OF NOTE
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Presentations

Richard Armstrong, assistant professor, Elliott School of Communication, presented the following two papers Nov. 23 in New York City at the meeting of the National Communication Association: “Public Journalism, Political Discourse, and Civic Involvement: The 1996 Election” co-authored by Sharon Iorio, associate professor, Elliott School, and associate dean, liberal arts and sciences; and “Toward Gender Equity in Televised Sports: A Comparative Quantitative Analysis of Video Production Techniques in Men’s and Women’s NCAA Division I Championship Basketball Games, 1991-1995,” co-authored by former WSU faculty member James Hallmark, now with West Texas A&M University. The latter paper will be published in an upcoming edition of the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media.

Elizabeth Behrman, associate professor, physics, gave an invited talk, “A Spatial Architecture for a Quantum Neural Network,” at the 3rd International Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience in Durham, N.C., Oct. 27. Co-authors were James Steck, associate professor, mechanical engineering, and Steve Skinner, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering.

Dan Close, assistant professor, Elliott School of Communication, presented a paper, “Alternative American Journalism: Is Gonzo Still Going Strong?” at the Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers National College Media Convention Nov. 7 in Kansas City, Mo. He was accompanied by 14 Sunflower students.

Jeanine Hathaway, associate professor of English/creative writing, was visiting writer for the ROIAL program at Michigan State University Oct. 20-25.  She gave a reading of her prose and poetry, directed a poetry workshop and delivered two lectures: “How to Destroy Community: Write a Memoir” for the freshman seminar on community, and “Joan of Arc, Oxymoron Extraordinaire” for the sophomore seminar on transcending boundaries.  Her visit was co-sponsored by the MSU English department, women’s studies and the ROIAL program.  Hathaway also was one of three presenters at the session “Outside the Frame, Outside the Fold: Women, Poetry, and Academia” at the 24th Annual AERA SIG: Research on Women and Education at MSU Oct. 22.

Michael Lydy, assistant professor, biological sciences; post-doctoral researcher Chris Hofelt; and graduate students Jim Eisenhauer, Jason Belden, Holly Eaton and Mark Pearson presented seven posters at the 19th Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry meeting held in Charlotte, N.C., Nov. 15-19. The theme of the meeting was “The Natural Connection: Environmental Integrity and Human Health.”

 

Publications

Jeanine Hathaway, associate professor of English/creative writing, has had the following four poems accepted for publication by IMAGE-A Journal of the Arts and Religion: “The Left Hand Is Complement,” “Wonder Bread,” “Walking My Baby Back Home,” and “Noon: The Balancing Hour.”

Michael Lydy, assistant professor, and Karen Brown-Sullivan, associate professor, both in biological sciences, recently had two articles, “Higher fluctuating asymmetry as a measure of susceptibility to pesticides in fishes,” and “Differential genotypic mortality of mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) and sand shiner minnows (Notropis ludibundis) exposed to pesticides,” published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Philip Schneider, professor of English/creative writing, has had a story, “Inversion,” accepted for publication by Epoch magazine, winner of the first-ever O’Henry Award for the Best Magazine of 1997.

 

Appointments

Mary Herrin, associate vice president, administration and finance, and director of budgets, has been appointed by the Central Association of College and University Business Officers to the annual meeting host committee. This committee is responsible for overseeing all annual meeting functions including facility planning, program promotion and registration activities for the association. She will also serve on the St. Louis professional development workshop committee and the technology committee.

Susan Kovar, professor, kinesiology and sport studies, has been appointed associate dean of the Graduate School. Kovar will continue as the College of Education’s assessment coordinator.

 

Certifications

Anita Davis, instructor, School of Nursing, was awarded certification as a clinical nurse specialist in community health.

Karen Hayes, assistant professor, and Alicia Huckstadt, associate professor, both in the School of Nursing, were awarded certification as family nurse practitioners.

 

Grants

Ramesh Agarwal, executive director, National Institute for Aviation Research, and Bloomfield Distinguished Professor, aerospace engineering, has received $102,106 from the National Science Foundation/EPSCoR/Kansas State University /University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. for the project “Kansas Program for Complex Fluid Flows.”

Barbara Chaparro, visiting professor, psychology, has received $2,538.25 from the Cambridge Technology Partners for the project “Usability Analysis of a Software Application for Cambridge Tech.” Chaparro also received $5,631.66 from NCR for the project “Usability Analysis of a Software Application for NCR.”

Shang Ching Chou, professor, computer science, received $15,886 from the Computer Science Services Group for the project “Development of CSSG Software Products.”

Deltha Colvin, Upward Bound, received $2,153 from the Kansas State Department of Education for the project “Summer 1998 Food Service Program.”

David Ellis, director of research and development, NIAR, has received $20,000 and $75,000 from NASA/Langley/AGATE for the projects “Systems Assurance” and “Program Safety,” respectively.  Ellis also received $7,000 from NASA/Lewis/AGATE for the project “Task 4.6 Technical Council Representation.”

Stephen Gladhart, assistant dean of health sciences, College of Health Professions, received $53,036 from the Kansas Health Foundation for the project “MPH Student Scholarship Fund.”

William Groutas, Endowment Association Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, has received $133,458 from the Department of Health and Human Services/National Institutes of Health for the project “Mechanism-Based Inhibitors of Serine Proteinases-Year 2.”

Steven Hooper, associate professor, aerospace engineering, received $10,000, $5,000, and $60,000 from NASA/Langley/AGATE for the projects “Dissemination of Crashworthiness Research Results Certification Methods,” “Crash Safety Design” and “Evaluation,” respectively.

