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September 14, 1995
Faculty and staff
PUBLICATIONS
C. Gopinath, business administration, with R.C. Hoffman of
Salisbury the Relevance of Strategy Research," in Advances in
Strategic Management, vol. 12B, pages 93-110, JAI Press,
Greenwich, Conn.
Alexander H-D. Cheng, civil engineering, with O. Lafe of OLTech
Corp., "A GIF-based Stochastic Boundary Element Method for Random
Porous Media," in Computational Mechanics '95, Proceedings of
International Conference on Computational Engineering Science,
vol. 2, pages 3000-3005, Hawaii, July 30-Aug. 3, 1995, Springer-
Verlag.
PRESENTATIONS
David Pong, history, "Imperial Maritime Customs Service Personnel
and China's Modern Defense Industry in the 19th Century," at
third international conference on history of the Chinese maritime
customs service, May 3-6, Chinese University of Hong Kong. He
also was a presenter at four sessions at the Seminar for
Department Chairs, sponsored by the Council of Colleges of Arts
and Sciences, March 20-April 1, Washington, D.C., and Aug. 3-5,
Colorado Springs.
Lawrence H. Cohen, psychology, with graduate students Hugh Smith,
Natalia Pane and Elizabeth Stroot, "Self-Complexity and Reactions
to Interpersonal Rejection," and a symposium discussant,
"Alternative Methods for Assessing Growth in the Aftermath of
Trauma," at American Psychological Association annual meeting,
August, New York City.
Gary Laverty, biology, "Transport Characteristics of the Colonic
Epithelium of the Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix)," a poster
presentation, at Fourth Abildgaard Symposium on Intestinal NaCl
and SCFA Transport, Aug. 19-11, The Royal Veterinary and
Agricultural University, Copenhagen.
Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering, with graduate student Brian Powers,
Vincent Nardone of United Technologies Research Center, and I.W.
Hall, mechanical engineering, "High Strain Rate Mechanical
Properties of Silicon Carbide Reinforced 2080 Aluminum Metal
Matrix Composites," at 10th international conference on composite
materials, August, Whistler, British Columbia.
John C. Kraft, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Geology,
"Interrelationships of Historical and Archaeological Sites and
the Evolution of Holocene Epoch Coastal Geomorphologies" and,
with graduate student Richard K. Dunn, "Modeling of Incised-
Valley Fills of First-to-Third Order Paleo-Streams of the
Ancestral Delaware River: An Aid to Offshore Seismic
Identification," at first congress of Society for Economic
Paleontology and Mineralogy, Aug. 13-16, St. Petersburg. He also
moderated a session on "Linkages Between Late Quaternary Sea
Level and Geoarchaeology."
Anne Bowler, sociology and criminal justice, panel discussant and
co-organizer with Vera L. Zolberg of the New School for Social
Research, "New Trends in the Sociology of the Arts," at 90th
annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Aug. 19-
23, Washington, D.C.
A number of University faculty made presentations at the 210th
annual American Chemical Society national meeting, Aug. 20-24 in
Chicago: Mary J. Wirth, chemistry and biochemistry, with graduate
students Jacqueline Sassaman and John Kovaleski, "Adsorption and
Dynamics of Fluorophors at Liquid/Liquid Interfaces"; Michael T.
Klein, Elizabeth Inez Kelley Professor of Chemical Engineering,
with graduate student Styliani Korre and Richard Quann of Mobil
Research and Development Corp., "Effect of Temperature on
Quantitative Structure/Reactivity Correlations for Hydrocracking
Polynuclear Aromatics"; W.H. Calkins, chemical engineering, with
Klein, Shaojie Wang, visiting scientist, Keyu Wang, technician,
He Huang, research associate, "Kinetics of Coal Liquefaction at
Very Short Reaction Times"; Calkins, Klein, Keyu Wang and Huang,
"Determination of Coal Rank by Thermogravimetric Analysis" and "A
Novel Method for the Determination of the Boiling Range of Liquid
Fuels by Thermogravimetric Analysis"; Arnold Rheingold, chemistry
and biochemistry, with postdoctoral student Glenn Yap, John W.
