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November 15, 2001

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Academic Opportunities


Visiting Professorships at the University of Bergen, 2002-2003


The UW-University of Bergen Faculty Exchange Program announces its annual competition for Visiting Professor appointments at the University of Bergen, Norway, for a minimum term of one quarter. Appointments can also be arranged at the University of Trondheim. Visiting Professors receive travel expenses and subsidized housing, and continue to receive their UW salary.


Since its founding in 1979, 56 UW faculty members have journeyed to Bergen with support from this program. They have come from such diverse fields as Anthropology, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, English, Fisheries, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Quaternary Research, Scandinavian, Surgery, Women Studies, and Zoology. The 75 University of Bergen faculty visiting UW have spanned a similar range of disciplines.


If you would like an application form or want to learn more about the program, please contact any member of the UW-UB Faculty Exchange Committee:


Ronald Dear (Social Work, 3-7647, rdear@u.washington.edu); John Edwards (Zoology, 3-8829, hardsnow@u.washington.edu); Betty Gallucci (Biobehavioral Nursing, 6-1961, gallucci@u.washington.edu); John Glomset (Medicine, 5-2503, jglomset@u.washington.edu); Donald Gunderson (Fisheries Research Institute, 3-7878, dgun@u.washington.edu.washington.edu); Bruce W. Hevly (History, 3-9417, bhevly@u.washington.edu); Christine Ingebritsen (Scandinavian Area Studies, 3-0675, ingie@u.washington.edu); Norman J. McCormick (Mechanical Engineering, 3-4355, mccor@u.washington.edu); David Olson (Political Science, Chair, 3-7948, davidols@u.washington.edu); David Pitts (Endodontics, 3-5044, endodave@u.washington.edu); Dennis Willows (Friday Harbor Laboratories and Zoology, 3-1484, willows@fhl.washington.edu ).


Applications are due Dec. 17. Faculty members interested in this opportunity for 2002-2003 or subsequent years are urged to apply now.


Other News


English for Business Writing

Beginning Winter Quarter 2002, UW English Language Programs is offering a new online course: English for Business Writing (EBUS N140). This course focuses on improving English language skills in the context of typical business written communications: letters, e-mail messages, memos, faxes, resumes, reports, and proposals. There is a strong emphasis on learning to edit one’s own business writing for grammar, vocabulary, and format errors. This course has online interactive exercises and short assignments to be completed each week. As with all of our online courses, there is a great deal of interaction with a UW English language instructor, who will respond within two business days, giving detailed one-on-one feedback on the assignments. We also have online English language courses for academic purposes and for writing in science and industry. For more details, visit our Web site (http://www.outreach.washington.edu/elp/) or call Anita Sokmen at 206-685-6464 or e-mail anitasok@u.washington.edu.washington.edu.


Surplus Property Warehouse


You can find a wide variety of furniture and equipment at the Surplus Property warehouse. These items are available for purchase by University departments. Many of the items will only be available until Nov. 20; they will be sold at a public auction on Dec. 1. The warehouse is open from 1 to 3:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. The warehouse is located in the Bryant Building, behind the University Police department at 1117 N.E. Boat St. For more information, call the Surplus Property office at

206-685-1573 or send an inquiry via e-mail at surplus2@u.washington.edu.


Blood Drive


Monday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 1:45 to 4 p.m. at the HUB



Degree Exams


General Examinations




  • Christopher Stephen Agnew, History, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. 306 Smith. (Prof. R. Kent Guy).



  • Hans-Erik Andersen, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. 107A Anderson. (Prof. Gerard Schreuder).



  • Daniel Arndt, Physics, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. 520 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. Martin Savage).



  • Sarah Ellen Bahauddin, Music, D.M.A. 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. Fishbowl, Music. (Prof. Rebecca Henderson).



  • Kathryn Burgess Bunn-Marcuse, Art History, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19. 311 Art. (Prof. Robin Wright).



  • Brandon Douglas Chapman, Physics, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19. C520 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. Gerald Seidler).



  • Karen Jean Comings, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. 218 More. (Prof. Derek Booth).



  • Simon Paul De Szoeke, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21. 251A Mary Gates Hall. (Prof. Christopher Bretherton).



  • Yejun Feng, Physics, Ph.D. noon Tuesday, Nov. 20. C520 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. Gerald Seidler).



  • Carrie Lynn Heusner, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19. J675 Health Sciences. (Prof. Richard Palmiter).



  • Larkin Napua Hood, Anthropology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. M32A Denny. (Prof. John Fitzhugh).



  • Chung-Chi Huang, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. M406 Electrical Engineering. (Prof. Leung Tsang).



  • Eugene Yukai Huang, Immunology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28. I607C Health Sciences. (Prof. Michael Bevan).



  • Rene Marie Murphy Keep, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16. B528 Padelford. (Prof. Gary Handwerk).



  • Nai-Ying Ko, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. T612 Health Sciences. (Prof. Marjorie Muecke).



  • Irene Yuk Man Kung, Chemistry, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16. 102 Chemistry. (Prof. William Atkins).



  • Leonard Lipovich, Molecular Biotechnology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28. K357 Health Sciences. (Prof. Mary-Claire King).



