Akron Update - May 31, 2002

The Online Newsletter for Faculty, Staff and Retirees of The University of Akron - May 31, 2002


Alan Newman Alan Newman, law, wrote “The Rights of Creditors of Beneficiaries Under the Uniform Trust Code: An Examination of the Compromise” for the Tennessee Law Review. Top Ashok Dutt Ashok Dutt, geography and planning, delivered the keynote address, titled “Unity in Diversity,” on May 9 at the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration in Cincinnati, organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Civil Rights. Top Atef Saleeb Atef Saleeb, civil engineer-ing, was awarded $127,000 by NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field for “Defect Detection Schemes and Algorithmic Develop-ments for Large-scale Simulations of Damaging Viscoelasto-plastic Struc-tures (continuation of NCC3-808).” Top Cheryl Elman Cheryl Elman, sociology, co-authored “Sociohis-torical and Demographic Perspectives on U.S. Remarriage in 1910” for Social Science History Volume 26, Number 1, and “Perceived Job Insecurity and Entry Into Work-Related Education and Training Among Adult Workers” for Social Science Research, 31:49-76. Top David Huskins David Huskins, Center for Policy Studies, presented “Limited Good — A Comparison of Historic Rural Michoacan and the Present Day Marshall Islands” at the North Central Sociological Association meeting on April 19 in Windsor, Ontario. Top Diane Underman Diane Underman, speech-language pathology and audiology, the current president of Tire Town Chapter, International Association of Adminis-trative Professionals, represented the chapter in late May as its delegate to the Ohio Division Annual Meeting in Cincinnati. On behalf of the chapter, she accepted certificates of participation for print media competitions, and also a certificate of achievement from the International Association of Administration Professionals Retirement Trust Foundation for chapter monetary contributions. Top Elizabeth Stroble Elizabeth Stroble, education, received $6,000 from the Ohio Board of Regents for “Regional Forum: Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant.” Top Evangeline Newton, Ruth Oswald and Denise Stuart Evangeline Newton, Ruth Oswald and Denise Stuart, education, received $63,188 from the Ohio Department of Education for “Summer Institute for Reading Intervention II: At Work In Your Classroom.” Top George Chase George Chase, chemical engineering, and Darrell Reneker, polymer science, received $15,000 from Donaldson Company for MPEC Coalescence (fourth year dues). Top J. Dean Carro J. Dean Carro, law, received $20,000 from Summit County for the “Summit County Inmate Assistance Program.” Top James White James White, polymer engineering, received $10,000 in research support from Mitsubishi Rayon. Top Jeffrey Samuels Jeffrey Samuels, law, spoke before the Metropolitan St. Louis Bar Association on resolution on domain name dispute on April 4. He gave a lecture at George Washington University School of Law on international trademark law on April 11 and participated in a panel discussion on the Madrid Protocol, held in connection with spring meetings of American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section in Washington, D.C., on April 12. Top Jesse Marquette Jesse Marquette, Center for Policy Studies; Lynn Metzger, classical studies, anthropology, and archaeology; John Miller, Archival Services; and Keith Pitts, geography and planning; received $20,000 from Cleveland State University as a subgrant of the Ohio Board of Regents Northeast Ohio Research Consortium for “Sacred Landmarks.” Top				Sonia Alemagno and Jill Dickie Jill Dickie and Sonia Alemagno, Institute for Health and Social Policy, received $61,761from the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority for “Using Computer Technology to Prevent Drug Misuse Among AMHA Senior Residents.” Top Jill Dickie Jill Dickie, Institute for Health and Social Policy, received $72,000 from the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services for “Evaluation of Youth Reentry Program for Stark and Summit Counties.” Top John Boal John Boal, Public Service Technology, has passed the Certified Prevention Specialist exam, making him one of the first Certified Prevention Specialists in Ohio. Boal’s proposal, “Improving Community Policing Supervision,” was chosen from more than 120 submitted proposals for presentation at the American Society for Law Enforcement Training’s 16th Annual International Training Conference, scheduled for January 2003 in Ontario, Calif. Top Kathleen Ross-Alaolmolki Kathleen Ross-Alaolmolki, nursing, received $69,407 from the Nursing Bureau of Health Professions for “Advanced Education Nursing Traineeships.” Top Lauri File Lauri File, law, received a $1,000 Law School Admission Council National Minority Law Day Grant on April 22 for successfully implementing another annual Minority