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3:15 p.m., Dec. 17, 2002--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.
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David Ermann, professor of sociology and criminal justice, and Michele S. Shauf, Computers, Ethics and Society, third edition, Oxford University Press
Roger J. Steiner, professor emeritus of linguistics, editor, The New College Spanish and English Dictionary, Amsco School Publications
Sheldon D. Pollack, associate professor of accounting, Refinancing America: The Republican Antitax Agenda, State University of New York Press.
Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Robert L. Sierakowski, The Behavior of Structures Composed of Composite Materials, second edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Philip Broadbridge, professor of mathematical sciences, and G.R. Fulford, Industrial Mathematics: Case Studies in the Diffusion of Heat and Matter, Australian Mathematical Society Lecture Notes Series, Cambridge University Press; and Broadbridge with R.E. Smith, Keith R.J. Smettem and D.A. Woolhiser, Infiltration Theory for Hydrologic Applications, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
Ann Ardis, professor of English, Modernism and Cultural Conflict, 1880-1922, Cambridge University Press.
Robert P. Gilbert, Unidel Professor of Mathematical Sciences, and A. Ben-Israel, Computer-Supported Calculus, Springer-Verlag; and Gilbert and George Hsiao, professor of mathematical sciences, Maple Projects for Differential Equations, Prentice-Hall.
Fleda Brown, professor of English, Breathing In, Breathing Out, Anhinga Press.
Tobin A. Driscoll, assistant professor of mathematical sciences, with Lloyd N. Trefethen, Schwarz-Christoffel Mapping, Cambridge University Press.
Julian Yates, associate professor of English, Error, Misuse, Failure: Object Lessons from the English Renaissance, University of Minnesota Press.
John A. Pelesko, assistant professor of mathematical sciences, and David H. Bernstein, Modeling MEMS and NEMS, Chapman & Hall/CRC.
George Hsiao, professor of mathematical sciences, with A. Rathsfeld, “Wavelet Collocation Methods for a First Kind Boundary Integrad Equation in Acoustic Scattering,” in Advances in Computational Mathematics, vol. 17, pages 281-308.
Heinz-Uwe Haus, professor of theatre, “The Ancient Greek Democratic Idea and Its Relevance for Today’s World,” in Lo Straniero, no. 36, October, pages 40-44.
Limin Kung Jr., professor of animal and food sciences, et al, “Effect of Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on the Fermentation, Aerobic Stability and Nutritive Value of Maize Silage,” in Grass and Forage Science, vol. 57, pages 1-9; and “The Effect of Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on the Fermentation and Aerobic Stability of High Moisture Corn in Laboratory Silos,” pages 1526-1532, “The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows,” pages 1793-1800, “The Effect of Delayed Filling and Application of a Propionic Acid-Based Additive on the Fermentation of Barley Silage,” pages 1969-1975, and “The Effect of Fibrolytic Enzymes Sprayed onto Forages and Fed in a Total Mixed Ration to Lactating Dairy Cows,” pages 2396-2402, in Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 85.
Fioralba Cakoni, assistant professor of mathematical sciences, with David Colton, Unidel Professor of Mathematical Sciences, and H. Jaddar, “The Linear Sampling Method for Anisotropic Media,” in Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, vol. 146, pages 285-299; and Cakoni with M. Bochniak, “Domain Sensitivity Analysis of the Accoustic Far-Field Pattern,” in Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences 2002, vol. 25, pages 595-613.
Chandra L. Reedy, professor of museum studies, with Billie Milam Weisman, “Technical Studies on Renaissance Bronzes,” in Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology VI, 2002, pages 483-495.
Peter Monk, Unidel Professor of Mathematical Sciences, with David Colton, Unidel Professor of Mathematical Sciences, and H. Haddar, “The Linear Sampling Method for Solving the Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering Problem,” in Siam Journal on Scientific Computing, vol. 24, no. 3, pages 719-731.
Lawrence A. Curtis, professor of biological sciences, and Michael A. Hendrick, “Infrapopulation Sizes of Co-Occurring Trematodes in the Snail Ilyanassa Obsoleta,” in Journal of Parasitology, vol. 88, no. 5, pages 884-889.
Ellen Pifer, professor of English, introduction and an essay in an edited book, Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita: A Casebook, Oxford University Press.
