Faculty and staff
Publications
Tamara K. Hareven, Unidel Professor of Family Studies, "Synchronizing
Individual Time, Family Time and Historical Time," in Chronotypes: The
Construction of Time, John Bender and David E. Wellbery, editors,
Stanford University Press,1992; "The Festival's Work as Leisure: The
Traditional Craftsmen of the Gion Festival," in Workers' Expression
Beyond Accommodation and Resistance, John Calagione and Doris Frances,
editors, State University of New York Press, Albany, 1992; "The Middle
Generation: Cohort Comparisons in Assistance to Aging Parents in an
American Community," in Zeitschrift fur Sozialisationsforschung und
Erziehungssoziologie, vol. 4, 1992; and "From Amoskeag to Nishijin:
Reflections on Life History Interviewing in Two Cultures," in
Subjectivity and Multiculturalism in Oral History: The International
Annual of Oral History for 1990, Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn.,
1992.
Vistasp M. Karbhari and Dick J. Wilkins, Center for Composite
Materials, "Selecting Materials, Processes and Shapes: Getting It
Right the First Time," in Materials Working for You in the 21st
Century, G.C. Grimes, R. Turpin, G. Fosberg, B.M. Rasmussen and J.
Whitney, editors, pages 1379-1391, Society for the Advancement of
Material and Process Engineering, Covina, Calif., 1992.
Russell R. Dynes, Disaster Research Center, "Planificacion de
Emergencias Comunitrias: Supsiciones Falsas Y Analogias Inadecuadas,"
in Proteccion Civil, no. 12, pages 35-40, September/October 1991, in
Spanish.
Insup Lee, finance, "Stock Market Seasonality: Some Evidence from the
Pacific-Basin Countries," in the Journal of Business Finance and
Accounting, vol. 19, no. 2, pages 199-210, January 1992.
L. Kung Jr., animal science and agricultural biochemistry, "Comparison
of the Galactopoietic Response to Pituitary-Derived and
Recombinant-Derived Variants of Bovine Somatotropin," in Journal of
Endocrinology, vol. 137, no. 47, 1991; and "Factors Affecting Response
of Cows to Biweekly Injections of Sometribove," in Journal of Dairy
Science, vol. 75, no. 756, 1992.
James B. O'Neill, economics, "A Brief History of the Rationale for
Economic Education," in An Economy at Risk: Does Anyone Care?, Judith
Brenneke editor, Georgia State University Business Press, 1992.
C.Y. Yang and A. H-D. Cheng, civil engineering, and R.V. Roy,
mechanical engineering, "Chaotic and Stochastic Dynamics for a
Nonlinear Structural System with Hysteresis and Degradation," in
Journal of Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, vol. 6, no. 3/4, pages
193-203, 1991.
Farley Grubb, economics, "Fatherless and Friendless: Factors
Influencing the Flow of English Emigrant Servants," in Journal of
Economic History, vol. 52, no. 2, pages 85-108, March 1992.
John F. Preble, business administration, "Franchising: A Growth
Strategy for the 1990s," in the Mid-American Journal of Business, vol.
7, no. 1, pages 34-44.
Presentations
Stanley I. Sandler, Henry Belin du Pont Professor of Chemical
Engineering, "Applied Thermodynamics: Is Anything Really New?," the
18th annual Stanley Katz Memorial Lecture, April 6, City College of
the City University of New York.
Dick J. Wilkins and Vistasp M. Karbhari, Center for Composite
Materials, "Selecting Materials, Processes and Shapes: Getting It
Right the First Time," at 37th International Society for the
Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Symposium, March 9-12,
Anaheim, Calif.
Robin Palkovitz, individual and family studies, with Sharon Anderson,
"The Relationships Between Mothers' and Children's Religious Values"
and "Parenting as a Generator of Adult Development: Is the Child
Parent to the Adult?," at Conference on Human Development, March
10-11, Atlanta, Ga.
Karl W. Boer, physics and engineering, with Joachim Piprek, materials
science program, "Delta-Doping of Deep Level Defects in pn-junction:
Modeling of IV and CV Characteristics With and Without Light," at
American Physical Society meeting, March 14-20, Indianapolis; and
"GaAs Diodes: Modeling of CV and IV Characteristics With and Without
Light," at 1992 SPIE Symposium, March 26, Somerset, N.J.
