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February 9, 1995
Faculty and staff
PUBLICATIONS
Alexander H-D. Cheng, civil engineering, with D. Quazar of Ecole
Mohammadia d'Ingenieurs, Morocco, "Theis Solution Under Aquifer
Parameter Uncertainty," in Ground Water, vol. 33, no. 1, pages 11-
15.
Limin Kung Jr., animal science and agricultural biochemistry,
with undergraduate student A.O. Hession, "Preventing In Vitro
Lactate Accumulation in Ruminal Fermentations by Inoculation with
Megasphaera elsdenii," in Journal of Animal Science, vol. 73,
pages 250-256.
David Kaplan, educational studies, and Rani George, "A Study of
the Power Associated with Testing Factor Mean Differences Under
Violations of Factorial Invariance," in Structural Equation
Modeling, vol. 2, no. 2, pages 101-118.
PRESENTATIONS
John C. Kraft, geology, "Evolution of Coastal Landscapes of the
Delaware Coastal Estuary in Historical Times," at Society for
Historical Archaeology annual meeting, Jan. 7, Washington, D.C.;
and, with graduate Richard K. Dunn, Ilhan Kayan of Eje
University, Turkey, and George R. Rapp Jr. of University of
Minnesota at Duluth, "Paleogeographies of the Embayed Coasts of
Greece and Turkey," at 96th annual meeting of Archaeological
Society of America, Dec. 30, Atlanta.
Jan Blits, educational studies, "Democracy and the Market," at
George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies, College
of Strategic Studies and Defense Economics, Feb. 6, Garmisch,
Germany.
SERVICE AND AWARDS
Ivo Dominguez, foreign languages and literatures, elected to a
three-year term on the Delegate Assembly of the Modern Language
Association of America.
Roland E. Bounds, Delaware Geological Survey, elected president
of the Friends of Mineralogy, Pennsylvania chapter.
Karl W. Boer, Distinguished Professor of Physics and Solar
Energy, was invited by the German Minister of the Environment to
participate in the dedication of the headquarters of the
International Solar Energy Society in Freiburg, Germany. He also
was elected to membership in the publication, fundraising and
awards committee of the society.
Thomas E. Pickett, Delaware Geological Survey, made a
presentation Jan. 26 on the geology of Delaware to students at
St. Hedwig's School, Wilmington.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
25 years
Tom Magaw, Mail Service, Feb. 9, 1970
20 years
George Malone, animal science and agricultural biochemistry, Feb.
16, 1975
15 years
Susan Brynteson, library, Feb. 16, 1980
Dawn Pragg, Dining Services, Feb. 11, 1980
Elsie Watson, Dining Services, Feb. 11, 1980
10 years
Beth Breylinger, library, Feb. 11, 1985
James Cathell, chemistry and biochemistry, Feb. 16, 1985
5 years
Kelly Coco, conferences and centers, Newark, Feb. 13, 1990
RoxAnne Fields, public relations, Feb. 12, 1990
Marjorie Hingston, Acdemic Services Center, Feb. 16, 1990
Mattie Hubbard, Dining Services, Feb. 13, 1990
Carol Schmidt, library, Feb. 12, 1990
Barbara Talley, bookstore, Feb. 16, 1990
GRANTS
Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, $22,498 from ABT Associates
Inc. for "Methodologies for Deriving Sediment Quality Criteria
for Metals."
Alan S. Andres, Delaware Geological Survey, $16,745 from Delaware
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control for
"Ground-Water Recharge Mapping-Year 4."
Beth G. Anderson, education, $33,000 from Christina School
District for "Media Center."
Michael A. Arenson, music, and Michael F. Morgan, instructional
technology, $68,320 from U.S. Department of Education for
"Interactive Jazz Theory Lessons."
Timothy K. Barnekov and Raheemah Jabbar-Bey, urban affairs and
public policy, $112,000 from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development for "Community Development Work Study Program."
John M. Byrne, urban affairs and public policy, $27,306 from
Delaware Department of Administrative Services, Division of
Facilities Management/Energy Office, for "Compilation of
Greenhouse Gas Inventory for the State of Delaware."
Belena S. Chapp, University gallery, $7,000 from Delaware State
Arts Council for "Early Work of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 1915-20."
Martha Collins-Owens, University relations, $5,000 from Delaware
State Arts Council for "Performing Arts Series '94-'95."
Patricia A. DeLeon, life and health sciences, $9,600 from Pfizer
Inc. for "Mapping Transgenes in the Mouse."
John G. Elias, electrical engineering, and David P. Northmore,
psychology, $79,146 from National Science Foundation for
"Developing and Evolving VLSI Neuromorphic Systems for Visually
Guided Behavior."
