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From the President
Leaving a lasting imprint on our world Bradley University’s mission promotes leadership, innovation and collaboration. Our faculty and staff are tireless mentors as they strive to instill these values in our students, while guiding them to reach their full potential. In addition, our faculty constantly strives to excel by making a significant impact in their fields while conducting valuable research, pursuing important scholarship and expressing their creativity. Each day they are leaving a lasting imprint on our area and our world. In this edition of Bradley Works, we showcase some of these outstanding faculty members. Let me give a little insight into how Bradley faculty is enriching the greater community through their extraordinary work. Dr. Sherri Morris is making a difference with her research at two Central Illinois wetland restoration sites. That restoration builds on other environmental projects by this esteemed biologist. Drs. Charles Stoner, Paul Stephens and Matt McGowan are researching how connectivity that comes with technology impacts the work-life balance for both employers and employees. Dr. Prasad Shastry is working on a wireless blood pressure monitoring sensor slightly larger than a grain of rice. If successful, it will aid people with cardiovascular disease. Paul Krainak wants the Inland Visual Studies Center to help expose the Midwest’s outstanding contributions on the national and global art scene. Dr. John Engdahl and his team of professors, students and employees are working on a device that simulates a doctor’s touch. Their start-up company, Peoria Robotics, operates from the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center, a public-private collaboration managed by Bradley. Dr. Marty Morris is collaborating with a Peoria neurosurgeon to improve the quality of life for people living with hydrocephalus. Our faculty’s continuing dedication to scholarship is exemplified by Dr. James Ballowe, Distinguished Professor of English emeritus, who researches and writes though retired from the University. Dr. Ballowe’s hunger for knowledge
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and thirst to publish are unwavering, as evidenced by his most recent work, A Man of Salt and Trees: The Life of Joy Morton. Dr. Ballowe is one of a handful of faculty members in the history of the University to be honored as a Distinguished Professor. During his 36 years at Bradley, he served as chair of the English Department, associate provost and dean of the Graduate School, and dean of the College of Communications and Fine Arts. His quest for scholarship is evidenced by the establishment of the Ballowe Personal Essay Contest, which he and his family established with the help of former students. Bradley Works is just one way the University recognizes outstanding scholarship. On January 21, 2010, we dedicated a Gallery of Excellence featuring current holders of 16 endowed chairs and professorships. With representation from all five of our colleges and the Graduate School, these professors embody the commitment to excellence that is a common thread throughout our University. I encourage you to visit the gallery in Cullom-Davis Library or visit our online gallery at bradley.edu/galleryofexcellence. I want to take this opportunity to thank each of our faculty members for their dedication to teaching and academic investigation. I am very proud of the exceptional work of our extraordinary faculty and our committed students. As you read their stories in this issue of Bradley Works, I am confident you will find that our faculty members are innovative, collaborative leaders whose scholarship and creativity are making a positive impact for our students, our University and beyond.
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Bradley University is committed to nurturing the multifaceted development of students to enable them to become leaders, innovators, and productive members of society. Our graduates are prepared for life and professions in a changing world and they are able to cross academic, geographic, and cultural boundaries. A Bradley education is characterized by small classes, active learning, mentoring by highly qualified faculty, challenging academic programs, opportunities for study abroad, and numerous co-curricular activities. We recruit, develop, and support faculty who are passionate educators and outstanding scholars whose research and creative contributions benefit society. We expect and reward pedagogy and scholarship of exceptional quality and influence. A distinctive feature of Bradley University is our cohesive sense of community that unites faculty, students, staff, and alumni. Our tradition of collective responsibility is founded on a commitment to the values of academic freedom, civility, diversity, and respect for the individual. Our exemplary system of shared governance both represents and sustains our sense of community and fundamental values. We promote and facilitate collaboration among all members of the University community. Students learn teamwork and leadership through group projects and collaborate with faculty on research and creative production. Likewise, faculty collaborate with colleagues across departmental, college, and institutional boundaries to elevate the quality and impact of their work. The University’s strategic partnerships with business, cultural, and governmental institutions provide benefits to the community and society and create additional learning opportunities for students.
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in Romania for her second Fulbright experience. capacity in science and engineering 03 Building The 2009 Bradley University Summer Research Symposium showcased the work of 56 student interns and 25 mentors. For Dummies 05 AAftermath30lesson years, Mary Jane Sterling continues igniting a passion for math among her students and throughout the world.
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Nurse anesthesia program is proper dose for all Master’s students learn in the classroom and the operating room. Grant activity Bradley receives more than $3.5 million in grants and contracts.
and recognition 07 Awards Bradley receives national and international honors.
09 ADr.keyJohnroleOrfe juggles many responsibilities as composer, pianist, and founding member of Alarm Will Sound. and performance 10 Passion Dr. Kyle Dzapo, a flutist, has recorded a new CD featuring compositions by Joachim Anderson.
undergoing wetlands restoration. Cover photo by Duane Zehr work-life balance 16 Achieving in a connected world Three business administration professors study whether today’s technology improves or disrupts the work-life balance. pressure monitoring goes wireless 18 Blood Dr. Prasad Shastry, his students, and two East Peoria companies work on an internal wireless blood pressure monitoring device. PERSON Inland Visual Studies Center 23 FIRST Paul Krainak, chairman of art and director of the Inland Visual Studies Center, rethinks the Midwest visual culture. cutting-edge technology in Peoria 26 Cultivating Peoria NEXT Innovation Center serves as an incubator for the area’s technology-based entrepreneurs. collaboration 30 Creative Dr. Marty Morris, Bradley students, and a Peoria neurosurgeon work to improve patient care.
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Twice a Fulbright scholar Named a Fulbright scholar twice, Dr. Nancy Sherman describes both experiences as “life-changing” adventures. “It’s a life-changing experience, particularly if you want to learn about people, learn about a different culture, and actually live in that different culture,” says Sherman, a professor
celebrating her 18th year in the Department of Educational Leadership and Human Development (ELH). Being named a Fulbright scholar was “one of the best things in my whole life. It’s a wonderful opportunity, and I can’t imagine not doing it.” Sherman’s Fulbright scholarships, which she participated in while on sabbatical, took her to Romania in August 2008 at the University of Oradea and
to Riga, Latvia, in 2001 at the Higher School of Social Work and Social Pedagogy “Attistiba.” Becoming a Fulbright scholar had been an “ambition” of Sherman’s since arriving at Bradley. “Ever since I found out about it, it was my ambition because the whole adventure of going to a different country and getting to know the people and their education system is fascinating to me.” When researching Fulbright opportunities, Sherman sought places where her expertise would be beneficial and where her family would fit best since her husband and son made the trek both times. Europe’s Latvia and Romania fit both needs, especially since counseling as a profession is relatively new there in comparison to the United States. In her most recent Fulbright position, Sherman taught career development/career counseling and researched the “Vocational Identity of First-Year Romanian University Students.” She also conducted workshops/short courses on topics such as domestic violence and substance abuse counseling. When Sherman began her first Fulbright in Latvia as a clinical supervisor for psychologists and social workers at a crisis center, she found herself in a unique position. She had more experience as a mental health professional than anyone else in the country. As a result, she helped develop the master’s program and taught the first courses to the first master’s students. Feeling as though she hadn’t accomplished all her goals, she applied to the State Department. They extended her Fulbright to two semesters. Sherman returned to attend her students’ graduation ceremony
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as a speaker. Not realizing Sherman would be there, her thrilled students “rushed over, and we had this huge group hug.” While on her Fulbrights, Sherman says complications she faced included a language barrier and “a difference in teaching style.” A graduate student volunteered to translate for her so the language barrier was fixed quickly. As far as teaching styles, Sherman relates, “In a university [there], the professor is the person who knows everything so they lecture and the students are expected to just learn what the professor has to say. This pedagogy is still prevalent even though they are moving away from it. Certainly it’s not my style of teaching.” Complications some other colleagues faced included students sharing information on tests and not coming to class. Besides enjoying being immersed in a different culture and making lifelong friends, this ELH professor is excited she was “part of the growth of the development of the mental health profession” in Latvia and Romania. She also believes her family had an impact on those they met. “We met people who never met an American before. I think all of us—my husband, my son, and I—gave America a good name.” Participating in the Fulbright experiences was beneficial to her career, Sherman says. “I have a much more global view of our profession, of counseling, and I think I’ve tried to incorporate that in my teaching because the profession of counseling really is developing rapidly in some areas around the world.” Established in 1946 by the U.S. government, the Fulbright
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Dr. Nancy Sherman spent several months in Romania as a Fulbright scholar. View a slideshow of Sherman’s photos by visiting bradley.edu/ bradleyworks/go/sherman.
Program is described as the “flagship international educational exchange program…and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” Since Sherman has reached the maximum number of Fulbright scholarships allowable in a lifetime, what’s next? “After I retire from Bradley, I might go into the Peace Corps.” She also has gotten involved with an international counseling organization, and she encourages others to apply for Fulbright scholarships. In fact, Dr. Chris Rybak, ELH Department chair, was a Fulbright scholar in Fall 2009 assisting in the establishment of a counseling program at Kathmandu University in Nepal.
Building interest in science and engineering The Bradley campus may appear quieter than normal during the summer months,
but, as the saying goes, looks can be deceiving. In the summer of 2009, 56 student interns and 25 mentors spent an estimated 14,000 hours working on research they showcased in August 2009 in “a culminating celebration”— the annual Bradley University Summer Research Symposium. High school students, area K-12 teachers, undergraduate students, Bradley faculty, and area professionals joined forces on varied research topics. Topics focused on the Illinois River, homelessness in Illinois, the wind tunnel balance system, Black Partridge Creek, diesel engine coolant systems, garlic mustard proliferation, and sleep telemedicine to name a few. Seven oral presentations and 30 poster presentations were showcased. When Bradley held its first Summer Research Symposium in 1999, the sole participants were the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program students, according to Dr. Kelly D. McConnaughay, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. McConnaughay is also co-
director of Bradley’s new Center for STEM Education with Dr. Michael Risen. Today, the researchers hail from three programs— Building Excellent Scientists for Tomorrow (BEST), which is funded by Bradley University and the Annie E. Casey Foundation; the REU program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Bradley University; and the inaugural cohort in Bradley University’s Professional Master of Arts (PMA) in Elementary STEM Education. Research mentors in 2009 included 19 Bradley University faculty, one Tri-County Regional Planning Commission member, two researchers from the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, one professor from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, and a medical doctor and nurse from OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. In 2009, REU’s six undergraduate students from across the country worked to solve “very complex problems” targeted to ecological or environmental science, according to McConnaughay. The undergraduates worked 10 weeks with Biology Department faculty on projects that provided students with “hands-on research seen in science and engineering where they experience the day-to-day life of a research scientist.” Described by McConnaughay as “very competitive,” this year’s REU program received over 150 applications for six research positions. Students involved in the BEST program also received significant research training during their internships.
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Professional Master of Arts in Elementary STEM Education program students Rachel Maher (left) and Shawna Ferguson (center) discuss their research at the annual Bradley University Summer Research Symposium with Dr. Anika Bissahoyo (right), Bradley’s director of sponsored programs and symposium research mentor. Both Maher and Ferguson are third-grade Peoria School District 150 teachers.
Seventeen high school students, primarily from Peoria Area District 150, and nine undergraduates from the Peoria area worked collaboratively with mentors to receive training in research methods, ethics, and scientific communication in 2009. The high school students worked 200 hours half time for 10 weeks or full time for five weeks, while the undergraduates made a full-time, 400-hour commitment for 10 weeks. Current Bradley student Phuong Nguyen participated in the summer BEST program after graduating from Woodruff High School. His research team’s project, “Apparatus for Measuring Heat Transfer Coefficient in Heated Tube Banks,” included one other high school student and three Bradley faculty members. “It was a great learning experience,” Nguyen says. “Participating in the symposium was beneficial to me because the preparation for it reinforced what I was learning over the summer, and it was interesting to see what others in the program spent their time doing.”
New to this year’s symposium were students in Bradley’s Professional Master of Arts in Elementary STEM Education program. Twenty-one area schoolteachers made up the group, and research was conducted at Bradley, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, and the U of I College of Medicine. Sue Pawula, a PMA student who teaches at NorthmoorEdison Primary School, presented a poster at the symposium with her research partner/fellow student on the “Knowledge of Good Sleep Habits: Do Parents, Teachers, and Childcare Professionals Know Enough About Good Sleep Habits?” “It was a great way to look at scientific research in action instead of just reading about it in an article,” Pawula says. “It brought it to life.” The presentations gave her a new understanding of what the researchers were talking about. “I loved looking at the poster presentations and talking with the people in my cohort group. It was great to see everyone’s projects come together.” Many benefits result from the summer programs, according to McConnaughay. One benefit is that the programs introduce high school students to research at Bradley so by the time they are undergraduates they have experience with many of the techniques that they can apply to research questions. Another benefit is that high school students who are exposed early to research can become more deeply involved in research, even shaping new research directions, as undergraduate students.
