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| Vol. 18, No. 11 | Nov. 12, 1998 |
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| Vol. 18, No. 11 | Nov. 12, 1998 |
Roland R. Roth, entomology and applied ecology, and H.J. Weinberg, "Forest Area and Habitat Quality for Nesting Wood Thrushes," in The Auk, vol. 115, no. 4, pages 879-889.Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz, foreign languages and literatures, "The Children's Revolt Against Structures of Repression in Cristina Peri Rossi's La Rebelión de Los Niños," in College Literature, vol. 25, no. 3, pages 145-162.
Nobuhisa Kobayashi, civil and environmental engineering, with graduate student Jeffrey A. Melby of U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, "Progression and Variability of Damage on Rubble Mound Breakwaters," in Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, vol. 124, no. 6, pages 186-294.
Russell R. Dynes, sociology and criminal justice, "Sociology as a Religious Movement," in The Classical Tradition in Sociology: The American Tradition, Sage Publications, Newbury Park, and "Coming to Terms with Community Disaster" and "On the Concept of Disaster: A Response, A Slight Recovery and Less Reconstruction," in What Is a Disaster? Perspectives on the Question, E.L. Quarantelli sociology and criminal justice emeritus, editor, London, Routledge.
Xiang-Gen Xia, electrical and computer engineering, "Smooth Local Sinusoidal Bases on Two-Dimensional L-shaped Regions," in Journal of Fourier Analysis and Applications, vol. 4, no. 1.
G.R. Arce and K.E. Barner, electrical and computer engineering, with graduate student A. Flaig, "Affine Order-Statistic Filters: Medianization of Linear FIR Filters," in Instititute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Transactions on Signal Processing, August 1998.
Karl W. Böer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics and Solar Energy, "Robert Rompe, The Life of a Physicist, Teacher and Leader," in Wissenschafts-historische Adlershofer Splitter, no. 4, pages 30-35.
A. Julian Valbuena, Elias Ahuja Professor of Spanish, with Simon Palmer of Madrid, Maria G. Profeti of Florence and Kurt R. Reichenberger of Wurzburg, editors, CD-ROM with complete plays by Lope de Vega for Teatro Espanol del Siglo de Oro (TESO). Published by Chadwyck-Healey Inc. of Cambridge, Madrid and Alexandria, Va., TESO's three CD-ROMs and World Wide Web versions include more than 800 original texts and multiple-search fields for the works of 16 dramatists.
Lian-Ping Wang with Anthony Wexler, both mechanical engineering, and graduate student Yong Zhou, "Statistical Mechanical Descriptions of Turbulent Coagulation," in Physics of Fluids, vol. 10, no. 10, pages 2647-2651.
Robert L. Hampel, education, "A Generation in Crisis?" in Daedalus, vol. 127, no. 4, pages 67-88.
