Vol. 38, No. 18

2-27-2007
By:

Faculty & Staff 03/01/07

BOOK
John Bennettt, Rare Books and MSS Library, “Backwords” (Espoo, Finland: Blue Lion Books, 2007).

GRANTS
P. Bonello and D.A. Herms, Entomology, received a $25,000 grant from the Horticulture Research Institute for “Molecular Biology of Ash Resistance to Emerald Ash Borer,” 2006-07; and received a $7,500 grant from the Tree Research Education Fund for “Effects of Soil Type, Cultural Practices and Mycorrhizal Inoculation on Native Mycorrhizae, Carbon Allocation and Stress Tolerance of Paper Birch,” 2006-07.

C. Goebel and D.A. Herms, Entomology, received a $49,775 grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for “Phytosanitation of Emerald Ash Borer Infested Firewood,” 2006-07.

Hannibal Hamlin, English-OSU Mansfield, received a $40,000 grant for “Shakespeare and Biblical Culture” from the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007-08.

Mary Juhas, Materials Science and Engineering, and John Lippold, Industrial Welding and Systems Engineering, received a $224,051 grant from the Office of Naval Research for “The Use of Physical Simulation to Reveal the Relationship between Process Parameters and Microstructural Evolution in Friction Stir Processed Ti-5111.”

Rongxing Li, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, received a $179,952 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ohio Sea grant for the project “LIDAR and Submeter Satellite Stereo Imagery for Lake Erie Shoreline Mapping.”

Amanda Rodewald, received a $421,300 grant from the National Science Foundation for her project “Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Landscape-scale Responses of Animal Communities to Urbanization.”

The Olentangy River Wetland Research Park in SENR received a $480,300 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 2007-08 for a project entitled “Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park — Teaching, Research and Outreach Initiative.”

PRESENTATIONS
T.M. Berra, Biological Science-OSU Mansfield, presented “Charles Darwin: The Man 1809-1882” and “Chasing Nurseryfish and Avoiding Crocodiles in Northern Australia” at Darwin Day at Centre College, Danville, K.Y., Feb. 5.; and “Chasing Nurseryfish and Avoiding Crocodiles in Northern Australia” at the Columbus Rotary Club, Columbus, Feb. 12.

L.A. Canas, Entomology, presented, “The Good the Bad and the Ugly: How to Manage Insect Problems in Greenhouses” at the Richland County Extension Program, Shilo, Ohio, Jan. 4.

S. Cobey, Entomology, presented “Bee Breeding and Future Possibilities” at the American Honey Producers Association, Phoenix. Ariz., Jan. 13.

Jared Duquette, Environment and Natural Resources, presented “Population Ecology and Distribution of the Badger (Taxidea taxus) in Ohio” at the 47th Ohio Fish and Wildlife Conference, Columbus, Feb. 2.

Cecilia Hennessy, Environment and Natural Resources, presented “Coyote Mating Strategy in a Suburban Landscape” at the 47th Ohio Fish and Wildlife Conference, Columbus, Feb. 2.

D.A. Herms, Entomology, presented “White Pine Weevil: Old Pest, New Problems” and “Emerald Ash Borer in Ohio: What Next?” at the 2007 Ohio State University Nursery Short Course, Columbus, Jan. 24; “Management Options for Emerald Ash Borer,” at the Davey Tree Expert Company Emerald Ash Borer Forum, Cleveland, Jan. 25; and “Emerald Ash Borer and Its Effects on Ohio’s Municipalities,” at the Northeast Ohio Service Director’s EAB Workshop for Municipalities, Independence, Ohio, Jan. 29.

D.K. Hersha and L.R. Williams, Environment and Natural Resources, presented “Protozoa: Augmenting the Headwater Bioassessment Toolbox” at the USDA National Water Conference in Savannah, Ga.; and presented “Protozoan Assemblage Dynamics in Headwater Streams: A Potential Water Quality Bioassessment Tool” at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Conference, Santa Fe, N.M., Feb. 3-9.

C.W. Hoy, S.A. Miller and S.A. Hogenhout, Entomology, presented “Aster Yellows, A Model for Molecular to Ecosystem Level Research and Management,” at the International Forest Insect Research and Advisory Workshop, Breckenridge, Colo., in January.

