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May 9, 1996
Faculty and staff
PUBLICATIONS
Allen Granda, biology, with J.R. Dearworth, C.A. Kittila and W.D.
Boys, "The Pupillary Response to Light in the Turtle," in Visual
Neuroscience, vol. 12, pages 1127-1133.
Janice Selekman and Marybeth Snyder, nursing, "Nursing Care of
the Child with Learning Disability and/or Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder," in Primary Care of the Child With a
Chronic Disease, second edition, Mosby, 1996.
Donald L. Sparks, Distinguished Professor of Soil Science, with
postdoctoral associate A.M. Scheidegger and G.M. Lamble of
Brookhaven National Laboratory, "Investigation of Ni Adsorption
on Pyrophyllite: An XAFS Study," in Environmental Science
Technology, vol. 30, pages 548-554; and, with M.J. Eick of
Louisiana State University, P.R. Grossl of Utah State University
and D.C. Gikdeb and D.W. Ming of the Johnson Space Center,
"Dissolution Kinetics of a Lunar Glass Simulant at 25C: The
Effect of pH and Organic Acids," in Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta,
vol. 60, pages 157-170.
Evangelos M. Falaris, economics, with H.E. Peters of Cornell
University, "Responses of Female Labor Supply and Fertility to
the Demographic Cycle," in Research in Population Economics, vol.
8, pages 63-89.
David Usher, biology, with D.J. Rader, W.A. Main, W. Cain, Hans-
George Kraft, L.A. Zech, J.M. Hoeg, J. Davignon, P. Lupien, M.
Grossman, J.M. Wilson and H. B. Brewer, "The LDL Receptor is Not
Required for Normal Catabolism of Lp(a) in Humans," in Journal of
Clinical Investigation, vol. 95, pages 1403-1408; with R.E.
Maser, medical technology, and G.S. DeCherney, "Little
Association of Lipid Parameters and Larger Sensory Nerve Fiber
Function in Diabetes Mellitus," in Juvenile Diabetes and Its
Complications, vol. 10, pages 54-59; and, with D.G. Jamieson,
D.J. Rader and E. Lavi, "Apolipoprotein (a) Deposition in
Atherosclerotic Plaques of Cerebral Vessels: A Potential Role for
Endothelial Cells in Lesion Formation," in American Journal of
Pathology, vol. 147, pages 1567-1573.
Russell R. Dynes, sociology and criminal justice, "Working
Sociologists as Globetrotters: Utilizing Disaster Research and
Policy Networks," in Journal of Applied Sociology, vol. 12, no.
1, pages 11-22, 1995.
Douglas Stalker, philosophy, "Where Do You Stand On the Base Rate
Issue?," in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 19, no. 1, pages
38-39, March 1996.
Nobuhisa Kobayashi, civil and environmental engineering, with
doctoral student E.A. Karjadi, "Obliquely Incident Irregular
Waves in Surf and Swash Zones," in Journal of Geophysical
Research, vol. 101, no. C3, pages 6527-6542, 1996; and with Y.
Tega, Delaware '95M, and M.W. Hancock, Delaware '92M, "Wave
Reflection and Overwash of Dunes," in Journal of Waterway, Port,
Coastal and Ocean Engineering, vol. 122, no. 3, pages 150-153.
Robert Wagner, biology, with B. Kachar, "Linear Gap and Tight
Junctional Assemblies Between Capillary Endothelial Cells in the
Eel Rete Mirabile," in Anatomical Records, vol. 242, pages 545-
552; and, with S.H. Chen and H.L. Weil, "Three-Dimensional
Analysis of Permeability Pathways Across Capillary Endothelia,"
in Zoological Studies (Taiwan), vol. 34, no. 1, pages 27-28.
Christine Cannon, nursing, with D. Unger and S. Jacobs, "Social
Support and Marital Satisfaction Among Couples Coping With
Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease," in Journal of Social and
Personal Relationships, vol. 13, no. 1, pages 123-142.
Larry Purnell, nursing, "Workforce Cultural Diversity," in
Surgical Services Management, vol. 1, no. 5.
Gibbons Ruark, English, "Voices Behind A Door: An Autobiography
of Some Poems," in Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series,
vol. 23, Gale Research Inc.; and new poems in recent issues of
Shenandoah and the anthology Immortelles, Xavier Review Press.
Robert R. Nelson and Ali A. Poorani, hotel, restaurant and
institutional management, "Genetically Altered Foods: A Policy
Issue for Multi-Unit Food Service Operators," in FIU Hospitality
Review, vol. 14, no. 1, pages 79-89.
Linda S. Gottfredson, education, "What Do We Know About
Intelligence?" in The American Scholar, pages 15-30, winter; and,
a review, "Dictatorship of Virtue: Multiculturalism and the
Battle for America's Future by R. Bernstein," in Personnel
Psychology, vol. 48, no. 3, pages 667-671.
