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April 20, 1995
Faculty and staff

PUBLICATIONS

     Peter G. Roe, anthropology, with undergraduate Jose Alvarez,
     Charles Swann, Bartol Research Institute emeritus, and Alfredo
     Tagle, art conservation, "Materials in Native American Shipibo
     Pottery," in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference
     on the Non-Destructive Testing of Works of Art, vol. 2, pages 809-
     820, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Zerstorungsfreie Prufung e.v.,
     Berlin, 1994.

     Robert L. Hampel, educational development, "Breadth versus
     Depth," commentary page, Education Week, Feb. 8, 1995, and
     "Overextended," in Educational Researcher, vol. 24, no. 3, pages
     29, 30 and 38.

     James Thornton, economics, book review, Chris Bramall's In Praise
     of Maoist Economic Planning: Living Standards and Economic
     Development in Sichuan since 1931, in Southern Economics Journal,
     pages 901-902, January 1995.

     Allan L. McCutcheon, sociology, and Michael Terwey of University
     of Cologne, in Polish, "Religious Belief and Practice in United
     Germany," in Kwartalnik Religioznawczy, no. 7/8, pages 131-154.

     Hoe I. Ling, civil engineering, "Short-Term and Long-Term
     Permeabilities of Contaminated Clays," in Journal of
     Environmental Engineering, vol. 121, no. 4, pages 363-364, April
     1995; and with Fumio Tatsuaoka and Masaru Tateyama, "Stimulating
     Performance of GRS-RW by Finite Element Procedure," in Journal of
     Geotechnical Engineering, vol. 121, no. 4, pages 330-340, April
     1995.

     Claire Whitehill, English, two translations, "The Evolution of
     the Body in Beckett's Theatre" by Marie-Claude Hubert and "The
     Logic of the Rhetorical Figure" by Michel Deguy, in Journal of
     Beckett Studies, vol. 4, no. 1.

PRESENTATIONS

     Kenneth Koford and Jeffrey B. Miller, economics, "Contracts in
     Bulgaria: How Firms Cope When Property Rights are Incomplete,"
     and, Koford with graduate student Eric Grelak, "A Re-examination
     of the Fiorin/Plott and Every Voting Experiments: How Much Do
     Cardinal Payoffs Influence Outcomes?" at Public Choice Society
     annual meeting, March 24-28, Long Beach.

     Robert A. Denemark, political science and international
     relations, "Cumulation and Direction in World Historical Systems
     Research," at conference on world system history he co-organized,
     sponsored by the Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of
     Research and Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research,
     March 25-29, Lund, Sweden.

     Vic Klemas, marine studies, "The Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in
     Coastal Resource Management," at second annual Marine and
     Estuarine Shallow Water Science and Management Conference, April
     3-7, Atlantic City. Graduate student Oliver Weatherbee presented
     a poster on wetlands remote sensing.

     Allan L. McCutcheon, sociology and criminal justice, with Joseph
     Hraba of Iowa State University and Jiri Vecernik of Czech Academy
     of Sciences, "Gender Inequality During the Transformation of the
     Czech and Slovak Republics," at Midwest Sociological Society
     meeting, April 7, Chicago.

     Stuart L. Cooper, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Chemical
     Engineering, co-authored with past and present students four
     papers presented at the Society for Biomaterials meeting, March
     18-22, San Francisco: with graduate student J.A. Nagel and R.B.
     Dickenson of University of Florida, "Staphylococcus Aureus
     Adhesion to Biomaterial Surfaces in the Presence of Pre-Adsorbed
     High Molecular Weight Kininogen"; with graduate student L.L. Yung
     and F. Lim of Polymer Technologies Group, "The Adhesion and
     Activation of Leukocytes on Sulfonated Polyurethanes"; with Lim,
     postdoctoral student S. Sundaram and R.W. Colman of Temple
     University's Thrombosis Research Center, "MAC-1 Expression,
     Granulocyte Elastase Release and Leukocyte Adhesion on
     Polyurethanes"; and with R.G. Flemming, C.C. Capelli, D.F. Moster
     and R.A. Proctor of University of Wisconsin, "Effects of
     Polyurethane Chemistry and Protein Adsorption on Bacterial
     Adhesion and Colonization."

