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January 21, 1993
Faculty and staff
PUBLICATIONS
Robert Schweitzer, finance, with Raj Varma, finance, and Samuel
Szewzyk of Drexel University, "Bond Rating Agencies and Their Role in
Bank Market Discipline," in Journal of Financial Services Research,
vol. 6, no. 3, pages 249-264. September 1992.
Cathy Matson, history, "Liberty, Jealousy and Union: The New York
Economy in the 1780s," in New York in the Age of the Constitution,
Paul Gilje and William Pencak, editors, New York Historical Society
and University Press of Virginia, pages 112-150; with Peter Onuf,
"Toward a Republican Empire: Interest and Ideology in Revolutionary
America," reprinted in The New American National, 1776-1820, vol. 5,
Garland Publishing Co., New York, 1992; with Onuf, "Republicanism and
Federalism in the Constitutional Decade," in The Republican Synthesis
Revisited, Milton Klein, editor, American Antiquarian Society
Proceedings, vol. 102, December 1992, and, ibid, Klein, Richard Brown
and John B. Hench, editors, pages 119-142, University Press of
Virginia, 1992; and three book reviews-George W. Carey's The
Federalist: Design for a Constitutional Republic for Journal of
American History; Robert E. Shalhope's The Roots of Democracy,
American Thought and Culture, 1760-1800 for American Historical
Review; and Edward Millican's One United People: The Federalist Papers
and the National Idea for Journal of Southern History.
Nenad Spoljaric, Delaware Geological Survey, preface for "Glauconite:
Form and Function," in Current Trends in Geology-X, R.A.K.
Srivastava, editor, Today and Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers, New
Delhi.
Alexander H.-D. Cheng, civil engineering, with T. Badmus of IT Corp,
and S. Grilli of University of Rhode Island, "A
Laplace-Transform-Based Three-Dimensional BEM for Poroelasticity," in
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 36,
no. 1, pages 67-85, 1993.
PRESENTATIONS
Robert Schweitzer, finance, chairperson, "Incentives, Efficiency and
Financial Decisions," at 1992 Southern Finance Association meeting,
Nov. 20, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Ivo Dominguez, foreign languages and literatures, "Incidencias del
Derecho Mercantil en el Quijote," at the Asociacion de Cervantistas
fifth international meeting, Nov. 2-5, Alcala de Henares, Spain.
Elaine B. Safer, English, "Sam Shepard and His Critical Theories,"
while distinguished visiting professor at Universite Jean-Moulin Lyon
III, in January. She will also lecture on Shepard and postmodernism
at Universite Blaise-Pascal while director of the University of
Delaware's semester in Paris this spring.
James M. Brophy, history, "The Negotiated Settlement: Entrepreneurs
and the Prussian State, 1848-1862," at annual American Historical
Association conference, Dec. 28, Washington, D.C.
John Mackenzie, food and resource economics, "Protection of Freshwater
Wetlands in Delaware," at Friends of Agriculture breakfast, January,
Dover.
Richard A. Zipser, foreign languages and literatures, "New Models for
Interdisciplinary Programs in Foreign Languages," at Modern Language
Association convention, Dec. 28, New York City.
Robert H. Wood, chemistry and biochemistry, "What Happens When You Get
in Hot Water? Experiments and Theory of Aqueous Solutions to 450 C and
400 Bar," at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chemistry Division
Seminar, Dec. 7, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Ellen Pifer, English, "Nabokov's Discovery of America: From Russia to
Lolita," at Modern Language Association convention, Dec. 27-30, New
York City.
MISCELLANEOUS
Vistap M. Karbhari, composite materials, appointed to Panel on
Advanced Polymer Composites Manufacturing Technologies of the Japanese
Technology Evaluation Center to help assess the state of the art in
Japanese research and technology and compare it to that in the U.S.
The panel is sponsored by National Science Foundation, the Department
of Energy, the U.S. Army and the Air Force Office of Scientific
Research.
Martha Collins, University relations, panelist at workshop on
"Creating an Artist Residency," at Association of Performing Arts
Presenters annual conference, Dec. 18-21.
Robert Schweitzer, finance, participated in conference on Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act, Dec. 16, Brookings
Institution, Washington, D.C.