Mary Richards, professor of English, “Wulfstan and the Millennium,” in The Response to the Turning of the First Millennium, Palgrave McMillan, pages 41-48.
Raymond Callahan, professor of history, “Churchill and Singapore,” in Sixty Years On: The Fall of Singapore Revisited, Brian Farrell and Sandy Hunter, editors, Eastern Universities Press, Singapore.
Ann Ardis, professor of English, anthology co-editor with Leslie Lewis, Women’s ‘Ex-perience’ of Modernity, 1875-1945, Johns Hopkins University Press; and a chapter, “Oscar Wilde’s Legacies to Clarion and New Age Socialist Aestheticism,” in Wilde Writings: Contextual Conditions, University of Toronto Press.
Martin Brueckner, assistant professor of English, and Kristen Poole, associate professor of English, “The Plot Thickens: Surveying Manuals, Drama and the Materiality of Narrative Form in Early Modern England,” in English Literary History, vol. 69, no. 3, pages 617-648.
Jeanne Walker, professor of English, poems, “Outlaw,” “Hope” and “On the Imagination,” in The Cortland Review, no. 21; “The 742 Amtrak for New York” and “What a Person Does When She’s 12 and Her Father Dies,” in The Cortland Review, no. 20; and “Coming Into History,” in The Poetry Anthology and Poetry Magazine, 1912-2002.
Members of the Department of Communication made presentations at the National Communication Association 2002 convention, Nov. 21-24, in New Orleans: Xiaomei Cai, “An Experimental Examination of the Computer’s Time Displacement Effects”; Scott Caplan, “Preference for Online Interpersonal Communication, Problematic Internet Use and Psychosocial Well-Being”; Juliet Dee, “Anonymous Defamation and Libel-by-Linking: Whom Do You Sue?”; and Nancy Signorielli, “Aging on Television: The ’90s.”
Several members in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences made presentations at the annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America, Nov. 10-14, in Indianapolis. Donald Sparks, S. Hallock du Pont Chair of Plant and Soil Sciences, “Teaching Soil Chemistry: Challenges and Opportunities”; with postdoctoral associate Paras Trivedi and graduate student David McNear, “A Linear Combination Analysis Approach for Directly Speciating Ni Contaminated Sites”; with McNear, “Dissolution of Nickel Oxide in a Smelter Contaminated Soil”; with graduate student Stefan Hunger, “NMR Spectroscopic Investigations of Chemical Forms of Phosphorus in Alum Amended Poultry Litter”; with graduate student Markus Grafe, “Effect of Zinc (Zn(II)) on the Adsorption Mechanisms of Arsenate (As(V)) at the Goethite-Water Interface”; with graduate student Maarten Nachtegaal, “A Spectromicroscopic Study of 3d Transition Metal Interactions with Humic Acid: A Bright Future for Humic Acid Research?”; with graduate student Laura Kirk and former graduate student Y. Arai, “Effects of Ion Adsorption on Charge Properties of Birnessite”; J. Thomas Sims, T. A. Baker Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, with F. Coale of University of Maryland and G. Mullins of Virginia Tech, “Developing and Implementing Science-Based Policy: Lessons from the Mid-Atlantic U.S.”; with Z. Dou, J. Ferguson and J. Toth of University of Pennsylvania, L. Chase of Cornell University, K. Knowlton of Virginia Tech, R. Kohn of University of Maryland, and Z. Wu of Penn State, “Phosphorus Management on Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Dairy Farms: Preliminary Data” and “Phosphorus Management on Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Dairy Farms: Survey Results”; with postdoctoral associate Rory Maguire, graduate student Joshua McGrath, William Saylor, associate professor of animal and food sciences, and R. Angel of University of Maryland, “Phosphorus Solubility in Soils Amended with Manure Containing Phytase and 25OH-D3” and “Effect of Storage and Dietary Phytase on Phosphorus in Poultry Litter”; with Maguire, Saylor, Angel, T. Applegate of Purdue University and W. Powers of Iowa State University, “Effect of Dietary Modification on Manure Phosphorus: Implications for Water Quality and Regional Nutrient Management Planning”; with postdoctoral associate Gurpal Toor, L. Condron, H. Di, K. Cameron and T. Hendry of Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand, “Seasonal Fluctuations in Phosphorus Loss by Leaching from a Grassland Soil” and “Phosphorus Loss by Leaching from a Grassland Soil Following Repeated Additions of Farm Dairy Effluent”; with graduate student Amy Shober, “Phosphorus-Based Management for Municipal Biosolids: National Survey of Current Status and Future Trends”; Yan Jin, associate professor of plant and soil sciences, with former graduate student Y. Chu, “Virus Transport through Soil Columns under Saturated and Unsaturated Flow Conditions”; with postdoctoral associate Jie Zhuang and M. Flury of Washington State University, “Effect of Colloid Type and Porous Medium Properties on Colloid Transport” and “Colloid-Facilitated Cesium Transport through Hanford Sediment”; with Zhuang, postdoctoral associate Youwen You, graduate student Jun Qi, and G. Vance of University of Wyoming, “Removal of Bacteriophage from Aqueous Systems by an Anionic Clay”; Gregory Binford and David Hansen, both assistant professors of plant and soil sciences, and Sims, “Field Evaluation of Poultry Litter Generated from Feeding HAP Corn and Phytase”; and Binford and Hansen with S. White, K. Copenhaver and T. Gress of Institute for Technology Development, “Remote Sensing of Available Phosphorus in Corn.”