“Research shows that early exposure to real science sparks students’ interest in science, and that early exposure to research keeps that interest level high,” McConnaughay says. We also know that students who are traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering disciplines (women, minorities, first generation college students, etc.) have higher degree completion rates and stay in science and engineering fields longer if they have close mentoring and are engaged in the discipline in authentic ways. Research experiences do just that.” In addition to providing opportunities for those students to participate, research internship programs like those at Bradley contribute to the nation’s
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science and technology infrastructure. A concerning fact about the United States’ 12th graders, according to the Center for STEM Education, is they “are dead last in science against international competition, and we’re significantly behind in math and technology also.” “The United States is falling behind our international competitors on lots of measures—in terms of standardized test scores in science and math, in terms of producing PhD-level scientists, and in terms of producing science and engineering professionals,” McConnaughay remarks. Through Bradley’s Summer Research Symposium, “we are building capacity in science and engineering.”
A math lesson For Dummies For 30 years, Mary Jane Sterling has been igniting a passion for math among her students at Bradley University. Now, she is spreading that passion throughout the world with her additions to the For Dummies math series. Sterling is the author of six books and three workbooks in the For Dummies series and two CliffsStudySolver books. Some of her books have been translated into German, Dutch, and Portuguese. Sterling got her start as an author a few years ago when she was challenged to write a proposal for a book called Algebra For Dummies. After drafting a table of contents and a few chapters, she anxiously awaited a response. Her proposal was chosen, and Sterling wrote the first-ever book in the For Dummies math series. Algebra For Dummies sold surprisingly well, and Sterling was asked to write other books for the series. Since then, she has completed Business Math, Algebra II, Trigonometry, Linear Algebra, and Math Word Problems For Dummies. Writing For Dummies books opened up a whole new world, Sterling said. She has received phone calls, letters, and e-mails from people across the globe inquiring about her books and math in general. For example, she received a call from a monk in Louisiana interested in learning about calculus.
In her books and in the classroom, Sterling uses easy-to-understand examples to explain difficult mathematical concepts. She continually adapts her teaching methods and tries to make math fun for her students. “Students’ abilities and interests change over time,” Sterling said. “I find the best way to explain math is in a very visual way by drawing pictures and giving examples related to things students are familiar with.” At the end of each semester, students in her classes complete an evaluation form to critique the class and its instructor. Sterling recalled a student once writing on an evaluation, “Mrs. Sterling is way too excited about math.” This came as a compliment to Sterling; however, she finds math interesting and hopes her students do too. “I love math because you never finish solving the question; it seems like every question has a follow-up question,” Sterling said. Sterling hasn’t always loved math, however. She despised math in high school and vowed to avoid it in college as a biology major. Surprisingly, a love for math blossomed after taking an advanced math course; she switched majors and became a high school math teacher. She never imagined she would become an author and feels fortunate to have the opportunity. For Dummies math books put her teaching methods in writing and finetune the best ways to teach math. Sterling currently is writing a second edition for Algebra For Dummies, and in the future,
she plans to write more For Dummies books about number theory or finite math. Sterling describes herself as a huge mystery buff, and she dreams about writing a murder mystery. Perhaps it will be called Murder in Bradley Hall, but Sterling said she might change the name to protect its identity. She already has a plot for the book mapped out in her head. Now, she just needs to “put pen to paper.” —Melissa Hoffman ’10
Nurse anesthesia program is proper dose for all Master’s students in the nurse anesthesia program benefit from both the expertise of professors and professionals and the experience of the operating room as they progress through a joint MSN program offered by Bradley University and Decatur Memorial Hospital. Only 109 nurse anesthesia programs are offered nationwide; five are in Illinois. Bradley was among the first to partner with a hospital for its program. The joint program has been a success, and many on the faculty at Decatur Memorial are Bradley alumni. In fact, Bradley’s program was ranked 42nd nationwide by U.S. News & World Report in its most recent ranking of nurse anesthesia programs. The program was established in 1987, just two years after the College of Education and College of Health Sciences were merged. At that time, a master’s degree requirement for nurse anesthesia had been made an accreditation require-
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Note Worthy CRNA Matt Wolters observes as Eileen Harper, a graduate student in the nurse anesthesia program, administers anesthesia.
Grant Activity
During 2009, Bradley faculty and staff were awarded over $3.5 million in grants and contracts from government agencies, other not-for-profits and private foundations, and almost $400,000 in contracts from other sources.
Foster College of Business Administration
Roger Luman Illinois Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) James Foley DCEO James Foley DCEO Bob Scott Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Total
College of Education and Health Sciences $225,000 $119,855 $318,500 $132,656 $796,011
College of Engineering and Technology Jorge Abanto-Bueno, John Engdahl, Martin Morris, Kalyani Nair, Scott Post Kalyani Nair
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ment for nurse anesthesia programs nationwide, and establishing the program was one of the first initiatives set by Dr. Joan Sattler, dean of the college. The first nurse anesthesia students began their three-year program in 1988, graduating in 1991. Twelve openings are available in each year’s class. Bradley, with an MSN program in nursing administration already in place, sought out a partnership with the Decatur hospital, which had been offering a certificate program in nurse anesthesia. The 33-month, full-time program involves Bradley nursing faculty, as well as faculty from Decatur Memorial who serve as adjunct and affiliate nursing faculty. Students take classes on Bradley’s campus the first year of the program and begin their research. Second-year students
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Heljä Antola Crowe Peoria Public Schools/ Illinois State Board of Education Kathleen Buchko Central Illinois Agency on Aging Total
Craig Cady Keith Johnson Nick Stover
Emory University LI-COR Biosciences National Institutes of Health
(subaward from Cornell University)
Department of Energy
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts Elizabeth Kauffman Illinois Arts Council Total
$5,980 $5,980
$34,000 $122,422
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Sherri Morris
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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$6,000 $60,538 $120,224 $76,529 $263,291
Colleges of Education and Health Sciences/ Engineering and Technology/Liberal Arts and Sciences Kelly McConnaughay, Annie E. Casey Foundation Anika Bissahoyo, Julie Reyer, Bob Wolffe Total
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start the anesthesia specialty in July at Decatur Memorial. Bradley alumna Dr. Rhonda Gee, director of the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) program, says the program begins with a threeweek orientation. “We talk about induction, emergence, and maintenance phases of anesthesia and bring in some simulation.” Students then go into the operating room and are involved in the administration of anesthesia. They are in the operating room four days a week and in class one day a week. While second-year students work in the operating room at Decatur Memorial, third-year students complete a rotation with Decatur and other Central Illinois hospitals affiliated with the program. The goal is to assure that each student has experience in administering anesthesia
in a wide variety of cases, such as vascular, neurological, cardiac, and pediatric. All students are required to complete an anesthesia-based research project, which can be either a thesis or directed research. They choose a topic and begin research their first year. Topics have included quality assurance studies and microbiology studies such as researching infection control around the anesthesia machine. At the end of the program, students must pass a national test in order to become certified registered nurse anesthetists. Gee says the advantage to Bradley’s program is that all faculty, including those at the hospital, are dedicated to teaching, and graduates of the program are in high demand. “We receive phone calls from institutions seeking alumni from our program. We do
Colleges of Education and Health Science/ Liberal Arts and Sciences
Colleges of Engineering and Technology/ Liberal Arts and Sciences $849,000
International Trade Center Receives Presidential “E” Award The International Trade Center (ITC) in the Foster College of Business Administration at Bradley University received the prestigious 2009 Presidential “E” Award for U.S. Exporters. Only 21 awards were given nationally, and the Bradley ITC was the only trade
Brad McMillan Community Foundation of Central Illinois Total
$4,000 $4,000
Instructional Technology & Media Services Lee Wenger Illinois State Library Thomas Hunt Illinois Arts Council Thomas Hunt Illinois Arts Council Thomas Hunt Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Total
$27,550 $6,800 $34,910 $112,202 $181,462
Student Affairs $849,000
Continuing Education Jon Neidy Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) Susan Manley Illinois State Library (2009/2010) Total
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center in the country to be recognized. The President’s “E” Award was created by Executive Order by President John F. Kennedy on December 5, 1961, to recognize persons, firms, or organizations which contribute significantly in the effort to increase United States exports. It is the highest U.S. government recognition any U.S. entity may receive for supporting export activity. The ITC in the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship has helped hundreds of small and mid-sized Illinois companies
Academic Affairs
Kelly McConnaughay, Illinois State Board of Education $380,000 Bob Wolffe Total $380,000
John Engdahl, U.S. Army Andy Chiou, Dean Kim, Kalyani Nair, Arnold Patton, Robert Podlasek, Julie Reyer Total
graduate surveys and employer surveys. Employers tell us they don’t know what we’re doing, but our graduates are wonderful employees. That’s what we like to hear.”
Dawn Koeltzow, Illinois Board of Higher Education Sharon St. Germain Melissa Sage-Bollenbach Illinois Department of Public Health
$89,333
Melissa Sage-Bollenbach Illinois Higher Education Center Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Illinois Higher Education Center Lindsey Withers Sara O’Shea Children’s Home of Illinois Total
$15,000 $15,000
$100,000 $140,000 $240,000
(subaward from Southern Illinois University)
$6,500
$42,157 $177,990
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At right: President Joanne Glasser congratulates U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Bradley University alumnus Ray LaHood as he receives the inaugural National Bipartisan Leadership Award from Bradley’s Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Service. Below: Dr. John Orfe, member of Bradley’s Department of Music, is the core keyboardist and founding member of the 20-member band Alarm Will Sound. Orfe is seventh from the right.
take advantage of the potential of the international marketplace. In the last four years, export sales have gone from $35.8 million to $129.8 million for companies the ITC has assisted, and 526 jobs have been created and 1,353 saved by ITC clients. “Of particular note is the Center’s strategy of leveraging resources with Bradley to provide an ambitious international trade education and promotion program for Illinois businesses,” said Gary Locke, U.S. Secretary of Commerce. “The ITC undoubtedly has contributed to national export expansion efforts that support the U.S. economy and create American jobs.” Through the first half of 2008, Peoria was ranked the 19th largest export market in the country. Exporting is vital to the Peoria region and the ITC has played an integral role in assisting Central Illinois companies with global expansion.
CASE Silver Circle of Excellence Award recognizes “Red Tie Gala” The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) recognized Bradley’s campaign kick-off, “A Red Tie Gala,” with a Silver Circle Award for Outstanding Individual Special Events. “Imagine what we’ll do next” was the theme of the gala that combined the creative talents of faculty, students, and staff to produce an event that included live performances, multimedia presentations, and an interactive dinner to announce the kick-off of the Campaign for a Bradley Renaissance and to recognize the largest gift in the history of the University. Approximately 1,000 Bradley alumni, faculty, students, and friends were in attendance at the Peoria Civic Center ballroom. Established in 1994, the international Circle of Excellence awards program recognizes outstanding work in communications and marketing, alumni relations, advance-
ment services, and fundraising as judged by peer professionals at schools, colleges, and universities as well as by professionals from outside education. In 2009, CASE received more than 2,860 entries for consideration in 39 categories by 692 higher education institutions, independent schools, and educational associates from around the world. Judges gave 378 bronze, silver, and gold awards. National Bipartisan Leadership Award presented to Bradley alumnus U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Bradley alumnus Ray LaHood received the inaugural National Bipartisan Leadership Award from the Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Service at Bradley University in
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acquainted outside of the Washington, D.C., atmosphere. To viewers of C-SPAN, Congressman LaHood was a recognizable figure as he spent more hours chairing the proceedings of the House of Representatives than any other member during his time in Congress. He has been widely praised for his non-partisan handling of many contentious debates, including the impeachment proceedings of then-President Bill Clinton. During his congressional tenure, LaHood earned a national reputation as a member with a reasonable, common-sense voice that reflected the values of the Central Illinois district that he represented. In 1999, Congressional Quarterly named him one of Capitol Hill’s 50 “Most Effective” legislators. The Institute plans to present the award each year to a national public servant who has modeled ethical, civil, and bipartisan leadership.
Three Palmes Award to Foster College of Business Administration The Foster College of Business Administration received the 2009 Three Palmes Award for the second consecutive year. This award recognizes Bradley as having one of the top international business programs in the world due to its excellent accreditation, high ranking, international awareness, and recommendations by the International Scientific Committee. The award is determined by a panel of nine international judges.
A key role Upon stepping into Dr. John Orfe’s office, it’s obvious music plays a key role in his life—a
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recognition of his distinguished public service career as a member of Congress and as a member of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet. During his 14 years in Congress, LaHood led efforts to establish a higher level of civility, decorum, and bipartisanship in the House of Representatives. He was co-founder of the biennial Congressional Bipartisan Retreat, an event that enables representatives and their families to become better
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piano fills more than half the space. As a temporary assistant professor in the Department of Music, Orfe is known around campus for teaching Music Theory and Ear Training and Sight Singing classes. Teaching Bradley students, however, is just one of the many responsibilities he juggles. He is a composer, a pianist, and core keyboardist and founding member of the 20-member band Alarm Will Sound (AWS). “I’m a composer; I’m a pianist; and one reinforces the other,” Orfe relates. “Although my students are used to seeing me in a lecturing context, I’m also an active musician who writes for soloists, orchestras, small and large chamber ensembles, and vocal groups.” His goal as a teacher is “to introduce fundamental ways of perceiving, realizing, and making sense of music. I hope that what my students learn in my classes will carry into their involvement with music throughout their lives. I’m not necessarily trying to create professional or conservatorybound musicians; I’m trying to create an appreciation of music at a high level and a grounded understanding of what happens in music.” As a composer, Orfe has won the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Standard Award for his compositional achievements for 10 consecutive years. “Every serious composer is a member of ASCAP or BMI,” Orfe remarks. Many groups have performed Orfe’s compositions. Last fall alone, Dr. John Jost conducted the Bradley Chorale in the premiere of Orfe’s setting of Ben Johnson’s A Hymn on the
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Visit cso.org or nyphil.org for more information on Dzapo’s lectures, and watch naxos.com for more information on Dzapo’s CD.
