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June 10, 1993
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
Nancy Signorielli, communication, Mass Media Images and Impact on
Health: A Sourcebook, Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 1993.
PUBLICATIONS
Elizabeth M. Perse, communication, with Elizabeth E. Graham of Ohio
University and Carole A. Barbato of Kent State University, "The
Interpersonal Communication Motives Model," in Communication
Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 2, pages 172-186, spring 1993; and with John
A. Courtright, communication, "Normative Images of Communication
Media: Mass and Interpersonal Channels in the New Media Environment,"
in Human Communication Research, vol. 19, no. 4, pages 485-503, June
1992.
Robert A. Day, English, "The English Language," in Professional
Publishing Update, vol. 1, no. 1, pages 7-8, 1993.
Nancy Signorielli, communication, "Television and Adolescents'
Perceptions About Work," in Youth & Society, vol. 24, no. 3, pages
314-341, 1993.
Xiao-Hai Yan and Vic Klemas, marine studies, and visiting professor
Quanan Zheng, "Statistical and Dynamical Analysis of Internal Waves on
the Continental Shelf of the Middle Atlantic Bight From Space Shuttle
Photographs," in Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 98 (C5), pages
8495-8504, 1993.
Vistasp M. Karbhari, composite materials and civil engineering, with
S.K. Jones, composite materials and accounting, and accounting
graduate student D.L. Wright, "Activity Networks for the Support of
Concurrent Engineering of Resin Transfer Molding," in Proceedings of
Society of Plastics Engineering Annual Technical Conference, vol. 3,
pages 3256-3260, 1993.
PRESENTATIONS
R.L. McCullough, composite materials, "Interphase Zones in Polymeric
Composites," an invited presentation, at Polymer Composites: Molecular
and Micromechanical meeting, May 24-25, Akron, Ohio.
Billy P. Glass, geology, with former graduate student Chris A. Burns
and Jim D. Hays of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, "Does the Average
Post-depositional Remanent Magnetization Depth in Deep-Sea Sediments
Vary from One Geomagnetic Reversal to the Next?" and with graduate
student Jiquan Wu, "Distribution of Unmelted Impact Ejecta in the
Australasian Tektite Strewn Field"; and Jim E. Pizzuto, geology,
"Morphologic Response to Varying Flows, Powder River Between Moorhead
and Broadus, Montana," at the American Geophysical Union spring
meeting, May 24-28, Baltimore.
Michael F. Middaugh, institutional research and planning, "Building a
Comprehensive Data Base for Assessing Instructional Costs and
Productivity," invited panelist on Containing Institutional Costs and
Improving Productivity and, with Dale W. Trusheim, institutional
research and planning, taught workshop for newcomers, at 27th annual
forum of Association for Institutional Research, May 16-19, Chicago.
James L. Morrison, textiles, design and consumer economics, "Mysteries
of Information Technology-Wordquake 2000," at Delaware Technical and
Community College, March 24, Dover.
A. Scott Andres, "Nitrate Contamination of Ground and Surface Waters,
Coastal Sussex County, Delaware," at second USA/ CIS joint conference
on environmental hydrology and hydrogeology, American Institute of
Hydrology, May 18, Washington, D.C.
William S. Schenck, "Services of the DGS Cartographic Information
Center and the Work of the Delaware State Boundary Commission,"
Delaware Association of Professional Land Surveyors, May 13.
Several members of the Institute of Energy Conversion made
presentations at the 23rd Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers conference, May 10-14, Louisville, Ky.: W.N. Shafarman and
J.E. Phillips, "Current-Voltage Characterization of CuInSe2/CdS Solar
Cells Deposited by Different Methods"; T.W.Fraser Russell, Allan P.
Colburn Professor of Chemical Engineering, with R.W. Birkmire and
graduate student S. Verma, "The Effect of O2 on H2Se Selenization in a
Continuous Flow Reactor"; S. Yamanaka, B.E. McCandless and Birkmire,
"Reaction Chemistry of CuInSe2 Formation by Selenization Using
Elemental Se"; and S.S. Hegedus with W.A. Buchanan, "Understanding
Graded a-SiGe Solar Cells Using Bifacial Photocurrent Collection."
Allan L. McCutcheon, sociology, "God and Caesar in the Newly Unified
Germany: Religion and Support for Democracy in the Old and New
Bundeslaender," at 48th annual meeting, American Association for
Public Opinion Research, May 22, St. Charles, Ill.
K.V. Steiner, composite materials, with K.D. Federhoff of Institute
for Composites in Aachen, Germany, "A New Compact Robotic Head for
Thermoplastic Fiber Placement," at 36th International Society for
Advancement of Material and Process Engineering symposium, May 10-13,
Anaheim, Calif.
Suzanne K. Smith, continuing education, "On-Site Credit Programs: What
Works and What Doesn't," at National University Continuing Education
Association annual meeting, April 18, Nashville.
Mary C. Miller, continuing education, "Alternatives to Violence,
Creative Conflict Resolution Seminar," at national conference on
peacemaking and conflict resolution, May 28-29, Portland, Ore.
Tsu-Wei Chou, Jerzy L. Nowinski Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
invited presentation, "Design-Fabrication-Performance Relationship of
Advanced Textile Structural Composites," at symposium on advanced
technology on design and fabrication of composite materials and
structures, May 24-28, Torino, Italy.
Vistasp M. Karbhari, composite materials and civil engineering,
"Composites: Material and Applications in Civil Engineering
Infrastructure," invited lecture, Society for Advancement of Materials
and Process Engineering, Wilmington-Philadelphia chapter, May 20.
MISCELLANEOUS
Robert G. Hunsperger, electrical engineering, elected senior member,
the highest professional grade, of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers.
Douglas F. Tuttle, public safety, appointed to a select advisory board
of the Harvard School of Public Health to review findings of a
national survey, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, on
student drinking practices.
Kathryn L. Kotula, food science, serves as member of the resolutions
committee, Poultry Science Association.
Mir N. Islam, food science, serves as peer reviewer for Journal of
Food Science.
Robert W. Keown, food science, serves as peer reviewer for Journal of
Food and Agricultural Chemistry.
The marine studies communication team of Tracey L. Bryant, marine
outreach coordinator; David A. Barczak, art director; Elizabeth A.
Chajes, marine outreach specialist; and Pamela L. Donnelly, production
manager, received five awards in the Society for Technical
Communication's 1993 Publications and Art Competition.
David A. Barlow, Robert E. Neeves and Keith A. Handling, physical
education, and Kathleen D. Troutman, instructional technology, were
awarded silver medals in the NewMedia INVISION Multimedia Awards
competition for Dynamics of Human Anatomy, an interactive videodisc
program.
Richard T. Sylves, political science and international relations,
testified before a U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hearing
on "Rebuilding FEMA: Preparing for the Next Major Disaster," May 18,
Washington, D.C.
Michael F. Middaugh, institutional research and planning, appointed to
the professional development services board and forum publications
committee, Association for Institutional Research.
Vistasp M. Karbhari, composite materials and civil engineering,
elected first vice chairperson of Society for Advancement of Material
and Process Engineering, Wilmington-Philadelphia chapter.