Books

Todd Gannon and Jeff Kipnis, Architecture, eds,. The Light Construction Reader (Source Books in Architecture, 2) (Monacelli Press, November 2002).

Richard F. Hamilton, Sociology and Political Science, emeritus, ed., The Origins of World War I (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003), Holger H. Herwig, co-ed.

Alexander Stephan, Germanic Languages and Literatures and Mershon Center, ed., Early 20th Century German Fiction (New York: Continuum, 2003), by A. Doblin, L. Feuchtwanger, A. Seghers and A. Zweig.

Julia Watson, Comparative Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures, ed., Interfaces: Women, Autobiography, Image, Performance, (University of Michigan Press, 2002), Sidonie Smith, co-ed.

Exhibits

Jeff Kipnis, Architecture, Constructive Madness previewed at the Aspen Film Festival; "Perfect Acts of Architecture," exhibition on display at the Wexner Center, Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and New York City's AXA Gallery in association with MOMA, 2001.

Lisa Tilder, Architecture, exhibited "Orginal Copy Network" at the Pavillon de L'Arsenal in Paris.

Steve Turk, Architecture, exhibited "A House for Durer" in Sibiu, Roania and at the Kuturgeschichtliches Museum in Osnabrueck, Germany.

Grants

Bhavik R. Bakshi, Chemical Engineering, National Science Foundation grant for "Ecologically and Economically Conscious Manufacturing of fPolymer Composite Materials-Coating Process Selection," with Jim Lee, Chemical Engineering, Jose Castro, Industrial Engineering and John Kardos, Washington University, St. Louis.

Michael Les Benedict, History, Frederick Binkerd Artz Summer Research Grant from Oberlin College Archives for his project "The Constitutional Politics of Reconstruction, 1869-1895."

Dorota Brzezinska, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, $100,000 from the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), for the study of RTK technology and support infrastructure suitable for long-range instantaneous, centimeter-level positioning as related to the US NSRS Network, September 2002-August 2004; and $1.4 million grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation for Geo-Referenced Digital Acquisition and Processing Systems Using LIDAR Technology, May 2002-April 2004, co-recipient was Charles Toth, Center for Mapping.

Maria Manta Conroy and Jennifer Evans-Crowley, City and Regional Planning, $46,011 grant from the Battelle Endowment for Technology & Human Affairs for "E-Government: Citizen Engagement in Public Planning," 2003-04.

James W. Davis, Computer and Information Science, $500,000 CAREER Award to investigate computer vision methods for video surveillance.

Jennifer Evans-Cowley, City and Regional Planning, $5,000 Service Learning Grant to work on code enforcement issues in the University District for her winter studio on Urban Project and Policy Planning.

William Marras, Industrial and Systems Engineering, $1.4 million grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for "Neuro-Fuzzy Prediction of Spine Loads in Response to Risk Factors," to develop a neruo-fuzzy logic "brain" for a biomechanical model to predict muscle respond given the physical and mental demands of a task; and $500,00 National Institutes of Health grant for "Spinal Load and Stability During Pushing," in conjunction with the University of Virginia, to build and validate a biomechanical model that can be used to assess pushing and pulling of industrial overhead lifts.

Jay F. Martin, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, Ecological Engineering and Science, service-learning grant to develop potential restoration plans for the portion of the Olentangy River that flows through campus.

Philip Schniter, Electrical Engineering, $400,000, CAREER Award to investigate new algorithms and receiver structures for wireless communications devices.

