Vol. 17, No. 12	Nov. 20, 1997

Publications

Nobuhisa Kobayashi, civil and environmental engineering, with D.T. Cox of Texas A&M University, "Kinematic Undertow Model with Logarithmic Boundary Layer," in Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, vol. 123, no. 6, pages 354-360.

Kate Conway-Turner, individual and family studies and psychology, with Rona Karasik, "The Impact of Work Status on Adult Daughters' Early and Future Caregiving," in Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 25, no. 6.

Presentations

Xiang-Gen Xia, electrical and computer engineering, "New Prefiltering for Multiwavelet Transforms," at 927th American Mathematical Society meeting, Oct. 24-25, Milwaukee; with Guangcai Zhou, "Multiple Frequency Detection in Undersampled Waveforms," "Ambiguity Resistant Precoders in ISI/Multipath Cancellation: Distance and Optimality," "A New Prefilter Design for Discrete Multiwavelet Transforms" and with Hui Liu, "Precoding Techniques for Undersampled Multi-receiver Communication Systems," at the 31st Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Nov. 2-5, Pacific Grove, Calif.

Robert L. Hampel, educational development, "Findings from the School Change Study," at Coalition of Essential Schools' Fall Forum, Nov. 7, San Francisco.

Brian Hatch, finance, session chairperson, "Microstructure Models: Theory and Evidence," at Financial Management Association meetings, Oct. 15-18, Honolulu. Jacqueline Faught, visiting assistant professor of finance, served as a discussant at the same meeting and at the Academy of Financial Services conference, Oct. 15, in Hawaii.

Benjamin H. Detenber, communication, with Robert F. Simons, Thomas M. Roedema and James L. Poston, psychology, "Emotional-Processing in Three Systems: The Medium and the Message," an abstract, at Society for Psychological Research meeting, Oct. 15-19, North Falmouth, Mass.

Several members of the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies made presentations at the 92nd annual meeting of American Sociological Association, Aug. 9-13, Toronto: James A. Inciardi with Hilary L. Surratt of University of Miami and Duane C. McBride of Andrews University, "Sexual Behavior, Drug Use and HIV/AIDS Risk Among Street Populations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil"; Jill McCorkel and Lana Harrison with Inciardi, "The Construction of Treatment Among Graduates and Dropouts of a Prison Therapeutic Community for Women": McCorkel with Matthew Silberman of Bucknell University, "The Sexual Politics of Incarceration: Legal, Cultural and Organizational Contexts"; Kim A. Logio, "Image is Everything: Gender, Race-Ethnicity, Body Image and Disordered Eating Among Adolescents"; and Harrison with Charles Freeman and Patricia G. Erickson and Edward Adlaf of Addiction Research Foundation, "The Drugs-Violence Nexus in the U.S. and Canada."

Nobuhisa Kobayashi, civil and environmental engineering, with M.D. Orzech of Naval Postgraduate School, graduate student B.D. Johnson and M.N. Herrman of Moffatt & Nichol Engineers, "Probabilistic Modeling of Surf Zone Swash Dynamics," at WAVES '97 conference, Nov. 3-7, Virginia Beach.

Barbara Gates, Alumni Distinguished Professor of English, "Packaging Self with Science or the Perils of Popularization," at Science and Literature Society conference, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, Pittsburgh.

James A. Inciardi, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, with Hilary L. Surratt of University of Miami, Duance C. McBride of Andrews University and Paulo R. Telles of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, "Intervention Effectiveness among Cocaine Snorters at Risk for HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" and with Flavio Pechansky of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, "Establishing Collaborative International Research Projects," at 59th annual scientific meeting of College on Problems of Drug Dependence, June 14-19, Nashville; and with Judith Quinlan of Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, "Female Condom-Preparing HIV Counselors to Demonstrate Use of Condom as STD Prevention Device," at meeting on building international research in drug abuse, June 19-20, Nashville.

Awards

James W. Kent, health and exercise science, received the Distinguished Service Award from the Delaware School Board Association for outstanding contributions and service to school boards on the local, state and national level.

Daniel van der Weide, electrical and computer engineering, received an award for significant technical achievement by a performer in fiscal year 1997 at the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency Ultra review in Santa Fe, N.M.

Happy anniversary

15 Years

Corwin Wickersham, student housing, Nov. 22, 1982

10 Years

Linda M. Bostwick, chemistry and biochemistry, Nov. 23, 1987

Betty Jane Hoback, education, human resources and public policy, Nov. 23, 1987

Nancy E. Sanderson, business administration, Nov. 23, 1987

Diana J. Simmons, University Honors Program, Nov. 23, 1987

5 Years

Lysbet J. Murray, Academic Services Center, Nov. 23, 1992

Clarence W. Robinson, Education Resource Center, Nov. 23, 1992