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The campus community biweekly September 22, 2005, vol. 5, no. 13 Caltech rallies in Hurricane's wake

Though we may think that the disaster visited on the Gulf states on August 29 affected far-off regions and anonymous strangers, Hurricane Katrina touched Caltech in unexpected ways, prompting many responses of goodwill from stu­ Thorne: Scientist dents and staff alike. For nearly two weeks, Caltech stu­ of the Year dents pooled their efforts to collect cam­ Kip Thorne, Caltech's Feynman Profes­ pus donations. Beginning on September sor of Theoretical Physics, was named 8, volunteers set up and staffed a table the California Scientist of the Year by the from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the Red California Science Center. Door Cafe. Thorne was feted for being one of "We had 55 people giving dona­ the world's leading experts on the astro­ tions," said undergrad Kevin Trotter at physical implications of Einstein's gen­ the Caltech Y. which worked with the eral theory of relativity and, according to students to coordinate the effort. As of the award citation, "for having trained a September 19, the students had collected generation of scientists." Created in rec­ a total of $1,405 in checks and cash from ognition of California's prominent role in the Caltech community. science and technology, the award hon­ Students plan to continue raising ors a nominee whose current research funds through the 23rd, and all monetary advances the boundaries of any scientific donations will be forwarded to the Red field. Eleven past winners have gone on see Hurricane, page 6 to become Nobel laureates. Among a handful of physicists, Thorne is considered a top authority on gravita­ Students staff a table near the Red Door Cafe to raise funds for people affected by Hurricane Katrina. tional waves. His scientific contributions See story at right on how the hurricane has affected some campus community members and span the full range of topics in general motivated others to help. New parking fees relativity, including black holes, grav- to be charged ity waves, applications of relativity to stellar structure and evolution, and the Family Night to feature Madagascar A new fee-based parking program will means of testing general relativity against go into effect this autumn, bringing to an rival gravity theories. His gravitational­ A flock of special guests that include nization, including the Caltech Y, Caltech end the days of free commuter parking wave work has included predicting their Cinderella, Prince Charming, and some Children's Center, and JPL Child Educa­ at Caltech. The new system will affect all strengths and their temporal "signatures" lovable zoo animals will visit this year's tional Center. Donations to the children's members of the Institute's faculty and as observed on Earth; cofounding the Caltech Family Night. centers will provide tuition assistance for staff, and will apply to visitors. A similar Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Kicking off the 2006 United Way cam­ campus community members. student-parking fee schedule will go into Observatory (LIGO), a multi-institution paign, Family Night will be held Friday, A lunch meeting for campaign coordi­ effect in January. project; and seminal work in quantum October 7, on the Beckman Mall, and is nators will be held soon. Coordinators will The Caltech community was notified nondemolition measurements. free to Caltech-JPL community members be located across campus and will provide in July about the planned fee system, see Thorne, page 5 and their families. A highlight will be the information to community members on which will help offset construction costs animated film Madagascar, featuring the how to make pledges and donations. for the new underground parking struc­ voices of Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, For details on Family Night or the cam­ ture on California Boulevard as well as David Schwimmer, and Ben Stiller as paign, e-mail dlorah.gonzales@caltech. the three parking structures located on Alice is ready for animal friends who live a sheltered life in edu or call ext. 8661. To learn more about Wilson and Holliston avenues. New York's Central Park Zoo. When one of the United Way in Los Angeles, visit www. Participating staff members will pay Grand Challenge the buddies goes missing, the other three unitedwayla.org. the monthly fee as an automatic payroll break out to find him and learn about life • deduction. Most staff will be charged a Next week, Alice takes center stage at the in the wild. Admission stickers for the 4:15 flat $35 fee per month, while commuters California Speedway in Fontana in the p.m. show and wristbands for the 6:30 with a reserved parking space (faculty, National Qualification Event (NQE) of this show, in Beckman Auditorium, will be CCAP deadline nears emeriti, senior staff members) will pay a year's Defense Advanced Research Proj­ available at Beckman Mall's four corners. monthly $70. ects Agency Grand Challenge. Alice is Attendees will also enjoy the tradition­ Parents have until Friday, September 30, Parking spaces will be divided into no diva, but Caltech's entrant in the race, al pasta dinner, served from 5 to 7 p.m. to apply for the Child-Care Assistance color-coded zones, and will be distributed a take-no-prisoners field test of autono­ (no tickets needed), as well as fairy-tale Program for 2006. Eligible Caltech staff, around campus in quantities that reflect mously driven robotic vehicles. characters, clowns, and face "airbrush­ postdocs, grad students, and faculty may demand, says Gregg Henderson, chief of During the NOE, which runs from ing." The evening is sponsored by Cam­ receive up to $4,000 in aid to offset the security and parking services. Dark red September 28 to October 6, Alice-a pus Life, Human Resources, Housing, costs of care for their dependents age 10 will designate the commuter zone; gold, Ford E-350 van modified for off-roading Public Events, and Student Affairs. and younger. students; and orange, carpools. Reserved (and packed with sophisticated computer This year's United Way campaign will Further details, including CCAP poli­ spaces will have names stenciled on the servers and sensors)-and 42 other en­ begin October 25 and last three weeks. cies, care-provider criteria, and an online bumpers. trants will navigate an obstacle course to Through more than 250 affiliate nonprofit application, are available at http://cit. Recent software complications de­ determine the 20 teams that will compete agencies, the United Way helps nearly hr.caltech.edu/ccap_program.htm. Those layed the setup of the online registration on October 8 in the Grand Challenge 4,000,000 area residents better their lives of us without Internet access may use the process by two weeks, and it is anticipat­ finals, a wild ride through the desert over through education, training, child care, computer kiosks in Human Resources, ed that staff will be able to register their unpaved roads and around ditches and and other programs. Employees may located at 399 South Holliston Avenue. vehicles in early October. sand dunes. The first to complete the

earmark funds for any qualifying orga- • see Parking, page 6 see DARPA, page 6 2 Caltech 336, September 22, 2005

