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August 7, 2003

Notices

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

ADAI Grants

The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards. Proposed research must be in alcohol or drug abuse-related fields. The maximum amount considered for funding is $20,000. The next application deadline is 5 p.m., Oct. 15. Questions concerning the application process or suitability of a potential project should be directed to the Institute at 206-543-0937. Application guidelines are available on the ADAI website at http://depts.washington.edu/adai  or by calling ADAI at 206-543-0937.


OTHER NEWS

Board of Regents meeting canceled
At the direction of Gerald Grinstein, President of the Board of Regents, and with the concurrence of the members of the Board, the regular meeting of the Board of Regents scheduled for Friday, Aug. 15, has been canceled.


Trial to prevent type 1 diabetes
Zane Brown and Jerry Palmer, professor of medicine in the UW Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition, are investigating the effect of infant nutrition on the incidence of type 1 diabetes in children at risk for contracting the disease in an international study called TRIGR (Trial to Reduce IDDM in the Genetically at Risk). They are looking for pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, pregnant women whose partner has type 1 diabetes, or pregnant women who have a child with type 1 diabetes, to participate in this study. For more information about TRIGR, please contact Rachel Taculad, research nurse coordinator, at 206-764-2154.


Chronic Fatigue Study Participants Wanted
Healthy volunteer families are needed to participate in a research study about the impact of chronic fatigue syndrome on adolescents and young adults in the family. Healthy mothers and fathers (optional) who have at least one biological child 12 years of age and older living in the household are eligible. The study involves a 4–5 hour visit at Children’s Hospital Cooperative Research Center. All family members will have a physical examination with blood draw, complete interviews and questionnaires, and will have brief tests of cognition and pain. Each person will be compensated $100. For more info, call Stephanie at 206-521-1233 or e-mail, sbhatz@u.washington.edu.


Language Exchange Opportunities
We would like your help if you are a fluent speaker of English who is interested in meeting and helping international students studying English. This would be a way of gaining experience for future overseas or ESL teaching, fulfilling community service requirements or developing a language/culture exchange. A brief description of the two different types of volunteer opportunities follows.

Conversation Exchange Partner: fluent English speakers are matched with students, based on language/ culture exchange interests or by general English practice. Meeting arrangements are made by the participating individuals.

In-Class Facilitator: fluent English speakers come to our conversation, American culture, or academic English classes to assist our English language teachers in providing conversation practice for students. The class sections usually have about 14 students per class from different countries. These students often don’t have a chance to practice their English with a fluent speaker. Therefore, we like to offer them this chance in the classroom. Due to the large number of participants, it is important that volunteers be assigned to particular class sections.

For both opportunities, we ask volunteers to provide 10 sessions total, or a once per week commitment. At the end of the quarter, volunteers can request a letter documenting his/her work in our program.

For more information, contact: Michele Norton, Language Exchange Program Coordinator, University of Washington English Language Programs, Box 354232, Seattle, WA 98195-4232, (206) 685-6355 or send e-mail to langex@u.washington.edu.


Blood Center volunteers needed
Puget Sound Blood center, the largest volunteer organization in Washington State, seeks volunteers to help at mobile blood drives and at donation centers throughout the region.

Volunteers play a vital role in saving lives. Opportunities include registering people before they donate blood, serving refreshments while monitoring donors after they donate blood, calling to remind donors of their appointments, and driving Blood Center vehicles to deliver blood and supplies.

Delivery volunteers are required to have a valid Washington state license. Hours are flexible. Please call 1-800-266-4033.


Bone marrow donation
Puget Sound Blood Center is a donor recruitment center for the National Marrow Donor Program. For a listing of the scheduled Bone Marrow Donor Registration Drives, call 206-292-1897 or 1-800 DONATE-1, or see the bone marrow drive calendar at www.psbc.org.


Blood drive
Friday, Aug. 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 1:45 to 6:30 p.m. in the Health Sciences Lobby.
Friday, Sept. 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 1:45 to 6:30 p.m. in the Health Sciences Lobby.


