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May 13, 1993
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
Ben Yagoda, English, Dr. Ruth Talks to Kids, co-author with Ruth
Westheimer, Macmillan, New York City, 1993.
Susan Ruel, English, editor, Building for Peace in the Middle East,
United Nations Press, 1993.
PUBLICATIONS
Robert Schweitzer, finance, with Harold Black of University of
Tennessee, "Did Regulatory Actions Discourage Consumer Demand for
Treasury Bills?" in Journal of Banking and Finance, vol. 17, no. 1,
pages 19-26.
Dallas G. Hoover, food science, with graduate student Kishore D. Rane,
"An Evaluation of Alkali and Acid Treatments for Chitosan Extraction
from Fungi," in Process Biochemistry, vol. 28, pages 115-118, 1993.
James A. Hawk and Robert B. Carroll, plant and soil sciences, with
graduate student M.J. Graham, J.E. Ayers of Pennsylvania State
University, K.R. Lamkey of USDA and A.R. Hallauer of Iowa State
University, "Evaluation of Iowa Stiff Stalk Synthetic for Resistance
to Gray Leaf Spot," in Plant Disease, vol. 77, no. 4, pages 382-385,
April 1993.
Janice Selekman, advanced nursing science, with Evelyn Benson of La
Salle College, "Jewish Women and Nursing: An Overview of Early
History," in Journal of the New York State Nurses Association, vol.
23, no. 4, pages 16-19; and with L. Kravitz of Fairfax County School
System, "Understanding Hearing Loss in Children," in Pediatric
Nursing, vol. 18, no. 6, pages 591-594.
PRESENTATIONS
Theodore E.D. Braun, foreign languages and literatures, "Le Franc de
Pompignan and Harmony, Order, Beauty, Truth and Muscularity in the
Poesies sacrees," at American Society for 18th-Century Studies annual
meeting, April 21-25, Providence, R.I.
Karl W. Boer, physics and engineering, "Inverse Delta-Doping as a
Breakthrough for Open Circuit Voltage Improvement in Solar Cells," at
Photovoltaic Material Symposium of the Solar Energy Forum, April
22-28, Washington, D.C.
Frankie F. Miller, hotel, restaurant and institutional management,
"Tourism Industry Marketing Focus: Toward 2000," at annual Southern
Delaware Business to Business Expo, April 27, Dover.
Adarshpal S. Sethi, computer and information sciences, with graduate
student P. Kalyanasundaram, "An Application Gateway Design for
OSI-Internet Management" and panelist on "Internet/ISO-CCITT
Management Co-existence," at third International Symposium on
Integrated Network Management, April 18-23, San Francisco; and with
graduate student Sridhar Pithani, "A Fuzzy Set Delay Representation
for Computer Network Routing Algorithms," at second International
Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis, April 25-28, College
Park, Md.
Lucia M. Palmer, philosophy, "Nominalism and Realism in 18th-Century
Philosophy of Mathematics," at American Society for 18th-Century
Studies annual meeting, April 21-25, Providence, R.I.
Janice Selekman, advanced nursing science, "When the Immune System
Doesn't Work" and keynote address, "Pediatric Rehabilitation: From
Concept to Practice," at Pediatric and Neonatal Nursing Update
meeting, March 12, T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
MISCELLANEOUS
James A. Inciardi, sociology and criminal justice, appointed to the
AIDS Research Commitee of the National Academy of Sciences' Institute
of Medicine.
Kathryn L. Kotula, food science, appointed to Delmarva Poultry
Industry processing committee.
Mir N. Islam, food science, ad hoc peer reviewer for Journal of Food
Processing and Preservation.
Janice Selekman, advanced nursing science, elected vice president,
Society of Pediatric Nurses.
Robert W. Keown, food science, peer-reviewer for Journal of Packaging
Technology.
Barbara Sheer, advanced nursing science, elected to steering
committee, National Coalition of Nurse Practitioners.
Margaret E. Sloan, food science, elected secretary and
chairperson-elect, NE116 Northeast Regional Group on Fruit and
Vegetable Texture.
