SEAS Newsletter
Week of September 28 – October 4, 2009
Faculty News
RESEARCH:
Prof. Michael Keidar (MAE) has received a three-year, $280,000 National Science Foundation grant for "Exploring plasma mechanism of synthesis of the ultra-long single wall carbon nanotubes in arc discharge plasma." The goal of this research is to study the plasma mechanism for synthesizing ultra-long single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in an arc discharge. Ultra-long SWNTs (lengths more than 10,000 times larger than their diameters) are expected to enable micro-electric motors and can act as useful nanoscale cables for conducting electricity or heat. Mass production and use will depend on understanding the science behind their synthesis. This project will be co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Prof. Ryan Vallance (MAE) is co-PI on this project.
CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS:
Prof. Julie Ryan (EMSE) was invited to participate and speak at the International Cyber Conflict Legal & Policy Conference 2009, an expert-level event arranged by the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCD COE) in cooperation with George Mason University Center for Infrastructure Protection (CIP). The conference took place in Tallinn, Estonia, September 9th – 11th. The conference brought together experts in governance, public policy, military affairs, and academia to discuss the emerging challenges associated with cyber conflict.
Work is currently underway to document for publication the main ideas discussed at the conference.
Prof. Ryan was also invited to speak at the Information Security Compliance and Risk Management Institute (ISCRMI), which is an annual interdisciplinary event jointly sponsored by the University of Washington's Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity and Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology. This year, the ISCRMI was held September 16th – 17th at the University of Washington in Seattle. The topic of Dr. Ryan's presentation was how to understand and measure security performance.
Prof. Wasyl Wasylkiwskyj (ECE) presented a lecture entitled “Some Limits on Achievable Intensity Reduction with an Optical Occulter” at NASA/Goddard Space Center on September 15th for the National Capital Section of the Optical Society of America.
Other:
Prof. Poorvi Vora (CS) has been notified that the city of Takoma Park, MD, will use the Scantegrity voting system for its city election, to be held on November 3, 2009, to elect a mayor and six council members. Prof. Vora and Stefan Popoveniuc, her graduated doctoral student, are part of the multi-university Scantegrity voting system team (collaborators include MIT; the University of Maryland Baltimore County; the University of Ottawa, Waterloo; the University of Newcastle, UK; and David Chaum, considered the inventor of secure electronic voting). The software for the cryptographic core of the system was written by Dr. Popoveniuc as part of his doctoral dissertation. Harvard cryptographer, Ben Adida, will perform a cryptographic audit of the system and is blogging about it at http://benlog.com/articles/2009/09/08/auditing-the-takoma-park-election/ Prof. Vora’s and Dr. Popoveniuc's work on Scantegrity was partially supported by NSF Grant CNS 0831149.
Guest Vignette
 Last month, EMSE held a Meet & Greet and advising session for new and current students. The event included a continental breakfast, introductions of the full-time faculty and staff, general information about the department and its various focus areas and research institutions, as well as the history of the EMSE Department, which has one of the oldest and largest engineering management programs in the country. Plenty of time was provided for a Q&A session, and students also were able to meet with their advisors to discuss their courses for the Fall 2009 semester, as well as future courses in their program of study. All agreed that the event was a success and the department plans to hold another Meet & Greet and Advising Session at the beginning of the spring semester. (Provided courtesy of Michelle Wilson of the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering)
Upcoming Events
MAE/COBRE Seminar: September 28th
2:00 pm
736 Phillips Hall
More info . . .
ECE Colloquium: September 29th
12:00 pm
640 Phillips Hall
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GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering Colloquium: October 5th
1:00 –2:00 pm
MAE Conference Room, 736 Phillips Hall
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SEAS 125th Anniversary Events
SEAS 125th Birthday Celebration: Ice Cream Social: Thursday, October 1st
1:00–3:00 pm
Tompkins Hall Front Lawn
This event is for all SEAS students, faculty, and staff. It includes a SEAS trivia contest and raffle prizes for students.
Alumni Weekend 2009: BBQ Celebration at Tompkins Hall: October 3rd
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Front Lawn, Tompkins Hall
This event is sponsored by SEAS and the GW Alumni Association. Please RSVP to seasalum@gwu.edu no later than September 30th if you would like to attend. (Must be 21 years of age or older to attend.)
Frank Howard Lecture Series–Dr. Mihail Roco, Speaker: Monday, October 12th
6:00 - 9:00 pm at 1957 E Street N.W., Room 213
Registration required for this event
More info . . .
Frank Howard Lecture Series–Dr. Frieder Seible, Speaker: Thursday, November 12th
6:00 - 9:00 pm at 1957 E Street N.W., Room 213
Registration required for this event
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Frank Howard Lecture Series–Dr. Barbara Liskov, Speaker: Wednesday, December 2nd
6:00 - 9:00 pm at 1957 E Street N.W., City View Room
Registration required for this event
More info . . .
Dissertation Defenses:
Name of Student Defending: Kai Xing
Title of Dissertation: "Coding-based Channel Assignment in Multi-channel Wireless Networks”
Thursday, December 4th at 10:00 am
736 Phillips Hall
SEAS Career Services Events
Presidential Management Fellows Program Workshop: September 29th
4:00 – 5:30 pm in Marvin Center, Room 405
Recruitment, application and nomination information and resources are available online at www.pmf.opm.gov.
Microsoft Information Session: Friday, October 2nd
2:00 – 3:00 pm in Academic Center, Room 736
Please RSVP to Emmy Rashid
Resume Critique Night: Thursday, October 22nd
6:00 – 8:00 pm at the GW Alumni House
To RSVP or reserve space at the event, email seasalum@gwu.edu
Southeast Biomedical Engineering Career Conference: October 30th
Washington D.C. Convention Center
For more information: http://www.Sebecconference.org
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