Sarah Lehnen, Environment and Natural Resources, “Patterns of Habitat Edge Usage by Shurbland Songbirds in Southeastern Ohio” at the 47th Ohio Fish and Wildlife Conference, Columbus, Feb. 2.

Paul Rodewald, Environment and Natural Resources, “Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II: Mapping the Current Distributions of Ohio’s Breeding Birds” at the 47th Ohio Fish and Wildlife Conference, Columbus, Feb. 2.

Dale Van Kley, History, presented “Factoring Religion into the Century of Enlightenment, or Refracting the Enlightenment into Lights?” for the American Society of Church History meeting with the convention of the American Historical Association in Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 4-7, and again for the Humanist Community of Central Ohio, Columbus, Jan. 13.

M.G. Williams and L.R. Williams, Environment and Natural Resources, and R.H. Moore, OARDC, presented “A Watershed Scale Education Program: Mobile Classroom in Aquatic Ecology” and with P.C. Goebel, V. Bouchard, Environment and Natural Resources, R.H. Moore, D. McCartney and D.H. Stinner, OARDC, presented “Impacts of Landscape Scale Disturbances on Aquatic and Riparian Ecosystems in the Sugar Creek Watershed, Ohio” at the USDA National Water Conference, Savannah, Ga., Jan. 28-Feb. 1.

Stephen Yurkovich, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, presented “Calibrating the Control Engineer” at the annual IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, Calif., Dec. 13, 2006.

The Mapping and GIS Laboratory presented evening activities June 30, July 27 and Aug. 31, 2006, at COSI Family Friday Night events, including making anaglyph 3-D images and a mapping hunt for the Mars “blueberries” that proved water once existed on Mars.

PUBLICATIONS
Joshua Benoit and D.L. Denlinger, Entomology, “Suppression of Water Loss During Adult Diapause in the Adult Northern House Mosquito, Culex Pipiens,” Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 210 (2007), pp. 217-226; and G. Lopez-Martinez, M.A. Elnitsky, R.E. Lee Jr. and D.L. Denlinger, Entomology, “Moist Habitats are Essential for Adults of the Antarctic Midge, Belgica Antarctica, to Avoid Dehydration,” European Journal of Entomology, Vol. 104 (2007), pp. 9-14.

T.M. Berra, Biological Science-OSU Mansfield, “Art, Ichthyology, Charles Darwin and the Northern Territory of Australia,” The Beagle, Records of the Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Vol. 22 (2006), pp. 91-7.

L.A. Cañas and N. Acosta, Entomology, “Geranium: Pelargonium Hortorum L.H. Bailey, ‘Bandit Coral’ Marathon Ii + Capsil Efficacy for Control of Citrus Mealybug on Geraniums, 2004” Arthropod Management Tests, Vol. 31 (2006), p. G18; and “Impatiens: Impatiens Wallerana Hook F., ‘Tempo Red’ Miticide Efficacy for Control Of Two Spotted Spider Mites on Impatiens, 2005,” Arthropod Management Tests, Vol. 31 (2006), p. G20.

T.D. Fisher, Psychology-OSU Mansfield, “Sex of Experimenter and Social Norm Effects on Reports of Sexual Behavior in Young Men and Women,” Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 36 (2007), pp. 89-100.

Marsha Hamilton, OSU Libraries, “A Librarian’s Civil War Bookshelf: A Letter from Robert R. McMeens in the Cincinnati Lancet and Observer,” Journal of Civil War Medicine, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2007), pp. 7-10; and with Robyn Rosenberg, “Know Thyself: Matching Jobs and Applicants,” New Librarian, New Job: Practical Advice for Managing the Transition (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2006), pp. 11-30.

R.L. Hoffman, W.J. Arnold and R.A. Bradley, Entomology, “Anahita Punctulata (Hentz), a Species, Genus and Family of Spiders New to the Fauna of the Virginias and Ohio (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae),” Banisteria, Vol. 27 (2006), pp. 46-7.

H. Klompen and C.C. Austin, Entomology, “A New Species of Ophiomegistus Banks (Acari: Paramegistidae) from Papua New Guinea,” Zootaxa, Vol.1387 (2007), pp. 47-57.