Notice of Possible Rule Making

Preproposal Statement of Inquiry (per RCW 34.05.310)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 478–136 WAC, “Use of University of Washington Facilities.”
Statutes Authorizing the University to Adopt Rules on This Subject: RCW 28B.20.130.
Reasons Why Rules on This Subject May Be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: In Engrossed Senate Bill 5560, the 2003 Legislature repealed RCW 66.44.190, “Sales on University Grounds Prohibited – Exceptions,” which had prohibited the sale of liquor on campus except at the Faculty Center. Currently WAC 478-136-030 prohibits only the consumption and possession of alcoholic beverages in Husky Stadium; it does not address the sale of alcohol. Amendment of these rules will provide regulation regarding the sale, possession, consumption, and service of alcohol on the UW campuses.
Other Federal and State Agencies That Regulate This Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule With These Agencies: The University will notify the Washington State Liquor Control Board of its proposed rule amendments.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by sending written comments or inquiries to Rebecca Goodwin Deardorff, Director, Administrative Procedures Office, by one of the following routes:

U.S. Mail: University of Washington
4014 University Way N.E.
Seattle, WA 98105-6203

Campus mail: Box 355509
E-mail: adminpro@u.washington.edu
Fax: 206-616-6294.


DEGREE EXAMS
Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.

General Examinations


  • Hsien-Tzu Chen, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14. T605 Health Sciences. (Prof. Diana Wilkie).
  • Sharon S. Chen, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20. I-132 Health Sciences. (Prof. Ruedi Aebersold).
  • Robert Mc Ausland Fardon, Physics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14. C520 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. Ann Nelson).
  • Valerie Anne Izzo, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12. Conference Room, Aerospace and Engineering. (Prof. Thomas Jarboe).
  • Jeng-Weei Lin, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11. 215 Fluke. (Prof. Thomas Furness).
  • Brian Indrek Magi, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14. 406 Atmospheric Science/Geophysics. (Prof. Peter Hobbs).
  • Gajus Aleksandras Miknaitis, Physics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15. C520 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. Christopher Stubbs).
  • Franna Susan Pitt, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14. 259 Mechanical Engineering. (Prof. Mamidala Ramulu).
  • Nancy Lynn Rickerson, Education, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20. 212 Miller. (Prof. Bradley Portin).
  • Michal Skokan, Mathematics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19. C36 Padelford. (Prof. Gunther Uhlmann).
  • Christopher K. Thompson, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8. T473 Health Sciences. (Prof. Eliot Brenowitz).
  • David Brian Williams, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15. 408D Guggenheim. (Prof. Robert O’Malley).