Warren K. Ellis, University Affiliated Program for Families and
Developmental Disabilities, $7,272 from Red Clay Consolidated
School District for "Transition Partnership Project"; and, with
Susan R. Sandall, $89,987 from U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of Human Development Services, for
"Training for Direct Care Providers."
Richard E. Fowler and Roxanne H. Whittaker, Cooperative
Extension, $20,000 from Kent County for "Extension Program '94-
'95"; and Ronald C. Jester, Cooperative Extension, and Fowler,
$52,000 from Delaware Office of Highway Safety for "Community
Safety Program."
Jeffrey J. Fuhrmann and Bruce L. Vasilas, plant and soil
sciences, $95,000 from U.S. Department of Agriculture for
"Rhizobitoxine Effects on the Soybean Symbiosis Under Field
Conditions."
Charles S. Ih, electrical engineering, additional $50,000 from
University of California at Santa Barbara for "All Optical High
Density WDM Communication System for High-Speed Computer
Networks."
James M. Jones, psychology, $50,303 from National Institutes of
Health, National Institute of Mental Health, for "Summer Research
Training for Ethnic Minority Students."
Clifford B.O. Keil and Robert T. Allen, entomology and applied
ecology, $5,920 from DuPont Co. for "Undergraduate Internships."
James Kolodzey, electrical engineering, additional $8,000 from
state under Delaware Research Partnership program for "Extending
the Speed of Microelectronic Devices by Electro-Optic Mixing in
Silicon Composites."
Limin Kung, animal science and agricultural biochemistry, $5,103
from Novus International Inc. for "Apparent Digestion of Alimet
and D,L Methionine in Ruminal Continuous Fermentors."
John H. Martin, animal science and agricultural biochemistry, and
George W. Malone, Agricultural Sciences Research and Education
Center, $9,462 from Townsend Farms Inc. for "Optimal Feeding
Program for Broilers."
John D. Meakin, mechanical engineering, $25,000 from National
Park Service for "Study of Environmental Factors in the Corrosion
of Bronze Monuments and Statues."
David L. Mills, electrical engineering, $58,418 from National
Science Foundation for Advances in Computer Network Timekeeping,"
and $20,500 from Northeast Consortium for Engineering Education
for "Time Management and Synchronization Support."
Beth A. Mineo, applied science and engineering rehabilitation,
$45,000 from U.S. Department of Education for "Delaware Assistive
Technology Initiative."
James S. Paik and Robert W. Keown, food science, $70,019 from
Tetra Pak Materials R&D and $70,000 from state under Delaware
Research Partnership program for "Photoprocess Surface
Modification of Polymer Films for Active Package Development."
Chandra L. Reedy, art conservation, $10,350 from University of
Delaware Research Foundation for "Measurement of Radioactive Lead-
210 in Works of Art."
George R. Parson, marine studies, $68,039 from U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency for "Methods Development for Measuring the
Economic Benefits of Environmental Improvements."
Donald L. Peters, Amy E. Rextrew Professor of Individual and
Family Studies, $3,500 from Statewide Coalition for Americans
with Disabilities Act for "ADA Facilitation Project."
Douglas P. Ridge, chemistry and biochemistry, $20,000 from Sun
Marketing and Refining Co. and $18,000 from state under Delaware
Research Partnership program for "Oxidation and Reduction
Reactions of Iron Porphyrins."
William F. Ritter, agricultural engineering, $10,000 from
Delaware Department of Resources and Environmental Control for
"GIS Data Management for Nanticoke Watershed."
John K. Rosenberger and Robin W. Morgan, animal science and
agricultural biochemistry, $319,130 from U.S. Department of
Agriculture for "Poultry Biocontainment Laboratory and
Agricultural Biotechnology Center"; and Rosenberger, $15,000 from
Southeastern Poultry and Egg Association for "Control of Very
Virulent Marek's Disease Viruses in Diverse Commercial Genetic
Lines of Broilers and Layers and Assessment of MHC Haplotypes as
Indicators of Marek's Disease Resistance."
Romain V. Roy, mechanical engineering, $75,000 from National
Science Foundation for "Research Initiation Award: First Passage
Reliability of Randomly Excited Nonlinear Systems."
Robert Simons, psychology, additional $1,189 from Delaware
Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families,
Division of Child Mental Health Services for "DCMHS Internship."
Jie Song and Cort J. Willmott, geography, $22,000 from National
Aeronautics and Space Administration for "NASA Graduate Student
Fellowship in Global Change Research."
Donald L. Sparks, Distinguished Professor of Soil Science,
$50,000 from DuPont Co. and $33,000 from state under Delaware
Research Partnership program for "Mechanisms of Industrial
Contaminant Interactions with Soils."
William B. Stanley, educational development, $68,683 from
Delaware Department of Public Instruction for "Comprehensive
Mentoring Program."
