UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 36, Page 10
July 3, 1996
Faculty and staff
PUBLICATIONS
Ramiro Martinez Jr., sociology and criminal justice, "Latinos and
Lethal Violence: The Impact of Poverty and Inequality," in Social
Problems, vol. 43, no. 2, pages 131-146.
Mary E. Miele, medical technology, with Karen Phillips and
Bernard Weissman of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Lisa Wei of Lombardi Cancer Center and Jeong-Hyung Lee and Danny
R. Welch of Pennslvania State University College of Medicine at
Hershey, "Suppression of MDA-MB-435 Breast Carcinoma Cell
Metastasis Following the Introduction of Human Chromosome 11," in
Cancer Research, vol. 56, pages 1222-1227, 1996.
C.R. Plata-Salaman, biology, "Acute and Chronic Disease:
Neurological Manifestations," in Neurotherapeutics: Emerging
Strategies, L.M. Pullan and J. Patel, editors, pages 122-166, The
Humana Press.
Diane Kukich, composite materials, "Composite Materials Research,
Education and Technology Transfer," in Polymer News, May 1996.
Nobushisa Kobayashi, civil and environmental engineering, with
D.T. Cox, Delaware '87 PhD, of Texas A&M University and A.
Okayasu of Yokohama National University, "Bottom Shear Stress in
the Surf Zone," in Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 101, No.
C6, pages 14,337-14,348, 1996.
Andras Z. Szeri, Robert L. Spencer Professor of Mechanical
Engineering, with C.C. Chang of National University of Taiwan and
S.H. Wang of PPG Industries, "On the Mechanism of Fluid Transport
Across the Grinding Zone," in Journal of Manufacturing Science
and Engineering, vol. 118, pages 1-7, 1996.
Lian-Ping Wang, mechanical engineering, with M.R. Maxey of Brown
University and E.J. Chang of Naval Research Laboratory,
"Interactions of Particles and Microbubbles with Turbulence," in
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 12, pages 417-425,
1996.
PRESENTATIONS
Francis Poole, library, read his poetry June 7 at the Carvel
State Office Building, Wilmington. He is an individual artist
fellow in poetry, Delaware Division of the Arts.
Peter M. Weil, anthropology, "Mande Society and Culture in West
Africa," June 6, and "Mande Culture in North America: South
Carolina and Louisiana," June 10, at "Resonances: Africa in the
Americas," a seminar sponsored by the National Endowment for the
Humanities and Middlesex Community College, Bedford, Mass.
Jan H. Blits, educational studies, "Tocqueville and Democratic
Leadership," at Lilly Endowment Conference, June 14-16,
University of Chicago.
Douglas Tuttle, public safety, "Designing a Campus Crime
Awareness Program Which Will Withstand Federal Scrutiny," at
Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators,
June 14, Virginia Beach.
David G. Butler, housing and conference services, "Organizational
Re-engineering," at Middle-Atlantic Association of College and
University Housing Officers Directors' Conference, June 10-11,
Seton Hall University.
Leila Lyons, computing and network services, "Educating Citizens
of the Electronic Community at the University of Delaware," at
Washington Area Academic Computing Centers meeting, June 7,
Catholic University of America.
Barbara Morris, English Language Institute, "Transforming
Classroom Dynamics with PageMaker," at 12th annual computers and
writing conference, May 31, Utah State University, Logan.
Michael Peterson, physical education, "Steps to Success, Teaming
Skills in the Workplace," at Clemson University Professional
Development for Women Conference, May 20, Cherry Hill, N.J.;
"Putting 'Work' Back Into Worksite Wellness," at Pennsylvania
Worksite Health Promotion Conference, May 21, Harrisburg; and
"Teams in Public Health: Innovations in Public Health
Organization and Programming," at National Society of Public
Health Education midyear scientific conference, June 7, West
Chester, Pa.
At the 25th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, May 13-17,
Arlington, Va., Institute of Energy Conversion staff members made
presentations: D. Garth Jensen, Brian McCandless and Robert
Birkmire, "Thin Film Cadmium Telluride-Cadmium Sulfide Alloys and
Devices"; McCandless, Habib Hichri, Greg Hanket and Birkmire,
"Vapor Phase Treatment of CdTe/CdS Thin Films with CdCl2:02"; and
Birkmire, Matheswaran Marudachalam, Hichri, Jerold Schultz, C.
Ernest Birchenall Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Amy
Swartzlander and Mowafak Al-Jassim of NREL, "Diffusion of In and
Ga in Selenized Cu-In and Cu-Ga Precursors."
