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March 27, 1998

Grants send 9 Purdue doctoral students to conferences

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Nine Purdue University students will present their doctoral research at national and international conferences, with all travel expenses funded by grants. The 1998 A.H. Ismail Interdisciplinary Program Doctoral Research Travel Awards were presented to the following recipients:

  • Andaluna Borcila, West Lafayette , American Studies, who will attend the International Conference on Narrative Theory April 2-5 in Chicago.
  • Sebastian Heath, Dayton, Ohio , Veterinary Emergency Management, who will attend the National Congress on Veterinary Medicine for Disaster Events March 18-20 in Havana, Cuba.
  • Mary Ann Kanieski, Crystal Falls, Mich ., Women's Studies, who will attend the Annual Meeting for the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Nov. 7-9 in San Diego.
  • Wei Liang, Xinaang, People's Republic of China , Interdepartmental Nutrition Program, who will attend the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in April in San Francisco.
  • John Douglas Marshall, Tehachapi, Calif ., Geomatics Engineering, who will attend the International Symposium on Real-Time Imaging and Dynamic Analysis June 2-5 in Hokodate, Japan.
  • Sara McComb, Dewitt, Mich ., who conducted interdisciplinary research in the Schools of Industrial Engineering and Management, will attend the Industrial Engineering Research Conference May 9-10 in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
  • Kirankumar Mysore, India , Purdue Genetics Program, who will attend the Keystone Symposia Jan. 13-19 in Taos, N.M.
  • Rajesh Kumar Singh, Honolulu, Hawaii , Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing, who will attend the American Society of Agricultural Engineers this summer in Orlando, Fla.
  • Claudia Elena Vergara, West Lafayette , Plant Biology Program, who will attend the VIII International Cell Wall Meeting Sept. 1-5 in Norwich, U.K.

The late Professor A.H. Ismail was a faculty member in the Department of Physical Education, Health and Recreation Studies from 1958 to 1984. The awards commemorate his enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research and his concern for the graduate students with whom he worked.

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