Robert P. Gilbert, Unidel Professor of Mathematical Sciences, was
honored by the publication of a two-volumes dedicated to him, Partial
Differential Equations with Complex Analysis and Partial Differential
Equations with Real Analysis, edited by H. Begehr of Freie
Universitat, Berlin, and A. Jeffrey of University of Newcastle upon
Tyne, England.
Robert R. Jordan, Delaware Geological Survey, has been presented the
public service award of the American Institute of Professional
Geologists. Jordan serves on three dozen boards, commissions and
committees for local, state and federal agencies and national
scientific and professional organizations. He is chairperson of the
outer continental shelf policy committee of the U.S. Department of
Interior and serves on two committees of the National Academy of
Science.
GRANTS
Beth G. Anderson, Education Resource Center, an additional $3,257 from
Delaware Department of Public Instruction, for "New Castle County
Learning Resource System Center XV," bringing total funds awarded to
$22,240.
Frederic R. Askham, chemistry and biochemistry, $73,300 from National
Science Foundation, for "Synthesis and Reactivity of Transition-Metal
Aldehyde Complexes."
Tsu-Wei Chou, Jerzy L. Nowinski Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
with Azar P. Majidi, composite materials, $60,000 from National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, for "Testing and
Characterization of Through-The-Thickness Properties of
Multi-Directionally Reinforced Textile Composites."
David L. Kirchman, marine studies, an additional $88,990 from National
Science Foundation, for "Bacterial Production and N Uptake in the
Equatorial Pacific," bringing total funds awarded to $178,906.
Felix Lazebnik, mathematical sciences, an additional $8,000 from
National Science Foundation, for "Association Schemes and Tit's
Geometries," bringing total funds awarded to $32,710.
Kenneth M. Lomax, agricultural engineering, with George W. Malone,
animal science and agricultural biochemistry, $22,000 from Delaware
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, for
"Evaluation of Nitrogen Barriers Installed in Broiler House Floors."
George W. Luther, marine studies, $86,519 from National Science
Foundation, for "Iodine Speciation as a Primary Productivity
Indicator," and with David L. Kirchman, marine studies, $80,000 from
National Science Foundation, for "Analytical Instrumentation for
Marine Biochemical, Biogeochemical and Biological Research at the
Lewes Campus."
Kent S. Price, marine studies, $12,676 from Atlantic City Electric
Co., $12,676 from Delmarva Power & Light Co. and $25,000 from state,
under Delaware Research Partnership Program, for "Ashreef Revisited:
Ecological Feasibility of Building Fish Reefs with Stabilized Coal
Waste."
James Raths, educational studies, $8,000 from Christina School
District, for "Assessment Specialist Support."
James T. Sims, plant and soil sciences, with William F. Ritter,
agricultural engineering, $22,270 from Delaware Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Control, for "On-Farm Evaluation of
Environmental Soil Tests and Field Rating Systems for Phosphorus in
the Inland Bay Watershed of Delaware."
Rivers Singleton, arts and sciences, $5,300 from the Academy of
Applied Science, for "Delaware Junior Science and Humanities
Symposium."
Klaus Theopold, chemistry and biochemistry, an additional $77,500 from
National Science Foundation, for "Synthesis and Reactivity of
Metallaradicals," bringing total funds awarded to $155,000.
Donald G. Unger, individual and family studies, an additional $14,628
from Philadelphia Child Guidance Center, for "Parent Participation in
EIP's: Goodness of Fit," bringing total funds awarded to $138,726.
Herbert J. Waite, marine studies, an additional $135,935 from U.S.
Office of Naval Research, for "Interfacial Culprits: Targeting
Proteins of Byssal Adhesion," bringing total funds awarded to
$724,145.
Frank J. Webb, Cooperative Extension, $8,400 from ICI Americas Inc.,
for "Surfactant Field Research."
Robert A. Wilson, urban affairs and public policy, $179,961 from
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, for "Delaware Drug
and Alcohol Treatment Needs Estimation Project."
Xiao-Hai Yan, marine studies, an additional $57,000 from National
Science Foundation, for "Investigation of Subtidal and Seasonal
Circulation Patterns in Delaware Bay using Remotely Sensed Data,"
bringing total funds awarded to $113,000.