Appointments

Michael S. Helfer has been appointed a trustee of the Wexner Center Foundation.

Mary Juhas, Engineering, has been named senior assistant dean for outreach and special programs.

Books

Hojjat Adeli, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, Construction Scheduling, Cost Optimization, and Management -- A New Model Based on Neurocomputing and Object Technologies (London: Spon Press, 2001), co-author is A. Karim.

Nan Johnson, English, Gender and Rhetorical Space in American Life, 1866-1910 (Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 2002).

Rick Parent, Computer and Information Science, Computer Animation: Algorithms and Techniques (Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2001).

Grants

Gerald P. Chubb, Aerospace Engineering and Aviation, $25,000 NASA Glenn Research Center Grant for "Phase 2, Economic Impact of SATS on Ohio."

Benjamin Coifman, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, $97,906 National Science Foundation Grant for "Exploratory Research on Information and Communications Systems for Surface Transportation (ICSST), NSF/USDOT, Decentralized Surveillance, Control and Data Transmission for Transportation Applications."

Tamal K. Dey, Computer and Information Science, $700,000 National Science Foundation Grant for "Shape Analysis from Point Cloud,"2002-2005, co-recipients are Guibas and Carlsson, Stanford University.

Susan K. Frazier, Nursing, $35,000 Agilent Technologies-AACN Grant, 2001-2003, and $110,157 Department of Health and Human Services Grant for "Cardiovascular Function During Ventilator Weaning,"2000-2003.

P.S. Grewal and S.K. Grewal, Entomology, $18,000 Horticultural Research Institute Competitive Grant for "Assessing Potential of Molluscicidal Nematodes for Slug Control,"2002-03.

Kurt Koelling, Chemical Engineering, Stephen Bechtel, Mechanical Engineering, and Greg Forest, University of North Carolina, $360,000 National Science Foundation Grant for "Shear and Extensional Rheology of Nanoclays and Nanotubes in Polymer Melts and Solutions."

R.P. Lanno, Entomology, $356,500 Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Grant for "Determining the Bioavailability, Toxicity, and Bioaccumulation of Organic Chemicals and Metals for the Development of Ecological Soil Screen Levels,"co-recipients are N. Basta, R. Checkai and R. Kuperman, and $50,000 Gas Technology Institute/Retec Group Inc. Grant for "Assessing the Toxicity and Bioavailability of PAHs in Soils from Coal Gasification Plants."

John Lippold, Welding Engineering, $205,000 Army Research Office Grant for "Joining of Titanium to Steel Using Friction Processing."

C.K. Shum, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, $1,297,534 NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry Grant for "Altimetric Bathymetry from Surface Slopes,"2002-2012.

Kathleen S. Stone, $1,687,704 Department of Health and Human Services Grant for "Interventions to Promote Ventilator Weaning,"co-recipients are Susan K. Frazier and Debra K. Moser.

Presentations

Ralph E.J. Boerner, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, made the following presentations: "Analysis of Soil Microbial Activity at Three Spatial Scales in an Ohio Deciduous Forest Landscape,"co-presenters were M.A. Knorr, J.A. Brinkman, W.J. Dress, R.K. Thiet, R. Strachan and B. Swinehart; "Is Prescribed Fire Effective in Restoring Eastern Forest Soils under Heavy Atmospheric N Loading?""Microbiotic Crusts and Surface Soil Characteristics Affect Water and N Infiltration in American Beachgrass Stand,"and "Spatial Variation of Microarthropods and Soil Fungi in a Hardwood Forest"at the 2001 Ecological Society of America Conference, Madison, Wis., Aug. 6-7; "Using Suessian Poetry to Teach Ecology at the Graduate Level,"co-presenters were J. Averett, T. Beck, B. Fair, M. Fairchild, D. Heck, D. Kane, M. Lenoue, J. Philips, C. Pippin, M. Reagon, G. Sablak, S. Selbo, A.M. Smith and A. Young; "Spatial Variation of Microarthropods and Soil Fungi in a Hardwood Forest,"co-presenters were W.J. Dress and S.D. Frey; "Analysis of Soil Enzyme Activities as an Indicator of Microbial Community Activity in Three Spatial Scales in an Ohio Deciduous Forest Landscape,"co-presenters were M.A. Knorr, J.A. Brinkman, W.J. Dress, R.K. Thiet, R. Strachan and E. Swinehart; and "Spatial Distribution and Dispersal of Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Inoculum in an Alkaline Oak Barren/Pine Forrest Complex in Southern Ohio,"co-author is R.K. Thiet, at the Soil Ecology Society Conference, Callaway Gardens, Ga., May 21-22.

