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Faculty and staff

Books

Frederic M. Stiner Jr., accounting, with M. Susan Stiner of
Villanova University and Ichiro Shiina of Chuo Gakuin University,
The Accounting Profession in America, Chuo Gakuin Research
Foundation, Chiba, Japan, 1991.

James M. Dean, English, editor, Six Ecclesiastical Satires, Middle
English Texts Series, The Medieval Institute Press, Kalamazoo,
Mich., 1991.

W.F. Ritter, agricultural engineering, editor, Proceedings of
National Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Conference, American
Society of Civil Engineering, New York, N.Y., 1991.

Publications

M.R. Carriker, emeritus professor, marine studies, "Functional
Significance of the Pediveliger in Bivalve Development," in The
Bivalvia: Proceedings of a Memorial Symposium in Honor of Sir
Charles Maurice Yonge, Edinburgh, 1986, pages 267-282, Hong Kong
University Press; with G.L. Gruber, "A Note on the Accessory Boring
Organ and Shell Boring by the 'Loco,' Conchelepas conchelepas
(Muricidae, Gastropoda)," in Bulletin of Marine Science, vol. 47,
no. 3, pages 739-744; and with C.P. Swann, emeritus professor,
Bartol Research Institute, R. S. Prezant and C.L. Counts III,
"Chemical Elements in the Aragonitic and Calcitic Microstructural
Groups of Shell of the Oyster Crassostrea virginica: A Proton Probe
Study," in Marine Biology, vol. 109, pages 287-297, 1991.

Insup Lee, finance, "The Turn-of-the-Year Effects in Asian Stock
Markets," in Journal of Asian Economics, vol. 2, no. 1, pages
113-123.

Robert H. Wood, chemistry, with Rosa Crovetto of University of
Colorado, "Estimation of Errors in Free Energy Calculations Due to
the Lag Between the Hamiltonian and the System Configuration," in
Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 95, pages 4838-4842, and "New
Detection Method for Determining Phase Boundaries," in Fluid Phase
Equilibria, vol. 65, pages 253-261, 1991.

James L. Morrison, textiles, design and consumer economics,
"Balance Sought Between Corporate and Individual Privacy," in
Delaware Business Review, vol. 13, no. 30, pages 4-5, August 1991.

Presentations

R. Kent Johnson and Roland R. Roth, entomology and applied ecology,
"Population Decline of Wood Thrush: A Local Perspective," at
Ecological Society of America meeting, Aug. 4-8, San Antonio.

Theodore E.D. Braun, foreign languages and literatures, " 'Soyons
de Notre Esprit les Seuls Legislateurs': Le Franc de Pompignan
Antiphilosophe," at Eighth International Congress on the
Enlightenment, July 20-27, Bristol, England. Braun also chaired a
double session on "Opponents of the Enlightenment."

Douglas W. Tallamy, entomology and applied ecology, "induction of
Resistance in the Cucurbitaceae: Insects," at 12th International
Plant Protection Congress, Aug. 11-16, Rio de Janeiro.

Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering, with T.J. Frey of Thiokol Corp. and K.M.
Prewo of United Technoloties,  "High Strain Rate Mechanical
Properties of Carbon/Glass and Graphite/Epoxy Composites" and with
C. Plazaola, "Blast Load Effects of Laminated Cylindrical Shells,"
at Eighth International Conference on Composite Materials, July,
Honolulu.

Suresh G. Advani, mechanical engineering, "Permeability Predictions
of Viscous Fluids Across Fiber Beds in Creeping Flows," at 70th
international meeting, Polymer Processing Society, April, Hamilton,
Canada.

Nancy King, Honors Program, "Stories in the Making," at ninth
international conference, International Council for Innovation in
Higher Education, June 17-20, Budapest.

Raymond Callahan, history, "British Strategy in the Wars Against
France, 1793-1815," at U.S. Marine Corps War College, Aug. 22,
Quantico, Va.

Thomas R. Scott, psychology, "Neural Coding of Feeding," at
University of California at Berkeley, August.

Hilton Brown, art conservation and art history, "Painting Materials
and Techniques of the Renaissance," at Teacher Institute, July 17,
National Gallery of Art, July 18, and Corcoran School of Art, Aug.
13, Washington, D.C.