Nativity of My Savior in December 2009 at Dingeldine Music Center. Dr. Steve Heinemann led the premiere of Orfe’s Barcarolle on Bradley’s new music series Peoria Lunaire. The NOVUS Trombone Quartet premiered Orfe’s The Parable of the Sower at New York University. Orfe joined Dr. Kyle Dzapo for the premiere of Romance for flute and piano on her faculty recital. Orfe’s fanfare Aerials was commissioned and premiered by the ChampaignUrbana Symphony Orchestra as part of its 50th anniversary celebration. Dez Cordas, a guitar and double bass duo, took Orfe’s Waxwing on a 10-stop tour of Southern states. He is presently working on two Walt Whitman settings for the Bradley Chorale’s tour of Denmark in March, and many other projects such as a cello sonata; a Latin hymn setting; and a piano quartet for the Concordia String Trio, of which fellow music faculty and Peoria Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Marcia Henry Liebenow is a member. As a pianist, Orfe has traveled around the country and into Central America and South America. He performed his first Bradley solo recital, which featured works by seven composers, in November 2009 at Dingeldine. “I could not have asked for a more enthusiastic response. Everyone was so supportive. Nearly all of my students came and faculty colleagues were there.” Orfe hopes to someday present a composition recital at Bradley. He also hopes to bring Alarm Will Sound, which he describes as “a cross between a chamber orchestra and a band,” to Bradley. As composer, arranger, founding member, and
all-purpose keyboardist with Alarm Will Sound, Orfe has traveled with the group nationally and internationally to places such as Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia; and Hamburg, Germany. Part of Alarm Will Sound’s “crossover appeal” has been the eclectic programming balance between high/low or learned/popular musical styles, something Orfe says is characteristic of serious art music for centuries. AWS’ programming also “involves a sort of ‘reverse engineering’ of electronically conceived music compositions.” Basically, Orfe states, “if members of the group hear something that they like, they will figure out how to replicate or translate the sound for the instrumental possibilities for the band.” Orfe decided to apply this idea of a remix to a 400-yearold work by English Elizabethan lutenist and songwriter John Dowland. “I took one of his most famous songs that he is so loved by, Flow my Tears, and turned it into a rave. The source material was all Dowland’s, but how those ideas were broken down, recombined, arranged, rearranged, with new things added…that was mine.” Dowland Remix earned a positive mention in the New York Times upon its premiere at Le Poisson Rouge in July 2009, and the audience in Hamburg encored it. Orfe earned two bachelor’s degrees—the Bachelor of Arts in religion from the University of Rochester and the Bachelor of Music from Eastman School of Music, and three degrees from Yale School of Music, including the Doctorate of Musical Arts.
About juggling his roles, Orfe says, “It’s a lot to handle at times, but it’s what I want to be doing. I need to write, to play, and to teach. These things keep me current. They are vital to who I am as a musician.”
Passion and performance When Dr. Kyle Dzapo, flutist and professor of music since
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research and creative production into her work. When Dzapo was working on her doctoral degree at Northwestern University, she began studying the music of Joachim Andersen, a 19th century Danish flutist, composer, and conductor, and she has been researching him and his music ever since. Recently, she had the opportunity to fuse her interests when she augmented her research on Andersen with her own
portrait life
1993, performs a piece of music, know that she can relate the intellectual background behind the piece, including the composer, his or her life, and when and why the piece was written. She believes that performers or audiences connect with and understand a piece better if they know the intellectual background. Dzapo does something that sets her apart from many music professors around the country today: she integrates both
performance of a number of his virtuoso compositions on a new CD, Joachim Andersen: Etudes and Salon Music. Naxos International, one of the leading classical music labels in the world, is releasing the album. Dzapo flew to New York in August of 2007, where she spent three days recording the CD in a special soundinsulated, underground concert hall. The CD will be available in March 2010. Dzapo’s love of music and its history goes back to a flute teacher she had in high school. Walter Mayhall, a music professor at Youngstown State University at the time, inspired Dzapo to become the professor she is today. “He is a brilliant flute player, and I was fascinated by his ability to play,” she says. “He had a great way of inspiring me.” Dzapo decided she wanted to be a teacher just like him, so she chose to enter the University of Michigan as a music major. “I always said that when everybody else gave up after high school, I simply didn’t,” she says. Like her mentor, Mayhall, who played in a regional symphony, Dzapo is the principal flutist in the Peoria Symphony Orchestra. Dzapo has also performed to rave reviews in London and Denmark, the Bruno Walter Auditorium in Lincoln Center, and other prestigious locations. Dzapo’s continuing study of Andersen’s music has also opened up doors for publication. She published Joachim Andersen: A Bio-Bibliography in 1999. She has spent the last few years working with Zimmerman Music Publishers in Frankfurt, Germany—one of Andersen’s original publishers— to edit and republish some of
the composer’s original works. The publisher selected her to edit the pieces, the most recent of which is a new edition of Salonstücke, Op. 52. Andersen’s collection of seven salon pieces for flute and piano was published in 2009. Dzapo wrote introductions for the pieces, as well as notes explaining the corrections she made to the original compositions. Dzapo also recently published an article on Andersen in the Lexicon der Flöte, a 900-page reference book about everything related to the flute. But Dzapo has not confined her research to Andersen— she has been a pre-concert lecturer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for more than 10 years. In spring 2009, she added the New York Philharmonic to her schedule. Dzapo’s first lecture for the New York Philharmonic was about the music of Handel. She traveled to New York again in September to deliver a lecture on Brahms and Schoenberg, two composers who lived in Vienna, where she spent part of the summer as a member of Bradley’s International Programs faculty. Dzapo loves what she does. “It’s delightful to interact with the audience,” she says. Her research and lectures also coincide with her classes at Bradley—she teaches the first year of a two-year sequence of music history courses. She received the Caterpillar Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching at Bradley in 1998 and was the 2007 Samuel Rothberg Award for Professional Excellence recipient. —Abby Wilson ’10
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A river runs through it Morris studies soil during wetlands restoration By Nancy Ridgeway Photo by David Zalaznik / Journal Star
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Dr. Sherri Morris, associate professor of biology, is making a difference not only in the world, but on the Earth.
She and her students are conducting research
up on plants ends up in the river. Nitrogen and
with the hope of improving the environment.
phosphorus are going down the Illinois River
The work primarily involves two Central Illinois
and ending up in the Gulf of Mexico, contribut-
sites that are being restored as wetlands. In
ing to what is known as ‘Gulf Hypoxia.’ It’s
addition, she and her students are looking at the
a dead zone where no plant or animal life will
invasive garlic mustard plant in several Central
thrive. Oxygen is taken up by bacteria and is
Illinois locations. Dr. Kelly McConnaughay,
not available in the water. I talk about it a lot
professor of biology, and her students also
because it’s one of the ways we here in Peoria
are involved in the garlic mustard research,
are contributing to a more global problem.”
studying plant growth and plant density. Discussing the wetlands, Morris says, “We live
Morris explains she and her students are researching the impact on the soil when an
in an agricultural community, and farmers use a
area is restored as a wetland. Ducks Unlimited,
lot of fertilizer and pesticides. What doesn’t end
an organization committed to wetlands and
Students under the direction of Dr. Sherri Morris make their way across the wetland to do routine soil sampling at a site under development near Sparland, Illinois.
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waterfowl conservation, purchased property
to determine the effectiveness of the wetlands in
along the Illinois River, about 25 miles north
removing the nutrients from the water system.
of Peoria near Sparland. The organization hopes
Carter, whose research is funded by the National
that by restoring it to a wetland, a diverse bird
Science Foundation through the Research
population will return to the area. “They are
Experience for Undergraduates program,
changing the landscape to give it the character
comments, “I’ve always been interested in
it once had. We are looking at what changes
conservation and research on the environment,
happen in soils as they go about this
so this is a way to fulfill one of my goals.”
restoration,” Morris explains.
Will restoration help?
Hundreds of trees and prairie grasses have been planted in the area, and water now flows
About 45 miles south of Peoria near Havana,
through three stair-stepped lakes before entering
the Nature Conservancy is restoring about
the Illinois River. In addition to attracting birds,
7,000 acres of agricultural land known as
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Emiquon. “When you talk about restoration, you take disturbed habitats and return them to their native state. It’s hard to achieve because ecosystems are complex,” Morris says. The land had been an agricultural field for 80 years. A pump at the site was used to keep the soil dry. Once the Nature Conservancy slowed the pump down, wetland areas formed. “Moisture is important in determining if carbon will collect in soil,” Morris says, noting the area is so saturated that the soil slurps when students walk out to collect samples. Changes in land use can have dramatic results. For example, the area in front of New Orleans was so changed that it added to the impact from Hurricane Katrina. “The way we change what’s on the ground affects the impact of storms,” Morris comments. She wonders what will happen as land is restored. “You change the flow of water by changing the soils. With the Ducks Unlimited Dr. Sherri Morris collects soil samples with the help of Bradley junior Joseph Taura and Jimmie Parker, a high school student participating in Bradley’s BEST (Building Excellent Scientists for Tomorrow) summer research program.
wetlands decrease disturbance from floods
land, they contoured the land so it would hold
by absorbing water. They also take up excess
water. The question is, ‘Do those restoration
nutrients from nitrogen and phosphorus that
techniques help? Have we decreased the nutrient
have washed off treated farmland so the water
content of the water coming into the Illinois
leaves the area cleaner. “If you look at the
River?’ Ten years down the road, if someone
Illinois River,” Morris says, “we’ve destroyed
wants to use the same protocol, they need to
or modified it so much that we don’t have
know if it works. Does it meet the goals the
those natural filtration systems anymore.”
folks who initiated it thought it would?”
Senior Christine Carter began taking soil and
Morris and her students collected samples
water samples at the Sparland site last summer.
before the wetland was constructed and again
Now, she is in the process of extracting nutrients
afterwards. They continue to collect samples for
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Ashlyn “Pua” Borges is a recipient of Graduate Research Assistant Sponsored Project (GRASP) funding, which provides a graduate student with a 100 percent tuition waiver and Invasive garlic mustard
a stipend for up to two years. She comments, “A big part of why I continued here as a graduate
future comparison. “We have to do incubations
student was the collaboration and being able
of the soils in order to understand how nitrogen
to work with my professors. When you start
is becoming available for plant use,” she says.
off having no clue what you are doing and work
In addition to wetlands restoration, Morris
one-on-one with someone who has done research and published for years, it’s wonderful. It’s
garlic mustard plant is having on land. The
humbling. I have friends who went
invasive plant can be found in many areas, and
to big-name schools who didn’t
Morris’ students are looking at Sand Ridge State
have that experience. If I hadn’t
Forest, Glen Oak Park, and Jubilee State Park.
already done research here, I may
“As the plant moves into areas, it can change
have gone to a different school
the nutrient content in soil. Those changes
for graduate work. But, I wanted
are detrimental for plant growth.”
to get more answers to fit into
science project to see if garlic mustard in soil changes germination rates.
Student research plays vital role
the puzzle.” Referring to the Emiquon site, Borges comments, “Because I’ve been here four years, I’ve seen how the site has changed over
Morris says student research interns are
time. It was interesting to see
invaluable. “We can ask a lot of smaller
cornfields become winter wheat
questions. Usually, we have to focus on the
fields, then see native vegetation
main component, but with students there,
coming out. Now the water is
we can go in a number of directions. I wouldn’t
back, and we’re seeing birds and
have the time and energy for that if students
fish. Anyone can appreciate that
didn’t help.”
huge difference.”
Conversely, participating in research projects
She adds, “This has been a great
with professors is beneficial for students.
experience. I’ve gone to a national
“Science is a process. Hands-on research allows
conference and to Canada where
students to cement their knowledge. We work
I presented our research to others
closely with them, so we have a good under-
from around the country and the
standing of their capacity to research and
world.”
cultivate leadership,” Morris says, noting
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Education majors also are working on a
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and her students are looking at the impact the
In addition to one-on-one research projects,
professors invite students to national research
Morris includes research in the classroom setting
meetings to present and collect research.
and feels such research is the essence of science.
About 50 to 60 biology students are involved
“Research in the classroom allows me to bring
in student-faculty research each semester. Morris
together what science is for students. It is a
observes, “Undergraduate research and collab-
process that produces a body of knowledge
orative opportunities are a way Bradley
we all can contribute to, and that mix provides
distinguishes itself from other universities.
something of value.”
We promote and facilitate collaboration.”
Agricultural land (above) at two Central Illinois sites is being restored to its natural state as wetland (below). Wetlands act as sponges, soaking up excess flood water and removing excess nitrogen from creek water before it enters the Illinois River. Dr. Sherri Morris and her students are studying the impact such restoration has on the soil.
