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October 5, 1995
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
Monika Shafi, foreign languages and literatures, Gertrud Kolmar:
Eine Einfuhrung in das Werk, Munich, 1995.
Frank B. Dilley, philosophy, editor, Philosophical Interactions
with Parapsychology: The Major Writings of H.H. Price on
Parapsychology and Survival, St. Martin's Press.
PUBLICATIONS
James Curtis, history, "SALT, the FSA and the Documentary
Tradition in American Photography," in Maine: A Peopled
Landscape, SALT Documentary Photography 1978-1995, Hugh T.
French, editor, pages 145-156, University Press of New England.
Stuart L. Cooper, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Chemical
Engineering, with R.B. Dickinson of the University of Florida,
"Quantitative Measurement of Shear-Dependent Bacterial Attachment
and Detachment to Biomaterial Surfaces," in American Institute of
Chemical Engineers Journal, attachment, vol. 41, pages 2160-2174;
with Dickinson, graduate student J.A. Nagel, D. McDevitt of
Trinity College, Dublin, T.J. Foster, R.A. Proctor of University
of Wisconsin, "Quantitative Comparison of Clumping Factor- and
Coagulase-Mediated Staphylococcus Aureus Adhesion to Surface
Bound Fibrinogen Under Flow," in Infectious Immunology, vol. 63,
pages 3143-3150; with E.M. O'Connell and T.W. Root of University
of Wisconsin, "Morphological Studies of Lightly Sulfonated
Polystyrene Using 23NaNMR: 2. Effects of Sample Preparation,"
pages 3994-3999, and "3. Effects of Humidification and
Annealing," pages 4000-4006, in Macromolecules, vol. 28.
Peter G. Roe, anthropology, "Eternal Companions: Amerindian Dogs
from Tierra Firma to the Antilles," in Actas del XV Congreso
Internacional de Arqueologia del Caribe, pages 155-172, Centro de
Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, La Fundacion
Puertorriquena de las Humanidades and La Universidad del Turabo,
San Juan, Puerto Rico, and "Obdurate Words: Some Parative
Thoughts on Maya Cosmos and Ancient Mayan Fertility Imagery," in
Cambridge Archaeological Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, pages 127-130.
Joanne M. Nigg, Disaster Research Center, "Social Science
Approaches in Disaster Research: Selected Research Issues and
Findings on Mitigating Natural Hazards in the Urban Environment,"
in Urban Disaster Mitigation: The Role of Engineering and
Technology, pages 303-310, Elsevier Science Ltd., Tarrytown,
N.Y.; "Societal Research Under NEHRP: Past Accomplishments and
Future Directions," in Directions for Research in the Next
Decade: National Science Foundation Programs in Earthquake
Engineering and Earthquake Related-Earth Science, pages 13-15,
National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.; "Disaster Recovery
as a Social Process," in Wellington After the 'Quake': The
Challenge of Rebuilding Cities, pages 81-93, The Earthquake
Commission, Wellington, New Zealand; "Business Disruption Due to
Earthquake-Induced Lifeline Interruption," in Proceedings for
Sino-U.S. Symposium on Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation and
Reconstruction, pages 46-58, Ministry of Construction, People's
Republic of China.
Russell R. Dynes, Disaster Research Center, "Preparedness
Planning: The Adequacy of Assumptions About Social Organization,"
in special issue, Japan Society of Information and Knowledge
Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, pages 23-38, July.
Anastasia S. Morronne, educational studies, and C.E. Weinstein,
"Achievement Goals, Self-Regulated Learning and the Role of
Classroom Context," in Understanding Self-Regulated Learning:
Vol. 63, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Jossey-Bass,
San Francisco.
Burton A. Abrams, economics, and Kenneth A. Lewis, Chaplin Tyler
Professor of Business, "Cultural and Institutional Determinants
of Economic Growth: A Cross-Section Analysis," in Public Choice,
vol. 83, nos. 3-4, pages 273-289, June.
PRESENTATIONS
Paul R. Berger and Robert Hunsperger, electrical engineering,
with graduate student Wei Gao and G. Zydzik, W.W. Rhodes, H.M.
O'Bryan, D. Sivco and A.Y. Cho of AT&T Bell Laboratories, "InGaAs
Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodiodes with Transparent Schottky
Contacts and Digital Superlattice Grading," at 15th North
American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Sept. 17-20,
College Park, Md.
James C. Curtis, history, "The Documentary Tradition in American
Photography," at Portland Museum of Art, Maine, June 17, and
research scholar on a photographic exhibition, "Maine, A Peopled
Landscape: SALT and the Documentary Tradition in American
History," at the Portland Museum of Art, June 16-July 31.
