Fall 2011 - The Citadel

ELEMENTS
The Citadel
School of Science and Mathematics Newsletter
Vol. 4 No. 1 Fall 2011
DEAN‟S MESSAGE
Dear Friends of the School of Science and Mathematics:
It is a pleasure to share the fourth edition of Elements with you and report some School of
Science and Mathematics highlights from the 2010-11 academic year. The most exciting
event this year was the very generous donation by Lee Faircloth (Citadel ‘64) of 550
acres of land on the Black River which will be developed into a Citadel environmental
field station. In the departmental reports below you will find news on student and faculty
activities, initiatives and achievements which illustrate the strength and vitality of our
people and academic programs.
We are pleased to welcome five highly talented individuals as new members of the
faculty of Science and Mathematics. Blakely Adair (PhD, Chemistry, Texas Tech
University), Rob Clark (PhD, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Deepti
Joshi (PhD, Computer Science, University of Nebraska), Brendon Stanton (PhD, Iowa
State University), and Michael Verdicchio (PhD, Computer Science, Arizona State
University) have all joined The Citadel as Assistant Professors. We bid farewell this year
to four veteran faculty members: Margaret Francel in Mathematics and Computer
Science, Ishaq Zahid in Computer Science, Spencer Hurd in Mathematics, and Peter
Rembiesa in Physics. Brief tributes to these long-time valued colleagues may be found
below.
As many of you know, I have completed my five year term as dean and I have taken up a
full-time faculty position in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. The
administration of the School is in the very capable hands of Dr. Spike Metts who serves
as interim dean while the search for a new dean continues. It has been a great honor to
serve as founding dean of the School of Science and Mathematics. During my forty years
in the academy I have never been associated with a more dedicated group of educators
who place students at the center of their professional life. I look forward to, and hope to
play a small part in, the continued success of the faculty in advancing student learning
and scholarship at The Citadel.
Please phone (843-953-5300) or email ([email protected]) us with your
personal news and thoughts on science and mathematics education or the workings of
The Citadel School of Science and Mathematics. We like nothing better than to hear from
our friends and alumni.
Chuck Groetsch
Citadel on the Black River
Through the foresight and generosity of V. Lee Faircloth (Mathematics ‘67) The
Citadel has acquired an extraordinary resource to advance environmental research and
education in the Lowcountry. Mr. Faircloth has donated to The Citadel his ‗Indian Hut‘
property consisting of 544 acres of bottomland forest habitat near Georgetown, including
an idyllic stretch of over one mile of Black River shoreline, pictured below:
This gift will further educational, research, and outreach activities of the School of
Science and Mathematics in the fields of wetlands and coastal environmental and
sustainability studies. It has been immediately integrated into the Biology Department‘s
new environmental studies certificate program and will be used as a field laboratory in
undergraduate and graduate courses. The property will also be an outstanding
geographical focus for educational outreach activities associated with The Citadel STEM
Center of Excellence. Plans are in the works, in conjunction with the Civil Engineering
Department, to survey and lay out interpretive nature trails and the Citadel Foundation is
seeking donors for a future permanent research and education station on the site.
Faculty and graduate students with Lee Faircloth
Getting the „lay of the land‟
Adelman receives Governor‟s Award
Dr. Saul J. Adelman was awarded the inauguralGovernor‟s
Award for Excellence in Scientific Research at an
Undergraduate Institution. This award was announced on
March 8th, 2011 and was presented to Professor Adelman by Governor
Nikki R. Haley in a ceremony which took place on October 4th, 2011.
The award was in recognition of Dr. Adelman's work on the chemical
composition of stellar atmospheres, which has been supported by
NASA, the National Science Foundation, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This
research, which has extended over a period of thirty five years, is most impressive in that
it has taken place at an undergraduate institution which emphasizes teaching and requires
a full teaching load and in a department which has no graduate students. Adelman is a
distinguished stellar astronomer with a long and continuous record of research, teaching
and mentoring of undergraduates, and professional service to the scientific community
and the general public. His published works include more than 300 peer reviewed journal
articles. An international specialist in the chemical composition of stellar atmospheres,
Adelman has expertly applied techniques of high dispersion spectroscopy and
spectrophotometry to significantly advance the understanding of the atmospheres of
many classes of stars. While the Governor‘s Award for Excellence in Scientific Research
has been given for some time, this is the first time for the award on the undergraduate
institution level. Dr. Adelman has received a well-deserved recognition and has brought
positive recognition to the Physics Department and The Citadel.
Saul Adelman with Governor Haley, Columbia, October 4, 2011
2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award
Fred Holland
Alexander F. (―Fred‖) Holland grew up on a tobacco farm in rural Florence, SC.
He obtained his B.S. in Pre-Medicine from The Citadel in 1964. After graduation, Fred
Holland spent time in the US Air Force before going back to school to obtain his Masters
in Biology (1972) and Ph.D. in Marine Science (1974) from the University of South
Carolina. Dr. Holland joined the Martin Marietta Corporation‘s Research Institute for
Advanced Study (RIAS) and rose to chief of the Environmental Systems Division, which
later became Versar, Inc., in Baltimore, Maryland. He worked for these companies for
15 years, eventually being promoted to Vice President. In 1991, he returned to South
Carolina to become the Director of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources‘
Marine Resources Research Institute (SCDNR MRRI). In 2001, he became the first
Director of NOAA‘s Hollings Marine Laboratory on James Island.
Dr. Holland is a distinguished estuarine ecologist and a highly accomplished
scientific administrator. He is a nationally recognized expert on the design and
implementation of monitoring and research programs linking human activities and
estuarine ecological condition. He has authored or co-authored approximately 100
technical reports and peer reviewed scientific papers concerning the ecology of coastal
habitats. Dr. Holland co-authored a publication for the National Academy of Sciences
entitled Managing Troubled Waters that reviewed the current status of marine and
estuarine monitoring systems and developed recommendations for their improvement. In
addition, he has spent considerable time and energy training the next generation of
marine scientists, including high school, undergraduate, and graduate students.