Law Day Program on Feb. 23 at UA. Top Margery Koosed Margery Koosed, law, was a panelist and presenter at the Ohio Death Penalty Seminar in Cleveland on April 17 and 18 on the topics of “The Basic Tools of Capital Litigation: The Statutes, the Constitution, and New Ideas” and “What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Death Penalty Law and Legislative Developments.” Top Mark Foster Mark Foster, polymer science, received $17,528 from the U.S. Army Research Office for “Near Surface Behavior in Adhesives (year 4).” Top Matthew Espe Matthew Espe, chemistry, received $50,000 for “Advanced Electro-Active Polymer Processing, Characterization, and Device Fabrication for Chemical and Electro-chemical Actuation” from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Top Matthew Lee Matthew Lee, sociology, co-authored “Does Immigration Increase Homicide? Negative Evidence From Three Border Cities” for The Sociological Quarterly, 42:559-580. Top Minel Braun and Fred Choy Minel Braun and Fred Choy, mechanical engineering, received a $20,000 Ohio Board of Regents Individual Research Challenge Grant for “Noncontacting, Passive-adaptive Turbine Finger Seal Development.” Top Molly O'Brien Molly O’Brien, law, delivered a paper titled “Litigation and Experi-mentation in School Funding: Lessons from Ohio” on April 8 at the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal 2002 Spring Symposium. On April 26, she was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on Jury Service. Top Philip Allen Philip Allen, psychology, received $23,924 from NASA Ames Research Center for “Lexical Access and Dual-Task Perfor-mance: Determining the Locus of the Bottleneck.” Top				Pizhong Qiao Pizhong Qiao, civil engineering, received $23,164 from the National Science Foundation for “Interface Fracture of Concrete Externally-reinforced with Composite Matierals (continued),” and an unrestricted research gift of $5,000 from Creative Pultrusions, Inc., for “Development of Design Equations and Guidelines for FRP Composite Channel Sections.” Top Randall Jose Mitchell Randall Jose Mitchell, biology, received $15,240 from the National Science Foundation for collabor- ative research with the University of Wisconsin titled “Evolutionary Conse-quences of Floral Display Size in a Self-Compatible Plant.” Top Richard Elliott Richard Elliott, chemical engineering, received $900 from Bridgestone/Firestone Company for “Initial Test of Polymer Solution Phase Behavior.” Top Richard Stephens Richard Stephens, Institute for Health and Social Policy, received $36,000 from the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services for “Evaluation of Youth Reentry Program for Cuyahoga County." Top Roger Mayer Roger Mayer, management, was interviewed about the collapse of Enron Corp., for the April 2002 issue of Inside Business magazine. The article was titled “Stopping the Spread of ‘Enronitis.’” Top Ronald Eby Ronald Eby, polymer science, received $35,000 from NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field for “High Temper-ature Fuel Cells.” Top Stephen Gottlieb Stephen Gottlieb, law, wrote “Tears for Tiers on the Rehnquist Court,” for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law and “Brown v. Board of Education and the Application of American Tradition to Racial Division” for the Suffolk University Law Review. Gottlieb presented “Federalism, the U.S. Supreme Court and Political Science” at the 2002 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago on April 28, and at the 2002 annual meeting of the New England Political Science Association in Portland, Maine, on May 4. Top Surya Patnaik Surya Patnaik, mechanical engineering, received $50,562 from NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field for “Design Optimization of Structural Panels with Analysis Approximators at the Subproblem Level.” Top Susan Calvo Susan Calvo, Arts and Sciences Dean's Office, is the recipient of a “Com-municator Award of Distinction” for the Spring 2001 issue of the Buchtel Journal. The Communi-cator Awards, a national awards organization, recognizes outstanding work in the communi-cations field. Top Timothy Matney Timothy Matney, classical studies, anthropology, and archaeology, received $19,980 from the National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration for “Geomorphology, Paleoclimatology and Archaeology in the Upper Tigris River Valley.” Top Tracy Thomas Tracy Thomas, law, presented a paper titled “Justice Scalia Reinvents Restitution” at the Remedies Discussion Forum sponsored by Washington & Lee Law School in April. Top Xiaosheng Gao Xiaosheng Gao, mechanical engineering, received $54,324 from the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program and $20,000 from the Ohio Board of Regents for an Individual Research Challenge Grant for “Modeling of Damaged Tolerance for Risk Assessment of High-Performance Structures.” Top