John Hutchinson, mathematics professor, and director of operations, information systems, budgeting, NIAR, received $64,535 from NASA/Langley/AGATE for the project “AGATE Market Analysis.”

Abu Masud, chairperson and professor, industrial and manufacturing engineering, received $63,494 from the National Institute for Standards and Technology for the project “IPA Agreement.”

James McKenney, associate professor, political science, received $3,950 from the Wichita Bar Foundation for the project “Study of the Influence of Juror Compensation of the Make-up of Juries at the District and Federal Court Level in Sedgwick County.”

Kaye Monk-Morgan, director, Upward Bound/Math Sciences, received $3,635 from the Kansas State Department of Education for the project “Summer 1998 Food Service Program.”

Michael Papadakis, associate professor, aerospace engineering and Bombardier/Learjet Fellow, received $24,035 and $10,000 from NASA/Lewis for the project “Modernize and Expand the Water Impingement Database for Aircraft Surfaces.”

John Tomblin, assistant professor, aerospace engineering, received $153,000 from Iowa State University/FAA for the project “Investigation of Adhesive Behavior in Aircraft Applications.” Tomblin also received $110,000 and  $295,000 from NASA/Langley/AGATE for the projects “Low Cost Design and Manufacturing” and “Composite Material Database Generation,” respectively.  Tomblin also received $85,000 and $25,000 from NASA/Langley/AGATE for the projects “Systems Engineering Function” and “Systems Engineering Integration,” respectively.

Lori Usher, regional director, Small Business Development Center, received $111,000 from Fort Hays State University/Small Business Administration for the project “Wichita State University Small Business Development Center - 1999.”

Paul York, professor, electrical and computer engineering, received $4,913 from the Kansas Electric Utilities Research Program for the project “Correlation of the Kansas Wind Data Between Geographically Separated Sites.”

 

The following faculty have received rehabilitation research grant awards from WSU for fiscal year 1999 for the following projects:

Alex Chaparro, psychology, $6,565 for “The Effects of Visual Impairment on Situational Awareness;”

Gary Greenberg and Emily Weiss, psychology, $37,112 for  “Selecting Dogs for Service Training;”

Jeff Fernandez, industrial and manufacturing engineering;  Ken Pitetti, public health sciences; Alex Chaparro, psychology, and Michael Rogers, kinesiology and sport studies, $22,382 for “Range of Motion of the Elderly to Assist in Accommodation;”

Don Malzahn and Krishna Krishnan, industrial and manufacturing engineering, $16,208 for “A Free-Form Modeling Approach to the Definition of the Work Space Envelopes of Persons with Disabilities;”

Michael Rogers and Frank Wyatt, kinesiology and sport studies; and Jeff Fernandez, industrial and manufacturing engineering, $21,989 for “The Effects of a 10-week Exercise Intervention Program on Lower Body Functional Ability and Chair Rising Performance in Older Adults;” and

James Steck, mechanical engineering; Steven Skinner, electrical engineering; Jan Twomey, industrial and manufacturing engineering; and Elaine Bernstorf and Dean Roush, School of Music, $31,712 for “Playing a Music Synthesizer with EEG Control: A Musical Instrument for Severely Disabled Individuals;”

 

The following faculty have received FY 99 awards for summer research/creative projects:

Matt Bean, Opera Theatre, $4,000 for “A Christmas Carol,” A New Musical Version of Dickens’ Classic Story;”

John Boyd, School of Art & Design, $3,000 for “Limited Edition Fine Art Printmaking Book Project;”

Twyla Hill, sociology, $3,000 Rhetoric, Regulations, and Reality: Incorporation and Participation of Grandparents and Grandchildren in Social Security and AFDC;”

C. Nicholas Johnson, dance, $4,000 for “Performance in Poland;”

Eunice Myers, Spanish, $4,000, “Research on Spanish Novelist, Rosa Montero;”

Prakash Ramanan, computer science, $3,000 for “An Efficient Algorithm for Lossless Join Testing;”

William T.K. Stevenson, chemistry, $4,000, “Polymer Stabilized Colloidal Palladium Clusters;” and

Nicholas Tran, computer science, $4,000 for “Should Computers Play Dice?  A Probabilistic Study of Inexact String Matching and NP-Completeness.”

 

The following faculty have received FY 99 awards for university research/creative projects:

Robin Cook, curriculum and instruction, $4,250, “Separate - My Choice? Exploration of Supported Employment Preferences of Consumers with Severe Mental Illness;”

M. Steven Doggett, biological sciences, $4,500, “The Occurrence of Chytridiomycosis in Kansas Amphibian Populations;”

Kay Gibson, curriculum and instruction, $4,398, “The Effectiveness of a Pre-Kindergarten Accelerated Program to Assist Early Identification of and Intervention for Young Gifted Learners;”

Silvia Herzog, School of Music, $4,500, “Bending Genres: Vergine Bella and the Musico-textual Dilemma of the Italian Renaissance;”

David Kohan, School of Art and Design, $4,254, “A Study of the Pictorial Space of Certain Renaissance and Post-Renaissance Paintings;”

Jamal Sheikh-Ahmad, industrial and manufacturing engineering, $4,500, “Failure Analysis of Diamond Coated Tools in Machining Fiber/Epoxy Composites;”

Caryll Palmer Wilson, administration, counseling and educational school psychology, $4,500, “Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to Predict and Explain General Education Teachers’ Use of Consultation Services;” and

Frank Wyatt, kinesiology and sport studies, $4,500, “A Comparison of Physiological Variables Between Competitive Bicyclists Age 20 to 80 Years.”