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Dr. Christopher Agoglia associate professor of accounting, and Dr. Joseph Brazel ‘04 presented a paper entitled “The Effects of Computer Assurance Specialist Competence and Auditor AIS Expertise on Auditor Planning Judgments” at the International Symposium on Audit Research in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Denise Agosto assistant professor, has published “Building a multicultural school library: Issues and challenges” in TeacherLibrarian, 34(3), pp. 27-31. Dr. Dennis P. Andrulis the associate dean for research and director of the Center for Health Equality at the School of Public Health, along with Nadia J. Siddiqui, a health policy analyst, and Jenna L. Gantner, a graduate Medical Sciences intern at the school, gave a presentation entitled “Emergency Preparedness for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities” at the National Emergency Management Summit in New Orleans. The summit assessed the risks and articulated practical approaches to medical preparation and response to disasters, epidemics and terrorism. Linda Dayer-Berenson MSN, CRNP, APRN, BC, clinical assistant professor, adult acute care nurse practitioner track coordinator, is being honored with the NP Award of Excellence for the State of New Jersey from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners at a ceremony on March 28, 2007 at the NJ State Nursing Convention. Dr. Laurie Bonnici assistant professor, had the paper “Coffee House as Information Place?” accepted to the Canadian Association of Information Science (CAIS). The paper will be presented in Montreal in May. Lisa Bowleg professor at the School of Public Health, was a speaker at the Inspirational Women in Psychology Lecture Series, at the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association for Women in Psychology. Dr. Bowleg’s lecture was entitled “Fruits, vegetables, health beliefs, stages of change and other myths: Debunking psychology’s individualistic and classist understanding of women’s health.” She also gave a lecture entitled, “Oppression embodied: Women, ethnicity, class and the HIV/AIDS epidemic,” at the Drexel University College of Medicine’s Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership Forum on Sex and Gender Research. Dr. Robert P. Boyer professor of mathematics co-published a journal article with Dr. William M. Y. Goh, associate professor, entitled “On the zero attractor of the Euler polynomials” in Advances in Applied Mathematic, vol. 38 (2007), pp. 97-132. Anand Bhattacharya PT, Scott Biely, PT, DPT, OCS, Ali El-Kerdi, DPT, MS, ATC, Jeegisha Kapila, PT and Rupal Mehta, MSPT, post-professional graduate students in Rehabilitation Sciences, presented research completed in the Rehabilitation Sciences Research Laboratories at the NorthEast American Society of Biomechanics Conference in College Park, Md. These projects were completed in conjunction with ongoing work by Dr. Susan Smith and Dr. Sheri Silfies. These are the titles of their presentations: “Trunk Control during Standing Reach: Is Control Strategy Altered by Mechanical Low Back Pain?” by Anand Bhattacharya, PT; “Reliability of Kinematic Measures of Trunk Motion: A Pilot Study” by Scott Biely, PT, DPT, OCS; “Reliability and Precision of Trunk Postural Control Parameters During Seated Balance” by Ali El-Kerdi, DPT, MS, ATC; “Reliability And Minimal Detectable Change In Isometric Trunk Extensor Strength Testing” by Jeegisha Kapila, PT; and “Postural Response of Trunk Muscles in Patients with Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain” by Rupal Mehta, MSPT. Doug Carney assistant professor for Goodwin College’s Construction Management program, gave an invited lecture in the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania on “Construction Management in the Real Estate Development Process.” He lectured in two sections, one taught by Professor Jonathan B. Weller and one taught by Asuka Nakahara, former CFO of Trammell Crow Company. Dr. Robert J. Chapman clinical assistant professor in Behavioral Health Counseling, was the keynote speaker and workshop presenter at the annual Georgia College Personnel Association Conference on March 8, in Columbus, Ga. Chapman also presented four conference workshops March 1 through 3, in Kansas City, Mo., at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Minds Conference addressing collegiate alcohol and other drug abuse issues. Dr. Chaomei Chen associate professor, attended the HCI Consortium 2007 winter workshop at Fraser, Colo., from January 31 to February 4 and gave a presentation entitled “Capturing emergent consensus across diverse opinions.” Dr. Chen visited Los Alamos National Laboratory on February 5 and gave an invited presentation at a colloquium on mapping scientific frontiers, information extraction and visualization. EagerEyes.org published Dr. Chen’s picks of the 10 most influential works on his research. Mariana