College of Science

The results of a study by Dr. Michael Gallo and Lesley Garner ’04 Ph.D. have been published in the Journal of College Science Teaching. The report, a comparison of physical vs. virtual field trips to the Indian River Lagoon, is titled, “Field Trips and their effect on student achievement and attitudes.”

A paper by Dr. Julia Grimwade and Dr. Alan Leonard was accepted for the journal, Molecular Microbiology. The review is titled, “Building a bacterial orisome: Emergence of new regulatory features in replication origin unwinding.”

Dr. Alan Leonard was invited to serve as a reviewer on the National Institutes of Health Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology Study Section panel, which reviewed 104 research proposals.

A paper by Dr. Junda Lin and doctoral student Andy Rhyne was accepted for publication by Aquaculture. The paper is titled, “Growth, development and survival of larval Mithraculus sculptus etal.”

Claudia Listopad ’99, ’01 M.S., is one of the authors in a paper published in December in both Science News and in Nature. The paper is titled, “Evidence for cultivar adoption and emerging complexity during the mid-Holocene in the La Plata basin.” Her contribution was as pollen analyst. Dr. Mark Bush, in whose lab she completed the research, is on her Ph.D. committee. Nature, according to Bush, has the highest impact factor (26.8) of any scientific journal.

Dr. Richard Turner was the keynote speaker, presenting on ghost crabs, at the Ninth Annual International Sea Bean Symposium, held in Cocoa Beach. Also, with Paula Mikkelsen ’94 Ph.D., he published “Annotated bibliography of the Florida apple snail from 1824 to 1999” in Nemouria.

College of Engineering

Dr. Chang Wen Chen has been elected as an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow. He was elected for his contributions to digital image and video processing, analysis and communication.

Dr. Carmo D’Cruz was awarded the Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellowship for the 2004-2005 academic year. The fellowship stipend will allow him to establish a Students in Free Enterprise chapter on campus.

Dr. Richard Ford, computer sciences, participated in an online Web cast led by Microsoft Corporation’s head of security. The Microsoft Security 360 show aimed at Fortune 500 executives and computer security personnel.

Dr. George Maul participated in a February Smithsonian Magazine panel discussion in Washington D.C., titled, “Is the U.S. Vulnerable to Tsunamis and What Are We Doing About It?” He was one of six experts invited.

Dr. Scott Tilley and Dr. Damiano Distante, a visiting scholar, completed the chapter, “Design Recovery of Web Application Transactions,” for the book, Advances in Software Evolution with UML and XML.

Dr. Manolis Tomadakis and Teri Robertson ’02 M.S. presented a paper at the 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held at Cocoa Beach. The paper was titled “Effect of fiber architecture on the viscous permeability of fibrous preforms.”

College of Business

Dr. Annie Becker published “A study of web usability for older adults seeking online health resources,” in ACM Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction.

A paper by Dr. Andrew Cudmore was accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Research. It’s titled, “The impact of perceived corporate social responsibility on consumer behavior.”

Dr. Theresa Domagalski (with Dr. Lisa Steelman, College of Psychology) published “The impact of work events and disposition on the experience and expression of employee anger,” in the journal, Organizational Analysis.

A paper by Dr. Julie Siciliano, was accepted for presentation at the 2005 Eastern Academy of Management Conference, held in Springfield, Mass. The paper is titled, “Moving beyond pre-Frederick Taylor practices: A research-based approach to continuous improvement in business education.”

College of Aeronautics

Dr. John Deaton published “+Gz acceleration loss of consciousness: Time course of performance deficits with repeated experience” in the journal, Human Factors.

College of Psychology and Liberal Arts

Dr. Radhika Krishnamurthy participated in an American Psychology Association panel that sought to seek approval for new psychological and neuropsychological/neurobehavioral testing codes. The codes were subsequently approved.

Dr. Matthew Normand served on the Autism Panel of Experts at a Florida Association for Behavioral Analysis Conference in Orlando, Fla. He was also elected to the executive council of that association as a member-at-large.

Dr. Thomas Peake presented an invited workshop at the annual conference of the Florida Coalition on Optimal Mental Health and Aging, held in Orlando, Fla. His presentation was titled, “Cinema and Emotional Health.”

Dr. Frank Webbe was elected to Fellow status in the National Academy of Neuropsychology. He also began his term as president of the Sport and Exercise Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association.

A paper by Dr. David Wilder, Dr. Matthew Normand and graduate student Julie Atwell was accepted by the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. The paper describes a study that evaluated an assessment and treatment procedure for food refusal in children with developmental disabilities.

University College

David Mutschler, School of Extended Graduate Studies, Patuxent Center, provided a briefing at the Second Annual Colloquium on Forces Modeling Simulation and Integrated Modeling and Testing in HPC (High Performance Computer). The event was held in Orlando. Mutschler’s subject was “Multi-threaded JIMM.” JIMM is the Joint Integrated Mission Model, a general-purpose, discrete-event mission-level currently supported by NAVAIR, or, Naval Aviation.