M.G. Lekveishvili and H. Klompen, “New Classification of Family Sejidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) Based on Morphological Analyses,” Journal of Natural History, Vol. 40 (2006), pp. 2317-39.

L. Masner, N.F. Johnson and A.D. Polaszek, Entomology, “Redescription of Archaeoscelio Brues and Description of Three New Genera of Scelionidae Hymenoptera): A Challenge to the Definition of the Family,” American Museum Novitates, Vol. 3550 (2007), pp. 1-24; and N.F. Johnson and T.M. Arias-Penna, Entomology, “Tyrannoscelio, A New Fenus of Neotropical Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea) with Description of Two New Species,” American Museum Novitates, Vol. 3551 (2007), pp. 1-8.

P.P. Schmidt, M.T. Kulp and the VIP Study Group, Optometry, “Children Unable to Perform Screening Tests in Vision In Preschoolers Study: Proportion with Ocular Conditions and Impact on Measures of Test Accuracy,” Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, Vol. 48, No. 1 (2007), pp. 83-7; and “Random Dot E Stereotest: Testability and Reliability in 3- to 5-year-old Children,” Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Vol. 10, No. 6 (2006), pp. 507-14.

N.K. Whiteman, P. Sánchez, J. Merkel, H. Klompen and P.G. Parker, Entomology, \"Cryptic Host Specificity of an Avian Skin Mite (Epidermoptidae) Vectored by Louseflies (Hippoboscidae) Associated with Two Endemic Galápagos Bird Species,” Journal of Parasitology, Vol. 92 (2006), pp. 1218-28.

Beth Whittaker, OSU Libraries, “’Get It, Catalog It, Promote It:’ New Challenges in Providing Access to Special Collections,” RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts and Cultural Heritage (Fall 2006).

RECOGNITIONS
John Bennett, Rare Books and MSS Library, was a visiting artist at the Columbus College of Art and Design, Feb. 12.

Vesta Daniel, Art Education, curated the 2007 Art for Community Expression Juried Invitational Exhibition of African American and African artists, which opened Jan. 28 at the Cultural Arts Center in Columbus.

Ron Jones, Optometry, was featured on “The Art of Living,” a cable TV show on “Retirement Living Television,” highlighting his research on historic bridges, DirecTV channel 238, Feb. 19.

Christopher Gose, Art, had artwork featured in the show “Not Right: Artists Altering Natural Schemes” at SUNY Brockport’s Tower Fine Arts Gallery.

Don Harris, Music, received a commission from the Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress to write a piece for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra for the 2008-09 season.

John Josephson and Balakrishran Chandrasekaran, Computer Science and Engineering, received a U.S. patent for “Multi-Criterial Decision Making System and Method,” with Mark Carroll and Naresh Sundaram Iyer.

Lee Martin, English, gave a fiction reading at Otterbein College, Westerville, Jan. 31.

Ken Rinaldo, Art and Technology, was one of the nominees for a 2006 TopCat Inventor of the Year Award for his work, the Autotelematic Spider Bots.

Clint Roberts, Statistics, has been selected as a winner of the student paper competition jointly sponsored by the Government Statistics, Social Statistics and Survey Research Methods sections of the American Statistical Association for his paper “Imputing Missing Data in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports.”

Neil Smeck, School of Environment and Natural Resources, received an honorary membership and award from the Association of Ohio Pedologists at the association’s annual meeting, Highbanks Metro Park, Lewis Center, Jan. 24.

Amy Youngs, Art and Technology, has artwork in an exhibition in Toronto called “Zoo,” which opened Feb. 2, and will have pieces in the exhibition “Phantom Power,” in Buffalo, N.Y., which opened Feb 17.

SERVICE
Joe Barr, Optometry, served on the education committee and presented at the first Global Keratoconus Congress in Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 26-28.

Melvin Shipp, Optometry, was a guest speaker at Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Institute’s program in honor of Black History Month, Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 12.

David Staley, History, was a panelist in the session “Learning with Images: Aligning IT Decisions with Visual Literacy Practices” at the 2007 Educause Learning Initiative annual meeting, Atlanta, Ga., when, Jan. 22-24.

Karla Zadnik, Barbara Fink and Carla Mack, Optometry, attended and presented at the first Global Keratoconus Congress in Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 26-28.

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