PRESENTATIONS
Kenneth Koford, economics, with graduate student Tihomir Enev,
"Income Policies in Bulgaria and Poland" and with graduate
student Hilmi Karabulut, "Econometric Estimation of Local Product
Differentiation: U.S. Automobile Demand 1991-1993," at Eastern
Economic Association annual meeting, March 17-19, Boston; "A
Competitive Equilibrium Model of Legislatures" and, with Jeffrey
Miller, economics, and Tsvetomir Tsatchev, visiting Fulbright
Scholar, "A Principal-Agent Model With Work Norms," at Public
Choice Society annual meeting, April 12-14, Houston, Texas.
Mary Ann Miller, Jayne Fernsler and Paula Klemm, nursing, "Use of
Electronic Media To Collect Data," at Delaware Nurses Association
and Sigma Theta Tau Research Conference, March 1, Dover.
Charlotte Coleman, civil and environmental engineering,
"Untitled," mixed media, in Spring Fling exhibition, Pisces
Gallery, April 26-June 30, Woodstown, N.J.
Ivo Dominguez, foreign languages and literatures,"Nellie
Campobello: Novelista de la Revolucion Mexicana," 49th annual
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 18-20, Lexington.
Irene Vogel, linguistics, "An Acoustic View of the English Rhythm
Rule," at third international Cortona Phonology meeting, April 12-
14, Cortona, Italy.
Burton Abrams and Kenneth Lewis, economics, "Does Foreign Aid
Affect Growth?," at Public Choice Society meeting, April 12,
Houston.
Linda Gottfredson, education, "Multiculturalism in the
Workplace," at Society of Psychologists in Management midwinter
conference, Feb. 25, San Diego; "Issues of Human Intelligence and
Society," at Federation of American Scientists 50th anniversary
retreat, Oct. 22, Airlie House, Va.; "Implications of Issues in
The Bell Curve for Human Resource Management," at College of
Business, Indiana University, Oct. 16, Bloomington; "Occupational
Clusters for Implementing Goals 2000," at National Skill
Standards Board Public Forum on Occupational Clustering, Sept.
20, Washington, D.C.; and "The Nature of Vocational Interests,"
at American Psychological Association annual meeting, New York
City, Aug. 11.
Bernard Herman, art history, "Poor Artisans' Lodging," at Urban
History Group conference, University of Lancaster, March 28,
England.
Irene Zych, arts and science administrative academic advising,
"Pre-Law Advising: Preparing Students for a Changing Profession,"
at 12th annual National Academic Advising Association, Mid-
Atlantic Regional Conference, April 11-12, Wilmington.
Elizabeth M. Perse, communication, "A View of the Family Through
the Lens of the Interpersonal Communication Motives Model" and
John A. Courtright, communication, panel participant, at Eastern
Communication Association 87th annual meeting, April 25-28, New
York City.
Sunil K. Agrawal, mechanical engineering, with S. Li and B.C.
Fabien, "Optimal Trajectories of Open-Chain Mechanical Systems:
Explicit Optimality Equations with Multiple Shooting Solution,"
at International Conference on Robotics Automation, April 22-28,
Minneapolis.
John C. Cavanaugh, graduate studies, with Jane Berry of
University of Richmond and Robin West of University of Florida,
"Construct Validity Analyses of Memory Self-Efficacy in
Adulthood," at Cognitive Aging Conference, April 23-26, Atlanta.
Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical
Engineering, with graduate student Brian M. Powers and Marilyn
Wardle and Brian Scott of the DuPont Co., "High Strain Rate
Effects on Two Graphite Fiber K3B Polyimide Matrix Composites,"
at 37th annual Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials
Conference, April 15-17, Salt Lake City, where he was also co-
chairperson of the Interactive Plenary Session.
Russell E. Murray Jr., music, "From a Turk in Italy to a Moor in
Venice: The Progress of a Rossini Overture" and Cynthia Carr and
Julie Nishimura, music, "Music for Horn and Piano by Women
Composers," at American Musicological Society meeting, Mid-
Atlantic Chapter, April 20, University of Delaware.
David L. Ames, urban affairs and public policy, "The Church in
the Historic Urban Landscape," at Cleveland Sacred Landmarks
Initiative, Cleveland State University and Trinity Episcopal
Cathedral, April 25, Cleveland.
Brent Thompson, nursing, "Distance Education: Methods, Types and
Equipment" and "Create a WWW Page Workshop," at 14th annual
International Informatics Conference, March 27-30, Rutgers
University.
Francis Wimbush, nursing, with L. Bucher, T. Hardie and L. Hayes,
"Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes and Interventions for
the Near Death Experience Client," and, with R. Peters and L.
