UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 5
October 3, 1996
Faculty and Staff
PUBLICATIONS
Ronald Martin, English, "American Writers in the Midst of
20th-Century Redefinitions of Nature," in Aspects of
Secularization: Science and the Arts, Soren Baggesen, editor,
pages 43-59, Odense University Press.
James L. Morrison, textiles, design and consumer economics,
a review of Robert Heller's book, The Leadership Imperative: What
Innovative Business Leaders Are Doing Today To Create the
Successful Companies of Tomorrow, in Journal of Education for
Business, vol. 70, no. 6, pages 369-370.
Raj Varma, finance, with Chimoy Ghosh of University of
Connecticut and J. Randall Woolridge of Pennsylvania State
University, "Exchangeable Debt Calls and Security Returns," in
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, vol. 23, no. 1, pages
107-114.
John S. Ying, economics, with Theodore E. Keeler of
University of California, Berkeley, "Hospital Costs and Excess
Bed Capacity: A Statistical Analysis," in Review of Economics and
Statistics, vol. 78, pages 470-481.
Peter Kolchin, Henry Clay Reed Professor of History, "Some
Controversial Questions Concerning 19th-Century Emancipation from
Slavery and Serfdom," in Serfdom and Slavery: Studies in Legal
Bondage, M.L. Bush, editor, pages 42-67, Longman, London.
John A. Courtright, communication, "Rationally Thinking
About Nonprobability," in Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic
Media, vol. 40, no. 3, pages 414-421, summer.
PRESENTATIONS
Rivers Singleton, biology, "Transgenic Mammals: Science and
Ethics," at Scientists' Center for Animal Welfare conference,
Genetic Engineering and Animal Welfare: Preparing for the 21st
Century, Sept. 5-6, Chicago.
Ron Martin, geology, invited keynote speaker, "Cyclic and
Secular Variation in Microfossil Biomineralization and
Preservation: Clues to Calcium Carbonate Saturation and Nutrient
Levles of Phanerozoic Oceans," at Society for Sedimentary Geology
and International Association of Sedimentologists research
conference, Carbonates and Global Change, June 22-27, Wildhaus,
Switzerland.
Ivo Dominguez, foreign langauges and literatures, "Don
Quijote y el Cristianismo Militante," at International
Association of the Spanish Golden Age conference, July 22-27,
University of Alcala de Henares, Spain.
Herbert E. Allen, civil and environmental engineering, with
research associate Yujun Yin, "Partitioning of Camium and Mercury
to Soil," a seminar at CSIRO Australia, Division of Soils, Sept.
11, Adelaide; and Allen, "Zinc in Soil and Water Environments,"
at International Conference on Zinc, Sept. 12, Adelaide.
Peter Kolchin, Henry Clay Reed Professor of History, "The
Comparative Approach to the Study of Slavery," at conference on
Formes, Changements et Permanences des Rapports de Dependance
Servile: Une Approche Comparative, at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en
Sciences Sociales, June 21, Paris.
Two faculty members from the Disaster Research Center
participated recently in international conferences: Joanne Nigg
took part in a U.S./Japan Earthquake Policy Symposium, Sept. 16-
18, in Washington, D.C., and Russell R. Dynes participated in a
Hemispheric Congress of Disaster Reduction and Sustainable
Development, Sept. 30, Florida International University. The UD
Center has been asked to become part of a university consortium
to establish a NSF-funded National Earthquake Engineering
Research Center.
Philip Goldstein, parallel program, "Althusser, Derrida and
Postmodern Cultural Theory" and "Hamlet in the Culture Wars," at
International Society for the Study of European Ideas meeting,
Aug. 19-24, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Susan Foster, Information Technologies, "Computer Ethics,"
at Wesley College, Sept. 18, Dover.
AWARDS
Harvey Price, music, has been named 1996 Artist Fellow in
Jazz by the Delaware Division of the Arts. As a fellow, he will
present a recital series of jazz styles, featuring the xylophone
and vibraphone, Oct. 9, at Delaware State University's art
center; Oct. 16 at the First Unitarian Church, Wilmington; and
Oct. 19 at the Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival.
SERVICE
James R. Soles, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Political
Science and International Relations, has been named to the state
task force on citizen involvement in the judicial system by
Norman Veasey, chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.
John L. Burmeister, Alumni Distinguished Professor of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, conducted a televised, live
examination review of Fundamentals of Engineering Chemistry for
the National Society of Professional Engineers, Sept. 21, offered
by National Technological University.
Susan Foster, information technologies, has been appointed
to a three-year term as a CAUSE representative to the Coalition
for Networked Information.
Herbert Allen, civil and environmental engineering, served
on the World Health Organization's International Program on
Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria task group, Sept.
