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May 12, 1994
Faculty and staff
PUBLICATIONS
Rudi Matthee, history, "Anti-Osmaanse Allianties en Kaukasische
Belangen: Diplomatieke Betrekkingen tussen Safavidisch Iran en
Moscovitisch Rusland," in Sharqiyyat, vol. 5, pages 1-22, 1993.
Rhonda Aull-Hyde, operations research and food and resource economics,
and Conrado M. Gempesaw II, food and resource economics, with former
graduate student Solomon Tadesse, "A Strategic Planning Model for
Agricultural Production," in The Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business,
vol. 30, no. 1, pages 81-96, 1994.
Ken Haas, sociology and criminal justice, "Constitutional Challenges
to the Compulsory HIV Testing of Prisoners and the Mandatory
Segregation of HIV-Positive Prisoners," in The Prison Journal, vol.
73, pages 391-422, September/December 1993.
Nancy Schweda Nicholson, linguistics, "Community Interpreter Training
in the United States and the United Kingdom: An Overview of Selected
Initiatives," in Hermes, no. 12, pages 127-139; and "The Constructive
Criticism Model," in The Interpreters' Newsletter, no. 5, pages 60-67.
Stuart L. Cooper, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Chemical Engineering,
with graduate students C.Z. Yang, X. Zhang, E.M. O'Connell and R.J.
Goddard, "Blends of Metal Acetates and Polyurethanes Containing
Pyridine Groups," in Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 51,
pages 365-374; with graduate students H.B. Lin, W. Sun, D.F. Mosher,
C.G. Echeverria, K. Schaufelberger and P.I. Lekes, "Synthesis and Cell
Adhesion Properties of Polyurethanes Containing Covalently Grafted
RGD-Peptides," in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, vol. 28,
pages 392-342; with graduate students B.P. Grady, H. Matsuoka, N. Ise
and Y. Natkatani, "Influence of Sample Preparation Method on the Ultra
Small Angle X-Ray Scattering of Lightly Sulfonated Polystyrenes,"
pages 4061-4066, and, with graduate students G. Marucci and S.
Bhargave, "Models of Thickening Behavior in Physically Crosslinked
Networks," pages 6483-6488, in Macromolecules, vol. 26, 1993.
PRESENTATIONS
Kevin Kerrane, English, "The Lively Art of Criticism," at National
Writers Workshop, April 24, Wilmington, Del.
Julie Demgen, Perkins Student Center, "Student Unions and Faculty
Partners: Collaborating with Academia," at Association of College
Unions-International annual conference, April 13, Honolulu.
Russell E. Murray Jr., music, "Per Augmento et Honor del Divino Culto:
Civic, Sacred and Confraternal Music in the Papal State of Parma,
1521-1545," at Renaissance Society of America annual meeting, April
7-10, Dallas, Texas.
Faculty and graduate students of the Department of Geology made
presentations at the 20th Assateague Shelf and Shore Workshop, April
15-16, Ocean City, Md.: John C. Kraft, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of
Geology, "Coastal Morphology and Sedimentary Sequences Related to
Ancestral Topography"; James E. Pizzuto with Suku John , William
Daniels and Axel Schwendt, "Holocene Transgressive Valley Fill
Deposits of Delaware"; and Pizzuto and Kraft with marine studies
graduate student Wendy Carey, "Transgression of Delaware's Fringing
Salt Marshes onto Uplands--the Last 100 Years."
Ronald E. Martin, English, "American Culture and Science," at
conference on cultural studies, interdisciplinarity and the
university, April 22, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
William W. Boyer, Charles Polk Messick Professor Emeritus of Public
Administration, "Asia's Influence on Public Administration in the
West," at National Security Planning Agency and Hankuk University of
Foreign Studies, April 18 and 19, Seoul, Korea.
Mary J. Wirth, chemistry and biochemistry, "Spectroscopic Probing of
Adsorbate Dynamics on Chromatographic Surfaces," tour speaker for
Society of Applied Spectroscopy, April 11-13, at Brigham Young
University, University of Arizona and Environmental Protection Agency
at Las Vegas.
Thomas R. Scott, psychology, with graduate student Laurence J. Nolan,
"The Effect of Food Deprivation on Gustatory-Evoked Activity in the
Nucleus Tractus Solitarius," and with postdoctoral fellow Barbara
Giza, graduate student Stuart McCaughey and Anthony Sclafani and Karen
Achiff of Brooklyn College, "The Influence of Conditioned Preferences
in the Rat Nucleus Tractus Solitarius: Only A Matter of Time," at 16th
annual meeting, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, April,
Sarasota, Fla.
Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, "Assessment of Metals in
Receiving Waters-The Role of Speciation," at Water Resources
Association 35th annual spring conference, April 29, Lambertville,
N.J.