Presentations

The following members of the College of Education Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Section made presentations at the Association for the Education of Teachers of Science meeting, Jan. 29-Feb. 2 in St. Louis: M.E. Beeth, "Arts and Sciences Inquiry Courses for the Introductory Biology Program at The Ohio State University"; M.E. Beeth, E. Adadan, G. Firat and H. Kutay, "The Changing Face of Biology 101 with Regard to the National Science Standard"; R.J. Day and M.E. Beeth, "Development of Supplemental Instruction for Preservice K-8 Teachers Enrolled in a Non-Major Undergraduate Biology Class: A Golden Opportunity"; H. Isik and M.E. Beeth, "An Analysis of Articles Published in College-Level Science Education Journals from 1996-2000"; K.C. Trundle, R.K. Atwood and J.E. Christopher, "Preservice Elementary Teachers; Conceptions of Standards-Based Lunar Concepts for Grades K-4"; W.S. Smith, K.C. Trundle and T. Moreillon, "Preserve Elementary Teachers Engage Students from the Navajo Nation, Indianapolis, Ohio, Alaska, and Australia Via the Internet to Share and Understand Students' Lunar Observations"; R.E. Martin and K.C. Trundle, "The Ohio Resource Center (ORC): A New Web-Based Resource for Teacher Educators and Preservice Teachers"; J. Ridgway and K.C. Grundle, "The National STEM Digital Libraries Science Metadata Project: Unexpected Professional Development Benefits"; T. Huziak and C.A. Andersen, "Communication Between Students Completing Self-Guided Inquiry Projects"; and M.A. Wojton, L.W. Marshall and C. Andersen, "COSI's Inquiry Learning for Schools Program."

The following faculty members made presentations at Ohio State's Winter College, Naples, Fla., Feb. 28-March 1: Sebastian Knowles, English, on the impact the gramophone had on writers in the 20th century; Brenda Brueggemann, English, explored historical and contemporary questions about disability in American Culture; Saul Cornell, History, and Deborah Merritt, John Glenn Institute, led a discussion about the right to bear arms and the Second Amendment; and Timothy Gregory, History, explored how the use and misuse of Greek land was connected with the decline and fall of the democracy that forms the basis of our modern civilization.

Chadwick Allen, English, presented "Toward an Indigenous Aesthetics" at Kenyon College, Feb. 6.

June W. Allison, Greek and Latin, presented "Eteocleispolys: One/Many in Aeschylus' Septem" at the annual meeting of the American Philological Association, New Orleans, Jan. 4.

Becky Cornett, Medical Center, presented a national telephone conference, "HIPAA Privacy Regulations," to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Jan. 24.

Kenneth Goings, African American and African Studies, presented "W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk, Black Collectibles" at Denison University, Jan. 28, and presented "The Three Lives of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Mose, Or, How the Darkies Got to Harvard" at Harris-Stowe College, St. Louis, Feb. 3.

Todd G. Guttman, Office of Research, presented "Managing Complex Investigator Conflicts of Interest" at the Council on Governmental Relations, Washington, D.C., Feb. 6.

Hannibal Hamlin, English, presented "The Moor of Venice: Race and the Performance History of Shakespeare's Othello" at the 2002 Black History Month Lecture series, Ohio State Mansfield, Feb. 5.

Mark Headings, Agricultural Technical Institute, presented "Pesticide Use Inside and Outside the Hive" at the 25th Annual Beekeeping Workshop, The Tri-County Beekeepers' Association, Wooster, March 1.

Sarah-Grace Heller, French and Italian, presented "Embroidery and Gender Contradictions in Medieval Romance, Rhetoric and History" at the 118th Annual MLA Convention, New York, Dec. 27-30, 2002.

Kay Bea Jones, Architecture, presented a paper on Edward Sovik at an exhibition of his work, St. Olaf College, October 2002.

Charles Kopp, French and Italian, presented "Son et Lumiere in the Novels of Roberto Controneo" at the 27th Annual 20th-Century Literature Conference, University Louisville, Louisville, Ky., Feb. 26.

Robert Kraut, Philosohy, presented "Why Does Jazz Matter to Aesthetic Theory?" to the Department of Philosophy/Department of Music, Illinois State University, Normal, Ill., Jan. 31.

