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February 10, 1994
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
J.T. Sims, plant and soil sciences, with G.M. Pierzynski, Kansas State
University and G.F. Vance, University of Wyoming, Soils and
Environmental Quality, Lewis Publishers.
PUBLICATIONS
D.L. Sparks, plant and soil sciences, with associate scientist Z.Z.
Zhang and N.C. Scrivner of DuPont Co., "Soil Decontamination," in
Handbook of Hazardous Materials, pages 671-680, Academic Press; and
"Sorption and Desorption of Quaternary Amine Cations on Clays," in
Environmental Science Technology, vol. 27, pages 1625-1631, 1993.
Timothy K. Barnekov, urban affairs and public policy, with Douglas
Hart of Redding University, "The Changing Nature of U.S. Urban Policy
Evaluations: The Case of the Urban Development Action Grant," in Urban
Studies, vol. 30, no. 9, pages 1469-1483.
Karen A. Curtis, urban affairs and public policy, "Letter from
America; The Persistent Problem of Hunger in the United States," in
Regions: The Newsletter of the Regional Studies Association, no. 187,
pages 4-7, October 1993.
Alexander H-D. Cheng, civil engineering, with Y. Abouseleiman and J-C.
Roegiers of University of Oklahoma, "Review of Some Poroelastic
Effects in Rock Mechanics," pages 1119-1126, and with Abouseleiman,
Roegiers and C. Jiang of Wuhan University of Technology, "A
Micromechanically Consistent Poroviscoelasticity Theory for Rock
Mechanics Applications," pages 1177-1180, in International Journal of
Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences and Geometrics Abstracts, vol. 30,
no. 7, 1993.
John Byrne and Young-Doo Wang, urban affairs and public policy, with
graduate students Bo Shen, Chongfang Wang and Craig Kuennen, "Urban
Sustainability in an Industrializing Country Context: The Case of
China," in Proceedings of the Eigthh National Association of Science,
Technology and Society Conference, Arlington, Va., 1993, pages
148-163; Byrne with doctoral students Constantine Jadjilambrinos and
Subodh Wagle, "Dealing with Global Climate Change: Whose Costs, Whose
Benefits?," in Proceedings of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers) International Symposium on Technology and
Society, 1993, pages 55-60; Byrne and Y-D. Wang with Ralph Nigro of
Delmarva Power and William Bottenberg of AstroPower, "Commercial
Building Demand-Side Management Tools: Requirements for Dispatchable
Photovoltaic Systems," in Proceedings of 23rd IEEE Photovoltaics
Specialists Conference, 1993; Byrne, Y-D.Wang and B. Shen,
"Sustainable Urban Development Strategies for China," in Environment
and Urbanization, 1993; Byrne, Y-D.Wang, B. Shen, Chongfang Wang,
Kuennen and Xiuguo Li, "The Challenge of Urban Sustainability During
Industrialization: The Case of China," in Bulletin of Science,
Technology and Society, vol. 13; Byrne, Y-D. Wang, Li, Yingming Xing,
Sijung Wang, Zhongbao Shen and Ningke Gu, "The Interrelationship of
Economy, Energy and Environment in an Urban Context: The Case of
China," in Proceedings of Metropolis 93 Congress, Montreal, Canada;
Byrne, Y-D. Wang, B. Shen and Chongfang Wang, "Urban Sustainability in
an Industrializing Country Context: The Case of China," in Proceedings
of the Eighth Technology Literacy Conference and in Urban Ecological
Development: Research and Application, Rusong Wang, editor; Byrne,
Y-D. Wang, Nigro and Hadjilambrinos, "Valuing Photovoltaic Technology
as a Utility Demand-Side Management Application: Regulatory Issues,"
in Proceedings of the 1993 National Conference on Renewable Energy,
pages 258-269.
PRESENTATIONS
Vistasp M. Karbhari, composite materials and civil engineering, "Civil
Engineering Applications for Advanced Composites," keynote speech, at
Composites Technology Center, Jan. 21, Cerritos College, Calif; and
"Composites Issues and Activities in Infrastructure," at Gordon
Research Conference, Jan. 10-14, Ventura, Calif.
