Faculty/Staff News of Note
May 2006
Michelle Previte, assistant professor of mathematics, attended the American Mathematical Society’s special session on fractal geometry in San Francisco this week to present the talk “A Survey of Vertex Replacement Rules.”
Thomas Wortman, senior project associate for research, Mary-Ellen Madigan, director of admissions and financial aid, and the College of Agricultural Sciences have submitted the proposal “Connecting the Dots: Building a Partnership for Business Development in Rural Kazakhstan” to Higher Education for Development. This three-year proposal requests $125,000.
Dawn Blasko, associate professor of psychology, and Kathryn Holliday-Darr, instructor in engineering graphics, recently submitted a grant to the NSF Gender in Science and Engineering Extension Services titled “EnViSIONS: Enhancing Visualization Skills-Improving Options aNd Success.” The proposal was made in partnership with Michigan Technological University, Arizona State University East, University of Iowa, Purdue University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Virginia State University and requests $2,499,819 over five years to continue to develop the VIZ website and to create seminars on improving spatial skills for K-12 teachers.
James Kurre, associate professor of economics, presented a 45-minute overview of the economies of Venango and Crawford counties at Monday’s Economic Update Forum sponsored by the Oil Region Alliance.
J. Andrew George, lecturer in mathematics, attended the Chautauqua Short Course “Pedagogy and Methodology of Using Maple in the Classroom” held this week at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.
First-year students in a class taught by Jay Amicangelo, assistant professor of chemistry, scored significantly above average on an American Chemical Society national examination—39.3 versus the 36.2 national average. Four students scored in the upper 90th percentile of all students who took the test.
John Champagne, associate professor of English, has had “Love Poem” published in The Gay & Lesbian Review.
The spring issue of the online journal Technology Interface includes the article “A Dynamics Project: Quarter-Mile Time of a Dragster” written by Shannon Sweeney, assistant professor of engineering.
Bob Edwards, lecturer in engineering, and Gary Recktenwald of Portland State University recently submitted a grant proposal to the National Science Foundation’s Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement program titled “Engineering Everyday Things: Laboratory Exercises in the Thermal and Fluid Sciences.” The proposal requests $150,000 over two years.
Andy Herrera, director of educational equity, won the University-wide Vice President of Student Affairs Award for Outstanding Program for E-link, which establishes e-mail communication between current Behrend students of color and prospective students of color.
Amir Khalilollahi, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, attended the 2006 International ANSYS Conference, A World ofSimulation, in Pittsburgh earlier this month to present two papers. All co-authors are assistant professors in Behrend’s mechanical engineering program.
"Parametric Modal Study of Multilayer Composite Electronic Boards” written by Khalilollahi, Russell Warley, and Oladipo Onipede, won the Best in Session award.
The second paper, “Use of Coupled Field FE Modeling in Study of Resistive Heating in a 6061-T6511 Aluminum Specimen,” was authored by Russell, Amir, and John Roth.
Carla Torgerson, director of the Center for Teaching and Educational Technologies, has resigned from Behrend to accept a position at Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Allen Interactions, a corporation that develops interactive eLearning materials. Her last day at Behrend was Wednesday.
During her time at Penn State, Carla provided faculty members with wonderful pedagogical and technological support. Qi Dunsworth, educational consultant and instructional designer, will take over the full responsibilities for CTET on an interim basis until Carla's replacement is hired.
Ann Magenau, lecturer in art, has two oil paintings on canvas currently on display: “Paper, Rocks and Shells” at the Erie Art Museum through June 15, and “Admiral Drive” at the Glass Growers Gallery exhibit benefiting the Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier, which runs through June 13.
Jennifer Trich Kremer, lecturer in psychology, and Dawn Blasko, associate professor of psychology, presented “Do Personal Response Systems Enhance Learning?” at the Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology: A Symposium of Faculty Excellence held in April at University Park.
Michael Campbell, associate professor of biology, presented the paper “Determination of NDP1 Function and its Interaction with OHP2 in Arabidopsis” at an RNA symposium held earlier this month at University Park.
Anthony Foyle, assistant professor of geology, presented the paper “Deciphering the 20th Century Sedimentary Regime in Presque Isle Bay Area of Concern #43, Lake Erie” at the International Association for Great Lakes Research’s annual meeting held this week in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
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