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Staters James H. Adair, professor of materials science and engineering and director of the NSF Particulate Materials Center, gave an invited talk, "Synthesis, Processing and Development of Multilayer Structures Based on Nanoparticulates," at the 2002 International Nano Ceramics/Crystals Forum and International Symposium on Intermaterials at Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea. Adair also gave one of the keynote addresses, "Protection-Dispersion of Nanoparticulate Suspensions for Films, Multilayers and Bulk Ceramics," at the eighth International Conference on Ceramic Processing Science at the Technical University of Harburg-Hamburg in Germany. David L. Allara, professor of materials science and chemistry, has been named the recipient of the 2003 Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry. The award, which will be presented at the Spring 2003 American Chemical Society national meeting, cites Allara's "seminal work demonstrating the self-assembly of stable, highly organized, organic monolayers that has led to entire new areas of surface chemistry with extensions into physics, biology and materials, and with numerous applications ranging from sensors to molecular electronics." George W. Boudreau, assistant professor of history and American studies in the Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities, has been awarded a residential fellowship from the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Jefferson's home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Va. The center was created in 1994 by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, the private nonprofit corporation that owns and operates Monticello. It encourages research and education in Jefferson scholarship, including a limited number of competitively awarded faculty fellowships each year. Ray T. Fortunato, assistant vice president for personnel administration emeritus, has received the Kathryn G. Hansen Publication Award from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. Fortunato and co-author Jack Bradford received the award at the association's National Conference and Expo in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for their book, Basic Training: Creating or Enhancing a Program for Higher Education Staff Development. David J. Green, professor of ceramic science and engineering, was appointed senior editor for the Journal of the American Ceramic Society. Dr. James M. Herman, associate dean for primary care and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the College of Medicine at Hershey Medical Center, is one of three family practice leaders to have successfully completed the yearlong Bishop Fellowship Program as the first year of operation comes to a close. He also is recognized as an American Council on Education (ACE) fellow, since the ACE Fellowship has partnered with the Bishop Fellowship. The Bishop Fellowship Program prepares senior family medicine faculty to assume positions of greater responsibility in academic medicine. Paul W. Howe, an assistant professor of business administration/travel and tourism at Pennsylvania College of Technology, spoke at the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association's national convention in Las Vegas. Howe presented a seminar on "Selling Dive Travel." Laura Cousino Klein, assistant professor of biobehavioral health, served as a panelist during the fifth annual "The Corporate State: A Women's CEO and Senior Management Summit" in New York City. Klein participated in a roundtable discussion, "The Chronobiological Imperative." Urszula Kulakowski, art director for the Center for the Performing Arts, has been elected to the board of directors of the University and College Designers Association. Her four-year term begins in January. Arthur Miller, professor of civil engineering, is the recipient of the 2002 Association of Dam Safety Officials Northeast Regional Award of Merit. The award is given annually to individuals or organizations working in the dam safety field that have made outstanding contributions to dam safety at a regional level. Howard W. Pickering, distinguished professor of metallurgy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was elected a fellow of ASM International, an international society for materials engineers and scientists dedicated to advancing industry, technology and applications of metals and materials. Pickering was recognized for his pioneering research in the use of modern electrochemical and analytical techniques to the study of corrosion, corrosion prevention and de-alloying. Susan Trolier-McKinstry, professor of ceramic science, Corning Faculty Fellow and director of the Keck Smart Materials Integration Lab, gave an invited presentation at the International Symposium on Advanced Materials for Next Generation: "Prelude to Functional-Integrated Materials" at the Japanese Ceramic Society Meeting in Nara, Japan. She also was an invited speaker at the European Conference on the Applications of Polar Dielectrics in Aveiro, Portugal. Her talk was "Piezoelectric Films for MEMS Applications." Keith E. Whitfield, associate professor of biobehavioral health, has been appointed to the Behavior and Social Science of Aging Review Committee within the National Institute on Aging. His appointment runs until June 30, 2005. |