Randolph Roth, History, presented "The Problem of American Homicide" at the University of Chicago Law School, Jan. 31; "Slavery, Freedom, and Homicide in American History" at the Stanford Law School, Feb. 5; and "American Homicide: A Social Science History Approach" at the Stanford Social Science History Institute, Feb. 6.

Doug Way, Landscape Architecture, presented "Geospatial Indicators and Warnings" and "Integrated Assessment of Food and Water Security Using Vegetation and Precipitation Anomaly Detection" at the Pecora 15 Conference: Integrating Remote Sensing at the Global, Regional and Local Scale, co-author was Tom Parris.

Dave Woods, Industrial and Systems Engineering, presented the plenary address, "Laws that Govern Cognitive Work" at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Fairfax, Va., Aug. 10, 2002.

Publications

Terry Barrett, Art Education, "Interpreting Visual Culture," Journal of Art Education, Vol. 56, No. 2 (March 2003), pp. 6-12.

John Brooke, History, "Ecology" Companion to Colonial America, Daniel Vickers, ed., (Blackwell, 2003), pp. 44-75.

Johnson Cheu, English, "The Silent House," "Veteran Negotiation" and "Writing Nigh," poems, Red River Review, February 2003.

Becky Cornett, Medical Center, "Health Care Compliance Programs: An Infrastructure for Clinical Practice," Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2003), pp. ix-xiv.

Jennifer Evan-Cowley, City and Regional Planning, "Planning Responses to Telecom Hotels: What Accounts for Increased Regulation of Co-location Facilities?" Journal of Urban Technology, Vol. 9, No.3 (2002), pp. 1-18, co-authors were Edward J. Malecki and Angela McIntee.

C. Magbaily Fyle, African American and African Studies, "Contemporary African Urban Culture, Indigenous Religious Beliefs and Issues of African Identity in the Diaspora," Ghana in Africa and the World: Essays in Honor of Adu Boahen, Toyin Falola, ed. , (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2003), pp. 391-406.

Fritz Graf, Greek and Latin, "Augustine and Magic," The Metamorphosis of Magic from the Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period, J. Bremmer and J. Veenstra, eds., (Groningen 2003).

Richard F. Hamilton, Sociology and Political Science, emeritus, "The Rise of Nazism: A Case Study and Review of Interpretations — Kiel 1928-1933," German Studies Review, Vol. 26, No. 1 (2003).

Hannibal Hamlin, English, Mansfield, review of The Song of Songs in English Renaissance Literature: The Kisses of Their Mouths by Noam Flinker, The Spenser Review, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Winter, 2003), pp. 10-13.

Sarah lles Johnston, Greek and Latin, "The Testament of Solomon from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance," The Metamorphosis of Magic from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period, J. Bremmer and J. Veenstra, eds., (Groningen, 2003).

Charles Klopp, French and Italian, review of Prison Terms: Representing Confinement During and after Italian Fascism by Ellen Nerenberg, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3 (2002), pp. 427-29; "Roberto Cotroneo, Otranto" and "Sebastiano Vassalli, La Notte del Lupo," pp. 126 and 128, World Literature Today, Vol. 73 (1999); review of ll getto tremulor dei violini. Percorse montaliani by Giampaola Borghello, Italica, Vol. 77 (2002), pp. 260-61; reviews of City by Alessandro Baricco, and L'Eta perfetta by Roberto Cotroneo, World Literature Today, Vol. 74 (2000), pp. 423; and review of Seminario sul racconto, Luigi Rustichelli, ed., Italica, Vol. 77 (2002), pp. 250-52.

Rattan Lal, Natural Resources, "Management Impact on Compaction in Forest Soils" and "Research and Development Priorities for Carbon Sequestration in Forest Soils," J.M. Kimble, R.A. Birdsey and L.S. Heath, co-authors, Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect, (Boca Raton, Fla: CRC Press Inc., 2003), pp. 239-256 and 409-420, respectively.