Chilton an assistant professor at the School of Public Health and principal investigator of the Philadelphia GROW Project, gave a plenary session entitled, “Hunger as a Health Issue, Hunger as a Learning Issue” at the 2007 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. Dr. Chilton discussed the disparities between families of different ethnic/racial backgrounds. John Chmiola a doctoral candidate in Materials Engineering on a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, and colleagues Cristelle Portet, a post-doctoral researcher in Materials Engineering, and Gleb Yushin, research assistant professor in Materials Engineering, ranked 17th on a list of the top 100 nanomedicine publications for 2006 on www.nano-biology.net with their paper, “Anomalous Increase in Carbon Capacitance at Pore Sizes Less Than 1 Nanometer,” focused on energy devices in the transport of ions in narrow pores. Dr. Eugenia V. Ellis associate professor of Interior Design, was nominated and elected to join the Jenkintown Music School (JMS) branch Board of the Settlement Music School. She will serve a three-year term on the JMS Education Committee and is eligible for election to a subsequent three-year term. Because of her background as a practicing architect, she was also invited to sit on the Willow Grove Construction Bid Committee, which is responsible for selecting the contractors to bid on the new Willow Grove Music School branch building, evaluating the bid results and making recommendations for construction of the new facility. Kathleen P. Falkenstein Ph.D., will present “Caregiving of Children with Failure to Thrive: a Multidisciplinary Team Approach;” Marcia R. Gardner, PhD, RN, CPNP, CPN will present “Mothering and Caregiving in First-Time Mothers of Medically Fragile Young Infants;” Kathleen M. Fisher, PhD, CRNP will present “Health Care Decision Making by Caregivers in the Community;” and Elizabeth W. Gonzalez, PhD, APRN, BC will present “Predictors of Depression in Family Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease” at a symposium titled “Access to Care: Caregiving Across the Life Span” at the Sigma Theta Tau 18th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, in Vienna, Austria, July 11 to 14. Dean David E. Fenske attended the iSchool Caucus Meeting on February 27, followed by the CRA IT Deans Conference February 27-28, in Washington, D.C. Gregory Fridman graduate student in BIOMED, and his colleagues, Alexey Shereshevsky (CoM), Monika M. Jost (CoM), Ari D. Brooks (CoM), Alexander Fridman (MEM), Alexander Gutsol (MEM), Victor Vasilets (MEM), and Gary Friedman (ECE) have been published in the online version of “Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing” for their article titled “Floating Electrode Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma in Air Promoting Apoptotic Behavior in Melanoma Skin Cancer Cell Lines.” Dennis Gallagher an associate professor and the director of health policy at the School of Public Health, announced that the School of Public Health was awarded a grant by the Berks County Community Foundation to explore the feasibility of creating a countywide health department in Berks County. The study will be the fourth of its kind that the School of Public Health has undertaken since 2004. The long-range goal of these studies is to create a viable network of local public health infrastructure in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth W. Gonzalez PhD, APRN, BC was selected as a research mentor by the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurses Association (NCEMNA). NCEMNA is made up of five national ethnic minority nurses associations and funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences. NCEMNA aims to increase the number of nurse scientists to reflect the nation’s diversity. Charles N. Haas Betz Professor of Environmental Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, has been appointed by the US EPA administrator to be a member of its Board of Scientific Counselors. This board advises EPA on research policy and implementation. Dr. Joseph Hancock assistant professor of Design and Merchandising, successfully defended his dissertation “These Aren’t The Same Pants Your Grandfather Wore! Branding Cargo Pants in 21st Century Mass Fashion.” Dr. Hancock earned his PhD in Human Ecology and Education with a focus in Consumer Sciences from Ohio State University. Dr. Hancock has also been selected as a presenter on the topic of “brand storytelling,” at the Fashion in Fiction Conference which will take place in August at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. Lewis Hassell auxiliary associate professor, published “A continental philosophy perspective on knowledge management” in Information Systems Journal, April 2007, vol. 17, issue 2, pp. 185-195. Dr. Gregory Hislop on the committee creating the ACM/IEEE IT Curriculum Model. Dr. Hislop has also agreed to co-chair the Leadership and Societal