management, and for the gift-planning program's contribution to Caltech's capital campaign. A staff member since 1988, he served most recently as the associate general counsel of Caltech and JPL. NewsBriefs Previously, Pool was senior attorney for the U.S. General Accounting Office in Washington, D.C. He August received his JD with honors from Suffolk Univer­ sity Law School in 1978, and he is a member of the Jocelyn Banuelos, cashier, Caltech Bookstore; bar in Massachusetts and California. G Valerio Boschi, visitor in physics; Stefano ~ t: Campagnola, assistant research engineer, comput­ Retirements I " er science; Amy Cording, research technician, biol­ t: Q) .c ogy; Daniel Davis, banquet chef, Athenaeum; 0 James Boyk, lecturer in electrical engineering I a: Tsegereda Embaye, research scientist, geological music, retired on June 30, after 26 years at and planetary sciences; Byeong Ho Eom, postdoc­ Caltech. An accomplished pianist, he held Alive! Artist's concept of a view of the planet, looking toral scholar in JPL's thermal and cryogenic engi­ with Music weekly performance and discussion back toward the distant sun. neering section; Roberto Espinoza, dishwasher/ sessions for many years. general helper, Athenaeum; Diego Fazi, visitor in physics; Jean Fees, recreational services adminis­ Helga Galvan retired on June 30. A member of trative assistant. Athletics; Ghislain Granger, post­ the administrative staff for the Division of the A new planet and President David Baltimore shows his true doctoral scholar in physics; Jeanne Hariton, proj­ Humanities and Social Sciences, she had worked colors at Caltech's third annual convocation ect manager, Architectural and Engineering at Caltech for 15 years. other strangers last Sunday. The event-a formal welcome and Services; Amy Marie Hasquet, assistant director of introduction for new undergrads, grad students, the alumni fund, Development and Alumni Margaret Lindstrom retired on June 30 after 10 Caltech professor of planetary astron­ and postdocs-also featured Professors Judith Relations; postdoctoral scholars Gregory Herczeg, years at Caltech. She was a member of the ad­ omy Mike Brown and his colleagues in astronomy, and Jongwon Kim, in chemistry; Goodstein and Harry Gray and Provost Paul ministrative staff for the Division of the Humani­ announced a startling discovery on July Jennings. Helena Kopecky, staff psychologist, Counseling ties and Social Sciences. Center; postdoctoral scholars Matthew LaHaye, in 29: a new planet larger than Pluto in our the Center for Physics, and Zhe Liang, in aeronau­ Otto Matherny, facilities manager at LIGO's Han­ solar system. But they also found two tics; purchasing clerk Christopher Lucko and gen­ ford Observatory, retired on May 15. He had been other objects, and all three are oddities eral helper/server Liliana Meza, both in Dining employed by Caltech for 10 years. that could revolutionize our understand­ Services; Antonia Moreno, JPL Cafe 303 cashier, ing of the solar system. Personals Dining Services; Takuya Okuda, postdoctoral Irena Petrac retired on June 24. A member of the The discoverers have nicknamed the scholar in theoretical physics; Maria Olague, assis­ LIGO staff, she had worked at Caltech for 15 years. Welcome to Caltech tant to the vice president, Business and Finance; objects "Santa," "Easterbunny," and Jose Ortiz, dishwasher, Dining Services; Antonis "Xena." Brown, along with former Caltech June Papachristodoulou, postdoctoral scholar in control postdoc Chad Trujillo, who is currently at and dynamical systems; Annelie Pernthaler, the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii, and Yvonne Banzali, career counseling intern, Career Texaco Prize Postdoctoral Scholar, geobiology; Honors and awards David Rabinowitz of Yale, detected the Development Center; Emily Barrett, resident asso­ Dean Perton, senior project manager, Architectural ciate, Campus Life; Samira Cardona Ruiz, server, and Engineering Services; Cameron Pinckney, as­ Emmanuel Candes, associate professor of applied three objects with the 48-inch Samuel Athenaeum; Jennifer Flores, department assistant, sistant director of admissions, Undergraduate and computational mathematics, received the Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory. Campus Life; Chung Wah {Warren) Fon, research Admissions Office; Klaus Pontoppidan, postdoc­ James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis All three objects are nearly Pluto-sized toral scholar in planetary science; Basmah Riaz, engineer, condensed-matter physics; Benjamin and Scientific Computing at the Society for Indus­ or larger, with Xena large enough to be Gudlewski, senior nanofabrication engineer, phys­ visitor in I PAC; Carol Schuil, office manager, Office trial and Applied Mathematics annual meeting, called the tenth planet. The three also have ics, mathematics and astronomy; Chelsea Habell, of the General Counsel; postdoctoral scholars Sota held July 11-15 in New Orleans; his prize lecture cashier, Caltech Bookstore; Jaime Ibarra, bus per­ Shimizu, in mechanical engineering, Zhiyin Song, was titled "Uncertainty Principles and Signal odd elliptical orbits, and are members of son, Athenaeum; Andrea Kung, department as­ in biology, and Philip Stier, in environmental sci­ Recovery from Incoherent and Incomplete Mea­ the Kuiper belt, a region beyond Neptune's sistant. Housing; Ashish Mahabal, staff scientist, ence and engineering; Erika Strandberg, research surements." The honor, established in 1979 to orbit that for decades was merely theoreti­ technician assistant, biology; Matthias Stute, post­ computational astronomy; Juan Marquez, bus per­ encourage younger researchers in their careers, cal. When astronomers began detecting doctoral scholar in JPL's astrophysics and space recognizes Candes's "outstanding theoretical and son, Athenaeum; Karen Moore, senior department Kuiper-belt objects in the mid-1990s, the assistant, materials science; Donald Pinkston, sciences section; Jenny Tam, assistant animal lab­ practical contributions to computational harmonic shop programmer, computer science; Mason oratory technician, biology; Michaellinio, card analysis and image processing." Candes joined region suddenly became reality. Alexander Porter, postdoctoral scholar in physics; and dining system support, Dining Services; Caltech in 2000 as an assistant professor, becom­ Xena, which is currently about 97 Hongyu Ran, staff scientist, applied and computa­ Martha Torres, worker's compensation claims co­ ing associate professor in 2003 astronomical-units away (one-AU equals ordinator, Human Resources; Vivian Valentin, tional mathematics; Hongxing Tang, research sci­ the distance between the sun and Earth, postdoctoral scholar in psychology; Jesus Valles, Mark Konishi, Bing Professor of Behavioral Biol­ entist, condensed-matter physics; Julia Ventura, or approximately 93 million miles), is at assistant animal lab technician, biology. dining-room server, Athenaeum; Dunwei Wang, ogy, and his former postdoctoral researcher Eric postdoctoral scholar in chemistry; Oiong {Joan) Knudsen, now chair of the neurobiology depart­ least the size of Pluto and probably much July Xie, associate applications developer, IPAC; Lili ment at Stanford, have been awarded this year's larger. The researchers hope that infra­ Yang, scientist, biology; Joseph Young, postdoc­ Peter Gruber Foundation Neuroscience Prize. red data returned by the Spitzer Space toral scholar in JPL's thermal and cryogenic engi­ Maria Jose Aldegunde Rodriguez, visitor in chem­ They have been recognized for their work on Telescope in late August, plus recent neering section. the brain mechanisms of sound localization in istry; postdoctoral scholars Baojun Bai, in chemis­ data from the 30-meter IRAM telescope try, and Seth Blumberg, in applied physics; Vasken barn owls, a focus of Konishi's research since the