Dr. Holland has spent his entire career studying estuaries and working with the public to
better their understanding about impacts of human activities on the environment and how
those impacts could be managed and minimized to improve the natural environment, the
community, and people‘s quality of life. In a career spanning well over 30 years, he has
worked tirelessly to ensure that his research is not only relevant to decision-makers and
managers, but especially to communities and ―real people.‖ He has worked to translate
scientific results into plain language so that planners, resource managers, and interested
lay persons could readily understand the findings and what their implications are in daily
life. Based on his numerous and significant contributions to environmental awareness
throughout the state, Dr. Holland was named the 2009 winner of the South Carolina
Environmental Awareness Award.
The Citadel Bids Farewell to
Francel, Hurd, Rembiesa, and Zahid
Four veteran professors, Margaret Francel, Spencer Hurd, Peter Rembiesa, and Ishaq
Zahid, who collectively have a combined record of over a century of service to The
Citadel, have retired.
With Margaret Francel‘s retirement we lose one dedicated professor, but two
PhDs. Margaret earned a PhD in mathematics from Emory University and a PhD in
computer science from Georgia Tech. She was awarded the C.A. Medbery Excellence in
Teaching Award in 2011. She has been a mainstay of the combined department for 27
years, teaching, counseling, and mentoring generations of students in mathematics and
computer science.
Dr. Spencer Hurd retired in July 2011 after 27 years of service to the college. Dr.
Hurd earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Georgia prior to joining our
faculty, and while at The Citadel he received widespread recognition for his research in
mathematics. Dr. Hurd also authored an undergraduate textbook on applied calculus, and
he is known to us as the ―go to man‖ for the latest news from the world of number
theory.
Professor Rembiesa came to this country on a postdoctoral appointment after
receiving his PhD from Jagiellonian University (Copernicus‘s university) and stayed as a
political refugee during Poland‘s struggle to cast off communism. Peter is a particle
theorist who worked on the history of quantum field theory with Jadish Mehra. He was
department head for ten years and during the past five years he has worked to further the
career of his wife, who is herself an accomplished particle physicist.
Dr. Ishaq Zahid retired in August 2010 after 26 years of service to the college.
Dr. Zahid earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh prior to
joining the faculty, and he subsequently obtained an M.S. in Computer Science from the
University of South Carolina to help bolster the credentials of The Citadel in that area.
During his career Dr. Zahid provided our students with valuable computer science skills
he honed from his extensive experience in industrial computing environments.
These dedicated, experienced, and valued colleagues have served generations of
students with their teaching and advice. They will be sorely missed by us all.
The Baton is Passed in Biology
After ten years of exemplary service as head of the Biology Department Paul Rosenblum
has assumed a full-time faculty appointment. The department is truly Paul‘s creation
(meaning of course, he guided its evolution). Paul hired every single member of the
current biology faculty, save one. That one, John Weinstein, has taken over the duties as
department head from Paul. Friends from across the campus and the Charleston
community gathered the Boathouse to celebrate Paul, and his great success in building
one of the finest departments in the Citadel and to welcome John as the new Head of the
Biology Department.
Paul dissecting a dinosaur
Paul now has time
Paul and faithful sidekick Lynn Clark
Susan LaMontagne and Lynn
New Head of Biology, John Weinstein
Carter to Cal Tech
In August the School of Science and Mathematics said goodbye to one of its longest
serving and most dedicated faculty members. John Carter, head of the Health Exercise
and Sport Science department, has left The Citadel to take up an appointment as
Associate Athletic Director at the California Institute of Technology. John will be sorely
missed. He is an outstanding teacher who has won the Major James A. Grimsley Jr.
Award for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence twice. His service to The Citadel and its
students is legendary. In 1994 he received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award for
excellence of character and service to humanity; he was named Company Academic
Advisor of the Year in 1998, and he has served as Ombudsperson since 1997. John is
known across campus as ―dumpster diver in chief‖ for spearheading the annual garage
sale. His efforts have helped raise more than $100,000 over the years for scholarships that
are now named in his honor. We wish him the very best in his new career in Pasadena.
John S. Carter
NEWS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS
Biology
For the 2011-2012 academic year, Dr. John Weinstein will assume department head
duties. Dr. Paul Rosenblum will be returning to the faculty after serving as department
head for the past 10 years. Both he and Dr. Danny Gustafson will be taking welldeserved sabbaticals during the upcoming academic year.
The Biology Department continues to encourage students to become involved in research.
During the past year, several students were recognized at regional and national scientific
meetings for their accomplishments. Cadet Alexander B. Anderson won the Wilson
Ornithological Society‘s Nancy Klamm Undergraduate Presentation Award for best
research poster, at the national-level Joint Meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Society,
The Association of Field Ornithologists, and the Cooper Ornithological Society held in
Kearney, NE, during March. Graduate student Jonte Miller won third place for the best
platform presentation at the Carolinas Regional Society of Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry meeting held in Boone, NC during March. Mr. Miller will also be
presenting his results at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry in Boston this November. Cadet Rachelle Reigerix won the
Sigma Xi poster presentation award at The Citadel Undergraduate Research Conference.
This achievement also earned her a student membership in Sigma Xi, the Scientific
Research Society. Also inducted into Sigma Xi this past spring was Cadet C. Preston
Payne, for research described in the Fall 2010 issue of Elements.
The Biology Department will be offering a new graduate program beginning in Fall 2011.