Change track for the Sloan-C 2007 Conference on Online Learning, to be held in November in Orlando. Joseph Lema Ph.D., assistant professor for Goodwin College’s Hospitality Management program, and co-author Jerome Agrusa have had their manuscript entitled “An Examination of Mississippi Gulf Coast Casino Management Styles with Implications for Employee Turnover” accepted by the UNLV Gaming Research and Review Journal. It will appear in the April 2007 issue, vol. 11, no. 1. Dr. Peter A. Lewin Richard B. Beard Distinguished University Professor of Biomedical and Electrical and Computer Engineering, was noted on the Web site of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine on February 26, as a co-author of a study titled “Piezoelectric Materials for Imaging,” regarding the characteristics of piezoelectric materials that directly influence imaging. Kimberly Loux a junior Interior Design student, earned first place with a prize of $800 at a regional student design competition held by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). Katrina Martin, a second year graduate student, earned second place, with a prize of $500 and junior Akshita Sivakumar earned third place, with a prize of $300. Dr. Roger A. McCain attended the Eastern Economic Association conference in New York, Feb. 23 through 25. He presented two papers, commented on two, and chaired one session. The papers presented were “Marginal Cost Pricing as a Heuristic Rule: an Agent-Based Simulation Approach Evolutionary Economics: Recent Trends and a Proposal.” Dr. Jennifer Morse associate professor of mathematics, gave a colloquium talk at Tulane University on March 1 entitled “Refined combinatorics and geometry of Schur functions.” Dr. Margaret O’Neil a certified trainer for “BodyWorks” a DHHS health promotion program to improve eating habits and levels of physical activity for mothers and daughters, conducted a “Train the Trainer” workshop at Eleventh Street Family Health Services. Dr. Rita Naremore, associate dean for research, and Dr. Patty Gerrity, associate dean for community programs and executive director at Eleventh Street’s, sponsored the event. Jennifer Andia, community health educator and outreach coordinator at Eleventh Street, coordinated the event. More than 15 community agencies were represented at the workshop. Christina Palisano sophomore student in Fashion Design, is a finalist in the 2007 C2C/CITDA Design Competition for her print and product design, “Rainy Day Doodles.” The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, the competition’s sponsor, is the leading international association for textile design, materials, processing and testing. The competition received 160 entries representing 25 universities and/or institutions. Kathi Martin, associate professor, is Palisano’s faculty advisor. Jung-ran Park assistant professor, and Laurie Palumbo, graduate student 2006, have had “Technology and the Use of Digital Images by the Art Scholar” accepted for presentation at the CAIS/ACSI 2007 Conference in Montreal, Quebec, May 10 to 12. Park also worked with Pat King, graduate student, on “Cataloging of Papyri: A Pilot Study on the Use of the EAD Metadata Scheme,” which was accepted for presentation at the CAIS/ACSI 2007 Conference in Montreal, Quebec, May 10-12. Dr. John Rich , professor and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy, discussed the role of African American men in the health care industry on WWJ-AM (CBS-Detroit) in February 2007. Stuart Rome professor of photography, delivered a lecture entitled “Forest: The Evolution of Interior Landscapes” on Sunday, February 25 at the Perkins Center for the Arts in Moorestown, NJ. Professor Rome published Forest last year, a stunning book of black and white photographs taken in various forests around the world. Chip Roman a 2002 graduate of Drexel’s Culinary Arts program and a current adjunct faculty member, has opened a new restaurant, Blackfish, in Conshohocken, described by Philadelphia Inquirer dining/food columnist Michael Klein as “a polished, modern New American BYO.” While attending Drexel, Roman studied with some of Philadelphia’s most respected and well-known chefs, including Mark Vetri, Georges Perrier and Daniel Stern, and also earned a business degree. Dr. Maria Schultheis research associate professor in psychology, was awarded the Division 40 Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association (APA). This award, which is associated with a certificate and $1,000, accompanies the expectation that she will submit a paper to the 2007 APA convention and present some aspect of her research. Dr. Maria Schultheis research associate professor in psychology, was awarded the Division 40 Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association (APA). This award, which is associated with a certificate and $1,000, accompanies the expectation that she will submit a paper to the 2007 APA convention and present some aspect of