Griffin, "Genogram Development for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
in the School-Aged Child," a poster, at Midwest Nursing Research
Society meeting, April 1, Detroit.
Donald L. Sparks, Distinguished Professor of Soil Science, with
postdoctoral associate A.M. Scheidegger and G.M. Lamble of
Brookhaven National Laboratory, "Precipitate Formation Using X-
Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy"; and, with graduate
students D.G. Strawn and J. Kleikempter, Scheidegger and J.C.L.
Meeussen of Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, "Effect of
Residence Time on Pb Sorption/Release on Soils," at American
Chemical Society meeting, March 23-28, New Orleans.
Gibbons Ruark, English, read his poetry at Gettysburg College in
February.
Russell R. Dynes, sociology and criminal justice, "Risk
Communication," April 17, and "Lessons From Disaster Research,"
April 19, at Center for Risk Research, Stockholm School of
Economics, Sweden.
SERVICE
Robert R. Nelson, hotel, restaurant and institutional management,
submitted testimony on public funding for sports and exposition
facilities to the Pennsylvania Governor's Office, April 24,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Barbara Sheer, nursing, was appointed to the National Council of
State Boards of Nursing, Division of Nursing Advisory Committee
for Pharmacology Curriculum.
Several members of the College of Arts and Science professional
staff were involved in planning the 12th annual National Academic
Advising Association's Mid-Atlantic Conference, held April 11 and
12 at the Christiana Hilton, Wilmington: Jama Allegretto,
Charlene E.W. Bradley and Claudia Fischer served as the
conference planning committee and Allegretto was the conference
chairperson.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
15 years
David Murray, Facilities Management, central plant operations,
May 11, 1981
10 years
Larry King, Facilities Management, grounds and movers, May 12,
1986
5 years
David Hobday, Facilities Management, lock and hardware services,
May 13, 1991
GRANTS
From Delaware Institute of Medical Education and Research
(DIMER): Anna P. Ciulla, medical technology, $10,000 for "Medical
Technology Scholarships"; Paul F. Mettler, physical therapy,
$12,000 for "Physical Therapy"; Lucille W. Pulliam, nursing,
$8,000 for "Nursing Lab Equipment and Furnishings" and $8,000 for
"Computerized Clinical Health Information System," and Gregory A.
Stephens, biology, $12,000 for "Biology."
From National Science Foundation: Joan Burnside, animal and food
sciences, $5,000 for "International Symposium on Avian
Endocrinology"; Douglas J. Doren, chemistry and biochemistry,
$65,000 for "Theory of Silicon Hydride Surface Chemistry"; Neal
C. Gallagher, Charles Black Evans Professor of Electrical
Engineering, $23,000 for "NSF Graduate Research
Fellowships-Department of Electrical Engineering"; Michael T.
Klein, Elisabeth Inez Kelley Professor of Chemical Engineering,
$69,000 for "NSF Graduate Research Fellowships- Department of
Chemical Engineering"; Errol Lloyd, computer and information
sciences, $23,000 for "NSF Graduate Research Fellowships-
Department of Computer and Information Sciences"; Norman J.
Wagner, chemical engineering, $37,500 for "Presidential Young
Investigator Award"; and Mary J. Wirth, chemistry and
biochemistry, $25,162 for "Surface Architecture to Control Guest
Behavior in Monolayers for Sensors."
Suresh G. Advani, mechanical engineering, $5,610 from Bell
Helicopters Textron for "Permeability Measurements and Flow
Simulation of Structural Composites."
Paul D. Amer and Errol Lloyd, computer and information sciences,
$49,256 from Sanders-Lockheed Martin Co. for "Advanced
Telecommunications/ Information Distribution Research Program."
Mary F. Argo, Cooperative Extension, $5,670 from Delaware
Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families for
"Delaware Community Cluster against Substance Abuse 95-96."
Mohsen Badiey, marine studies, from Office of Naval Research,
$7,595 for "Sound Propagation through Fluctuating Media" and
$198,971 for "Frequency Dependence of Sound Propagation and
Scattering in the Ocean."
Robert W. Birkmire, energy conversion, $37,625 from Electric
Power Research Institute Inc. for "Structure and Chemistry of
CuInSe2 and its Alloys for Solar Cell Technology" and $369,000
from Advanced Research Projects Administration (ARPA) for
"Development of Flexible Copper Indium Diselenide Photovoltaics."
Charles G. Boncelet Jr., Neal C. Gallagher, Charles Black Evans
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Gonzalo R. Arce and David L.
Mills, electrical engineering, $49,227 from Sanders-Lockheed
Martin Co. for "Advanced Telecommunications/ Information
Distribution Research Program."
Thomas B. Brill, chemistry and biochemistry, $68,687 from U.S.
Air Force Office of Scientific Research for "Chemical Mechanisms
at the Burning Surface."