Kim L. Boyer, Electrical Engineering, presented "Retinal Thickness Measurements and Optic Nervehead Tracking in Optical Coherence Tomography"at the 2nd International Workshop on Computer Assisted Fundus Image Analysis, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2001, co-presenters were Dara Koozekanani and Cynthia Roberts; and "Tracking the Optic Nerve Head in OCT Video Using Dual Eigenspaces and an Adaptive Vascular Distribution Model"at the IEEE CVPR Conference, Kauai, Hawaii, December 2001, co-presenters were Dara Koozekanani, Cynthia Roberts and Steven Katz.

Marc Branham, Entomology, presented "The Evolution of Bioluminescent Communication in Fireflies"at the Willi Hennig Society Annual Conference, Corvallis, Ore., Aug. 25-30.

Gerald P. Chubb, Aerospace Engineering and Aviation, presented "Economic Impact of a Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) on Ohio"and "Preliminary Study of Synthetic Vision Displays"at the Great Lakes International Aviation Conference, Michigan State University, January 2002.

Michael Dunn, Aerospace Engineering and Aviation, presented "Convective Heat Transfer and Aerodynamics in Axial Flow Turbines"at the International Gas Turbine Institute Conference, New Orleans, June 2001.

P. Grewal, Entomology, presented "Prospects for Developing Entomopathogenic Nematology in India"at the Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, India, December 2001.

Sarah-Grace Heller, French and Italian, presented "The Desire to Shop for Oneself: The Growing Fashion System in 13th Century France"at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Faculty Colloquium, Columbus, Feb. 25.

M. Klein, Entomology, presented "Fertility and Plant Health"at the CABI-CGIAR Task Force Meeting on Soil Biota, Egham, England, Feb. 6-8.

Charles Klopp, French and Italian, presented "Diego Marani und les lenguas"at the 30th Annual 20th Century Literature Conference, Louisville, Ky., Feb. 22.

B. Kunkel and P.S. Grewal, Entomology, presented "Potential Mechanisms of Interactions among Endophytic Perennial Ryegrass, Black Cutworm and an Entomopathogenic Nematode"at the Entomological Society of American Annual Conference, San Diego, Dec. 5-13.

G. Needham, Entomology, presented "Why Ticks Suck?"at Kenyon College, Feb. 21.

Emily Patterson, Institute for Ergonomics, presented "Side Effects from Introducing Bar Coding in Medication Administration"to the Harvard Risk Management Foundation, Boston, Aug. 20; "Proactively Identifying Side Effects by Observing the Introduction of New Technology"at the VA/QuIC Summit on Effective Practices to Improve Patient Safety, Washington, D.C., Sept. 5-7; and "Automation Surprises and Context Rifts"at the American Medical Informatics Association Conference, Washington, D.C., Nov. 3-7.

Kurt Pickett, Entomology, presented "Exorcising the Demon: Parsimony Escapes Felsenstein Zone with More Data from the Same Distribution"at the Willi Hennig Society Annual Conference, Corvallis, Ore., Aug. 25-30.

D. Richmond and P.S. Grewal, Entomology, presented "Influence of Herbivory and Endophytes on Competition of Grasses and Forbes"at the Entomological Society of America Annual Conference, San Diego, Dec. 5-13, co-presenter was J. Cardina.

Ileana Rodriguez, Spanish and Portuguese, presented "Rigoberta, La Nieta de los Mayas"at the Modern Language Association Conference, New Orleans, Dec. 28; and "Mestizaje, Creolization, Hybridity: Historical Articulations of Race and Ethnicity"at the Conference on the Caribbean Culture in Honor of Kamau Braithwaite, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, Jan. 11.

W. Michael Sherman, Physical Activity and Educational Services, presented "The College Years -- A Missed Opportunity -- Influencing the Health and Quality of Life of the Young Adult"at the American Dietetics Association Conference, St. Louis, Oct. 21.

C.K. Shum, Civil and Environmental Engineering, presented "A Comparison of Two Methods of Gravity Inversion and their Impact on Predictions of Ice Mass Balance"at the American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, December 2001, co-presenter was A. Trupin.

Heather Tanner, History, presented "St. Maurice: A Black Medieval European Saint?"at Ohio State Mansfield, Feb. 13.

C. Triplehorn, Entomology, presented "The Role of Serendipity in Systematic Entomology"at the South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, S.C., Feb. 10 and at Clemson University, Feb. 11.

John Wenzel, Entomology, presented "Limitations of Relative Apparent Synapomorphy Analysis (RASA) for Measuring Phylogenetic Signal"at the Willi Hennig Society Annual Conference, Corvallis, Ore., Aug. 25-30.

Karen Winstead, English, presented "Capgrave's Augustinian Agenda"at the Modern Language Association Conference, New Orleans, Dec. 30.

Wynne Wong, French and Italian, presented "The Role of Explicit Information in Processing Instruction"at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Feb. 23.