The Graduate Certificate in Environmental Studies is designed to promote a more
comprehensive understanding of the complex relationship between living organisms,
including humans, and the highly dynamic nature of their surrounding physical
environment. Post-baccalaureate students enrolled in this unique program will not only
complete several graduate-level Biology courses emphasizing ecology and field biology,
but will also complete two graduate-level courses in Civil and Environmental
Engineering. In addition to this new Graduate Certificate, the Biology Department offers
the following two graduate programs: Master of Arts and a Master of Arts in Teaching.
Cadet Alex Anderson beside his poster at the Joint Meeting of the Wilson
Ornithological Society, The Association of Field Ornithologists, and the Cooper
Ornithological Society held in Kearney, NE
Cadet Preston Payne and Dr. Paul Nolan at the Sigma Xi Induction Banquet.
Faculty Accomplishments
Dr. Paul Nolan traveled to several conferences, and his students were recognized for their
work:
Publications
Norman Johnson, Paul Nolan, Nicola Plowes, Paul Kuzeja, Brian Storrie, and Teri
Shors. In Press. Principles of Life – Printed Test Bank. Sinauer Assoc. Inc.,
Sunderland, MA. ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-7928-4.
McGraw, Kevin J., Paul M. Nolan, and Ondi L. Crino. 2011. Carotenoids bolster
immunity during molt in a wild songbird species with sexually selected plumage
coloration. The Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 102:560-572.
Presentations at Conferences
*Alexander B. Anderson, Paul M. Nolan, and Kristy Y. Johnson. Does corticosterone
correlate with exposure to West Nile virus in House Finches? Joint Meeting of the
AFO/WOS/COS, Kearney, NE; March 2011.
* Citadel undergraduate, and winner of the Wilson Ornithological Society‘s Nancy
Klamm Undergraduate Presentation Award for best research poster.
Paul M. Nolan and John E. Weinstein. Assessing Avian Use of Stormwater Detention
Ponds in a Coastal Environment. International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Perth,
Australia; September 2010.
Public Presentations
Paul M. Nolan. Penguin Pals: Or, everyone looks great in a tuxedo. 30-minute
presentation given to three groups of 8-12 year olds in the Kids Alive Summer Camp,
organized by the Charleston County Parks & Recreation Commission with the
mission ―to engage young children in fun and interactive learning processes through
science, the arts, and life skills‖. Charleston, SC; July 2011.
Dr. Kathy Zanin adds:
Citadel Undergraduate Research Day: Sigma Xi Award
1. At the 2011 Citadel Undergraduate Research Day, Cadet David Spooner won one
of three awards from The Charleston Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific
Research Honor Society. The award was granted him for his poster presentation
entitled ―Histone H3 Present in Mitochondria of Drosophila melanogaster.‖
Publication
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Zanin, M.K.B, Everitt, B., and Donohue, J. (2010) Evidence that Core
Histone H3 is targeted to the Mitochondria in Brassica oleracea. Cell Biology
International. 34(10):997-1003.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20597863
Dr. Danny Gustafson adds:
I published a paper in Conservation Genetics in 2011 and secured funding for the Georgia
Aster research project.
Craig S. Echt, Dennis Demeer, Danny Gustafson, Patterns of differentiation among
endangered pondberry
populations
Dr. Joel Gramling was very busy this year with funded projects, presentations, and
publishing an article:
Gramling, J.M. Laurel Wilt, a Growing Disease Problem in Bays and Other Woody
Species. 2011. The Journal of the South Carolina Native Plant Society Spring
2011: 5-7.
Funded Projects:
2011-2012
$7,944
Department of Defense
 Monitor and Maintain Lindera melissifolia: determination
and findings at the MCAS Beaufort
2011-2012
$3,000
Citadel Foundation Faculty Research Grant
 Monitoring plant community dynamics and the spread of
Laurel Wilt Disease in South Carolina: Year 4
2011-2012
$7,140
NASA (South Carolina Space Grant Consortium)
 The Effects of Sea Level Rise on the Productivity of
Hammock Islands in South Carolina
2011-2012
$95,000.00
Commission on Higher Education - ITQ Grant
 Developing Highly Qualified Science and Mathematics
Teachers Through Project-Based Learning, Year 2
Presentations:
August 2011
Presented ―Diverse Wetland Restoration Approaches under
Working-Lands Programs in the Southeastern U.S.: Implications
for Ecosystem Services‖ at the Ecological Society of America‘s
96th Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.
August 2011
Presented ―A habitat characterization and suitability model for
the endangered wetland plant Lindera melissifolia in the
Southeastern Coastal Plain‖ at the Ecological Society of
America‘s 96th Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.
August 2011
Developed and taught the Science component of the The
Morris Island Lighthouse & Lowcountry Ecosystem Institute‘s
week long Teacher‘s Workshop at The Citadel in Charleston, SC.
July 2011
Presented at The STEM Center of Excellence at The
Citadel‘s STEM Innovation Institute for K-12 Teachers on
―Conservation Ecology in the Lowcountry of SC: aliens, sea level
rise and other threats‖.
Chemistry
The Chemistry Department welcomes its largest class of incoming freshman this
fall as well as a new faculty member, Dr. Blakely Adair. Additionally, five upper level
students stayed for the summer to work on research projects with the faculty. The
department stresses the importance of faculty involving students in research.
Dr. Blakely Adair has joined the department as an Assistant Professor. Her areas
of specialty are analytical chemistry and environmental toxicology. She received her
Master‘s Degree from Clemson University and her Ph.D. from Texas Tech University.
Dr. Adair has post-doctoral experience atthe Environmental Protection Agency and the
National Institute of Standards and Technology. She will be teaching Instrumental
Analysis and introductory and general chemistry. Her research at The Citadel will focus
on two areas. One is to develop, validate, and optimize sample collection and preparation
techniques for quantification of biologically and environmentally relevant metals and
metalloids in representative matrices at relevant concentrations. The second is to apply
element specific detection of heteroatoms or elemental tags to produce more accurate
biomolecule quantification methods.