Bohossian, senior postdoctoral scholar in electri­ Kathy Svitil joined Media Relations on August 1970s. The pair will receive an unrestricted cash in Spain, will help nail down Xena's size. cal engineering; Justin Boland, postdoctoral schol­ 31 as a senior science writer. She will write press prize of $200,000, a gold medal, and a citation Brown predicts that Xena will be highly ar in electrical engineering; Carrie Bridge, visi- releases and articles for campus publications and for their contributions to neuroscience. Konishi reflective, because spectrographic data will assist the media. For the past 13 years, she tor in the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center joined Caltech in 1975 as professor of biology and gathered by Trujillo show the surface has worked at Discover magazine, most recently was named Bing Professor in 1980. (I PAC); postdoctoral scholars Mairi Brookes, in composition is similar to that of Pluto. If, JPL's astrophysics and space science section, as an associate editor, researching and writing Brent Buckalew, in IPAC, Emanuele Casarotti, in news and feature articles {such as the cover story Shri Kulkarni, MacArthur Professor of Astronomy like Pluto, Xena reflects 70 percent of the geophysics, Martin Centurion Maclean, in the last November featuring Caltech professor Mike and Planetary Science, has been chosen as the sunlight reaching it, then it is about 2,700 Center for Physics of Information, Gloria Choi, in Brown) and serving as editor of the Discover Biermann Lecturer for 2005. The Biermann Lec­ kilometers (over 1,600 miles) in diameter. website. She received her MA in journalism with biology, Matthew Cook, in electrical engineering, tureship is considered the highest visiting position The second object, nicknamed Santa a certificate in science writing from New York of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, located and Domitilla Del Vecchio, in control and dynami­ because it was found on December 28, cal systems; Francesca Di Luccio, visitor in geo­ University, and has a BS in biology from UCLA. near Munich, Germany. He is expected to give physics; Andrew Drake, research scientist, Center three lectures: "Cosmic Explosions," "Astrometric 2004, is one of the more bizarre objects for Advanced Computing Research; Lisa Flores, September Searches for Extra-Solar Planets," and "Recent in the solar system, according to Rabi­ payroll support specialist, Human Resources; post­ Advances in Neutron Stars." Kulkarni came to nowitz. His observations from a small Mateo Amador, general helper, Athenaeum; doctoral scholars Jimmy Fung, in control and Caltech as a Millikan Research Fellow in 1985, ris­ telescope in Chile show that Santa is a Joerg Buehler, visitor in computer science; Anna ing to become MacArthur Professor in 2001. dynamical systems, Daniel Harki and Matthew cigar-shaped body whose length is about Hartings, both in chemistry, and Jun Huh in biol­ Estrada, admissions assistant, Undergraduate ogy; Roberta Johnson, visitor in I PAC; postdoctor­ Admissions Office; Sepehr Hojjati, research ana­ Jerrold Marsden, Braun Professor of Engineer­ the diameter of Pluto. No large body in al scholars Elizabeth Jones, in biology, Laetitia Le lyst, biology; Anna Moore, instrument scientist. ing and Control and Dynamical Systems, was the solar system comes close to rotating Pourhiet, in geophysics, Christopher Lee, in high­ Caltech Optical Observatories; Jose Navarrete, selected to give this year's John von Neumann as fast as Santa, which has a four-hour parking assistant, Campus Security and Parking; energy physics, Yougen Li, in chemical engineer­ Lecture at the Society for Industrial and Applied period. Observations by the team at the Andreea Petrie, visitor in I PAC. Mathematics annual meeting, held July 11-15 ing, Qi Liu, in chemistry, Zheng Meng, in biology, W. M. Keck Observatory have shown that Christine Moissl, in JPL's spacecraft mechanical in New Orleans. Established in 1959, the award engineering section, and Robert Nielsen, in chem­ New positions provides an honorarium for an invited lecture. Santa also has a tiny moon, nicknamed istry; Jennifer Nollar, project cataloger, humani­ Marsden, chosen "in recognition of his funda­ Rudolph, which circles it every 49 days. ties and social sciences; Yao-Chun Peng, post­ Denise Nelson Nash has been appointed assistant mental contributions to geometric mechanics Easterbunny, so named because of its doctoral scholar in chemistry; research assistant vice president for public events, effective Septem­ based on symmetry," lectured on "Geometric and discovery last March, is 52 astronomical ber 15. The director of public events since 1998, she Computational Dynamics." A Sherman Fairchild Diana Perez and postdoctoral scholar Alexander units away, and like Santa is probably Perryman, both in biology; Allen Pu, senior post­ has overseen comprehensive programs in public Distinguished Scholar at Caltech in 1992, Mars­ doctoral scholar in electrical engineering; Gustavo events, community outreach, and performing arts; den joined the faculty as professor of control about three-quarters the size of Pluto. Rahmer, electronics engineer, Caltech Optical special exhibitions and visits by dignitaries; and and dynamical systems in 1995, becoming Braun Moreover, Easterbunny is now the third Observatories; Adrienne Roeder, postdoctoral numerous collaborations with area cosponsors. Her Professor in 2003. Kuiper belt object, after Pluto and Xena, scholar in biology; Stephan Schleim, visitor in bi­ additional responsibilities include coordinating the known to have a surface covered in frozen campus art committee and supervising filming on George Rossman, professor of mineralogy and ology; postdoctoral scholars Dong Hun Shin and methane. For decades, Pluto was the only Claudiu Simion, both in biology, Joshua Simon, campus and at (CIT)'-formerly St. Luke Medical divisional academic officer for geological and in astronomy, Heather Sumner, in chemistry, ian Center. Nash has served as president ofthe Tourna­ planetary sciences, has been awarded the Aus­ known methane-covered object beyond Swanson, in physics, Cara Ann Tracewell, in chem­ ment of Roses Foundation, been honored as a 27th trian Mineralogical Society's 2005 Friedrich Becke Neptune, but "now we suddenly have ical engineering, Christopher White, in electrical Congressional District Woman of the Year, and re­ Medal. The first U.S. recipient of the award, Ross­ three, in a variety of sizes at a variety of engineering, Travis Williams, in chemistry, Jeremy ceived the Raymond Pitts Human Relations Award man is being recognized for his "outstanding con­ distances, and can finally try to understand in Education. She is a graduate of Scripps College. tributions in the fields of mineralogy, petrology, Witzens, in electrical engineering, Aiguo Wu and Pluto and its cousins," says Kris Barkume, Woon-Seok Yeo, both in chemistry, and Jr-Kai Vu, and geochemistry." Presentation ofthe medal will in biology; Frank Zielinski, visitor in geobiology; Robert C. "Sandy" Pool has been appointed take place at the 2005 Min Pet meeting in Austria. a PhD student working with Brown. Van Zhang, postdoctoral scholar in biology. director of gift planning, effective August 8. He will A Caltech alum (PhD '71), Rossman joined the The research is funded by NASA. For have primary responsibility for Caltech's bequest Institute's faculty that same year as instructor and more information see www.gps.caltech. and life-income giving programs, including almost then assistant professor. He was named professor edu/-mbrown. $130 million in life-income assets currently under in 1983, and academic officer in 1999. • the academic week at Ca Itech is a printed version of se lected events from the online master calendar, http://today.caltech.edu/calendar. To publish events online, register as an event planner on the Caltech Today calendar. If unable to submit electronically, please call (626) 395-3630. For further information or a schedule of deadlines, call (626) 395-3630, fax (626) 449-2159, write 336 Calendar, 1-71 ,

