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September 2, 1993
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, Metals in Groundwater, E. Michael
Perdue and David Brown, editors, Lewis Publishers, 1993.
F.M. Swain, geology emeritus, with E.G. Anderson of Northeast
Louisiana University, Stratigraphy and Ostracoda of the Cotton Valley
Group, Northern Gulf Coastal Plain, Louisiana Geological Survey
Geological Bulletin 45, 1993.
PUBLICATIONS
Robert A. Day, English, "Ethical Issues Yesterday and Today," in
Scholarly Publishing, vol. 24, no. 4, pages 258-262, 1993.
Robert R. Jordan, Delaware Geological Survey, with R.M. Easton of
Ontario Geological Survey, L.E. Edwards of U.S. Geological Survey and
D.E. Owen of Lamar University, "Stratigraphic Regulations and
Guidance: A Critique of Current Tendencies in Stratigraphic Codes and
Guides: Discussion," in Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol.
105, pages 1135-1136.
James S. Paik, food science, with graduate student Michael A. Tigani,
"Application of Regular Solution Theory in Predicting Equilibrium
Sorption of Flavor Compounds by Packaging Polymers," in Journal of
Agricultural and Food Chemistry, vol. 41, no. 5, pages 806-808, May
1993.
Kathryn L. Kotula, food science, with William A. Moats of USDA and
graduate student Colleen R. White, "Optimization of a Liquid
Chromatographic Method for Determination of Oxytetracycline,
Tetracycline and Chlortetracycline in Milk," in Journal of OAC
International, vol. 76, no. 3, pages 549-554, March 1993.
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, spring
1993.
A. H-D. Cheng, civil engineering, with O.K. Morohunfola of Sadat
Associates Inc., "Multilayered Leaky Aquifer Systems: I. Pumping Well
Solution," pages 2787-2800, and "II. Boundary Element Solution," pages
2801-2811, and with Y. Abouseleiman of University of Oklahoma, F. Ruan
of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and O.E. Lafe of OLTech
Corp., "Boundary Element Solution for Stochastic Groundwater Flow:
Temporal Weakly Stationary Problems," pages 2893-2908, in Water
Resources Research, vol. 29, no. 8, 1993; and with K. Hackl of
Technical University of Graz and C.Y. Yang, civil engineering,
"Stability, Bifurcation and Chaos of Non-linear Structures with
Control, Part I: Autonomous Case," in International Journal of
Non-Linear Mechanics, vol. 28, no. 4, pages 441-454, 1993; with Lafe,
"Aquifer Parameter Identification Using Stochastic Indirect Boundary
Element Method," pages 131-144, and with Lafe and S. Grilli of the
University of Rhode Island, "Dual Reciprocity Boundary Element Based
on Complete Set Global Shape Functions," pages 343-357, in Boundary
Elements XV, Vol. 1: Fluid Flow and Computational Aspects, Aug. 10-12,
1993.
R.L. McCullough and D.S. Kukich, composite materials, "Lab Report: The
University of Delaware's Center for Composite Materials," in Journal
of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, August 1993.
James L. Morrison, textiles, design and consumer economics, "Upscaling
Business Students by Transforming Technologic Applications into
Creative Experimentation," Virginia Business Education Journal, vol.
15, no. 2, pages 9-12, spring/summer 1993.
K.V. Steiner, composite materials, and J. Schuster, research
associate, IVW Kaiserslautern, "Ultrasonic Backscattering Using a
Digitized Full-Waveform Scanning Technique," in Journal of Composites
Technology and Research, vol. 15, no. 2, summer 1993.
Vistasp M. Karbhari and Diane S. Kukich, composite materials, "Polymer
Composites Technology in Japan," in Advanced Materials and Processes,
vol. 144, no. 2, August 1993.
Theodore E.D. Braun, foreign languages and literatures, "Soyons de
Notre Esprit les Seuls Legislateurs," in Studies on Voltaire and the
18th Century, vol. 303, pages 196-200.
Charles Pavitt, communication, "Describing Know-how About Group
Discussion Procedure: Must the Representation Be Recursive?" in
Communication Studies, vol. 43, fall 1992.
Elizabeth M. Perse, communication, with graduate student P. Burton and
E. Kovner, M. Lears and R. Sen, "Predicting Computer-Mediated
Communication in a College Class," in Communication Research Reports,
vol. 9, no. 2, pages 161-170.
Herbert A. Allen, civil engineering, with Gongmin Fu and Deng Boalin,
"Determination of Acid Volatile Sulfides and Simultaneously
Extractable Metals in Sediment," in Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry, vol. 12, pages 1421-1453; and an editorial, "Water Quality
Criteria for Metals," in Water Environment Research, vol. 65, page
195, 1993.
