December 14, 2007
Appointments, honors and activities
Faculty and staff honors:- Two Purdue faculty won Fulbright Scholar grants that will allow them to extend their educational reach overseas in 2008. The faculty are:
* Sally Ann Hastings, an associate professor of history. She will receive a research grant for her work in "Gender and Japanese Politics: Women Legislators, 1946-74." Hastings will be visiting the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan, between January and July.
* Lisa Lee Peterson, a professor of visual and performing arts. She will lecture on "Documenting a Living Tradition: Fieldwork and Analysis of the Technical Processes of Backstrap Loom-Woven Textiles" at the Balaa Xtee Guech Gulal Community Museum in Oaxaca, Mexico, between January and May.
Nearly 800 U.S. faculty and professionals travel abroad as Fulbright Scholars every year. Grants are typically from two months to an academic year. The Fulbright Scholar program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, with additional funding from participating governments and host institutions in the United States and abroad. The Council for International Exchange of Scholars is a private, nonprofit organization that manages Fulbright Scholar exchanges.
- Two international Fulbright Scholars also will be visiting Purdue. They are:
* Ahmad Mah'd Dakhlalla Al-Majali, an associate professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the Jordan University of Science and Technology in Irbid, Jordan. He will lecture on "Evaluation of Different Serological Assays and Polymerase Chain Reactions for the Diagnosis of Brucellosis in Camels" between February and October.
* Roman Dubovitskiy, head of the Department of Innovation Projects in the Office of International Relations at the Moscow State Pedagogical University in Moscow. He will lecture on "Sociology of Communication: Russian Communication Theories in the Context of World Trends," through March.
- Bruce Harding, a professor of mechanical engineering technology, was recently elected to a three-year term on the American National Standards Institute's board of directors. Harding is one of only two academics on the 48-person board and serves as a vice chair of the institute's committee on education and has served as head of the U.S. delegations to the International Organization for Standardization. He also chairs that organization's technical committee on technical product documentation standards for product lifecycle management.
- Kevin Taylor, associate professor of electrical engineering technology at Purdue's College of Technology in Kokomo, has been selected as chair-elect of the technology accreditation commission of ABET, formerly known as the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology. Taylor's appointment is for the 2008-09 accreditation cycle, and he will take office in July.
- Mark Jackson, associate professor of mechanical engineering technology, has published the first edited book on the commercialization of micro and nanotechnology products, published by Taylor and Francis/CRC Press. Jackson is one of two editors of the book. In addition, Jackson is the editor in chief of three journals created in 2007 in the area of nanotechnology: International Journal of Nanomanufacturing, International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials, and the International Journal of Nanoparticles. (KM)
- Dan Schendel, the Blake Family Endowed Chair in Strategic Management, and his wife, Mary Lou, were honored at the annual meeting of the Strategic Management Society in San Diego. The group renamed its best paper award the "The Dan and Mary Lou Schendel Best Paper Award." The award, presented yearly, recognizes the couple's contributions to the Strategic Management Journal and the Strategic Management Society, both founded by the Schendels. The Strategic Management Society is an international organization composed of more than 2,200 academics, business practitioners and consultants who focus on the development and dissemination of insights on the strategic management process, as well as on fostering contacts and interchange around the world.
- Kwei Tang, associate dean of Krannert programs and student services and professor of management, was named a fellow for the Decision Sciences Institute, a professional organization of academicians and practitioners interested in the application of quantitative and behavioral methods to the problems of society. The designation of fellow is awarded to active supporters of the institute for outstanding contributions in the field of decision sciences.
- S. Kathleen Salisbury, assistant dean for academic affairs and professor of small animal surgery at Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine, has been named the national winner of the 2007 Carl J. Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. The award will be announced at the association's annual meeting in Washington, D.C., March 16. Veterinary schools in the United States select a distinguished teacher award recipient annually, who is then evaluated to be the national award winner. Salisbury has been the Purdue winner of the local award twice before, in 1994 and 1998. This is the first time a Purdue faculty member has won the national award.
- This fall, the Purdue Latino Faculty and Staff Association and the Purdue Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science held its first Latino Scholars Forum. The event included speakers, faculty presentations, graduate student poster session, a round-table discussion on career development and awards. The award recipients include Ignacio Camarillo, College of Science assistant professor, $500 professional development award and Outstanding Faculty Award; Toni Munguia, College of Technology director of diversity, Outstanding Staff Award; Oliver Beatty, graduate assistant for the Latino Cultural Center, Outstanding Student Award; Thelma Snuggs, College of Consumer and Family Sciences assistant professor, Outstanding Community Ally Award.
The following students received $500 travel awards to present their work at a national conference: Cynthia Machado, Food Science Department; Juan Velasquez, School of Industrial Engineering; Matias Zanartu, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Maria F. Castro, Food Science Department; Rosangelly Flores, Department of Chemistry; Debarati Mukherjee, Department of Biological Sciences; and Brian Gene Coon, Department of Biological Sciences.
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