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Achieving work-life balance in a connected world
By Nancy Ridgeway
Cell phones, laptops, high-speed Internet
the case,” says Stephens, noting many employees
connections, and air cards. Today’s technology
feel the work-life balance scales are tipping
keeps people connected like never before. Parents
further and further toward work.
can call friends while watching their children
Advances in technology have resulted in a
play soccer, text from the grocery store to see
rapid increase in work connectivity over the past
if the family needs more eggs or milk, or check
decade. McGowan comments, “One of the big
e-mail while on vacation. At the same time,
changes is information systems at companies
employees are just a call or click away from
are now very accessible outside the company
the office. The question becomes, does this
boundaries. And it’s not just e-mail that’s
connectivity improve or disrupt the work-life
become accessible.”
balance? Bradley business administration professors
At first glance, one would think these technologies allow professionals to better
Chuck Stoner, Matt McGowan, and Paul
juggle work and personal life. However, many
Stephens recently explored this question. Their
employees feel their companies support work-
findings were published in the January–February
connecting technologies, not so their employees
2009 issue of Business Horizons, the journal of
can benefit from a better life balance, but rather
the Kelley Business School at Indiana University.
so that work is ever-present. Many feel an
The professors met with two focus groups of
unspoken expectation to check their laptops
managers and professionals, male and female,
and cell phones for messages that, without the
all under the age of 45. In all, 146 people
work-related technologies, would have waited
were involved in the study.
until the next day.
“The intuitive assumption is that this technology is freeing, but that’s not necessarily
Stephens notes that technology does not inherently lead to longer hours of work, but
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he says, “People are putting assumptions on
to achieve that balance, the professors
themselves. It’s not that employers are saying
recommend open communication at home,
their people have to do work at home, but
including establishing times when work is not
employees assume they do. When bosses send
allowed to intrude. For example, no cell calls,
e-mails at 9 p.m., do they expect employees
text messages, or e-mails during dinner time can
to respond that night? Companies need to
be a start. They say individuals must set their
be explicit about their expectations.”
own boundaries regarding when and how much
Beyond that, Stoner says, “The individual needs to take control and establish boundaries.”
they will use work-connecting technology during personal time.
He admits that’s not as easy as it may sound.
The professors conclude that technology
“It’s hard to have the discussion saying you’re
should moderate, not exacerbate, time pressures.
not going to check e-mail past 6 p.m. when
Although work-connecting technologies will
you know everyone else is.”
never eliminate the varied pressures of upward
While this connectivity could allow employees
mobility, when properly structured, they can and
to tele-commute, “face time” is considered
should improve the work-life balance of today’s
important among many aspiring professionals.
professionals.
“The imperative seems to be the one with the last light on in the building is the one who gets ahead,” Stephens comments. Some like the competitive advantage that comes with working longer hours, and work-connecting technologies make that easier on evenings and weekends. Being online can be addictive, and some find themselves signing on to their work e-mail at odd hours, just to make sure they haven’t missed something. For others, work is a solace from personal life, and connectivity allows an escape even when they are home. Stoner observes, “We have known for the last 35 years that people are working far more than they used to—an average of 199 more hours per year in managerial positions. That’s five weeks’ He adds, “The trend of working more is counter to every other industrialized country in the world. With downsizing, employees are asked to do more with less. It would be interesting to see what impact work-connecting technologies have had on managers in Europe.”
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worth of work.”
Dr. Charles Stoner (left), Dr. Paul Stephens (center), and Dr. Matt McGowan have studied the impact today’s technology has on work-life balance.
In fact, as upper executives at many U.S. companies negotiate contracts, they are foregoing salaries for a better work-life balance, such as limiting travel. As individuals strive
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Blood pressure monitoring goes wireless Internal sensor slightly larger than a grain of rice aims to save lives By Danise Jones
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external monitoring unit
bio-sensor implant (enlarged for illustration)
It’s difficult to imagine a sensor a little larger than a grain of rice improving someone’s life, let alone possibly saving it, but those goals are the driving forces behind the wireless blood pressure monitoring device being developed by Bradley University and two Peoria-area businesses.
RF telemetry signal human body
Joining Bradley’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Dr. Prasad Shastry in a three-way agreement to collaboratively develop the device are East Peoria-based companies Endotronix Inc. and Validus LLC. A graduate of the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center, Endotronix focuses on developing technologies
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to improve cardiovascular disease with its
Harry Rowland, vice president of engineering
current focus being strictly on control of blood
and co-founder of Endotronix, relates. “Patients
pressures. Validus LLC is an advanced electronic
who have heart failure and kidney failure are
engineering company focusing on emerging
really in critical need of blood pressure monitor-
technologies.
ing to keep them out of the hospital. By monitor-
“This is a great technology that’s going
ing them more routinely when they are out of
to have a huge impact on doctors,” says Bradley
the hospital, we would be able to prevent those
alumnus David Paul, who is president and
diseases from progressing and some of these
chief executive officer of Validus.
acute events from actually happening.”
“Uncontrolled high blood pressure is a major
Upon completion, the two-component device
risk factor for all cardiovascular diseases. If you
will consist of the biocompatible sensor—a
can control blood pressure, you can dramatically
pressure-sensitive microelectromechanical system
reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack,” Dr.
(MEMS) capacitor with a chip inductor/
Dr. Prasad Shastry (left), electrical and computer engineering professor, works on research for the sensor component of the wireless blood pressure monitoring device with Divya Gamini. After she completed her research work at Bradley and earned her master’s degree, Gamini continued to work on the monitoring device with Validus LLC in East Peoria.
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Working on the three-way agreement with Bradley University has been a positive experience, according to David Paul (seated), president and chief executive officer of Validus LLC, and Dr. Harry Rowland, co-founder and vice president of engineering for Endotronix Inc. Originally, Endotronix was going to utilize a company based in Silicon Valley, but Dr. Prasad Shastry encouraged Dr. Rowland to work with the local company.
radiator—that will be implanted internally in
Dr. Anthony Nunez, co-founder of Endotronix
the wall of a cardiac patient’s major artery and
and a cardiothoracic surgeon previously based in
an external, handheld reader that patients hold
Peoria who now works for the Hershey Medical
in front of their body. The internal sensor sends
Center in Pennsylvania, initially brainstormed
a radio frequency signal that indicates real-time
ideas with Shastry in 2006 for developing a unit
blood pressure data to the external reader. The
for severe cardiac patients. Nunez wanted a unit
external device will then wirelessly transmit
that could measure the pressure in the arteries
the data via the telephone or the Internet to the
directly without connecting any wires because
doctor or hospital. Thus, the device will enable
the blood pressure cuff is not a true indicator
the doctor to monitor the blood pressure after
of the pressures inside, Shastry relates.
the patient goes home. According to Rowland, “We will be working
In order to develop the sensor, Endotronix acquired licenses to use two inventions patented
with (severe) patients who will already be getting
by the Glenn Research Center of the National
a surgical intervention and an implantable device
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
anyway. The sensor will actually “piggyback” on
in Cleveland. In order to license the patents,
this existing medical device, therefore it will not
however, the group had to convince NASA
be taking up any additional space in the artery.
that their project was sound.
“The physician who is trained in using the
“Our contribution from Bradley has been all
medical device just uses it as he normally would
the foundational work for this project, and that
and that ends up implanting the sensor and
helped them get the licenses from NASA and
securing it in place inside an artery.”
hence obtain the first round of venture capital
And, what happens if the implanted device
funding,” says Shastry. He collaborated on the
goes bad? “It just sits there because there’s
project with Divya Gamini, a graduate student
nothing active in the device,” Rowland comments.
at the time whose position was funded through
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a grant from Endotronix. Through Shastry
As an employee of Validus, Gamini finds
and Gamini’s work, NASA deemed the research
herself back in Bradley’s Advanced Microwave
sound. Other graduate students who assisted
Engineering lab working on the device.
in the research included Suresh Sundaram and Raghu Kancharla. Since acquiring the licenses, Endotronix has
The equipment in Bradley’s Advanced Microwave Engineering lab is vital to the development of the product, Paul comments.
continued to innovate and develop technology to
Without those tools, Paul relates they might have
commercialize wireless blood pressure monitoring.
to travel a further distance to conduct lab work.
After doing the preliminary work, Shastry says
Now that Bradley’s contribution is finished,
the University’s role in the product’s development
Validus is further developing the product.
ended aside from Validus and Endotronix using
Validus hopes to finalize sensor design in early
Bradley’s Advanced Microwave Engineering
2010, making the reader more compact.
Laboratory facilities for testing. “The Univer-
Animal testing has begun on the product.
sity’s job is to innovate; to come up with new
“They were very happy that they could receive
ideas, and then educate and train students.
a signal from the sensor inside the body of the
Once we come up with new ideas through
animal,” Shastry states.
research, then that has to be converted into a commercial product by a company.” The three-way agreement has been a positive experience for all three entities involved.
The device will undergo several months or years of animal studies before it is deemed to be performing properly and proven to be safe and effective, according to Rowland. “Once we hit
“It helps us leverage all the resources in the
that milestone, we’ll go
area,” Rowland remarks. “We’re much stronger
through investigations
if we work together.”
and clearances.” He
One of the positives of this three-way agree-
estimates a couple
ment includes the training the students received
of years of strictly
in biomedical research, Shastry says.
controlled safety
“Working on this project for my master’s
studies in humans will
degree gave me really good exposure,” Gamini
be needed before it is
says. “I can understand more what is happening.
available in the market.
Of course, working with Dr. Shastry is really a
— Dr. Prasad Shastry,
It has to go through
pleasure. He goes out of his way to help a
all of the validation
student grow from within.”
and Food and Drug
Gamini’s research was a bridge to her
“ In the future, the focus of a lot of electronics will be how to help the human body.” electrical and computer engineering professor
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current job developing the next-generation
before it is ready, Paul adds. “It’s actually a
sensor at Validus. Gamini completed her research
simple device, but designing it is a challenge.”
at Bradley in December 2008 and started work
“It’s going to be a long time before we’re
with Validus after graduation. Gamini and
ready for it, but it really does have the potential
Shastry presented the research at two leading
to improve quality of life,” Rowland adds.
international microwave conferences: the IEEE
Delving into this type of research is also a
International Microwave Symposium in Boston,
positive for the University, Endotronix, and
Massachusetts, in June 2009, and the European
Validus. Shastry says, “In the future, the focus
Microwave Conference in Rome, Italy, in
of a lot of electronics will be how to help the
September 2009.
human body.”
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Inland Visual Studies Center Rethinking the visual culture of the Midwest By Paul Krainak, Chairman of Art and Director of the Inland Visual Studies Center
Inland Visual Studies Center Apart from the overwhelming horizontality
for more than a decade that New York City
of the landscape, the visual space of the Midwest
and a few Western European capitals can hardly
is defined by its architecture, our built environ-
lay claim to the definition, origins, or current
ment––grain elevators, office buildings, tract
whereabouts of the most progressive art or
houses, parks, and shopping malls. Just as blues
popular culture. The disciplines of art history
and jazz traveled the Mississippi River corridor
and visual studies have recognized that in
to transform American sound space, the legacy
a post-colonial world there are “other
of Daniel Burnham and the City Beautiful, the
modernisms.”
Prairie School, and a revamped inland American
Geography, remarkably, still has conflicted
Bauhaus created a context for conceiving a visual
social impressions in the United States. Art
identity of the Midwest and transformed
schools all over the country, including some great
America’s visual space. Yet this rich cultural
ones in the Midwest, still teach a regimen of
history is not generally presented as a critical
art-making that is defined primarily by New
vantage point for young artists and designers.
York and now, increasingly, Los Angeles. Despite
Historically, art in many countries draws
the fact that artists and ideas have migrated to
upon centuries of visual art production. America
coastal art capitals from all over the U.S., these
does not have that resource of time. Instead, our
cities continue to be the primary arbiters of an
visual culture is largely defined by the doctrine of
artificial, market-driven monoculture that mimics
Modernism, and we have too willingly accepted
popular culture as depicted in film, television,
the belief that the idea of the modern is deter-
and advertising. They are the same institutions
mined by large metropolitan centers.
that stereotype the entire country into red states
Part of the mission of the Inland Visual
and blue states and promote Midwesterners as
Studies Center is the rethinking of regional visual
primarily passive audiences and consumers with
culture. Cultural critics have rightly understood
predictable tastes and lifestyles. The Inland
MISSION: To theorize a more authentic and complex cultural identity of Middle America and to analyze the Midwest’s contributions to national and global art, a contribution not fully recognized or understood. PARTNERS: Bradley University, Ohio State University, Washington University Department of Art and Architecture; the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum of Art in St. Louis; and the Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria. INAUGURAL SYMPOSIUM: First annual symposium, held April 15–17, 2009, explored the Midwest’s contributions in art and scholarship through lectures, panel discussions, and exhibits. 2010 SYMPOSIUM: An exploration of Midwest visual identity will take place on April 22 at the Caterpillar Global Communications Center on the campus of Bradley University. SUPPORT: The Inland Visual Studies Center is supported by the Slane College of Communications at Bradley University and individual donations from the “Friends of Art” society. For additional information, go to: art.bradley.edu/inland.
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“ Instead of educating artists to look to the coasts, we should shine a brighter light on the history of cultural production right here in the heartland.” — Paul Krainak
Center, by contrast, promotes
Instead of educating artists to look to the
visual culture based on the
coasts because that’s where the markets of
experience of a real place,
artistic ideas are manipulated, we should
with complex subjects and
shine a brighter light on the history of cultural
a coherent history.
production that exists right here in the heartland
Although courses are
of America. It’s not enough to just pay homage
plentiful regarding the
to Mies Van de Rohe, one of the masters of the
architectural significance
so-called “International Style” of architecture,
of Louis Sullivan and Frank
who settled in Illinois. We need to examine
Lloyd Wright, and the design
parallel histories of our Midwestern painters,
practice of Florence Knoll, Charles Eames, and
sculptors, printmakers, filmmakers, and artisans.
