UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 10, Page 9
November 4, 1993
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
Joanne M. Nigg, Disaster Research Center, editor with J. Nemec and F.
Sicardi, Prediction and Perception of Natural Hazards, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 1993.
PUBLICATIONS
Paul R. Berger, electrical engineering, with S.N.G. Chu, R.A. Logan,
E. Byrne, D. Coblentz, J. Lee III, N.T. Ha and N.K. Dutta of AT&T Bell
Laboratories, "Substrate Orientation Effects on Dopant Incorporation
in InP Grown by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition," in Journal of
Applied Physics, vol. 73, pages 4095-4097, 1993; and, with Dutta, J.
Lopata, S.J. Want, P.R. Smith, D.L. Sivco and A.Y. Cho of AT&T Bell
Laboratories, "10 GHz Bandwidth Monolithic Pin Modulation-Doped Field
Effect Transistor Photoreceiver," in Applied Physics Letters, vol. 63,
pages 2115-2116, 1993.
Joanne M. Nigg and Kathleen J. Tierney, Disaster Research Center,
Socioeconomic Impacts, a monograph prepared for 1993 U.S. National
Earthquake Conference, Central United States Earthquake Consortium,
Memphis; and Nigg, with Alvin H. Mushkatel and K. David Pijawka,
"Nevada Urban Residents' Attitudes Toward a Nuclear Waste Repository,"
in The Public and Nuclear Waste, Duke University Press.
Lalita Manrai, business administration, "Mood Effects in Services: An
Integrated Conceptual Model," in Advances in Services Marketing and
Management, vol. 2, pages 151-174, Jai Press Inc., 1993; and with Ajay
Manrai, business administration, "Positioning European Countries as
Brands in a Perceptual Map: An Empirical Study of Determinants of
Consumer Perceptions and Preferences," in Journal of Euromarketing,
vol. 2, no. 3, pages 101-129, 1993.
Dallas G. Hoover, food science, "Pressure Effects on Biological
Systems," in Food Technology, vol. 47, no. 6, pages 150-155, 1993.
James S. Paik, food science, "Packaging, Part III: Materials," in
Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology, vol. 3, pages 1978-1982,
John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York.
William H. Meyer, political science and international relations,
"American Interests and the Crisis in Cyprus: A Human Rights
Perspective," in The Cyprus Review, vol. 5, no. 1, pages 7-27, 1993.
PRESENTATIONS
Christine L. Ebert, mathematical sciences, and Susan B. Taber,
educational development, "More Than Repeated Addition-Assessing and
Enhancing Pedagogical Content Knowledge About Multiplicative
Structures," at North American chapter of International Group for the
Psychology of Mathematics Education annual meeting, Oct. 12-17,
Asilomar, Calif.; and Ebert, "Multiple Layers of Technology--An
Assessment of Videotapes of Prospective Secondary Teachers Utilizing
Graphing Calculators to Teach Quadratic Functions," at sixth annual
international conference on technology in collegiate mathematics, Nov.
4-7, Parsippany, N.J.
P.J. Warter, electrical engineering, and S. Sureshchandran, graduate
student in computer and information sciences, "Algorithms and
Architectures for Real Time Image Compression using a Feature
Visibility Criterion," at Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers conference on systems, man and cybernetics, Oct. 17-20, Le
Touquet, France.
Stuart L. Cooper, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Chemical Engineering,
"Polymeric Materials at the Biological Interface," plenary lecture at
sixth Mediterranean Congress of Chemical Engineering, Oct. 20,
Barcelona; and "Properties of RGD Peptide Grafted Polyurethanes," at
Universite Paris Nord, Oct. 22.
Raymond Callahan, history, "Personality and Strategic Choice in War,"
on Oct. 20-21, USMC War College, Quantico, Va.
J. Richard Bacon, Conrado M. Gempesaw II and U. Carl Toensmeyer, food
and resource economics, with graduate Andrew J. Groff, "The Market
Potential for Farm-Raised Aquaculture Products in the Delmarva Region:
A Survey of Wholesale Distributors" and "Analysis of the Mid-Atlantic
Market for Crawfish-Retail Level" and with graduate student Raed F.
Hattar, "The Financial Feasibility of Establishing a Fresh Produce
Packing House in Jordan," at 34th annual conference of Food
Distribution Research Society, Oct. 17-20, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
Kenneth J. Koford, economics, "Why the Ex-Communist Countries Should
Take the 'Middle Way' to the Market Economy: A Mid-Transition Report"
and "Economic Reform Must Take Account of Culture and Institutions:
The Case of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union," at
International Conference on Privatization and Socioeconomic Policy in
Central and Eastern Europe, Oct. 21-24, Krakow, Poland.
Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
and Philip H. Larson, NASA fellow in mechnical engineering, "On the
Analysis of Adaptive Shell Structures Employing Piezoelectric
Materials," and Vinson with Moti Leibowitz, mechanical engineering,
"The Coupling Between Generally Anisotropic Composite Structures and
Piezoelectric Materials," at American Society for Composites eighth
annual conference, Oct. 19-21, Cleveland.