Benson, Ellen Keither and Richard Keiter of Eastern Illinois
University, "Formation of (C0)5WPPh2CH2PPh2W(CO)5 from
(CO)5WPPh2CH2PPh2: Studies of a Reluctant Ligand"; Rheingold with
Eric Matta, Joseph Strong of Kansas State University and Pierre
Gouzerh and Rene Thouvenot of Universite Pierre et Marie Curie,
"Synthetic, Structural and Spectroscopic Studies of Organoimido
Derivatives of the Hexamolybdate Cluster"; Rheingold, Yap, Yong
Yong Zheng, Sunita Saluja and Lynn C. Francesconi of Hunter
College, "Gallium and Indium Complexes of Bis(Aminothiol) (N2S2)
Ligands"; Rheingold with Catherine Housecroft of Institut fur
Anorganische Chemie and Anne Waller of University of Cambridge,
"Phosphite Substitution Reactions of [RU6(CO)17B]- and
[RH2RU4(CO)16B]-"; Klaus Theopold, chemistry and biochemistry,
with graduate student Gautam Bhandari and Rheingold,
"Cr3O4M-Molecular Models for Chromium Oxide Supported Catalysts";
Theopold with Rheingold, Douglas Doren, chemistry and
biochemistry, and graduate students Jennifer Detrich and Robert
Konecny, "Coordinatively Unsaturated Tris(Pyrazolyl)Borate Cobalt
Complexes"; Roy L. McCullough, composite materials, with
Christine Butler of Pratt and Whitney, "An Analysis of Mechanisms
Governing Fusion Bonding of Thermoplastic Composites"; L.W.
Schwartz, mechanical engineering, with postdoctoral student D.E.
Weidner and R.R. Eley of the Glidden Co., "Surface-Tension
Gradient Effect on Flow in Thin Coating Layers"; Stuart L.
Cooper, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Chemical Engineering, with
graduate student Sachin Velankar and Jose Pazos of ARCO Chemical
Inc., "UV-Curable Urethaneurea Acrylates via Deblocking Urea
Linkages," and, Fredric R. Askham, chemistry and biochemistry,
with graduate student Kuang-Kai Liu, "Intra and Intermolecular
Alkene Insertions into Zirconaoxiranes: Stereospecific and
Reversible Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation."
SERVICE AND AWARDS
Kathryn L. Kotula, animal and food sciences, as scientific
adviser to the National Broiler Council, was a guest July 4 on
Fox Morning News, broadcast Channel 5, serving Washington, D.C.,
Maryland and northern Virginia.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
25 years
Darlene Lopez, facilities management, building services, Sept.
21, 1970
Henrietta Watson, Cooperative Extension, Sept. 16, 1970
15 years
Douglas Baker, civil and environmental engineering, Sept. 16,
1980
Barbara Mackenzie, vice provost for research office, Sept. 16,
1980
Rosemary Rutt, vice president's office, Sept. 17, 1980
10 years
James R. Bacon, food and recource economics, Sept. 16, 1985
Carol Falgiano, Managment Information Services, Sept. 16, 1985
Alethea Johnson, facilities management, building services, Sept.
16, 1985
Rosalie Kirlan, civil and environmental engineering, Sept. 17,
1985
5 years
Tammy Allston, agricultural sciences communication, Sept. 17,
1990
Renee Fisher, English, Sept. 17, 1990
Tommie Goodgames, Purchasing, Sept. 17, 1990
Margaret Patton, investment office, Sept. 17, 1990
GRANTS
From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant
Program: Biliana Cicin-Sain and Robert W. Knecht, marine studies,
$119,849 for "Improving the Science/Policy Interface in the
Management of Coastal Ecosystems through Management Analysis";
Vic Klemas and Xiao-Hai Yan, marine studies, $80,732 for
"Integration of Remotely Sensed Land Cover Data and Condition
Indicators in a GIS to Evaluate Coastal Wetlands"; Knecht and
Klemas, $14,473 for "Management of Coastal Ecosystems Group"; and
Yan and Kuo-Chuin Wong, marine studies, $123,446 for "The
Development and Application of a Coastal and Estuarine
Environmental Remote Sensing Observing System."