Herman Miller, few promote the geographic
We have to look for multiple patterns of visual
significance of their work. Instead everyone
production that continue to be relevant for
pretends that modernism transcends place. In
today’s artists, designers, and their audiences
truth this work has a geographic, economic, and
in order to consider the aesthetic diversity of the
cultural complexity that is staggering, one in
Midwest, often misattributed as homogenous
which inland America has played a huge role.
and rural. For the inaugural Inland Symposium held at Bradley University and the Prairie Center of the Arts in April 2009, we selected writers, administrators, practicing artists, designers, and curators from broad backgrounds who could give us a varied perspective of what an Inland Visual identity or a Midwest creative practice might be. It was an enlightening three days that included academics from our two collaborating institutions, Ohio State University and Washington University in St. Louis, as well as the University of Illinois and the Illinois Institute of Technology. Panelists presented research on topics such as the significance of landscape mapping, suburbia, and agriculture on artists, designers, and teachers. Feedback from artists, scholars, and students was supportive of our mission to begin a dialogue on inland visual identity that is generally overlooked by either academia or the mainstream media. The influence of the Inland Symposium reached an international audience. Stephanie robert rowe
Smith, director of collections at the Smart Museum at the University of Chicago, included our mission statement and a photograph of the symposium in the international exhibition
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happening in this huge geographic area that is rarely perceived as a cultural center or place of knowledge exchange? How are artists networked in the region and connected to the larger worlds of art?” The answer—universities, like Bradley, are actively supporting regional art and facilitating cultural networks. The Inland Visual Studies Center is one example.
Clay sculptor and professor of ceramics Tammie Rubin (above), lectures at the 2009 Inland Symposium. At left are Elizabeth Kauffman and symposium panelist, William J. Brown. Heather Brammeier with her sculpture is shown far left.
While Modernism identified the city as its subject and cultural laboratory more than a catalog titled Heartland in a chapter called
century ago, it is reasonable to assume the 21st
“Independent Cultural Infrastructure.” This
century version of progressive visual culture will
exhibition was a collaboration between the
extend its reach to suburbia, ex-urbia, and rural
University of Chicago and the Van Abbemuseum
areas as valid sites of culture. And urban and
in Eindhoven, Holland, that opened at the Smart
rural will be redefined as a flexible idea rather
Museum in October 2009. Curators in the
than a firm reality. This is good news for a region
Netherlands wanted a show that revealed the
with an expansive rural and suburban footprint,
nature of contemporary art and design in middle
a profound history of fine and applied art, and
America because Europeans rarely get a glimpse
artists who reflect the life of a real place rather
of the picture. Co-curator Kerstin Niemann
than a stream of expendable and consumable
asked in her catalog statement, “What is
media phantoms.
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Cultivating cutting-edge technology in Peoria By Nancy Ridgeway Photos by Duane Zehr
Brilliant minds, cutting-edge research, and
protected with a patent,” Sleeth says, explaining
state-of-the-art technology merge at the Peoria
that BTCC helps with business issues such as
NEXT Innovation Center, a business incubator
business and strategic planning, market entry
located just three blocks east of campus along
strategies, access to capital resources, sales and
Main Street. The Center is the brainchild of
marketing strategies, licensing, and potential
members of Peoria NEXT, a consortium started
merger and acquisition partners.
in 2001 to diversify the regional economy by
Thirteen technology-based companies are in
offering help to researchers, inventors, and
the business incubator at the Innovation Center,
entrepreneurs interested in pursuing businesses
which is at 76 percent capacity. Sleeth says more
geared toward technology and innovation.
than 30 other companies also work with BTCC.
At the heart of the Innovation Center is
They either are not ready to move into the
Bradley Technology Commercialization Center
Innovation Center or have space of their own.
(BTCC), led by executive director Shad Sleeth.
Some of the entrepreneurs in the center came
He comments, “Peoria NEXT
from Caterpillar Inc. and the Agricultural
got the ball rolling. Now, it is the
Research Lab, while others have a medical focus.
marketing and recruitment arm. We
(See sidebars for spotlights on two of these
are on the ground, in the trenches,
start-up companies.)
working with the clients.” Entrepreneurs pursuing a
Sleeth comments, “From day one, people have come here with great ideas. Some come
technology-based business come
more advanced in the process with a prototype
to BTCC. “We are specifically
or a finished product, but what few have is
technology-based, innovation-
business development. They only have half a
based—anything that can be
company when they come here. For example,
Shad Sleeth, executive director of Bradley Technology Commericialization Center
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Sivaprasad Akasam, left, and Sridhar Deivasigamani test their tankless water heater. Their company, IntelliHot, is one of the companies in the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center.
Meeting a need Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying
The heater, about the size of a carry-on suitcase,
goes. The quote certainly applies at Intellihot, one of
has a natural gas fire burner that heats water instant-
the 13 companies housed at the Innovation Center.
ly. It heats to precise temperatures, rather than
Sridhar Deivasigamani, president of Intellihot,
cycling up and down like other water heater units,
came home from vacation to find a flooded base-
and is able to achieve efficiencies up to 98 percent.
ment due to a leaking tank water heater. He and
Deivasigamani and Akasam had been working
his friend Sivaprasad Akasam (vice president of
on the water heater in their spare time until last year
Intellihot) had been tinkering with intelligent
when the former Caterpillar, Inc. employees opted
electronic controls on their motorcycles. They
for their employer’s buy-out opportunity. “Since we
decided to apply similar principles to a water
moved to the Innovation Center, we have gone from
heater and quickly built a working concept in their
proof of concept to a production-ready unit in eight
basement. That was in 2005. Now, Intellihot is
months. We can produce a limited quantity here,
gearing up to roll out their product, approximately
but we are on the lookout for a new site and
100 units for testing by the second quarter of 2010.
collaborations with installers.”
Upon completion, they will be building and selling the water heaters later this year. “Our idea was to make the water heater
Deivasigamani says he plans to maintain an office at the Innovation Center as a research and development site as the company transitions into
work on demand and as efficiently as possible.
a factory. He anticipates the company will employ
We achieved that with our state-of-the-art design
60 to 75 people by 2013.
and the electronic controls,” Deivasigamani
Noting consumers should see a 40 percent
explains. “We took a systematic approach. We
reduction in energy costs as compared to traditional
looked at how water is traditionally heated and
water heaters, he concludes, “We want to put Peoria
how it is delivered to the faucet. Ours doesn’t heat
on the forefront of green technology.”
water unless you open the faucet, and you never run out of hot water.”
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with IntelliHot [a tankless water heater
assistance, including a technology assessment
company at the Innovation Center], we have
to look at a product or idea from a marketplace
helped revamp the business plan, looked at
standpoint and determine whether it can be
strategic sales and marketing, and offered
patented. Bradley students are available to
resources. Contacts are the most powerful
conduct market research, while engineering and
service we provide.”
computer science students work on product and
He says BTCC has worked with the Heartland online Peoria NEXT Innovation Center peorianext.org/goto/pnic Bradley Technology Commercialization Center bradley.edu/btcc Turner Center for Entrepreneurship bradley.edu/turnercenter/ about_us
prototype development. The BTCC also offers
Capital Network to form Central Illinois’ first
access to the expertise of professionals at the
angel investor program. “Funding is the biggest
Agricultural Research Lab, area hospitals,
challenge these companies face,” Sleeth explains,
Bradley faculty, and others. In addition, Sleeth
noting workshops are held at the Innovation
has a list of intellectual property attorneys for
Center to help business owners with grants,
those seeking legal advice.
angel networks, and other funding options.
Since the companies generally are sales driven,
“Historically, access to capital in Central Illinois
the BTCC offers coaching on sales infrastructure
has been limited, but we hope that with the
and what sales model is best for each company.
development of a new angel network, that changes.” While the BTCC can’t negotiate on behalf
Sleeth comments, “The Innovation Center is a positive asset for the community, and it helps Bradley students gain experience. This is great
of companies, Sleeth coaches them to work
real-world, hands-on experience for Bradley
with investors.
students that also provides resources to
BTCC also gives intellectual property
start-up companies.”
Turner Center helps businesses In addition to the Bradley Technology
While the Turner Center’s primary office
Commercialization Center, Bradley’s Turner
is on campus, the satellite office serves as a site
Center for Entrepreneurship has a satellite office
for meeting with clients and for workshops on
at the Innovation Center. The Turner Center
writing business plans, starting a business in
offers assistance to all types of businesses, from
Illinois, and business management topics. The
restaurants to the technology-based firms
Turner Center also hosts other business-related
at the Innovation Center.
events at the Innovation Center, including a
Ken Klotz, director of programming for the
Government Resource Showcase, bimonthly
Turner Center, says hopeful entrepreneurs and
entrepreneur networking events, and the
established business people come to the Turner
“Innovate Illinois” regional innovation
Center for advice. Some are seeking direction in
competition.
developing a business plan, while others need help with securing bank financing. “Our involvement is more as a business
Last year, the Center sponsored “Launch,” its first business plan competition at the Innovation Center. Participants in “Launch”
mentor,” Klotz explains. “We don’t write
submitted business plans describing potential
business plans, but we show how to put them
new business ventures, gave presentations to a
together and critique them before they go to a
panel of judges, and received prizes including
lender or potential investor. We guide people
cash and professional services from local experts.
through the process.”
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The Peoria Robotics team has devised a glove embedded with technology to be used in recording a doctor’s movements during a physical examination. Steve Koopman demonstrates how the technology works.
Simulating a doctor’s touch Medical students will be able to experience the
have been trained on simulators before they fly.
feel of normal and abnormal lumps and tissue,
When someone’s job is technical and risky, you
thanks to the efforts of Peoria Robotics, housed
don’t want to be their first.”
at the Innovation Center. Dr. John Engdahl, principal investigator for
Peoria Robotics started in 2004 when Peoria NEXT hosted a meeting with community leaders.
the company and Bradley’s Donald V. Fites Chair
At that time, the group said medical simulation was
of Engineering and Technology, says, “Physicians
an area of need. While there was no funding for
touch people to feel for normal and abnormal
research at the time, the group kept exploring ideas.
lumps. It’s hard to explain what something feels
Secretary of Transportation and former 18th District
like. Whether a doctor is examining the breast,
Congressman Ray LaHood and Senator Dick Durbin
thyroid, or the abdominal area, the sense of touch
helped secure an $850,000 grant from the United
and feel is important. We want to develop a training
States Army Medical Research and Material
system for that. Patients with abnormal conditions
Command.
are not always available, especially for every student to feel.” In order to record the simulation information,
Bradley alumni Justin Saboury and Deepak Gaddipati, along with Doug Sahm, are employed by Peoria Robotics. In addition to Engdahl, other
a doctor puts on a specially made glove with
Bradley professors involved are Dr. Tom Stewart,
embedded technology that will record finger
Dr. Julie Reyer, Dr. Dean Kim, Dr. Arnold Patton,
movement. Additional technology will record the
Dr. Kalyani Nair, and Dr. Robert Podlasek. Dr.
pressure of examination and record the doctor’s
Andy Chiou, a vascular and endovascular surgeon
activity during an examination. The information is
with the University of Illinois College of Medicine,
recorded for later use in simulating the examination.
also is a co-principal investigator and medical
Medical students place their hands in a box linked to a computer to experience that touch and learn what normal and abnormal tissue feels like. Doug Sahm, biomedical engineer for Peoria Robotics, comments, “It’s like airline pilots. They
director for the project. “Our goal is to create something truly useful. We are here to make something that’s practical and functional. Simulating is not easy. It requires a wide combination of technology,” Engdahl says.
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Creative collaboration
A decade-long collaboration between a Peoria neurosurgeon and a Bradley mechanical engineering professor has been fueled by innovative ideas and a desire to improve patient care. They have worked on a wide variety of projects, such as understanding why
Mechanical engineering professors and students work to improve patient care
hydrocephalic shunts fail, designing surgical tools to remove tumors from the brain more efficiently, researching the design of bicycle safety helmets, and reducing the cost of molding
By Laura McGowan
helmets for babies born with misshapen skulls. The creative energy between Dr. Julian Lin of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and Dr. Martin Morris, professor of mechanical engineering at Bradley, can be measured in the numerous successful senior projects for mechanical engineering students they have overseen. Most recently, one of these projects culminated in a patent disclosure for a valve technology that could greatly improve the quality of life for people living with hydrocephalus. “He called me out of the blue one day,” Morris says, recalling his first contact with Lin. “He wanted help solving a problem directly affecting his patients with hydrocephalus.” This condition, in which excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collects around the brain, is often treated with a shunt system that drains the fluid into a tube in the patient’s abdomen. “He wanted help understanding why these systems fail, and we began looking at ways to change the design to lower the failure rate. Each time the shunt has to be replaced or repaired,” Morris says, “the patient’s brain can be adversely affected, including the lowering of a person’s IQ.” A senior design team in 2000 developed a shunt testing apparatus that allowed them to look at the reasons why the shunts failed and how this failure rate could be improved. As a result of this project, Lin and Morris were members of a team that received a Peoria NEXT
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grant in 2005 to develop an electro-mechanical shunt system that would overcome many of the causes of shunt system failure. This type of system would provide more
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diverse strategies for controlling the intracranial pressure and might provide alternatives to replacing entire components, as is done with the current passively controlled systems. “I still believe such a system has a lot of potential, and I hope we can continue to pursue it,” Morris says. Lin adds that “it has been wonderful working with Bradley and Dr. Morris. We have learned much about fluid dynamics in CSF shunts.” The team’s most recent work stems from Lin’s idea for a new approach to controlling the
While the design and concept can most likely
flow of CSF through the shunt system. Current
be patented at this point, Morris says they still
systems, designed to reduce the intracranial
have a lot of work to do. “The physics of the
pressure by draining the CSF surrounding the
fluid flow change with the scale of the model.
brain, are regulated by controlling the fluid
When we begin working on a human-sized
flow based on the pressure inside the skull.
model, we need to develop a mechanism driven
This control design can allow too much fluid
by viscous forces.” Developing the actual
to drain as the hydrostatic pressure at the end
human-scale model is equally challenging,
of the tubing creates a siphoning effect. This
as this requires incredible precision and
happens most frequently when a person stands
special equipment.