  • Hao Liu, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26. F348 Health Sciences. (Prof. Jon Wellner).



  • Kristin Dawn Marciante, Pharmacy – School of, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. Dean’s Conference Room, Pharmacy. (Prof. Eric Johnson).



  • Jennifer Lynn Nehring, Chemistry, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. 239 Chemistry. (Prof. Dennis Heinekey).



  • Robert David Nielsen, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. 102 Chemistry. (Prof. Bruce Robinson).



  • Rachit Ohri, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. 102 Chemistry. (Prof. Cecilia Giachelli).



  • Micaela Schnitzler Parker, Oceanography, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. 510 Ocean Sciences. (Prof. E. Virginia Armbrust).



  • Brandy Parris, English, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Mark Patterson).



  • Marica Pelanti, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. 408D Guggenheim. (Prof. Randall LeVeque).



  • Eileen Soomie Sun, Public Health and Community Medicine – Pathobiology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28. BB1404 Health Sciences. (Prof. Wesley Van Voorhis).



  • Neal Scott Van Hoeven, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26. FHCRC. (Prof. Arthur D. Miller).



  • Renee Louise Watling, Education, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26. EEU Conference Room, CD 167. (Prof. Felix Billingsley).



  • Chao-Hsiang Wu, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. 239 Chemistry. (Prof. Jaromir Ruzicka).



  • Le Zhang, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. 239 Chemistry. (Prof. Norman Dovichi).

Final Examinations



  • Derek Shelby Bale, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26. 408D Guggenheim. “Wave propagation algorithms on curved manifolds with applications to relativistic hydrodynamics.” (Prof. Randall LeVeque).



  • Mark Nathan Billinghurst, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. Bowen Conference Room, Fluke. “Shared space: Explorations in collaborative augmented reality.” (Profs. Thomas Furness and Linda Shapiro).



  • Bradley Justin Davidson, Zoology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. 114 Kincaid. “Ascidian metamorphosis: An emerging model for exploring chordate development and evolution.” (Prof. Billie Swalla).



  • Aaron Alan Delwiche, Communications, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. 329 Communications. “Frog under the well: The relationship of global media use and cosmopolitan orientation among Hong Kong youth.” (Prof. Nancy Rivenburgh).



  • Tiernan Rucksack Fogarty, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 3 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19. 408 Guggenheim. “Finite volume methods for elastic-plastic wave propagation in heterogeneous media.” (Prof. Randall LeVeque).



  • Kurt David Hankenson, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21. K069 Health Sciences. “The role of thrombospondin-2 in murine bone formation and remodeling.” (Prof. Paul Bornstein).



  • Sean Patrick Healey, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. Forest Club Room, Anderson. “Forest development in abandoned pastures in southwest Costa Rica.” (Prof. Robert Gara).



  • John David Kulman, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. D209 Health Sciences. “Transmembrane Gla proteins.” (Prof. Earl David).



  • James Kirk Law, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. 102 Chemistry. “Investigations in transition metal dihydrogen and dihydride chemistry.” (Prof. Dennis Heinekey).



  • Thomas H. Madden, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. 031 EE1. “ Novel technique development for characterizing electro-oxidation processes on platinum surfaces.” (Prof. Eric Stuve).



  • Patricia Anne McDowell, Romance Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16. French & Italian Conference Room, Padelford. “The intertextuality of the theme jof the Mal-mariee in twelfth and thirteenth century France and occitan lyric and narrative poetry.” (Prof. Lionel Friedman).



  • Amalia Sophia Meier, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. F643 Health Sciences. “Discrete time proportional hazards models for uncertain outcomes.” (Prof. Barbra Richardson).



  • James Robert Miller, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16. D583E Health Sciences. “Risk factors for the development of temporomandibular joint disorders in adult females.” (Prof. Cathy Critchlow).



  • Toshiya Miyazono, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. 219A Mechanical Engineering. “Constitutive models of a time dependent material at finite strain levels.” (Prof. Mark Tuttle).



  • Desikachari Nadadur, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. 403 EE/CSE. “Noise covariance estimation in low-level computer vision.” (Prof. Robert Haralick).



  • Maria Del Carmen Perez, Music, D.M.A. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. 206 Music. “Gottschalk and the Caribbean.” (Prof. Craig Sheppard).



  • Linda Jane Price, Education, Ed.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. 102 Miller. “Outcomes for secondary students with disabilities: Effects of functional vocational evaluation and self-determination.” (Prof. Eugene Edgar).



  • Matthew Martin Roy, Scandinavian Studies, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. 202 Communications. “August Strindberg’s perversions: On the science, sin, and scandal of homosexuality in August Strindberg’s works.” (Prof. Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams).



  • Nathaniel Barrett Sutter, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. Pelton Auditorium, FHCRC. “Suppression of stable and variegating position effects by the 5’HS2 and inducible 3MRE enhancers.” (Prof. Mark Groudine).



  • David Paul Winterstein, Communications, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. 126 Communications. “Language and media in the promotion of the Breton cultural identity in the European Union.” (Prof. Nancy Rivenburgh).



  • Jong Young Ye, Political Science, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26. 40 Smith. “Cooperation beyond rivalry: World system evolution and U.S. -Japan relations since 1945.” (Prof. Donald Hellmann).