Cadet Washington presents her research at the spring meeting of the
American Chemical Society in Anaheim.
The Chemistry faculty continues to emphasize undergraduate research. Two
students presented their research results at the April Meeting of the American Chemical
Society Meeting in Anaheim and five upper level students stayed for the summer to work
on their research projects with the faculty. The faculty continue to beinvolved in
initiatives to improve student learning and experience the excitement of research
culminating in the senior research project. The faculty encourage students begin research
as soon as possible. The following students were involved in research:
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L. Ashley Washington (Chemistry ‘11) worked with Dr. Holly Bevsek on her
senior
research project on the ―Effect of the purity of carbon nanotubes on its reaction
withNOx compounds‖. She presented the results to the department, at the Citadel
Undergraduate Research Conference and at the April Meeting of the American
Chemical Society in Anaheim. She was awarded second place overall at the 2011
Citadel Undergraduate Research Conference.
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John W. Jordan (Chemistry ‘12) investigated the reaction of NO with
gamma-Fe2O3 with Dr. Holly Bevsek. He presented the results at the Citadel
Undergraduate Research Conference and at the April Meeting of the American
Chemical Society in Anaheim.
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Two students working with Dr. Ron Hemingway developing a unique method for
constructing ultramicroion selective electrodes that will aid in investigating the
eflux and influx of ionsthru cell walls. The sensing area for these electrodes is as
small as ~3 squaremicrometers, about the size of medium sized bacteria.
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One student worked with Dr. Michael Dorko to investigate the properties and
reactions of high energetic materials (HEMs) used by the civilian and military
sectors.
Two students worked with Dr. Holly Bevsek. They investigated reactions of
methane with hydrogen peroxide on simulated Martian soil using a UV light
source to determine the importance of reaction on the photoexcited surface.
Dr. Holly Bevsek received a grant from the South Carolina Space Grant Consortium to
investigate "Reaction of Methane with Hydrogen Peroxide Adsorbed on a Martian Soil
Analog". She was the 2010 recipient of the Medbery Research Mentor Award for her
commitment to undergraduate research. Dr. Bevsek, Dr. Blanton, Dr. Dorko and Dr.
Hemingway Faculty have received grants from the Citadel Development Foundation
(CDF) to support their research projects. Dr. Bevsek‘s CDF supported research project
involves reactions of nitrogen oxides in carbon nanotubes. Dr. Dorko‘s research project
is a theoretical investigation of beryllium sulfide and magnesium sulfide clusters as
possible hydrogen storage materials. Dr. Hemingway is developing ultramicro ion
selective electrodes. Dr. Blanton‘s research examines chiral catalysts and reagents for
use in novel asymmetric syntheses.
In the academic laboratories, funds from the Jumper Chemistry Restricted Fund were
used to purchase a Bruker FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) Spectrometer for the
organic chemistry students to use to analyze the products of their syntheses. The
laboratory curriculum is being revised to incorporate the new instrumentation. A plan
was devised to upgrade and renovate the organic chemistry laboratories.
The student affiliate of the American Chemical Society continues to be active. The
officers for 2010-2011were L. Ashley Washington as President, Anna Fuzy as Vice
President, and John Jordan as Secretary. Dr. Dorko is the faculty advisor. The group met
throughout the semester investigating different aspects of chemistry. The juniors and
seniors were available to tutor the freshman as needed in the evenings. This year they are
planning on visiting local chemical industry workplace(s).
Students received awards and fellowships. Kyle Page is a recipient of the Wideman
Scholarship. Joshua Edwards received the Outstanding Junior Award, Benjamin Cook
received the Outstanding Sophomore Award and Joshua Neeper received the Outstanding
Freshman Award. Joshua Edwards was awarded the Analytical Chemistry Award for his
performance in the analytical chemistry laboratory. Joshua Edwards, John Jordan and
Frederick Shriner received Wideman Student Research Fellowships for support of their
research over the summer.
Dr. Zuraw with chemistry award recipients Joshua Neeper, Benjamin Cook, Joshua
Edwards and Kyle Page at the School of Science and Mathematics Award
Luncheon.
Faculty and students are also involved in projects in the educational community.
Some of the projects they have been involved in include:
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The department hosted fourth and fifth grade students in the ALERT program
from Columbia to investigate energy. Faculty and cadets assisted the students
identify compounds by doing flame tests, investigate magic birthday candles, and
observe several reactions that release energy.
ALERT students performing flame test with the assistance of Cadet Reilly.
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Dr. Bevsek is the external evaluator on the NSF-funded project ―Building
Bridges: Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering Education on the South
Plains‖ at Texas Tech University. This STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering
and Math) grant is to improve the abilities of graduate students to communicate
their research to the public.
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Dr. Zuraw is a faculty consultant for the Advanced Placement Chemistry
Examination. She is involved in item writing and scoring of the Examination.
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For Corps Day, the 15th issue of The Gold Star Journal was published. Dr.
Suzanne T. Mabrouk continues to serve as the faculty advisor.
Health, Exercise, and Sport Science
Grand opening and dedication of the
Dr. Hank Cross Human Performance Laboratory
November 5, 2010
In May 2010, construction of the Dr. Hank Cross Human Performance Laboratory began.
On November 5, 2010 the grand opening and dedication was held. This new lab, located
on the first floor of Deas Hall, includes a conference room and a 12-person computer lab.