her research. Dr. Sheri Silfies and Anand Bhattacharya, PT, a master’s student in Rehabilitation Sciences, had an abstract accepted at the 6th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Pain to be held in Barcelona, Spain. The title of their presentation is “Trunk Control during Standing Reach: Is Control Strategy Altered by Mechanical Low Back Pain?” Dr. Scot Silverstein assistant professor of Healthcare Informatics and Information Technology and director of the Institute for Healthcare Informatics (joint appointment with the College of Nursing and Health Professions and the School of Public Health), was quoted in the Winter 2006 issue of Doctor-Patient, a news journal for physicians dealing with doctor-patient relationship issues, on the benefits and risks of physician email and website use for interaction with patients. Il-Yeol Song and iSchool Ph.D. candidate Ki-Jung Lee had their paper “Investigating Information Structure of Phishing Emails Based on Persuasive Communication Perspective” accepted to the Second International Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law (ADFSL 2007), which will be held on April 18-20 in Arlington, Va. Joseph Wartman professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, co-chaired four sessions of a mini-symposium on the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans during the recent GeoDenver conference held in Colorado. He co-authored three papers presented at the conference on geotechnical aspects and overall lessons learned from the hurricane. He also co-authored the paper “Investigation of 1-G similitude laws by modeling-of-models exercise,” which was presented at the conference by Drexel graduate student Fatma Ozkahriman. Rosina O. Weber assistant professor, Sidath Gunawardena, doctoral student, and Jason M. Proctor, doctoral student, will present “Generating Reports from Case-Based Knowledge Artifacts” at the 20th International FLAIRS Conference, Casa Marina Resort and Beach Club Key West, Fla., May 7-9. Weber also worked with I. Becerra-Fernandez, and K.C. Cousins, on “Nomadic Knowledge Management Systems: Applications, Challenges, and Research Problems” which has been published in International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, vol. 1, no. 2, 2007, p.103. Dr. Yen Wei professor of Chemistry and director of the Center for Advanced Polymers and Materials Chemistry, delivered an invited lecture titled “Nanostructured Materials Platforms for Biocatalysis, Drug Release, Neurological Diseases, Dentistry and Tissue Engineering” in the Department of Chemistry at Rutgers University-Newark. Dr. Wei also served as invited panelist on National Institutes of Health’s biomaterials and biointerfaces study section in Bethesda, Md. Dr. Jin Wen assistant professor in Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, gave a seminar on “Energy Conservation in Laboratory HVAC Systems” at the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers 2007 Winter Meeting in Dallas. Dr. Wen and T. F. Smith, professor emeritus at the University of Iowa Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, published “Development and Validation of Online Models with Parameter Estimation for Building Zone with VAV System,” in Energy and Buildings, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 13-22. Illhoi Yoo doctoral student in IST, Dr. Xiaohua Hu, assistant professor of IST, and Dr. Il-Yeol Song, professor of IST, had “A Coherent Document Clustering and Text Summarization Approach through a Scale-free Ontology-enriched Graphical Representation” accepted for publication in the special issues of Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery (DaWaK) 2006 and in The International Journal of Data Warehousing and Mining. They also had “Biomedical Ontology Improves Biomedical Literature Clustering Performance: A Comparison Study” and “Application and Biomedical Ontology Improves Biomedical Literature Clustering Performance: A Comparison Study” accepted for publication in the special issues of the 19th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer-Based Medical Systems (IEEE CBMS) 2006 in the International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Application. Xiaodan Zhang Xiaodan Zhang and Xiaohua Zhou, doctoral students of IST, and Dr. Xiohua Hu, assistant professor of IST, had a full paper, “Semantic Smoothing for Model-based Document Clustering” accepted to the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining in Hong Kong. They also had “Semantic Smoothing of Document Models for Agglomerative Clustering” accepted to the 20th Annual International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Hyderabad, India. They had a paper, co-authored with others, “A Comprehensive Study of Ontology Based Term Similarity Measures on Document Clustering,” accepted to the 12th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications.
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