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.