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Staters Charles D. Ameringer, professor emeritus of Latin American history, is the recipient of the Arthur P. Whitaker Prize, awarded by the Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies (MACLAS) for The Cuban Democratic Experience: The Autentico Years, 1944-1952, as "Best Book by a MACLAS Member, 1998-2000." Gerald D. "Chip" Baumgardner, associate professor of business administration in the School of Business and Computer Technologies at Penn College, was honored for his paper, "Debunking the Myths of Online Education." It was designated an "Award-Winning Conference Paper" and will be published in "Selected Papers from the 13th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning." Peter R. Cavanagh, director of the Center for Locomotion Studies in the College of Health and Human Development and distinguished professor of kinesiology, medicine, orthopedics and rehabilitation, and biobehavioral health, has been selected to serve a second two-year term on the Science Council of the Universities Space Research Association's Division of Space Life Sciences. Gary L. Lilien, distinguished research professor of management science, received the Philip McCord Morse Lectureship Award during the annual meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences in Miami. Lilien will present the keynote address at the following year's national meeting. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, professor of engineering science and mechanics, delivered a seminar on materials with negative index of refraction at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, India. He also gave an invited lecture at the 89th Indian Science Congress, which was held at the University of Lucknow. His lecture was titled, "Fabrication properties and applications of structured thin films." Raj Mittra, professor of electrical engineering, presented lectures at the Radiophysics Institute of the University of Calcutta, the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi and the Defense Research Laboratory in Hyderabad, India. His topic was "Efficient Modeling and Simulation of Radio Frequency and Microwave and Millimeter Wave Integrated Circuits." Karen Morin, professor of nursing, has been elected to serve as a member of the board of directors of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. Morin will serve until 2003. Liz Quackenbush, associate professor of art, was invited to participate in several exhibitions across the United States. In September and October, her exhibition "Telling Tales" was at the Craft Alliance in St. Louis. In November and December, she exhibited "For The Table" at the Santa Fe Clay Works in New Mexico and "Painted Pots: The Art of Maiolica" at the Vermont Clay Studio in Waterbury Center, Vt. She also had a one-person exhibition at the Works Gallery in Philadelphia. Barry E. Scheetz, professor of materials, civil and nuclear engineering, was selected to participate in the Coal Advisory Group, a working group in the Department of Energy's Indo-U.S. Bilateral Energy Consultations. The group was created from the nation's leading experts to respond to coal-related technical and policy questions and to independently identify areas where bilateral cooperation are of a potential mutual benefit to India and the United States. Scheetz will provide expert advice and guidance in efforts in coal-related technical and policy issues relating to: technologies including acid mine drainage remediation; fly ash utilization; and methods for mitigation of coal mine fires. Albert Vicere, professor of business administration, served as a judge for the Eighth Annual Lotus Beacon Awards. The awards are presented annually to recognize IBM Business Partners specializing in Lotus software that have delivered outstanding products, solutions and services to customers during the previous year. Vicere judged the Best e-Learning Solution. A recent study has identified Penn State as one of the leading contributors of research in real estate. The study in The Journal of Real Estate Literature ranks individuals and institutions according to their publications in eight academic journals from 1989 through 1998. Penn State is ranked eighth overall. Abdullah Yavas, professor in the Department of Insurance and Real Estate in The Smeal College of Business Administration and a William Elliott Faculty Fellow, was ranked in several categories for his contributions to real estate research. The article, "Individual and Institutional Contributors to the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics: 1989-1999," was co-authored by Jonathan Dombrow of the Center for Urban Real Estate at the University of Illinois; and Geoffrey K. Turnbull of Louisiana State University. |