The following presentations were made at the National Congress on the Centenary of Nematology, New Delhi, India, Dec. 5-8: P. Grewal, "Milestones in Entomopathogenic Nematology during the 20th Century"; S.K. Grewal and P.S. Grewal, "Feeding Inhibition and Mortality of Native and Introduced Slug Species by the Nematode Phasmarhabditis hemaphrodita (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae)"; G.B. Jagdale and P.S. Grewal, "Trehalose Accumulation at Temperature Extremes by Infective Juveniles of Entomopathogenic Nematodes and Its Role in Environmental Stress Tolerance"; B. Kunkel and P.S. Grewal, "Multitrophic Interactions among Endophytic Perennial Ryegrass, Black Cutworm and an Entomopathogenic Nematode"; N. Somasekhar, P.S. Grewal, B. R. Stinner and E.A.B. Denardo, "Entomopathogenic Nematodes Suppress Plant-parasitic but Not Free-living Nematodes in Soil: A Beneficial Non-target Effect?"; and L. Tan and P.S. Grewal, "Mechanism of Virulence of Moraxella osloensis, a Bacterium Associated with the Nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita to the Slug, Deroceras reticulatum."

Publications

Morris Beja, English, "Spielberg's Schindler: ÔThe Presentation',"Modern Jewish Studies/Yiddish, Vol. 12, No. 4 (2001), pp.12-21.

M.A. Branham and J.W. Wenzel, Entomology, "The Evolution of Bioluminescence in Cantharoids (Coleoptera: Elateroidea),"Florida Entomologist, Vol. 84, No. 4 (2001), pp. 565-86.

David Citino, English, "I Am From This Place,"Ohioana Quarterly, Vol. 47 (2001), pp. 414-16; "The Way We Do the Things We Do,"The Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2 (2001), pp. 131-35; "Finding My Voice,"Columbus Dispatch, Jan. 6, p. F7; "Calling Mother: Twelve Poems,"The Idaho Review, Vol. 4 (2002), pp. 43-60; review of Martin Gardner's, editor, Martin Gardner's Favorite Poetic Parodies, Columbus Dispatch, Feb. 10; and "New Roosevelt Sculpture Includes Wheel Chair,"The Southern Review, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2002), pp. 7-8.

Michael Dunn, Aerospace Engineering and Aviation, "Convective Heat Transfer and Aerodynamics in Axial Flow Turbines,"ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 123 (2001), pp. 637-86.

S.K. Frazier, D.K. Moser, B. Riegel, B.J. Garvin and A.K. Kim, Nursing, "Critical Care Nurses' Assessment of Patient Anxiety: Reliance on Physiological and Behavioral Parameters,"American Journal of Critical Care, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2002), pp. 57-64.

P.W. Grewal, Entomology, "Rapid Deterioration of Environmental Tolerance and Reproductive Potential of an Entomopathogenic Nematode during Laboratory Maintenance,"Biol. Contr., Vol. 23 (2002), pp. 71-78.

M.G. Klein, Entomology, "Management of Early-instar Japanese Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Field-grown Nursery Crops,"Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 94 (2001), pp. 1151-61, co-authors are C.M. Mannion, W. McLane, J. Moyseenko, J.B. Oliver and D. Cowan.

Curt A. Levis, Electrical Engineering, "Path Diversity,"CRC/IEEE Communications Handbook, 2nd edition.

Sharon L. Mader, OSU Extension, Sandusky County, "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren,"Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, Vol. 68, No. 1 (Fall 2001), pp. 33-35.

C.K. Shum, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, "Determinations of Polar Ice Mass Balance from Gravity,"IAG Symposium Series, Vol. 123 (Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlage, 2001), pp. 171-78, co-author is A. Trupin; and "Recent Advances in Ocean Tidal Science,"Journal of Geodetic Society of Japan, Vol. 47, No. 1 (2001), pp. 528-37, co-authors are N. Yu and C. Morris.

George Smith, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Emeritus, "Full Potential Utilization of Industrial and Systems Engineering in Organizations,"Handbook of Industrial Engineering, Gavriel Salvendy, editor (John Wiley and Sons, 2001), co-authors are D. Scott Sink and David Poirier; and "Charting Techniques,"co-author is D. Loch, and "Defining and Organizing the Industrial Engineering Function,"co-authors are Scott Sink and David Poirier, Maynard's Handbook of Industrial Engineering, Kjell Zandin, editor (H.B. Maynard, 2001).

Robert Snyder, Materials Science and Engineering, "Advances in X-ray Analysis,"Proceedings of the 49th Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis (Newtown Square, Pa.: International Center for Diffraction Data, 2001).