G. Scott Stevens and Katharine Schneider, English Language
Institute, additional $1,200 from U.S. Information Agency for
"Summer Institute for African English as a Foreign Language
Educators."
Douglass F. Taber, chemistry and biochemistry, $69,365 from
Vanderbilt University for "Synthesis of Empimeric
Prostaglandins."
David C. Usher, life and health sciences, $30,000 from Strategic
Diagnostics Industries Inc. and $30,000 from state under Delaware
Research Partnership program for "Clinical Assays for Lp(a), apoE
and apoC-III, Lipoproteins and Proteins Important in Determining
Risk for Coronary Artery Disease and Alzheimer's Disease."
Michael L. Vaughan, engineering, $15,000 from Junior Engineering
Technical Society for "JETS Summer 94 UNITE."
J. Norman Wagner, chemical engineering, $7,500 from Alcoa
Foundation and $2,000 from DuPont Co. for "Presidential Young
Investigator Match."
Anthony S. Wexler, mechanical engineering, $90,000 from North
Carolina Supercomputer Center for "A Flexible and Efficient
Methodology for Modeling Aerosols for Air Quality Models," and
$25,000 from California Institute of Technology for "Developing
an Aerosol Model."
Joanne M. Whalen, Cooperative Extension, $5,000 from U.S.
Department of Agriculture for "Plant Pest Survey."
Dick J. Wilkins, composite materials, $6,732 from Battelle for
"Scientific Services Program Task No. 94-368 (STAS)."
Suresh G. Advani, mechanical engineering, $12,000 from British
Aerospace and $12,000 from state under Delaware Research
Partnership program for "Resin Transfer Molding Polymer Matrix
Composites with LIMS (Liquid Injection Molding Simulation," and
$8,000 from DuPont Co. and $8,000 from state under Delaware
Research Partnership program for "Rheology and Forming of Long
Discontinuous Fiber Composites."
Robert T. Allen and Clifford B.O. Kiel, entomology and applied
ecology, $41,666 from DuPont Co. for "Cooperative Graduate
Studies Initiative in Entomology and Applied Ecology."
From National Science Foundation: Stacie F. Beck, economics,
$18,000 for "The Liquidity Demand for Money: Theory and
Evidence"; Richard W. Garvine, Maxwell P. and Mildred H.
Harrington Professor of Marine Studies, $78,599 for "Across-shelf
Mixing of a Buoyancy-Driver Coastal Current: An Observational
Study"; David L. Kirchman, marine studies, $90,036 for
"Degradation of Colloidal Organic Material and the Formation of
Semi-Refractory DOM"; George W. Luther, marine studies, $129,994
for "Mn, Fe, and I Redox Chemistry and their Role in Organic
Matter Decomposition in the Arabian Sea" and $66,975 for "Metal
Sulfur Complexes in Marine Waters"; Mary J. Wirth, chemistry and
biochemistry, $140,000 for "Surface Architecture to Control Guest
Behavior in Monolayers for Sensors"; and Robert H. Wood,
chemistry and biochemistry, $127,000 for "Investigation of
Aqueous Solutions at High Temperatures."
Robert W. Birkmire and James E. Phillips, energy conversion,
$800,000 from National Renewable Energy Laboratory for
"Processing and Modeling Issues for Thin Film Solar Cell
Devices."
Page S. Bristow, educational studies, and Richard L. Venezky,
Unidel Professor of Educational Studies, $68,880 from Delaware
Department of Public Instruction for "Adults Learning Together."
Thomas M. Church, marine studies, $72,604 from Maryland
Department of the Environment for "Fall-Line Trace Metal Loading
to the Chesapeake Bay."
Roberta F. Colman, chemistry and biochemistry, $268,222 from
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
for "Active and Allosteric Sites of Isocitrate Dehydrogenases."
David L. Colton and Peter B. Monk, mathematical sciences,
$132,958 from U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research for
"Inverse Scattering Problems for Electromagnetic Waves."
Steven K. Dentel and Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, $38,799
from DuPont Co. for "Development of a Novel Biological Polishing
Process: Simultaneous Nitrification/ Denitrification by Fluidized
Deb Reactor."
Rushad Eduljee, composite materials, $26,939 from Bally Ribbon
Mills for "Aerospace Technology: Processing of Low-Cost 3-D Foam-
Cored Composites."
From U.S. Department of Education: Richard A. Foulds, applied
science and engineering rehabilitation, $175,000 for
"Interdisciplinary Research Training in Rehabilitation
Technology"; and Cynthia M. Okolo and Ralph P. Ferretti,
educational studies, $200,451 for "Learning by Design: Multimedia
Projects for Students with Disabilities."