Faculty members in the Department of Psychology made presentations in
April at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting in
Providence, R.I.: Marvin Zuckerman with graduate students Michael
Kraft and Jim Cummings, "Relationships Between Basic Personality
Traits and Reported Parental Behavior," and Samuel L. Gaertner, "When
'Us' and 'Them' Become 'We.' "
Limin Kung Jr., animal science and agricultural biochemistry,
"Improving the Quality and Quantity of Post-Ruminal Amino Acid Supply
in Ruminants," at Western Nutrition Conference, April 19-20, Guelph,
Ontario, Canada.
Nancy Schweda Nicholson, linguistics, "Trends in Interpreter Training:
Pedagogical Strategies for the Development of Intensive Seminars," at
first international congress on translation and interpreting,
Universidad de Las Palmas, Great Canary Island.
GRANTS
Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, $78,663 from Battelle for "Fate
of Chemical Warfare Agents in the Environment."
Paul D. Amer, $50,000 from U.S. Army Research Office for "Formal
Design of Communication Protocols Based on the Estelle ISO Formal
Description Technique."
From Delaware Soybean Board: Carolyn L. Fisher with Robert W. Keown,
food science, $2,000 for "Soybean Proteins: Prediction of
Functionality in Value-Added Food Applications"; Judith
Hough-Goldstein, entomology and applied ecology, $7,100 for "Soybean
Variety Evaluation for Spider Mite Tolerance"; Robert P. Mulrooney,
plant and soil sciences, $2,500 for "Nematode Assay Program," and with
Robert B. Carroll, plant and soil sciences, $4,750 for "Soybean Cyst
Race Determination in Delaware Soybeans"; Richard W. Taylor with
Robert Uniatowski, plant and soil sciences, $9,000 for "Soybean
Variety Evaluation for Site and Cropping System Adaptation and Cyst
Nematode Resistance," and with Bruce L. Vasilas, plant and soil
sciences, $4,000 for "Agronomic Systems Research for Increased
Profitability of Soybeans"; Vasilas with Jeffry J. Fuhrmann, plant and
soil sciences, $15,800 for "Management of Nitrogen Fixation to Enhance
Soybean Yields"; Francis J. Webb, plant and soil sciences, with
Taylor, $14,150 for "Lower Cost Weed Control Programs for Delaware
Soybean Production"; and Joanne Whalen with Martin R. Spellman,
entomology and applied ecology, $14,588 for "Management of the Mexican
Bean Beetle in Soybeans by the Parasite, Pediobus Foveolatus."
Henry R. Glyde, physics and astronomy, $15,250 from National Science
Foundation for "Neutron Scattering Investigation of Quantum Liquids."
Vistasp M. Karbhari, composite materials, $10,000 from Clark, Cutler,
McDermott Co. for "Use of Needle-felt Products in Infrastructure."
Jerome R. Lewis, urban affairs and public policy, $25,000 from
Delaware Department of Transportation for "Infrastructure Forums and
Research."
Wadsworth Owen, $152,297 from U.S. Office of Naval Research for "Ship
Support for R/V Cape Henlopen to Provide Ship Time for the Proposals
`Shallow Water Acoustics,' `Effects of Speciation of Sediment Water,'
etc."
Denise M. Seliskar with John L Gallagher, marine studies, $100,000
from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for "Varietal
Wetland Plants for Salt Marsh Restoration: Their Functional Potential
and Realized Role for Living Marine Resources in Created Wetlands."
George H. Watson, physics and astronomy, $5,000 from National Science
Foundation for "Research Experience for Undergraduates: Propagation of
Light in Colloids and Colloidal Crystals."
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
25 years
Nancy Diffenderfer, civil engineering, May 5, 1969
John Hughes, plant operations, HVAC maintenance, May 13, 1969
Ulrich Toensmeyer, food and resource economics, May 16, 1969
20 years
Jane Creswell, linguistics, May 13, 1974
Edward Drozd, internal auditing, May 16, 1974
William Skinner, plant operations, carpentry/roofing, May 13, 1974
15 years
Jean Brown, archives, May 16, 1979
Rexell Miller, plant operations, custodial services, May 15, 1979
Joanne Whalen, Cooperative Extension, May 16, 1979
10 years
Thomas Amos, plant operations, grounds division, May 16, 1984
Allen Butler, Dining Services, May 14, 1984
5 years
Julie Brewer, library, May 15, 1989
Susan Foster, information technologies, May 15, 1989
David Krantz, marine studies, May 16, 1989
Scarlett Swayne, plant operations, adminstrative services, May 15,
1989
Clinton Tymes, business and economics, May 16, 1989
SERVICE & AWARDS
Robert R. Jordan, Delaware Geological Survey, reelected chairperson of
the Delaware State Boundary Commission, April 21.
Vic Klemas, marine studies, has been selected by National Space Agency
of Japan to be principal investigator on the Advanced Earth
Observation Satellite program. The first satellite will be launched in
early 1996 to study Earth's environment and its degradation.
William W. Boyer, Charles Polk Messick Professor Emeritus of Public
Administration, represented the University at the inauguration of
Byong Man Ahn as president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies,
April 14, Seoul, Korea. Ahn was a visiting distinguished professor of
political science at Delaware from 1981-1993.