Top left: Excess cerebrospinal fluid is seen in a brain scan. At right is a normal brain scan. Above: A 17th century illustration shows a child afflicted with untreated hydrocephaly.
up from a prone position and the valve responds
While they explore how to develop this
to both the intracranial pressure and the change
technology into a device that can actually
in pressure across the distal tubing created by
benefit patients, Dr. Lin and Bradley’s
the change in position. As too much fluid drains,
Mechanical Engineering Department continue
ventricles within the brain can collapse. The
to move forward with new ideas. A 2009–2010
collapse of these fluid-filled cavities can cause
senior design team will create a prototype of a
Photos from wikimedia.org
the patient to experience severe headaches
device that is capable of measuring, recording,
and vomiting.
and controlling the amount of fluid that
Opposite page: Dr. Martin Morris and senior Katie Nowak test a concept for a hydrocephalic shunt valve developed by Morris, a Peoria neurosurgeon, and a mechanical engineering senior design team that was led by Nowak.
Lin and Morris challenged a 2008–2009
passes through the shunt each day, providing
senior design team to develop a valve that would
information that will tell doctors if the shunt is
change this system. The valve design would
functioning properly. Dr. Kalyani Nair, assistant
control the flow of CSF independent of pressure
professor of mechanical engineering, will advise
changes across the distal catheter. The student
this team, whose members are Charlie Corrie,
team, comprised of Kathleen Nowak, Daniel
Brian Del Bene, and Michelle Eastburn.
Smith, Jeremy Yee, and Anne Zborowski, came
Lin says he is looking forward to continuing
up with numerous designs. Once they selected
this collaboration. “I hope the students have
one to test, they faced the creative challenge
learned as much as I have learned from them.”
of choosing materials for the model and determining how to machine it.
“Dr. Lin is extremely creative and has many ideas for improving patient care,” says Morris.
“The students took the design from paper
“This collaboration has been very beneficial
and then created a real piece of hardware that
to Bradley and to our students. Our hope is
they could test,” Morris says. “They created a
that some of them will move on to careers
super-sized model to test and prove the concept.
in biomedical engineering—and indeed that
At this point, we’ve built the model and we’ve
has happened.”
made it work.”
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In Print
James Ballowe, Distinguished Professor of English, emeritus. A Man of Salt and Trees: The Life of Joy Morton. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2009. A Man of Salt and Trees is a biography about Joy Morton (1855–1934), founder of The Morton Arboretum and Morton Salt, a prominent brand name in the United States. The Morton Arboretum is an internationally acclaimed outdoor museum of woody plants. The book begins in Nebraska before the Civil War and ends in Chicago in the midst of the Great Depression. Ballowe used the extensive correspondence of the Morton family to write the book that describes the life of a Nebraska farm boy who became a leading citizen of Chicago and an integral figure in technological and economical development. Dennis Downey of Millersville University writes, “The great strength of this book is its use of Morton Papers to give a close reading of the subject’s life and corporate achievements. It provides a concrete case study of larger themes and issues historians associate with Chicago’s coming of age as a regional and national center of commerce and culture.” Ann Keating of North Central College said the book is well-written and clearly organized. Keating writes, “Ballowe makes excellent use of primary sources to create a literate and engaging biography.”
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Accounting Bodtke, Jim, editor and contributing author. 2009 University of Illinois Tax School Workbook. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Tax School, 2009. Kerr, Stephen, John Gillett, Nathan Sandoz, and William Wilcox. “International Financial Reporting Standards: Impact on Professional Financial Statement Users.” Commercial Lending Review 24, no. 5 (September 2009): 3–9. Petravick, Simon, and Stephen Kerr. “Protect Your Portable Data—Always and Everywhere.” Journal of Accountancy 2007, no. 6 (June 2009): 30–34.
Raiborn, Cecily A., Marc F. Massoud, and Mitchell F. Raiborn. “Product Recalls: What’s Your Offshore Production Liability?” Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance 20, no. 2 (December 2008): 31–43. Yunker, Penelope J., James A. Yunker, and George W. Krull. “The Influence of Mathematics Ability on Performance in Principles of Accounting.” The Accounting Educators’ Journal 19 (2009): 1–20, http:// www.aejournal.com/ojs/index.php/aej/ article/view/101.
Art Stolz, Fisher. Illumination. Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Sculpture Conference 2009 (September 17–19, 2009). Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse, jurors and sculptors from St. Petersburg, FL. Chattanooga, TN. ———. Illumination. Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Sculpture Conference 2009 outside exhibition (September 2009– September 2010). Chattanooga, TN: Tennessee Riverwalk.
Biology O’Shea, John J., Scott M. Steward-Tharp, Arian Laurence, Wendy T. Watford, Lai Wei, Adewole S. Adamson, and Samuel Fan. “Signal Transduction and Th17 Cell Differentiation.” Microbes and Infection 11, no. 5 (2009): 599–611.
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In Print Business Management and Administration Arora, R., and C. Stoner. “A Mixed Method Approach to Understanding Brand Personality.” Journal of Product and Brand Management 18, no. 4 (2009): 272–283. Marcum, Tanya M., and Elizabeth Campbell. “The Need for Training and Education in Peer Review of Employment Disputes.” Journal of Employment and Labor Law 11, no. 1 (Winter 2009): 48–62. Stoner, Charles R., Paul Stephens, and Matthew K. McGowan. “Connectivity and Work Dominance: Panacea or Pariah?” Business Horizons 52, no. 1 (2009): 67–68.
Chemistry and Biochemistry Ata, Athar, and Bradley J. Andersh. “Chapter 3 Buxus Steroidal Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology.” The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology 66 (2008): 191–213. Bosma, Wayne B., Udo Schnupf, J.L. Willett, and Frank A. Momany. “Density Functional Study of the Infrared Spectrum of Glucose and Glucose Monohydrates in the OH Stretch Region.” Journal of Molecular Structures: THEOCHEM 905, no. 1–3 (2009): 59-69.
Cobley, Claire M., Sara E. Skrabalak, Dean J. Campbell, and Younan Xia. “Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles for Plasmonic and Sensing Applications.” Plasmonics 4, no. 2 (June 2009): 171–179. Garvey, C.J., D.M. Hammer, S. Prasertchoung, E. Gomar-Nadal, D.R. Hines, J.D. Miller, and D.J. Campbell. “Demonstrating Photolithography with LEGO Bricks.” The Chemical Educator 13, no. 6 (2008): 348–350. Schnupf, U., J.L. Willett, W. Bosma, and F.A. Momany. “DFT Conformation
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Civil Engineering and Construction Maillacheruvu, Krishnanand Y., and Imran A. Pathan. “Biodegradation of Naphthalene, Phenanthrene, and Pyrene Under Anaerobic Conditions.” Journal of Environmental Science & Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering 44, no. 13 (2009): 1315–1326.
Nehdi, M., Z. Omeman, and Hassan H. El-Chabib. “Optimal Efficiency Factor in Strut-and-tie Model for FRP-Reinforced Concrete Short Beams with (1.5 < a/d < 2.5).” Materials and Structures 41, no. 10 (December 2008): 1713–1727.
Communication Banning, Stephen, and Renita Coleman. “Louder than Words: A Content Analysis of Presidential Candidates’ Televised Nonverbal Communication.” Visual Communication Quarterly 16, no. 1 (2009): 4–17. Frazier, Jan. The Warmth of Opa’s Blanket. Parker, CO: Outskirts Press, 2009. ———. Destination Disaster (fourth book in The Adventures of J.C. van Winkler series). Pittsburgh, PA: Sterling House Publishers, 2009. See page 45.
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Economics Highfill, J., and K. O’Brien. “The Determinants of Sales on eBay: The Case of Baseball Cards.” Applied Economics Letters 16, no. 14 (September 2009): 1421–1424. Highfill, Jannett, and Kevin M. O’Brien. “The Effect of Alternative e-Prices on eBay Book Auctions.” Atlantic Economic Journal 37, no. 4 (December 2009): 383–395. Lewer, J.J., R. Nicholas Gerlich, and Richard T. Gretz. “Maximizing and Satisficing Consumer Behavior: Model and Test.” Southwestern Economic Review 36, no. 1 (Spring 2009): 127–139. Lewer, J.J., and H. Van Den Berg. “Does Immigration Stimulate International Trade? Measuring the Channels of Influence.” International Trade Journal 23, no. 2 (2009): 187–230. O’Brien, K.M. “Union Wage, Nonwage and Political Effects on Protective Service Budgets.” Applied Economics 41, no. 9 (2009): 1175–1182.
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Russell-Chapin, L., and R. Bridgewater. “Grief Work: Its Contribution to Healthy Living.” VISTAS Online (2009).
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Rybak, C., and A. Decker-Fitts. “Understanding Native American Healing Practices.” Counseling Psychology Quarterly 22 (2009): 333–342.
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Rajesh Iyer, assistant professor of marketing. MBA Fundamentals International Business. New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing, 2009. MBA Fundamentals International Business describes the essential abilities and knowledge todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business professionals need in order to conduct business in a global world. Current opportunities for growth and development for American businesspeople are voluminous as growth in India and China continues to soar. Real-life scenarios and short exercises provide busy professionals with the keys to success in the global, fast-paced business environment. The book provides practical tools for building successful international business, strategies for succeeding in legal environments around the world, the importance of navigating cultural differences successfully, and techniques for creating and adapting business strategies for an international stage.
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In Print Considerations, edited by H.L. Kaila (2008): 21–37. New Delhi, India: MD Publications Pvt. Ltd. Scroggs, L.E., Joan L. Sattler, and Brad McMillan. “The Undergraduate Leadership Mosaic: A Challenge of Shared Purpose.” Journal of Leadership Education 8, no. 1, (2009): 48–59. Sherman, N.E. “Personality Testing.” American Counseling Association Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by B. Erford. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association, 2009. Sherman, N.E. “The Informal Assessment in Career Counseling.” Revista de School Psihologie Schola/School Psychology review II, no. 3 (2009): 7–12. Oradea, RO: University of Oradea Press. Skaggs, J.L., and R. Davison-Avilés. “School Counselor Training and Perceptions, and Multicultural Awareness.” Illinois Counseling Association Journal 156 (2009): 1–2. Tripses, J. “Connecting Spirituality, Leadership and Justice: A Work in Progress.” Women as School Executives: Celebrating Diversity. Edited by D. Beatty, W. Sherman, A. Munoz, S. Mills, and A. Pankake. Austin: The Texas Council of Women School Executives, 2009: 90–103. Tripses, J., and L. Scroggs. “Spirituality and Respect: Study of a Model ChurchSchool-Community Collaboration.” The School Community Journal 19, no. 1 (2009): 79–98.
Zeldin, A.L., S.L. Britner, and F. Pajares. “A Comparative Study of the Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Successful Men and Women in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Careers.” Journal of Research in Science Teaching 45, no. 9 (November 2008): 1036–1058.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Sanchez, J.R., D. Pocci, and M.L. Oelze. “A Novel Coded Excitation Scheme to Improve Spatial and Contrast Resolution
Jackie Hogan, associate professor of sociology. Gender, Race and National Identity: Nations of Flesh and Blood. New York: Routledge, 2009. Gender, Race and National Identity: Nations of Flesh and Blood studies the relationship between gender, race, and national identity in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia. Stories about a nation’s history, its future, and its identity carry underlying messages about race and gender. Hogan’s book examines discourses of national identity in the four nations by analyzing texts such as television advertisements, war coverage, Olympic opening ceremonies, letters to the editor, tourism promotions, and museums. Hogan argues that narratives of national identity not only reflect long-standing social inequalities, but they have the potential to challenge or reinforce such inequalities.
of Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging.” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control 56, no. 10 (October 2009): 2111–2123.
English Baker, Edith M. Review essay of Multicultural Hybridity: Transforming American Literary Scholarship and Pedagogy. Teaching English in the Two-Year College 35, no. 3 (March 2008): 319–323. Baker, Edith. Review essay of Supporting Beginning English Teachers: Research
and Implications for Teacher Induction (McCann, Johannessen, and Ricca, NCTE Press, 2005) and The Subject is Writing: Essays by Teachers and Students (Bishop and Strickland, Boynton, 2006). Teaching English in the Two-Year College 35, no. 1 (September 2007): 70–85. Ballowe, James, Distinguished Professor of English, emeritus. A Man of Salt and Trees: The Life of Joy Morton. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2009. See page 32. Brill de Ramírez, Susan. “A Geography of Belonging: Ortiz’s Poetic, Lived, and Storied Indigenous Ecology.” Simon J.