Michael Meckler, Greek and Latin, "Loosen Ohio Historical Society's Shackles," Forum column, Columbus Dispatch, March 1.

Hazel Morrow-Jones, City and Regional Planning, "Transformation at the Urban Edge, Impacts of Homeowner Mobility Decisions in the US," IOR Texte (Institut fur okologische Raumentwicklung e., September 2002).

Jack Nasar, City and Regional Planning, contributed an article on Amarillo yard art to the Journal of the American Planning Association.

Jose Oubrerie, Architecture, had his Firminy project featured in the "Eglise Claudius," a Firminy: fin de chantier programmee by Pierre Saddy in the Nov.-Dec. 2002 issue of L'Architecure D'Aujourd'hui (343).

Julia Watson, Comparative Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures, "Autobiography as Cultural Performance: Charlotte Salomon's Life or Theater?" pp. 342-82, and "Mapping Women's Self-Representation at Visual/Narrative Interfaces," pp. 1-46, in Interfaces: Women, Autobiography, Image, Performance, Sidonie Smith and Watson, co-eds., (University of Michigan Press, 2002); "Charlotte Salomon's Memory Work in the ‘Postscript' to Life or Theatre?" (introduction to translation), Signs: Special Issue on Gender and Memory, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Autumn 2002), pp. 409-20; "'I Have Never Been Myself': Introducing Mary MacLane," re-publication of The Story of Mary MacLane, Mary MacLane (1901) (Montana Historical Society & Riverbend Press, 2002), pp. v-xxv; and "Charlotte Salomon's ‘Postscript' to Life or Theatre?" (translation from German), Signs, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Autumn 2002), pp. 421-29.

W.P. Weiss and D.J. Wyatt, Animal Sciences, Wooster, "Effects of Feeding Diets Based on Silage from Corn Hybrids that Differed in Concentration and In Vitro Digestibility of Neutral Detergent Fiber to Dairy Cows," Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 85 (2002), pp. 3462-3469.

L.R. Williams, School of Natural Resources, "Influence on Fish Predation on Assemblage Structure of Macroinvertebrates in an Intermittent Stream," Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Vol. 132 No. 1 (2003), pp. 120-130, co-authors were C. M. Taylor and M. L. Warren.

Jennifer Wolter, French and Italian, "Les Soirees de Medan: The Beginning of the End for the Medan Group," Excavatio, Vol. XVII.

Recognitions

The following individuals were honored at the annual Sphinx/Mortarboard Faculty and Staff Recognition Reception: Kenneth Andrien, History; Elizabeth Hewitt, English; Debra Lowry, Spanish and Portuguese; Beverly Moss, English and Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing; Lisa Shabel, Philosophy; and Jill Welch, Spanish and Portuguese.

Sheikh Akbar, Materials Sciences and Engineering, received the 2002 W.E. Cramer Award from the central Ohio section of the American Ceramic Society in recognition to his outstanding service to the section as well as to the ceramic industry, December 2002.

Beth Blostein and Lisa Tilder, Architecture, were awarded the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture's Creative Achievement Award for conducting the 2002 Herbert Baumer Symposium, "Meta Media, Hyper Culture," at the Wexner Center for the Arts.

Brooks Breeden, Landscape Architecture, received the 2002 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Award of Distinction for his contributions to both the discipline of landscape architecture and to educators in landscape architecture.

Robert S. Brodkey, Chemical Engineering, was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics, Nov. 20, 2002.

Dorota Brzezinska, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, and Jacques Zakin, Chemical Engineering, received an award from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization in Tokyo for an international collaborative research project titled "Development of Practical Drag reduction systems for District Cooling Systems."

Ann D. Christy, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, received the 2003 Teaching Award of Merit by the Ohio State Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta (the Honor Society of Agriculture), February 2003.