Douglas Tuttle, public safety, with Lewis Wardell of Duke University
and Kim Morrison of University of Pennsylvania, "Safety on Campus," at
Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers annual
conference, Oct. 18, Hershey, Pa.
Karl W. Boer, Distinguished Professor of Physics and Solar Energy, "At
the Threshold of a New World," at Gesellschaft fur Angewandte Optik
und Spektroskopie and at Technische Universitat Chemnitz-Zwickau,
Berlin; "Delta Doping for Deep-Level Analysis in Ti-doped GaAs," at
Technical University, Berlin; "Franz-Keldysh Effect for Observation of
Field Instabilities," at Paul Drude Institut, Berlin; and "Field
Limitation and Recombination in Solar Cells," at Hahn-Meitner
Institute and Free University in Berlin-Dahlem.
Belena S. Chapp, University Gallery, "Exhibitions and the Training
Ground- Three University Perspectives," panel chairperson,
Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums annual conference, Oct. 20,
Wilmington.
William I. Homer, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Art History, "Feminist
or Chauvinist? Eakins and His Women," at symposium on Thomas Eakins
sponsored by National Portrait Gallery and Courtauld Institute of Art,
Oct. 9, London, and two essays for exhibition catalog.
Lalita Manrai and Ajay Manrai, business administration, with Dana
Lascu of University of Richmond, "Status Concern and Product
Consumption: A Cross-Cultural Study of Romanian and American
Consumers," at European Marketing Academy meeting, May, Barcelona; and
"Heteroscedasticity in Conjoint Analysis: Problem, Diagnosis and
Treatment," at Marketing Science Conference, March, Washington
University, St. Louis.
Joanne M. Nigg, Disaster Research Center, "Societal Research under
NEHRP: Past Accomplishments and Future Directions," at workshop on
directions for NSF earthquake-related research in the next decade,
June 17-18; and with Kathleen J. Tierney, Disaster Research Center,
"Disaster and Social Change: Consequences for Community Construct and
Affect"; and, Tierney, "Making Sense of Collective Preoccupations:
Lessons from Research on the Iben Browning Earthquake Prediction," at
American Sociological Association annual meeting, Aug. 13-17, Miami.
E.L. Quarantelli, Disaster Research Center, "Risk Communication: The
Perception of, Planning for and Managing of Disaster Risks," at second
international conference on emergency planning and disaster
management, July 15, Lancaster University, England.
MISCELLANEOUS
Robert W. Keown, food science, serves on editorial board of Journal of
Food Technology, Saudia Arabia.
Stuart J. Sharkey, student life, received the Zeta Beta Tau, Epsilon
Theta Man of the Year award for his continued commitment to Greek
life at the University.
GRANTS
Murray V. Johnston, chemistry and biochemistry, additional $86,594
from Environmental Protection Agency for "On-Line Single Particle
Analysis by Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry," bringing total funds
awarded to $194,089.
David L. Kirchman, marine studies, $86,475 from Office of Naval
Research for "Molecular Characterization of Specific Attachment by a
Marine Bacterium."
Michael T. Klein, chemical engineering, $20,000 from BP America and
$20,000 from state under Delaware Research Partnership, for "Managing
the Information in Integrated Manufacturing Processes through
Molecule-based Models."
Michael E. Paulaitis, chemical engineering, with Stanley I. Sandler,
Henry Belin du Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering, $50,000 from
DuPont Co. and $50,000 from state under Delaware Research Partnership,
for "Prediction of Thermodynamic Properties for Mixtures of
Fluorocarbon Compounds an Ab Initio Quantum Mechanical Calculations
and Molecular Simulations."
Katherine Conway-Turner, women's studies, $5,200 from Delaware
Humanities Forum for "Women's Studies Conference."
John S. Crawford, art history, $4,950 from Delaware Humanities Forum
for "The Byzantine Heritage."
Thomas A. Evans with Dennis A. Schaff, plant and soil sciences,
$50,000 from U.S. Department of Agriculture for "Soybean Severe Stunt
Virus cDNA Library Construction and Clone Selection."
Jeffrey J. Fuhrmann with Bruce L. Vasilas, plant and soil sciences,
$55,000 from U.S. Department of Africulture for "Rhizobitoxine Effects
on the Soybean Symbiosis Under Field Conditions."
James A. Inciardi, drug and alcohol studies, $23,551 from University
of Miami for "HIV/AIDS Community Outreach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil."
Kathryn L. Kotula, food science, $32,000 from U.S. Department of
Agriculture for "Developing High Quality Shelf-Life Chicken Items
Intended for Operational and Garrison Feeding System."
Patricia T. Nelson, Cooperative Extension, $53,075 from Delaware
Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families for
"Delaware Community Clusters Against Substance Abuse."
Praria A. Stavis-Hicks, graduate studies, $1,000 from Ford Foundation
for minority fellowships.
Belena S. Chapp, University Gallery, $4,000 from the Delaware Division
of the Arts for Greek and Roman Icons from the Burgess-Jastak
Foundation Collection.