Patrick M. Gaffney, marine studies, $45,316 from National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration for "Evaluation of American Oyster
Stocks for Resource Rehabilitation: Disease Resistance and
Genetics."
Ronald J. Gibbs, marine studies, $77,002 from Hudson River
Foundation for "Sediment and Toxic Metals Transport in the Lower
Hudson River."
Philip A. Gottlieb, chemistry and biochemistry, $104,935 from
National Institute of General Medical Sciences for "Use of
Modified Nucleotides for Ribozyme Studies."
James Hiebert, educational development, $34,690 from University
of Wisconsin for "The National Center for Research in
Mathematical Science Education."
Dallas G. Hoover, food science, $10,700 from U.S. Army Natick
Research, Development and Engineering Center for "Cold
Pasteurization/Stabilization of Combat Rations Using High
Hydrostatic Pressure."
Chin Pao Huang and Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, $90,000
from Water Environment Research Foundation for "The Equilibrium
and Rate of Heavy Metal Uptake by Wastewater Particulates."
James A. Inciardi and Dorothy Lockwood, drug and alcohol studies,
$195,914 from National Institute on Drug Abuse for "Efficacy of
Female Condoms for Women at High HIV Risk"; Inciardi and Anne E.
Pottieger, drug and alcohol studies, $480,200 from Public Health
Service, National Institute on Drug Abuse, for "Barriers to
Treatment for Cocaine-Dependent Women"; also Inciardi, with
Steven S. Martin and Frank R. Scarpitti, $640,992 from Public
Health Service, National Institute on Drug Abuse, for "Ongoing
Studies of Treatment for High-Risk Drug Users"; and Inciardi,
$38,991 from University of Miami for "HIV/AIDS Community Outreach
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil."
Carroll E. Izard, Unidel Professor of Psychology, and Brian P.
Ackerman, psychology, $73,139 from William T. Grant Foundation
for "Social Risk, Emotions, and Social Competence."
Laurence S. Kalkstein, geography, $12,000 from National
Institutes of Health for "NIH Supplement-Prof. Guanri Tan"; John
S. Green, geography, and Kalkstein, $22,000 from National
Aeronautics and Space Administration for "Graduate Student
Fellowship in Global Change Research"; and Kalkstein, $16,622
from Louisiana State University for "Development of a Weather and
Human Mortality Watch/Warning System for the Southern United
States."
Vic Klemas, marine studies, $7,605 from Delaware Department of
Natural Resources and Environmental Control for "A Proposal to
Map Land Use and Wetlands Changes at Delaware's Nerr Sites";
also, with Quanan Zheng, also marine studies, $17,445 from U.S.
Office of Naval Research for "A Proposal to Investigate Coastal
Dynamics with Space Shuttle Data."
Limin Kung, animal science and agricultural biochemistry, $17,000
from Finnfeeds International Ltd. for "Effect of Spraying Enzymes
on the Nutritive Value of a TMR for Lactating Cows."
Daniel J. Leathers, geography, $20,000 from University of
Nebraska for "The Detection of Climate Change Using Long-Term
Daily Climate Records Over Grassland Regions of the Northern
Hemisphere."
Michael F. Middaugh, institutional research and planning, $11,000
from Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association/College
Retirement Equities Fund for "Interinstitutional Comparison of
Instructional Costs and Productivity, by Academic Discipline: A
National Study."
Robin W. Morgan, animal science and agricultural biochemistry,
$86,000 from American Cancer Society for "Functional Analysis of
Marek's Disease Virus Genes."
John C. Nye, agricultural sciences, $84,096 from Sussex County
for "Grant-in-Aid in Support of Extension and Research Programs";
$71,359 from U.S. Department of Agriculture for "USDA/ARS Task
Order for Research Support Agreement, Repair and Custodial"; and
with William W. Saylor, agricultural sciences, $19,400 from
Rutgers University for "Food Systems Professions Education
Initiative."
Joseph R. Scudlark and Thomas M. Church, marine studies, $128,808
from University of Minnesota for "Urban Contamination of the
Great Waters: Atmospheric Deposition of Toxic Substances,"
$49,975 from University of Virginia for "Dissolved Organic
Nitrogen in Precipitation: Concentration, Isotopic Composition
and Atmospheric Flux," and $22,000 from U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency for "PAB Support to fund the Program to Measure
Total Mercury and Precipitation Using the National Atmospheric
Deposition Program (NADP) Protocol."
Harry L. Shipman, physics and astronomy, $9,325 from Space
Telescope Science Institute for "The Calibration of the White
Dwarf Distance Scale for Globular Clusters."
Steven E. Sidebotham, history, $10,000 from Samuel H. Kress
Foundation for "Archaeological Survey and Excavation at Berenice
(Red Sea Coast), Egypt, 1995."