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Geological and Planetary Sciences Control and Dynamical Systems Environmental Science and Seminar Seminar Engineering Seminar 155 Arms, Robert Sharp Lecture Hall, 114 Steele, 10 a.m.-" Modeling and 142 Keck, 3:40 to 5 p.m .-"Lipopeptides 4 p.m.- " The Effect of Secular Variation Control in Cancer Genomics," Professor of Bacilli and Their Use in Oil Recovery," in Seawater Mg/Ca (Calcite and Aragonite Aniruddha Datta, department of electri­ Professor Michael Mcinerney, department Jiirgen Renn Seas) on Calcareous Biomineralization," cal engineering, Texas A&M University. of botany and microbiology, University of Justin Ries, postdoctoral scholar, depart­ Oklahoma. Lectures celebrate ment of earth and planetary sciences, Bioengineering Seminar Series Einstein's ''miracle year" Johns Hopkins University. 142 Keck, 4 p.m .-" Modeling Many Bray Theory Workshop Molecular Motors in Muscle: A Study of 25 Baxter, 4 p.m.-" A Game Theoretic Caltech's yearlong celebration of Albert Special Organic Chemistry Seminar Coupled Systems," Professor Thomas Approach for Robust Option Pricing," Einstein will draw to a close with the final 153 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall, Daniel, Komen Chair of Biology, Univer­ llan Kremer, associate professor of events in the Einstein Centennial Lecture 4 p.m.-" Natural Products as a Driving sity of Washington. finance, Graduate School of Business, Series. The free public lectures mark the Fo rce for Discovery in Organic Chemis­ Stanford University. 100th anniversary of the scientist's " miracle t ry," Brian Stoltz, assistant professor of Physics Research Conference year." In 1905, at age 26, Einstein published chemistry, Caltech. 201 E. Bridge, 4 p.m.-" RHESSI Gamma­ Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series four papers that revolutionized modern Ray/Hard X-Ray Imaging Spectroscopy Beckman Auditorium, 8 p.m.-Professor physics, among other things introducing Observations of Particle Acceleration in of Mathematics Gary Lorden, Caltech's the special theory of relativity and estab­ Tuesday, September 27 Solar Flares, " Robert Lin, professor of executive officer for mathematics and lishing the equivalence of mass and energy, physics, UC Berkeley. head of the team of Caltech mathemati­ famously expressed as E = mc2• Annual Meeting, Center for the cians who serve as consultants for the On Tuesday, September 27, Ji.irgen Science and Engineering of Materials USGS Public Lecture Series TV series NUMB3RS, will explain how Renn, executive director of the Max Planck Beckman Institute auditorium, 8 a.m. to Beckman Institute auditorium, 8 p.m.­ the show combines realistic applications Institute for the History of Science iR- BerliR, 5 p.m .-Annual meeting of the Center for "The Great 1906 Earthquaki: Lessons of mathematics, dramatic crime-solv­ will present "Turning Classical Physics Up­ the Science and Engineering of Materials. Learned," Mary Lou Zoback, USGS sci­ ing, and famous unsolved problems in a side Down: How Einstein Found Relativity entist. Admission is free. unique package that has scored ratings Theory. " His talk will describe how Ein­ Information Science and Technology success while sparking people's interest stein's reinterpretation of Lorentz's theory Seminar in mathematics. Admission is free. Infor­ of electromagnetism launched the relativity 74 Jorgensen, 4:30p.m.-" Pseudo­ Friday, September 30 mation: http:/ /events.ca ltech .ed u/events/ revolution of 1905. The event will begin at 8 ra ndom Walks in Regular Digraphs and event-2681.html. p.m. in Beckman Auditorium. the RL vs. L Question," Salil Vadhan, ESE & Society Discussion Group For the final event, on Wednesday, No­ associate professor of computer science, 151 Arms, Buwalda Room, noon-Dis­ vember 16, the series will join the Watson Ha rvard University. cussion groups are held on Friday morn­ Thursday, October 6 Lectures in presenting " Einstein's Gen- ings. Bring your own lunch. Dessert will eral Relativity, from 1905 to 2005, " by Kip Einstein Centennial Lecture be provided. Biochemistry Seminar Thorne, Caltech's Feynman Professor of Beckman Auditorium, 8 p.m.-"Turn- 147 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall, Theoretical Physics. For more information, ing Classical Physics Upside Down: How Kellogg Seminar 4 p.m.-" Interfacing and Templating contact Public Events at 1 (888) 2CALTECH, Einstein Found Relativity Theory," Ji.irgen Lauritsen Library, 4 p.m.-"The Strange Nanostructures with Biomolecules," (626) 395-4652, or [email protected], or Renn, executive director, Max Planck In­ Vector Current in the Nucleon: The GO Shana Kelley, assistant professor of visit www.events.caltech.edu. Individuals stit ute for the History of Science, Berlin. Forward Angle Experiment," Jianglai chemistry, Boston College. with a disability can call 395-4688 (voice) or Admission is free. Liu, department of physics, University of 395-3700 (TDD). Maryland, College Park. Bioengineering Seminar Series • 142 Keck, 4 p.m .- "The Crucial Role of Wednesday, September 28 Bioengineering in Regaining Control Monday, October 3 of Posture and Locomotion Following "Math by the NUMB3RS" Special Kellogg Seminar Spinal Cord Injury," Professor Reggie Lauritsen Library, 1:30 p.m.-Topic to be Aeronautics Seminar Edgerton, physiological science depart­ Caltech numbers guru Gary Lorden will announced. Areg Danagoulian, depart­ 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lec­ ment UCLA. kick off the 2005-06 Earnest C. Watson ment of physics, University of Illinois at ture Hall, 1 p.m.-"The DC-3: A Historic Lecture Series on October 5, discussing Urbana-Champaign. and Technical Perspective," John Vass­ the CBS-TV show NUMB3RS. The free berg, Phantom Works, Boeing. Friday, October 7 public talk will begin at 8 p.m. in Beckman Organic Chemistry Seminar Auditorium. 153 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall, Geological and Planetary Sciences High Energy Theory Seminar Since last January, a new series 4 p.m.-" New Opportunities at the Inter­ Seminar 469 Lauritsen, 11 a.m.-Topic to be has piqued television viewers' interest face of Chemistry and Biology," Professor 155 Arms, Robert Sharp Lecture Hall, announced. Professor David Berenstein, in-of all things-math. In NUMB3RS, a Peter Schultz, department of chemistry, 4 p.m.-"The Weak-Fault Problem," department of physics, UC Santa Barbara. young professor at CaiSci (modeled after Scripps Research Institute. John Suppe, professor of geosciences, Caltech) uses his genius for math to help Princeton University. ESE & Society Discussion Group his FBI-agent brother solve crimes. Lor­ 151 Arms, Buwalda Room, noon-Dis­ den, executive officer for and professor of High Energy Physics Seminar cussions are held on Friday mornings. mathematics, will discuss his experiences 469 Lauritsen, 4 p.m.-"The UNO and Bring your own lunch. Dessert will be heading a team of Institute mathemati­ HUSEP Projects, " Chang Kee Jung, pro­ provided. cians who serve as consultants for the fessor of physics, SUNY at Stony Brook. show, now going into its second season. For more information, contact Public Applied Mathematics Colloquium Events at 1 (888) 2CALTECH, (626) 395- 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lec­ 4652, or [email protected], or visit www. ture Hall, 4:15p.m .-" Averaging and events.caltech.edu. Individuals with a dis­ Memory," Professor Alexander Chorin, ability can call 395-4688 (voice) or 395-3700 mathematics department, UC Berkeley. (TDD). All lectures will be available online at http://today.caltech.edu/theater. • CampusEvents

