UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 12, Page 8
November 18, 1993
Faculty and staff
PUBLICATIONS
Alexander H-D. Cheng, civil engineering, and Driss Ouazar of
University of Mohammed V, Morocco, "Groundwater," chapter 8, in
Boundary Element Techniques in Geomechanics, pages 243-294,
CMP/Elsevier.
Allan L. McCutcheon, sociology, with Joseph Hraba and Betty Dobratz of
Iowa State University and Jiri Vercernik of Czech Academy of
Science,"Class Resources and Participation in the Czechoslovak
Reform," in Czech Sociological Review, vol. 29, no. 3, pages 326-340.
PRESENTATIONS
Faculty and students affiliated with the Center for Composite
Materials made presentations at the American Society for Composites
eighth technical conference on composite materials, Oct. 19-21,
Cleveland: A. Parvizi-Majidi and T-W. Chou, Jerzy L. Nowinski
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with postdoctoral student P.G.
Karandikar, "Tensite, Compressive and Shear Behaviors of 2-D Woven and
3-D Braided SiC/SiC Composites"; J.W. Gillespie Jr. with D.D. Coppens
and S.M. Andersen of Anholt Technologies and R.M. Crane and D. Loup of
Naval Surface Warfare Center, "Design of an Energy-Absorbing Composite
Cylinder Joint for Pressure-Hull Applications"; V.M. Karbhari and
student M.A. Sasdelli, "Finite Element Analysis of RTM Composites with
Molded-in Inserts"; J.R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of
Mechanical Engineering, with student P.H. Larson, "On the Analysis of
Adaptive Shell Structures Employing Piezoelectric Materials"; Vinson
with student T.P. Skourlis, "The Effect of Temperature and Fiber
Coatings on the Behavior of the Interphase in Composite Materials";
Gillespie with student S.H. McKnight and M.G. McBride, "Strength of
Aluminum and Glass-Reinforced Polypropylene Sandwich Single-Lap
Joints"; Gillespie with post-doctoral student X. Huang, "Fracture Test
and Prediction of High-speed Civil Transport Composite Materials at
Service Temperature"; student J.S. Burns, "Calender Impregnation of an
Anisotropic Porous Substrate with a Viscous Newtonian Fluid" and
"Influence of Aligned Long-Fiber Reinforcements on Conventional
Processing Methods"; Karbhari, S.K. Jones and student D.L. Wright, "A
Stochastic Activity-Based Cost Model for the Support of Concurrent
Engineering Teams" and "Principles for Forming Concurrent Engineering
Teams for New Product Developments in the Composites Industry";
Karbhari with T. McDermott and D.B. Nelson of Clark-Cutler-McDermott
Co., "Investigation of Felts as Low-Cost Preform Materials for RTM";
Karbhari with student D.A. Eckel II, "Effect of Fabric Material on
Strengthening Efficiency of Concrete"; Gillespie with R.C. Don,
visiting scientist, and student S.T. Holmes, "Integrated Process
Models for Control of On-Line Consolidation on a Thermoplastic
Tow-Placement Workstation"; Gillespie and Holmes, "Thermal Analysis
and Experimental Investigation of Large-Scale Resistance-Welded
Thermoplastic Composite Joints"; Karbhari and postdoctoral student
G.R. Palmese, "Effects of Sizings on Microscopic Flow Encountered in
RTM Processing"; Karbhari, Gillespie and student M.A. Sasdelli,
"Characterization and Optimization of Load Transfer in RTM Composites
with Molded-in Inserts"; A.N. Beris and P.S. Dhurjati with
postdoctoral student A. Kordon and B. Rossing and W. Johnson of
Lanxide Co., "A Knowledge-Based System Architecture for a Rapid
Ceramic Preforming Process"; M.H. Santare and student M.T. Qaissaunee,
"Microcracking in Composites with an Interphase Region"; K.V. Steiner
and student G. Wiest, "Algorithms for Computer-Aided Robotic Filament
Winding"; S.G. Advani with students K.M. Pillai, T.L. Luce and M.V.
Bruschke, "Modeling the Heterogeneities in Preforms During Mold
Filling in RTM"; Gillespie with students S.H. McKnight and P. Franco,
"Joining of Polypropylene and Aluminum"; Advani with R.B. Pipes and
student P.J. Hepola, "Thermoplastic Pultrusion-A Cell Model Approach";
Karbhari with Ramsey, Claar and postdoctoral student R. Pitchumani, "A
Knowledge-Based Decision Support System for the Manufacture of
Composite Preforms"; Gillespie and Don with students K.D. Tackitt and
S.T. Holmes, "Fusion Bonding of Thermoplastic Composites: On-Line,
Non-Intrusive Sensing for Process Control"; and Karbhari and student
B.P. Lennon, "Use of Waste Prepreg as Reinforcement in Concrete-A
Study of Viability."