     Michael J. Chajes and Dennis R. Mertz, civil engineering, with
     graduate student William M. Edberg, "Bridge Evaluation Through
     Experimental Field Testing," at Structural Stability Research
     Council Annual Technical Session, March 27-28, Kansas City;
     Chajes, Mertz and Victor N. Kaliakin, civil engineering, with
     graduate students Scott D. Holsinger and Albert J. Meyer Jr.,
     "Deveopment of a Concrete-Wood-CFRP Composite Beam" and Mertz
     with graduate student Wiliam W. Finch Jr., "Development of
     Probability-Based Fatigue Resistance of Advanced Composite
     Material-to-Concrete Adhesive Bonds," at American Society of
     Civil Engineers Structures Congress, April 3-5, Boston.

     Carolyn Fisher, food science, "Phenolics in Spices: Flavorants
     and Anticarcinogens," at American Chemical Society Jacksonville
     secion, March 14, Jacksonville, Fla.

     John Patrick Montano, history, comments on the film, Mary Queen
     of Scots, on TV's History Channel, Jan. 17, 1995.

     Peter Kolchin, history, "Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation,"
     WilHarrington Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, $45,237 for
     Perspective: Russia and the United States South" and "Comparing
     American Slavery: Problems and Prospects," at University of New
     Hampshire, March 27; and chairperson and discussant, "Variation
     in World Slave Systems," at Conference on Bondage, Freedom and
     the Constitution, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York
     City, Feb. 19.

SERVICE AND AWARDS

     James Thornton, economics, discussant at American Economics
     Association meeting, on Jim Leitzel's paper "Crime and the
     Political Economy of Reform," January.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

   20 years
     Donald T. Diefendorf, housing and residence life, April 21, 1975

   15 years
     Linda E. Everett, media services, April 21, 1980

   10 years
     Daniel L. Slaten, Graphic Communications Center, April 22, 1985

   5 years
     Mohsen Badiey, marine studies, April 23, 1990
     Margaret G. Christmann, nutrition and dietetics, April 23, 1990
     David M. Cronin, Facilities Management- electrical shop, April
        23, 1990
     Martin James Gawel, Network and Systems Services, April 23, 1990
     Sheila A. Thompson, sponsored programs administration, April 24,
        1990

GRANTS

     Thomas S. Angell and Ralph E. Kleinman, mathematical sciences,
     $76,533 from U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research for
     "Optimization Methods for Direct and Inverse Problems in
     Electromagnetics."

     From Delaware Institute of Medical Education and Research: Anna
     P. Ciulla, life and health sciences, $8,000; Paul F. Mettler,
     physical therapy, $14,000; Betty J. Paulanka, nursing, $3,000;
     and Gregory A. Stephens, life and health sciences, $24,000.

     Costel D. Denson, vice provost for research, $14,002 from
     Delaware Department of Transportation for "Delaware
     Transportation Institute Supplemental Administration FY95."

     From National Science Foundation: Edward E. Eyler, physics and
     astronomy, $177,162 for "High-Resolution Laser Spectroscopy of
     Excited Atomic and Molecular States"; Jean H. Futrell, Willis F.
     Harrington Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, $45,237 for
     "Dynamic Studies of Collision-Induced Dissociation of Polyatomic
     Ions"; Timothy F. Pfeiffer, marine studies, $26,196 for
     "Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment" and $11,100 for
     "Oceanographic Instrumentation"; Yda Schreuder, geography,
     $100,177 for "Geographical Clustering of the Pharmaceutical
     Industry in Mid-Atlantic U.S."; and Michael Rosenberg, parallel
     program, additional $6,967 for "Origins of Food Production in
     Anatolia."

     Clifford B. O. Keil, entomology and applied ecology, $10,360 from
     DuPont Co. for "Undergraduate DuPont Interns, Summer 95."

     From U.S. Office of Naval Research: David L. Kirchman, marine
     studies, $46,119 for "Molecular Characterization of Specific
     Attachment by a Marine Bacterium"; and James Kolodzey and Paul R.
     Berger, electrical engineering, $99,965 for "Material Properties
     of SiGeC Alloys and Heterojunctions."

     John E. A. MacKenzie, food and resource economics, $11,200 from
     Delaware Department of Agriculture for "Cost of Agricultural
     Preservation Easements in Southern New Castle County, Delaware."

     From Delaware Department of Public Instruction: James B. O'Neill,
     economic education, $131,200 for "DPI Field Support and Secondary
     1995"; and Barbara G. Van Dornick, education, $75,000 for
     "Special Institute for Teacher Certification."

     Donald L. Peters, Amy Rextrew Professor of Individual and Family
     Studies, additional $500 from Delaware Statewide Coalition for
     Americans with Disabilities Act for "ADA Facilitation Project."

     Jeffrey A. Raffel and Eric D. Jacobson, urban affairs and public
     policy, $18,000 from Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council
     for "System Coordination and Community Education."