PRESENTATIONS
Karl V. Steiner, composite materials, "Robotic Filament Winding and
Thermoplastic Fiber Placement," a seminar at Cornell University, Aug.
19.
Two faculty members gave invited lectures at the Gordon Research
Conference on the Science of Adhesion, Aug. 16-20, New Hampton, N.H.:
R.L. McCullough, composite materials, "The Origin and Behavior of
Interphases in Composite Materials," and S.L. Cooper, engineering,
"The Role of Adhesive Proteins in Blood-Biomaterial Interactions."
Anne Bowler, sociology and criminal justice, " 'What Shall We Do With
the Young Prostitute? Reform Her or Neglect Her?' The New York State
Reformatory for Women at Bedford, 1901-1913," at American Sociological
Association annual meeting, Aug. 16, Miami.
Hilton Brown, Harriet T. Bailey Professor of Art Conservation,
"Drawing and Painting Materials and Techniques in a Technological Age:
Early Modernism, 1900-1940," three lectures and studio workshops, at
1993 National Teacher Institute, July 13 and 27 and Aug. 11, National
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Richard G. Weber, entomology and applied ecology, workshop on
entomological photography, at Rocky Mountain Conference of
Entomologists, Aug. 1-5, Woodland Park, Colo.
Roland R. Roth, entomology and applied ecology, with graduate student
Howard Weinberg, "Consequences for Neotropical Migrants Breeding in
Small Forest Fragments: A Test Case with Wood Thrush," at Ecological
Society of America meeting, Aug. 2-6, Madison, Wisc.
Thomas K. Wood, entomology and applied ecology, "Plant Phenology
Hypothesis of Sympatric Speciation: A Test," at eighth international
Auchenorrhyncha Congress, Aug. 9-13, Delphi, Greece.
R.G. Hunsperger and C.S. Ih, electrical engineering, with graduate
student R.M. Martin, "Microwave Signal Generation Using a
Standing-Wave Surface-Acoustic-Wave Bragg Device," at Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers summer meeting on optical
microwave interactions, July, Santa Barbara, Calif.
C. Gopinath, business administration, "Recognition of Business
Failure: Commercial Banks as External Triggers," at Academy of
Management meeting, Aug. 11, Atlanta.
Frederick M. Swain, geological emeritus, with Xie Chuanli of East
China Petroleum Institute and S.W. Petters of University of Calabar,
Nigeria, "Ostracoda from the Dukamaje Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of
Northern Nigeria," at second European symposium of ostracodologists,
July 23, Glasgow, Scotland.
Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, a series of six lectures,
Department of Environmental Science, Nankai University, June 25-28,
Tianjim, China; a seminar, "Development of Standards for Metals in
Aquatic Sediments," at Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, June 29, Beijing, and at Research Center for
Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, June 30,
Beijing.
Members of the Center for Composite Materials made presentations at
Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation meeting,
Aug. 4, Brunswick, Minn.: K.V. Steiner and T.C. Lindsay of Army
Research Lab, "Correlation of Full-Waveform Ultrasonic NDE Data and
Low-Velocity Impact Damage to Composite Panels," and Steiner with J.W.
Gillespie Jr. and graduate student D.L. Fecko, "Void-Related
Attenuation of Ultrasonic Energy in Composite Materials."
MISCELLANEOUS
William Markell, accounting, emeritus, appointed to service on the
academic and career development executrive committee and the
international qualifications appraisal board, American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants for 1993-94.
Thomas K. Gaisser, Bartol Research Institute, awarded a residency
grant at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Study Center, Lake
Como, Italy, in March, allowing him to continue research on possible
sources of highest energy cosmic rays and their propagation over
cosmic distances in an evolving universe.
Robert Schweitzer, finance, served on faculty of Graduate School of
Banking, University of Colorado, July 23-28.
Robert R. Jordan, Delaware Geological Survey, appointed chairperson of
committee on opportunities in environmental geoscience, Division of
Environmental Geoscience, American Association of Petroleum
Geologists.
Mir S. Islam, food science, named directory editor and historian,
division of agricultural and food chemistry, American Chemical
Society.
