Faculty
of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, February 7, 2005
Speakers:
Tues., Feb. 8,
4:00 pm, Becton Center, Davies Auditorium.
Dean's
Distinguished Lecture Series:
"Discovering the Origins of Cholera," Dr.
Rita Colwell,
Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental
Scholar, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies; Chair,
Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.
Host: Dean Paul A. Fleury.
Reception to follow.
Wed.,
Feb. 9,
11:00 am, Becton Faculty Lounge.
Biomedical Engineering Seminar:
"Biomedical Optical Diagnostics: Quantitative,
Molecular
Imaging in Living Cells and Tissues," Prof.
Mary-Ann Mycek,
Biomedical Engineering Applied Physics Program,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Host: Prof. Mark Saltzman.
Wed.,
Feb. 9,
1:00 pm, Mason 107.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Band Engineering in Cooper-pair Box: Dispersive
Measurements
of Charge and Phase," Dr. Mika Sillanpää,
Helsinki
University of Technology, Finland.
Host: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf.
Wed.,
Feb. 9,
2:30 pm, Mason 107.
Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar:
"Breaking Symmetry in Stokes Flows, and Resulting
Hydrodynamic Forces on Objects," Prof. Jacqueline
Ashmore,
University of Cambridge, UK.
Host: Prof. Eric Dufresne.
Refreshments 2:15 pm.
Wed.,
Feb. 9,
4:00 pm, Mason 211.
Department of Chemical Engineering Seminar:
"Elucidating the Catalyzed Growth Mechanism of
Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes," Prof. Perla
Balbuena,
Texas A&M University.
Host: Prof. Lisa Pfefferle.
Fri.,
Feb. 11, 4:00
pm, Dunham Fifth Floor Conference Room.
Center for Systems Science Seminar:
"Social Robotics as Tools for Studying Social
Development,"
Prof. Brian Scassellati, Computer Science.
Host: Prof. Kumpati Narendra.
Lunch
and conversation with Dr. Colwell:
Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to have
lunch and enjoy an informal conversation Tues., Feb. 8,
with Dr. Rita R. Colwell, the Dean's Distinguished
Lecturer,
before going to hear her talk later in the day (see
Speakers).
Lunch will be served in the Becton Faculty Lounge from
noon to 1:00 pm. RSVP by Mon., Feb. 7, to <Eric.Mitchell@yale.edu>
Prof.
Emeritus Wheeler to speak on choices made:
Robert Wheeler, Harold Hodgkinson Professor
Emeritus of
Applied Physics, will be the first speaker Mon., Feb.
7,
4:30 pm, Koerner Center, 149 Elm Street, 2nd floor, in
the
Koerner Center series "Intellectual Trajectories:
Why People Study
What They Do." Hosted by Robert Shulman,
Sterling Professor
of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, the series
invites professors
Emeriti to discuss the connections between the
personal, the intellectual,
to and the professional in their fields of study and
the choices they
have made with respect to research, teaching, and
writing.
Refreshments at 4:00 pm.
Another
NSF Career Award!
Prof. Corey O'Hern, ME and Phys, has received an
NSF
Career Award for "Computer Simulations of Glassy
and
Athermal Systems." The award provides $400,000 for
five years.
Doctoral
area examination:
Corinne Wittmer--"Multi-layer Protein
Assemblies as
Biomaterial Coatings." Committee: Prof. Paul
Van Tassel,
Prof. John Walz, and Prof. Mark Saltzman.
Feb. 7.
Postdoc
and permanent positions at Sandia:
Sandia representatives will be on campus Feb. 8-11 to
interview those who have signed up. If you have
questions,
contact <Cara.Gibilisco@yale.edu>
"Open
access" and research publishing:
The Science Libraries, the Medical Library, and the
Library Integrated Access Council invite faculty,
staff,
and students to a forum on research publishing and
new scholarly publishing models Thurs., Feb. 10,
3:00-5:00 pm,
Harkness Auditorium, Sterling Hall of Medicine,
333 Cedar Street. See the program at
<www.med.yale.edu/library/new/items/scholarly-publishing.html>
Refreshments at 2:30 pm.
Be
a judge at the New Haven Science Fair:
This fair has a special connection to Yale Engineering,
because the late Prof. Robert Apfel, ME, was a
co-founder of
the Fair and an active member of the steering committee
until his illness put a stop to his efforts, see
<www.eng.yale.edu/news/Apfel-in-memory.htm>
This year,
Prof. Erin Lavik, BME, and a number of
engineering grad
students are mentoring students who are working on
projects
to be exhibited at the fair. The 2005 fair will need
more than
100 judges (Prof. Daniel Prober, AP, has already
signed up)
to judge about 250 projects. Judges may choose which
grade level
(K-12) projects they will judge (new judges are
provided helpful
hints about judging). The time commitment is several
hours
Mon., March 7 night (judges are served a buffet
supper), and
March 8 (breakfast and lunch provided). The fair and
judging
will be in Commons, Woolsey Hall. Please sign up with
Ms. Lise Orville, <LOrville@aol.com>
End
of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 649