UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 35, Page 10
June 20, 1996
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
Ben Yagoda, English, with Ruth Westheimer, The Value of Family: A
Blueprint for the 21st Century, Warner Books, 1996.
James M. Dean, English, Medieval English Political Writings,
TEAMS Middle English Texts Series, Medieval Institute, Kalamazoo,
Mich., 1996.
Robert A. Day, English, Como Escribir y Publicar Trabajo
Cientificos, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C.,
1996.
Nancy King, honors program, with Alida Gersie, Storymaking in
Education and Therapy, Dutch translation, HvU Press, 1996.
PUBLICATIONS
Mary E. Miele, medical technology, with Manuel and Mary Rieber of
IVIC, Tumor Cell Biology, Venezuela, and Danny R. Welch of
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, "p53-
Independent Increase in p21-WAF1 and Reciprocal Down-Regulation
of Cyclin A and Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen in
Bromodeoxyuridine-Mediated Growth Arrest of Human Melanoma
Cells," in Cell Growth and Differentiation, vol. 7, pages 197-
202, 1996.
C.R. Plata-Salaman, biology, with C.D. Wilson, G. Sonti, J.P.
Borkoski and J.M.H. ffrench-Mullen, "Antisense
Oligodeoxynucleotides to G-protein a-Subunit Subclasses Identify
a Transductional Requirement for the Modulation of Normal Feeding
Dependent on GaOA Subunit," in Molecular Brain Research, vol. 33,
pages 72-78; and "Cytokines and Feeding Suppression: An
Integrative View From Neurological to Molecular Levels," in
Nutrition, vol. 11, pages 674-677.
Lian-Ping Wang, mechanical engineering, with Stacy Herr and Lance
Collins of Pennsylvania State University, "EDQNM Model of a
Passive Scalar With a Uniform Mean Gradient," in Physics of
Fluids, vol. 8, pages 1588-1608, 1996.
Nancy King, honors program, "Inner Visions/Outer Versions," in
Theories of Learning: Teaching for Understanding and Creativity,"
in Selected Papers from the Fourth Annual Conference of the
Institute for the Study of Postsecondary Pedagogy, State
University of New York at New Paltz.
PRESENTATIONS
Several members of the University faculty made presentations at
the 29th International Symposium on Automotive Technology and
Automation, June 3-6, Florence, Italy: G.R. Palmese, composite
materials, with students D.G. Gan and G. Chhabra, "Effects of
Sizings on Processing and Performance of S2-Glass/Vinyl Ester RTM
Composites"; K.V. Steiner, composite materials, J.B. Mehl,
physics, and M.A. Lamontia, DuPont Co., "An Assessment of Three
On-Line Void Sensing Methods for In-Situ Manufacturing of
Thermoplastic Composites"; and Steiner and R.M. Crane, NSWC, "An
Evaluation of Elastomeric Matrix Composites for Crush-Energy
Absorbing Structures."
Robert A. Denemark, political science and international
relations, "Globalization & Ethnic Violence: Lessons from the
Periphery of the World System," at conference on statism,
pluralism and globalism, Korean Association of International
Studies, June 7-8, Seoul, Korea.
Several Institute of Energy Conversion staff members made
presentations at the 15th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists
Conference, May 13-17, Arlington, Va.: D. Garth Jenson, Brian
McCandless and Robert Birkmire, "Thin Film Cadmium Telluride-
Cadmium Sulfide Alloys and Devices"; Steven Hegedus and Xunming
Deng of Energy Conversion Devices, "Analysis of Optical
Enhancement in a-Si n-i-p Solar Cells Using a Detachable Back
Reflector"; Birkmire with Matheswaran Marudachalam, Habib Hichri,
Jerold Schultz, C. Ernest Birchenall Professor of Chemical
Engineering, and Amy Swartzlander and Mowafak Al-Jassim of NREL
Co., "Diffusion of In and Ga in Selenized Cu-In and Cu-Ga
Precursors"; McCandless, Hichri, Greg Hanket and Birkmire, "Capor
Phase Treatment of CdTe/CdS Thin Films with CdCl2:02"; Peter
Meyers and James Phillips, "Stress Testing of CdTe Solar Cells";
William Shafarman, plenary paper, "Characterization of
Cu(InGa)Se2 Solar Cells with High Ga Content"; Shafarman and
Phillips, a poster, "Direct Current-Voltage Measurements of the
Mo/Cu(InGa)Se2 Contact on Operating Solar Cells"; Hegedus with
Wayne Buchanan and X. Liu and Roy Gordon of Harvard University, a
first-place poster in amorphous silicon category, "Effect of
Textured Tin Oxide and Zinc Oxide Substrates on the Current
Generation in a-Si Solar Cells"; Nese Orbey, Hichri, Birkmire and
T.W. Fraser Russell, Allan P. Colburn Professor of Chemical
Engineering, a first-place poster in II-VI materials, "Reaction
Analysis of the Formation of CIS at Temperatures from 250 to
400C"; and Yi Qu, Meyers and McCandless, poster, "HCL Vapor Post-
Deposition Heat Treatment of CdTe/CdS Films."
