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Vol. 38, No. 18
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11-19-2008
By: Jeff McCallister Faculty and Staff, 11/20/08
Book
Bharat Bhushan, Mechanical Engineering, Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces: Friction, Superhydrophobicity and Biomimetics (Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2008) with M. Nosonovsky.
Graham Walden, University Libraries, A Selective Annotated Bibliography: Art and Humanities, Social Sciences and the Nonmedical Sciences, (The Scarecrow Press Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc., 2008) with an introduction by David Morgan.
Grants
Tamal Dey, Computer Science and Engineering, received a $220,000 National Science Foundation Theoretical Foundations award for “Inferring Geometry and Topology for Dynamic Shapes.”
C. Hoy, S. Bosserman, G. Boulos, S. Ernst, M. Hamm, S. Smalley, J. Reid, K. Brasier, C. Hinrichs and J. Hyde, Entomology, received a $1,113,214 grant from the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative, Regional Partnerships for Innovation for “Social Networking, Market and Commercialization Infrastructure for Midwestern Fruit and Vegetable Crops in Local Food Systems,” 2008-11.
Joel Johnson, Emre Ertin and Lee Potter, Electrical and Computer Engineering, received a $975,00 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for “Multi-mode, Multi-band Software Defined Radar for Adaptive Tracking and Identification of Targets in Urban Environments” and received a $200,000 grant from NASA for “PALS-ADD: Airborne Soil Moisture and Sea Salinity Mission Test Bed” with S. Yueh, C. Ruf and J. Piepmeier.
David Lee, Computer Science and Engineering, received a $60,000 Google Research Award to conduct basic research on “Formal Analysis of Security Protocols in Terms of Modeling, Verification and Testing.”
R. Williams, Entomology, received a continuation of a $40,000 grant in Portugal for “Integrated Pest Management for Horticultural Crops in the Azores,” 2008-10.
Presentations
Melissa Bailey, Optometry, presented “Automated Measurements of Ciliary Body Dimensions Using Matlab,” at the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Anaheim, Calif., Oct. 22-25.
N. Basta, S. Whitacre, E. Dayton, K. Bradham and R. Lanno, Entomology, presented “Soil Chemical Methods to Quantify Metal Bioavailability and Exposure to Human and Ecological Receptors,” at the SETAC 5th World Congress, Sydney, Australia, Aug. 3-7, and the SERDP and ESTCP Expert Panel Workshop on Research and Development Needs for Understanding and Assessing the Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments, Annapolis, Md., Aug. 20-22.
Jill Clark, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, presented “Preserving Resources and Property Rights: Transferring Development Rights” at the Urban Land Institute, Columbus chapter, Columbus, Aug. 6.
Barbara Fink, Optometry, presented “A Silicone-Hydrogel of Modulus 1.1 MPA: Oxygen-Related Observations” and “Evaluation of Cornea-To-Contact Lens Base Curve Relationships in Keratocunus through Flourescein Patterns and Photography,” at the American Academy of Optometry annual meeting, Anaheim, Calif., Oct. 22-25.
N. Gallagher and S. Jones, Entomology, presented “Termite-mediated Alteration of Food Items,” at the Ohio Valley Entomological Society Annual Forum, Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 17, and the National Pest Management Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC, Oct. 23.
Harvey Graff, History, presented “Literacy Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies: Reflections on History and Theory” at the invitational conference “The Scope of Interdisciplinarity,” University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Nov. 7-9.
Jesus Lara, Landscape Architecture, presented “The Process of Citymaking: Global Perspectives for Urban Sustainability” at the International Week of Urbanism as part of the Association of Latin American Schools of Urbanism and Planning VIII Congress at the Centro Universitario de Arte y Diseño, Guadalajara, Mexico, Oct. 8-10; and “Paisajes Sustentables: Panoramas de la teoría en diseño y planeamiento ambiental/ Sustainable Landscapes: Overview of Theory in Design and Environmental Planning” at the international Symposium on Landscape Architecture Education in Latin America, Nov. 13-15.
Scott Levi, History, presented “Indo-Central Asian Relations in Transition: The View from the Ferghana Valley” at the conference Indo-Muslim Cultures in Transition, University of California, Irvine, Calif., Nov. 1.
James Moore III, Physical Activity and Educational Services, participated in a panel discussion by The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation of “75 Years after the Mis-Education of the Negro: New Imperatives for Black Education,” at the 2008 Annual Legislative Conference, Washington, DC, Sept. 26, and presented “Early Scholar Award” at the 55th annual NAGC Convention, Nov. 1.
