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| Vol. 18, No. 33 | May 27, 1999 |
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| Vol. 18, No. 33 | May 27, 1999 |
Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Behavior of Sandwich Structures of Isotropic and Composite Materials, Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., Lancaster, Pa.
Dewey M. Caron, entomology and applied ecology, "IPM for Beekeepers," in American Bee Journal, vol. 139, no. 5, pages 363-365.
Gabriele Bauer, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, with Karen Freisem, Carl Grove and Amita Mathur of the University of Washington, "Departmental TA Program Coordinators: Partners in Enhancing Campus-Wide Training of International TAs," in Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development, vol. 6, no. 2, pages 15-24.
Robert H. Wood and Douglas A. Doren, chemistry and biochemistry, with Eric M. Yezdimer, Shinichi Sakane and Jose A. Barriocanal, "Free Energies of Solvation with Quantum Mechanical Interaction Energies from Classical Simulations," in Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 110, page 1329, 1999; Wood with Andrei V. Sharygin, "Densities of Aqueous Solutions of Sodium Carbonate and Sodium Bicarbonate at Temperatures from (298 to 623)K and Pressures to 28Mpa," in Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, vol. 30, page 1555, 1998; and Wood with Sakane and Henry S. Ashbaugh, "Continuum Corrections to the Polarization and Thermodynamic Properties of Ewald Sum Simulations for Ions and Ion Pairs at Infinite Dilution," in Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 102, page 5673, 1998.
Several members of the Department of Communication had articles published in the Communication Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 3, June 1999: Douglas McLeod and Benjamin H. Detenber with former graduate students William P. Eveland Jr., AS '91M, and Amy I. Nathanson, AS '94M, "Rethinking the Social Distance Corollary: Perceived Likelihood of Exposure and the Third-Person Perception," pages 275-302; and Charles Pavitt with former graduate student Kelly Kline Johnson, AS '96M, "An Examination of the Coherence of Group Discussions," pages 303-321.
Marianne Carter, employee wellness, "30 Minutes in Motion: An Eight-Week Incentive-Based Behavior Change Program," at Pennsylvania Worksite Health Promotion Conference, May 20, Harrisburg, Pa.; and "Feel Good About Food-Fire the Food Police!" at Women's Wellness Conference, May 7, Wilmington.
Robert R. Jordan, Delaware Geological Survey, "Strategic Retreat from the Beach," at Delaware chapter, Sierra Club, May 4, Widener University School of Law, Wilmington.
Lawrence Nees, art history, "A Battleground of Foreign Influence? Italian Illuminated Manuscripts, 6th to 10th Centuries," at College Art Association annual meeting, February, Los Angeles; and "Good Kings/Bad Kings: Confusion or Ambiguity?" at 34th International Medieval Conference, May, Kalamazoo.
Several members of the Department of Biological Sciences made presentations at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting May 9-14, Fort Lauderdale: Melinda Duncan, "Ectopic Pax-6 (5A) Expression in the Lens Disrupts Fiber Cell Morphology" and J.R. Dearworth and Allen Granda, "Kinetics of Spectral Light Adaptations: In Ganglion-Cell Receptive Fields."
William W. Boyer, Charles P. Messick Professor Emeritus of Public Administration, rapporteur, International Conference on United States-Taiwan Relations, at Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, April 9-10, Taipei, Taiwan; "Bureaucracy vs. Democracy," April 14, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul; "Democratization of Public Administration," April 16, at City Hall, Ansung, Korea; "Reflections on IMF Conditionality," at Honam University, April 19, Kwangkju, Korea.
25 years
Robert P. Mulrooney, plant and soil sciences, June 1, 1974
20 years
Timothy F. Brooks, student life, June 1, 1979
Lloyd W. Burke, Agriculture Research and Education Center, June 1, 1979
Clarence F. Gunther, Facilities Management, heating and cooling, May 29, 1979
10 years
Dan L. Boulet, engineering, June 1, 1989
Wanda L. Spotts, psychology, June 1, 1989
Thomas C. Melvin, library, June 5, 1989
5 years
Rudolph F. Paladnietti, Facilities Management, heating and cooling, May 31, 1994
From National Science Foundation: John S. Boyer, E. I. du Pont Professor of Marine Biochemistry/Biophysics, $39,530 and Bertrand Lemieux and James Hawk, plant and soil sciences, $701,735 for "Genomic Analysis of Seed Quality Traits in Corn"; Eric W. Kaler, Elisabeth Inez Kelley Professor of Chemical Engineering, $115,835 for "Control and Modification of Primary and Secondary Self-assembly Processes"; Ajay K. Prasad, mechanical engineering, $39,651 for "Investigation of Cloud Entrainment Using a Laboratory Heated-jet Analogue"; and Xiao-Hai Yan, marine studies, $100,000 for "Presidential Faculty Award."
Beth G. Anderson, Education Resource Center, $19,031 from Delaware Department of Education for "New Castle County Learning Resource Center."
Antony N. Beris, chemical engineering, $20,923 from Office of Naval Research for "Non-Linear Fluid Flow/Surfactant/ Interface Dynamics."
Robert A. Dalrymple, Edward C. Davis Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and James Kirby, civil and environmental engineering, $55,000 from U.S. Army Research Office for "Boussinesq Modeling of Waves in Harbors and Tidal Inlets."
Lawrence P. Donnelley, international programs and special sessions, $470,445 from U.S. Agency for International Development for "Strengthen Private Enterprise in Bulgaria Firm Level Assistance Group (FLAG)."
Kevin J. Folliard, civil and environmental engineering, $55,051 from National Academy of Sciences, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, for "Controlled Low-strength Material for Backfill, Utility Bedding and Void Fill."
Guang R. Gao, electrical and computer engineering, $50,000 from Jet Propulsion Laboratory for "A Hybrid Technology Multithreaded Computer Architecture for Petaflops Computing."
Jay L. Halio, English, $98,092 from National Endowment for the Humanities for "Shakespeare: Enacting the Text."
James A. Hawk, plant and soil sciences, $90,000 from Cargill Inc. for "Cargill Corn Breeding Grant."
David A. Hutchins, marine studies, $25,000 from Center for the Inland Bays for "Preventing Brown Tides."
Audrey J. Noble, education, $59,940 from Delaware Department of Education for "Local Systems Change Initiative."
J. Thomas Sims, plant and soil sciences, $15,000 from Center for the Inland Bays for "Demonstration of Improved Soil and Plant Nitrogen Tests for Wheat in the Inland Bays Watershed: Implementing Research on the Farm."
Daniel W. van der Weide, electrical and computer engineering, $108,169 from Office of Naval Research for "Coherent Signal Generation with Integrated Circuits for Wideband 100 GHz Network Measurements."
The web page, "Composites at the University of Delaware CCM," was selected as a Links2Go Key Resource in the material science topic, ranking 36 out of 50 pages found most relevant to a particular topic, using an objective statistical measure. The page is found at <www.ccm.udel.edu>.
Nancy Nelson, library, was elected vice chairperson/ chairperson elect of the Systems and Services Section, Library Administration and Management Association, a division of the American Library Association, for a two-year term.
M. Dina Giambi, library, was elected vice chairperson/ chairperson elect of the Acquisitions Section, Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association, for a three-year term. 
