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10:34 a.m., Oct. 30, 2003--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

Publications

Presentations

Service

Awards

Publications

Thomas W. Kaminski, associate professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, et al, “The Influence of Strength and Proprioception Training on Eversion to Inversion Strength Ratios in Individuals with Unilateral Functional Ankle Instability,” in British Journal of Sports Medicine, October.

Kelvin W. Ramsey, scientist, Delaware Geological Survey, “Geologic Map of the Lewes and Cape Henlopen Quadrangles, Delaware,” Delaware Geological Survey Geologic Map Series No. 12 [www.udel.edu/dgs],

Jennifer L. Mass and Mark J. Anderson, adjunct assistant professors of art conservation, “Pennsylvania German Sulfur-Inlaid Furniture: Characterization, Reproduction and Aging Phenomena of the Inlays,” in Measurement Science and Technology, vol. 14, pages 1598-1607.

Fioralba Cakoni, assistant professor of mathematical sciences, and David Colton, Unidel Professor of Mathematical Sciences, “A Uniqueness Theorem for an Inverse Electromagnetic Scattering Problem in Inhomogeneous Anistropic Media,” in Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, vol. 46, pages 293-314.

A. Scott Andres, senior scientist, Delaware Geological Survey, with Cheryl Duffy and Evan M. Costas, “Wellhead Protection Area Delineations for the Lewes-Rehoboth Beach Area, Delaware,” Delaware Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 65.

Gregory J. Landrey, adjunct associate professor of art conservation, and Richard Wolbers, associate professor of art conservation, “Principles of Cleaning,” pages 494-559, and Landrey, “Plastics and Polymers, Coatings and Binding Media, Adhesives and Consolidants,” pages 124-193, “Other Materials and Structures,” pages 194-237, “Deterioration of Wood and Wooden Structures,” pages 285-314, in “Conservation of Furniture” by Shayne Rivers and Nick Umney.

Rudi Matthee, professor of history, “Transforming Dangerous Nomads into Useful Artisans, Technicians, Agriculturalists: Education in the Reza Shah Period,” in “The Making of Modern Iran: State and Society under Riza Shah, 1921-1941,” pages 123-145; and “The Safavid Mint of Huwayza: The Numismatic Evidence,” in “Society and Culture in the Early Modern Middle East: Studies on Iran in the Safavid Period,” pages 265-294.

Michael S. Podmaniczky, adjunct associate professor of art conservation, “Downs, No. 196: A Philadelphia Rococo High Chest,” in “America in Britain,” vol. XLI.

Jennifer Barker, associate professor of music composition, “Nollaig,” a children’s chorus and symphony orchestra piece, will be presented three times by the Virginia Symphony in December and once by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Her composition “The Enchanted Glen” will be performed by Musica Nova, University of Missouri-Kansas City, on Dec. 11 and her composition “Geenyoch Ballant” will be performed in DeLand, Fla., Nov. 5.

James J. Corbett, assistant professor of marine studies, “New Directions Designing Ship Emissions and Impacts Research To Inform Both Science and Policy,” in Atmospheric Environment, vol. 37, no.33, pages 4719-4721.

Presentations

Suzanne Burton, assistant professor of music, “Help! I Teach Middle School General Music,” at Crafting New Connections Conference, Oct. 10, Dover.

Kevin Eichinger, specialist, occupational health and safety, “Department of Transportation Exemptions and Hazardous and Chemical Waste Transportation,” at College and University Environmental Management Conference, Aug. 10-13, Colorado Springs, Colo.

James L. Morrison, professor of consumer studies, with Titi Oladunjoye, “Connecting to World Events: Business Faculty Sensitivity in Time of Tragedy” and, with Kristin Lefebvre, “A Need for a Paradigm Shift in Employer-Based Health Care Benefit Packages: A Response to ERISA Interpretation,” at International Business and Economics Research Conference, Oct. 10, Las Vegas.

Robin Elliott, director of occupational health and safety, “Developing an Integrated Emergency Operations Plan,” at National Safety Congress and Exposition, Sept. 8, Chicago.

