Vol. 19, No. 16

Jan. 13, 2000

Grasson	Little	MacKenzie	Yan

Brown	Goldmann	McFarland	Pierce

Puckham	Roy	Sparks	Williamson

Books James A. Inciardi, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, The Drug Legalization Debate, second edition, Sage Publications, and Criminal Justice, sixth edition, Harcourt Brace & Co. Publications Irene McClay, physical therapy, "Three-Dimensional Kinetic Analysis of Running: Significance of Secondary Planes of Motion. Medicine and Science," in Sports and Exercise, vol. 31, no. 11, pages 1629-1637. Mary Ann McLane, medical technology, with I. Wierzbicka-Patynowski, J.J. Calvete, M.M. Marcinkiewicz and S. Niewiarowski, "Structural Requirements of Echistatin for the Recognition of avb3 and a5b1 Integrins," in Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 274, pages 37809-37814. Dewey Caron, entomology and applied ecology, "Our State Fair--Competition Shows at State Fairs Are Changing," in Bee Culture, vol. 127, no. 12, pages 27-30.? Lana Harrison, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, "Correlates of Occasional Cigarette and Marijuana Use: Are Teens Harm Reducing?" in Addictive Behaviors, vol. 24, no. 2, pages 251-266. Xiang-Gen Xia, electrical and computer engineering, "On Estimation of Multiple Frequencies in Undersampled Complex Valued Waveforms," in Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 47, pages 3417-3419. Paul R. Berger, electrical and computer engineering, with students Thomas E. Dillon and Sean L. Rommel; Philip E. Thompson, Karl D. Hobart, Mark Twigg, Glenn Jernigan of the Naval Research Laboratory; David S. Simons and Peter H. Chi of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and Roger Lake and Alan C. Seabaugh of Raytheon Systems Co., "Si Resonant Interband Tunnel Diodes Grown by Low Temperature Molecular Beam Epitaxy," in Applied Physics Letters, vol. 75, pages 1308-1310. Farley Grubb, economics, "Withering Heights: Did Indentured Servants Shrink from their Encounter with Malthus? A Comment on Komlos," in Economic History Review, vol. 52, pages 714-729. James L. Morrison, consumer economics, and Linda Stein, Morris Library, "Assuring Integrity of Information Utility in Cyber-Learning Formats," in Reference Services Review, vol. 27, no. 4. John F. Wehmiller, geology, and Gifford H. Miller of University of Colorado, "Aminostratigraphic Dating Methods in Quaternary Geology," in Quaternary Geochronology, Methods and Applications, AGU Reference Shelf 4, American Geophysical Union, pages 187-222. John Talley, Delaware Geological Survey, and Martin Wollaston and Gerald Kauffman, Water Resources Agency, "Final Report to the Governor's Water Supply Task Force," Dec. 2, 1999. Presentations The following members of the Department of Entomology and Applied Ecology made presentations at the Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Dec. 12-16, Atlanta. Dewey Caron, "Capturing the Teachable Moment in Class"; Judith A. Hough-Goldstein, moderator, "Generalist Predators in Agriculture, Historical Perspectives, Future Applications"; and three graduate students, Ningyun Cai, "Behavioral and Physiological Responses of European Corn Borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, to Transgenic Corn Containing Bacillus thuringiensis Endotoxin," Robert Snyder, "Effects of Tomato Plant Chemicals on the Ovipositional Preference of the European Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)" and Bonnie McGuire, "Resistance in European Corn Borer, Ostrinia nubilalis." Poster presentations were made by graduate students Jennie Witmer, "Diversity of Generalist Ground Predators Among Four Different Cropping Systems" and Daniel Kirk, "Factors During Mushroom Production Influencing the Infectivity of Steinernema felitae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora." Ed Kee, Cooperative Extension, "Evaluation of Pickle Harvesting Equipment" and moderator for "Solving Industry Challenges" at the Pickle Packers International annual meeting in Nashville. He also presented "Scientific and Commercial Challenges in Pea Production in the Eastern United States" at the North America Pulse Crop Improvement Association biennial meeting in Calgary, Canada, where he was elected president of the association. Limin Kung Jr., animal and food sciences, "Understanding Silage Fermentation," and "Preservation