Tracey L. Bryant and Pamela L. Donnelly, marine studies, $49,261
from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant
College Program for "A/I-5 Marine Communications."
John M. Byrne, urban affairs and public policy, $44,900 from
Applied Energy Group, Inc. for "Development of a Dispatchable PV
Peak-shaving System PV: Bonus Program Phase 2."
Roberta F. Colman, chemistry and biochemistry, $284,460 from
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases, for "Active and Allosteric Sites
of Isocitrate Dehydrogenases," and with Longqin Hu, chemistry and
biochemistry, $28,600 from National Cancer Institute for "Domain
Motion in Glutathione S-Transferases."
Conrado M. Gempesaw, II, food and resource economics, $55,200
from U.S. Department of Agriculture for "Global Trade Analysis
Systems."
John W. Gillespie Jr., composite materials, $12,300 from Naval
Surface Weapons Center for "Methodology for Predicting Structural
Adequacy of Composites in the Presence of Through-the-Thickness
Loadings."
Judith A. Hough-Goldstein, entomology and applied ecology, and
Joanne M. Whalen and Martin R. Spellman, Cooperative Extension,
$4,752 from Delaware Potato Board for "Wireworms in Delaware
Potato Fields: Survey and Development for an IPM Program."
Chin-Pao Huang, Distinguished Professor of Environmental
Engineering, and Herbert E. Allen, civil and environmental
engineering, $75,000 from Water Environment Research Foundation
for "Predicting the Equilibrium and Rate of Chemical Interactions
between Some Heavy Metals."
Eric W. Kaler, chemical engineering, $40,000 from Du Pont Co. and
$40,000 from state under Delaware Research Partnership program
for "Fluorinated Microemulsioin Formulations and Polymerization
Precursors."
Walter E. Kee Jr., Cooperative Extension, additional $5,000 from
Delmarva Poultry Industry for "Evaluation of Poultry Manure as a
Fertilizer Source for the Production of Peas, Lima Beans, Pickles
and Watermelons."
Shinya Kikuchi, civil and environmental engineering, $3,200 from
Delaware Department of Transportation for "Analysis of SEPTA
Ridership: R2 Delaware-Pennsylvania Interstate Operations."
Palaniappa Krishnan and L. James Kemble, agricultural
engineering, $5,000 from Delaware Department of Natural Resources
and Environmental Control, Division of Fish and Wildlife, for
"Design and Fabrication of Weed Wiper."
Paul LeMahieu, educational studies, $16,250 from Capital School
District, New Castle County, Del., for "Capital School District
Challenge Grants for Technology in Education."
Robert P. Mulrooney, Joanne M. Whalen and Martin R. Spellman,
Cooperative Extension, and Robert B. Carroll and Allen L.
Morehart, plant and soil sciences, $2,910 from Delaware Potato
Board for "Monitoring Late Blight of Potatoes in Delaware."
Maria R. Pippidis, Cooperative Extension, an additional $1,000
from National Endowment for Financial Planning for "High School
Financial Planning Program."
Anne E. Pottieger, drug and alcohol studies, and James A.
Inciardi, criminal justice, $501,779 from National Institutes of
Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, for "Barriers to
Treatment for Cocaine-Dependent Women."
Kent S. Price, marine studies, $209,739 from National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant College Program, for "A/I-1
Marine Advisory Service."
Arnold L. Rheingold, chemistry and biochemistry, $15,000 from
Montell U.S.A. Inc. and $15,000 from state under Delaware
Research Partnership program for "Determining the Molecular
Architecture of Homogenous Polymerization Catalysts by X-ray
Crystallography."
Stanley I. Sandler, Henry Belin du Pont Professor of Chemical
Engineering, $114,000 from U.S. Department of Energy for "New
Group Contribution and Equation-of-State Models for Improved
Engineering Practice."
Harry L. Shipman, physics and astronomy, $41,754 from Space
Telescope Science Institute for "A Spectrum of the Bright
Mysterious White Dwarf Star Procyon B."
Susan T. Shoemaker, history, $1,500 from Delaware Humanities
Council Inc. for "In-service Program on National History
Standards."
Douglass F. Taber, chemistry and biochemistry, $28,173 from
Vanderbilt University for "Structural Identification of
Prostaglandin Conjugates."
Michael L. Vaughan, engineering, $15,000 from Junior Engineering
Technical Society for "JETS Summer 95 UNITE."
J. Herbert Waite, marine studies, $76,820 from Office of Naval
Research for "Interfacial Culprits: Targeting Proteins of Byssal
Adhesion."
Cort J. Willmott, geography, $80,000 from Marine Biological
Laboratory for "Contemporary Water and Constituent Balances for
the Pan-Arctic Watershed."
Richard P. Wool, composite materials, $100,000 from Delaware
Development Office in matching funds.