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Faculty & Staff, 10/08/09

October 7, 2009

Books
Charles Atkinson, Music, The Critical Nexus: Tone-System, Mode and Notation in Early Medieval Music (Oxford University Press, 2008).

Bharat Bhushan, professor, Mechanical Engineering, co-edited Applied Scanning Probe Methods XI – Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques, Applied Scanning Probe Methods XII – Characterization and Applied Scanning Probe Methods XIII – Biomimetics and Industrial Applications (Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, Germany, 2009), with H. Fuchs.

Maria Conroy and Jennifer Evans-Cowley, Architecture, wrote a chapter, “Local Government Experiences with ICT for Participation,” in Handbook of Research on Strategies for Local E-Government Adoption and Implementation: Comparative Studies, Christopher Reddick, editor (Hershey, Pa.: IGI Global, 2009).

David Woods, Integrated Systems Engineering; Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design; Anesthesiology; and Speech and Hearing, wrote two chapters, “Emergence of the Communities of Practice,” pp. 69-90, and “Methodological Challenges for Cognitive Task Analysis,” pp. 379-98, in Perspectives on Cognitive Task Analysis: Historical Origins and Modern Communities of Practice, both with the book authors, R.R. Hoffman and  L. Militello (New York: Psychology Press, 2009).

Grants
Gil Bohrer, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, received a three-year, $237,293 National Science Foundation ecosystem science grant for “Collaborative Research: Linking Heterogeneity of Above-Ground and Subsurface Processes at the Gap-Canopy Patch Scales to Ecosystem Level Dynamics” and a two-year, $24,412 National Science Foundation ecological biology grant for “Collaborative Research: How Structural Heterogeneity and Connectivity of Landscapes affect Wind Dispersal.”

Presentations
Bharat Bhushan, Mechanical Engineering, gave the institute colloquium “Nanotribology, Nanomechanics and Materials Characterization Studies and Applications to Bio/Nanotechnology and Biomimetics,” at the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration Center for Prediction of Reliability, Integrity and Survivability of Microsystems, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., March; the keynote lecture “Nanotribology, Nanomechanics and Materials Characterization Studies and Applications to Bio/Nanotechnology and Biomimetics,” at Viennano 09, 3rd Vienna International Conference on Nano Technology, Vienna, Austria, March; and the plenary lecture, “Nanotribology and Nanomechanics of MEMS/NEMS and BioMEMS/BioNEMS Materials and Devices and Biomimetics,” at the IEEE Fifth Encounter with Biomedical Engineering – New Biomedical Technologies, Unidad Professional Interdiscipliaria en Biotecnologia of the Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City, April.

Claudio Gonzalez, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, gave three lectures on “The Evolution of Microfinance: A Comparison of Asia and Latin America,” at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain, March 23-25.

Richard Meyer, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, presented “Savings by the Poor for Sustainable Microfinance: A Win-Win Strategy?” at the XXII Congress of the World Savings Banks Institute held in Santiago, Chile, April 30-May 1.

Dorothy Noyes, English, presented “Culture as Cover: Imperial Self-Expression in the Neoliberal Moment,” at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and the Center for Folklore Studies, Columbus, May 2.

Patrick Osmer, Astronomy, made a presentation during the Deans’ Panel at the 10th annual National McNair Scholars and Undergraduate Research Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, Md., March 13.

Danielle Pyun, East Asian Languages and Literatures, presented “Curricular Models for Heritage Korean Learners in US Colleges,” at the 18th International Conference on Korean Language Education, Seoul, Korea, August 2008.

Matt Roberts, Food, Agriculture and Environmental Science, presented “Existence and Use of Location Differentials in SAFEX Cash Market Settlements” at the 2009 Grain South Africa Congress, Bothaville, South Africa, via teleconference, March 4.

Mytheli Sreenivas, History, presented “‘Too Many Indians?’ Environmentalism and the Apocalyptic Politics of (Over)Population,” at the Symposium on Sustainability, Environmentalism and Eco-Criticism in South Asian Contexts, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, April 9.

Sarah Starr, Research Foundation, presented “Research Funding Opportunities – for Faculty,” Columbus, June 4.