Faculty, staff and students in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences made presentations at the American Society of Agronomy annual meeting, Oct. 18-22, Baltimore: Donald L. Sparks, Distinguished Professor of Soil Science, with postdoctoral associate Robert G. Ford, "Advances in Understanding the Mechanisms and Rates of Sorption Phenomena for Inorganic Solutes in Soils"; with Ford, student J. Derek Peak and W.R. McKinley and M.C. Martin of LBNL-ARS, "The Rates and Mechanisms of Borate and Sulfate Adsorption at the Iron Oxide/Aqueous Interface"; with postdoctoral associate Andreas C. Scheinost, Ford and student Kirk G. Scheckel, "Nickel Sorption on Pyrophillite: Evidence for the Formation of Nickel-Aluminum Hydroxide and Its Transformation into Nickel-Silicate by Visible, Infrared and XANES Spectroscopy and Thermogravimetry"; with Scheckel, "Time-Resolved AFM and XAFS Investigations of Nickel Surface Precipitate Dissolution Mechanisms"; with student Daniel G. Strawn, "Use of a Stirred-Flow Reactor to Study Lead Adsorption and Desorption Reactions on Soil" and "Use of X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy to Distinguish between Inner- and Outer-Sphere Lead Adsorption Complexes on Montmorillonite" ; with student Yuji Arai, "Residence Time Effects on Phosphorus Sorption/Desorption on Ferrihydrite"; with student Christopher J. Matocha, "Mechanisms of Reductive Dissolution of Manganese Oxides by Catechol"; with student Darryl R. Roberts, "Mechanism(s) of Nickel Sorption on Aluminum-Hydroxy-Interlayed Vermiculite Using Time-Resolved EXAFS"; and with student S. Erin O'Reilly, "Competitive Effects of Phosphate and Sulfate on the Kinetics of Arsenate Sorption on Goethite"; J. Thomas Sims, "Managing Agricultural and Municipal Biosolids to Prevent Nonpoint Source Pollution of Surface and Groundwaters: A Critical Analysis of Current Approaches" and "Using Soil Testing to Establish Upper Critical Limits for Phosphorus for Water Quality Protection"; with research associate Cynthia Greene, "Regulation of the Application of Organic Amendments to Soils Based on Phosphorus: Status and Future Trends in the U.S."; with Sparks, Strawn, research associate Ellen M. Cooper and postdoctoral associate Blake M. Onken, "Effect of Chemical Stabilization by Phosphate Amendment on the Desorption of Phosphorus and Lead from a Contaminated Soil"; with research associates Karen L. Gartley and Catherine T. Olsen, "Adding an Environmental Soil Test for Phosphorus to a Traditional Soil Testing Laboratory: Delaware's Experience"; with research associate Maria C. Pautler, "Comparison of Short- and Long-Term Phosphorus Sorption Kinetics in Atlantic Coastal Plain Soils"; with research associate Momoh-Fonigay Lavahun and V. Raboy of USDA-ARS, "Sorption and Desorption of Phosphorus in Soils Amended with Poultry Litters Produced Using Normal and Phytase/Low Phytate Corn Diets"; with research associate Douglas R. Ware and F.J. Coale of the University of Maryland, "Phosphorus Sorption and Desorption in Atlantic Coastal Plain Soils Amended with Alum-Treated Poultry Litters"; with postdoctoral associate Rory O. Maguire, "Long-Term Sorption and Desorption Kinetics for High Phosphorus Soils"; with student Peter A. Vadas, "Modeling Phosphorus Transport from an Atlantic Coastal Plain Watershed Dominated by Intensive Animal Agriculture"; with student Nicole J. Luka, "Use of Iron and Aluminum By-Products to Reduce Phosphorus Export from Atlantic Coastal Plain Soils to Surface Waters"; and with extension specialist Susan S. Barton and student Helen S. Waite, "Current Knowledge of Nonpoint Source Pollution of Surface Waters by Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Urban and Rural Residential Sources"; Bertrand Lemieux with S. Irian, R. Sapelosky, I. Negruk and S. Reddy, "DNA Chip Technology"; Jeffry J. Fuhrmann with Mark Radosevich and student Chengwei Fang, "Aqueous Solubility Enhancement and Desorption of Phenanthrene Using Plant-Based Surfactants"; with T.J. Gentry and D.C. Wolf of the University of Arkansas, and C.S. Pidgeon and C.M. Reynolds of USACRREL, "Enumeration of Pyrene-Degrading Microorganisms in Contaminated Soil"; with P.G. Hartel of the University of Georgia and E. Schroeder of the University of Puerto Rico, "Whole Soil FAME Profiles of the Soybean Rhizosphere over a Growing Season"; with research associate Caroline