University of Delaware Office of Public Relations UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 20, Feb. 20, 1997 Faculty and Staff Pubications Yaroslav Bilinsky, political science and international relations, "Ukraine, Russia and the West: An Insecure Security Triangle," in Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 44, no. 1, pages 27-34. Janice Jordan, counseling and student development, "Counseling African-American Women From a Cultural Competency Perspective," in Multicultural Counseling: New Approaches to Diversity, C.C. Lee, editor, ACA Publications. Sheldon D. Pollack, accounting, "FASITs: Entity of Choice for Securitization of Debt," in The Legal Intelligencer, Feb. 3, 1997. Presentations Several members of the Office of the Dean of Students made presentations at a pre-conference workshop, ninth annual international conference of Association for Student Judicial Affairs, Feb. 7-11, Clearwater Beach, Fla. Timothy F. Brooks and Candace Stayton, "Substance Abuse on Campus"; Brooks, "Crisis Management: Challenges for the Judicial Affairs Officer"; and Constance Green, Robert Snyder and Stayton, "Addressing Anger on the College Campus." Marian Lief Palley, political science and international relations, "Campaign Finance," to joint meeting of New Castle County Chapter, League of Women Voters, and Common Cause, Jan. 23. Michael Gamel-McCormick, individual and family studies, "What To Teach and How To Teach It: Parent Priorities for Early Childhood Special Education Personnel Preparation," "A Cross-Disciplinary Study of Preferred Strategies in In- Service Training: An Emphasis on Process vs. Content and the Impact on Practice" and "Effective Consumer Feedback: Evaluation of Programs Serving Families From Lower Socioeconomic Backgrounds," at 12th annual International Early Childhood Conference on Children With Special Needs, Dec. 8-11, Phoenix. Richard S. Sharf, counseling and student development, "Using Career Development Theory to Understand Technological Change," at National Career Development Association meeting, Jan. 10, Daytona Beach. Services Nancy Geist Giacomini, dean of students office, was elected president for 1998-99 of the Association for Student Judicial Affairs and will take office in February. She served as program chairperson for the 1997 international conference of the association, held Feb. 7-11 in Clearwater Beach, Fla. Awards Hershel Parker, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of English, received the Association of American Publishers Award for Literature and Language for his book, Herman Melville: A Biography, Vol. I: 1819-1851. Anniversary's 20 Years Evelyn Ann Knotts, continuing education, Feb. 21, 1977 10 Years James E. Schelts, Information Technologies, Network and Systems Service, Feb. 23, 1987 5 Years Pamela Gail Irwin, mathematical sciences, Feb. 25, 1992 Grants From Delaware Department of Public Instruction: Beth Anderson, education, $14,142 for "New Castle County Delaware Learning Resource System (DLRS) Center XIX"; Kathleen Hollowell, mathematical sciences, $2,100 for "Teachers Teaching with Technology, Middle School Math"; and Barbara H. Settles, individual and family studies, $9,130 for "Expanding Your Choices." From National Science Foundation: M. Sandra Carberry, Kathleen F. McCoy, and K. Vijayashanker, computer and information sciences, $112,500 for "Traineeships for Natural Language Human-computer Interfaces"; Raul F. Lobo, chemical engineering, and James Kolodzey, electrical engineering, $145,002 for "ARI: Acquisition of a New X-Ray Diffraction System"; George W. Luther III, marine studies, $35,000 for "Collaborative Research: Carbon and Electron Acceptor Cycling in Lake and Estuarine Sediments during Early Diagenesis"; Howard V. Cornell, biology, $120,000 for "Direct and Indirect Effects on the Trophic Dynamics of Holly Leaf Miner Populations"; Richard W. Garvine, Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies, $129,144 for "Coastal Upwelling Circulation on a Wide Shelf: an Observational Study"; Peter B. Monk, Richard J. Braun and L. Pamela Cook-Ioannidis, mathematical sciences, $501,538 for "GIG-Applied Mathematics with Internship"; Thomas R. Rocek, anthropology, $32,535 for "Social Change, Subsistence and Sedentism in the Pithouse-to-Pueblo Transition in the Southwest"; Ferris Webster, James Crease, and Katherine A. Bouton, marine studies, $9,540 for "Maintenance of a Database of Research Ship Schedules" and Xiao-Hai Yan, marine studies, $100,000 for "Presidential Faculty Fellows." From Office of Naval Research: Stephen C. Dexter, marine studies, $24,200 for "Mechanism of Passivity Breakdown in Seawater"; James T. Kirby, civil and environmental engineering, $32,538 for "Field Testing of a Time Domain Boussinesq Wave Model"; David L. Kirchman, marine studies, $98,000 for "Regulation of Attachment by a Marine Bacterium"; and Vic Klemas, marine studies, $14,916 for "Workshop on the Use of Space Shuttle Imagery to Observe Oceanographic Features of the Abrabian Sea." Mark A. Barteau, Robert L. Pigford Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Henry C. Foley, chemical engineering, $65,317 from Union Camp Corp. for "Characterization of Clay Catalysts for Fatty Acid Derivation." Alexander H-D Cheng, civil and environmental engineering, $40,000 from U.S. Agency for International Development for "An Intelligent Integrated Saltwater Intrusion Modeling System." Roberta F. Colman, chemistry and biochemistry, $20,419 from National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, for "Chemistry-Biology Interface Predoctoral Training" and $292,869 from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for "Active and Allosteric Sites of Isocitrate Dehydrogenases." L. Pamela Cook, mathematical sciences, $27,620 from the DuPont Co. for "DuPont Applied Statistics Internship Program." Ardeshir Faghri, civil and environmental engineering, and Costel D. Denson, office of the vice provost for research, $23,627 from Delaware Department of Transportation for "Delaware Transportation Institute" and $46,233 for "Delaware Transportation Institute Administration FY '96." James A. Hawk, plant and soil sciences, from Cargill Hybrid Seeds, $15,600 for "Cargill Hybrid Evaluation" and $40,000 for "Cargill Corn Breeding." Steven S. Hegedus, energy conversion, $100,000 from W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. for "Research on a-Si Solar Cells Deposited on DRP Material." Deborah A. Hicks, educational development, $5,977 from U.S. Department of Education for "Science Literacies in the Primary Grades." Chin-Pao Huang, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering, $28,761 from Water Environment Research Foundation for "The Equilibrium and Rate of Heavy Metal Uptake by Wastewater Particulates" and $34,700 from the Delaware Solid Waste Authority for "Development of Innovative Technologies and Education Program for Solid Waste Management." Chin-Pao Huang, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering, and Daniel K. Cha, civil and environmental engineering, $317,000 from U. S. Department of Energy for "Electrochemical Processes for In-situ Treatment of Contaminated Soils." Thomas Ilvento, food and resource economics, $6,000 from New Castle County for "New Castle County Land Owner Survey." Eric W. Kaler, chemical engineering, $30,000 from Dow Corning Corp. for "Phase Behavior and Microstructure of Volatile Silicone Oils" and $58,500 from National Aeronautics and Space Administration for "Surfactant-based Critical Phenomena in Microgravity." Michael T. Klein, Elisabeth Inez Kelley Professor of Chemical Engineering, $5,000 from the Du Pont Co. for "Computer Generated Kinetic Modeling: The Construction of a Partial Oxidation Kinetics Model Builder." James Kolodzey, electrical engineering, $95,000 from U. S. Army Research Office for "SiGeC Optoelectronic Devices." Paul LeMahieu, Education Research and Development Center, $24,350 from Capital School District for "Capital School District/State of Delaware Interactive Educational Television Consortium." Mark J. Manno, Cooperative Extension, $5,767 from Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Employment and Training, for "4-H Summer Day Camp Program." Mary Ann McLane, medical technology, $33,000 from American Heart Association for "Importance of the Structure of the RGD Loop in Disintegrins for Integrin Recognition." Carlos R. Plata-Salaman, biology, $58,475 from National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, for "Cellular Mechanisms in Interleukin-l-induced Anorexia." John F. Rabolt, materials science, $90,119 from International Business Machines for "Structural Determination of the Factors which Influence Molecular Adhesion to Polymer Surfaces." John K. Rosenberger and Robin W. Morgan, animal and food sciences, $1,698,470 from U. S. Department of Agriculture for "Poultry Biocontainment Laboratory and Agricultural Biotechnology Center." Evelyn Satinoff, psychology, $169,661 from National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, for "Thermoregulation, Sleep, and Circadian Rhythms in Aging." Daniel T. Simmons, biology, $293,576 from National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources, for "Contemporary Approaches in Molecular/Structural Biology."; and $206,763 from National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, for "Structure and Function of the SV40 Tumor Antigen." Clifford W. Sloyer, mathematical sciences, $12,000 from U. S. Department of Education for "Project 301-Leading Mathematics into the 21st Century." Jian-Qiao Sun, mechanical engineering, $25,000 from Lord Corp. and $15,000 from Delaware Research Partnership program for "Smart Trim Panels for Aircraft Interior Noise Control" and from National Science Foundation, $62,208 for "An Acoustic Boundary Control Method for Suppressing Structural Sound Radiation." John H. Talley, Delaware Geological Survey, $40,000 from New Castle County Water Resources Agency for "Phase IV- Implementation of a Ground-water Quality Monitoring Network in Southern New Castle County, Del." Norman J. Wagner, chemical engineering, $30,000 from Eastman Kodak Company and $20,000 from state under Delaware Research Partnership program for "Intelligent Processing of Composites Agglomeration of Particles in Polymers (Gelatin) under Processing." From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant Program: Biliana Cicin-Sain and Robert W. Knecht, marine studies, $263,574 for "Improving the Science/Policy Interface in the Management of Coastal Ecosystem through Management Analysis"; John L. Gallagher and Denise M. Seliskar, marine policy, $75,000 for "Transgenic Marine Plants: the Key to Exploiting Saline Land and Water Resources for Industrial and Food Products"; Vic Klemas and Xiao-Hai Yan, marine studies, $170,881 for "Integration of Remotely Sensed Land Cover Data and Condition Indicators in a GIS to Evaluate Coastal Wetlands"; Knecht and Klemas, marine studies, $30,421 for "Management of Coastal Ecosystems Group"; and Yan and Kuo-Chuin Wong, marine studies, $251,858 for "The Development and Application of a Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Remote Sensing Observing System."