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Dedicated teachers and mentors, Lafayette faculty also produce new knowledge in a broad range of fields.

Publications coauthored with students:

Laurie Caslake, assistant professor of biology

(coauthor Colleen E. Walsh’06 [B.S. biology]). “Conjugal Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance from Environmental Isolates.” Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 82nd Annual Meeting, Grantville, PA, March 31-April 2, 2006 [abstract].

(coauthors Javad Tavakoli, associate professor and head of chemical engineering, Arthur Kney, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, Steven Mylon, assistant professor of chemistry, Paul Dimick ’05 [B.S. chemical engineering], and Steve Presciutti ’05 [B.S. biochemistry]). “A Hybrid Technology for Removal and Destruction of Perchlorate from Contaminated Water Systems.” International Water Conference, Portugal, June 12-14, 2006 [abstract].

James Dearworth, assistant professor of biology

(coauthor Tory Littlefield ’06 [A.B. biology]). “The Pupillary Response to Light in the Enucleated Eye of the Turtle.” Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 79 (2006): 115 [abstract].

(coauthor Corry Marcincin ’06 [A.B. biology]). “Computer Image Analysis of Retinal Oil Droplets in Different Vertebrate Species.” Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 79 (2006): 116 [abstract].

(coauthors Lori Cooper ’07 [neurology] and Tory Littlefield ’06 [A.B. biology]). “Effects of Mydriatic Drugs and Enucleation on the Pupillary Light Response of the Turtle.” 2006 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner Program No. 726, Fort Lauderdale, FL: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), April 30, 2006 [abstract].

Bernard Fried, professor emeritus of biology

(coauthors Danielle Martin ’06 [B.S. biochemistry] and Joseph Sherma, professor emeritus of chemistry). “High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatographic Analysis of Neutral Lipids and Phospholipids in the Medicinal Leech Hirudo medicinalis Maintained on Different Diets.” Journal of Planar Chromatography 19 (March/April 2006): 167-70.

Yvonne Gindt, assistant professor of chemistry

(coauthors Taylor Robinson ’06 [B.S. biochemistry] and David Shellhamer’07 [chemistry]). “Thermodynamic Studies of Phycocyanin Oligomerization.” 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006: Phys-416 [abstract].

(coauthor Hannah H. Tuson ’06 [B.S. biochemistry]). “Effect of the Hofmeister Series on Phycocyanin Oligomerization.” 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006: Phys-398 [abstract].

Sheila Handy, assistant professor of economics and business

(coauthor Scott Wynne ’02 [A.B. mathematics-economics]). “Leading Student
Achievement on Standardized Tests.” SSANYS Journal 35.2 (2006): 19-23.

Art Kney, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering

(coauthors Javad Tavakoli, associate professor and head of chemical engineering, Laurie Caslake, assistant professor of biology, Steven Mylon, assistant professor of chemistry, Paul Dimick ’05 [B.S. chemical engineering], and Steve Presciutti ’05 [B.S. biochemistry]). “A Hybrid Technology for Removal and Destruction of Perchlorate from Contaminated Water Systems.” International Water Conference, Portugal, June 12-14, 2006 [abstract].

Steven Mylon, assistant professor of chemistry

(coauthors Javad Tavakoli, associate professor and head of chemical engineering, Arthur Kney, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, Laurie Caslake, assistant professor of biology, Paul Dimick ’05 [B.S. chemical engineering], and Steve Presciutti ’05 [B.S. biochemistry]). “A Hybrid Technology for Removal and Destruction of Perchlorate from Contaminated Water Systems.” International Water Conference, Portugal, June 12-14, 2006 [abstract].

Jenn Rossmann, assistant professor of mechanical engineering

(coauthor Brent Utter ’06 [B.S. mechanical engineering]). “Influence of Shape on Saccular Aneurysm Hemodynamics and Risk of Rupture.” Proceedings of the IEEE 32nd Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Easton, PA, April 1-2, 2006: 21-22.

Joseph Sherma, professor emeritus of chemistry

(coauthors Danielle Martin ’06 [B.S. biochemistry] and Bernard Fried, professor emeritus of biology). “High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatographic Analysis of Neutral Lipids and Phospholipids in the Medicinal Leech Hirudo medicinalis Maintained on Different Diets.” Journal of Planar Chromatography 19 (March/April 2006): 167-70.

Javad Tavakoli, associate professor and head of chemical engineering

(coauthors Gregory K. Lapp ’06 [B.S. chemical engineering], Carolyn L. Waite ’06 [B.S. chemical engineering], and Israel E. Wachs) “Molecular Engineering of Multicomponent Supported Metal Oxide Catalyst for Selective Oxidation of CH3OH to (CH3O)2CH2.”Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Operando Spectroscopy: Fundamental and Technical Aspects of Spectroscopy of Catalysts under Working Conditions, Toledo, Spain, April 2006: 208.

(coauthors Art Kney, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, Laurie Caslake, assistant professor of biology, Steven Mylon, assistant professor of chemistry, Paul Dimick ’05 [B.S. chemical engineering], and Steve Presciutti ’05 [B.S. biochemistry]). “A Hybrid Technology for Removal and Destruction of Perchlorate from Contaminated Water Systems.” International Water Conference, Portugal, June 12-14, 2006 [abstract].

Other recent publications:

Paul Barclay, assistant professor of history

“Abstract Thought as the Lowest Common Denominator: What Early Japanese Travel Narratives to Taiwan’s Interior can Teach Us.” Nihon Taiwan Gakkai dai Hakkai Gakujutsu Taikai Hokokusha Ronbunshu (Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for Taiwan Studies). Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, June 3, 2006: 80-89

Rosie Bukics, Jones Professor of Economics and Business

(coauthor Mary Jeanne Welsh). “La Langue Internationale: Making Accounting Standards Work Globally.” Pennsylvania CPA Journal: Are We Failing the Exam? 77.2 (2006): 28-31.