Auditions for the Jazz Band, the Concert Friday, September 30 Saturday, October 8 Sunday, September 25 Band, and Brass Chamber Music Chamber Music Auditions for Pianists Ramo Auditorium, 4 to 6 p.m. and 8 to 10 p.m.­ How to Choose a College Animal Tales: A Dolphin Story, Peacocks, Gary Lorden Lounge, Avery House, 1 to 3 p.m.­ See Sunday, September 25, for details. Winnett lounge, noon-Caltech director of ad­ and Wild Mustangs Appointments for auditions may be made at the missions Rick Bischoff will discuss the art of the Beckman Auditorium, 2 p.m.-High-definition chamber-music table at the Club Fair on Septem­ Chamber Music Auditions for Strings and college search. cameras follow a pod of dolphins in A Dolphin ber 24 or on the sign-up sheets on the Avery House Woodwinds Story. Peacocks and wild mustangs are the sub­ lounge door. Bring the music you're comfortable Gary Lorden Lounge, Avery House, 4 to 6 p.m. ject of Classic Animal Tracks. Flamenco guitarist playing. Auditions are friendly and informal. Infor­ and 8 to 10 p.m.-See Sunday, September 25, for Luis Villegas will perform an accompaniment to mation: Delores Bing, [email protected]. details. the films. The first 500 tickets issued will be free. Saturday, October 1 See Public Events contact information on this Auditions for the Jazz Band, the Concert Men's Glee Club Rehearsal Caltech-Occidental Chamber Orchestra page. Band, and Brass Chamber Music Brennan Conference Room, third floor, Center Ramo Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.-The program, Ramo Auditorium, 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.­ for Student Services, 5 p.m .- The first rehearsal conducted by Allen Robert Gross, will feature Sunday, October 9 Auditions are informal. Sign up for an audition of the Men's Glee Club, open to Caltech and JPL Mozart's overture to ldomeneo and his Exsultate, time at the band table during the Club Fair on community members. jubilate, with soprano soloist Jean Lee Duong; Skeptics Society Lecture September 24, or simply drop by during the Barber's Adagio for Strings; C. P. E. Bach's Sym­ Baxter Lecture Hall, 2 p.m.-" Ploughs, Plagues, audition times. Caltech-Occidental Symphony Orchestra phony no. 3 in F Major; and Marquez's Danz6n and Petroleum: Global Warming, Climate Change, Auditions no. 2. Admission is free. A reception for all will and the Future of the Environment," William Rud­ Skeptics Society Lecture Brennan Conference Room, third floor, Center for follow the performance. See Public Events con­ diman, climate scientist, University of Virginia at Baxter Lecture Hall, 2 p.m.-" Indivisible by Two: Student Services, 7:30 to 10 p.m.-See Sunday, tact information on this page. The same program Charlottesville. Donation is $8 for nonmembers, Lives of Extraordinary Twins (and What They September 25, for details. will be performed at Occidental College's Thorne $5 for members and non-Caltech students. Free to Teach Us About Human Nature)." Nancy Segal, Hall on Sunday, October 2, at 2:30p.m.; for the Caltech/JPL community. Tickets and informa­ professor of psychology, Cal State Fullerton. Ballroom Boot Camp, Day 1: Funk details, call (323) 259-2785. tion: 794-3119 or [email protected]. A book Donat ion is $8 for nonmembers, $5 for members Winnett Center, 9 p.m.-The Ballroom Dance signing will follow the lecture. and non-Caltech students. Free to the Caltech/ Club's "Boot Camp" program offers lessons in Bohola JPL community. Tickets and information: 794- six dances over three nights. Tonight offers ceroc Beckman Institute auditorium, 8 p.m.-Consist­ 3119 or [email protected]. Book signing to and East Coast swing. No partner or experience is ing of accordion virtuoso Jimmy Keane, fiddler follow the lecture. necessary. Admission is free. Sean Cleland, percussionist/singer Pat Broad­ ers, and guitarist/singer Kat Eggleston, Bohola Ongoing events Men's Glee Club and Chamber Singers has been called an Irish-American supergroup. Tryouts Presented by the Caltech Folk Music Society. See Brennan Conference Room, third floor, Center for Tuesday, September 27 Public Events contact information on this page. Student Services, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.-All Caltech Tuesdays and JPL community members are welcome to Chamber Singers Rehearsal Preschool Playgroup try out for the Men's Glee Club. Tryouts for the Beckman Auditorium basement, 5 to 6:30p.m.­ Tournament Park, 10 a.m. to noon-Song and Chamber Singers are open to Caltech students The first rehearsal of the Chamber Singers. Sunday, October 2 storytime, crafts and free play for toddlers and only, both men and women. preschoolers (from walking to age 4). Informa­ Einstein Lecture Dinner: Friends of Beckman Women's Club Family Potluck tion: 584-0970 or [email protected]. Women's Glee Club Sign-Ups Auditorium Event Tournament Park, 4 to 7 p.m.-The Caltech Room 19, Baxter basement, 2:30 to 4:30p.m.­ Athenaeum, 6 p.m.-Join the Friends of Beckman Women's Club annual family potluck will feature CIT Knitters Group Meeting The Women's Glee Club announces the beginning Auditorium for a pre-lecture dinner at the Ath­ a traveling nature class with live animals. Bring 256 Mudd Laboratory, South, noon-All levels of of its 2005-06 performance year. All women in the enaeum, with historian Virginia Iris Holmes of the yourself, your family, and a potluck dish. Plates, knitters and related handcrafters are welcome. Caltech/JPL community are welcome to join this Einstein Papers Project. After dinner, as a group, cups, utensils, and drinks will be provided. This is We make items for others and .ourselves.lllfor­ nonauditioned, 60-member ensemble. Sign up we'll attend the third of four Einstein Centennial a great chance to meet other Caltech/JPL families mation: 395-6905. this afternoon, then come to the first rehearsal on Lectures celebrating Albert Einstein's "miracle and have fun. Information: 403-7163 or 791-4225. Monday, September 26, from 5 to 6 p.m. year." The dinner is open only to members of the Friends of Beckman Auditorium. For information Chamber Music Auditions for Strings and on the Friends, a community-based support group Wednesdays Woodwinds for Caltech Public Events, please go to http:// Tuesday, October 4 Gary Lorden Lounge, Avery House, 3 to 5 p.m.­ events.ca Itech .ed u/su pport. htm I. Wednesdays in the Park Appointments for auditions may be made at the First Responders' Course Tournament Park, 10 a.m. to noon-Every chamber-music table at the Club Fair on Septem­ Ballroom Boot Camp, Day 2: Passion Brown Gym classroom, 8 to 11 a.m.-This in­ Wednesday there's conversation and coffee for ber 24 or on the sign-up sheets on the Avery House Winnett Center, 9 p.m.