Oscar Garcia, Ph.D., and A. Ardeshir Goshtasby, CSE, have received a travel grant in the amount of $6,718 from the National Science Foundation, International Travel Grant–a program that supports international cooperation between computer science and engineering programs. Drs. Garcia and Goshtasby visited the State of Mexico campus of the Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey where they were guest lecturers for several days.

Dr. Garcia also participated in the National Research Council Review of the Soldier Systems Program of the Army Research Laboratory February 1-3. He will be a member of the Committee of Visitors of the International Directorate of the National Science Foundation.

Marian Kazimierczuk, Ph.D., ME, (with J.A. Weimer and R.C. Cravens) has obtained U.S. Patent 5,848,652 entitled "Supercapacitor battery clone," December 1998.

Giorgio McBeath, DEPE, CQE, was inducted into the International WHO’S WHO of Professionals 1999, an international publication which recognizes highly accomplished executives and professionals for their outstanding professional and civic achievements.

Dr. James Menart, Ph.D., ME, (with J. Heberlein and E. Pfender) has published a paper entitled "Theoretical Radiative Transport Results for a Free-Burning Arc Using a Line-by-Line Technique," in the Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 32, January 1999, p. 55.

Chandler Phillips, M.D., and David Reynolds, Ph.D., BHE, have received funding in the amount of $10,000 from the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates, for their proposal entitled "REU Supplement–Bioengineering Design Projects for the Disabled."

Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Ph.D., CSE, has received funding in the amount of $10,000 from Renaissance Engineering, Inc., for his proposal entitled "Computer-Assisted Document Interpretation Tools."

Joseph Slater, Ph.D., ME, (with G.R. Minkiewicz and A.J. Blair) has published an article entitled "Forced Response of Bladed Disk Assemblies–A Survey," in The Shock and Vibration Digest, Vol. 31, No. 1, January 1999, pp. 17-24.

J. Mitch Wolff, Ph.D., ME, has received funding in the amount of $360 from F&S, Inc., for his proposal entitled "Interferometric Fiber-Optic Pressure Sensor Dynamic Response Analysis."

Dr. Wolff also presented the following papers which were co-author by WSU MS students:

J. Mitch Wolff, Ph.D., and Ramana Grandhi, Ph.D., ME, have received funding in the amount of $100 from the Air Force Research Laboratory (DoD) for their proposal entitled "Precision Design, Modeling and Instrumentation in Turbo-machinery."