Joanne M. Nigg, Disaster Research Center, "Business Disruption
Due to Earthquake-Induced Lifeline Interruption," at Sino-U.S.
Symposium/Workshop on Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation and
Reconstruction, May 24-27, Kunming, China; "The Focus of Future
Research Efforts for the Second National Hazards Assessment," a
plenary presentation, "What Research Has To Offer in the
Development of the Federal Response and Recovery Plan" and
"Sociological Research Issues in the Disaster Recovery Process,"
at 20th annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, July
16-19, Boulder, Colo.
Tsu-Wei Chou, Jerzy L. Nowinski Professor of Mechanical
Engineering, with Q.-G. Ning, visiting scholar, "Analytical
Characterization of Thermal and Dielectric Properties of Woven
Fabric Composites," with M. Ito of Japan, "Geometrical and
Deformation Characteristics of 3-D Braided Composites" and with
J.H. Byun of Korea, "Effect of Yarn Twist on the Elastic Property
of Composites," at 10th International Conference on Composite
Materials, Aug. 14-18, Whisler, Canada; and, with P.G.
Karandikar, "Damage Processes and Non-Linearity in Ceramic Matrix
Composites," an invited lecture, at second International
Conference on High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites," Aug.
21-24, in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering, with graduate student B.M. Powers, "High
Strain Rate Effects in Materials in Sandwich Constructions," with
graduate student E. Woldesenbet, "Sandwich Composite Structures
for Low Cost and Emergency Housing," with graduate student K.P.K.
Potty, "Behavior of Composite Materials Sandwich Rings and Shells
in Complex Structures" and with graduate student J.F. Newill,
"Use of Piezoelectric Intelligent Materials to Control Vibrations
in Sandwich Structures," at third International Conference on
Sandwich Constructions, Sept. 11-15, Southampton, England.
James H. Dahlhamer, Disaster Research Center, "Disaster Myths:
Emergency Management and Evacuation," at West Chester County
Emergency Management Coordinators quarterly training meeting,
July 26, West Chester, Pa., and, with graduate student Melvin J.
D'Souza, "Determinants of Business Disaster Preparedness in Two
U.S. Metropolitan Areas," at 20th annual Hazards Research and
Applications Workshop, July 16-19, Boulder, Colo.
Peter G. Roe, anthropology, "Utilitarian Sculpture: Pictorial
Kinesics and Dualism in Dominican Republic Chican Ostionoid
Pottery" and "Recent Advances in Recording, Dating and
Interpreting Puerto Rican Petroglyphs," at 16th International
Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, July 24-28, Basse-Terre,
Guadeloupe.
E.L. Quarantelli, Disaster Research Center, "Disasters Are
Different, Therefore Planning For and Managing Them Requires
Innovative As Well as Traditional Behavior," at international
conference on emergency planning, July 3, University of
Lancaster, England.
Russell R. Dynes, Disaster Research Center, "Disastrous
Assumptions About Community Disasters," at International
Emergency Management and Engineering Conference, May 9, Nice,
France; "Preparedness Planning," at Forum on Safety Control and
Risk Management, July 18, Tokyo; "Educating for Risk Management,"
at Japan Society for Information and Science, July 20, Tokyo; and
"How To Inform the Public About Possible Emergencies," at
Czech/NATO Seminar on Risk Communication to the Public, July 27-
28, Prague.
Kathleen J. Tierney and Joanne M. Nigg, Disaster Research Center,
"Business Vulnerability Due to Disaster-Related Lifeline
Disruption," at fourth U.S. Conference on Lifeline Earthquake
Engineering, Aug. 10-12, San Francisco.
SERVICE AND AWARDS
John Burmeister, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, presented the National Society of Professional
Engineers Fundamentals of Engineering Chemistry examination
review, which was televised live nationally by National
Technological University, Sept. 23.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
20 years
Danny Frazer, facilities management, grounds and movers, Oct. 6,
1975
15 years
Donna Ries, history, Oct. 1, 1980
10 years
Theodore Brown, facilities management, building services, Oct. 6,
1980
Terri Butters Parton, facilities mangement, operations center,
Oct. 6, 1980
Karen Smith, Public Safety, Oct. 7, 1985
Magaret Sigmund, foreign languages and literatures, Oct. 8, 1980
5 years
Sheila Chandler, student housing, Oct. 8, 1990
GRANTS
Clinton Tymes, business and economics, $150,000 from Delaware
Economic Development Office for "Small Business Development
Center" and $25,000 from U.S. Small Business Administration for
"Delaware Small Business Development Center Phase XIII for FY
'95."
Ronald F. Whittington, affirmative action and multicultural
programs, $26,250 from Delaware Department of Public Instruction
for "1995 Summer Food Service Program for Children."