-The Ballroom Dance tensive, advanced emergency response class, parents and caregivers, and playtime and snacks lounge door. Bring the music you're comfortable Club's "Boot Camp" program offers lessons in six taught by an American Red Cross instructor, is for children. Stop by and make new friends playing. Auditions are friendly and informal. Infor­ dances over three nights. Tonight will heat up with aimed at people with a legal duty to act. The from around the world. Information: 793-2535 or mation: Delores Bing, [email protected]. American cha-cha and tango. No partner or expe­ 10-week, 60-hour class will meet twice a week [email protected]. rience is necessary. Admission is free. and cover the full range of first-aid and CPR Caltech Shorinji Kempo skills. Students who successfully complete the Braun Athletic Center, aerobics room, 3:30 p.m.­ class will receive American Red Cross First Learn effective self-defense and martial arts with Responder Certificates and patches. Registration: Public Events information the Shorinji Kempo club. Sessions are free. No Wednesday, September 28 [email protected], 395-8055, or http:// experience required. Wear comfortable clothing. h r.ca Itech .ed u/Ed ucation/su per&non_su per/first_ and tickets Parenting Teens: How to Stay Sane When responder.htm. Coleman Chamber Concert Your Child Is Behaving Insanely 395-4652, 1 (888) 2CALTECH, or events@ Beckman Auditorium, 3:30 p.m.-The Emerson Winnett lounge, noon-Child psychologist Dr. Transition to Leadership Series caltech.edu. Individuals with a disability: String Quartet will perform works by Mozart, Enrico Gnaulati will discuss ways of dealing with Brown Gym classroom, 8:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m.­ Shostakovich, and Mendelssohn. Information: problematic teen behavior. This series of three classes is for new (and po­ 395-4688 (voice) or 395-3700 (TDD). Visit http://eve nts.ca ltech .ed u/eve nts/event -2382. htm I. tential) supervisors interested in learning basic Public Events at www.events.caltech.edu. management skills that can help them succeed Caltech-Occidental Symphony Orchestra in their new positions. The other two sessions Auditions Thursday, September 29 will be held on October 18 and November 1. Brennan Conference Room, third floor, Center Registration and information: 395-8055, diane. for Student Services, 7 to 10 p.m.-Auditions for Caltech Women's Club Fall Gathering [email protected], or http://hr.caltech.edu/ the orchestra, under the direction of Allen Robert Athenaeum, 11 :30 a.m. to 1 p.m.-The fall gather­ Education/super&non_super/leadership.htm. Gross, will be held today and on Monday, Sep­ ing is a time for new and returning members to tember 26. Information: Allen Gross, agross@its. learn about Women's Club events and activities. caltech.edu. Lunch, to be served on the west patio, may be purchased for $18 ($10 for students). Child care Thursday, October 6 is available at the Children's Center. Information: Carol Andersen at (818) 790-8175 or carol@vis. Caltech Library System: Quick Overview of caltech.edu. Information Resources Monday, September 26 Sherman Fairchild Library, multimedia confer­ Men's Glee Club and Chamber Singers Caltech Management Association ence room, 2 to 3:30 p.m.-Let us show you the Tryouts JPL, von Karman Auditorium, 4:45 p.m.-The most effective ways to use library serliices and Beckman Auditorium basement, 2:30 to 4:30 Caltech Management Association presents "Entre­ resources. This session is designed especially for p.m.-See Sunday, September 25, for details. preneurial Space: An Insider's Observations," with graduate students, postdocs, and research staff, Rex Ridenoure, CEO, Ecliptic Enterprises Corpora­ but all are welcome. Information and registration: Women's Glee Club Sign-Ups and First tion. Admission is free. All JPL and campus per­ http://library.caltech.edu/learning/default.htm. Rehearsal sonnel and retirees are welcome. Beckman Auditorium basement, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.-The Caltech Women's Glee Club announc­ Ballroom Boot Camp, Day 3: Romance es the beginning of its 2005-06 performance Winnett Center, 9 p.m.-The Ballroom Dance Club's year. All women in the Caltech/JPL community "Boot Camp" program offers lessons in six dances are welcome to sign up. The first rehearsal will over three nights. Tonight ends the series with take place today from 5 to 6 p.m. international waltz and rumba. No partner or expe­ rience is necessary. Admission is free. Caltech 336, September 22, 2005 5 Summer news in brief Scenes from the summer

Rutledge is new E&AS chair David Rutledge, Tomiyasu Professor of Electrical Engineering and a leading re­ searcher in wireless telecommunication, has been named chair of the Division Women's Club has a of Engineering and Applied Science, grand birthday effective September 1. Rutledge replaces Richard Murray, who had been the chair At 90 years old, the Caltech Women's Club since 2000. (CWC) has had a full life. Yet far from slow­ President David Baltimore says that ing down, the club is livelier than ever. Rutledge "will provide strong leadership Founded in 1916, when Caltech was to this important division at a time when still the Throop College of Technology, the invention and discovery in engineering is Top, left: Crowds of people got an up-close­ ewe began as a social outlet for about occurring at a spectacular pace." Rutledge and-personal look at the inner workings of the two dozen faculty wives who met in each joined Caltech as an assistant professor 200-inch telescope during Palomar others' homes with their sewing and knit­ Observatory's open house in July. in 1980, becoming professor in 1989 and ting at hand. Since that time, the club has Above: Manager of financial reporting Tomiyasu Professor in 2001, and is direc­ grown and evolved. Today the CWC looks and analysis Karla Caprari (right) and tor of Caltech's Lee Center for Advanced her sister, Paula Hanson, show their very different, with close to 300 members, Networking. His research in microwave Caltech spirit in front of MIT's Great both women and men, from across the circuits has been important for advances Dome. The sisters, in Boston for their Caltech-JPL community and its affiliates. nephew's Tufts graduation, were in wireless communications and other ap­ What remains unchanged, however, is the supporting Caltech students who had plications. club's aim-"to promote friendliness and just done pranks at MIT. the sharing of mutual interests." ATC, ITS merge Left: Pulitzer Prize­ Over the years, the CWC-which club winning historian David The Administrative Technology Center archivist Carol Andersen believes is the McCullough spoke on (ATC) and Information Technology Ser­ longest-running such organization in campus in June about his vices (ITS) have formed a single operation Southern California-has contributed latest book, 1776, a study of America's defeat of the British. Center: In August, Shotokan Karate of America hosted the to oversee Caltech's computing needs. In greatly to Caltech's sense of community. a July memo to the Caltech community, 49th annual Nisei Week Karate Exhibition and Tournament­ Members have given many hours to pro­ the oldest such demonstration in the country-in Brown Provost Paul Jennings and Vice President viding educational and cultural programs Gymnasium. Right: Students and staff protested in July over for Business and Finance Dean Currie and services such as English conversation rising food prices and imminent parking charges, to no avail. said that Richard Fagen, formerly of ITS, classes, the Caltech Architectural Tour The new parking fees will be implemented this fall for staff and in January for students. has become Caltech's chief information Service, the Caltech Service League, the systems officer and head of the new unit, Pasadena Area Guide, and the Playread­ Information Management Systems and Left, top: Students ers, a joint activity with the Athenaeum. participating in Services (IMSS), part of Business and The club also formed the Caltech Chil­ this year's Young Finance. They also acknowledged the "tre­ dren's Center, which, along with its spin­ Engineering and Science mendous leadership" of David Werntz and off, the Child Educational Center at JPL, is Scholars (YESS) program pose at their banquet. John Dundas in ATC and ITS, respectively. now an independent entity. Members with YESS brings talented children have especially valued the Pre­ ~f---=-'':--s..,.c_h_ool students to Caltech grad - receives ~.