Jose B. Cruz, Electrical Engineering, the December 2002 special issue of the Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications was dedicated to him, for his pioneering contributions to many areas in control theory and game theory both as a researcher and an educator.

Luciano Farina, French and Italian, has been elected regional representative of the AATI (American Association of Teachers of Italian) and will serve on the Executive Council through 2006.

Alamin Mazrui, African American and African Studies, has been appointed a member of the International Advisory Board of the Arms Division, Human Rights Watch, New York.

M.J. Moran, Mechanical Engineering, received a Doctor Honoris Causa, (honorary doctorate), for achievement in engineering thermodynamics from the University of Galati, Romania, May 2002.

Bart Overly, Architecture, received a merit award from Entablature.com's "Best Architecture Web Sites of 2002" competition for the Knowlton School's Web site.

Srinivasan Parthasarathy, Computer and Information Science, and Matt Coatney, graduate student, won the Best Paper Award for "Efficient Discovery of Common Substructures in Macromolecules" at the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM '02) in Maebashi City, Gumma Prefecture, Japan.

Dan Rohrer, Pathology, was the College of Medicine and Public Health Employee of the Month, February 2003.

Wayne Shriver, Eastern Ohio Resource & Development Center, one of 11 outlying branches of OARDC, was presented with the Association's first-ever Commercial Producer of the Year Award, sponsored by the weekly newspaper, Farm and Dairy, at the annual meeting of the Ohio Cattlemen's Association, Dublin, Ohio, Jan. 25.

Adena Tanenbaum, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, was selected as a finalist in the Philosophy/Thought category of the Koret Foundation Jewish Book Awards for her book, The Contemplative Soul: Hebrew Poetry and Philosophical Theory in Medieval Spain (Leiden: Brill, 2002).

Lisa Tilder, Architecture, was awarded the 2002 Far Eastern International Digital Design Award (FEIDAD) Design Merit Award for her project, "Simulacra Server Chapel."

Charles Toth, Center for Mapping, received the Best Presentation Award for "Modern Remote Sensing Techniques Supporting Traffic Flow Estimates" at the International Technical Meeting of the Institute of Navigation (ION GPS), Portland, Oregon, September 2002.

Hugh Urban, Comparative Studies, was awarded a Fulbright Research Grant, to conduct research in India, 2003-04.

Julia Watson, Comparative Studies, was a Research Fellow at the Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France, September-December 2002, and declined a Senior Scholar Fulbright award for 2002.

Robert H. Wagoner, Materials Science and Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), its highest honor, for his outstanding contributions to the practice of metallurgical science and technology, at the 2003 TMS Annual Meeting , San Diego, March 2003. Rama Yedavalli, Aerospace Engineering and Aviation, has been elected to the rank of Fellow, by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

David Zartman, Animal Sciences, received the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Science's Outstanding Advising Award during his AnSAci 355.01 class, Feb. 20.

Henry Zerby, Animal Sciences, received the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Science's Outstanding Teaching Award during his AnSci 597 class, Feb. 21.

Stuart Zweben, Computer and Information Science, was named Outstanding Educator Advancing Technology by the Columbus Technology Council, at the annual Top CAT Award (Top Contributors to the Advancement of Technology) banquet, given to the educator in a public, private, corporate or non-profit organization demonstrating outstanding contributions in the advancement of technology through training, teaching and/or research

Service

Hojjat Adeli, Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been appointed to the editorial board of the following research journals: Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, International Journal of High-Performance Computing Applications, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Industrial Robot, and Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems.

Taylan Altan, Materials Science and Engineering, served as an international reviewer for two multi-university research programs: "High Speed Metal Cutting and Incremental Metal Forming," Boon, Germany, November 2002 and February 2003; participated in the International Workshop on the future of Mechanical Engineering Education, Cologne Germany, February 2003; and organized a workshop on the FEM simulation of metal cutting processes,International Institution for Production Research, Paris, January 2003.