Vol. 17, No. 8Oct. 23, 1997

Publications

Dennis Jackson, English, "'Pornography' and 'Obscenity' and the Everlasting Enigmas They Engender," in CEA Forum, vol. 27, no. 2, pages 1-8.

David E. Hollowell, executive vice president, "Technology, New Facilities and Organizational Realignment: The University of Delaware," in New Directions for Institutional Research, no. 94, pages 67-76.

Paul T. Durbin, philosophy and urban affairs, "Can There be a Best Ethic of Sustainability," in Tecnologia, Desarrollo Economico y Sustentabilidad: Proceedings of the IXth International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, a special number of Ludus Vitalis: Journal of Philosophy of Life Sciences, Durbin with Jorge Martinez Contreras and Raul Gutierrez Lombardo, editors, 1997; "Engineering Ethics and Social Responsibility: Reflections on Recent Developments in the U.S.A.," in Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, vol. 17, no. 2 and 3, pages 77-83; "Bioethics as Social Problem Solving," in Health Care Ethics: Critical Issues for the 21st Century, pages 578-586, Aspen; and, a review of Thinking through Technology: The Path Between Engineering and Philosophy by Carl Mitcham, in Philosophy in Review, vol. 17, no. 3, pages 190-193.

Alexander H-D. Cheng, civil and environmental engineering, with K. El Harrouni and D. Quazar of Mohammed V University and L.C. Wrobel of Brunel University, "Uncertainty Analysis of Groundwater Flow with DRBEM," pages 217-221, and, with Harrouni, Quazar and Wrobel, "Aquifer Parameter Estimation by Extended Kalman Filtering and Boundary Elements," pages 231-237, in Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, vol. 19, no. 3.

Xiang-Gen Xia, electrical and computer engineering, "New Precoding for Intersymbol Interference Cancellation Using Nonmaximally Decimated Multirate Filterbanks with Ideal FIR Equalizers," in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 45, pages 2431-2441, and "A Family of Pulse-Shaping Filters with ISI-Free Matched and UnMatched Filter Properties," pages 1157-1158, in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 45, pages 1157-1158.

Gabriele G. Bauer, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, "Effects of Classroom Environments," in Practically Speaking: A Sourcebook for Instructional Consultants in Higher Education, part three, Kathleen T. Brinko & Robert J. Menges, editors.

Janet R. deVry and Paul Hyde, information technologies/user services, "Supporting Faculty Exploration of Teaching with Technology," in Cause/Effect, pages 45-48.

Presentations

Bryant F. Tolles Jr., museum studies, history and art history, "Training Museum Leaders for the Future," at American Association for State and Local History annual meeting, Oct. 3, Denver.

James K. Broomall, continuing education and educational development, "Dollars, Decisions and Dilemmas," at University Continuing Education Association, Region 2, annual meeting, Oct. 8-10, Syracuse University.

Burton A. Abrams, economics, with Kenneth A. Lewis, Chaplin Tyler Professor of Economics, "Does Development Assistance Affect Economic Growth?" at Villanova University, Oct. 8, Philadlephia.

Joyce Hill Stoner, art conservation, with Leslie Guy, AS '95M, and Ebenezer Kotei, art conservation, adjunct, "Careers in Art Conservation," at Morgan State College, Oct. 9, Baltimore.

Robert Keown, animal and food sciences, emeritus, "Food Packaging Issues 1997," at mid-Atlantic food protection seminar, Oct. 9, Wilmington.

Service

Gordon J. DiRenzo, sociology, served as Delaware delegate, Division of Professional Regulation, to the Association of State and Provincial Boards of Psychology annual meeting, Sept. 19-21, Kansas City, Mo.

Happy anniversary

10 Years

Jeffrey A. Doucette, ice arena, Oct. 26, 1987

Gloria A. McCool, intercollegiate athletics, Oct. 26, 1987

5 Years

Betty A. Drummond, Facilities Management, building services, Oct. 26, 1992

Sandra S. Goodley, marine studies, Oct. 26, 1992

Angelica R. Lord, library, Oct. 26, 1992

Julie Ann Schmidt, Educational Research and Development Center, Oct. 26, 1992