Faculty
of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, March 14, 2005
Speaker:
Wed., March 16,
1:00
pm, Mason 107.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
"Radio-Frequency Method for Investigation of
Superconducting
Qubit," Dr. Evgeni Il'ichev, Institute for
Physical High
Technology, Jena, Germany.
Host: Prof. Robert Schoelkopf.
Appointed to Chaired positions:
Prof.
Michel Devoret has been appointed
The Frederick William Beinecke Professor of Applied
Physics.
Prof.
Daniel Rosner has been appointed
The Llewellyn West Jones, Jr. Professor of Chemical
Engineering.
Prof.
Paul Van Tassel has been appointed
The John J. Lee Associate Professor of Chemical
Engineering.
Highest honor in his field of study:
Jacek
Cholewicki, Associate Professor of Biomedical
Engineering and Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, is the
2005 recipient of the International Society for the
Study
of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) Award (formerly known as
The Volvo Award). This prize is the highest honor
bestowed
in this field. Prof. Cholewicki was awarded this prize
for
his work in biomechanics and, specifically, for a body
of
work titled "Delayed Trunk Muscle Reflex Responses
Increase the Risk of Low Back Injuries."
Welcome:
Theresa
Evangeliste has joined us March 7 as an
Administrative Assistant in the Department of Applied
Physics. Ms. Evangeliste comes to us from Bayer in West
Haven, where she had worked for the last 13 years. She
and her husband, Marcus Evangeliste who is with the
American Truck and Trailer Company, have a 15-months
old son, Marcus Jr. Ms. Evangeliste is studying four
nights a week at Gateway in North Haven, where she
is working on a certificate in Accounting and on a
second
certificate that will confer on her the title of
Medical Billing and
Coding Specialist. She can't wait for June 20 when she
gets her certificates and can spend her evenings with
her wonderful little son and husband again.
Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems:
Prof.
Kumpati Narendra, EE, announces the
13th Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems.
This workshop has been held every two or three years
since
1979 by the Center for Systems Science of which Prof.
Narendra
is the Director. The 2005 Workshop (May 30, 31, and
June 1) will provide an environment conducive to
collegial
interaction and to the exchange of ideas in the areas
of
adaptive control, artificial neural networks, machine
learning,
hybrid systems, signal processing, communication
systems,
and robotics, as well as biological learning and
adaptation.
All theoretical papers will be invited papers.
Submitted papers
on specific applications will be considered for
presentation;
please forward a title and brief summary by March 25 to
Ms. Shar Burge,<shar.burge@yale.edu>, Center for
Systems
Science. Authors will be notified of acceptance by
April 1.
Work on novel human-machine interfaces:
The
Boston laboratory of Toyota Technical Center, USA, Inc.,
seeks a biomedical engineer or systems physiologist to
work
as an intern on developing novel human machine
interfaces
(system modeling, analysis of experimental data,
prototype
development). The applicant should be working towards a
Ph.D.
(or have a Ph.D.) in biomedical engineering, systems
physiology,
systems biophysics, systems neuroscience, or human
machine
interface development. Send an email ASAP to <skalik@ttc-usa.com>
writing in the subject line: "2005 Spring/Summer
Intern-Physiology".
Include a resume or CV.
Current Yale mileage reimbursement:
As
of Jan. 1, car mileage reimbursement is 40.5 cents per mile
and moving mileage reimbursement is 15 cents per mile.
End of Faculty of Engineering Bulletin 654