Justin Corvino, assistant professor of mathematics

(coauthor Richard M. Schoen). “On the Asymptotics for the Vacuum Einstein Constraint Equations.” Journal of Differential Geometry 73 (2006): 185-217.

Mark Crain, William E. Simon Professor of Political Economy

(coauthor John Charles Bradbury). “Bicameralism and Political Compromise in Representative Democracy.” In Democratic Constitutional Design and Public Policy, ed. Roger Congleton and Birgitta Swedenborg. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006, pp.215-31.

Katalin Fabian, assistant professor of government and law

“Against Domestic Violence: The Interaction of Global Networks with Local Activism in Central Europe.” In European Responses to Globalization: Resistance, Adaptation and Alternatives: Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis 88, ed. Janet Laible and Henri J. Barkey. New York: Elsevier P, 2006: pp. 117-60.

Bernard Fried, professor emeritus of biology

(coauthors Valentin Radev and Ivan Kanev). “Comments on Eye-Flukes (Philophthalmidae Looss, 1819) in the Genera Philophthalmus and Natterophthalmus, with a Re-Designation of the Type-Species of Natterophthalmus.” ZOOTAXA 1223 (2006): 19-22.

Sharon Jones, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering

(coauthor Arthur Paolella). “A Novel Class E Analog Fiber Optic Link with RF Power Gain and High DC-RF Conversion Efficiency.” 2006 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June 11-16, 2006: 14-17.

(coauthors Yifei Li, P. Herczfeld, and A. Rosen). “Coherent, Phase Modulated (PM) Fiber-optic Link Design.” 2006 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June 11-16, 2006: 1943-46.

(coauthor A. Paolella). “A Novel Class E Analog Fiber Optic Link with RF Power Gain and High DC-RF Conversion Efficiency.” 2006 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June 11-16, 2006: TU1A-04 [paper].

(coauthors Y. Li, P. Herczfeld, and A. Rosen). “Coherent, Phase Modulated (PM) Fiber-optic Link Design.” 2006 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June 11-16, 2006: THPH-03 [paper].

Ed Kerns, Eugene H. Clapp ’36 Professor of Art

(coexhibitors Jim Toia, director of the art department’s community-based teaching program and Lew Minter, director of the media lab at the Williams Visual Arts Building). “The Mind of Nature: Structures and Processes,” and “Digitized.” Terrain, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, June 3-July 1, 2006 [group exhibition].

Rebecca J. Kissane, assistant professor of anthropology and sociology

“Responsible but Uninformed? Nonprofit Executive and Program Directors’ Knowledge of Welfare Reform.” Social Service Review 80.2 (2006): 322-45.

Art Kney, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering

(coauthor S. A. Parsons). “A Spectrophotometer-Based Study of Magnetic Water Treatment: Assessment of Ionic vs. Surface Mechanisms.” Water Research 40 (2006): 517-24.

Robert Mattison, Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Art

Roy Lichtenstein: Water Lilies. Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, May 25, 2006 [exhibition catalogue].

Lew Minter, director of the media lab at the Williams Visual Arts Building

(coexhibitors Ed Kerns, Eugene H. Clapp ’36 Professor of Art and Jim Toia, director of the art department’s community-based teaching program). “The Mind of Nature: Structures and Processes,” and “Digitized.” Terrain, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, June 3-July 1, 2006 [group exhibition].

Samuel Morton, assistant professor of chemical engineering

(coauthor Robert M. Counce). “Utilizing Green Engineering Concepts in Industrial Conceptual Process Synthesis.” In Sustainability Science and Engineering: Defining Principles, ed. Martin A. Abraham. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006: pp. 293-310.

James Moyer, associate professor of music and director of bands

“Sticks, Tips, and Tricks for the Developing Timpanist.” School Band and Orchestra Performance: Timpani 50 (May 2006): 50-53.

Alastair Noble, assistant professor of art

Rev. of “Columbia, MO, James Cook, Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia.” Sculpture 25.3 (2006): 70-71.

“Derek Bernstein: Portraits of Amy.” http://www.kentlergallery.org/pages/archives/9_05.html.

Jeffrey Pfaffmann, assistant professor of computer science

(coauthors Monica Brockmeyer and Silvano Colombano). “A Cytoskeletal-Based Robotic Controller.” Artificial Life X: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference of the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems (ALIfeX). Bloomington, IN (2006): 289-95 [paper].

June Schlueter, Charles A. Dana Professor of English

“MLA 2005: Becket and History.” The Beckett Circle: Newsletter of the Samuel Beckett Society 29.1 (2006): 11-12.

Jim Toia, director of the art department’s community-based teaching program

(coexhibitors Ed Kerns, Eugene H. Clapp ’36 Professor of Art and Lew Minter, director of the media lab at the Williams Visual Arts Building). “The Mind of Nature: Structures and Processes,” and “Digitized.” Terrain, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, June 3-July 1, 2006 [group exhibition].

Lorenzo Traldi, Metzgar Professor and head of math

“Non-Minimal Sums of Disjoint Products.” Reliability Engineering and System Safety 91 (2006): 533-38.

Eric J. Ziolkowski, Charles A. Dana Professor and head of religious studies

Rev. of A Short History of Myth, by Karen Armstrong. Literature and Theology 20.2 (2006) 207-9.

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