Paul R. Berger, electrical engineering, with graduate student Al-
Sameen Khan, Fernando J. Guarin of IBM and Subramanian S. Iyer of
Sibond, "Near Band Edge Photoluminescence from Pseudomorphis
Tensially Strained Si0.985C0.015 Alloy," at European Material
Research Society spring meeting, June 4-7, Strasbourg, France;
Berger with James Kolodzey, electrical engineering, "Optical and
Electronic Properties of Group IV Semicondcutor Alloys," at Max
Planck Institut for Festkoerperforschung, June 12, Stuttgart,
Germany; and "New Semiconductors for Future Computing and
Communications," at Institut fur Halbleitertechnik, Technische
Universitaet, June 10, Aachen, Germany.
Dennis H. Evans, chemistry and biochemistry, "Two-Electron
Processes in Organic Electrochemistry. Inverted Potentials and
Other Issues," at 19th Sandbjerg meeting on electroorganic
chemistry, June 14-17, Sandbjerg, Denmark.
Hilton Brown, Harriet T. Baily Professor of Art, Art Conservation
and Art History, exhibited a drawing in an invited show of GALA
Visual Arts, High Wire Gallery, Philadelphia, in June.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
30 years
Bernadette Szczepanek, intercollegiate athletics, July 11, 1966
25 years
Roland Roth, entomology and applied ecology, July 16, 1971
20 years
Catherine Zinszer, budget office, July 12, 1976
15 years
Katharine Kerrane, honors program, July 15, 1981
Patricia Nester, alumni relations, July 16, 1981
10 years
Joeseph Brady, accounting, business and economics, July 15, 1986
Beverly McLain, educational development, July 7, 1986
Karen Nickle, public safety, July 14, 1986
Jeffrey Rivell, admissions, July 16, 1986
William Shafarman, energy conversion, July 7, 1986
Harry Weis, library, July 7, 1986
5 years
Earl Edwards, Facilities Managment, lock and hardware services,
July 8, 1991
Elizabeth Feldman, cashier, July 15, 1991
Sean Kearney, intercollegiate athletics, July 8, 1991
Benjamin Kniffin, Facilities Management, lock and hardware
services, July 15, 1991
GRANTS
From U.S. Department of Interior: J. Thomas Sims, plant and soil
sciences, $14,500 for "Arsenic Mobility in Delaware's Waste-
amended Soils: Water Quality Implications," and Carmine C.
Balascio, agricultural engineering, $5,500 for "Water Quality and
Flow Data for Storm-water Management on the Upper Christina
Watershed."
From National Science Foundation: Michael J. Chajes, civil and
environmental engineering, $29,625 for "RIA: Development and
Evaluation of Composite Beams"; Victor N. Kaliakin, Dov
Leshchinsky and Hoe I. Ling, civil and environmental engineering,
$62,374 for "Long-term Performance of Geosynthetically Reinforced
Walls: Implications of Creep and Stress Relaxation on Design";
David P.M. Northmore, psychology, and John G. Elias, electrical
engineering, an additional $5,000 for "Developing and Evolving
VLSI Neuromorphic Systems for Visually Guided Behavior"; Timothy
F. Pfeiffer, marine studies, $107,440 for "Ship Technicians" and
with Timothy W. Deering, marine studies, $197,398 for
"Oceanographic Instrumentation"; Harry L. Shipman, physics and
astronomy, and Kathryn Scantlebury, chemistry and biochemistry,
$100,000 for Delaware's Innovative Science/Mathematics
Collaborative for Undergraduate Success (DISCUS)."
James L. Glancey, agricultural engineering, and Walter E. Kee,
Jr., Cooperative Extension, $33,000 from FMC Corp. and $30,000
from state under Delaware Research Partnership program for
"Improving Recovery of Pod Stripper Combines in Lima Beans."
James T. Kirby, civil and environmental engineering, $15,600 from
"ICSC-World Laboratory for "World Laboratory Scholarship" and
$36,000 from Office of Naval Research for "Field Testing of a
Time Domain Boussinesq Wave Model."
Paul LeMahieu, educational studies, $76,068 from Delaware
Department of Public Instruction for "DPI Inclusive Comprehensive
Assessment System."
Gerard J. Mangone, University Research Professor of International
and Maritime Law, $64,740 from Port of Singapore Authority for
"1996 Diploma in Shipping and Port Management."
Ajay K. Prasad, mechanical engineering, $40,000 from National
Aeronautics and Space Administration for "Stereoscopic PIV Using
Angular Displacement for Turbulence Measurements behind A Wing-
Flap."
SERVICE
Donna Borden, computing and network services, has been elected to
a two-year term as director-at-large for the Association of
College and University Telecommunications Administration.
Thomas Melvin, library, has been elected to a one-year term as
president of the Delaware Library Association.
Robert L. Hampel, educational development, was elected to a three-
year term as trustee of Sanford School, an independent private
day school in Hockessin.