Several members of the electrical engineering faculty and graduate
students made presentations at the 1992 Conference on Information
Sciences and Systems, March 18-20, Princeton, N.J.: Gonzalo R. Arce
with Kenneth E. Barner, "Permutation Filters: A Class of Non-linear
Filters Based on Set Permutations"; Russell C. Hardie, "Applications
of a Class of Non-linear Filters to Edge Detection"; Jean-Hsang Lin
with Yeong-Taeg Kim and Gatot Soemarwoto, "Non-linear Filtering
Techniques Based on Adaptive Threshold Decomposition"; Ali S.
Khayrallah, "On Expansion Channel Codes: Performance Bounds and
Examples"; Charles G. Boncelet, "Extensions to Block Arithmetic
Coding"; and Peter J. Warter with S. Sureshchandran, "Studies in the
Pruning of Quad Tree Images Using a Feature Visibility Criterion."
Tamara K. Hareven, Unidel Professor of Family Studies, presented
seminars at European University, Jan 22-25, Florence, Italy, and at
Ecole des Hautes Etudes des Sciences Sociales, Feb. 5-6, Paris; and
was keynote speaker at Human Values Symposium, March 18-19, Bethlehem,
Pa.
L. Kung Jr., animal science and agricultural biochemistry, "Improving
Silage Fermentation," at Fertrell Co. winter meeting, March 17,
Intercourse, Pa., and "A Comparison of Total Mixed Rations (TMR) and
Computer Concentrate Feeders," at Harford-Baltimore County Dairy Days,
Feb. 25, Forest Hill, Md.
David Hoekema, philosophy, "The Place of Religious Commitments in the
University," keynote lecture at annual consultation of Association for
Religion in Intellectual Life, March 23-25, Emory University, Atlanta.
Richard Karfunkle, economics, "The Decade of Economic Disappointment,"
at Sterling National Bank seminar, March 19, New York.
Theodore E.D. Braun, foreign languages and literatures, "Chance, Fate
and Determinism in Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard, Zadig and Le Reve
de d'Alembert," at American Society for 18th-Century Studies annual
meeting, March 25-28, Seattle; and "Varieties of Wit in Moliere's The
Misanthrope," at Elkton (Md.) Public Library, March 30.
David L. Langenberg, library, "Copyright: Fair Use, Fair Play," at
Delaware Library Association annual conference, April 3, Dewey Beach.
Kenneth Koford, economics and political science, "Privatization in
Bulgaria," at Wharton School, March 26, Philadelphia; "Why Affirmative
Action, Reverse Discrimination and Racial Quotas are Privately
Profitable and Economically Efficient," at Eastern Economic
Association meetings, March 27, New York City; and "Variations in
Roll-Call Voting Across Issues in an Efficient and Competitive
Legislature" and with Mark Penno of University of Chicago,
"Equilibrium in Markets and Organizations When Some Agents are
Ethical," at Public Choice Society meetings, March 20-22, New Orleans.
Peter G. Roe, anthropology, "Ceramic Technology Among the Shipibo
Indians of the Peruvian Jungle," at Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur
Museum, March 26, Wilmington.
Kathleen Hollowell, mathematical sciences, "University of Chicago
School Mathematics Project," at 1992 Middle and Secondary School
Conference, March 21, Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts.
Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
"Analysis and Optimization of Composite and Metallic Sandwich
Cylindrical Shells," at second international Conference on Sandwich
Construction, March 9-12, Gainesville, Fla.
K.W. Ramsey, R.N. Benson, A.S. Andres, T.E. Pickett and W.S. Schenck,
Delaware Geological Survey, "A New Miocene Fossil Locality in
Delaware," at Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section
meeting, March 28, Harrisburg, Pa.
E.L. Quarantelli, Disaster Research Center, "Patterns of Sheltering
and Housing in American Disasters," at NCEER symposium on policy
issues in providing post-earthquake shelter and housing, Jan. 27-28,
Santa Cruz, Calif.; and "Human Response in Radiation Disasters," at
conference on medical planning and care in radiation accidents, March
19, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Richard Agnello, economics, "Substitution Effects Within a Multiple
Site Travel Cost Model with Application to Recreational Fishing," at
Eastern Economic Association annual convention, March 27-29, New York
City.
Joanne Nigg, Disaster Research Center, "Societal Responses to Global
Climate Change: Prospects for Natural Disaster Reduction," at Natural
Hazards and Climate Change Symposium, Jan. 15, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
Billy P. Glass, geology, "Impact Ejecta Associated with the
Australasian and North American Microtektite Layers," at Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference, March 19, Houston.