Douglas F. Tuttle, public safety, "Crime Reporting Practices on
College Campuses, the Implementation and Enforcement of Section
485 (f) of the Higher Education Act and H.R. 2416, the Open
Campus Police Logs Act of 1995," testimony before the
subcommittee on postsecondary education, training and life-long
learning, Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities,
U.S. House of Representatives, June 6.
George F.W. Haenlein, animal and food sciences, "Dairy Products,"
a symposium, at International Conference on Sustainable
Agriculture and Goats, May, Beijing, China.
Carroll Izard, Unidel Professor of Psychology, "Emotions as
Mediators," at conference on early intervention for children
sponsored by the Department of Services for Youth, Children and
Their Families, the Department of Public Instruction and the
University of Delaware, June 5, Dover.
Robert L. Hampel, educational development, "The School Change
Study," at Annenberg Institute for School Reform Research
symposium, May 30, Providence, R.I.
Gibbons Ruark, English, recently read from his poems at Eamon de
Valera Library, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland.
Roland Roth, entomology and applied ecology, with graduate
student Todd Underwood, "Estimating Wood Thrush Population
Demographics by Constant Effort Mist-Netting"; with undergraduate
John O'Reilly, "Within-Season Changes in Nest Location and Mate
by Female Wood Thrushes"; and, with undergraduate Robyn McLain,
"Determining Sex of Wood Thrush by Flow Cytometry," at Wilson
Ornithological Society annual meeting, April 12, Cape May, N.J.
Robin Elliott, occupational health and safety, "Challenges of
Dealing with Laboratory Waste from the Academic Perspective," at
American Chemical Society middle-Atlantic region meeting, May 22,
Villanova University.
James R. Soles, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Political
Science and International Relations, "Testing the Tenets: What's
Appropriate in Student-Faculty Relations?" at the Lilly
Conference on College Teaching-South, May 17-19, Columbia, S.C.
Nancy King, honors program, "Using Stories to Facilitate Oral and
Written Language in the Teaching of English as a Second
Language," three-week seminar, March, Janus Panonius University,
Pecs, Hungary; "Storymaking and the Development of Oral and
Written Language," seminars at Center for English Teacher
Training, Budapest; and "Stories and Language Learning," at
University of Trondheim, May, Trondheim, Norway.
Several Department of Communication members made presentations at
the 46th annual International Communication Association
conference, May 23-27, Chicago: Douglas McLeod with W.P. Eveland
and Amy I. Nathanson of University of Wisconsin, "Support for
Censorship of Violent and Misogynic Rap Lyrics: An Analysis of
the Third-Person Effect" and, panel participant, "Implications of
Framing Decisions for Public Opinion"; Nancy Signorielli and
Jessica Staples, "Television and Children's Conceptions of
Nutrition"; Juliet Dee, "Empowering Parents or Empowering
Bureaucrats: V-Chips, Violence Ratings and the First Amendment";
Beth Haslett and Susan Lipman, "Micro-Inequities: Up Close and
Personal"; Walid Afifi, panel participant, "The Role of Immediacy
in Deceptive Interpersonal Interactions"; and Benjamin Detenber,
"Pleasure, Arousal and Memory for Pictures."
Janet deVry, information technologies, and Sandra Millard,
library, "Teaming Up to Promote Effective Teaching and Learning
Using Technology," at Faculty Resource Network Seminar, June 12.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
30 years
Naudain Simons, counseling and student development, July 1, 1966
Francis Tannian, urban affairs and public policy, June 20, 1966
25 years
Robert Carroll, plant and soil sciences, July 1, 1971
Mary Ann Finch, Cooperative Extension, July 1, 1971
Rosalinda Graham, institutional research, July 1, 1971
Janice Jordan, counseling and student development, July 1, 1971
John Kelly, criminal justice, July 1, 1971
Allen Morehart, plant and soil sciences, July 1, 1971
William Nichol, agricultural engineering, July 1, 1971
Robert Uniatowski, Cooperative Extension, July 1, 1971
20 years
Kenneth Bischoff, chemical engineering, July 1, 1976
Alexander Doberenz, nutrition and dietetics, July 1, 1976
Hugh Frick, plant and soil sciences, July 1, 1976
Daniel Grim, Network and System Services, July 1, 1976
15 years
Ruthanne Brookens, student housing, custodial, June 22, 1981
Dewey Caron, entomology and applied ecology, July 1, 1981
Bobby Caviness, computer and information sciences, July 1, 1981
10 years
Faye Duffy, admissions, July 1, 1986
Carole Hermes, urban affairs and public policy, June 30, 1986
Mark Isaacs, agricultural research/education, July 1, 1986
Linda Kelly, intercollegiate athletics, June 30, 1986
George Luther, marine studies, July 1, 1986
Dorothy Perillo, career services, July 1, 1986
Joseph Williams, Facilities Management, plumbing services, June
30, 1986
5 years
Robert Thomas Allen, entomology and applied ecology, July 1, 1991
Edith Corron, Facilities Managment, building services, July 1,
1991
Linda Holmes, president's office, July 1, 1991
Dottie Lynn Huff, Facilities Management, building services, July
1, 1991
John Nye, agricultural sciences, July 1, 1991
Violet Pennington, Facilities Management, building services, July
1, 1991
Mary Richards, arts and science, July 1, 1991
Deborah Smith, Facilities Management, building services, July 1,
1991