Tony Pasquarello, Philosophy, presented a solo piano concert lecture, “50 Years of Fabulous Favorites,” celebrating 50 years of Ohio State, Mansfield, Oct. 12.
Sarah Starr, Research Foundation, facilitated “Research Funding Opportunities for Research Administrators,” Oct. 7, and “Research Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students,” Columbus, Oct. 29.
Publications
Gunjan Agarwal, Biomedical Engineering, “Changes in Surface Topologies of Chondrocytes Subjected to Mechanical Forces: An AFM Analysis,” Journal of Structural Biology, Vol. 162, No. 3, pp. 397-403, with Daniel Iscru and Mirela Anghelina, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and Sudha Agarwal, College of Dentistry.
A. Altor and W. Mitsch, Environment and Natural Resources, “Pulsing Hydrology, Methane Emissions and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in Created Marshes: A 2-year Ecosystem Study,” Wetlands, Vol. 28, pp. 423-38.
S. Briar, G. Jagdale, Z. Cheng, C. Hoy, S. Miller and P. Grewal, Entomology, “Indicative Value of Nematode Food Web Indices and Trophic Group Abundance in Differentiating Habitats with a Gradient of Anthropogenic Impact,” Environmental Bioindicators, Vol. 2, pp. 146-60.
Gerald Frankel and Narasi Sridhar, Materials Science and Engineering, “Understanding Localized Corrosion,” Materials Today, Vol. 11, No. 10, pp. 38-44.
D. Kost, L. Chen and W. Dick, Environment and Natural Resources, “Predicting Plant Sulfur Deficiency in Soils: Results from Ohio,” Biology and Fertility of Soils (2008) and “Predicting Plant Sulfur Deficiency in Soils: Results from Ohio,” Biology and Fertility of Soils, Vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 1091-98.
Karen Spierling, History, “Defining Community in Early Modern Europe,” Ashgate’s St. Andrews Studies in Reformation History series, with co-editor Michael Halvorson.
Recognition
Loren Babcock, School of Earth Sciences, received the Erasmus Haworth Award for Distinguished Alumni Honors in Geology from the University of Kansas.
Heather Chandler, Kelly Kingsbury and Aaron Zimmerman, Optometry, were inducted as Fellows of the American Academy of Optometry, Class of 2008.
Mike Damas, Schottenstein Center, was recognized in an article in Gahanna News for his hospitality shown to a group of Gahanna Lincoln High School chemistry students on a recent field trip to the Schott.
Claudio Gonzalez-Vega and Richard Meyer, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, were members of the Academic Committee of the Forum and key leaders in the organization of the activity at the Bergamo Forum on Access to Financial Services: Expanding the Rural Frontier, University of Bergamo, Italy, Sept. 18-20.
Peter Mansoor, History, had a book talk to the World Affairs Council of Houston air on C-Span, Nov. 8-10.
Koritha Mitchell, History, received a research fellowship from Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) for her project entitled “Enduring ‘Strange Fruit:’ Lynching Drama, African American Citizenship and US Culture, 1890-1930.”
Dhabaleswar Panda, Computer Science and Engineering and Biomedical Informatics, received a best paper award for “Efficient One-Copy MPI Shared Memory Communication in Virtual Machines,” with Wei Huang and Matthew Koop, IEEE Cluster 2008, Tsukuba, Japan, Sept. 29-Oct. 1.
P. Sadayappan, Computer Science and Engineering, received a best paper award for “Are Non-Blocking Networks Really Needed for High-End-Computing Workloads?” with Pavan Balaji, Narayan Desai and Mohammed Islam, IEEE Cluster 2008, Tsukuba, Japan, Sept. 29-Oct. 1.
Service
Stephen Lee, Biomedical Engineering, was chair of the organizing committee for the Inaugural Engineering & Medicine Translational Research Symposium at the Ohio State University Biomedical Research Tower Auditorium, Columbus, Sept. 29.
Prasun Sinha, Computer Science and Engineering, is editor of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
Douglas Southgate, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, was the featured volunteer for Council on World Affairs.
David Stebenne, History, and Paul Beck, Political Science, appeared on WOSU’s “Open Line” show Nov. 5 to discuss the results of the 2008 elections.
Robert Wagoner, Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, chaired an ad-hoc committee to review the governance structure of TMS, the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, March-July 2008.
Compiled by JAMILA WILLIAMS
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