M. Golt, T.A. Delorme, J.V. Gagliardi, and J.S. Angle of the University of Maryland, and P. van Berkum and R.L. Chaney of USDA-ARS, "Diversity of Rhizobia in a Zinc and Cadmium Polluted Soil"; and with student Wipa Homhaul and van Berkum, "Phenotypic Characterization and DNA Fingerprinting of Bradyrhizobia Isolated from U.S., Chinese and Thai Soils"; Radosevich with student Stacy M. Dean, Yan Jin and Daniel K. Cha, civil and environmental engineering, "Biosurfactant Enhanced Phenanthrene Degradation in Co-Inoculated Soil Microcosms"; with D.E. Crowley of the University of California-Riverside, "Inorganic Nutrient Effects on Xenobiotic Degradation"; Jin with postdoctoral associate Ellen M. Pratt and student Yanjie Chu, "Virus Fate and Transport in Porous Media: Batch and Column Studies" and "Colloid-Facilitated Transport of Viruses in Porous Media"; with Chu, "Effect of Water Content on Virus Transport through Sand Columns"; with student Michael B. Ohm and C.A. Bellin and D.L. Erbes of DuPont Agricultural Products, "Effect of Application Method on the Environmental Fate of Rice Fungicides in a Greenhouse-Simulated Rice Paddy System"; extension specialist Richard W. Taylor with extension associate Robert Uniatowski, and Ted A. Haas and J.W. Trumbauer of the University of Maryland, "Interaction of Poultry Manure and Commercial Nitrogen Fertilizer in Grain Sorghum"; with Uniatowski and John D. Pesek, food and resource economics, "Interaction of Seeding Rate and Row Spacing in Irrigated Soybeans"; and Pesek with Peak, M.J. Eick of Virginia Tech and P.V. Brady of Sandia National Laboratory, "Kinetics of Lead Adsorption/Desorption on Goethite Residence Time Effect."Raelene E. Maser, medical technology, "Neuropathy Results from the Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study," at University of Pittsburgh, Oct. 31.
Russell R. Dynes, sociology and criminal justice, "Noah and the Flood: An After-Action Report," at 23rd annual hazards research and applications workshop, July 15, Boulder; "The Lisbon Earthquake in 1755: Contested Meanings in the First Modern Disaster," at 14th World Congress of Sociology, July 28, Montreal; and "Disasters in the 21st Century," keynote address, Institute of Civil Defense and Disaster Studies Diamond Jubilee, Oct. 22, Belfont Lake, Feldham, Middlesex, England.
Rae D. Stabosz, foreign languages and literatures, "What? You Mean the Whole World Doesn't Read and Write in English Only," at 26th annual conference of Special Interest Group for University and College Computing Services, Oct. 25-28, Indiana University.
Russell E. Murray Jr., music, "Toward a Stylistic Definition of 'Counterpoint' in the Late Renaissance," at the American Musicological Society annual meeting, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, Boston.
T. Gregory Lynch, continuing education, "SERF-ing in the USA: An Asynchronous/Synchronous Web-based Instructional Delivery System," at University Continuing Education Association annual conference, Region II, Oct. 9, Ocean City, Md.
Robert L. Hampel, education, "Assessment in the Harvard Medical School, 1870-1930," at History of Education Society annual meeting, Oct. 30, Chicago.
Martha Carothers, art, "Beaten, Pressed and Bound: The Natural Inclination for Combining Papermaking, Printmaking and Book Binding," at Mid-America College Art Association meeting, Oct. 15-17, Lexington, Ky,
Damie Stillman, John W. Shirley Professor of Art History, "Flowering of the Villa in the New United States," at Hagley Museum and Library, Nov. 10, Wilmington.
Larry Peterson, music, "Music Appreciation and SERF," at College Music Society and Association for Technology in Music Instruction joint national conference, Oct. 24, Puerto Rico.
Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with E. Woldesenbet, EG '97PhD, "On the Failure of Composite Materials at High Strain Rates," and with A.T. Dee, EG '98M, "Compressive Mechanical Properties of a Unidirectional G30-500/ RS-23 Laminate and RS-23 Neat Resin at High Strain Rates and the Dynamic Effects of RS-23 on G30-500/RS-23," at 13th annual technical conference of American Society for Composites, Sept. 21-23, Baltimore; and "Localized Buckling (Crippling) of Pultruded Composite Structural Members," at eighth Japan-United States Conference on Composite Materials, Sept. 24-25, Baltimore. The papers also were published in the proceedings of the conference.