Several members of the Delaware Geological Survey presented papers at
the Geological Society of America annual meeting, Oct. 27, Boston:
Robert R. Jordan with doctoral student Narender Pendkar, "Diagenesis
of Siliciclastic Reservoir Rocks, Baltimore Canyon Trough,
Mid-Atlantic Continental Margin"; Richard N. Benson, "Radiolarian and
Diatom Biostratigraphic Correlation of a Diverse Land and Marine
Vertebrate Fossil Assemblage from Lower Miocene Shell Beds, Delaware";
and Kelvin W. Ramsey and Johan H. Groot, "Quaternary Evolution of the
Coastal Plain of Delaware."
John C. Kraft, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Geology, with Ilhan
Kayan of Ege University and George Rapp Jr. of University of Minnesota
at Duluth, "Evolution of Holocene Epoch Coastal Environments in Greece
and Western Anatolia, Relative Sea Levels, Sedimentary Facies and
Paleogeographic Reconstructions," a keynote address, at international
symposium on quaternary coastal evolution models, processes and local
to global factors, Oostduinkerke, Belgium, and at Geological Society
of America annual meeting, Oct. 27, Boston; and, with graduate student
Matina Angelakos, "Coastal Reconstruction of the Island of Thera,
Aegean Sea, Greece, prior to 1628 B.C.," at Geological Society of
America annual meeting.
Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, "Importance of Metal Speciation
to Toxicity," at Water Environment Federation Workshop on Aquatic Life
Criteria for Metals, Oct. 2, Anaheim; and "Adsorption of Cadmium on
Soil," at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering seminar,
UCLA, Oct. 18.
Several members of the Department of Theatre made presentations to the
Academy of Lifelong Learning as part of the academy's stagecraft
course: William Browning, computer assisted drafting for the theatre
and lighting and scenic design; Joann Browning and James Cunningham, a
lecture demonstration on the Professional Theatre Training Program's
production of Ring Round the Moon; Peter Brakhage and Robin Payne,
properties and scenery design and construction techniques; Cunningham,
production and stage management; Sanford Robbins, actor training; and
Eileen Smitheimer, audio and sound design.
Douglas Tuttle, public safety, "Campus Crime Awareness and Victim
Support Services: The Need for a Comprehensive Program," at annual
Canadian regional conference, International Association of Campus Law
Enforcement Administrators, Oct. 21, Edmonton, Alberta.
Vistasp M. Karbhari, composite materials, "Civil Engineering
Applications for Advanced Composites," invited lecture, Defense
Conversion Workshop, Nov. 3-4, El Segundo, Calif.
Nancy Schweda Nicholson, linguistics, "Approaches to 'Generic'
Training for Refugee Mental Health Interpreters in the United States,"
at second Language International conference, June 6-8, Elsinore,
Denmark; and "An Introduction to Basic Note-Taking Skills for
Consecutive Interpretation," at American Translators Association
annual conference, Oct. 6-10, Philadelphia.
Staff members of the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies recently made
14 presentations at six meetings: James A. Inciardi and Steven S.
Martin, "Effecting Case Management with Criminal Justice Clients:
Possibilities and Pitfalls," Inciardi and Dorothy Lockwood, " Violence
Among Seriously Delinquent Juveniles" and "The Effectiveness of the
KEY-Crest Continuum of Treatment" and Inciardi, "Crack and HIV," at
National Institute on Drug Abuse conference, July 14-17, Washington,
D.C.; Inciardi and Martin, "Case Management Approaches for Drug
Involved Criminal Justice Clients," Inciardi, Lockwood, Anne Pottieger
and Martin, "The Crack Crime Connection: Some Race and Ethnic
Considerations" and Robert Gossweiler and David P. Aday of the College
of William and Mary, "Social Definitions of Patterns of Drug Use," at
American Sociological Association meeting, Aug. 13-17, Miami Beach;
Lockwood, "Engaging Community and Staff in Evaluation Efforts," at
Society for Applied Sociology meeting, Oct. 14-17, St. Louis; Martin
and Cynthia A. Robbins, "Prevention Research Methodology: Issues and
Applications," at Society for Prevention Research meeting, Oct. 21-23,
Lexington; Martin, Robbins, Sharon Sheahan and Melissa Latimer of
University of Kentucky, John Hendricks of Oregon State University and
Stephen Coons of University of Arizona, "Correlates of Social Class,
Gender, Health and Medication Use Among Older Women," at American
Public Health Association 121st annual meeting, Oct. 24-28, San
Francisco; Martin, Inciardi and Lockwood, "Assessing the Effects of
Drug Treatment on Offenders: A Multivariate Alternative to Control
Group Comparisons," Robbins, Martin and graduate student George
Thomas, "Educational Stratification and Delinquency," Frank R.
