Vol. 38, No. 18

3-16-2006
By: onCampus staff

Faculty and staff 3/16/06

Book
John Bennett, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Instruction Book (Columbus: Luna Bisonte Productions, 2006).

Grants
Gunjan Agarwal, Biomedical Engineering and Internal Medicine, $260,000 four-year American Heart Association National Scientist Development grant for "Regulation of Myocardial Fibrosis by Discoidin Domain Receptors," July 2005; and $715,917 five-year National Institutes of Health Career Development Award for "Myocardial Matrix Remodeling by Discoidin Domain Receptors," September 2005.
David Cressy, History, Arts and Humanities Seed grant for the proposal "Dangerous Speech in Early Stuart England."
J.S. Klompen and N.F. Johnson, Entomology, $317,735 National Science Foundation grant for "Databasing the Ohio State University Acarology Collection," 2006-2009.
Ron Li, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, and Kaichang Di, Mapping and GIS Laboratory, $640,828 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Applied Information Systems Research grant for "Integration of Orbital, Descent and Ground Imagery for Topographic Capability Analysis in Mars Landed Missions," January 2006-December 2008.

Presentations
Rita Alevriadou, Biomedical Engineering, presented "Oxidative Stress Due to Ische?mia/Reperfusion Exposure of Flow-Preconditioned HUVECs" at the Biomedical Engineering Society An?nual Meeting, Baltimore, Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 2005, co-presenters were Y. Li, Internal Medicine, M.P. Burns, C.I. Jones III and Z.S. Han.
B. Bloetscher, S.C. Jones, D. Shetlar and C. Welty, Entomology, presented "Similarities Among Complaints and Samples From Clients With Suspected Delusionary Parasitosis: The OSU Pest Diagnostic Clinic Experience" at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 15-18, 2005.
S.R. Bucheli and J.W. Wenzel, Entomology, presented "Complexity, Homoplasy and the Evolution of Male Genitalia in Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera)" at the Program Symposium, Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting,
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 15-18, 2005.
S. Cobey, Entomology, presented "The Honey Bee Genome and Bee Breeding Possibilities" at the American Beekeeping Federation, Louisville, Ky., Jan. 13.
Benjamin Coifman, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geodetic Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, presented "Empirical Traffic Estimation from UAV Data" at the Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference, Columbus, Oct. 27-28, 2005, co-authors are Mark McCord, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geodetic Science and Architecture, Rabi Mishalani, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, and Michael Iswalt and
Yuxiong Ji, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science; "The Columbus Metropolitan Freeway Management System Effectiveness Study" at the Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference, Columbus, Oct. 27-28, 2005; poster "Remote Sensing in Transportation Flows (NCRST-F)" at the Battelle Research Forum, Columbus, Nov. 28, 2005,
co-presenters were Prem Goel, Statistics, Carolyn Merry, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, Mark McCord, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geodetic Science and Architecture, and Rabi Mishalani, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science; poster "Recent Transportation Systems Research at OSU" at the Battelle Research Forum, Columbus, Nov. 28, 2005, co-presenters were Mark McCord, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geodetic Science and Architecture, and Rabi Mishalani, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science; "Traffic Surveillance from an Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle" at the U.S. Department of Transportation Workshop on Integration of Positioning-Navigation-Timing, RS, and Transportation, Columbus, Nov. 30, 2005, co-authors are Mark McCord, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geodetic Science and Architecture, Rabi Mishalani, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, Keith Redmill, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Umit Ozguner, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and S. Morris.
Barbara Groseclose, History of Art, presented "Alice Schille in Her Time: The Idea of Independence" at the Columbus Museum of Art at the "Alice Schille: An Independent Spirit" exhibition, Feb. 23.
Richard Hill, Optometry, presented "James Thurber ... and Other Odd Things People Get in Their Eye" at the OSU Women's Club, Nov. 7, 2005.
C.W. Hoy, Entomology, presented "Habitat Characteristics and Entomopathogenic Nematode Persistence in Agroecosystems" as invited presentation at the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Awardee Workshop on Biologically-Based Pest Management, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 14, 2005, co-presenters were P. Grewal, G. Jagdale, N. Acosta and J. Lawrence, Entomology; and poster "Habitat Characteristics, Taxonomic Group and Ecosystem Management Influence Presence of Entomopathogenic Nematodes" at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 15-18, 2005, co-presenters were
P. Grewal, G. Jagdale, A. Alumai, N. Acosta and J. Lawrence, Entomology.
Rob Hupp, Accounting, and Don Seidelmann, Resource Management Systems, presented "Using General Ledger Reports" to departmental and college fiscal officers, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.
Neil Jacobs, Germanic Languages and Literatures, presented "A Code of Many Colors: The Language of Jewish Cabare" at the 10th Thomas and Diann Mann Distinguished Symposium Series, Yiddish Culture in Transition, Ohio State, Feb. 22.
N.F. Johnson, Entomology, presented "Copyright: The New Taxonomic Impediment" as invited presentation in Program Symposium: "Revolutionizing Taxonomy through an Open-Access Web-Register for Animal Names and Descriptions" at the National Meeting of the Entomological Society of America,
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 18, 2005, co-presenter was D. Agosti, Entomology; "EOL: A Database Application for Presenting Results of Taxonomic Revisions on the Web" at the National Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 16, 2005, co-presenter was L. Musetti, Entomology; and "Integrating Data Domains for Taxonomic Products," Entomological Collections Network Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Dec. 14, 2005.
S.C. Jones, Entomology, presented "Shedding Light Into the Termite World" at the Annual Meeting of the National Pest Management Association, Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 20-23, 2005; "Inspecting for Wood-Destroying Organisms" and "Termite Control Using Baits and Soil Termiticides" at the Ohio Pesticide Applicator Recertification Conference, Akron, Nov. 22, 2005, and Toledo, Dec. 14, 2005; "Bed Bugs" at the Ohio Pesticide Applicator Recertification Conference, Toledo, Dec. 14, 2005; and "Orphaning in the Eastern Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): Replacement Reproductives" at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 15-18, 2005, co-presenter was J.D. Dombrowski, Entomology.
H.D. Niemczyk, Entomology, presented "Insect in Sod Production - How Can I Help You" at theÊOhio Turfgrass Conference and Show, Dec. 7, 2005.
Dan Reff, Comparative Studies, presented "Narratives of Otherness and the Jesuit-Orchestrated 'Tour' of Europe by Japanese Samurai (1584-85)" at the College of Humanities' fourth Inaugural lecture of the academic year, Faculty Club, Feb. 21.
H. Song, Entomology, presented "Variation of Insect Genitalia: Are We Assuming Too Much?" at the Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 15-18, 2005.
Nicholas Vanover, English, presented "Joyce's New Drama: Ibsen, Joyce, and the Aesthetics of Translation" at the 17th Irregular Miami J'yce Conference, Miami, Feb. 4.