Ulrich C. Toensmeyer, food and resource economics, was presented the 1998 Frank Panyko Award for Distinguished Service by the Food Distribution Research Society for his outstanding leadership and service.
T. Gregory Lynch, continuing education, presided over the University Continuing Education Association, Region II, annual conference, Oct. 7-9, Ocean City, Md.Karl W. Böer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics and Solar Energy, chaired the editors meeting for Survey of Semiconductor Physics, second edition, to be published by John Wiley & Sons, and coordinated the American German Technology Business Conference, Oct. 27-29, Berlin.
Linda J. Usher, Information Technologies/Network and Systems Services, Nov. 16, 1978
Judith Ann Greene, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, Nov. 16, 1983Rebecca C. Knight, library, Nov. 14, 1983
Carl F. Asti, Information Technologies/Media Services, Nov. 16, 1988Mary A. Brezial, Dining Services, Nov. 13, 1988
Carol L. Curry, Dining Services, Nov. 13, 1988
Eric R. Nelson, ice arena, Nov. 14, 1988
R. Carol Porter, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, Nov. 14, 1988
Barbara E. Hughes-Lampros, theatre, Nov. 15, 1993Sharon W. Kahn, Academic Services Center, Nov. 16, 1993
Gina A. Sinovich, Facilities Planning and Construction, Nov. 16, 1993
From National Science Foundation: Sunil K. Agrawal, mechanical engineering, $15,200 for "U.S.-Germany Cooperative Agreement: A New Laboratory Simulator for Space Robots"; Keith S. Decker, computer and information sciences, $84,818 for "CAREER: Coordination: Integrating Organizational Style with Environmental Characteristics"; and John H. McDonald, biological sciences, an additional $4,500 for "SGER: Anonymous Rare-cutter Restriction Fragments: A Novel Source of Genetic Markers for Population Biology."Thomas B. Brill, chemistry and biochemistry, $127,332 from California Institute of Technology for "CalTech/DOD-MURI/Novel Energetic Materials to Stabilize Rockets."
John M. Byrne and Young-Doo Wang, urban affairs, $99,978 from Delaware Department of Administrative Services, Division of Facilities Management/Energy Office, for "Development of a State Action Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the State of Delaware."
Daniel K. Cha and Herbert Allen, civil and environmental engineering, $19,532 from International Copper Association Ltd. for "Kinetics of Biologically Active Copper Species in Natural Waters."
Thomas M. Church, marine studies, $10,000 from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for "Assessment of the Relative Nitrogen Input to Coastal Waterbodies from the Atmosphere Collection, Synthesis and Production of Publication Quality Information for the Chapter of the Book Atmospheric Deposition to Coastal Waters and Their Watersheds."
Steven K. Dentel, civil and environmental engineering, from Water Environment Research Foundation: $105,045 for "Enhancement of Conditioning and Dewatering Processes by Electrical Arc Pretreatment" and $8,381 for "Influence of Polymer Chemistry on Biosolids and the Environment."
Lawrence P. Donnelley, international programs and special sessions, $99,680 from U.S. Information Agency for "Building Democracy at the Local Level in Japan."
Francis J. Doyle, chemical engineering, $13,926 from National Institute of Standards and Technology for "Process Measurements and Control: Industry Needs."
Marlene G. Emara, animal and food sciences, $13,086 from Perdue Inc. and $13,000 from state under the Delaware Research Partnership for "Identification of Genetic Markers for Marek's Disease Resistance in Broiler Chickens."
P. Andrew Evans, chemistry and biochemistry, $98,885 from National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, for "Stereoselective Synthesis of Cyclic Ethers" and $60,000 from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Inc. for "New Transition Metal Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions."
Ardeshir Faghri, civil and environmental engineering, $11,785 from Delaware Department of Transportation for "Equipment for the Application of Global Positioning System (GPS) for Monitoring Congestion in the State of Delaware."