John H. Talley, acting director, Delaware Geological Survey, with Stephanie J. Baxter, research associate, Delaware Geological Survey, “Water Resources of the Delmarva Peninsula—Quantity and Quality,” at Mid-Atlantic Crop Management School, Nov. 19, Ocean City, Md.
Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, with Jingo Wang, EG 2002M, and James L. Glancey, associate professor of bioresources engineering, “Transverse Shear and Nonlinear Large Deformation Effects on Sandwich Plates Subjected to In-Plane Shear Loads,” at ASME International Conference, Nov. 21, New Orleans.
William S. Schenck, scientist, Delaware Geological Survey, “The Delaware DataMIL: Implementation Through Partnership,” at Inner City/Council Management Association annual conference, Oct. 1, Philadelphia.
Peter P. McLaughlin Jr., senior scientist, Delaware Geological Survey, “More Than Jurassic Park: Life on Land and in the Seas in the Age of the Reptiles,” to eighth grade classes, Patton Middle School, Nov. 27, and, with Richard N. Benson, senior scientist, Delaware Geological Survey, et al, “Sequence Stratigraphic Context for Aquifer Characterization in the Miocene of the Southern Delaware Coastal Plain,” at Bald Head Island Conference on Coastal Plains Geology, Nov. 16-19, Ft. Fisher, N.C.
Heinz-Uwe Haus, professor of theatre, a workshop, “Dramaturgy and Contradictions,” at University Lund/Theatre Academy Malmoe, Nov. 4-23, Malmoe, Sweden.
A. Scott Andres, senior scientist, Delaware Geological Survey, a poster, “Surface Water-Ground Water Interactions and Non-point Source Pollution in the Delaware Inland Bays Watershed” and with Cheryl A. Duffy, limited term researcher, a poster, “A GIS-Digital Ground-Water Flow Modeling Assessment of Wellhead Protection Areas for Multiple Adjacent Well Fields,” at American Water Resources Association annual meeting, Nov. 4-6, Philadelphia.
Limin Kung Jr., professor of animal and food sciences, “The Veterinarian’s Role in Forage Management,” at American Association of Bovine Practitioners annual meeting, Sept. 26-28, Madison, Wis.; “The End Products of Silage Fermentation and Their Relationships to Forage Managements” and “The History and Future of Silage Inoculants,” at American Dairy Science Association national meeting, July 22-24, Quebec City, Quebec; “Management of Silage with Emphasis on Improving Aerobic Stability,” at Lallemand Animal Nutrition Seminar, June 26, Hilmar, Calif.; “Forage Quality and Fermentation,” at Mid-Atlantic Consortium Dairy Extension program, June 10, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; “The Path to Quality Silages,” at Seedway Dairy Meeting, April 25, Middlebury, Vt., and at Lallemand Animal Nutrition Dairy Meeting, April 26, Storrs, Conn.; “New Concepts in Forage Management,” at 43rd annual New England Feed Conference, April 4, West Lebanon, N.H., and at Ruminant Health-Nutrition Conference, April 2, Liverpool, N.Y.; and “Improving the Aerobic Stability of Silages with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788,” at 49th Maryland Nutrition Conference, March 28, Timonium, Md.