NEW ASSIGNMENTS
Marlene G. Johnson has been named financial aid officer, financial
aid.
Quinton R. Johnson has been appointed extension associate I,
Cooperative Extension.
Ann L. Mattair has been named manager, personal records.
Linda M. Kelly has been appointed technical secretary I, mathematical
sciences.
Patricia Lesniczak has been named secretary, library.
Shirley Pharis has been appointed senior secretary, education.
Colby L. Smith has been named laboratory technician, Agricultural
Research and Education Center.
Benjamin J. Matwey has been named library coordinator.
Denisse X. Basaure has been promoted to library technician.
Betty Jane Hoback has been promoted to senior secretary, urban affairs
and public policy.
Joyce Ann Lacy has been promoted to senior secretary, conferences and
centers, Newark.
Caroline Pijanowski has been promoted to office coordinator, English
Language Institute.
Kimberly Ann Whitesel has been promoted to senior secretary, business
administration.
Thomas L. Zebley has been promoted to custodian A, plant
operations-custodial.
GRANTS
Suresh G. Advani, Center for Composite Materials, $340,000 from U.S.
Army Research Office, for "High Performance Computing to Advance the
Science Base and Understanding of Composite Manufacturing."
Lin G. Alessi, Academic Advancement Office, $200,000 from U.S.
Department of Education, for "Upward Board Program for Disadvantaged
Students."
David M. Barlow, physical education, $1,000 from Delaware Department
of Public Instruction, for "Health Education Resource Materials."
Thomas E. Brill, chemistry and biochemistry, $25,000 from Thiokol
Corp., for "Synthesis, Characterization and Thermal Decomposition of
Potential Burn Rate Modifiers and Their Metal Complexes."
John Byrne, urban affairs and public policy, an additional $104,970
from National Renewable Energy Laboratory, for "Evaluation of DSM
Incentive Opportunities for Photovoltaics," bringing total funds
awarded to $229,120.
Thomas M. Church, with Joseph R. Scudlark, marine studies, $124,500
from Maryland Department of Natural Resources, for "Transmission of
Atmospherically Deposited Trace Elements Through Maryland Watersheds
into Chesapeake Bay"; and Church, $11,455 from National Science
Foundation, for "Processes Governing the Air-Sea Transfer and Oceanic
Cycling of Atmospheric Trace Elements."
L. Pamela Cook, with Gilberto Schleiniger, mathematical sciences,
$40,000 from National Science Foundation, for "Some Mathematical
Problems in Transonic Aerodynamics and in Flows with Vorticity."
William B. Daniels, Unidel Professor of Physics and Astronomy, an
additional $102,000 from National Science Foundation, for "Rare Gases
and Other Simple Systems at High Pressures," bringing total funds
awarded to $221,500.
George C. Hadjipanayis, physics and astronomy, $40,000 from Iowa State
University, Ames Laboratory, for "Magneto-Optic Materials."
Brian H. Hanson, geography, $28,235 from National Science Foundation,
for "Relation Between Water Input, Water Pressure, Surface Speed and
Basal Till Deformation, Storglaciaren."
Murray V. Johnston, chemistry and biochemistry, $125,000 from National
Science Foundation, for "Photodissociation-Photoionization Mass
Spectrometry."
Vistasp M. Karbhari, with John W. Gillespie, composite materials,
$12,000 from Owens Corning Fiberglas, for "Improving OC Fenestration
and Construction/Structural Products."
Robert W. Knecht, marine studies, $25,000 from National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, "To Conduct an Objective, Outside Review
of the NEERS Program."
James Kolodzey, electrical engineering, $54,000 from W. L. Gore &
Associates Inc. and $42,000 from state under Delaware Research
Partnership Program, for "Extending the Speed of Microelectronic
Devices by Electro-Optic Mixing in Silicon Composites."
George W. Malone, animal science and agricultural biochemistry,
$15,000 from Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc., for "Nitrogen and
Phosphorus Concentrations Under Poultry Houses."