News and student activities

We are accepting contributions from the students. If you have a picture of yourself skydiving, swimming with sharks or catching that sneaky Chupacabras , send it to us. Also send us pictures that show you involved in technical presentations. The pictures will be posted in the website to show the activities of the students. Also, please send a caption of what it is going on in the picture.

News and Happenings in our Department

April 2006

Roth Regatta Cardboard Boat Construction

Our department is working on building a cardboard and duct tape boat for the Roth Regatta. Undergraduate and graduate students are working together on the construction of the boat.

Thanks to the initiative of the undergraduate students we got sustancial financial funding from the department. Thanks to Prof. Michael Dudley and Dr. Jim Quinn for their support on this project.

We are also getting T-shirts done to show our team spirit. Below are the current designs by Mir Anwar.

Team Members:

Prof. Andrew Gouldstone

Mir M Anwar

Gary Bunch

Samrat Chawda

Jose Colmenares

Peter Gin

Prashant Jha

Sal Kutub

Jose Mawyin

Kelvin Montero

Maricris Silva

Jason Yang

BBQ Spring Fest 2006

Everybody is invited to attend a BBQ sponsored by the ASM-LI Student Chapter and the Materials Science Club. The BBQ will take place at Sunken Meadow State Park April Saturday 15 at noon.

We are hoping to have a potluck so we may share on the different cuisine mastered by our students. Everybody attending this event is encouraged to bring a dish to be shared by their fellow students.

For any information regarding this events contact us.

1. Starting at the center of zip code 11790 on MILLS RD go toward CATALPA LN - go 0.4 mi

2. Turn on STONY BROOK RD - go 0.4 mi

3. STONY BROOK RD becomes N COUNTRY RD[RT-25A] - go 4.6 mi

4. Turn to follow RT-25A - go 3.2 mi

5. Continue on ST JOHNLAND RD - go 1.8 mi

6. ST JOHNLAND RD becomes SUNKEN MEADOW RD - go 0.4 mi

7. Arrive at 395 SUNKEN MEADOW RD, KINGS PARK

January 2006

Graduate Presentations

During this month we will have the continuation of the December event. The tentative date of this events will be mid to late January in a restaurant outside campus. We plan to host this event in a all you can eat Sushi restaurant. We are subsidizing the event so for students the cost will be $10. It will consist of presentations given by the students through PowerPoint or posters. The goal of the presentations is to incorporate the ideas given by Prof. Gouldstone talk into action. This event will conclude with judging by the students and awards giving to the best presentation, best poster, best design, etc.

Local Chapter Meeting

January 2006 - Joint Meeting with American Nuclear Society (ANS-LI) Location: Brickhouse Brewery ( Patchogue ) Speaker: To be announced Topic: To be announced Time: 6pm (social hour), 7pm (dinner), 8pm (meeting) Date: Wednesday 01/??/2006

December 2005

MRS Fall 2005

We congratulate Karthikeyan Subburaman aka. "Karthic" for winning the best poster award during the Fall 2005 MRS Conferencerence in Boston.

Student Activities

Mike Eaton Skydiving

I took a trip to Florida for a wedding, and these are the first in a series of bachelor party pictures that show my 60-second freefall from 13,000 ft. A camera guy was with us (often within about 1 meter) for the whole fall. After the minute of falling without a parachute, you pull the 'chute and sail for 8 minutes. Acrophobia be damned -- I HIGHLY recommend skydiving. After you do it, you'll know why the birds sing.

On a materials-science related vein, at 120 mph, your skin apparently undergoes a phase transition and turns into rubber; check out my neck and cheek flaps in this pic. Hilarious.

--Mike

Katarzyna Sawicka aka "Kasia" Kissing a Dolphin

YES I SWAM WITH A DOLPHIN! I will never be able to repay my sister for this encounter. Last year we went to the Kahala Mandarin Oriental Resort in Oahu, Hawaii. It was a half-hour session, where we got to interact with the animals in their habitat. It was a bit slimy, but it was definitely one of the greatest experiences of my life. At one point my sister and I had to hold the big guy up, and even with buoyancy it was not easy. The dolphins are incredibly engaging, and I wish we had more time with them. If you enjoy water, and are an animal lover I strongly, strongly RECOMMEND!

--Kasia

Camping with Mozhgan Anjom

Hiking in Green Mountain National Park,Vermont July 2005. It's Beth,Celine and I. Pictures show how heavy our backpacks were. They were 14 lb each!.

-- Mozhgan