Vol. 17, No. 33May 28, 1998

Publications

Alexander H.-D. Cheng, civil and environmental engineering, with D. Quazar of University Mohammed V, and A. Naji of University of Abdelmalek Essaadi, "Boundary Element Solution of Stochastic Saltwater/Freshwater Interface Problems," in Engineering Mechanics: A Force for the 21st Century, 12th Engineering Mechanics Conference, May 17-20, La Jolla, Calif., pages 1653-1656.

Herbert E. Allen, civil and environmental engineering, with Bo Shi and Christine Desnoyers, "Assessment of Cadmium in Aquatic Sediment Using Dialysis Samplers with Ion-Exchange-Resin Collection," in Separation Science and Technology, vol. 33, pages 1013-1023.

Theodore E.D. Braun, foreign languages and literatures, "Voltaire, Zadig, Candide and Chaos," in Studies on Voltaire and the 18th Century, vol. 358, pages 1-20.

Presentations

Xiang-Gen Xia, electrical and computer engineering, "Channel Identification with Doppler and Time Shifts Using Mixed Training Signals" and, with X. Gao and Z. He, "A New Implementation of Arbitrary-length Cosine-Modulated Filter Bank," at International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, May 12-15, Seattle.

James L. Morrison, consumer studies, "Riding the Information Autobahn: The Next Millennium Is Already Here," at Delaware Business Education Association conference, May 14, Middletown High School.

Mary E. Miele, medical technology, "Vaccines: Past and Future," at Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Laboratory Science annual meeting, April 22, King of Prussia, Pa.

Melinda K. Duncan, biological sciences, "Development of a Transgenic Mouse Model for Aniridic Cataract: Evidence for a Dominant Negative Effect" and moderator, "Cataract Genetics," at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting, May 10-15, Ft. Lauderdale.

K.E. Barner, electrical and computer engineering, with graduate student R.P. Schumeyer, "Perception Based Selection of Video Coding Parameters" and with graduate student J. Siddique, "Wavelet-Based Multiresolution Edge Detection," at Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, March, Princeton University.

Paul R. Berger, electrical and computer engineering, "New SiGeCSn Semiconductor for Future Computing and Communications," at Universitaet Bayreuth, Germany, April 27, Max-Planck Institut fuer Polymerforschung, Mainz, Germany, April 28, and University of Sheffield, England, May 1.

Mary P. Richards, English, "The Joseph Story in Cotton Otho B. X: Text and Context," at International Medieval Congress, May 9, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.

Elizabeth M. Bertera, individual and family studies, "Caregiving Experiences and Health Promotion of Latino Elderly," at National Council on the Aging conference and expo, April 2, Washington, D.C.

Ed Okonowicz, public relations, "Delmarva's Tales, Folklore and Disappearing Culture," at DuPont Symposium at Winterthur on Polymers in Microelectronics, May 19, Wilmington.

Awards

Robert R. Jordan, Delaware Geological Survey, has been awarded the John T. Galey Memorial Award by the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

Service

Robert R. Jordan, Delaware Geological Survey, has been reelected chairperson of the Delaware State Boundary Commission.

Happy anniversary

25 Years

James C. Green, Information Technologies/Management Information Services, June 1, 1973

Joy G. Sparks, Cooperative Extension, June 1, 1973

20 Years

Frederick B. Getze, library, June 1, 1978

15 Years

Timothy W. Deering, marine studies, June 1, 1983

Richard E. Gordon, Information Technologies/User Services, June 1, 1983

10 Years

John Acuff, biological sciences, June 1, 1988

Kimberly A. Doucette, marine studies, June 1, 1988

5 Years

Joanne Fitzpatrick, Center for Educational Leadership, June 3, 1993