Kelvin Ramsey, senior scientist, Delaware Geological Survey, a poster, “The Piedmont-Coastal Plain Contact: Subsurface and Surficial Geological Mapping Along the Fall Zone,” at Bald Head Island Conference on Coastal Plains Geology, Nov. 16-19, Ft. Fisher, N.C.; and “A Blast from the Past: Destruction and Death on the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays from the Hurricane of October 1878,” at the College of William and Mary Department of Geology, Sept. 18, Williamsburg, Va.
Jay Halio, professor of English, “Shylock: Shakespeare’s Bad Jew,” at ALA meeting, Oct. 26, Florida.
Gary Stephen Allison, assistant professor of education, “Empowering Teens for Self-Management of Epilepsy” at Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware conference, Nov. 9, Clayton Hall, University of Delaware.
Thomas Leitch, professor of English, “The Impossibility of Reviewing Mystery Fiction,” at Mid-Atlantic Mystery Show and Convention, September, Philadelphia, and “British for Americans: Adapting More than Novels,” at Literature/Film Conference, October, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.
Patricia A. Martin-DeLeon, professor of biological sciences, an invited presentation, “Epididymal SPAM1 (PH-20) Expression in Humans and Macaques,” at Ninth International Symposium on Spermatology, Oct. 6-11, Cape Town, South Africa.
John Jebb, assistant professor of English, discussion facilitator, “Faulkner’s Spotted Horses,” at Rising Sun, Md., Library, Oct 21.
William S. Schenck, scientist, Delaware Geological Survey, “Rocks and Minerals and Geologists,” at Jenny Smith Elementary School, third grade class, Oct. 30, Newark.
Ulhas Naik, assistant professor of biological sciences, “Toward the Molecular Mechanism of Initiation of Platelet GPIIb/IIIa Sinaling: Role of Calcium- and Integrin-Binding Protein,” at international symposium on anticoagulant, antiplatelet and thrombolytic therapies, Nov. 9-11, Washington, D.C.
Donald Mell, professor of English, “Recent Research on Jonathan Swift and his Contemporaries: A Roundtable Discussion,” Oct. 19, Rosemont College, Rosemont, Pa.
Elaine Safer, professor of English, “History as Tragic and Comic in Roth’s Trilogy: American Pastoral, I Married a Communist and The Human Stain,” at MLA conference, Dec. 27-30.
Farley Grubb, professor of economics, session moderator and commentator, “Proper and Instructive Education: Children Bound to Labor in Early America,” Nov. 1-2, University of Pennsylvania.
Jeanne Walker, professor of English, interviewed by New Jersey Public Radio and other central New Jersey stations on The Tillie Project, a play that premiered in October at the Centenary Stage Co., Hackettstown, N.J.; she also was interviewed for “Poet’s Market 2003,” in Writer’s Digest Books, pages 92-93.
Julian Yates, associate professor of English, “‘Speak for Yourself’ but ‘Talk About the Weather’: Mass Observation and Its Metaphors,” at North American Conference on British Studies, Nov. 11, Baltimore; poetry readings at Cheer Center, Georgetown, Nov. 3; A.I. DuPont High School, Nov. 7; Howard High School, Wilmington, Nov. 8; UD’s Bach’s Lunch Series, Bayard Sharp Hall, Nov. 6; and UD’s Morris Library, Nov. 27.
Susan Foster, vice president for information technologies, was appointed by Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to the Technology Investment Council of the state Department of Technology and Information.
Todd A. Keyser, project geologist, Delaware Geological Survey, attended a HAZUS-MH supplemental training class in Emmitsburg, Md., Oct. 28-30. HAZUS is a GIS-based natural hazard estimation program that will assist the earthquake pilot program that the Survey is creating for the city of Wilmington area.
Heinz-Uwe Haus, professor of theatre, serves as adviser to the educational committee of Fredrick College of Cyprus for the establishment and operation of a four-year conservatory drama school in Nicosia.
J. Thomas Sims, professor of plant and soil sciences, serves as president elect of the Soil Science Society of America.
John H. Talley, associate director, Delaware Geological Survey, awarded a Presidential Certificate of Merit from the American Institute of Professional Geologists for enthusiastic support for and effective management of all government liaison efforts, especially in regard to the Washington, D.C., Fly In.
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