Construction was made possible through a very generous gift from Bite Tech,
Incorporated, which has supported research in the Department of Health, Exercise, and
Sport Science for several years. The Dr. Hank Cross Human Performance Laboratory
is a state-of-the-art, high-technology learning laboratory used for:
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Continuing research on use of the Bite Tech mouthpiece during exercise as relates
to changes in levels of the stress hormone cortisol, airway openings, lactate levels,
and changes in oxygen and carbon dioxide kinetics in college-aged, middle-aged,
and older populations. This research will help move this beneficial product to
market, and also increase the profile of The Citadel as a research center for this
product which is being promoted and marketed by Under Armour and Patterson
Dental.
Assessing other hormonal and stress markers related to athletes and performance.
Understanding effects of exercise and nutrition on cancer survivors.
Conducting a multitude of other research and studies related to human
performance and physical fitness including height/weight assessments for oncampus students and others off-campus who want an understanding of their
physical fitness levels related to body composition.
A center for cooperative research with other universities and The Department of
Defense with the goal of improving performance of military personnel.
HESS Department Submits NASPE/NCATE Report
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) in
cooperation with the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
(NCATE) review college and university physical education teacher education programs
for accreditation. NASPE requires that programs collect data to provide evidence that
teacher candidates graduate with an acceptable level of knowledge, skills, and
dispositions.
Following three years of preparation which included creating assessments aligned
with the 2008 Initial Physical Education Teacher Education Standards, piloting and
revising assessments, implementing assessments and then collecting data, HESS teacher
education faculty submitted their NASPE/NCATE report for review in March.
The new standards reflect a shift toward thinking about physical education as a
performance-based discipline. Under new standards, a HESS teacher education program
assesses teacher candidates‘ physical skills, performance concepts and health-related
fitness. Teacher candidates are prepared to demonstrate the content and pedagogical
knowledge, skills and dispositions NASPE has identified as important. Program
completers are able to demonstrate what a highly qualified physical education teacher
should know and be able to do upon initial licensure.
HESS Student News
Five undergraduate students from the Department of HESS were awarded Third Place at
The Citadel Undergraduate Research Conference held March 18, 2011. Dustin Allen
(MECEP), John Jankowski (MECEP), Michael Lucky, Nathan Riddle (MECEP), and
Chad Erickson were recognized for their project entitled “A Study of Running
Efficiency between Barefoot and Shod Running”. This project was supervised by Dr.
Dena Garner.
CURC awardsto HESS students in past years:
Spring 2008 – 2nd Place
Spring 2009 – 1st Place
Spring 2010 – 2nd& 3rd Place
Two graduating seniors in the Department of HESS were recognized as “Outstanding
Majors of the Year” by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education
(NASPE). Tatum Jestila from Scottsdale, AZ was selected by the HESS faculty as the
outstanding major in health and wellness, while Shannon Frain from Elwood, IL was
selected as the outstanding major in physical education. Both Tatum and Shannon were
members of The Citadel Volleyball Team during their four years at The Citadel.
Dr. Lori Williams, Tatum Jestila, Dr. Josey Templeton, Shannon Frain and Dr. Dena Garner
Recipients of the 2010-2011 “Keith Hamilton Award for Outstanding Academic
Achievement and Potential for Future Professional Growth” were health and wellness
majors P. Blake Hopkins from Charleston, SC and Tatum Jestila, from Scottsdale, AZ.
Tatum Jestila, Dr. Wes Dudgeon and Blake Hopkins
Five HESS Majors Honored on March 24, 2011 for their Top ROTC Excellence and
Leadership
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The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Award was presented
to Air Force ROTC Cadet Angela Foyt, junior health & wellness major from
Houston, TX.
Air Force Association Cadet Medalwas presented to Air Force ROTC Cadet
Angela Foyt.
The Military Officer Association of America Award was presented to Marine
Corps Staff Sgt. Dustin Allen, junior health & wellness major and Air Force
ROTC Cadet Michael Black, junior sport management major from Effingham,
SC.
The Department of the Army Superior Cadet Award was presented to Army
ROTC Cadet Coty Trivellin, senior health & wellness major from Vinton, VA.
HESS Graduating Seniors Recognized for their Leadership and Academic Success
at the May 5, 2011 Citadel Awards Convocation
Jason W. Green– Sport Management juniorfrom Plano, TX wonThe Henry Dale Smith
Public Speaking Award. This award is named in honor of Henry Dale Smith, a 1947
graduate of The Citadel who is chairman emeritus of H.D. Smith & Company, one of the
largest drug wholesale companies in the country. This annual cadet public speaking
competition is sponsored by The Citadel Oral Communications Lab.
Coty R. Trivellin – Health & Wellness major, was the recipient of three additional
awards:
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George C. Marshall Award is presented to a 1st class cadet being commissioned
in the Army. The recipient must be a top graduating senior in the cadet battalion,
have completed the Leadership Development & Assessment Course, and have
demonstrated the leadership and scholastic qualities that epitomized the career of
George C. Marshall.
Walter Ballard Clark Award Members of The Citadel‘s Army ROTC instructor
group established this award in 1977 to honor Col. Walter Ballard Clark‘s service
in the military and at The Citadel. Col. Clark (Class of 1951) was a professor of
military science and commandant of cadets from 1974 to 1977.
The Lt. Col. Harvey M. Dick Official United States Army Sword is presented by
the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution to the most outstanding cadet
being commissioned in the U.S. Army. The sword is awarded in recognition of
the superior academic and leadership skills the recipient has demonstrated during
four years as a cadet.
KUDOs to HESS Cadet-Student-Athletes!