Final Examinations


  • Jonathan Erik Aldrich, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14. 322 Sieg. “Using types to enforce architectural structure.” (Prof. Craig Chambers).
  • Patricia Bardina, Psychology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19. 222 Johnson. “The role of ethnicity in parenting practices and children’s behavior problems.” (Prof. Ana Mari Cauce).
  • Rebecca A. Bates, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8. 403 Electrical Engineering. “Speaker dynamics as a source of pronunciation variability for continuous speech recognition models.” (Prof. Mari Ostendorf).
  • Chad David Brown, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18. 102 Chemistry. “Cross-linked hydrogels for the delivery of growth factors in tissue engineering.” (Prof. Allan Hoffman).
  • Michael Walsh Campbell, History, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8. 203E Smith. “In defense of democracy: Czechoslovakia and the rise of Sudeten German nationalism, 1918-1938.” (Prof. James Felak).
  • Catherine K. S. Chang, Law, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19. T239 Studio A, Health Sciences. “Violence against women in post-Mao China: International human rights norms and local law.” (Prof. John Haley).
  • Jason Matthew Kaiser Donev, Physics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15. C520 Physics/Astronomy. “Non-contact atomic force microscopy studies of the crystallization of amorphorus solid water.” (Prof. Samuel Fain).
  • Jennie Beth Dorman, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15. J280 Health Sciences. “Investigating epithelial morphogenesis during dorsal appendage formation in Drosophila oogenesis.” (Prof. Celeste Berg).
  • Xavier Andres Figueroa Masot, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8. K069 Health Sciences. “The role of JNK signaling and Bcl-2 in neuronal function: From apoptosis to neuron excitability.” (Prof. Zhengui Xia).
  • Martin James Fox, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19. 22 Anderson. “Spatial organization, position, and source characteristics of large woody debris in natural systems.” (Prof. Susan Bolton).
  • Michael James Gilbert, Education, Ph.D. noon Friday, Aug. 15. 411 Miller. “A professional development experience: An analysis of video case-based studies for secondary math teachers in linear functions.” (Prof. Elham Kazemi).
  • Jessica Ann Golby, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21. J280 Health Sciences. “Genetic analysis of Drosophila NSF function.” (Prof. Leo Pallanck).
  • Mazen Lee Hamad, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18. 102 Chemistry. “Developing and exploring the instrumental aspects of grating light reflection spectroscopy.” (Prof. Lloyd Burgess).
  • Tiffany Gwen Harris, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13. K069 Health Sciences. “Use of specific types of hormonal contraception and development of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) among women with HPV infection.” (Prof. Laura Koutsky).
  • Jason D. Hartline, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8. 322 Sieg. “Profit maximization in the private value model: Competitive analysis applied to auction design.” (Prof. Anna Karlin).
  • Ling-Sheng Jang, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8. 003 EE1. “Development of microfluidic mixing technology for biological applications.” (Prof. Deirdre Meldrum).
  • Estelle Rochelle Klasner, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8. 001 Eagleson. “Speech intelligibility in ALS and HD dysarthria: Everyday listener perspectives of barriers and strategies.” (Prof. Lesley Olswang).
  • Dmitry Anatolyevich Kukuruznyak, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13. 321 Roberts. “Complex Ni-Co-Cu-Mn oxides with spinel crystal structure for thermistor applications.” (Prof. Fumio Ohuchi).
  • Mark John LaPlante, Business Administration, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12. McCabe Room, Mackenzie. “Conditional market timing with heteroskedasticity.” (Prof. Wayne Ferson).
  • Christopher Lau, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14. 303 EE1. “Systems and methods for patient-centered E-health services.” (Prof. Yongmin Kim).
  • Sean Kenneth Lineaweaver, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11. 303 Electrical Engineering. “Spiral lumped-element model of dynamic electrical field distribution and neural excitation in the implanted cochlea.” (Prof. Francis Spelman).
  • David Joseph Lorenz, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18. 310C Atmospheric Science/Geophysics. “Wave-mean-flow interaction and the annular mode.” (Prof. Dennis Hartmann).
  • Clarisse Marie Messemer, Economics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8. 302C Savery. “Essays in multivariate time series analysis with applications to the movement of real average earnings in the US economy.” (Prof. Richard Startz).
  • Marsha Brenno Patrick, Public Health and Community Medicine – Health Services, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19. H670 Health Sciences. “Effectiveness of community-based physical activity programs for older adults.” (Prof. Donald Patrick).
  • Sung Wu Rhee, Physics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15. B417 Physics/Astronomy. “Corrections to the transverse force on superfluid vortices.” (Prof. David Thouless).
  • Nai-Huei Shen, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8. B526 Padelford. “The age of sadness: A study of naturalism in Taiwanese literature under Japanese colonization.” (Prof. Gary Handwerk).
  • Mandy Steiman, Psychology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19. 222 Johnson. “Parent training with children with conduct problems: The role of the marital relationship and parental adjustment.” (Prof. Ana Mari Cauce).
  • Kuntinee Suvarnakich, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19. 22 Anderson. “Measurement of single fiber properties and their effects on paper sheet properties.” (Prof. Richard Gustafson).
  • John Francis Timmerman, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11. 105 Chemistry Library. “Characterization of cryogenic microcracking in carbon fiber/epoxy materials.” (Prof. James Seferis).
  • Baiping Wang, Pathology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19. K069 Health Sciences. “The functions of FE65 proteins and their roles in dementia of the Alzheimer type.” (Prof. George Martin).
  • Katherine Jean Curtis White, Sociology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12. 110C Savery. “A century of population change within the U.S. Great Plains.” (Prof. Avery Guest).
  • Andrew Whitaker Wood, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18. 264 Wilcox. “Using climate model ensemble forecasts for seasonal hydrologic prediction.” (Prof. Dennis Lettenmaier).