Mazeika Sullivan, Environment and Natural Resources, presented “Food Webs for Thought: Considering Aquatic-Terrestrial Energy Flows and Redefining Stream-Riparian Food Webs,” Ball State University Department of Biology, Muncie, Ind., April 3.

John Wenzel, Entomology, presented “The Phylogenetic Assembly of Phenotypic Plasticity in Two Model Systems: Reproductive Caste in Social Wasps and Swarm Phase in Locusts,” University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 19, 2008, and University of West Virginia, Morgantown, W. Va., Oct. 20, 2008; “Behavioral Characters Perform Very Well as Indicators of Phylogeny” and “Defining Behavioral and Ecological Characters in Phylogenetic Context,” at the Societe Français de Systematique, Paris, France, Oct.1, 2008; and “Extended Consensus Outperforms Strict Consensus for Large Tree Sets,” Willi Hennig Society, Tucuman, Argentina, Oct. 29, 2008.

Publications
Meyer Benzakein, Aerospace Engineering, “Challenges for the Next Gen,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, June 15, p. 108.

Katherine Burkman, English, “The Nonarrival of Godot: Initiation into the Sacred Void,” Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot: Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations, 2008, pp. 33-53.

Vesta Daniel, Art Education, was invited to write a column, “Self-Definition: Is It Still a Racial Matter in Art Education?” for the National Art Education Association’s publication, NAEA News, April.

Heather Inwood, East Asian Languages and Literatures, “Identity Politics in Online Chinese Poetry Groups,” Postmodern China (Chinese History and Society),  Vol. 34, pp. 77-94.

William Marras, Integrated Systems Engineering; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and Orthopaedic Surgery, “Lumbar Spine Forces during Manoeuvring of Ceiling-based and Floor-based Patient Transfer Devices,” Ergonomics, Vol. 52, No. 3 (2009), pp. 384-97, with Gregory Knapik and Sue Ferguson; and “Spine Loading at Different Lumbar Levels during Pushing and Pulling,” Ergonomics, Vol. 52, No. 1 (2009), pp. 60-70, with Knapik.

Elizabeth Weiser, English, “’As Usual I Fell on the Bias:’ Kenneth Burke’s Situated Dialectic” Philosophy and Rhetoric, Vol. 42 No. 2, pp. 134-53.

Stu Zweben, Computer Science and Engineering, “2007-2008 Taulbee Survey: Upward Trend in Undergraduate CS Enrollment; Doctoral Production Continues at Peak Levels,” Computing Research News, Vol. 21, No. 3 (May 2009), pp. 8-23.

Recognition
Lazarus Adua, Human and Community Resource Development, won the 2009 Rural Sociological Society’s Graduate Students Paper Competition Award receiving a certificate and $300 for his paper titled “Examining the Human Dimensions of Climate Change: The Consequences of Efficiency Improvement versus Social Stratification on Residential Energy Consumption.”

Steve Boyles, Animal Sciences, received the Plimpton Outstanding Young Teacher Award, which recognizes and encourages faculty who exemplify excellence in and commitment to teaching.

Stephanie Brown, English, received the Scholarly Accomplishment Award on the Newark campus.

Harvey Graff, History, was a Faculty Honoree at the President’s Salute to Undergraduate Academic Achievement on April 30.

Jim Gregory, Aerospace Engineering, received the Kenneth Harris James Prize, a best paper award from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Aerospace Industries Division, for “A Review of Pressure-Sensitive Paint for High Speed and Unsteady Aerodynamics,” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 222, No. 2 (2008), pp. 249-90; and the Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, Ohio State Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, May 2009.

Robert Norton, Center on Education and Training for Employment, received the Joel Magisos Exceptional Service Award for his long-term individual achievement in support of the International Vocational Education and Training Association.

Service
Chadwick Allen, English, was elected to a three-year term on the Nominations Committee for the newly formed Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA).

David Brewer, English, participated in a roundtable on “Finding Money” at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

Srinivasan Parthasarathy, Computer Science and Engineering, served as co-chair for the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Data Mining conference, Sparks, Nev., April 30-May 2.

Sydney Walker, Art Education, served on an external program review team for the art department at Northern Iowa University in Cedar Falls. She also is a curriculum consultant for the Bradley Bourbannais School District in Bradley, Ill.