The Citadel Women’s Soccer June 2011 Newsletter reported the following:
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Shanna Couch – Health & Wellness junior from Edwardsville, KS, ―was selected
as one of two recipients of the 6th annual Coleman Lew Leadership Award as
announced by Coleman Lew & Associates, Inc., an international executive search
firm, and the Southern Conference at the SoCon Honors Dinner held June 1, 2011
in Charleston, SC.This award is based on leadership, academic excellence &
athletic achievement in both the college environment and the community.‖
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Hannah Warne – Health & Wellness junior from Sarasota, FL, ―traveled to
Madurai, India for a month-long internship at a multi-specialty hospital
specializing in orthopedics. Hannah spent two weeks observing surgeries and
daily work. The last two weeks were spent interning in a physical therapy clinic
working with children suffering from mental and physical disabilities.‖
Six of 20 Citadel cadet-student-athletes on the Southern Conference Spring Academic
All-Conference Team are HESS Majors!
CitadelSports.com reports:
John Gatewood – Men‘s Track & Field - Health & Wellness sophomore, El Paso, TX
Justin Mackert – Baseball - Health & Wellness junior, Westlake, OH
Whitney Nave – Women‘s Track & Field - Health & Wellness junior, Greencastle, PA
Nick Orvin – Baseball - Health & Wellness junior, Moncks Corner, SC
Josh Pless – Baseball - Health & Wellness sophomore, Boiling Springs, SC
P.J. Wasilchak – Men‘s Track & Field - Sport Management junior, Dickson City, PA
―To be eligible, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA entering the
spring season, and compete in at least one-half of their team‘s competitions during the
spring campaign, and must have completed at least 24 credit hours in the previous two
semesters.‖
HESS Majors Club Officers
2011-2012 AY
Student officers who will lead the Health, Exercise, & Sport Science Majors Club for the
2011-2012 academic year were elected by their peers at the April 15, 2011 HESS Majors
Club Meeting. The officers are:
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President - Ali Burns, health & wellness, Pendleton, SC
Vice President - Shanna Couch, health & wellness, Edwardsville, KS
Secretary – Emily Dalton, health & wellness, Cary, IL
Treasurer – Hannah Warne, health & wellness, Sarasota, FL
Junior Rep. – Jordan Ashley, sport management,Bellmore, NY
Soph. Rep. – Morgan Whalen, physical education teaching track, Columbia, SC
Corps of Cadets‟ 2011-2012 AY Leadership Selected by Commandant
HESS Majors selected for top cadet leadership positions for the 2011-2012 academic
school year are:
 Jason Snipes – Regimental Staff - Regimental XO, senior, health & wellness –
Ft. Mill, SC
 Jason Lee – Regimental Staff – Regimental Public Affairs NCO, junior, health
& wellness – Bothell, WA
 Matthew Myers – Regimental Band – First Sergeant, junior, health & wellness
– Palatine, IL
 Austin Gray – 2nd Battalion – Golf Co. First Sergeant, junior, health & wellness
– Charleston, SC
 Michael Lucky – 5th Battalion – Papa Co. First Sergeant, junior, health &
wellness – Denver, CO
Dean‟s List and Gold Star Numbers – Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
FALL 2010
SPRING 2011
Dean‘s List – 68 students
Dean‘s List – 79
Gold Stars – 30 students
Gold Stars – 34
students
students
HESS Faculty News
HESS Faculty members are very involved in service at all levels: student, school/college,
departmental, community, and professional via committee work and volunteerism.
Faculty also accompanied our students to several academic/professional conferences
during the 2010-2011 academic year.
Faculty Scholarly Activity in CY 2010
P.E. Pedagogy
Publications
Presentations
J. Templeton
Articles: 2 national, 1 state
2 national, 2 regional, 1 state
L. Williams
@ state, regional &
co-authored one textbook
8 total presentations
co-authored PE Metrics Manual
national meetings
co-authored Research Quarterly Supplement
T. Bott
Articles:
1 in press
1 to be edited
2 regional, 2 state
1 to be presented
Exercise/Health Science
D. Garner
2 abstracts
W. Dudgeon
13 scholarly journal articles/abstracts
P. Bogle
1 book chapter – published
1 journal article – submitted/under review
J. Carter
6 presentations
1 presentation
Sport Management
H. Davakos
co-authored one scholarly article
(submitted)
3 presentations
L. Schoonmaker
1 chapter revised & published in
Law for Sport & Recreation Managers, 5th Ed. (2010)
HESS Alumni News
HESS/Soccer Alum Update:
Vivi Brown 08‟(Sport Mgmt) - graduated in May 2011 with a M.S. in Sports Administration
from Georgia State University. Vivi was also commissioned as a 2 nd Lieutenant in the United
States Army in May. She will be returning to The Citadel in October 2011 as A Gold Bar
Recruiter while she waits to go to Basic Officer Training (BOLC III).
Laura Curran 08‟( P.E. Teaching Track) – is currently living in Charleston and is the Head
Women‘s Soccer Coach at Fort Dorchester High School.
Kristine Devine 09‟ (Health & Wellness) – finished exams and will be starting her second year
as a physical therapy student at Georgia Health Sciences University (formally Medical College of
Georgia). Kristine started her first clinical rotation in June 2011 at the MCG Sports Medicine
Therapy Clinic in Augusta, GA.
Tara Russell Kist 05‟ (Health & Wellness) – is currently living in Charleston with her husband,
Tony, and works at Nason Medical Center as a Patient Triage Tech. Tara will begin the nursing
program at Trident Technical College in January 2012.
Danielle DiFiore Lopes 08‟ (P.E. Teaching Track) – married Oryan Lopes ‟09 and is living
near Camp Lejune in North Carolina. While her husband is deployed, Danielle is currently
working as an administrator for a U.S. company that distributes apparel to Marine bases across the
country. Upon acceptance, Danielle will pursue a Masters in Nutrition.
Nikki Mares 09‟ (Health & Wellness) – is living in Madrid, Spain and working as a bilingual
assistant in an elementary school. She plans to try out for Atletico Madrid in the upcoming
season.