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Edited by Phyllis Perrakis. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2007.
Columbia University Press, 2009: 124–125.
———. Native American Life History Narratives: Colonial and Postcolonial Navajo Ethnography. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2007. See page 40.
———. “Autumnal.” Poetry Daily, January 18, 2009, http://poems.com/poem. php?date=14263.
———. “Scholarship and Stories, Oxford and Oklahoma, Academe and American Indians: The Words and Worlds of Native American Bard and Storytelling Medievalist Carter Revard,” with Peter Beidler. A Critical Companion to the Poetry of Carter Revard. Edited by Ellen Arnold. London: Salt Publishers, 2007. ———. “The Conversive Turn in Bahá’í Scripture: An Intersubjective Communications Model for Bridging Global Diversity.” Journal of Bahá’í Studies 17.1/4 (2007): 27–67. Brill de Ramírez, Susan, and Evelina Zuni Lucero, editors. Simon J. Ortiz: A Poetic Legacy of Indigenous Continuances. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2009. See page 41.
Ortiz: A Poetic Legacy of Indigenous Continuance, edited by Brill de Ramírez and Evelina Zuni Lucero, 2009: 25–52. See page 41. ———. “Before the South Became the South: Tribal Regionalism in Robert J. Conley’s Cherokee Historical Novels.” Mississippi Quarterly 60.1 (Winter 2006-07): 179–207. ———. “Living Beyond the Colonialist Legacy of the Klondike Gold Rush: The Storytelling Survivance of Native Women Elders in the Yukon.” In Adventures of the Spirit: The Older Woman in the Works of Doris Lessing, Margaret Atwood, and Other Contemporary Women Writers.
———. “Sufficiency of the Actual.” Poem reprinted with commentary from Stein and editor, Bridget Maiellero. “The Annotated Poem: Rebel without a Clause.” Chicago Magazine (January 2009): 23. ———. “These Drafts and Castoffs: Mapping James Wright.” The Kenyon Review 31, no. 3 (Summer 2009): 168–187. Swafford, Kevin. “Aesthetics and H.G. Wells’s The History of Mr. Polly.” H.G. Wells’s Fin-de-Siecle: Twenty-First Century Reflections on the Early H.G. Wells. Edited by John S. Partington. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2007: 71–82. ———. “Science, Technology, and the Aesthetics of Everyday Life: H.G. Wells’s response to John Ruskin and William Morris in A Modern Utopia.” Victorian Newsletter, no. 113 (Spring 2008): 77–87.
Burgauer, Debra L. “Oh, the Possibilities of ‘Life After High School’ by Joyce Carol Oates.” Eureka Studies in the Teaching of Short Fiction 9.1 (Fall 2008): 87–98.
Vickroy, Laurie. “Reading the Other: Love and Imagination in Written on the Body.” The CEA Critic 71.1 (Fall 2008): 12–26.
Glassmeyer, Danielle. “Ridley Scott’s Epics: Gender of Violence.” Heroes of Film, Comics, and American Culture, 2009 (Chapter 16): 281–300.
Family and Consumer Sciences
Moloney, Caitriona. “Exile in Éilís Ní Dhuibhne’s Short Fiction.” Éilís Ní Dhuibhne: Perspectives. Edited by Rebecca Pelan. Galway, Ireland: Arlen House & New York: Syracuse University Press (March 2009): 87–112. ———. “Re-Imagining Women’s History in the Fiction of Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Anne Enright, and Kate O’Riordan.” Postcolonial Text 3.3: 2007. Palakeel, Thomas. Gilgamesh: A Consolation. Published as supplement to Gurukulam: A Journal of Philosophy and the Arts, Spring 2009. Stein, Kevin. “Arts of Joy.” Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems about Birds. Edited by Billy Collins. New York:
Brandes, K. “Feed Sack Fashion in Rural America: A Reflection of Culture.” The Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy 4, no. 1 (2009): 1–23, http://ojrrp. org/journals/ojrrp/article/view/59. Collins, N., D. Mistier, B. Nelson-Goff, and S. Hymon-Parker. “Undergraduate Research in the Human Sciences: Three Models.” Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences 101, no. 3 (2009): 24–31. Dallmeyer, M.A., G.K. Randall, and N.R. Collins. “Home Economics in Higher Education: Enhancing Student Learning and Promoting Responsible Behavior.” International Journal of Home Economics 1, no. 2 (2009): 3–9.
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Harris, Tracy K. “Judeo-Spanish.” Wieser Enzyklopadie Der Sprachen Des Europaischen Westens (Western European Languages—WSEW) Zweiter Band/ Volume II. Edited by Ulrich Ammon and Harald Haarmann. Wien: Wieser Verlag, 2009: 21–34.
Brown, Bradford C. “France, 1830 Revolution.” International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest. Edited by Immanuel Ness. Hoboken: WileyBlackwell, 2009 (doi 10.1111/b. 9781405184649.2009.00580.x).
Hertich, Alexander. “Fuir: L’absence de la Présence et la Présence de lábsence Chez Jean-Philippe Toussaint.” Cornell University Department of French Studies, June 2009.
Gates, Rustin. “‘Problematic’ Foreign Policies: How the United States Came to Resemble Imperial Japan.” Shingetsu Electronic Journal of Japanese-Islamic Relations 6 (September 2009): 20–31. Scott, Amy. “Remaking Urban in the American West.” The Political Culture of the New West. Edited by Jeff Roche. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 2008.
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Technology Murray, J.D., E.T. Elwood, G.E. Jones, R. Barrick, and J. Feng. “Decreasing Expander Breast Infection: A New Drain Care Protocol.” Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery 17, no. 1 (2009): 17–21. Sung, J.-C., G. Lin, and D.-C. Gong. “Extended Research on an Imperfect Process Production-inventory Model with Deteriorating Items under Two Dispatching Policies.” Journal of Management and Systems 16, no. 3 (July 2009): 415–437.
Institute of International Studies Tarzi, S.M. “China and Foreign Direct Investment: Market-Oriented Policies and FDI Inflows.” Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies 34, no. 3 (2009): 275–289.
Mihai V. Niculescu, assistant professor of philosophy. The Spell of the Logos: Origen’s Exegetic Pedagogy in the Contemporary Debate Regarding Logocentrism. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2009. Niculescu writes about Origen of Alexandria, a Greek Patristic author, in his latest publication, The Spell of the Logos: Origen’s Exegetic Pedagogy in the Contemporary Debate Regarding Logocentrism. The book follows the path of Origen’s views, proposes critical theories, and
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Iyer, R., and J.A. Muncy. “Purpose and Object of Anti-Consumption.” Journal of Business Research 62 no. 2 (2009): 160–168 (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j.jbusres.2008.01.023).
Jungck, G., S. Radenović, S. Radojevíc, and V. Rakočevíc. “Common Fixed Point Theorems for Weakly Compatible Pairs on Cone Metric Spaces.” Fixed Point Theory and Applications, article no. 643840 (2009): 1–13.
Nair, Kalyani, Karen Yan, and Wei Sun. Multi-scale Computational Modeling and Characterization of Bioprinted Tissue Scaffolds, July 2008. Germany: VDM Verlag Publishing House Ltd.
Iyer, Rajesh. MBA Fundamentals International Business. New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing, 2009. See page 35.
Lai, F., Mitch M. Griffin, and B.J. Babin. “How Quality, Value, Image, and Satisfaction Create Loyalty at a Chinese Telecom.” Journal of Business Research 62, no. 10 (October 2009): 980–986. O’Brien, M., D. Hill, and C. Autry. “Customer Behavioral Legitimacy in Retail Returns Episodes: Effects on Retail Salesperson Role Conflict.” Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice 17, no. 3 (2009): 251–266.
Scheer, L.K., C.F. Miao, and Jason Garrett. “The Effects of Supplier Capabilities on Industrial Customers’ Loyalty: The Role of Dependence.” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, (2008): 1–15.
Mordukhovich, B.S., and L. Mou. “Necessary Conditions for Nonsmooth Optimization Problems with Operator Constraints in Metric Spaces.” Journal of Convex Analysis 3, no. 4 (October 2009): 913–937. Sterling, Mary Jane. Linear Algebra For Dummies. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009. See page 44. Szeto, George, and Larry Xue. “A Correspondence Theorem for Galois Extensions of Rings.” International Journal of Algebra 3, no. 5-8 (2009): 281–286. Szeto, G., and L. Xue. “On Hirata Separable Galois Extensions.” Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae 69, no. 3 (May 2009): 405–410.
Nair, Kalyani, Milind Gandhi, Saif Khalil, Karen Chang Yan, Michele Marcolongo, Kenneth Barbee, and Wei Sun. “Characterization of Cell Viability During Bioprinting Processes.” Biotechnology Journal 4, no. 8 (2009): 1168–1177.
Patibandla, Venkata P., and Jorge L. Abanto-Bueno. “In-situ Deformation Measurements of Plastic Spur Gears Using Digital Image Correlation.” Society for Experimental Mechanics 11th International Congress and Exhibition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 1, (2008): 504–510. Post, Scott. Applied and Computational Fluid Mechanics. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2009. See page 43.
asks thought-provoking questions about religion and what Origen calls the “Word.” Origen assumed humanity’s wish for salvation was answered by a heavenly “Word.” The “Word” is a chronology of events, a method of spreading the good news, and a way to receive salvation. This book gives an in-depth description of Origen’s understanding of religion and details a current dilemma about the potential of Origen’s Logos-centered views of the past.
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In Print Music Dzapo, Kyle. Editor of Scholarly Edition of Joachim Andersen’s Salonstücke, Op. 52, 2009 (second in planned series of new editions of Andersen’s music). ———. “Andersen, Joachim.” Lexikon der Flöte, edited by András Adorján and Lenz Meierott. Laaber, Germany: Laaber Publishing Co., 2009. Heinemann, Stephen. Metropassacaglia, composition for orchestra. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and premiered by them with William Schrickel conducting in Minneapolis, MN, on November 22, 2009. Henry Liebenow, Marcia. Concordia String Trio concerts with pianist John Orfe. Reinecke String Trio in C Minor, Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat Major. University of Missouri-Columbia, February 2, 2009.
Susan Brill de Ramírez, Caterpillar Professor of English, Native American Life History Narratives: Colonial and Postcolonial Navajo Ethnography. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2007. Native American Life History Narratives: Colonial and Postcolonial Navajo Ethnography analyzes, from a literary perspective, ethnographic work about the Navajos produced as autobiographies. This book provides a valuable resource for scholars and students by helping readers of texts, such as Son of Old Man Hat, find an appreciation of stories previously read only for informational purposes. In the case
———. Faculty Artist Chamber Music Recitals, Red Lodge Music Festival, Foote Three Character Pieces, Beethoven, Trio in C Minor, Brahms, Quintet in G Major, MT, June 6–14, 2009.
of most of the studied ethnographies, researchers went into Navajo (Diné) country and
———. Faculty artist. Festival Orchestra, Birch Creek Music Festival, Egg Harbor, WI, June 22–July 4, 2009.
The book provides an overview of the work conducted in Navajo country throughout
———. Faculty Chamber Music Concert, Birch Creek Music Festival, Egg Harbor, WI, June 29, 2009. ———. Featured soloist with Peoria Symphony Orchestra. Kernis Air for Violin, Stanford Irish Rhapsody No. 6, Peoria, IL, November 7, 2009. ———. Guest artist recital. Beethoven Sonata in A Minor, Kernis Air, Faure Sonata in A Major, Bowling Green State University, OH, November 16, 2009.
recorded the oral presentations of tribal members. Then, translated and edited versions were published as life history narratives. As Brill de Ramírez demonstrates, there is much more lying beneath the surface of the published autobiographies. the 20th century by various ethnographers and describes how to determine reliability and storytelling ambiguity of the ethnographic works. Brill de Ramírez brings to light strategies for discovering the symbolic depth and richness in the ethnographically recorded stories of the Navajos by elucidating literary tools for accessing the underlying stories. As Brill de Ramírez shows, a literary eye and a storytelling ear can open up the originating oral stories that, in some cases, prove to be trickster tales far different from what has been presented in the presumably autobiographical texts. Renowned photographer John Pack, director of the Aegean School of Fine Arts in Greece, recently said about the discussion of his ethnographic work among the Navajo, “What delights me is that the truthfulness and integrity of my work was apparent and that
———. Recital. Beethoven Sonata in A Minor, Kernis Air, Faure Sonata in A Major, Toledo Museum of Art, OH, November 15, 2009.
my (photographic) relationship with the Navajo was important enough for you to include
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Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers and the Southwest Books of the Year
in your insightful book.” This award-winning volume received the Academic Book Award for 2006–2007 by the Notable Book Award by the Tucson-Pima County Library System, 2008.