Robert A. Day, English, "How to Write and Publish a Research Paper,"
at King Abdulaziz University, Jan. 14-19, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Theodore E.D. Braun, foreign languages and literatures, "Dynamism in
Marivaux's Women vs. Passivity in Women in Drames," at Midwestern
American Society for 18th-Century Studies, Oct. 21-23, Milwaukee; and
"An Autonarratological View of Rousseau's Confessions," at
East-Central American Society for 18th-Century Studies, Nov. 11-14,
Towson, Md., where he also organized a four-panel session of French
and English autobiographical writings.
D.L. Sparks, plant and soil sciences, "Oxidation and Sorption
Mechanisms of Hydrolyzable Metals Ions on Oxide Surfaces," an invited
seminar, at Johns Hopkins University, Oct. 26, Baltimore.
Dallas G. Hoover, food science, "Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogens
by High Hydrostatic Pressure," at High Pressure Consortium, Northwest
Food Processors Association meeting, Jan. 23-26, Portland.
Several faculty and students from the Department of Plant and Soil
Sciences presented papers at the Soil Science Society of America
meeting, Nov. 7-12, in Cincinnati: M. Ghodrati, "Real-Time In-Situ
Measurement of Water and Solute Transport in Soil with Fiber Optics,"
an invited paper; Ghodrati with graduate student Y. Li, "Preferential
Movement of Nitrate in Soils as Affected by Earthworm Activities";
Ghodrati with undergraduate student D.A. Goff, "Diffusive of Flux
Nitrate in Soil"; Ghodrati with J.T. Sims and B.L. Vasilas and
undergraduate students C.E. Meredith and S.E. Hendricks, "Evaluation
of Pre-leached Fly Ash as a Soil Amendment for Coastal Plain Soils";
Ghodrati with Li, "Preferential Movement of Nitrate through
Constructed Macropores"; and Ghodrati, Sims and Vasilas with graduate
student W. Gangloff, "Water Infiltration in Field Plots Amended with
High Rates of Fly Ash"; Sims, Vasilas and K.L. Gartley, laboratory
coordinator, with research associates W. Milliken and V. Green,
"Evaluation of the Pre-Sidedress Soil Nitrate Test for Manured Soils
of the Atlantic Coastal Plain"; Sims with laboratory analyst E.C. Igo
and undergraduate student T. Dautlick, "Phosphorus Availability in
Heavily Manured Atlantic Coastal Plain Soils: Development of an
Environmental Soil Test Index"; Sims with A.N. Sharpley of USDA-ARS,
Durant, Okla., and G. Pierzynski of Kansas State University, an
invited paper, "Innovative Soil Phosphorus Availability Indices:
Assessing Inorganic Phosphorus"; Sims and Ghodrati with graduate
student M. Mozaffari, "Fate and Movement of Phosphorus in Manure
Amended Soils"; Sims with graduate student Y.E. Sallade and
undergraduate E. Cooper, "Characterization of the Phosphorus Status of
Sediments in Delaware's Agricultural Drainageways"; Sims and Gartley,
"Methodology and Interpretation of the Soil Nitrate Test in the
Mid-Atlantic Region"; J.J. Fuhrmann with Vasilas and J.S. Angle of
University of Maryland, "Nitrate Leaching in a Coastal Plain Soil
Cropped to Soybean"; D.L. Sparks with graduate student M.G. Stapleton,
"Sorption Kinetics of Pentachlorophenal on Hexadecyltrimethylammonium
Clay"; Sparks with postdoctoral fellow P.R. Grossl and C.C. Ainsworth
of Battelle-Pacific Northwest Laboratory, "Kinetics of Arsenate
Adsorption/Desorption on Goethite"; Sparks with R. Keren of Institute
of Soils and Water, Israel, "Charge Properties of Edge Surfaces of 2:1
Clays and Their Role in Ion Adsorption and Flocculation"; Sparks with
associate scientist Z.Z. Zhang and G.N. Lamble of Brookhaven National
Laboratory, "Effect of Anions on Copper-Sodium Exchange Selectivity on
Montmorillonite"; Sparks with graduate student T. Tang,
"Adsorption-Desorption Kinetics of Atrazine on Soil Constituents and
Soils"; Sparks with graduate student M.A. Ball and T.H. Carski and
M.J. Duffy of DuPont Co., "A Continuous Flow Technique for Measuring
Sorption-Desorption Kinetics of Herbicides on Soils"; and Sparks with
S.E. Fendorf of University of Idaho, Grossl and Lamble, an invited
paper, "Oxyanion Surface Structures on Goethite."