Dianna Martin 09‟ (Health & Wellness) – is living in Texas and has just started a graduate
program studying to become a dietitian.
News from Lee Wimmer – Class of 1987 showing his “Citadel Pride”
“I hope I can do our school (The Citadel) some good in the rides I do…..
as a matter of fact, I‟ll rock one out this weekend over at Clarks Hill at the Best Dam
Ride starting at the Strom Thurmond Dam/park and ride in and out of SC/GA. Cool….” –
15 April 2011
“Just thought I would give you a shout out that the „ole man” reached the peak.
The ride was awesome….grueling at times but overall was a great ride.Took “The
Citadel” to the highest peak east of the Mississippi.Gotta love it.Bucket list…..check.” –
18 May 2011
Do you know?
 HESS offered an EMT-B course taught by Trident Technical College – Spring
2011
 HESS & Palmetto CrossFit held the 1st Annual Citadel CrossFit Competition –
Spring 2011
 Deas Hall Room 218 was converted to a multi-media classroom – Summer 2010
 New lockers for MECEP/STA-21 active duty military students were added in the
first floor locker rooms – Fall 2010
 A video and slides were developed to promote the Department of HESS –
Homecoming 2010
 HESS assisted with the 2011 Trebuchet competition – Spring 2011
 HESS is promoting establishment of an endowed chair through the generosity of
Bite Tech, Inc.
 HESS collaborated with the Infirmary and Citadel Counseling Center for the
Annual Health & Wellness Fair attended by 1000+ students each year. – February
2011
 Two HESS adjunct instructors managed the RPED 110 Individualized Physical
Education program for The Citadel Success Institute (CSI). – Summers 20102011
 HESS Faculty, Staff and students work together throughout the year in
collaboration with The Citadel Family Association and The Citadel Heroes
Project to sort, pack and mail care packages to active military Citadel alums and
cadets who are deployed. – Ongoing
 Deas Hall serves as thesite for the physical activity component of MUSC‘s ―Heart
Health‖ Program. This program teaches overweight children ages 4-18 fun ways
to incorporate exercise into a healthy life routine.
Intramural, Club, and Recreational Athletics (ICRA)
Cadet Fitness
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Composition records scored over a total of 86 testing periods.
ICRA ICRA and HESS staff processed 5107 Corps of Cadets‘ Height/Weight
Screening and Body and HESS staff processed 8697 Corps of Cadets‘ Physical
Fitness Testing (CPFT) records scored over a total of 39 testing periods.
Athletic Participation
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80% of all male cadets and 86% of all female cadets participated in some form of
organized Citadel Athletics (intramurals, extramurals, club sports, varsity
athletics, CPFT excellence). Of all cadets who did not participate in noted
activities, 40% were contracted to a U.S. Military Service via the Citadel ROTC
program.
62% of all Citadel cadets participated in intramurals (65% of all male cadets and
29% of all female cadets).
11% of all cadets participated in club sports (11% of all male cadets and 20% of
all female cadets).
19% of all cadets participated in NCAA sports (16% of all male cadets and 50%
of all female cadets).
Honors
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BOV Trophy for outstanding performance in athletics was awarded to O
Company.
Richard Kirkpatrick (G Company) was honored as the Athletic Officer of the
Year.
Garland Moore (Pistol) was honored as the Club Sport Captain of the Year.
One cadet successfully completed an Ironman distance triathlon (14 hrs 55 mins
in Beach-to-Battleship Ironman Triathlon).
Two cadets earned All-American status in Air Pistol, two in Standard Pistol and
in Free Pistol.
Two cadets qualified and attended the U.S. Pistol Junior Olympics in Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
Ice Hockey finished second at their Blue Ridge Hockey Conference Tournament
losing to William and Mary (3-1).
Mathematics and Computer Science
Comings and Goings
The department bid farewell to three veteran faculty members this year – see the story
above. The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science welcomes three new
members of the faculty this fall, Dr. Deepti Joshi, Dr. Brendon Stanton, and Mr. Michael
Verdicchio. Dr. Joshi recently received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and her research interests are in the areas of Databases
and Data Mining. Dr. Stanton recently received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Iowa
State University, and his research interests are in the areas of Graph Theory and
Combinatorics. Mr. Verdicchio will receive his Ph.D. in Computer Science later this
year from Arizona State University; his research interests are in the areas of
Computational Systems Biology and Bioinformatics. The Department and the College
are excited to have these three excellent new members of the faculty. Along with this new
blood the department will also welcome some old blood: Chuck Groetsch has joined the
department full-time, see below.
Faculty Activities
Shankar Banik had several publications and presentation in AY10-11:
Chandra N. Sekharan, Shankar M. Banik, Sridhar Radhakrishnan, On the Heterogeneous
Postal Delivery Model for Multicasting, Journal of Communications and Networks
(JCN), 2011. (accepted for publication); Sridhar Radhakrishnan, Shankar M. Banik,
Venkatesh Sarangan, Chandra N. Sekharan, Delay Constrained Subtree Homeomorphism
Problem with Applications, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems,
2011. (accepted for publication); Noah Dietrich+, Shankar M. Banik, Load Balancing and
Quality of Service Constrained Framework for Distributed Virtual Environments‖, 6th
International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and
Worksharing (CollaborateCom 2010), Chicago, Illinois, October 2010.
Shankar M. Banik, Zachary C. Aardahl*, M 3DDVC: Multi-source Multicasting using
Multi-cores with Delay and Delay Variation Constraints on Overlay Networks‖, 2nd
International Symposium on Middleware and Network Applications (part of 8th
International Conference on Information Technology New Generations - ITNG 2011),
Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2011.