Robert F. Simons, psychology, "Infant Emotion and Temperament," at
American Psychological Association annual meeting, August, San
Francisco.

William F. Ritter, agricultural engineering, with research
associates Robert Scarborough and Anastasia Chirnside, "Herbicide
Leaching in a Coastal Plain Soil," at American Society of
Agricultural Engineers international summer meeting, June 23-26,
Albuquerque; "Nutrient Loads to Delaware's Inland Bays Estuary" and
"Phosphorus Transport from Delaware's Rural Watersheds," at
National Conference on Irrigation and Drainage Engineering and
Ground Water in the Pacific Rim and Lysimetry symposiums, July
22-26, Honolulu.

Robert H. Wood, chemistry, with graduate student Richard W. Carter,
"Apparent Molar Heat Capacities at Constant Pressure of Aqueous 1:1
Electrolytes from 600 to 720 K and 28 to 38 MPz," "Influence of
Size, Ellipticity and Charge Separation on the Free Energy of Some
Aqueous Bolaform Electrolytes," and with graduate student Lubomir
Hnedkovsky, "Densities and Apparent Molar Volumes of Aqueous
Solutions of Methane," at 1991 Calorimetry Conference, July 28-Aug.
1, DeKalb, Ill.

Miscellaneous

Robert R. Jordan, Delaware Geological Survey, appointed to one-year
term on Committee on Committees, American Association of Petroleum
Geologists.

W.F. Ritter, agricultural engineering, member of U.S. Geological
Survey grant program, engineering review panel.

The American Cancer Society awarded $8,000 graduate nursing
scholarships to Margaret Metcalf, nursing science, and graduate
student Marilyn Halstead.

Kent S. Price, marine studies, was elected to a third term as vice
president of the Delaware State Board of Education.

S. Derby Walker, Cooperative Extension, was named a 1991 winner of
the Sussex Service Clubs Award for Service to Agriculture.

Robert F. Brown, Honors Program and philosophy, served on NEH
review panel for fellowships for university teachers in religious
studies.

Seven members of the University's athletic staff have been named to
positions in the North Atlantic Conference for 1991-92: Mary Ann
Hitchens, conference vice president; Edgar N. Johnson, chairperson
of committe on swimming; Kate Pohlig, women's basketball and soccer
committees; Bob Hannah, baseball committee; Bob Shillinglaw, men's
lacrosse committee; Barbara Viera, volleyball committee; and Susan
McGrath-Powell, women's track and cross country committee.

Grants

Robert L. Boord, life and health sciences, $92,896 from U.S. Public
Health Service, for "Lateral Line Pathways."

From Engineering Foundation: Michael J. Chajes, civil engineering,
$23,000 for "Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Large Lattice Structures
Using Continuum Models"; and Romain V. Roy, mechanical engineering,
$23,000 for "Stochastic Dynamnic Analysis of Vibro-Impact Systems."

Daniel L. Chester, computer and information sciences, $18,800 from
Electric Power Partners Program, for "Robotic Control Program for
Repetitive, Variable Tasks."

Gerald L. Cole, with John E. A. Mackenzie, food and resource
economics, $10,000 from Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., for "Route
301 Corridor Project."

Martha A. Collins, international programs and special sessions,
$2,325 from Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, for "Parsons Dance
Company."

Prasad S. Dhurjati, chemical engineering, $46,000 from Star
Enterprise and $46,000 from state under Delaware Research
Partnership Program, for "Investigation of the Application of
Expert Systems Technology to the On-Line Supervision of an Oil
Refinery."

Paul A. Evenson, Bartol Research Institute, an additional $22,000
from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for "Graduate
Student Researchers Program," bringing total funds awarded to
$44,000.

George C. Hadjipanayis, with Karl M. Unruh, physics and astronomy,
$9,000 from National Science Foundation, for "Research Experiences
for Undergraduates."

James A. Hawk, plant and soil sciences, an additional $2,800 from
Cargill Hybrid Seeds, for "Cargill Experimental Hybrid Evaluation."

Ralph E. Kleinman, with Thomas S. Angell, mathematical sciences,
$70,000 from U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, for
"Inverse and Control Problems in Electromagnetics."

