Faculty of Engineering Bulletin for Monday, April 25, 2005

Speakers:
Mon., April 25, 4:00 pm, Mason 107.
Monday Evening Seminar:
   "TBA" Jason Hoffman, Applied Physics.
   Adviser: Prof. Charles Ahn.
   Refreshments at 3:30 pm.

Wed., April 27, 1:00 pm, Mason 107.
Solid State and Optics Seminar:
   "Random Matrix Theory and Error Correction for
   Realistic Quantum Computation," Dr. Dima Shepelyansky,
   Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université Paul
   Sabatier, France.
   Host: Prof. Douglas Stone.

Thurs., April 28, 1:00 pm, Sloane Physics Lab 52.
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar:
   "Fermi Gas with Feshbach Resonant Interactions,"
   Prof. Victor Gurarie, University of Colorado.
   Host: Prof. Nicholas Read.

Fri., April 29, 2:30 pm, Mason 211.
Department of Mechanical Engineering:
The Aris and Bessie B. Phillips Lectureship in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics:
   "A Description of Strain-Driven Formation of
   Semiconductor Nanostructures," Prof. L. B. Freund, Brown
   University. Reception to follow in the Mason Lobby.
   Host: Prof. Ainissa Ramirez.

Fri., April 29, 4:00 pm, Dunham Fifth Floor Conference Room.
Center for Systems Science:
   "Design Considerations for Dynamic Location Discovery
   in Ubiquitous Environments," Prof. Andreas Savvides,
   Electrical Engineering.
   Host: Prof. Kumpati Narendra.
 
How to double/triple the capacity of batteries:
   Prof. Donald Sadoway, Materials Chemistry, MIT, will
   talk on “Towards Viable Electric Vehicles and American
   Independence,” Mon., April 25, noon, School of Forestry
   and Environmental Studies, Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall,
   205 Prospect Street.
 
NSF workshop on non-science majors:
   Prof. Roman Kuc, EE, presented his EE 101 approach
   on imparting technical literacy to non-science majors
   at an NSF-sponsored workshop, “Technological Literacy
   Issue for Undergraduate Education,” April 18-19, at the
   National Academy of Engineering in Washington DC.
   Prof. Kuc’s section was chaired by University of
   Houston’s Prof. John Lienhard of National Public Radio
   fame. The two-day workshop was attended by about
   40 college faculty.
 
Grant for novel way to generate energy:
   The National Academies Keck FUTURES initiative has
   announced that Prof. David LaVan, ME, and Prof. Andrew
   Ellington, University of Texas at Austin, have received
   a FUTURES grant of $75,000 for "Nano-Biocomposites for
   Conversion of Sunlight to Electricity." Professors LaVan
   and Ellington proposed a way to generate power by a
   paradigm in which photons are transformed into high-energy
   electrons. Their approach would meld bio- and
   nanotechnologies to create a system for solar energy
   capture that can be efficiently mass-produced and
   scaled to a variety of energy needs.
 
Senior project presentations:

   Applied Physics, Wed., April 27,
   10:00 am onwards, Becton 4th floor alcove.

   Biomedical Engineering, Mon., April 25,
   12:15 pm - 4:00 pm, Becton Faculty Lounge.

   Chemical Engineering, Fri., April 29,
   2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Dunham 200.

   Electrical Engineering, Fri., April 29,
   1:00 pm onwards, Becton Faculty Lounge.
 
   Environmental Engineering, Fri., April 29,
   8:30 am - noon and 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Mason 107.

   Mechanical Engineering, Mon., May 2,
   9:00 am - noon, Mason 211.
 
S(E)nergy 2005:
   Come and enjoy the engineering skills and innovative
   thinking of students whose robots will compete
   furiously in the ME 185 Robot Challenge for the
   right to lay the groundwork for Energy Independence
   by 2015. The faculty adviser is Mr. Glenn Weston-Murphy, ME.
   Thurs., April 28, 4:00 pm, Davies Auditorium.
   Yes, there will be pizza!
 
Positions in Connecticut for young professionals:
   Yale is one of the participants in the First Professional
   Step program.

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