of Forages: Aerobic Stabilizers and Innoculants," Dec. 17, at the Cargill Animal Nutrition Technology meeting in Martinsburg, Pa., and "Enzymes for Ruminant Diets," at Kemin Industries, Dec. 9, Des Moines. Linda L. York and John F. Wehmiller, geology, with M. Scott Harris of Coastal Carolina University and David E. Krantz of U.S. Geological Survey, "Implications of TIMS U-Series Dates for the Late Pleistocene Sea Level and Aminostratigraphic Record in the Coastal Plain of Central South Carolina," at American Geophysical Union annual meeting, Dec. 13-17, San Francisco. Paul R. Berger, electrical and computer engineering, "Current Status of Si-based Tunnel Diodes," at Si Tunnel Diode and CMOS/HBT Integration Workshop, Dec. 9, Washington, D.C. He also was co-organizer of the workshop. Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, an invited seminar, "Sandwich Structures," at Wayne State University, Dec. 10, Detroit. Farley Grubb, economics, "The Trans-Atlantic Market for British Convict Labor (1767-1775)," at conference on colonial places, convict spaces, Dec. 8-11, University of Leicester, UK. He also chaired a panel on "Slaves, Convicts and Freedmen." Mary Ann McLane, medical technology, with Shanna Lesico, a poster, "Mutations in the RGD Motif in the Disintegrin Eristostatin Alter Its Potency and Integrin Selectivity," at American Society of Cell Biology meeting, Dec. 11-15, Washington, D.C. I.W. Hall, mechanical engineering, with graduate student Ozgenc Ebil, "High Strain Rate Testing of a Graphite Epoxy Model Composite" and "Dynamic Crushing of Aluminum Foams and Composites," at Metallurgical Society of A.I.M.E. meeting, Nov. 11, Cincinnati; and, an invited lecture, "Interfaces in Metal Matrix Composites: Experiments and Modeling," at ninth symposium on interfaces in advanced materials, Dec. 6, Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon, France. James Butkiewicz, economics, with Antonette C. Dushel of Regional Forecasting Associates, "The Effectiveness of Sterilized Intervention: The British Exchange Equilisation Account," at 69th annual conference, Southern Economic Association, Nov. 21, New Orleans. Joyce Hill Stoner, art conservation, appeared as a Wyeth expert on Maine public television to accompany the videos of Snow Hill, Andrew Wyeth an Autobiography and Wondrous Strange, Aug. 9 and Aug. 15 and again for WHYY-TV Channel 12 in Philadelphia/ Wilmington, Dec. 6. Henry R. Glyde, physics and astronomy, plenary speech, "Neutron Compton Scattering, Concepts and History," at eVS Neutron Scattering Instrumentation Workshop, Nov. 26-27, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. John C. Kraft, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Geology, with George Rapp and Stanley E. Aschenbrenner of University of Minnesota, and John A. Gifford of University of Miami, "Mid-late Holocene Epoch Variance in Coastal Departmental Morphologies in the N.W. Peloponnese, Greece," at a meeting of the International Geological Correlation Programme/I.U.G.S.-UNESCO, Nov. 9-12, Honolulu. John H. Talley, Delaware Geological Survey, "Aquifers and Water Resources in the Coastal Plain of Delaware," at Delaware-Maryland irrigation conference, Dec. 8, Denton, Md. He also moderated a panel, "Well Drilling and Well Development Methods for Constructing Irrigation Wells." Douglas Tuttle, public administration, "Campus Crime 2 K: Meeting the New Requirements of the Jeanne Clery Act," at Delaware Valley Campus Security Directors monthly meeting, Jan. 6, Philadelphia. Awards Holli Harvey, residence life, received the Ann Webster New Professional Award from the Mid-Atlantic Association of College and University Housing Officers, Oct. 13, Ocean City, Md. Harvey is in her third year as a complex coordinator at the University. Anniversaries 35 years Charles T. Little, Facilities Management/structural shop, Jan. 25, 1965. 15 years Sandra Grim, nursing, Jan. 21, 1985. John E. A. MacKenzie, food and resource economics, Jan. 21. 1985. Tammy Riddle, Information Technologies/User Services, Jan. 21. 1985. 10 years Xiao-Hai Yan, marine studies, Jan. 16, 1990. 