YSEA Annual Meeting
April 11, 2007
Yale Science & Engineering Association holds 93rd Annual Meeting
The Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc. held its Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner on the evening of April 11, 2007 on the Yale University campus. Attended by some 40 alumni members and guests, this event marked the 93rd year of YSEA efforts aimed at encouraging and recognizing excellence and accomplishment in members of the Yale engineering and science community.
At this dinner meeting, YSEA presented major awards to three distinguished Yale-degree holders for their professional and civic contributions. Cal. Tech. professor of chemistry Peter B. Dervan, '72 PhD, received the YSEA Award for the Advancement of Basic and Applied Science for his outstanding contributions to creation of a new field of bioorganic chemistry aimed at understanding the chemical principles for DNA-sequence recognition. William D. Glover, '50 BE, accepted the YSEA Award for Meritorious Service to Yale University for his noteworthy achievements as an alumnus, engineer and citizen, and exemplary dedication to Yale. Michael H. Jordan, '57 BE, Chairman and CEO of EDS Corp., was granted the YSEA Award for Distinguished Service to Industry, Commerce or Education for his eminent career in U.S. industry, both as a corporate leader and a private investor.
YSEA presented awards to three Yale undergraduate students for outstanding academic performance during their residence at Yale. Receiving the Junior High-Scholarship Award was Joshua D. Batson, Y2008, a mathematics major, with a GPA of 3.99. Accepting the Senior High-Scholarship Award were (a tie) Elizaveta Freinkman, Y2007, and Shamik Bhattacharyya, Y2007, both of whom are molecular biophysics and biochemistry majors, with a GPA of 4.0.
Also recognized during the meeting was Yale professor of geology and geophysics Robert A. Berner, '71 MAH, who is retiring this year from the teaching faculty. Professor Berner received a YSEA scroll noting his retirement after long service to Yale and commending him on his distinguished and productive career.
YSEA Secretary Steven E. Lasewicz, '60E, announced the results of the recently concluded YSEA election cycle. The newly elected YSEA officers are Dr. Elie K. Track, '87 PhD, as YSEA President; and Joseph A. Cerro, '89 BS, as YSEA Executive Vice President. The new YSEA Executive Board members are Aaron M. Datesman, '93 BS; Ivan J. Galea, '04 PhD; Alexander G. Selkirk, '99 BA; and Dr. Mohammed F. Shamji, '99 BS/MS. The new YSEA District Vice Presidents are John A. Siemon, '90 MS; Stanley E. Fisher, '97 BS; Keira E. Driansky, '03 BS; Prof. Ralph H. France III, '97 PhD; and Jennifer B. Staple, '03 BS.
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YSEA Chicago Event
October 12, 2006
Prof. W. Mark Saltzman, chair of Yale's Biomedical Engineering Department, hosted a reception in Chicago during the annual Biomedical Engineering Society Conference, with YSEA as an active supporting group. Prof Saltzman is working to raise the visibility of Yale's program within the biomedical engineering research community.
The Yale Reception held at the Chicago Hyatt had a great turnout -- over 100 guests.
YSEA members attending the event included:
* Bill Cashman '65 MS
* Alison S. Fitzgerald '90
* Henry H. Kuehn '61E
* William C. Kunkler III '79
* Richard A. Pinto '48E
* W. Wayne Wittenberger '44 M.Eng
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Annual Dinner, 2005
The Yale Science and Engineering Association held its Annual Meeting at Yale in the Woolsey Hall
President’s room on April 27, 2005. Since its founding in 1914, the YSEA has encouraged and
recognized outstanding accomplishments of Yale science and engineering graduates.
At this dinner meeting, YSEA presented major awards to three distinguished Yale-degree holders for their professional and civic contributions.
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YSEA Boston Regional Meeting
"Technology, Leadership, and Yale"
On September 30, 2004, the YSEA in cooperation with the Yale Club of Boston hosted an event “Technology, Leadership, and Yale” at the Federal Reserve Building offices of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC.
The event consisted of a panel discussion of Yale graduates on the challenges of forming and leading technology-driven organizations, and the influence a Yale education has had on their careers. Dean of Engineering Dr. Paul Fleury moderated the discussion and also provided an update on Engineering Department initiatives at Yale.
Our panelists included:
About 50 people were in attendance for a lively discussion and exciting update from Dean Fleury.
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Yale Club, NYC, September 29th, 2005
"Yale Science and Engineering: Past, Present and Future"
A panel of Yale professors and graduates discussed current issues and trends surrounding the role of science and technology in today's world, from the Yale campus to society at large.
In late September 2005, the Yale Science & Engineering Association (YSEA) held a regional reception for members and guests at the Yale Club of New York City. Nearly fifty people turned out to hear a panel of distinguished speakers with Yale connections discuss current issues and trends surrounding the role of science and technology in today's world, from the Yale campus to society at large. The panel discussion was preceded by a social/networking hour. This regional reception continued YSEA's program of sponsoring convenient opportunities for members to hear from, and interact with, some of the leading minds in Yale's engineering and science community.
The overall theme of the reception was "Yale Science & Engineering: Past, Present and Future." Members of the speakers panel were drawn from the Yale faculty and from Yale graduates in industry. Panelists from the Yale faculty included:
Panelists from industry included:
Dr. William F. Cashman '64 MS, YSEA President, served as the moderator of the panel session. Dr. SyngBum (Ben) Kim '79 MS, YSEA District Vice President, and YSEA member Dr. Michael J. Labowsky '77 PhD led the overall planning effort for the reception and panel discussion.
Panel speakers addressed a wide range of topics dealing with how advances in scientific and technological knowledge and capabilities are affecting contemporary society, providing solutions but also raising concerns. Prof. Donoghue described the role of the Peabody Museum, and how its key physical collections of specimens may be used to map and analyze the effects of past changes in global and regional climate conditions. Prof. Kevles discussed the promise and pitfalls of allowing patents in genetic materials, and whether new government regulation may be needed to properly balance public and private interests in this area. Prof. Smooke surveyed the history of Engineering at Yale, and noted that the situation today is stable with positive growth signs in research productivity and student enrollment.
Also, panelist Dr. Karch '73 PhD considered what it means to science in the midst of controversy, and reflected on the clear need in today's world to replace human fears of the unknown with scientifically valid facts. Dr. Wisnieff '87 PhD spoke on the science and technology of electronic visual display systems. He used his personal experience with IBM's effort aimed at developing high-quality, affordable flat-panel displays to illustrate how successful industrial research and development requires a combination of physical insight, performance modeling and analysis, ingenuity, persistence, and attention to detail.