Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday,
January 17, 2005
Speakers:
Mon., Jan. 17, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Monday Evening Seminar:
"Electronic Characterization of Semiconductor
Nanowires,"
Ryan Munden, Physics Department.
Adviser: Prof. Mark Reed.
Refreshments at 3:30 pm.
Wed., Jan. 19, 11:00 am, Anlyan Center, Room N-203
(corner of Cedar and Congress Streets).
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of
Therapeutic Radiology Seminar:
"The Interface Between Hypoxia and Tumor
Angiogenesis,"
Dr. Mark Dewhirst, DVM, Department of Radiation
Oncology, Duke University Hosts: Prof. Mark Saltzman
and Dr. Sara Rockwell.
Wed., Jan. 19, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Coherent Optical Manipulation of Quantum Dot
Spins:
A Path into Quantum Computing," Prof. Duncan G.
Steel,
University of Michigan.
Host: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf.
Wed., Jan. 19, 2:30 pm, Mason 107.
Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
"Droplet Formation and Manipulation in
Microfluidic
Devices," Dr. Darren Link, Raindance Technologies,
Guilford, CT.
Host: Prof. Juan de la Mora.
Refreshments at 2:15.
Wed., Jan. 19, 4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Multiscale Approach to Multi-Component
Wetting,"
Dr. Anne Grillet, Sandia National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, NM.
Host: Prof. Michael Loewenberg.
Thurs., Jan. 20, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
"Dot for Dummies," Prof. R. Shankar,
Physics
and Applied Physics.
Host: Prof. Steven Girvin.
Fri., Jan. 21, 11:00 am, Mason 107.
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"The Biodegradation of Toxic Explosives by
Poplar
Trees: Analysis of Gene Expression," Prof. Benoit
van Aken, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Iowa.
Host: Prof. Menachem Elimelech.
Faculty receive NSF Career Awards:
Prof. Hür Köser, EE, has received a
National Science
Foundation Career Award worth $400,000 for his project:
"Ferrohydrodynamic Pumping in Traveling Magnetic
Fields:
Theory and Fluidic Applications."
Prof. Andreas Savvides, EE, has received a
National
Science Foundation Career Award worth $400,000 for his
project: "Self-Organization Services and
Application Support
Contructs for Sensor Networks."
Belated good news:
Yanxiang Liu, a graduate advisee of Prof.
T.P. Ma, EE,
won the Best Student Paper Award at the 2004
International Conference on Semiconductor and
Integrated Circuits Technology (ICSICT 2004) held
in Beijing, China, Oct. 18-21, 2004.
OCR Associate Director looking for inventions:
The new Associate Director for Engineering and
the Physical Sciences at the Office of Cooperative
Research is alumnus James Boyle '94 Ph.D. He is
looking
forward to discussions with FoE faculty about their
potential inventions. Dr. Boyle's major (Manhattan
College) and M.S. (University of Illinois) were in
mechanical engineering and his Ph.D. was in chemical
engineering, with Prof. Lisa Pfefferle as his adviser.
He has been a Development Engineer (Union Carbide),
Vice President of Market Development (Analytica of
Branford, Inc.), Strategic Alliance Liaison,
Pharmaceuticals
(Yale Development), and Partner at LABopinion, Inc.
CTC needs mentors:
The Connecticut Technology Council is
establishing
a mentoring program in 11 Connecticut high schools.
The purpose is to make high school students aware
of the realities of various technology careers,
including
of what will be expected of them in the workplace.
Mentors
will be coached by Connecticut Career Choices (CCC) and
will collaborate with teachers on a pre-defined
project.
Mentors commit to work with one to four students once
a week for 6 to 8 weeks. Call 860/289-0878, ext. 12.
Web of Science et al. workshop:
Learn to search by citation in Web of Science
(find
papers that reference earlier publications) and also to
use other tools for analyzing the impact of journals
and authors.
Tues., Jan. 18, 4:00 pm, Engineering Library.
Our Business Office will be closed Monday, Jan. 17,
in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
End of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 646