UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 4, Page 10
September 23, 1993
Faculty and staff

PUBLICATIONS
 
     Dallas G. Hoover, food science, with P.M. Davidson, "Antimicrobial
     Components from Lactic Acid Bacteria," in Lactic Acid Bacteria, pages
     127-159, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1993.
 
     James S. Paik and Robert W. Keown, food science, and Arthur B.
     Metzner, H. Fletcher  Brown Professor Emeritus of Chemical
     Engineering, with graduate student Lorenzo C. Nicastro, "Change in
     Crystallinity During Heat Sealing of Cast Polypropylene Film," in
     Journal of Plastic Film  and Sheeting, vol. 9, pages 159-167, April
     1993.
 
     John G. Elias, electrical engineering, "Artifical Dendritic Trees," in
     Neural Computation, vol. 5, no. 4, pages 648, 664, 1993.
 
PRESENTATIONS
 
     Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, "Importance of Metal Speciation
     in Water and Sediment Quality Criteria and Standards," at
     mini-symposium on environmental chemistry and chemical ecology, Aug.
     26, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Illinois,
     Urbana; and three presentations at second international conference on
     biogeochemistry of trace elements, Sept. 5-10, Taipei, Taiwan:
     "Importance of Trace Metal Speciation in Establishing Water Quality
     Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life," a keynote address; with
     graduate students Yu-Tung Chen, Yimin Li and Suen-Zone Lee,
     "Determination of Partition Coefficients of Cadmium to Soil by
     Adsorption and Desorption Measurements"; and with C.P. Huang,
     Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering, Donald S.
     Sparks, plant and soil sciences; Paul F. Sanders of New Jersey
     Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, and graduate
     student Suen-Zone Lee, "Development of Soil Standards for Cadmium."
 
     Dallas G. Hoover, food science, "Use of Bifidobacteria as Starter
     Cultures," at Marschall Products, Rhone-Pouland Inc., July 15,
     Madison, Wisc.
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
     Tamara K. Harevan, Unidel Professor of Family Studies, elected vice
     president and president-elect of Social Science History Association.
 
     Robert W. Keown, food science, serves on editorial board for peer
     review of research manuscripts of Journal of the Society of Adhesion.
 
     Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, appointed visiting professor at
     Nankai University, Tainjim, People's Republic of China, in ceremony
     presided over by Mu Guoguang, president of the university.