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Vol. 38, No. 18
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1-23-2008
By: Faculty & Staff, 1/24/08
Books
John Bennett, Rare Books & MSS Library, “PEE TEXT” (West Hartford: Small-Chapbook-Project, 2007).
Robert Mick, Business, “Cruise Crazy: The Cruise Addict’s Survival Guide” (Sterling: Capital Books, 2007).
Grants
Michael Mills, Yunzhi Wang and Somnath Ghosh, Engineering, have received a $435,000 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for “Fatigue Damage Characterization and Modeling for Durable High-Temperature Disk Materials.”
Lingying Zhao, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, received a $599,837 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture – Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service with Jon Rausch on “Wet Scrubbers for the Recovery of NH3 Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations for Nitrogen Fertilizer.”
Presentations
Terry Barrett, Art Education, presented “An Interactive and Open Dialogue about Photographs” and “Visual Art and Personal Meanings” at the University of Findlay, Nov. 19.
John Bennett, Rare Books & MSS Library, gave three poetry performances at the Bowery Poetry Club, The Cup & Pen Series and at the Safe-T-Gallery, New York City, Nov. 7-8.
Boris Bezirtzis, Matthew Lewis and Bryan Cline, ACCAD, presented “Visual Strategies for Parametric Modeling in Interactive Evolutionary Design” at Europia11: Digital Thinking in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Archaeology, Urban Planning and Design: Finding the Ways, Montreal, Canada, Sept. 19-21.
Warren Dick, Environment and Natural Resources, presented “Use of FGD Gypsum Soil Amendments for Improved Forage and Corn Production” and “Gaps in the Knowledge for Making Recommendations for Land Application of FGD Gypsum” at the Agricultural and Industrial Uses of FGD Gypsum Workshop, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 23-24.
P. Grewal, Entomology, presented “Expressed Genome of the Entomopathogenic Nematode, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora” at a workshop on functional genomics in a parasitic model, Plata Del Gata, Azores, Portugal, Sept. 19-24; “Virulence of Entomopathogenic Nematodes and Bacteria: Gene Expression Profiles in the White Grub Host” and “Entomopathogenic Nematodes for Turfgrass Pest Management: Discovery, Development and Implementation” at the International Meeting of the Society of Invertebrate Pathology and First Forum on Entomopathogenic Nematodes and the Symbiotic Bacteria, Quebec City, Canada, Aug. 12-16.
Peggy Hall, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, presented “Environmental Law Year in Review” at the American Agricultural Law Association Annual Symposium, San Diego, Calif., Oct. 19-20.
Joe Heimlich, Environment and Natural Resources, was a panelist for “The Role of the Science Museum in Public Policy” at the Association for Science and Technology Center’s annual meeting, Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 12.
S. Herness, Oral Biology, presented “The Science of Flavor: A Glimpse Into the Molecular Basis of Our Taste Worlds” at the annual Sigma Xi meeting, Orlando, Fla., Nov. 3.
Dave Kost, Environment and Natural Resources, presented “Overview of FGD Gypsum: Basic Properties and Potential Uses in Agriculture” and “Use of FGD Gypsum Amendments in Soil Erodibility and Conversation Tillage Research” at the Agricultural and Industrial Uses of FGD Gypsum Workshop, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 23-24.
David Lohnes, OARDC, presented his Whiz Bang Science Show on Avogadro’s number to science classes for Mole Day, Triway High School, Wooster, Oct. 23.
Jack Nasar, City and Regional Planning, presented “Assessing Building Performance of Design and Planning Schools: Lessons Learned” at the 2007 American Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 18-21.
C. Oliveri, S. Gallup, K. Dodrill, B. Gaydos and S. Zies, OSU Extension, presented “Dining with Diabetes: An Ohio Team Initiative” at the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences annual session, St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 19.
Matt Roberts, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, presented “The Truth About Ethanol” at the Columbus Metropolitan Club, Jan. 23.
Michael Rowland, Dentistry, presented “Ethical Behavior and Professionalism in Higher and Profession Education: Creating Ethical Leaders” at the 56th National Adult and Continuing Education Conference, Norfolk, Va., Oct. 31-Nov. 2.
David Woods, Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering, presented “Creating Safety by Engineering Resilience” at IBM’s annual Almaden Institute, San Jose, Calif., April 11-12; “Measuring How Design Changes Cognition at Work” at the 20th Association for Computing Machinery Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Newport, R.I., Oct. 8.