Publications
James Battersby, English, "Narrativity, Self, and Self-knowledge," Narrative, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2006), pp. 27-44.
R.D. Brazee, E.S. Miller, M.E. Reding, M. G. Klein, B. Nudd and H. Zhu, Entomology,Ê"A Transponder for Harmonic Radar Tracking of the Black Vine Weevil in Behavioral Research,"ÊTransactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Vol. 48, pp. 831-838.
Cynthia Burack, Women's Studies, "Origin Stories: Same-Sex Sexuality and Christian Right Politics," Culture and Religion,
Vol. 6, No. 3 (2005), pp. 369-92.
S. Cobey, Entomology, "Jewels For The Queen: The New Ruby Jewel Sting Hook for Instrumental Insemination of Queen Bees," The Beekeepers Quarterly, Vol. 82, pp. 43-44.
Stuart Hobbs, History, "The Adena Dumbwaiters: A Glimpse into Jefferson's Executive Mansion?" White House History, Vol. 17 (Winter 2006), pp. 44-49.
Andrew Hudgins, English, "Andrew Hudgins as Alan Lutiy," The Imaginary Poets, ed. Alan Michael Parker (Dorset, Vermont: Tupelo Press), pp. 61-66; and reprint "Andrew Hudgins as Alan Lutiy (1899-1974)," American Poet: The Journal of the American Academy of Poets (Fall 2005), pp. 21-23.
Hazel Morrow-Jones, City and Regional Planning, wrote chapter "Current Determinants of Residential Location Choices: An Empirical Study in the Greater Columbus Metropolitan Region" in Access to Destinations: Rethinking the Transportation Future of Our Regions, ed. Levinson, et al. (New York: Elsevier, 2005), co-author is Moon Jeong Kim.
Doug Ramspeck, English, Lima, poem "Black Tupelo Country," Harpur Palate, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Winter 2006), pp. 34-35; poem "The Offering," Louisiana Literature, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2005), pp. 33; and poem "Speaking of Rivers," The Madison Review, No. 27, Vol. 1 (Fall 2005), p. 73.
K. Zadnik and J.T. Barr, Optometry, "Comparison of Flat and Steep Rigid Contact Lens Fitting Methods in Keratoconus," Optometry and Vision Science, Vol. 82, No. 12 (2005), pp. 1014-1023, co-authors are K. Steger-May, T.B. Edrington, T.T. McMahon, M.O. Gordon, and the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus Study Group.

Recognitions
Kim Boyer, Electrical and Computer Engineering, was named a 2006 Jefferson Science Fellow at the U.S. Department of State.
Cynthia Burack, Women's Studies, received the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis' Gradiva Award for best book in historical, cultural and literary analysis for Healing Identities: Black Feminist Thought and the Politics of Groups.
Richard Hill, Optometry, was inducted into the National Optometry Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Oct. 27, 2005; received the Bausch and Lomb Visionaries Award, 2005; and was elected Life Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, 2005.
Carla Mack and Jason Nichols, Optometry, were named Diplomates in the Section on Cornea and Contact Lenses of the American Academy of Optometry, 2005.
Susie Nippert, Optometry, graduated from STEP, May 2005.
Mark Rankin, English, received a Shakespeare Association of America Graduate Student Travel Award to attend the annual meeting of the association, April 13-15.
Laurel Richardson, Sociology, emeritus, was honored with the Miegenyuh Distinguished Fellowship to continue research on marginalized modes of knowledge creation at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Nathan Rosenstein, History, was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for "Imperial Republic," 2006-2007.
Hojun Song and Sibyl Bucheli, Entomology, organized a Program Symposium "Welcome to the Phallic Cult - Evolution of Insect SexualÊCharacters and Courtship Behavior" at the Annual Meeting of Entomological Society of America.

Service
Richard Hill, Optometry, is serving as president-elect of the OSU Torch Club; and is serving as secretary of the Executive Board for the OSU Retirees Association.

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