~­ school Playgroup and Wednesdays in the Caltech eac"h7ummer for Fulbright Park programs, babysitting cooperative, a challenging agenda of With a 2005-06 Fulbright grant in hand, and household equipment and loan pool. academics and research, working alongside David Powers will pursue graduate stud­ The CWC will celebrate its 90th with a Caltech students and ies in environmental biochemistry at Na­ series of birthday-themed events, begin­ faculty. Bottom: At this gasaki University in Japan. Powers, who ning with the annual fall gathering on year's Dodger Day, lucky graduated with honors in June with a Thursday, September 29. Originally called Caltech-JPL kids Jeremy BS in chemistry, will use the prestigious the Welcoming Meeting, the gathering Avila, Victoria Burrescia­ Torres, Shannon Proctor, award to investigate the effects of pollu­ was renamed Doris DuBridge Day in 1974 Marco Robles, Alexander tion on the human body at the molecular in honor of the former Caltech first lady, Smith, and Daniel Trillo and biochemical level. Originally from "who felt it was very important to welcome were chosen to run with Thousand Oaks, he enjoys tennis and newcomers," Andersen says. "This is our Dodger players onto the anime in his spare time. traditional event to welcome back mem­ field, where the players signed baseballs for Powers joins the ranks of other bers and encourage newcomers to join." them. Fulbright recipients, which include Nobel Open to all members, prospective Prize winners, politicians, scholars, art­ members, and their guests, this year's ists, Supreme Court justices, and CEOs. event will feature a parade of former ewe Sponsored by the U.S. government, the presidents and will begin at 11:30 a.m. on internationally renowned Fulbright Pro­ the Athenaeum west patio. Lunch is $18 gram provides grants for students, schol­ per person ($10 for students and post­ ars, and professionals around the world docs). For reservations, contact Andersen Art show will Caltech, KPCC to pursue graduate study, research, and at (818) 790-8175 or [email protected]. teaching assignments abroad to "in­ Prospective members are also invited to feature staff work consider minute crease mutual understanding between the welcoming coffees, which provide an the people of the United States and the opportunity to learn about the CWC. The "Off the Clock: Art on Your Own lime" is Can "funny" and "science" be used in people of other countries." next event will be held on Friday, Novem­ an arts and crafts show that will feature the same sentence? Caltech and KPCC • ber 4, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at JPL's von the works of faculty, staff, and postdocs. radio are considering the creation of a Karman Auditorium. Additional times are Members of these groups are encour­ humorous one-minute daily program planned on January 20 at the Rathskellar aged to delve into their treasury for prime designed to give listeners their recom­ and on April 21 at the Red Door Cafe. samples of their work, to be exhibited on mended daily allowance of science. Even Thorne, from page 1 Other upcoming events for members October 20 and 21 in Dabney Lounge. listeners who may have earned a C in A Caltech alum (BS '62). Thorne re­ are a history of the ewe, presented by "I hope all community members will high-school trigonometry or exploded ceived his PhD from Princeton in 1965. member Alice Stone, on November 10, take the opportunity to exhibit their the chemistry lab should enjoy it. He returned to the Institute as an associ­ and the annual adult holiday party on work," says Tom Schmitt, associate vice Potentially called the Loh Down on ate professor in 1967, becoming full pro­ December 1. In 2006, members will enjoy president for human resources. "Just Science, the program would air on fessor in 1970, Kenan Professor in 1981, a lunch and cabaret-style musical revue on complete the online registration form KPCC, 89.3 FM, and would be hosted by and Feynman Professor in 1991. Among February 9, a luncheon tea and arts and (at www.hr.caltech.edu/events.htm) and writer and performer Sandra Tsing Loh. his many honors has been election to the crafts exhibit on April 13, and the Spring e-mail it to [email protected]. The new show would marry Loh's hard­ American Academy of Arts and Sciences Scattering-a traditional event that brings It can also be sent by campus mail to MC earned 1983 bachelor's degree in physics and the National Academy of Sciences, generations together-tentatively set for 153-84. Instructions will be sent to all from Caltech with her talents for humor and he has received the American Physi­ May6. who register." and the performing arts. cal Society's Lilienfeld Prize, the German For more information on the Women's All those thinking of participating in The segments would include historic, Astronomical Society's Karl Schwar­ Club, visit www.its.caltech.edu/-cwclub the art show should note that the dead­ basic, and breaking science news. They zschild Medal, two American Institute or e-mail [email protected]. line for registration is Friday, October 14. would even be palatable to those who of Physics Science Writing Awards in • • fear science . Physics and Astronomy, and the Phi Beta An update on the project will be pro­ Kappa Science Writing Award. vided in an upcoming issue of 336. • • 6 Caltech 336, September 22, 2005

Hurricane, from page 1 Staff center stage: Cross for Hurricane Katrina relief. Mem­ ing. "We got electricity back at our facility bers of the community who wish to do­ on Monday [September 5). Phone service Ernie Garcia nate to hurricane relief may contact the on Monday as well," Whitcomb reports. Caltech Y at ext. 6163. "We also use a high-speed Internet con­ What's your job title? Assistant Earlier this month, Caltech employee nection for data transfer, which we didn't recycler. Mark Stapf flew to Texas and continued get for about 10 days." He says that the What do you do? We go to all the on to Louisiana, where he reported hav­ station was fully operational by Friday, buildings where there are recycling bins ing encountered several Caltech stu­ September 9. on every single floor. We pick up paper dents. They were volunteering in Red "Anybody who lives west of the site and glass, fill up the truck, and then take it Cross warehouses, shelters, and kitchens. came out well," he says. Once the storm all to the recycling center near the Michi­ "They are students who trained for the had passed, though, assessments brought gan parking lot and put it in order. A pri­ days, security was contracted out, so I had past couple of years, and being volunteer bad news for others. "Some people had vate company comes by and picks it up. no benefits. I took a job in the custodial types, they were really willing to step for­ some damage to their homes. I think the Where are you from originally? I'm an department when it came open, and that ward and help in another capacity than bigger problems are the disruptions in L.A. native, from Boyle Heights. was 10 years ago. I love the atmosphere, what they