5 years Stephen P. Grasson, Student Health Services, Jan. 23, 1995. Grants From National Science Foundation: Gary H. Laverty, biological sciences, an additional $4,750 for "Lower Intestinal and Renal Transport of Ammonia and Amino Acids in Birds: A Test of the Nitrogen Recycling Hypothesis"; Jon Manon and Kathleen Hollowell, education, $495,575 for "Delaware 6-12 Exemplary Mathematics Curriculum Implementation"; Roy L. McCullough and Karl V. Steiner, composite materials, $15,000 for "Composites 2000: An International Symposium on Composite Materials"; Lori L. Pollock, M. Sandra Carberry, Gagan Agrawal and Errol L. Lloyd, computer and information sciences, and Ashfaq Khokhar and Guang R. Gao, electrical and computer engineering, $74,668 for "Parallel and Distributed Computing: System and Application Development Infrastructure"; Jerold M. Schultz, C. Ernest Birchenall Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Benjamin S. Hsiao, materials science and engineering, $157,899 for "Characterization of In-situ Structure Development during Processing of Semicrystalline Polymer Fibers"; and Andrew L. Zydney, chemical engineering, $62,228 for "Multilayer Membrane Structures for Protein Separations." Richard J. Braun, mathematical sciences, $5,000 from National Institute of Standards and Technology for "Mathematical Problems in Industry." Biliana Cicin-Sain, marine studies, $16,250 from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for "Southeast Asia Activities." Carol R. Denson, consumer studies, $13,356 from the Delaware Department of Transportation for "Delaware's Transit Service: Trust and Opportunity Workshop." Bernard L. Dworsky, Water Resources Agency, $46,981 from Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Water Resources, for "Delaware Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP)." Allan D. Dyen-Shapiro, plant and soil sciences, $25,000 from DuPont Co. and $25,000 from state under the Delaware Research Partnership program for "Identification of Genes which Activate the Hypersensitive Response." Theda M. Ellis, Center for Disabilities Studies, $9,089 from Delaware Department of Education for "Inclusion Project." Charles E. Epifanio, marine studies, $16,500 from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for "Settlement of Non-indigenous Crabs in Middle Atlantic Estuaries." Michael Gamel-McCormick, individual and family studies, $2,479 from Delaware Department of Health and Social Service, Division of Management Services, Birth to 3 Program, and $48,120 from Delaware Department of Education for "Child Change Measurement Technical Assistance." John W. Gillespie Jr., composite materials, $21,250 from Triton Systems Inc. for "Controlled-Temperature Induction Heating of Composite Armor"; $18,326 from Delaware Department of Transportation for "Fiber Optics for Route 896 Bridge"; and, with Karl Bernetich, composite materials, $180,000 from Teledyne Brown Engineering for "Concept Exploration Leading to Armor Materials System." George C. Hadjipanayis, physics and astronomy, $30,000 from YBM Magnex Inc. and $30,000 from state under the Delaware Research Partnership program for "Development of Pr and Nd-Based 2:17 Magnets." Mary Jo Kallal, consumer studies, $40,000 from Creative Computing Inc. and $40,000 from state under Delaware Research Partnership program for "Personal FashionTM, A Consumer-Driven Apparel Design and Production System." Willett M. Kempton, marine studies, $16,500 from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for "Pfiesteria piscicida and Risk Perception in Delaware's Estuarine Systems: Understanding User Group Reactions and Developing Policy Strategies." Abraham M. Lenhoff, chemical engineering, $54,000 from Merck & Co. Inc. and $54,000 from state under the Delaware Research Partnership program for "Chromatography of Viruses and Plasmids." Charles E. Mason, Clifford B. Keil and Joanne M. Whalen, entomology and applied ecology, an additional $2,000 from the state under the Delaware Research Partnership program for "Impact of BT Crop Protection Technology on Management of European Corn Borer." Roy L. McCullough, composite materials, $15,000 from U.S. Department of Army Research Office for "Composites 2000: An International Symposium on Composite Materials." Audrey J. Noble, Education Research and Development Center, $7,250 from Delaware Department of Education for "New Teacher Mentoring Program." J. Thomas Sims, plant and soil sciences, an additional $6,000 from the state under the Delaware Research Partnership program for "Use of Aluminum Sulfate for Treatment of Poultry