Richard Ammon, professor of education at Penn State Harrisburg, has been appointed by the National Council of Teachers of English to its standing committee against censorship. The standing committee is responsible for keeping teachers and the media informed about censorship as it affects teachers, and about strategies for dealing with censorship of school materials.
Andrew Ewing, holder of the J. Lloyd Huck Chair in natural sciences, professor and head of the Department of Chemistry, and adjunct professor of neuroscience and anatomy, has been honored with the Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Capillary Electrophoresis. He received the award during the 10th Annual Frederick Conference on Capillary Electrophoresis, one of the largest of its kind in North America, in a special session held in his honor in Frederick, Md. Ewing presented an award address titled "Pushing The Limits of Capillary Electrophoresis: Small, Dynamic And Cells." The conference and award are sponsored by the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Research and Development Center and Science Applications International Corp. Frederick (SAIC Frederick).
Randall German, Brush Chair Professor in materials, was the keynote speaker at the National Institute of Standards and Technology meeting in San Jose, Calif.
Amy Glasmeier, professor of geography and regional planning, has received a 1999 Distinguished Alumni Award from her alma mater Sonoma State University.
Iam-Choon Khoo, professor of electrical engineering, presented an invited paper titled "Supra Optical Nonlinearity in Nematic Liquid Crystals," at the Chitose International Forum on Photonic Sciences in Chitose, Japan. He also gave an invited lecture on nonlinear optics of liquid crystals at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
R. Scott Kretchmar, professor of kinesiology, delivered the Warren P. Fraleigh Distinguished Scholar Lecture for the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport in Bedford, England. His talk was titled "Moving and Being Moved."
B.L. Lee, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics, gave an invited lecture at the annual Pirelli Technological Conference in Milan, Italy. He spoke on "Fatigue Behaviour of Tyre Cord-Rubber Composites."
Nicholas M. Miskovsky, professor of physics at Penn State Altoona, presented a paper titled "A New Technique for Microelectronic Cooling Using a Composite Metal Thin Film Device Internal Field Emission" at the 12th International Vacuum Microelectronics Conference in Darmstadt, Germany. This work was done in collaboration with Paul H. Cutler, professor emeritus of physics.
Richard Nichols, professor of theatre, received a Korean Foundation Fellowship and supplemental grants from the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies and the Office of International Programs to study contemporary theatre in Seoul. During his residency in Korea, he conducted workshops in Western acting and Asian theatre at the Korean National University of the Arts, the Korean National Theatre and at the Michoo Theatre Drama School, Korea's leading private actor-training school.
Randy J. Ploog, coordinator of international programs for the College of Arts and Architecture and associate director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies, presented a lecture at the opening of the exhibition "Manierre Dawson: American Pioneer of Abstract Art," at the Hollis Taggart Gallery in New York City. Ploog's essay, "The First American Abstractionist: Manierre Dawson and His Sources," appears in the exhibition catalog, Manierre Dawson: American Pioneer of Abstract Art, and is the first major publication on Dawson's work.
Suzanne F. Stoner, staff assistant V in the Penn State Harrisburg Office of Continuing Education, was recognized by the International Association of Administrative Professionals for earning her certified professional secretary designation. Stoner completed an eight-month course of study and demonstrated knowledge and competency in financial and business law, office systems and administration and management.
Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, professor of kinesiology and director of the Biomechanics Laboratory, delivered a keynote lecture at the conference on "Strength and Endurance in Sport" in Paris. Zatsiorsky also gave a seminar for the coaches of the National Olympic teams at the Institut National du Sport et de Education Physique (INSEP). Zatsiorsky also has been elected an honorary member of the International Association of Sport Kinetics and a Fellow of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education.