From National Science Foundation: John G. Elias, electrical
engineering, and David P. Northmore, psychology, $81,075 for
"Developing and Evolving VLSI Neuromorphic Systems for Visually
Guided Behavior"; Nobuhisa Kobayashi, civil engineering, $54,700
for "Breaking Wave Velocities and Shear Stress in Surf and Swash
Zone"; David E. Krantz, marine studies, $42,366 for "Marine
Climates of the U.S. Alaskan Coastal Plain during the Late
Neogene and Quaternary Interglacials"; Susan McGeary, geology,
$44,996 for "Collaborative Research: Pacific to Bering Shelf Deep
Seismic Reflection Experiment"; David L. Mills, electrical
engineering, $62,511 for "Advances in Computer Network
Timekeeping"; Joanne M. Nigg and Kathleen J. Tierney, Disaster
Research Center, $32,319 for "Emergency Response and Early
Recovery Activities in the Northridge Earthquake"; Annette D.
Shine, chemical engineering, $82,137 for "Electrorheology of
Liquid Crystalline Polymer Solutions"; Ferris Webster, marine
studies, $67,320 for "Maintenance of a Database of Research Ship
Schedules"; Andrew L. Zydney, chemical engineering, $91,363 for
"Protein Fouling during Membrane Filtration." Tierney also
received $71,250 from the Research Foundation of the State
University of New York for "Business Disruption and Recovery in
the Northridge Earthquake-Panel Study."
Thomas B. Brill, chemistry and biochemistry, $46,000 from
Pennsylvania State University for "Fast Reaction Kinetics and
Modelling of Energetic Material Combustion."
John C. Cavanaugh, graduate studies, $40,000 from Delaware
Department of Health and Social Services for "Adult Day Care
Center, '95-'96."
Patricia A. DeLeon, biology, an additional $9,600 from Pfizer
Inc. for "Mapping Transgenes in the Mouse."
Richard E. Fowler and Mark J. Manno, Cooperative Extension,
$42,000 from New Castle County for "The New Castle County
Extension Program F.Y. '94-'95," and $42,000 for "New Castle
County Extension Program F.Y. '95-'96."
John W. Gillespie Jr., materials science, $39,200 from Army
Research Office, Army Research Laboratory, for "Design, Analysis
and Characterization of Urethane-Matrix Composites," and $50,000
from Office of Naval Research, Naval Surface Warfare Center, for
"Methodology for Predicting Structural Adequacy of Composites in
the Presence of Through-the-thickness Loadings."
Jay L. Halio, English, $100,000 from National Endowment for the
Humanities for "A New Valorium Edition of Shakespeare's 'All's
Well That Ends Well.'"
Marion C. Hyson, individual and family studies, $47,246 from
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of
Social Services, for "Medicaid 1996."
James A. Inciardi and Steven S. Martin, drug and alcohol studies,
$932,391 from National Institute on Drug Abuse for "Ongoing
Studies of Treatment for High Risk Drug Users."
Mahendra K. Jain, chemistry and biochemistry, $167,032 from
National Institutes of Health for "Interfacial Catalysis by
Phospholipase A2."
Willett Kempton, urban affairs and public policy, $39,951 from
University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, for
"Analysis of Communications Technologies and Demand-side
Management."
Michael T. Klein, Elisabeth Inez Kelley Professor of Chemical
Engineering, $25,000 from Mobil Research and Development Corp.
for "The Hydrocracking Reaction Pathways, Kinetics and Mechanisms
of Long-chain Alkyl Aromatics."
Palaniappa Krishnan and L. James Kemble, agricultural
engineering, and H. Don Tilmon, Cooperative Extension, $6,000
from Delaware Department of Agriculture for "Design, Development,
Fabrication and Testing of Kenaf Crop Harvesting Equipment."
John D. Meakin, mechanical engineering, an additional $12,372
from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
for "Study of the Environmental Factors in the Corrosion of
Bronze Monuments and Statues."
David L. Mills, electrical engineering, $52,554 from Advanced
Research Projects Agency for "Scalable, High Speed, Internet Time
Synchronization."
Patricia T. Nelson, Cooperative Extension, $20,766 from Public
Allies for "Public Allies Apprenticeship Program 94-95."