By ELLIOTT DONNER

Staff Writer

Dr. Stan Napper, dean of the College of Engineering and Science, will host a group of professors who will give a five-part lecture series through next quarter.

Dr. P. Sidney Sit, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and IfM, will be giving the first lecture in the series in the IfM Auditorium titled, "Molecular Scale Biological Interfaces" Tuesday. The lecturing professors began teaching at Tech in the fall.

"I'm really excited about these lectures, all of the new professors have a lot of new information that will be interesting to hear," Phillip Ewing, a senior mechanical engineering major said.

Ewing said engineering is an ever-changing field and it is great that they can stay on the inside track with their fields.

There are four other professors who will be lecturing.

Dr. Chad O'Neal, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, will be giving a lecture Jan. 11 titled "MEMS and Micro Energy Devices".

Dr. Scott Gold, assistant professor of chemistry, will give a lecture Feb. 2 titled, "Big Chemistry in Small Packages."

Dr. Nathan Champagne, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, will give his lecture March 15, "Auditorium Simulating Electromagnet Phenomena."

Champagne said he and the other professors are not just directing this lecture series to undergrad students, but to graduate students as well.

Champagne would like to have some students continue graduate school here and he hopes these lectures will help students get a focus on something they might be interested in.

"I am trying to explain electromagnet phenomena in terms that students can understand," Champagne said.

Dr. Bruce Wilson, office of the dean of engineering and science, said each of these new professors have a specialization in different fields of engineering and science.

"This lecture series will be an excellent way to expose students to different specialties and will hopefully wet the students' appetite to start zoning in on something they like," he said.

Wilson also said that this is a great opportunity to show students the latest and greatest in each field.

"I am proud of each of our new [members] and I know these lectures will be a success for students and the new professors," said Wilson.

"Small Things that Explode" is the last lecture of the series that will be given on Apr. 5. by Dr. Chester Wilson, assistant professor of electrical engineering, and will be the last in the series.