Newsmakers

Phillip Batchelor, visiting lecturer, and James Scudder, assistant professor, presented “New Concepts in Statics and Strength Labs” at the New York State Engineer-ing Technology Conference, March 17-18, at RIT.

Rick Cliver, assistant professor of electrical engineering technology, and David Lawrence and James Mallory, NTID instructional faculty, presented “Strategies to Improve Retention” at the New York State Engineering Technology Conference, March 17-18, at RIT.

Andrew Davidhazy, professor and chair of imaging and photographic technology, and Sohail Dianat, professor of electrical engineering, were named fellows by the International Society for Optical Engineering. SPIE recognized them for significant scientific and technical contributions in the field of optics.

Michael Eastman, associate professor and chair of electrical, computer and telecommunications engineering technology, presented “The Computer Engineering Technol-ogy Capstone Experience in Embedded Systems” at the New York State Engineering Technology Conference, March 17-18, at RIT.

Daniel Goodwin, professor of packaging science, presented “Packaging Dynamics” at the New York State Engineering Technology Conference, March 17-18, at RIT.

Franz Foltz, associate professor of science, technology and society, Paul Ferber, professor of political science and science, technology and society, and Rudy Pugliese, professor of communication, presented “Interactivity v. Interaction: What Really Matters for State Legislative Web Sites” at the International Association for Science, Technology & Society annual meeting and conference, Feb. 10-12, in Baltimore.

Ron Hira, assistant professor of public policy, presented “Offshore Outsourcing of U.S. Technology Jobs: Causes, Implications and Responses” at the International Association for Science, Technology & Society meeting and conference, Feb. 10-12, in Baltimore.

Daniel Johnson, assistant professor of manufacturing engineering technology, presented “Custom Textbooks: Experiences From a User” at the New York State Engineer-ing Technology Conference, March 17-18, at RIT.

Warren Koontz, associate professor of telecommunications engineering technology, presented “Optical-Electronic System Simulator” at the New York State Engineering Technology Conference, March 17-18, at RIT. He finished 97th among 576 runners in the men’s 60-69 age group in the 2005 Boston Marathon with a time of 3:59:28.

Jeff Lillie, assistant professor of computer engineering technology, presented “Digital Systems Simulation” at the New York State Engineering Technology Conference, March 17-18, at RIT.

Vern Lindberg, professor of physics, presented “College Physics Instruction in an Active Learning Environment” at the New York State Engineering Technology Conference, March 17-18, at RIT.

Robert Manning, professor and special assistant to the provost, participated in a research project, “Global Banking Deregulation and the EU Consumer Lending Revolution,” at the University of London and London School of Economics in March. He delivered a briefing on new bankruptcy laws and deregulation of credit cards for the House Financial Services Committee, March 25, in Washington.

Erhan Mergen, professor of decision sciences, co-wrote “A Multivariate Subgroup Rationality Test,” published in Quality Engineering, volume 16, number 4.

Sam McQuade, assistant professor of criminal justice, presented “Computer Crime, Teaching Ethics and the College Student: A Research Report and Its Educational Ramifications” at the International Association for Science, Technology & Society annual meeting and conference, Feb. 10-12, in Baltimore.

Albert Paley, Charlotte Fredericks Mowris Endowed Chair in the School for American Crafts, exhibited more than 30 of his pieces at Hawk Galleries in Columbus, Ohio.

Manian Ramkumar, professor of manufacturing engineering technology, Scott Anson, assistant professor of manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology, and Karthik Thenalur, graduate student, presented a poster, “Investigation of Lot Variation on Moisture Sensitivity and its Impact on Delamination Phenomenon in Plastic Encapsulated Components” at the Electronic Circuits World Convention,
Feb. 22-24, in Anaheim, Calif.

Richard Shearman, associate professor of science, technology and society, presented “Science and Technology in the Slow Lane: Food, Nutrition and Living Well” at the International Association for Science, Technology & Society conference in Baltimore.

John Stratton, professor of electrical engineering technology, chaired the New York State Engineering Technology Conference, March 17-18, at RIT; Steve Ciccarelli, assistant professor, was assistant chair. Stratton also received the ASEE Frederick J. Berger Award, recognizing excellence in engineering technology education, at the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 12-15, in Portland, Ore.

James Winebrake, associate professor and chair of public policy, presented “Flexible Technology and Policy Approaches to Reduce Emissions from Marine Transportation” at the International Association for Science, Technology & Society annual meeting and conference, Feb. 10-12, in Baltimore.

Fritz Yambrach, associate professor of packaging science, was a member of a panel that presented “Responding to the Market-Academic Approaches to Flexible Packag-ing” at the 2005 Flexible Packaging Conference, March 14-16, in Orlando, Fla.