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Simon J. Ortiz photo courtesy of david Burckhalter / university of arizona press
Susan Brill de Ramírez, Caterpillar Professor of English, and Evelina Zuni Lucero, editors. Simon J. Ortiz: A Poetic Legacy of Indigenous Continuance. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2009. This volume, edited by Brill de Ramírez and Lucero (chair of the Creative Writing Department at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, N.M.), presents the first scholarly collection devoted to the work of the pioneering Native American poet, prose fiction writer, storyteller, and scholar Simon J. Ortiz. Ortiz is a member of the Acoma Pueblo tribe. His monumental contributions to American literature, to Native American literary development and study, and global indigenous literatures have been widely recognized. Ortiz’s many collections of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books (over two dozen) are regarded as some of the most important contributions to 20th and early 21st century literature. Brill de Ramírez and Lucero begin the book with a tripartite introduction that places Ortiz’s work within the framework of Pueblo Indian history and culture, provides readers with insights into the depth and breadth of Ortiz’s literary craft, and introduces readers to the range of scholarship and creative essays in the volume. Simon J. Ortiz: A Poetic Legacy of Indigenous Continuance includes interviews with Ortiz, two of his own essays, creative nonfiction essays by a range of Native American women writers and scholars, several poems in honor of Ortiz by Native American poets, and critical scholarship by over a dozen leading scholars of Native American literatures. Ortiz’s primary role in the development of cultural studies, Native American literature, and indigenous studies worldwide is detailed in the text, which describes the larger political, historical, and cultural factors that have informed Ortiz’s life and writing and transformed Native American writing throughout the last 40 years.
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In Print Henry Liebenow, Marcia, with John Jost. Presented “Thinning the Texture: Techniques to Achieve Transparency in 18th Century Choral-Orchestral Works,” and participated in the panel discussion, “Conducting the Orchestra.” National Convention of the National Collegiate Choral Conductors, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, OH, November 1, 2008. Orfe, John. A Hymn on the Nativity of My Savior for SATB chorus and piano (text: Ben Jonson). Premiered by the Bradley Chorale, John Jost, conductor, at Bradley University’s Dingeldine Music Center, December 6, 2009. ———. Aerials, commissioned and premiered by NOVUS trombone quartet at New York University, October 15, 2009. ———. Aerials for orchestra. Commissioned and premiered by the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, Champaign-Urbana, IL, October 17, 2009. ———. Dowland Remix for 16 players performed October 23, 2009, in Hamburg, Germany, by Alarm Will Sound. ———. Dowland Remix, premiered at Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY, July 22, 2009, by Alarm Will Sound. ———. Lecture-recital on variation in the works of Edvard Grieg and Ezra Laderman, American Grieg Society, Rollins College, Orlando, FL, January 11, 2009. ———. Parable of the Sower for trombone quartet. Commissioned and premiered by NOVUS trombone quartet at New York University, October 15, 2009. ———. Portrait concert of original compositions, various performers, Yale School of Music, February 12, 2009. ———. Romance for flute and piano. Premiered by Kyle Dzapo and John Orfe. Bradley University’s Dingeldine Music Center, September 20, 2009. ———. Waxwing for guitar and double bass. Premiered and toured by Dez Cordas (Matthew Slotkin, guitar; Craig Butterfield, bass) in ten cities in North Carolina and South Carolina, August– September 2009.
Nursing Brubaker, C., J. Ruthman, and J. Walloch. “The Usefulness of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to Nursing Students in the Clinical Setting: A Pilot Study.” NLN Perspectives 30, no. 6 (November 2009): 390–392.
Philosophy and Religious Studies Niculescu, Mihai V. The Spell of the Logos: Origen’s Exegetic Pedagogy in the Contemporary Debate Regarding Logocentrism. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2009. See page 38. Zaborowski, Jason R. “From Coptic to Arabic in Medieval Egypt.” Medieval Encounters 14, no. 1 (2008): 15–40.
Gill, Emily R. “Coercion, Neutrality, and Same-Sex Marriage.” Coercion and the State, edited by David A. Reidy and Walter J. Riker. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2008: 115–127. ———. “The Religion Clauses and Same-Sex Marriage.” Moral Argument, Religion, and Same-Sex Marriage: Advancing the Public Good, edited by Gordon A. Babst, Emily R. Gill, and Jason Pierceson. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009: 51–73. Gill, Emily R., and Julie Mierzwa. “The First Amendment, Varieties of Neutrality, and Same-Sex Marriage.” Politics and Religion, journal of the Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 2, no. 3 (December 2009): 353–377.
Physics
Principled Leadership in Public Service, Institute for
Hsu, J.-C., C.-C. Lee, H.-L. Chen, C.-C. Kuo, and P.W. Wang. “Investigation of Thin TiO2 Films Cosputtered with Si Species.” Applied Surface Science 255, no. 9 (2009): 4852–4858.
Scroggs, L.E., Joan L. Sattler, and Brad McMillan. “The Undergraduate Leadership Mosaic: A Challenge of Shared Purpose.” Journal of Leadership Education, 8 no. 1 (2009) 48–59.
Lin, Yung-Hsin, Jin-Cherng Hsu, Yi Ding, and Paul W. Wang. “Optical Properties of High Transmittance Aluminum Oxynitride Thin Films for Spectral Range from Near Ultraviolet to Visible.” Optical Review 16, no. 3 (May 2009): 400–403. Wall, D., S. Sindermann, K.R. Roos, M. Horn-Von Hoegen, and F.-J. Meyer Zu Heringdorf. “The Influence of Anisotropic Diffusion on Ag Nanowire Formation.” Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 21, no. 31 (2009), article no. 314023, doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/31/314023.
Political Science Babst, Gordon A., Emily R. Gill, and Jason Pierceson, editors. Moral Argument, Religion, and Same-Sex Marriage: Advancing the Public Good. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009. Curtis, Craig. “Car Stereos and the Criminal Sanction: The Dangers of Too Much Social Control.” New Political Science 31, no. 3 (September 2009): 273–289.
Psychology Jonason, P.K., N.P. Li, G.D. Webster, and D.P. Schmitt. “The Dark Triad: Facilitating a Short-Term Mating Strategy in Men.” European Journal of Personality 23, no. 1 (2009): 5–18. Kennair, L.E.O., D.P. Schmitt, Y.L. Fjeldavli, and S.K. Harlem. “Sex Differences in Sexual Desires and Attitudes in Norwegian Samples.” Interpersona 3, suppl. 1 (June 2009): 1–32. Kuhle, B.X., K.D. Smedley, and D.P. Schmitt. “Sex Differences in the Motivation and Mitigation of Jealously-Induced Interrogations.” Personality and Individual Differences 46, no. 4 (2009): 499–502. Quinn, D.M., and S.R. Chaudoir. “Living with a Concealable Stigmatized Identity: The Impact of Anticipated Stigma, Centrality, Salience, and Cultural Stigma on Psychological Distress and Health.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 97, no. 4 (2009): 634–651.
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Roberts, Dawn C., and Danielle Black. “Comparison of Interventions to Reduce Sun Exposure.” Behavioral Medicine 35, no. 2 (2009): 67–78. Schmitt, D.P., G. Youn, B. Bond, S. Brooks, H. Frye, S. Johnson, J. Klesman, C. Peplinski, J. Sampias, M. Sherrill, and C. Stoka. “When Will I Feel Love? The Effects of Culture, Personality, and Gender on the Psychological Tendency to Love.” Journal of Research in Personality, 43, no. 5 (2009): 830–846.
Sociology Hogan, Jackie. Gender, Race and National Identity: Nations of Flesh and Blood. New York: Routledge, 2009. See page 36.
Teacher Education Arquette, C.M. “Undergraduates Learn about Qualitative Research at a PDS.” PDS Partners 5, no. 2 (2009): 4. National Association for Professional Development Schools.
Arquette, C.M., and D.A. Kuester. “Strategies for Teaching Language Arts to Struggling Readers in Inclusive Settings.” The Changing Landscapes of Literacy: Building Best Practice. Edited by B. Culligan. Dublin, Ireland: Reading Association of Ireland, 2009: 230–244. Britner, S.L., and F. Pajares. “Science Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Concept of Undergraduate Biology Students.” Teacher Education: Policy, Practice, and Research. Edited by A. Selkirk and M. Tichenor. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers (2009): 251–264.
Scott Post, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. Applied and Computational Fluid Mechanics. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2010. Applied and Computational Fluid Mechanics includes the basics of fluid mechanics, realistic examples, and uses computer applications and algorithms to solve real-world dilemmas related to aerodynamics, fluid flow, and thermodynamics. The text includes algorithms for numerical solutions of fluid problems that can be incorporated into various programming environments such as MATLAB. A CD-ROM, which includes source code, third-party simulations, MATLAB files, and color figures, accompanies the book. The book introduces computational fluid dynamics and applications for fuel cells, turbines, rockets, and pumps. An additional resource disc for instructors and a Web site with solutions are available, making it well-designed for a fluid mechanics course for mechanical engineers and a reference for professional engineers.
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In Print Cantu, D.A. American Passages: A History of the United States, Test Bank, 4th Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/ Cengage Learning, 2009. ———. “One-Cloud Schoolhouse: A Primer on the Application of the Cloud Computing Model to K-12 Education.” Interface: The Journal of Education, Community, and Values 9, no. 7 (2009), http://bcis.pacificu.edu/journal/2009/07/ article.php?id=99. ———. The American Experiment: A History of the United States, Test Bank, 3rd Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/ Cengage Learning, 2009. Chrosniak, P.N. “Seeing What We Know, Knowing What We See: The Involvement of Visual Literacy in Learning.” Visual Data: Understanding and Applying Visual Data to Research in Education. Edited by J.E. Pederson and K.D. Finson. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers, 2009: 133–150.
Crandell, S., and C.E. Johnson. “The Impact of Video Instruction: A Case Study of a Student with Asperger Syndrome.” Teaching Exceptional Children Plus 5, no. 6 (2009), http://escholarship.bc.edu/ education/tecplus/vol5/iss6/art1/. Edgcomb, M.R., S.L. Britner, , K.D. McConnaughay, and R.J. Wolffe. “Science 101: An Integrated, Inquiry-Oriented Science Course for Education Majors.” Journal of College Science Teaching 38, no. 1 (2008): 22–27. Finson, K.D. “What Drawings Reveal about Perceptions of Scientists: Visual Data Operationally Defined.” Visual Data: Understanding and Applying Visual Data to Research in Education. Edited by J.E. Pedersen and K.D. Finson. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers, 2009: 59–78. Finson, K.D. Practitioners as Teachers: Effective Strategies for Teaching in the Health Sciences. DVD. Macomb, IL: Western Illinois University Document and Reproduction Services, 2009.
Mary Jane Sterling, lecturer in mathematics. Linear Algebra For Dummies. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2009. Linear Algebra For Dummies is a complete hands-on guide to real-world applications for linear algebra. The step-by-step guide explains how to solve linear algebra problems in a way that is easy to understand. The book explains key concepts of linear algebra and how they relate to everything from nutrition to spotted owl extinction. The book covers theoretical and practical ways to master linear algebra problems, new ways to look at operations, and how linear algebra relates to vectors, matrices, determinants, and linear transformations.
Hunzicker, Jana, Twila Lukowiak, Victoria Huffman, and Celia Johnson. “Tomorrow’s Teacher Leaders: Nurturing a Disposition of Leadership.” Academic Leadership: The Online Journal 7, no. 3 (December 7, 2009), http://www.academicleadership.org/ emprical_research/Tomorrow_s_Teacher_ Leaders_Nurturing_a_Disposition_of_ Leadership.shtml.
Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals (Spring 2009): 107–117, http://aasep.org/ aasep-publications/journal-of-theamerican-academy-of-special-educationprofessionals-jaasep/jaasep-spring-2009/ academic-interventions-implemented-toteach-students-with-emotionaldisturbance/index.html.
Hunzicker, J.L. “National Board Certification: Too Important to Ignore.” Illinois School Board Journal (2009), http://www.iasb.com/journal/j010209_05. cfm.
Pardieck, S.E. “Creating Personal Connections: Exploring the Immigration to Chinatown in Chicago, Illinois.” Journal of the Illinois Council for the Social Studies 68 (2008): 1–6.
Kuester, D.A. Social Rules for Students At Risk for ADHD. Edited by Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag, 2009.
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Lukowiak, T.R. “Academic Interventions Implemented to Teach Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.”
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Pardieck, S.E., and D.W. McMullen. “Digital Preservice Teaching Portfolios: One Teacher Education Program’s Solution.” Critical Issues in Teacher Education 16 (2009): 13–21.
Scroggs, L.E., Joan L. Sattler, and Brad McMillan. “The Undergraduate Leadership Mosaic: A Challenge of Shared Purpose.” Journal of Leadership Education, 8 no. 1 (2009): 48–59.
Pedersen, J.E., and K.D. Finson, editors. Visual Data: Understanding and Applying Visual Data to Research in Education. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers, 2009.
Wolffe, R., book series content editor. Science Explorer: Super Cool Science Experiments (24 titles in series). Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake, 2009.
Theatre Arts Lohman, Mark (scenic design and properties artisan). Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, Summer 2008.
Jan Frazier, instructor in communication. Destination Disaster, fourth book in The Adventures of J.C. van Winkler series. Pittsburgh, PA: Sterling House Publishers, 2009. Destination Disaster is the fourth book in the J.C. van Winkler adventure series for young adults. J.C. and Smitty the Ghost hop on the Laser Express for another adventure and visit some of the worst disasters the world has ever seen. The duo races from one disaster to another to save those who will change the world’s destiny. Along the way, they visit Pompeii in ancient Italy in the first century for a little volcano action, elswhere in Italy for a close up of Black Death, London’s great fire, and the San Francisco earthquake. The final stop on their tour is New York City on September 11, 2001. Each of those people is safeguarded from the horrific devastation—be it a volcano, war, earthquake, or terrorism—and each will be significant in helping to save the world from terrorism in the 21st century. The other books in The Adventures of J.C. van Winkler series include Starlight Laser Express, Ghost of a Chance, and Glimpse of the Netherworld.
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