16-20, in Adelaide, Australia.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
10 Years
Nancy Allinger, student center, Oct. 6, 1986
Debbie Cannon, Informational Technologies, User Services,
Oct. 6, 1986
William Rule, electrical engineering, Oct. 6, 1986
Leslie Wickwire, Facilities Managment, structural shop, Oct. 6, 1986
5 Years
Denisse Basaure, art history, Oct. 10, 1991
Diana Brinkley, Payroll, Oct. 7, 1991
Larry Fields, Facilities Management, building services, Oct. 7, 1991
GRANTS
From National Science Foundation: Sunil K. Agrawal,
mechanical engineering, $100,000 for "Presidential Faculty
Fellows"; Paul R. Berger, James Kolodzey, Johnson O. Olowolafe
and Daniel W. van der Weide, electrical engineering, $100,000 for
"Engineering Research Equipment: Reactive Ion Etcher and
Annealer"; Richard J. Braun, mathematical sciences, $60,000 for
"Computational Two-phase Viscous Drop Spreading"; William J.
Frawley and William J. Idsardi, linguistics, H. Timothy Bunnell,
applied science and engineering, and Fred A. Masterson,
psychology, $25,098 for "Laboratory in Cognitive and Linguistic
Science"; Henry R. Glyde and Massimo Boninsegni, physics and
astronomy, $40,000 for "Neutron Scattering Experiments and Path
Integral Monte Carlo Studies of Disordered Quantum Systems"; John
M. Lambros and Tsu-Wei Chou, Jerzy L. Nowinski Professor of
Mechanical Engineering, $41,492 for "Engineering Research
Equipment: High Speed Infra Red Radiation Detector System for Use
in Thermographic Measurements in Dynamically Deforming Advanced
Materials"; David M. Mason, mathematical sciences, $25,000 for
"General Limit Theorems in Probability and Local Empirical
Processes"; Kathleen F. McCoy, computer and information sciences,
an additional $5,250 for "An Exploratory System to Teach English
as a Second Language to Deaf Students with American Sign Language
Competency"; Michael Rosenberg, University Parallel Program,
$42,904 for "Economy and Culture at a Late 11th Millennium
Village Site in SE Anatolia: A Continuing Investigation into the
Origins of Sedentism and Animal Husbandry in the Taurus-Zagros
Arc"; Jerold M. Schultz, Ernest Birchenall Professor of Chemical
Engineering, and Benjamin S. Hsiao, materials science program,
$208,380 for "Characterization of In-situ Structure Development
during Processing of Semicrystalline Polymer Fibers"; Annette D.
Shine, chemical engineering, $81,768 for "Electrorheology of
Liquid Crystalline Polymer Solutions"; Krzysztof Szalewicz,
physics and astronomy, $44,930 for "U.S.-Bulgarian Cooperative
Research: Metastable States of Exotic Helium Atoms and Delayed
Annihilation of Antiprotons in Helium" and $114,245 for
"Theorectical Studies of van der Waals Molecules"; and Ferris
Webster, marine studies, $244,000 for "WOCE Data Information
Unit."
From Office of Naval Research: J. Herbert Waite, marine
studies, $60,000 for "Direct Analysis of Marine Interfaces:
Mussels and MALDI"; Daniel W. van der Weide, electrical
engineering, $336,645 for "Probing Local Device Fields Using AC
Scanning Force Microscopy"; and Jin H. Wu, H. Fletcher Brown
Professor of Marine Studies and Civil Engineering, $40,518 for
"Modification of Sea-Surface Features by Submerged Bluff Bodies
and Bathymetry in a Current Field."
Stuart A. Binder-Macleod, physical therapy, $103,217 from
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Arthritis
and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, for "Force Optimization in
Skeletal Muscle."
Thomas B. Brill, chemistry and biochemistry, $50,682 from
California Institute of Technology for "Novel Energetic Materials
to Stabilize Rockets."
Roberta F. Colman, chemistry and biochemistry, $102,093 from
National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of General
Medical Sciences, for "Chemistry-Biology Interface Predoctoral
Training."
Stuart L. Cooper, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Chemical
Engineering, $168,394 from National Institutes of Health,
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, for "Mechanisms of
Damage Caused by Cardiopulmonary Bypass."
Linda Gottfredson, educational studies, $99,251 from The
Pioneer Fund Inc. for "The Study of Intelligence and Society."
Mahendra K. Jain, chemistry and biochemistry, $252,177 from
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General
Medical Sciences, for "Interfacial Catalysis by Phospholipase
A2."
Ronald C. Jester, Cooperative Extension, from Delaware
Office of Highway Safety, Community Traffic Safety Program-$9,906
for "Kent County," $7,620 for "New Castle County" and $24,207 for
"Sussex County."
Willett M. Kempton, urban affairs and public policy,
$113,688 from U.S Environmental Protection Agency for
"Development Outreach and Evaluation of Innovative Billing
Options for Gas and Electric Utilities."
Peter W. Rees, geography, $44,000 from National Geographic
Society for "Delaware Geographic Alliance Program."
Krzysztof Szalewicz, physics and astronomy, $50,000 from
Army Research Laboratory for "Calculations of Intermolecular
Potentials Relevant for Recycling Propellants in Non-polluting
Supercritical Fluids."
John H. Talley, Delaware Geological Survey, $3,200 from
Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control,
Division of Water Resources, for "Ground Water Monitoring of
Coastal Aquifers in Sussex County, Del."