Scarpitti, graduate student Alan Widmayer and John Sorenson of
University of Texas, Pan American, "Gender and the Productivity
Puzzle" and Inciardi, Scarpitti and Lockwood, "CREST Outreach Center:
Combining Therapeutic Communities Treatment with Work Release," at
American Society of Criminology meeting, Oct. 27-30, Phoenix.
Ali A. Poorani, hotel, restaurant and institutional management, with
David R. Smith, "A Profile of Bed & Breakfast and Inn Operations and
their Financial Characteristics," at Association of Hospitality
Financial Management Educators annual conference, Nov. 6, New York
City.
Peter J. McCarthy, music, a lecture/clinic on mass settings of Franz
Josef Haydn to graduate choral conducting class, University of
California at Irvine, Nov. 7-8.
John L. Burmeister, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, "Good Teachers vs. Good Teaching," at Washington
College, Nov. 9, Chestertown, Md., and at Academy of Life Long
Learning, Nov. 3, Wilmington, Del.
Robert L. Hampel, educational development, "Keeping Journals" and
"Beyond the Honeymoon: Sustaining School Reform," at Coalition of
Essential Schools fall forum, Nov. 5, Louisville.
David Pong, history, "Major Themes in 19th- and 20th-Century Chinese
History and Their Relevance for Today," at Teaching Asia Workshop,
Oct. 29, Ramapo College, N.J.; and commentator, "Hong Kong Faces 1997:
The Challenge of Transition" panel, 22nd annual meeting, Association
for Asian Studies, Mid-Atlantic Region, Oct. 30, Mahwah, N.J.
Peter G. Roe, anthropology, "Culture History or Culture Process?
Natural Modeling in South America," at second D.J. Sibley Conference
on World Traditions of Culture and Art, University of Texas at Austin,
Nov. 4-7.
Allan L. McCutcheon, sociology, "Multi-Sample Latent Logit Models with
Polytomous Effects Variables," an invited paper for symposium on
latent variable models for the study of social change, University of
Tilburg, Sept. 8-9, The Netherlands.
Karl W. Boer, Distinguished Professor of Physics and Solar Energy,
presented the following talks in November: "Delta-Doping to Influence
Recombination Kinetics," at Humboldt University, Berlin; "Deep-Level
Induced Recombination in MBE-Grown Semiconductors," at University
Karlsruhe; "Inverse Delta-Doping to Improve the Efficiency of Solar
Cells" and "Photovoltaic Conversion to Counteract the CO2-Greenhouse
Effect," at Forschungszentrum in Julich; "Delta-Doping and Its
Influence on Solar Cell Efficiency," at Frauenhofer Institut fur
Solare Energie Systeme in Freiburg; and "Professor Rompe as a Teacher
and Scientist, His Work in Solid State Physics," at Ehrenkolloquium to
the Death of Prof. Robert Rompe, Institut fur Umwelttechnologie,
Berlin-Adershof.
Robert Simons, psychology, "Emotional Imagery and Physical Anhedonia,"
at 33rd annual meeting of Society for Psychophysiological Research,
October, Rottach-Egern, Germany; and "Positive Emotions In an
Anhedonia," an invited colloquiium, University of Konstanz, October.
Ed Kee, Cooperative Extension, "Polymer Seed Coatings and Pickle Stand
Establishment Experiences in Delaware," at National Pickling Cucumber
Improvement Conference, Oct. 22, Chicago; "Pea Production on
Delmarva- History and Scientific Basis for Improvement," at National
Pea Improvement Association meeting, Nov. 1, Boise, Idaho; and with
Tracy Wootten, Cooperative Extension, "The Status of Lima Bean
Production in Delaware" and "The Search for Improved Lima Bean Yields:
A Starting Point," at Bean Improvement Conference, Nov. 4, Boise.
MISCELLANEOUS
Deborah Rooney, theatre, served as costume designer for Bronx Opera's
production of Cosi Fan Tutte, the New York Pearl Theatre's productions
of Oedipus the King and The Game of Love and Chance, and assistant
costume designer for Philadelphia's People's Light &Theatre Company
production of The Importance of Being Earnest.
Allan L. McCutcheon, sociology, invited to be guest professor at
Central Archive for Empirical Social Research, University of Cologne,
Germany, where he will research and lecture on trends of religious
belief and practice in post-war Germany.
Dallas G. Hoover, food science, appointed to editorial board, Journal
of Food Safety.