Kathleen Tierney, Disaster Research Center, "Politics, Economics and
Hazards," at Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting, March
25-29, Memphis.
Ronald E. Martin, geology, with graduate student Jean Self-Trail,
"Late Pleistocene Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy and
Paleoclimatology of DSDP Site 606, Mid-Atlantic Ocean," at Geological
Society of America, Southeast regional meeting, March 18-20,
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Russell R. Dynes, Disaster Research Center, "The Symbolic Uses of
Disasters," at North and South Carolina Sociological Association
annual meeting, March 20, Rock Hill, S.C.
Miscellaneous
Five members of the College of Agricultural Sciences were recognized
by their peers March 24 at the college's annual conference: J. Thomas
Sims, Conrad R. Pope, Conrado M. Gempesaw II, David R. Frey and
William J. Benton.
Sylvia Brocka, continuing education, selected to attend Leadership
Institute for Continuing Professional Education at Harvard University.
Grants
Teresa M. Cooney, individual and family studies, $112,077 from U.S.
Public Health Service, for "Consequences of Recent Parental Divorce
for Young Adults."
Prasad S. Dhurjati, chemical engineering, from National Science
Foundation, an additional $37,500 for "An Engineering Study of
Host-Plasmid Interactions in Recombinant Microorganisms," bringing
total funds awarded to $328,000; and $10,000 for "Research Experience
for Undergraduates."
George C. Hadjipanayis, physics and astronomy, $78,069 from U.S. Army
Research Office, for "Magnetic Hardening Studies and Novel Techniques
for Preparation of High Performance Magnets."
Robert N. Hill, physics and astronomy, an additional $54,000 from
National Science Foundation, for "Computational Methods in Atomic and
Molecular Physics," bringing total funds awarded to $105,022.
Clifford B. Keil, entomology and applied ecology, $23,924 from Ecogen
Inc., for "An Entomopathogenic Fungus for Insect Control in
Mushrooms."
Ralph E. Kleinman, with Thomas S. Angell, mathematical sciences, an
additional $72,005 from U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research,
for "Inverse and Control Problems in Electromagnetics," bringing total
funds awarded to $142,005.
Gerard J. Mangone, University Research Professor for International and
Maritime Law, $52,214 from Port of Singapore Authority, for "1992
Diploma in Shipping and Port Management."
James B. Mehl, physics and astronomy, $4,680 from National Institute
of Standards and Technology, for "Acoustic Viscometer."
Thomas R. Scott, psychology, $99,000 from National Science Foundation,
for "Gustatory Responses in the Alert Monkey."
From Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control, James T. Sims, with Bruce L. Vasilas, plant and soil
sciences, $48,470 for "An Improved Nitrogen Management Program for
Delaware: Agronomic and Environmental Evaluation"; Sims, with William
F. Ritter, agricultural engineering, $22,270 for "Development of
Environmental Soil Tests and Field Rating Systems for Phosphorus in
the Inland Bay Watershed of Delaware"; and Thomas H. Williams, with
William A. McGowan, Cooperative Extension, $2,400 for "State of
Delaware Farmstead Assessment System."
Xiao-Hai Yan, with Vic Klemas, marine studies, $57,587 from National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, for "Response of X-Band
Normalized Radar Cross Section to Sea Surface Temperature and Wave
Number Spectra at Low Wind Conditions."
Gifts
Linda L. Fayerweather, small business development center, $500 from
New Castle County Chamber of Commerce; $500 from Bank of Delaware;
$500 from Mellon Bank; $500 from Delaware Trust Company; $5,000 from
Bankers Trust; $1,000 from The Chase Manhattan Bank; $500 from
Wilmington Trust Company; $355 from Delaware Trust company; $3,000
from Sussex County Council; $2,500 from Kent County Levy Court; $2,500
from Wilmington Economic Development Corporation; $1,000 from PNC
National Bank; and $45,000 from Delaware Development Office, for
operational support; $3,000 from Bell of Pennsylvania; and $500 from
PNC National Bank for the 1st Annual Entrepreneurial Women's
Exposition; and $500 from Beneficial National Bank; $500 from Mellon
Bank; $500 from Delaware Development Office; $500 from Bank of
Delaware;and $500 from Wilmington Trust to support the 1992 Tax
Calendar
R. Gary Ferguson, foreign languages and literatures, $4,000 summer
stipend from National Endowment for the Humanities, to pursue research
on French Renaissance poet Anne de Marquets and to produce a critical
edition of her Spiritual Sonnets for the publishing house, Droz.