Karen A. Curtis, urban affairs and public policy, "Food Security in
Wilmington, Del.: Emergency Food Assistance and Access to Retail Food
Outlets," at American Antropological Association meeting, Nov. 17,
Washington, D.C.; and, "Poverty and Hunger in Delaware," an interview,
WILM Radio, Dec. 20.
John Byrne, urban affairs and public policy, "Global Climate Change:
Whose Costs? Whose Benefits?" and, with doctoral student Shij Jung
Hsu, "Technology Becomes the Best Weapon for the Government to Defuse
an Environmental Movement: The Case of the Fifth Naptha Cracking Plan
in Taiwan," at National Association for Science, Technology and
Society conference, Jan. 21-22, Washington, D.C.; and "Utility
Economics: Does It Apply to Renewable Technologies?," at Utility
Photovoltaic Planning and Evaluation Work Group conference, Oct.
13-14, Wilmington, Del.
SERVICE & AWARDS
Betty L. McCummings, urban affairs and public policy, appointed to
Task Force on the Future of the National Association of Schools of
Public Affairs and Administration.
John Byrne, urban affairs and public policy, appointed to Public
Utility Regulatory Task Force Working Group by Gov. Thomas Carper.
J.T. Sims, plant and soil sciences, appointed associate editor of
Journal of Environmental Quality.
Karen A. Curtis, urban affairs and public policy, appointed to United
Way of Delaware government relations committee; elected president,
board of directors, Delaware Housing Coalition, a non-profit
organization that promotes affordable housing for all Delawareans.;
and elected vice president of assessment, Food Bank of Delaware, a
non-profit organization that seeks to create a community free from
hunger.
J.J. Fuhrman, plant and soil sciences, appointed associated editor of
Soil Science Society of America Journal.
D.L. Sparks, plant and soil sciences, honored for nine-year service as
an associate and technical editor of Soil Science Society of America
Journal at the society's annual meeting in Cincinnati.
Elected officers of the Newark Day Nursery Association Inc. Board of
Directors for 1994 are Lynn D. Jacobson, career planning and
placement, president, and Carol A. Rudisell, library, vice president.
New members of the Board of Directors are Charlene H. Benson, office
of the senior vice president; Karen Rosenberg, anthropology; and
Praria Anne Stavis-Hicks, graduate studies.
GRANTS
Edward C. Ratledge, urban affairs and public policy, $12,362 from
Delaware Bureau of Vital Statistics for data processing; $3,150 from
Chester County, Pa., for a survey for the County Planning Commission;
$3,000 from Delacare Inc. for an analysis of group formation options;
$19,500 from Division of Management Services for 1994 hospital data
survey; $3,000 from Lake Forest School District for enrollment
projections; and $10,428 from Office of Public Health Education for
Center of Disease Control surveys.
Jeffrey A. Raffel, urban affairs and public policy, $19,499 from
Medical Center of Delaware for employee/business survey.
Jerome R. Lewis, urban affairs and public policy, $7,590 from New
Castle County for a management certificate program; $5,038 from State
Personnel Office for Management Fellows Program.
Eric D. Jacobson, urban affairs and public policy, $17,000 from state
Personnel Office for 1994 compensation study.