Faculty
of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, January 31, 2005
Speakers:
Tues., Feb. 1,
4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Graduate Student Seminar:
"What is the Temperature of Flowing Sand?" Ning Xu,
Mechanical Engineering.
Adviser: Prof. Corey O'Hern.
Refreshments at 3:45 pm.
Wed.,
Feb. 2, 1:00
pm, Mason 107.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Spectroscopic Investigations of Magnetization Dynamics
Using Spin Momentum Transfer in Nanocontacts and
Nanopillars," Dr. Thomas J. Silva, Electromagnetics
Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST).
Host: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf.
Fri.,
Feb. 4, 4:00
pm, Dunham, Fifth Floor Conference Room.
Center for Systems Science Seminar:
"The Human Sense of Smell, It's Better Than We
Think,"
Prof. Gordon Shepherd, Neuroscience.
Host: Prof. Kumpati Narendra.
To
stay at the helm of Faculty of Engineering:
President Richard Levin has announced that Paul A. Fleury
has agreed to extend his appointment as Dean of Engineering
through June 30, 2007.
Semi-finalist
in ABRF poster competition:
ChE graduate student Yang Shi is a semi-finalist in
the annual ABRF (Association for Biomolecular Resource
Facilities) Poster Competition, sponsored by GE Healthcare.
Yang Shi, whose faculty advisor is Dr. James Wilkins,
goes to Savannah, GA, Feb. 8, for the next phase of the
competition.
Issues
in human-robot interaction:
Wed., Feb. 2, 4:15 pm workshop, 5:45 pm dinner* and
discussion, Institute for Social and Policy Studies,
77 Trumbull Street (corner Prospect). Technology and
Ethics Working Research Group Workshop: "Bombs,
Bonding, and Bondage: Issues in Human-Robot
Interaction,"
Prof. Ronald C. Arkin, Director of the Mobile Robot
Laboratory, College of Computing, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA.
*Contact <carol.pollard@yale.edu> for reading materials
and a dinner reservation.
Given
differing national and social contexts:
As student bodies in the U.S. become more international,
should current ideas about diversity change?
"Affirmative
Action in the Age of Globalization," a panel discussion,
Wed., Feb. 2, 6:00 to 8:30 pm, Rosenfeld Hall 101,
109-111 Grove Street (corner of Grove and Temple).
See <www.yale.edu/wff/UDGUseries/
P35_4092>
Junk
Yale Wars:
The Yale Engineering Design Team is hosting a
competition to build "something" from junk
Sat., Feb. 5, 3:00-9:00 pm, Mason B 7. "Every student
who comes will participate fully in the building
process."
The faculty adviser is Prof. David LaVan, ME. Sign up
with <drausin.wulsin@yale.edu>
Back
by popular demand:
IEEE's "HALO2-Fridays" starts again Fri., Jan. 28,
at 3:00 pm and intends to be a weekly event. It's a video
game played on a larger than life projection screen in
Davies auditorium. Teams of engineering undergrads
battle each other for about 5 minutes with a variety
of weapons to score points and neutralize the competition.
The real objective, says IEEE Vice-Chair Jose Fuentes '06,
is "to create a fun environment for engineering
undergrads....
the more the merrier!" Prof. Peter Kindlmann is
the IEEE
faculty adviser and Prof. Roman Kuc, EE, often helps
with
logistics.
Interested
in starting a business?
Look into Yale's annual business plan competition--2005 Y50K.
Deadlines: Feb. 4--register your team,
Feb. 11--submit executive summary,
April 1--submit full plans,
April 23--judging.
Visit <www.yes.yale.edu/y50k/>
What
recruiters look for:
Donald Asher, a career consultant and author of "How To
Get Any Job With Any Major," says that corporate
recruiters
in any field look for the following characteristics:
-Communication skills
-Honesty/Integrity
-Teamwork skills
-Interpersonal skills
-Motivation/initiative
-Strong work ethic
-Analytical skills
-Flexibility/adaptability
-Computer skills
-Self-confidence
End
of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 648