normally do at Caltech," Stapf their lives, like having elderly relatives in Do you have any hobbies? Sports. I and people are really nice. said. The students had previously taken New Orleans." Getting food in the first play a lot of basketball and softball. I also What's been your favorite experience the health-advocate program, a sequence days after the storm was also problematic. do a lot of customizing work on cars, on campus? I'd have to say anytime of courses that he teaches. "But I think it's fortunate for the most especially old Bugs and Karmann Ghias. anyone tells me how good the recycling On September 7, Caltech president part that our people at the facility were in a My friend and I buy one cheap, then put center looks. When people come from David Baltimore sent a letter to the com­ position to help others," Whitcomb says. about a thousand dollars into refurbish­ other neighborhoods to see it, they often munity providing an update on Caltech­ • ing it, and resell it. say we're doing something good for the related relief efforts. He wrote that crisis What was your first job? I worked environment. That makes me feel good. counselors had been made available to for a car company, ASC [Automobile What's your favorite place on cam­ continuing students, and that the admis­ Specialty Company). on the assembly pus?l'd have to say the recycling center! sions and financial-aid offices had been DARPA, from page 1 line, where I built Camaros. I later went Where's the best place to eat lunch on in touch with new and prospective stu­ almost 175-mile course in lessthan 10 to Germany and built Porsches for two or near campus? Chandler. dents and with incoming freshmen from hours will receive a cool $2 million. years, until the contract ended. If your supervisor gave you the rest Katrina-ravaged areas. "I think we'll do great at the NOE," says Why did you come to Caltech to work? of the week off, what would you do?l'd Baltimore also reported that a JPL Richard Murray, professor of control and After I lost my job at the car company, I probably go to the beach. group of staff members had organized a dynamical systems and Team Caltech's started here as a security guard. In those • search-and-rescue team that was headed leader. "The race is going to be tough. A lot to the disaster area, while one staffer will depend on how our work over the next had joined an NSF-sponsored team that two weeks goes," he adds. "We are optimiz­ Parking, from page 1 With the new parking plan in place, would assess infrastructure damage. ing and tuning our software, trying to get it carpools are expected to increase in pop­ News of the storm's effects on peo­ to respond intelligently to the many types of "Setting this system up is very exten­ ularity, Henderson says. Carpooling can ple's lives motivated people to act. One conditions it might see during the race." sive, with all the details and setting up be one of the more economical forms offer of aid came to Caltech from a Pasa­ In last year's race, Team Caltech's Bob, the payroll deductions," Henderson says. of transportation: the monthly parking dena resident who lives near Caltech. a '96 Chevy Tahoe, didn't respond so intel­ " Aside from commuting staff, there are fee for a carpooling vehicle is $30, an In an e-mailed message, the neighbor ligently to a swath of barbed wire. Bob so many groups of people who need to amount that can be split among riders. offered to provide temporary housing to got hung up in the wire, ending at mile park here, such as campus visitors, con­ He adds that more carpooling parking the family of teaching staff affected by 1.3. This year, Team Caltech has perfected tractors, non-Caltech staff, JPL staff, and spaces will be added. Katrina. the sensors and software, and their game job applicants. We have to deal with each For those who do not need a monthly Caltech has ties located closer to the plan. of these different nuances. parking pass, daily permits will be avail­ hurricane-affected region. Livingston is a "We want Alice to 'see' what is go- " Until we start the registration process able for $1 per hour for a maximum of $5 small town of about 1,300, situated to the ing on around it and drive based on that and the new parking permits are dis­ per day. These passes will be available north and west of New Orleans. A small knowledge," Murray says. "This is much tributed, the current permits are valid," for purchase at parking kiosks to be in­ patch of wooded land serves as home harder than making use of maps and satel­ Henderson says. "We will notify the cam­ stalled in the lots. for the LIGO Livingston station, which lite data to locate the roads ahead of time. pus on when and how the permits will Henderson adds that those thinking of escaped much of the damage brought on With five cameras and five laser ranging be distributed. After that, we will go into parking in neighborhoods around Caltech by high winds and torrential rains. devices (LADARs), we have a lot more enforcement mode, but we'll start with should reconsider. "Please respect our "All of our people were safe, though sensors and computers than many of the warnings before tickets are issued." neighbors," he says. "This is their home, we had some concerns about some," other teams. This should give us an advan­ Henderson adds that staff should look and we all have to exist in this area. Our says Stan Whitcomb, deputy director of tage if the course isn't just running along into commuting alternatives, especially neighbors do have a voice in city hall and LIGO, referring to the 30 staffers, many of dirt roads and trails." now that gasoline goes for $3 per gallon. can make changes." them collaborators from Louisiana State What of the loot if Alice wins? One mil­ For years, Caltech has promoted bicy­ A list of frequently asked ques- University, who live in nearby Baton lion dollars will endow a fund to support cling and commuting alternatives that tions and answers, "Everything You Rouge and surrounding areas. CS/EE/ME 75, the class in multidisciplinary provide subsidies for carpooling, van­ Always Wanted to Know about Park­ "We sent all of our people home and project design taken by Team Caltech's pooling, and public transportation. ing at Caltech" can be viewed online at we had one person who lives nearby students; $500,000 will be divided equally "We do have good incentives and http://today.caltech.edu, in the Alterna­ to return after the hurricane passed. He among four student engineering chapters. we've had them for quite some time," he tive Transportation section. For further went out there and saw relatively little The other $500,000 will be divvied up says of the money-saving options to driv­ details, contact the Parking Office at damage," Whitcomb says, adding that among Team Caltech's student members. ing in every day. "People should check [email protected] and at ext. 8877, the facility was shut down the Saturday The public is invited to attend the NOE with Alternative Transportation and Com­ or visit the Parking website at http://atc. before Katrina was expected to make and the Grand Challenge finals. Admission muter Services. The monthly Metro pass caltech.edu/CIT _Parking/home.htm. landfall. is free, with grandstand seating available. costs $58, but is available at the Book­ There was little physical damage to For more information, visit www.darpa. store for $33 with the Parking Services • the station save for three or four metal mil/grandchallenge. instant rebate of $25." panels that blew off the side of a build- • Caltech 336 ......

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