UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 25, Page 10
March 24, 1994
Acting chairpersons announced

     Acting chairpersons are now serving in the departments of civil and
electrical engineering and art conservation.
     Acting chairpersons in the College of Engineering are Robert A.
Dalrymple in civil engineering and Charles G. Boncelet Jr. in electrical
engineering.
     In the College of Arts and Science, Debbie Norris, associate director
of the University of Delaware/ Winterthur Museum Art Conservation Program
and associate professor in the Department of Art Conservation, is serving
as acting chairperson.
     Dalrymple, professor of civil engineering, has been appointed acting
chairperson of the department until Nov. 15, 1994, while Ib A. Svendsen,
current chairperson, is on sabbatical leave.
     Dalrymple joined the faculty in 1973, after receiving his doctorate in
civil and coastal engineering from the University of Florida.
     He served as assistant dean of engineering from 1980-1982. In 1989, he
was instrumental in establishing the Center for Applied Coastal Research,
an inter-college regional center for research in coastal geology,
engineering and oceanography. He has served as its director since its
founding.
     Boncelet, associate professor of electrical engineering, has been
appointed interim chairperson until a new chairperson is appointed. He
replaces Peter J. Warter Jr., who has served as chairperson for more than
18 years.
     Boncelet holds a doctorate in electrical engineering and computer
science from Princeton University. His research interests are in image and
signal processing, digital video, computer networks and the theory of
algorithms.
     Norris is acting chairperson while Joyce Hill Stoner is on sabbatical
leave during the spring semester. Norris holds a bachelor's degree with
honors and a master's degree in art conservation from Delaware.
     Her expertise is photographic conservation, and she has written
several articles and also has made several presentations in her field in
this country and in Europe. Norris is currently president of the American
Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and has worked
with museums across the country on their photographic collections.