Richard P. Swenson, Biochemistry, "Evaluation of the Hydrogen Bonding Interactions and Their Effects on the Oxidation-Reduction Potentials for the Riboflavin Complex of the Desulfovibrio vulgaris Flavodoxin,"Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Vol. 1504 (2001), pp. 319-28, co-authors are F.C. Chang and L.H. Bradley; "Role of Hydrogen Bonding Interactions to N(3)H of the Flavin Mononucleotide Cofactor in the Modulation of the Redox Potentials of the Clostridium beijerinckii Flavodoxin,"Biochemistry, Vol. 40 (2001), pp. 8686-95, co-author is L.H. Bradley; and "Alanine-Scanning of the 50's Loop in the Clostridium beijerinckii Flavodoxin: Evaluation of Additivity and the Importance of Interactions Provided by the Main Chain in the Modulation of the Oxidation-Reduction Potentials,"Biochemistry, Vol. 40 (2001), pp. 13548-55, co-author is M. Kasim.

C.A. Triplehorn, Entomology, "Epitragosoma arenaria, a New Genus and Species from Texas (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae),"The Coleoterists Bulletin, Vol. 55, No. 4 (2001), pp. 515-21, co-author is Kirby W. Brown.

Chung-Wen Wu, Venkat Gopalan and Edward J. Behrman, Biochemistry, "Kinetics of Coupling Reactions That Generate Monothiophosphate Disulfides: Implications for Modification of RNAs,"Bioconjugate Chemistry, Vol. 12 (2001), pp. 842-44, co-author is Paul S. Eder.

E.E. Zervos and B.D. Bagwell, Surgery, "FDG-PET as an Adjunct to CEA in the Management of Patients with Presumed Recurrent Colorectal Cancer and Non-diagnostic Radiologic Workup,"Surgery, Vol. 130 (2001), pp. 636-44, co-authors are W.E. Burak Jr., M.W. Arnold and E.W. Martin; and "Selective Sentinel Node Analysis in Breast Cancer: Potential for Recourse Savings,"American Journal of Surgery, Vol. 182 (2001), pp. 372-76, co-authors are W.B. Farrar, M.J. Walker, L.D. Yee, S.F. Abdesselam, D. Young and W.E. Burak Jr.

Recognitions

Parwinder Grewal, Entomology, received the Syngenta Crop Protection Award for 2002.

Brian Hajek, Nuclear Engineering Program, received a Service Recognition from the Midwest Nuclear Training Association's Training Managers Committee for 15 years of dedication and service to the Midwest Nuclear Training Association.

David G. Howden, Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering, is an Honorary Member of the Japan Welding Society.

Arthur Leissa, Mechanical Engineering, received the American Academy of Mechanics' Distinguished Service Award for 2001.

Michael Moran, Mechanical Engineering, received the American Society for Engineering Education's Ralph Coats Roe Award for 2001 for being an outstanding educator and making notable contributions to the profession.

Robert Snyder, Materials Science and Engineering, received the TMS Leadership Award.

John Wilhelm, National Regulatory Research Institute, received the College of Engineering Dean's Award for outstanding service at the National Regulatory Research Institute for 2001.

R.K. Yedavalli, Aerospace Engineering and Aviation, received the American Automatic Control Council's O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award for 2001 for his paper, "A Necessary and Sufficient Extreme Point Solution for Checking Robust Stability of Polytopes of Matrices."

Jacques Zakin, Chemical Engineering, received a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Senior Scientist Mentor Award for Emeritus Faculty for close advising and mentoring of undergraduate research participants.

Service

Alan Beyerchen, History, was participant/commentator at the colloquium on "Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft im Dritten Reich"at the German Physical Society, Berlin, Germany, Dec. 13-15.

Kim Boyer, Electrical Engineering, is a U.S. delegate to the Governing Board of the International Association for Pattern Recognition, and is on the IEEE Technical Activities Board Periodicals Review Committee.

Lucy Caswell, Cartoon Research Library, served as curator for the "Arnold Roth: Free Lance"exhibit at the Cartoon Research Library, Feb. 15-May 17.

Somnath Ghosh, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, organized a workshop on "Analysis and Design of New Engineering Materials and Systems with Applications"for the U.S. Army Research Office.

Alan Green, Music and Dance Library, is on the board of directors of the Music Library Association.

Sandra Kerka, Center on Education and Training for Employment, is the book review editor of the Journal of Continuing Higher Education.

Rongxing (Ron) Li, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, is on the committee on National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting of the National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, 2001-2003.

Umit Ozkan, Chemical Engineering, is chair of the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Chemistry Division, secretary of the North American Catalysis Society and on the National Coal Council.

Geoffrey D. Smith, University Libraries, is on the Modern Language Association's Prize for a Distinguished Bibliography Selection Committee, 2001-2004.