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YALE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Engineering the Future :
A Sesquicentennial Symposium
October 18-20, 2002

Program
Friday, October 18 
9:00 am – 
7:00 pm
Registration
Rose Alumni House
232 York Street (between Chapel and Elm Streets)
Short-term parking will be available on York Street in front of Rose Alumni House
(look for bagged meters)
     
  Pre-Symposium Events
1:00 pm &
2:30 pm
Special tours
  Special one-hour guided tours will be offered
at 1:00 and 2:30 pm
Click here for details
Yale Art Gallery collection of American art
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
Walking tour of Science Hill building projects
Bus tour of new campus buildings
and renovations
Grove Street Cemetery walking tour –
graves of scientists and engineers
     
  Symposium
Opening
Session
Law School Auditorium
     
4:00 pm Welcome and Introductory Remarks
  Paul A. Fleury
    Dean, Yale Faculty of Engineering
Frederick W. Beinecke Professor of Engineering and Applied Physics
     
4:15 pm Engineering's Role in Yale's Fourth Century
  Alison F. Richard
    Provost of the University
Franklin Muzzy Crosby Professor of the Human Environment, and
Professor of Anthropology
     
4:30 pm Past, Present and Future of Yale Engineering
  Paul A. Fleury
    Dean, Yale Faculty of Engineering
Frederick W. Beinecke Professor of Engineering and Applied Physics
     
5:15 pm Q & A Opportunity with Department and Program Chairs
  Applied Physics
    A. Douglas Stone, Department Chair
  Biomedical Engineering
    James S. Duncan, Program Director
  Chemical Engineering
    John Y. Walz, Department Chair
  Electrical Engineering
    Tso-Ping Ma '74 PhD, Department Chair
  Environmental Engineering
    Menachem Elimelech, Program Director
  Mechanical Engineering
    Marshall Long '80 PhD, Department Chair
     
5:45 pm Reception
University Commons
     
7:00 pm Dinner
University Commons
     
Saturday, October 19
9:00 am -
10:15 am
Panel Sessions
Concurrent
  (1) Engineering and Diverse Careers
  MODERATOR Roman Kuc
Yale University
     
  PANELISTS Bryan Rogers ’63 BE
Dean of School of Art & Design,
University of Michigan
    Calvin Sims ’85 BA
Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow,
Council on Foreign Relations
    Richard Thornburgh ’54 BE
Former Governor of Pennsylvania
Chairman, State Science and Technology Institute
    Eugene Trinh ’78 PhD
Director, Microgravity Research Division, NASA
Space Shuttle Astronaut
   
  (2) Biotechnology
  MODERATOR W. Mark Saltzman
Yale University
     
  PANELISTS John Frenz ’83 PhD
Director of Manufacturing, Genentech
    Don Hudson ’55 BE
Former President of Angio Oncology, Consultant
    Steven Lowen ’84 BS
Principal Associate, Brain Imaging Center and
Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program,
McLean Hospital
   
  (3) Technology Transfer: Research to Product
  MODERATOR Mitchell Smooke
Yale University
     
  PANELISTS Atul Goel ’83 PhD
R & D Manager, Intelligent Test Solutions,
Agilent Technologies
    John Morrell ’86 MS
Lead Dynamics Engineer for the Segway™
Human Transporter, Segway LLC
    Julia Phillips ’81 PhD
Director of Physical and Chemical Research,
Sandia National Laboratories
    Richard Ralston ’71 PhD
Associate Head of the Solid State Division,
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
     
10:15 am – 
10:45 am
Coffee break
     
10:45 am -
 noon
Panel Sessions
Concurrent
  (4) Energy and Environmental Technologies
  MODERATOR Robert Grober
Yale University
     
  PANELISTS William Acker ’89 PhD
President, Mechanical Technology Inc.
    Anne Davies ’72 PhD
Director, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences,
U.S. Department of Energy
    Richard Thornburgh ’54 BE
Former Governor of Pennsylvania
Chairman, State Science and Technology Institute
    Robert Gallagher ’72 PhD
Manager, Industry and Combustion Processes,
Sandia National Laboratories
   
  (5) Paths to Entrepreneurial Success
  MODERATOR Jerry Woodall
Yale University
     
  PANELISTS Larry Bunin, ’91 BS
General Manager, Handshake Dynamics
    Vincent Coates ’46 BE
CEO, Nanometrics
    Eric Fossum ’84 PhD
Consultant to Micron, formerly of Photobit
    Shermann Min ’92 BS, ’94 MS
Director, Software Engineering, Instill Corporation
     
  (6) Information Technology
  MODERATOR Tso-Ping Ma ’74 PhD
Yale University
     
  PANELISTS Paul Bosco ’84 MS
Vice President, Cisco Systems, Inc.
    Yo-Sung Cho ’68 PhD
President and CEO, Netlinc Technologies
    Jack McCredie ’62 BE, ’64 MEng
Chief Information Officer, University of
California, Berkeley
    John Vester ’92 MS
Vice President of Operations,
Xerox Global e-business & Teleweb Channel
   
     
12:15 pm – 
1:45 pm
Lunch
Locations to be announced
     
2:00 pm – 
4:00 pm
Open House and Lab Visits
Becton, Dunham and Mason Labs
     
4:00 pm – 
5:00 pm
Student Debate Finals
Topic: Energy Technologies, Security and Sustainability
Davies Auditorium
     
7:00 pm Cocktails
Luce Hall
   
8:00 pm Dinner
Donaldson Commons
     
Sunday, October 20
9:00 am -
10:15 am
Panel Session
Davies Auditorium
  (7) Challenges to Engineering Education
  MODERATOR D. Allan Bromley
Yale University
     
  PANELISTS Lance Haworth ’70 PhD
Executive Officer, Division of Materials Research
National Science Foundation
    Michael H. Jordan ’57 BE
Former CEO, PepsiCo International
Former CEO, CBS Corporation
Chairman, Luminant Worldwide Corporation
    Judson King ’56 BE
Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic
Affairs,University of California
    David Mindell ’88 BS, ’88 BA
Dibner Associate Professor, History of
Manufacturing & Technology, MIT
     
10:30 am – 
 noon
Open House, Lab Tours, Informal Discussions
Becton, Dunham and Mason Laboratories
   
11:30 am – 
1:o0 pm
Farewell Brunch
Law School Dining Room