Wastes." Ib A. Svendsen, Distinguished Professor of Ocean Engineering, $28,292 from University of Bristol, England, for "Surf and Swash Zone Hydrodynamics." Shih Tsan Tang, marine studies, $20,582 from U.S. Office of Naval Research for "Wind Effects on the Surface Roughness During Wave Breaking." David C. Usher, biological sciences, $100,000 from Strategic Diagnostics Inc. and $100,000 from state under the Delaware Research Partnership program for "Detection of Candidate Genes for Coronary Heart Disease." Lian-Ping Wang, mechanical engineering, $30,426 from Conectiv for "A Conceptual Model Development." Anthony S. Wexler, mechanical engineering, $30,000 from Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) for "Single Particle Measurements in Atlanta, Ga." Kuo-Chuin Wong, marine studies, $10,000 from Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Watershed Assessment Section, for "Exchange Process in the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal." Qiang Xiao, physics and astronomy, $46,120 from Seagate Technology Inc. and $30,000 from state under the Delaware Research Partnership program for "Novel Electronic Devices Based on Magnetic Nanostructures." Andrew L. Zydney, chemical engineering, $15,000 from Millipore Corp., $15,000 from Genentech Inc. and $30,000 from state under the Delaware Research Partnership program for "High-Performance Tangential Flow Filtration." New assignments Stephen M. Ashby, manager, Facilities Management/building services Tina M. Bart, senior secretary, art history Sylvia J. Brooks, coordinator, Delaware Center for Teacher Education Carol B. Brower, records analyst/coordinator, graduate studies Suzanne Brown, records clerk, student center Debbie A. Cooper, receptionist, recreation services Donna F. Corcoran, records specialist, Public Safety Beverly A. Cotton, custodian A, Facilities Management/ building services Joan J. Dinsmore, senior records specialist, University registrar Ellen J. Geyer, secretary, library Judy P. Gibbons, staff assistant, agriculture and natural resources Donna M. Goldmann, executive secretary, Office of Administrative Services James M. Grimes, senior assistant director, Public Safety Tabitha D. Groh, library analyst, library Wendy Grot, staff assistant, marine studies Nerina E. Harmer, custodian A, Facilities Management/ building services Jawanda Harris, senior secretary, conferences/Newark Rebecca J. Hines, custodian A, Residential Conference Facilities/ shops Erick A. Kalb, senior electrician, Facilities Management/electrical services William J. Katorkas, assistant director, Public Safety Deirdre M. Lilly, coordinator, School of Education William Lowe, research programmer, applied science and engineering Rebecca H. Marasco, extension agent I, Cooperative Extension Janice L. McFarland, records analyst/coordinator, Information Technologies/Network and Systems Services Patricia W. Miller, records technician, Public Safety Sharon M. Mouton, senior secretary, individual and family studies Barbara Necarsulmer, associate director, business and economics Neviana Paounova, library coordinator, library Elizabeth D. Peloso, research associate IV, psychology Sandra M. Perrone, senior secretary, conferences/Newark David T. Pierce, campus instructional technology associate III, agriculture and natural resources Suzanne J. Potts, campus instructional technology associate I, English Annetrea E. Puckham, records specialist, financial aid M. C. Reinert, program manager, continuing education/ distance learning Kathryn Roth, secretary, library Rupa Roy, research associate II, biological sciences Leigh A. Ruane, administrative academic adviser, arts and science William W. Saylor, associate professor, animal and food sciences Regina R. Simon, staff assistant, instructional technology Jennifer L. Sparks, parking supervisor, Public Safety Angela Stringham, senior secretary, library Brett P. Tomashek, assistant program coordinator, international programs and special sessions Susan E. Truehart, extension agent I, Cooperative Extension Diane M. Venninger, records specialist, applied demography and survey research Lee G. Warren, business adviser, international programs and special sessions Mary J. Wilkins, interim project manager, Office of the Vice Provost for Research Holly A. Williamson, records technician, Graphic Communications Center