Publications
Cuma Akbay, Wen Chern and Ismet Boz, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, “Household Food Consumption in Turkey,” European Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 34, No. 2 (2007), pp. 209-31.
H. Blanco-Canquie and R. Lal, Environment and Natural Resources, “Soil Structure and Organic Carbon Relationships Following 10 Years of Wheat Straw Management in No-Till,” Soil & Tillage Research, Vol. 95, No. 1-2 (2007), pp. 240-54; “Soil and Crop Response to Harvesting Corn Residues for Biofuel Production,” Geoderma, Vol. 141, No. 3-4 (2007), pp. 355-62.
Wen Chern, Mauricio Bittencourt and Ratapol Teratanavat, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, “Food Consumption and Demographics in Japan: Implications for an Aging Population,” Agribusiness: International Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4 (2007), pp. 529-51.
K. Dabrowski, M. Arslan, B. Terjesen and Y. Zhang, Environment and Natural Resources, “The Effect of Dietary Indispensable Amino Acid Imbalances on Feed Intake: Is There a Sensing of Deficiency and Neural Signaling Present In Fish?” Aquaculture, Vol. 268, No. 1-4 (2007), pp. 136-42.
Anna Drabczyk, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, “Ready, Set, Go: Recruitment, Training, Coordination and Retention Values for All-Hazard Partnerships,” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2007), pp. 1-17.
Jennifer Evans-Crowley, Jack Nasar and Vicente Mantero, City and Regional Planning, “McMansions: The Extent and Regulation of Super-sized Houses,” Journal of Urban Design, Vol. 12, No. 3 (2007), pp. 339-58.
K. Lorenz and R. Lal, Environment and Natural Resources, “Stabilization of Organic Carbon in Chemically Separated Pools in Reclaimed Coal Mine Soils in Ohio,” Geoderma, Vol. 141, No. 3-4 (2007), pp. 294-301.
Meri Meredith, University Libraries, “A Librarian’s Guide to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filings,” The Reference Librarian, Vol. 48, No.1 (2007), pp. 37-55.
E. Rothman and V. Bouchard, Environment and Natural Resources, “Regulation of Carbon Processes by Macrophyte Species in a Great Lakes Coastal Wetland,” Wetlands, Vol. 27, No. 4 (2007), pp. 1133-42.
Ashley Schafer, Architecture, edited, designed and published “PRAXUS 9, Expanding Surface” with co-editor Amanda Reeser Lawrence, PRAXIS: A Journal of Writing and Building, Vol. 9 (2007); “Theory After (After-Theory),” Bauwelt, Vol. 24 (June 2007), pp. 48-59.
Raj Shrestha and R. Lal, Environment and Natural Resources, “Soil Carbon and Nitrogen in 28-Year-Old Land Uses in Reclaimed Coal Mine Soils of Ohio,” Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 36 (2007), pp. 1775-83.
Recognitions
Prabir Dutta, Chemistry, Sheikh Akbar, Engineering, and graduate students Nicholas Szabo and Juin Chan Yang have received the 2007 R&D Award from R&D Magazine for their invention of a pollution sensor.
Norman Fausey, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, was named the 2007 Scientist of the Year by the USDA for significant accomplishments promoting efficiency and environmental stewardship in agricultural drainage water management.
Shahrukh Irani and Bryan Wang, Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering, have had their JobshopLean system, for low-variety, high-volume assembly, implemented at Bula Forge & Machine Inc., a custom forge shop in Cleveland.
Suvrajeet Sen, Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering, received the 2007 Operations Research Meritorious Service Award from the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science.
Robert Wagoner, Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, has been selected as an honorary member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers by the board of directors of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society.
Service
Brian Hajek, Mechanical Engineering, has been elected to serve as a judge on the U.S. Nuclear Commission’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, which considers issues arising out of the operation of the nation’s more than 100 nuclear power plants and out of programs related to approximately 5,000 nuclear materials licenses.
Joe Heimlich, Environment and Natural Resources, served as a faculty member for the Academy for Conservation Training, China Association of Zoological Gardens in Beijing, China, Oct. 24-28.
L. Scott Lissner, Public Affairs, has been appointed to the Ohio Secretary of State’s ADA Advisory Committee on Elections and Voting where he will assist in carrying out responsibilities of the Help America Vote Act.
Walter Rucker, African American and African Studies, traveled with a contingent of 12 students to Ghana this summer as part of the Department of African American and African Studies study abroad program.
Compiled by KIM BURDETT
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