John Almquist, professor emeritus of dairy physiology in the College of Agricultural Sciences, has received the 1999 Pioneer Award from the National Dairy Shrine, the "Hall of Fame" of the dairy industry. Almquist is known internationally for his work in artificial insemination and reproductive physiology of cattle.
Anthony Castro, senior research associate in veterinary science and associate director of the Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, was elected to the Board of Governors of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists. The board provides American Veterinary Medical Association examinations for accreditation in veterinary microbiology.
Karen E. Johnson, associate professor of speech communication, presented "Teacher Learning as the Knowledge-base of Language Teacher Education" at the National University Teaching English as a Foreign Language Teachers Conference at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She also presented "Understanding English Language Teaching From the Inside Out" at the Yázigi International Seminar in São Paulo, Brazil; the paper "Reconceptualizing the Knowledge-base in Second Language Teacher Education" on a panel titled, "Communicative Language Teaching and Teacher Education" at the World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics Scientific Commissions Symposium for Foreign Language Teaching Methodology/Teacher Education at the 12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics in Tokyo.
Jim Kerlin, deputy senior director of the Center for Academic Computing, at the invitation of the National Science Foundation, served as panel chair for the "Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program" summer program meeting in Washington, D.C. The focus of the panel was on educational materials development and adaptation, and implementation of exemplary educational materials and instructional practices.
B. Lakshminarayana, Evan Pugh professor of aerospace engineering and the director of the Center for Gas Turbines and Power, gave one of the keynote addresses at the First International Conference on Engineering Thermophysics in Beijing, China. His keynote lecture was titled "Multistage Turbomachinery Flow Modeling and the Challenges for the Next Decade." Lakshminarayana also gave an invited seminar at the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, on "Multistage Compressor Flow Field Analysis and Computation." In addition, he gave an invited seminar on "Computation of Complex Turbomachinery Flows" at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, jet propulsion division. Lakshminarayana is an advisory professor for the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Jiatung University in Shanghai.
A'ndrea Elyse Messer, science and research information officer in the Office of Public Information and graduate student in anthropology, has been named a 1999-2001 NASA Space Grant Fellow. She is the first student in the College of the Liberal Arts to receive this fellowship.
Gary L. Messing, director of the Materials Research Laboratory and professor of ceramic science and engineering, has been elected to the Academy of Ceramics, an international organization that recognizes those individuals who have made internationally renown contributions to the advancements of ceramics. He was recognized for his scientific contributions in the area of seeded solid state phase transformations and templated grain growth.
Suet-Ling Pong, assistant professor of education, won the Willard Wallard Award sponsored by the Sociology of Education Section of The American Sociological Association. Her paper, "The School Compositional Effect of Single Parenthood on 10th-Grade Achievement," was chosen as the best paper for the years 1996-1998.
Sandra J. Savignon, professor of speech communication and director of the English as a Second Language Program, presented a paper, "Communicative Language Teaching in Translation," at the meeting of the International Association of Applied Linguistics in Tokyo. In addition, she organized a one-day symposium on "Communicative Language Teaching and Teacher Education."
Paul Wuest, professor of plant pathology, was elected a life member of the American Mushroom Institute by the group's board of directors in "recognition of his 35 years of service to the mushroom industry."