UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 34, Page 10
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.