GRANTS
From National Science Foundation: Edward E. Eyler, physics, $6,000,
for "High Resolution of Small Molecules," bringing total funds awarded
to $363,427; Nancy J. Edwards, individual and family studies, $7,500,
for "Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics
Teaching; Jean H. Futrell, Willis F. Harrington Professor of chemistry
and biochemistry, additional $10,000 for "Dynamics Studies of
Collision Induced Dissociation of Polyatomic Ions," bringing total
funds awarded to $366,000; Cynthia K. McClure, chemistry and
biochemistry, $205,233, for "A New Synthetic Method for the
Preparation of Phosphonate Analogs of Bio-active Organophosphates";
George W. Luther, marine studies, additional $155,000 for "Gaseous
Sulfur Intercomparison Experiment (GASIE)," bringing total funds
awarded to $444,023; B. David Saunders, computer and information
science, additional $5,150 for "Equipment Supplement to Collaborative
Research: Systems and Algorithms for Parallel and Distributed
Symbolic Algebraic Computation," bringing total funds awarded to
$158,634 and an additional $71,521, for "Systems and Algorithms for
Parallel and Distributed Symbolic Algebraic Computation," bringing
total funds awarded to $153,484 ; Annette D. Shine, chemical
engineering, additional $83,019 for "Rapid Precipitation of
Homogeneous Polymer Blends," bringing total funds awarded to $241,807;
Ferris Webster, marine studies, $52,008 for "Maintenance of a Database
of Research Ship Schedules" and $144,000 for "WOCE Data Information
Unit"; David L. Kirchman, marine studies, additional $3,750 for "REU:
What Regulates Assimilation of Inorganic Nitrogen by Heterotrophic
Bacteria vs. Phytoplankton on the Euphotic Zone?" bringing total funds
awarded to $107,500; Errol L. Lloyd, computer and information science,
additional $45,869 for "Incremental Approximations," bringing total
funds awarded to $94,112; Wadsworth Owen, marine studies, additional
$73,018, for "Ship Operations," bringing total funds awarded to
$847,818; Norman J. Wagner, chemical engineering, additional $62,500
for Presidential Young Investigator Award, bringing total funds
awarded to $158,000.
Walter E. Kee, Cooperative Extension, $6,000 from National Crop
Insurance Services, for "Hail Damage Program."
Colin Thorpe, chemistry and biochemistry, $154,827 from Public Health
Services, for "Flavoproteins in Fatty Acid Oxidation."
Herbert E. Allen with Chin-Pao Huang, civil engineering, $65,265 from
New Jersey Environmental Protection Agency, for "Adsorption/Desorption
and Transport of Mercury and Arsenic in New Jersey Soils."
David L. Ames with Rebecca J. Siders, urban affairs and public policy,
$10,000 from Maryland Historical Trust, for "Maryland Threatened
Buildings Survey."
Alan S. Andres with Kelvin W. Ramsey, Delaware Geological Survey,
$18,290 from U.S. Geological Survey, for "Geologic Map of the Seaford
East and West Quadrangles, Delaware."
Thomas B. Brill, chemistry and biochemistry, with Michael T. Klein,
chemical engineering, $105,000 from Army Research Office for
"Explosive and Energetic Functional Group Chemistry in Supercritical
Water"; and Klein, $25,000 from Mobil Research and Development Corp.
and $17,000 from state through Delaware Research Partnership, both
for "New Chemical Information Technology Reaction Models with
"On-the-Fly" Computational Chemistry"; and Klein, with Thomas B.
Brill, chemistry and biochemistry, additional 52,500 from Army
Research Office, for "Reactions and Reactor Analysis Involving High
Temperature Water," bringing total funds awarded to $131,118.
H. Keith Chenault, chemistry and biochemistry, $16,500 from Thomas
Jefferson University, for "Synthesis of Aspirin Analogs for Structure
Activity Studies."
Marion C. Hyson, individual and family studies, $12,269 from
Child-Care Connection, for "CCC Video Course: Introduction to Early
Childhood Programs."
Laurence S. Kalkstein, geography, additional $76,085 from
Environmental Protection Agency, for "The Impact of a CO2 and Trace
Gas-Induced Global Warming on Human Health: An International
Evaluation," bringing total funds awarded to $665,241.
Steven S. Martin, medical technology, additional $17,882 from New
Castle County, for "New Castle County Community Partnerships
Evaluation," bringing total funds awarded to $59,548.
Cynthia Okolo with Ralph P. Ferretti, educational studies, $400,902
from U.S. Department of Education, for "Learning by Design:
Multimedia Projects for Studies with Disabilities."
Carolyn A. Thoroughgood, marine studies, $8,489 from Office of Naval
Research, for "1993 High School Student Support."
Katherine S. Conway-Turner, individual and family studies, additional
$17,187 from W. K. Kellogg Foundation, for "Kellogg's National
Leadership Grant," bringing total funds awarded to $59,748.
Ralph E. Kleinman with George C. Hsiao, mathematical sciences,
additional $80,000 from Office of Naval Research, for "Error Analysis
in Numerical Solutions of Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems,"
bringing total funds awarded to $211,416.
John C. Nye, agricultural sciences, additional $18,804 from USDA, for
"Beneficial Insects Intro Research-93," bringing total funds awarded
to $39,910.
Gerald F. Vaughn, food and resource economics, $1,000 from Delaware
State Grange Inc., for "Harry Hayward Biography."
Anthony S. Wexler, mechanical engineering, additional $30,000 from
California Institute of Technology, for "Developing an Aerosol Model,"
bringing total funds awarded to $55,500.