Ken Koford, professor of economics, “Outlier and Median Committees in an Efficient and Competitive Legislature: Theory, Some Data and Contradictions with Standard Theory,” at the American Political Science Association annual meeting, Aug. 29, Philadelphia, and “Experiments on Trust and Bargaining in Bulgaria: The Effects of Institutions and Cultures,” at International Society of New Institutional Economies annual meeting, Sept. 12, Budapest.

Peter P. McLaughlin and Richard N. Benson, both senior scientists, Delaware Geological Survey, et al, “Application of Biostratigraphy to Aquifer Geology Problems: A Review of the Cretaceous and Micene of Delaware and New Jersey, Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain, U.S. A.” and McLaughlin et al, “Cretaceous to Neogene Chronology of Sequences in the Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: New Constraints from Downdip Drilling,” at joint meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, the Canadian Association of Palynologists and the North American Micropaleontological Section of SEPM, Oct. 5, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

Michael S. Podmaniczky, adjunct associate professor of art conservation, “Conservation Meets its Maker,” at West Dean, Aug. 30-Sept. 14, U.K.

Joyce Hill Stoner, professor of art conservation, presented her one-woman, costumed slide-lecture performance piece, “Whistler Through the Eyes of His Women” at an international Whistler symposium, Sept. 5, Glasgow, Scotland, and at the Academy of Lifelong Learning in Wilmington.

Rudi Matthee, associate professor of history, “The Safavid-Ottoman Frontier: Iraq-i Arab as seen by the Safavids,” at opening of the local branch of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies, Oct. 8, Shiraz, Iran.

Patricia A. DeLeon, professor of biological sciences, “Transmission Ratio Distortion and RNAi-mediated Transgenic Co-Suppression of the Murine Sperm Adhesion Molecule 1 (SPAM1) Gene in Spermatids,” at Nemours Symposium on Pediatric Medical Research in Molecular Genetics, Sept. 15, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington; and “SPAM1 (PH-20) Expression along the Mammalian Male Reproductive Tract, the Accessory Organs and the Kidney: Evidence for Multiple Roles in the Extratesticular Pathway,” Hyaluronan 2003, Oct. 13, the Cleveland Clinic and Matrix Biology Institute, Cleveland.

Willett Kempton, associate professor of marine studies, “How Does the Public Understand Climate Change Risk and Mitigation?” at MIT Global Change Forum XXI, Oct. 8-10, Cambridge, Mass.

Evangelos M. Falaris, associate professor of economics, “A Quantile Regression Analysis of Wages in Panama,” at Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, Oct. 18, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

Bill Fendt, radiation safety officer, “Los Alamos National Lab Off-Site Radiation Source Recovery Project,” at annual radiation safety roundtable conference, Oct. 15, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa.

Kenneth J. Campbell, associate professor of political science and international relations, “The United Nations and Global Governance,” at a panel commemorating United Nations Day, Oct. 23, West Chester University, West Chester, Pa.

Paul Jones, collector and benefactor, guest speaker at Lens 2003 Photography Biennale III: “Dealers, Collectors, Artists,” Oct. 10, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Ga.

Service

James Prodan, professor of music, has been appointed to the board of directors of the both the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and the Newark Symphony.

John Krill, adjunct associate professor of art conservation, was co-organizer of an international meeting on training and education in paper conservation, April, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Robin Elliott, director of occupational health and safety, was re-elected Sept. 22 as chair of the state of Delaware Authority on Radiation Protection for a one-year term.

Kathleen Kiefer, adjunct assistant professor of art conservation, was elected program chair/vice chair of the American Institute for Conservation, Textile Speciality Group.

Debra Hess Norris, chairperson and professor of art conservation, was elected chairperson of Heritage Preservation, a national advocacy group for the preservation of cultural property.

Awards

Stephen A. Bernhardt, Andrew B. Kirkpatrick Jr. Chair in Writing, received the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication Distinguished Service Award at the organization’s annual meeting, Oct. 2-4, Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y. The award recognized his contributions to programming in technical communication and his career in technical communication programming both on the local and national level.

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