John D. Morgan, physics and astronomy, an additional $4,500 from
National Science Foundation, for "Properties of Wavefunctions and
Rapidly Convergent Variational Calculations Physics: REU," bringing
total funds awarded to $158,942.

Robin W. Morgan, animal science and agricultural biochemistry,
$60,000 from Intervet International B. V. and $40,000 from state
under Delaware Research Partnership Program, for "Pathogenesis and
Protection in Marek's Disease: Role of Viral Immediate Early
Genes"; and $500 from Delaware Department of Public Instruction,
for "Summer Research Program."

Cynthia M. Okolo, educational studies, $80,259 from U.S. Department
of Education, for "Curriculum-Based Assessment in Special
Education."

David G. Onn, physics and astronomy, $25,000 from Du Pont Co. and
Lanxide Corp. and $17,000 from state under Delaware Research
Partnership Program, for "Composite Materials for Thermal
Management in Electronics Applications."

Stanley Owocki, Bartol Research Institute, $27,900 from National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, for "Fluctuations at the Blue
Edge of Saturated Winds Lines in IUE Spectar of O-Type Stars."

Harry L. Shipman, physics and astronomy, $49,000 from National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, for "Chemical Evolution of
Hot White Dwarf Stars Mixing, Thin Layers, Radiation Pressure or
What?

Joy G. Sparks, Cooperative Extension, $70,000 from Delaware
Department of Health and Social Services, for "Provision of
Community Based Substance Abuse Prevention LEAP UP Programming to
High-Risk Youth and Their Families."

Scott G. Stevens, English Language Institute, with Lawrence P.
Donnelley, international programs and special sessions, $122,360
from U.S. Information Agency, for "Summer International Business
Institute."

Douglas W. Tallamy, entomology and applied ecology, $2,500 from
U.S. Department of Agriculture, for "Research Apprenticeship
Program."

Colin Thorpe, chemistry and biochemistry, $100,157 from U.S. Public
Health Service, for "Flavoproteins in Fatty Acid Oxidation."

Sara H. Vollmer, chemistry and biochemistry, $20,000 from American
Heart Association, for "Affinity Labeling of Nucleotide Binding
Sites in Ecto-ATPase."

Roger C. Wagner, life and health sciences, $112,577 from U.S.
Public Health Service, for "Endothelial Transport in Capillaries of
the Rete Mirabile."

Dennis R. Williams, Instructional Technology Center, with John J.
Pikulski, educational studies, $7,182 from International Reading
Association, for "Children, Books and Reading."

Robert Wilson, urban affairs and public policy, an additional
$6,200 from Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, for
"Complete Process and Outcome Evaluation of the DECCASA Project."

Suresh G. Advani, mechanical engineering, $6,000 from National
Institute of Standards and Technology, for "Experiments with Model
Porous Media."

Robert H. Allen, mechanical engineering, an additional $16,500 from
National Science Foundation, for "Design Aids for Handicapped
Students," bringing total funds awarded to $27,500.

Thomas B. Brill, an additional $198,937 from U.S. Office of
Scientific Research, for "Kinetics and Mechanisms of Fast
Thermolysis that Simulate Burning Conditions," bringing total funds
awarded to $398,698.

Henry K. Chenault, chemistry and biochemistry, $1,000 from U.S.
Public Health Service (BIOMED), for "Probing Amide Distortion as
the Possible Mechanism of Catalysis of Acylase I.

Alexander H. Cheng, civil engineering, $198,827 from U.S. Agency
for International Development, for "Microcomputer Based Regional
Groundwater Modeling System."

Douglas J. Doren, chemistry and biochemistry, $40,000 from American
Chemical Society (PRF), for "Theory of Molecular Surface
Diffusion."

James M. Falk, marine studies, $17,000 from Delaware Department of
Natural Resources and Environmental Control, for "Recreational Uses
of Delaware's Inland Bays: Implications for Social and
Environmental Carrying Capacity."

Linda L. Fayerweather, Small Business Development Center, $1,500
from Delaware Trust Co. and $750 from Bank of Delaware, for "Small
Business Development Center 1992 Gift Support"; $1,000 from Bank of
Delaware, for "Small Business Development Center 1991 Gift
Support"; $1,000 from PNC National Bank and $500 from Delaware
Trust Co., for "Small Business Development Center 1992 Gift
Support."