Steven D. Brown, chemistry and biochemistry, $74,484 from Battelle,
for "Development of Detection and Evaluation Algorithms for CBMS."
Dewey M. Caron, entomology and applied ecology, $1,600 from state
Department of Agriculture, for "Monitoring Insect Pests of Delaware
Greenhouses."
Henry C. Foley, catalysis center, $15,000 from state through Delaware
Research Partnership, for "Ammonia Reactions with Carbon Molecular
Sieve Catalysts: Selective Methylamines Synthesis and NOx Reduction."
David E. Krantz, marine studies, $50,000 from Petroleum Research
Fund/American Chemical Society, for "Stable Isotope Stratigraphy and
Paleoceanography of the Bering Strait Region During the Last
Interglacial."
George R. Parsons, marine studies, additional $64,902 from
Environmental Protection Agency, for "Methods Development for
Measuring the Economic Benefits of Environmental Improvements,"
bringing total funds awarded to $145,259.
Rebecca J. Siders, urban affairs and public policy, with Bernard L.
Herman, art history, $40,000 from Delaware Department of State, for
"Delaware Threatened Buildings Survey and Shipbuilding Context."
Douglass F. Taber, chemistry and biochemistry, $163,099 from Public
Health Service, for "Synthesis of Taxol."
Nancy M. Targett, marine studies, $7,106 from Office of Naval
Research, for "Minimum Effective Release Rate of Antifouling Agents."
Klaus H. Theopold, chemistry and biochemistry, $7,000 from Library of
Congress, for "Library of Congress Tests to Deacidify Book Paper."
William J. Ullman with David L. Kirchman, marine studies, $115,947
from Department of Energy, for "The Effect of Bacteria and Microbial
Metabolites on Mineral Dissolution in Subsurface Environments."
Anthony S. Wexler, mechanical engineering, $129,930 from California
Institute of Technology, for "Development of an Acid Deposition Model
for the South Coast Air Basin in California."
Beth G. Anderson, education resource center, $17,849 from Delaware
Department of Public Instruction, for "New Castle County Delaware
Learning Resource System (DLRS) Center XVI."
From National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Tsu-Wei Chou, Jerzy L.
Nowinski Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with Eric J. Lang,
mechanical engineering, $11,116 for "Application of Smart Structures
to Wind Turbine Design"; and John M. Byrne, urban affairs and public
policy, additional $45,397, for "Evaluation of DSM Incentive
Opportunities for Photovoltaics," bringing total funds awarded to
$274,517.
Prasad Dhurjati, chemical engineering, $50,000 from Star Enterprise
and $50,000 from state through Delaware Research Partnership, for
"Real-Time Expert System for Optimization of a Crude Unit in an Oil
Refinery."
Martha E. Eastlack with Lynn Snyder-Mackler, physical therapy, $2,500
from American College of Sports Medicine Foundation, for "Muscle
Morphology and Fatigue in the Quads after ACL Surgery."
Charles S. Ih, electrical engineering, $125,000 from U.S. Army Space
and Strategic Defense Command, for "All Optical High Density WDM
Communication System for High-Speed Computer Networks."
Mark J. Manno, Cooperative Extension, $3,514 from Delaware Department
of Labor, for State of Delaware 4-H Summer Youth Employment Program."
R. Valery Roy, mechanical engineering, $2,500 from National Institute
of Standards and Technology, for "Conduction of Analog & Digital
Experiments of the Response of Nonlinear Systems with Canonical Cubic
Potential Functions."
From National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Jie Song with
Cort J. Willmott, both geography, additional $22,000 for "Global
Change Fellowship Program," bringing total funds awarded to $66,000;
Jin Wu, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Marine Studies, additional
$79,000, for "Effects of Rain on Scatterometer Wind Measurements,"
bringing total funds awarded to $232,755.
Prarie A. Stavis-Hicks, graduate studies, $17,500 from Ford
Foundation, for "Ford Foundation Fellowships for Minorities."
Norman J. Wagner, chemical engineering, $37,500 from DuPont Co. and
$37,000 from state through Delaware Research Partnership, for
"Molecular Composites: A Novel Route to High-Strength Materials
Through Intelligent Processing."
Cynthia Okolo with Ralph P. Ferretti, educational studies, $400,902
from U.S. Department of Education, for "Learning by Design: Multimedia
Projects for Studies with Disabilities."
Donald L. Peters, Amy Rextrew Professor of Individual and Family
Studies, and Penny L. Deiner, individual and family studies, $200,000
from Department of Health and Human Services, for "University
Affiliated Program for Families and Developmental Disabilities."
Carolyn A. Thoroughgood, marine studies, $8,489 from Office of Naval
Research, for "1993 High School Student Support."