Cisco sponsors talks PRINCETON, N.J.—Cisco Systems is sponsoring the presentation of a special series of lectures this year highlighting emerging paradigms in network research. The series of lectures is being coordinated by Mung Chiang, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. The lectures include talks on topics ranging from methods of analysis and design of networks to industry perspectives and experimental test-beds. Invited speakers include leaders in the field from AT&T Labs, Bell Labs, the University of California at Berkeley, Caltech, Cornell University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Purdue University, SBC, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Cisco Lecture Series forms a part of the weekly information sciences and systems seminars in the Department of Electrical Engineering. For more information, contact Professor Chiang via e-mail at chiangm@princeton.edu. New challenges COLUMBUS, Ohio—Morton Collins *63 has been named general partner of the Battelle Ventures fund, a new $150-million venture fund created by Battelle Memorial Institute. Battelle created the fund to get its technologies to commercial markets. The funding will go to seed early-stage operations, companies or technologies that often haven’t received prior funding. Dr. Collins, who holds a doctorate in chemical engineering from Princeton, is past chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, and has founded and managed four venture funds with a focus on communications, software, and electronic materials. Dedicated service HIGH BRIDGE, N.J.—H. Clay McEldowney ’69 recently was commended for providing 25 years of service to the people of High Bridge, where he has served as borough engineer since 1978. Mr. McEldowney is president of Studer and McEldowney, a civil engineering firm in Clinton, N.J., that provides land surveying, civil engineering, and consulting services for municipalities, state agencies, developers, and corporations. Mr. McEldowney succeeded his father, Robert McEldowney Jr. ’40 *41, as borough engineer. The younger Mr. McEldowney earned his bachelor’s degree in civil and geological engineering from Princeton and his master’s degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The elder Mr. McEldowney earned his B.S.E. and master’s degree in civil engineering from Princeton. Priory retires CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Richard Priory *73 has stepped down as chairman and chief executive officer of Duke Energy Corp. Mr. Priory became chairman and chief executive officer in 1997. Under his leadership Duke was at the vanguard of creating a new type of energy company. Formerly a Southern utility, Duke moved into natural-gas pipelines and power plants, selling wholesale energy to other utilities and industrial users. Its holdings spread across Australia, Latin America and North America. Mr. Priory earned his M.S.E. in civil engineering. New chief scientist GARDNER, Mass.—Joseph N. Forkey *91 is the new chief scientist at Precision Optics Corp., where he is expected to provide the company with significant additional capabilities in optical instrument development, management of new technology, and potentially significant longer-term initiatives in biophysics and biomedical instrumentation, as well as new photonics-based market opportunities. Dr. Forkey is the developer of a new highly accurate single-molecule fluorescence polarization microscope, and his work was recently published in Nature and Science (March and June 2003 issues, respectively). He received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in 1996, in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton. His doctoral thesis, titled “Development and Demonstration of Filtered Rayleigh Scattering: A Laser-based Flow Diagnostic for Planar Measurement of Velocity, Temperature and Pressure” has become a standard reference work in the field. [ contents ]   [ previous story ]   [ next story ]   [ top of page ]