Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, April 14, 1990 TAG: 9004130445
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\ MARK E. DAVIS, professor of chemical engineering, received the Alan T. Waterman Award from the National Science Foundation which recognizes an outstanding young researcher. In addition to the medal, Davis receives grants of up to $500,000 for up to three years for research. He is the first engineer to win the award since it was established by Congress in 1975.
\ HARRY L. SNYDER, R.H. Bogle professor of industrial engineering and operations research, was recently elected a Fellow of the Society for Information Display.
\ PATRICIA K. EDWARDS, professor of urban affairs and planning in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, was named assistant dean for research administration of the college. She joined the faculty in 1974.
The United Parcel Service Foundation has awarded Tech $10,000 to support the laboratory program of the industrial engineering department. The grant is part of a national program began in 1984 and focuses on the work of\ PAUL KEMMERLING, associate professor of industrial engineering and operations research.
\ JAMES F. MARCHMAN, professor of aerospace engineering and associate dean for academic affairs at the College of Engineering, will receive an award for best paper presented in the field of solid rocket technology at the 1989 Joint Propulsion Conference of American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics.
\ BO H. CHO and VATCHE VORPERIAN of the Virginia Power Electronics Center were recently promoted to associate professors in the Bradley department of electrical engineering.
\ WOJCIECH A. TABISZ, a Ph.D. student in the Virginia Power Electronics Center, recently received first place in the 1989-90 Ph.D. Research Award Competition.
\ THOMAS J. MARLOWE and CURTIS MAST of Blacksburg have been acclaimed in a book, Courageous Cattlemen, by Robert C. de Baca of Iowa. The Marlowe book is a chronicle of the development of America's cattle breeding technology in the 20th century.
Marlowe spent a career in animal breeding research, is one of the founders of the Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association as well as its bull testing stations, and is now retired from Virginia Tech.
Mast was an innovative extension livestock specialist through whose early Mast efforts performance testing was brought to Virginia, where the first state Beef Improvement association was formed. He is also retired from Virginia Tech.
\ BRENDA FAIOLA and MICHELLE A. HORVATH each received $500 scholarships to be used during their senior year from the Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club, which named them outstanding junior women students.
Horvath, from Clifton, N.J., is a biochemistry major in the College of Arts and Sciences. She has won many honors and awards and has a cumulative QCA of 3.99. After graduation, she plans to attend medical school and to pursue a career as a physician.\
Faiola, from Camp Hill, Pa., majors in biochemistry and chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences. She has been involved in sports and many other extracurricular activities and has won numerous awards and honors. She plans to investigate the opportunities available in the research and development field.
\ JAMES MARCHMAN, associate dean for academic affairs for the College of Engineering, has received a best paper award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The paper was coauthored with Subrahmanyam Kuppa of Analytical Services and Materials Inc. in Hampton and R.H.W. Waesche of Atlantic Research Corp. in Gainesville. It was chosen the best paper in the field of solid rocket technology at the 1989 AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference.
\ LEONARD MEIROVITCH, university distinguished professor of engineering science and mechanics, is the author of a new book, Dynamics and Control of Structures, an integrated approach to the subject of structural control. He also has written six other books on analytical dynamics, vibrations and control.
New officers of the Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club are:\ DARLENE SIMPSON, president;\ CLAUDIA WICKS, vice president;\ BARBARA FELL, recording secretary;\ MARSHALL MARCHMAN, corresponding secretary;\ ANNE CLOUGH, treasurer;\ SILVIA MELLENDEZ, historian;\ MARGOT SEBBA and\ ELLEN GLOVER, directors at large.
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on Campus is compiled by Christina Motley.
by CNB