David Francis, life and health sciences, $1,000 from U.S. Public
Health Service (BIOMED), for "Mapping the Polysphondylium Genome
Using PCR Products as Markers."

Joseph S. Hemmeter, with Felix Lazebnik, mathematical sciences,
$7,918 from National Science Foundation, for "Mathematical
Sciences: Algebraic Combinatorics."

Bernard L. Herman, urban affairs and public policy, $52,000 from
National Endowment for the Humanities, for "Architectural Patterns
and Process in the United States Landscape, 1795 to 1801."

Carol E. Hoffecker, graduate studies and Richards Professor of
History, $35,000 from Ford Foundation, for "Fellowships for
Minorities."

Ikramul P. Huq, marine studies, $15,000 from Electric Power
Partners Program, for "Experiments of Power Plant Discharges."

Laurence S. Kalkstein, geography, an additional $30,000 from U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, for "The Impact of a CO2 and Trace
Gas-Induced Global Warming on Human Health: An International
Evaluation," bringing total funds awarded to $150,340; and $4,863
from Salt River Project, for "Navajo Generating Station Emissions
and Meteorology: A More Intensive Evaluation."

David L. Kirchman, marine studies, $100,000 from National Science
Foundation, for "What Regulates Assimilation of Inorganic Nitrogen
by Heterotrophic Bacteria vs. Phytoplankton in the Euphotic Zone?";
an additional $25,000 from U.S. Office of Naval Research, for
"Mechanisms of Specific Attachment by the Luminescent Bacterium,
Vibrio harveyi," bringing total funds awarded to $150,000.

Abraham M. Lenhoff, with Michael E. Paulaitis, chemical
engineering, $44,000 from state under Delaware Research Partnership
Program, for "Accelerated Testing and Prediction of "Freon"
Permeabilities in Polymeric Materials"; Lenhoff, an additional
$62,500 from National Science Foundation, for "Presidential Young
Investigator Award: Fundamentals of Separation Processes"; and
Paulaitis, with Lenhoff, $4,000 from National Science Foundation,
for "REU Supplement: Expedited Research for the Regeneration of
Immunoadsorbents Using Elevated Pressures"; and Lenhoff, with Eric
W. Kaler, chemical engineering, $161,382 from National Science
Foundation, for "Relation of Protein Electrostatic Properties to
Separations Behavior."

Mark J. Manno, Cooperative Extension, $2,735 from Delaware
Department of Labor, for "Summer Youth Employment Program (SSYEP)
1991."

Betty L. McCummings, urban affairs and public policy, $48,000 from
U.S. Department of Education, for "Patricia Roberts Harris Public
Service Education Fellowships."

Frank B. Murray, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Educational Studies,
$85,000 from Delaware Department of Public Instruction, for
"RE:Learning Support from State."

Patricia T. Nelson, Cooperative Extension, an additional $2,000
from University of California, for "An Early Intervention Program
for Parents of Young Children at Risk," bringing total funds
awarded to $10,000.

John C. Nye, agricultural sciences, an additional $2,518 from U.S.
Department of Agriculture, for "USDA Research Support Agreement
Beneficial Insects Intro Research," bringing total funds awarded to
$170,293.

Wadsworth Owen, marine studies, an additional $6,100 from U.S.
Office of Naval Research, for "One Day of Ship Time - R/V Cape
Henlopen," bringing total funds awarded to $101,900.

Donald L. Peters, Amy Rextrew Professor of Individual and Family
Studies, $42,825 from Delaware Department of Health and Social
Services, for "Medicaid Home and Community-Based Long-Term Care
Services Waiver" and $32,000 for "Senior Day Care Services, Adult
Day Care Center."

Wallace G. Pill, plant and soil sciences, an additional $9,000 from
Du Pont Co., for "Edge Moor Filter Cake (EMCAKE) as a Component in
Synthetic Top Soil and in Containerized Growth Media," bringing
total funds awarded to $65,856.

Stanley I. Sandler, Henry Belin du Pont Professor of Chemical
Engineering, $24,300 from National Science Foundation, for
"Research Equipment Grants: Analytical Equipment for Phase
Equilibrium Research."

Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, with Donald L. Sparks, plant
and soil sciences, $59,602 from New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection, for "Adsorption of Metals to New Jersey
Soils"; and Sparks,$40,000 from Potash and Phosphate Institute, for
"Effects of Kinetics on Boron Mobility in Soils."

William J. Ullman, with David L. Kirchman, both marine studies,
$127,415 from U.S. Department of Energy, for "The Effects of
Bacteria and Microbial Metabolites on Mineral Dissolution in the
Sub-Surface Environment."

George H. Watson, with Karl M. Unruh, both physics and astronomy,
$15,000 from National Science Foundation, for "Enhancement of
Modern Physics Laboratory: Optics and Spectroscopy."

Jin Wu, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Marine Studies and Civil
Engineering, an additional $50,437 from U.S. Office of Naval
Research, for "Bubbles in the Near-Surface Ocean and Spray in the
Atmospheric Surface Layer," bringing total funds awarded to
$85,747.

Patricia Bent, education, $80,000 from Delaware Department of
Public Instruction, for "Special Institute for Teacher
Certification."

William J. Benton, agricultural sciences, an additional $5,000 from
U.S. Department of Agriculture, for Pesticide Impact Assessment and
Data Analysis," bringing total funds awarded to $15,000.

Roberta F. Colman, chemistry and biochemistry, $85,000 from
National Science Foundation, for "Affinity Labeling of Purine
Nucleotide Sites in Proteins," and $4,000 for Research Experience
for Undergraduates."

From Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control: Charles E. Epifanio, $80,696, Timothy E. Targett, $62,721,
both marine studies, and Malcolm Taylor, life and health sciences,
$70,333, for "Determination of Conditions that Influence Year-Class
Strength of Weakfish."

Sylvia Farnham-Diggory, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Educational
Studies, with James McClelland, Academic Studies Assistance
Program, $115,027 from National Science Foundation, for "A
Connectionist Approach to Reading Development and Instruction."

Doris T. Hicks, marine studies, $500 from Mid-Atlantic Fisheries
Development Foundation Inc., for "Safe Consumer Handling of
Seafood: How to Institute a Seafood Quality Assurance Program."

Robert W. Keown, food science, with C. Paul Malone, textiles,
design and consumer economics, an additional $72,219 from
Kraft/General Foods Inc., for "New Techniques for the Reduction of
Polymer Staining by High Molecular Weight Materials, II," bringing
total funds awarded to $160,563.

Robert W. Knecht, marine studies, an additional $7,700 from
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for "Coastal Zone
Management as it Applies to Sea Level Rise," bringing total funds
awarded to $15,400.

George R. Parsons, marine studies, an additional $25,000 from U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, for "Measuring the Benefits of
Water Quality Improvements," bringing total funds awarded to
$59,322.

Denise M. Seliskar, with John L. Gallagher, marine studies, an
additional $75,000 from National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, for "Accelerating Salt Marsh Functional Development
Through Plant Genotype Selection: Intraspecific Diversity from
Natural Populations and the Tissue Culture Laboratory," bringing
total funds awarded to $145,000.

Annette D. Shine, chemical engineering, $73,021 from National
Science Foundation, for "Rapid Precipitation of Homogeneous Polymer
Blends."

Henry B. Tingey, mathematical sciences, $158,843 from Delaware
Department of Public Instruction, for "Teacher Re-Certification
Program."

K. Vijayashanker, computer and information sciences, $45,587 from
National Science Foundation, for "Research in Natural Language
Processing: Mathematical and Computational Investigations in
Constrained Grammatical Formalisms."

Norman J. Wagner, chemical engineering, $25,000 from National
Science Foundation, for "Presidential Young Investigator Award:
Rheological and Optical Studies of Complex Fluids."

Ferris Webster, marine studies, an additional $153,857 from
National Science Foundation, for "WOCE Data Information Unit" and
$4,388 for "Research Experience for Undergraduates," bringing total
funds awarded to $277,857.

Robert H. Wood, chemistry and biochemistry, $5,000 from North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, for "Properties of Aqueous Solutions
at Superambient Conditions: Experimental Techniques and
Interpretation of Data."