Samuel L. Gaertner, psychology, $164,326 from National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, for "Reducing Bias: The Common Ingroup Identity Model."
Guang R. Gao, electrical and computer engineering, $85,609 from Cornell University for "Crack Propagation on Teraflop Computers."
Lana D. Harrison and Steven Martin, drug and alcohol studies, $169,704 from University of Illinois at Chicago for "State Illicit Drugs Surveillance System."
James A. Hawk, plant and soil sciences, $9,000 from U.S. Department of Agriculture for "Evaluation of 50 Percent Corn Belt: 50 Percent Lamp and 75 Percent Corn Belt: 25 Percent Lamp Accessions for Drought Resistance."
Mark W. Huddleston, political science and international relations, $72,638 from U.S. Information Agency for "Municipal Capacity and Administrative Decentralization in Slovenia."
Marylin C. Huff, chemical engineering, $25,000 from Du Pont Co. and $25,000 from state under the Delaware Research Partnership for "High Temperature, Short Contact Time Catalysis."
Paul T. Imhoff, civil and environmental engineering, $9,785 from Batelle for "Dover Permeable Barrier Project."
Eric W. Kaler, chemical engineering, $34,318 from ICI Americas Inc. for "Microemulsion Polymerization: An Approach to New Materials."
Nobuhisa Kobayashi, civil and environmental engineering, $30,000 from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for "Transformation of Irregular Breaking Waves on Beaches and Coastal Structures."
Barbara Landau and James E. Hoffman, psychology, $59,208 from March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation for "Spatial Language and Spatial Cognition in Williams Syndrome."
Jerome R. Lewis, human resources, education, and public policy, $50,000 from Delaware Department of Transportation for "Infrastructure VI Forum and Research."
Charles E. Mason, Clifford B. Keil and Joanne M. Whalen, entomology and applied ecology, $27,000 from Monsanto Co., $7,000 from Novartis Seeds Inc., $5,000 from DEKALB Genetics Corp. and $39,000 from the state under the Delaware Research Partnership for "Impact of BT Crop Protection Technology on Management of European Corn Borer."
Mary E. Miele, medical technology, $5,000 from Oak Ridge Associated Universities for "Malignant Melanoma Metastasis-Suppressor Genes on Human Chromosome 6."
Debra H. Norris, art conservation, $2,000 from Neilsen & Bainbridge for "Investigation into Zeolite Technology."
John C. Nye, agriculture and natural resources, $4,500 from U.S. Department of Agriculture for "Research Personnel Support for Summer 1997."
Giuseppe R. Palmese, composite materials, and John W. Gillespie Jr., materials science, $255,000 from U.S. Army Research Laboratory for "Non-polluting Composite Repair and Remanufacturing for Military Applications."
Marina A. Piscolish, human resources, education and public policy, $36,720 from Delaware Department of Education for "Special Education Partnership for the Amicable Resolution of Conflict."
Lisa Ann Plowfield, nursing, $112,453 from National Institutes of Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, for "The Nurse-Managed Health Center."
William F. Ritter, bioresources engineering, $13,856 from Center for the Inland Bays for "BMPs Evaluation for the Inland Bays."
Daniel W. van der Weide, electrical and computer engineering, $103,325 from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for "Nanoscale Field Localization for Manipulation and Probing of Computationally Interesting Biomolecules."
Anthony S. Wexler, mechanical engineering, $16,747 from MCNC for "Practical Parallel Computing Strategies with Application to Air Quality and Cross-media Models."
Paul E. Wise, hotel, restaurant and institutional management, $49,843 from the Center for Hospitality Research Solutions at the Educational Institute for "America Hotel/Motel Association Research Alliance."
Danilo Yanich, Center for Community Development and Family Policy, $66,958 from Family Court of Delaware for "An Examination of Family/Domestic Violence Case Processing in the Family Court of Delaware."
