Ms. Sandy Tranquilli, Graduate Studies Office.

    Eight faculty and 26 graduate students enjoyed themselves at

    the Yale Golf Course. Channel 30 interviewed some of the

    students and planned to air the segment 5/17 at 6:15 pm.

   

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING PRIZE WINNERS

 

 

At Commencement, the Engineering Banner will be carried 
by Jasmina Hasanhodzic, the winner of The Henry Prentiss 
Becton Undergraduate Prize.

 

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