Vol. 17, No. 16Jan. 8, 1998

Books

Margaret L. Andersen, sociology, with Patricia Hill Collins of the University of Cincinnati, Race, Class and Gender, third edition.

Publications

H.I. Ling, civil and environmental engineering, "Performance and Future Design of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures under Seismic Loadings," in Mechanically Stabilized Backfill, pages 427-432; with A. D-H. Cheng, civil and environmental engineering, "Rock Sliding Induced by Seismic Force," in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, vol. 34, no. 6, pages 1021-1029; with D. Leshchinsky, civil and environmental engineering, and E.B. Perry, "Seismic Design and Performance of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures," in Geotechnique, vol. 47, no. 5, pages 933-952; with Leshchinsky and Y. Mohri, "Soil Slopes Under Combined Horizontal and Vertical Seismic Accelerations," in Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, vol. 26, pages 1231-1241; and with Leshchinsky and F. Tatsuoka, "Stress-Confinement Effect of Nonwoven Geotextile on Design of Reinforced Soil Retaining Wall," in Soils and Foundations, vol. 37, no. 4, pages 121-126; with Mohri, M. Yasunaka, T. Kawabata and Leshchinsky, "Stability and Permanent Rotation of Slope Under Combined Vertical and Horizontal Random Seismic Excitation," pages 1835-1836 and with Mohri and Kawabata, "Uplift Force-Displacement Characteristics of Shallow Embedded Pipe," pages 2185-2186, in Proceedings of 32nd Japan National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering; and with Mohri, Kawabata and N. Fujita, "Large-Scale Experiment Up to Flotation of Buried Pipeline with Geosynthetics," in Proceedings of 12th Geosynthetics Symposium, Tokyo, pages 98-106.

Kenneth Koford, economics, "Problems of Bank Lending in Bulgaria," in Bulgarian Business News, vol. 7, no. 46, Nov. 10-16, 1997; and "Prof. Kenneth Koford About the Quality of Bulgarian Bankers and the Quality of Their Work," in Investments (in Bulgarian), Oct. 4, 1997, page 5.

Presentations

Sylvia Weyerbrock, food and resource economics, "Reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy: How To Reach GATT Compatibility?," at International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium annual meeting, Dec. 14-15, San Diego.

Daniel van der Weide, electrical and computer engineering, "Probing Small Structures with Micromachined Scanning Force Microscopes," Dec. 11, and "Tetrahertz Spectroscopy With Electronic Sources and Detectors," Dec. 18, at Ludwig-Maximillians Universitaet, Sektion Physik, Muenchen, Germany.

Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, "On the Optimization of Composite Cylindrial Sandwich Shells Subjected to Beam Type Bending," at ASME International Conference and Exposition, November, Dallas.

Susan Cover, Management Information Services, and Mary Martin, graduate admissions, "Web Application: Graduate Admission Processing," and Carl Jacobson, Management Information Services, "Imaging on the Web" and "Building Web-based Kiosks," at CAUSE 97 Conference, Dec. 3, Orlando.

MaryAnn McLane, medical technology, two posters, with I. Wierzbicka-Patynowski, S. Niewiarowski, C. Marcinkiewicz and V. Senadhi of Temple University, "Both the TGD Sequence and C-Terminus of Disintegrins Are Essential for their Full Potency in Interactions with Alpha IIb Beta 3 and Alpha v Beta," and with J.J. Calvete, M. Schrader and M. Raida of Institute for Reproduction Medicine, A. Romero from Center of Biological Investigations and S. Niewiarowski of Temple University, "Determination of the Disulphide Bond Pattern of Bitistatin. A Structural Model," at American Society of Cell Biology annual meeting, Dec. 13-17, Washington, D.C.

Several members of the Department of Mechanical Engineering made presentations at the 50th annual meeting of American Physical Society/Division of Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 23-25, San Francisco: L.W. Schwartz, "Hysteretic Effects for Droplets on Mixed-Wettable Substrates"; R. Roy and Schwartz, "Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Coating Flows Over Curved Substrates"; A.K. Prasad, "Persistence of Mean Flows in Turbulent Non-Penetrative Thermal Convection"; and M.H. Eres, Schwartz and D.E. Weidner, "Surface-Tension-Gradient Effects During Leveling of Evaporating Multi-Component Liquid Coatings."

Kenneth Koford, economics, "Bank Lending Policy Under the Currency Board," at conference on the Bulgarian economy under conditions of the currency board, Dec. 16, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Happy anniversary

20 Years

Ronald W. Reisor, Information Technologies, Systems Services, Jan. 16, 1978

Richard G. Weber, entomology and applied ecology, Jan. 16, 1978

15 Years

Yu-Chu Huang, chemistry and biochemistry, Jan. 16, 1983

Joy S. Lynam, Information Technologies, Information Services, Jan. 16, 1983

Alexis S. NoJunas, Facilities Management, heating and cooling, Jan. 10, 1983

10 Years

Joseph G. Farrell, marine studies, Jan. 16, 1988

Joanne R. Jennings, educational studies, Jan. 19, 1988

Allison G. Kaplan, education, Jan. 19, 1988

Marie E. Kreck, business and economics, Jan. 13, 1988

Karen E. Lofthouse, Bob Carpenter Center, Jan. 11, 1988

5 Years

Lisa Chieffo, foreign languages and literatures, Jan. 16, 1993

Cheng-Shun Fang, nutrition and dietetics, Jan. 15, 1993

Jennifer B. Hintlian, art history, Jan. 16, 1993

Glenwood T. Jackson, mail service, Jan. 21, 1993

John H. McDonald, biological sciences, Jan. 16, 1993

Melanie B. Rehberg, English Language Institute, Jan. 20, 1993

Service

Anna P. Ciulla, medical technology, appointed for a three-year term to Educators Committee, American Society of Clinical Pathologists Associate Member Section. She also received the 1997 Excellence in Education Award presented by the society at its fall national meeting, Sept. 23, Philadelphia.