October 22, 1999: Volume 47, Number 7

Faculty, Staff Works Listed

Thomas Werner, the Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Physical Sciences, is to publish an article "Binding of 2-Acetylnaphthalene to Gamma-Cyclodetrin: Stoichiometry of the Dimer Complex" in the journal Applied Spectroscopy. His co-author is JiHyun LaRose '99.

John Sowa, professor of chemistry, received the "Champion of Chapters and Support Groups" award from the Brain Injury Association of New York State at their annual conference. He also spoke to the group on "There is Life After Brain Injury."

Martin Benjamin, professor of photography, has published one of his works, "Young Woman, Nanjing, P.R. China, 1993," in Black and White Photography: An International Collection, a coffee-table book including the work of 75 photographers (Rockport Publishers).

Robert Fleischer, research professor of geology, and students Steve Hadley '01 and Nick Meyer '00 are authors of a paper on measuring individuals' exposure to the radioactive gas radon by measuring etchings in eyeglass lenses. Meyer last summer presented the work in a talk at the 44th meeting of the Health Physics Society.

Frank Wicks, professor of mechanical engineering, is author of "The Blacksmith's Motor" in a recent issue of Mechanical Engineering. The article describes how blacksmith Thomas Davenport in 1833 invented what later would become known as a shunt-wound brush and commutator direct current motor.

Hilary Tann, professor of music, and Tim Olsen, assistant professor of music, have received awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) based upon their original compositions and performances of those works.

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