* Undergraduate Student
+ Graduate Student
Mei Q. Chen presented a paper entitled "Eigenpairs of Adjacency Matrices of Balanced
Signed Graphs," a joint work with Spencer Hurd, at the 16th Conference of International
Linear Algebra Society held in Pisa, Italy, June 21-25, 2010 and also at the 89th Annual
Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America - Southeast Section held at Elon
College, NC, March 26-27, 2010.
Leslie Cohen‟s book On The Ubiquity of Gorenstein Quasi-Orders, has been published
by Academic Publications, Ltd., 2011, ISBN: 978-954-2940-05-0 .
Chuck Groetsch was one of ten mathematicians nation-wide elected Fellows of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011. The AAAS, the
world‘s largest scientific society, has since 1874 conferred the distinction of Fellow on
members whose ―efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are
scientifically or socially distinguished.‖ Chuck was recognized specifically for his
―distinguished contributions of the application of mathematics to science, particularly in
the areas of inverse or ill-posed problems, approximation theory, and mathematical
modeling.‖ Two special issues of the Journal of Integral Equations and Applications
were dedicated in Chuck‘s honor in 2010 citing his ―fundamental contributions to the
field of inverse problems,‖ and the ―high regard for his contributions to the world of
mathematics.‖ In AY10-11 Chuck published several articles and ―Linear inverse
problems,‖ Chapter I, pp. 3-41, in the Handbook of Mathematical Methods in Imaging
(O. Scherzer, Univ. Vienna, Ed.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2011. On stepping out of the
dean‘s office in August, Chuck joined the MACS department as Distinguished Professor
of Mathematical Science.
AAAS President Alice Huang and Chuck, Washington DC, February 2011
UpasanaKashyap published ―A characterization and a generalization of W* -modules,‖
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 363 (2011), 345-363. She presented
―A Morita theorem for dual operator algebras", at the AMS Special Session on von
Neumann Algebras‖, New Orleans, January 2011, at the CMS (Carolina Math Seminar),
Fall Meeting, USC Salkehatchie, November 2010, and at University of North Florida,
February 2010. She also presented ―The W*-dilation and Morita equivalence", at the
College of Charleston, October 2010, ―Operator spaces and some noncommutative
mathematics", at Winthrop University, March 2010, and at Central Washington
University, February 2010; and ―Operator spaces - noncommutative functional analysis",
at Gonzaga University, January 2010.
Antara Mukherjee was selected as a fellow of Project NExT –SE for the year 20112012 and attended the Project NExT –SE workshop at the 2011 MAA Southeastern
Section Meeting in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She presented the following papers:
―Isoperimetric Inequalities using Varopoulos Transport‖, at the MAA-SE Meeting ,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, March 2011; ―Isoperimetric Inequalities using Varopoulos
Transport‖, Regional Campuses Mathematics Seminar (now known as Carolina Math
Seminar), Fall Meeting at USC Salkehatchie, November 2010; and ―Isoperimetric
Inequalities using Varopoulos Transport‖, Mathematics Colloquium at The College of
Charleston, October, 2010.
Michael Verdicchio published: Jung S., Verdicchio M. P., Kiefer, J., Berens, M., and
Kim, S. (2011) "Learning Contextual Gene Set Interaction Networks of Glioblastoma and
Identifying Subtype Specificity.'' In Eighth International Workshop on Computational
Systems Biology (WCSB 2011), June 6-8, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland (to appear) and
presented: Verdicchio, M. P. and Kim, S. (2011) "Identifying Targets for Intervention by
Analyzing Basins of Attraction.'' Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, 16, Jan 3-7
2011, Hawaii; Bryce, D., Verdicchio M.P., Kim, S. (2010). "Planning Interventions in
Biological Networks." ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology;
Verdicchio, M. P., Kim, S. (2011). "Identifying Targets for Intervention by Analyzing
Basins of Attraction." Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, 16, Jan 7, 2011, Hawaii.;
and Alterovitz, G., Verdicchio, M.P., Cavalcanti, S., Wang, M., Ramoni, M.3 (2011).
"Reverse Engineering and Synthesis of Biomolecular Systems." Pacific Symposium on
Biocomputing, 16, Jan 3, 2011, Hawaii.
Student Activities
Bulldog Bytes
The Citadel Programming Team ―Bulldog Bytes,‖ with team members Zachary Aardahl,
Kevin Bowling and Sean Feeney participated at the following contests: i) ACM
International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) 2010 Southeast USA region which
was held at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, GA in November 2010 and,
ii) CCSC Southeastern Region Programming Contest which was held at Spelman College
in Atlanta, GA in November 2010. Dr. Shankar Banik and Dr. Margaret Francel were the
faculty advisors for the team.
The Citadel Programming Team “Bulldog Bytes” at the ACM International Collegiate Programming
Contest (ICPC) 2010 Southeast USA region
Anchors Aweigh Sean Feeney
OC Sean R. Feeney was awarded the 2011 George E. Reves Award for superior ability
and outstanding accomplishments in computer science. He also received the Science and
Mathematics Outstanding Student Award for 2011, and he was ranked No. 1 rank
nationwide among all Naval ROTC midshipmen and officer candidates who graduated in
May for Surface Warfare Officer assignments. Sean will be serving on the guided missle
destroyer USS Forrest Sherman, based in Norfolk, Va.
(See http://externalaffairs.citadel.edu/surface_warfare_officers).
Dr. John Moore and OC Sean Feeney
Joshua Collins, a math major, presented a paper entitled ―Properties of Orthogonal
Matrices over a Finite Field‖ at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Mathematical
Association of America - Southeast Section held at the University of Alabama, April 1-2,
2011.
The Citadel Math Jeopardy team formed by Joshua Collins and Wei-Fang Liu (math
majors), and Chinnaphon Uttaraparwanich (electrical engineering major with a minor
in math) competed with 34 teams from the colleges and universities in the southeastern
region at the Math Jeopardy competition held at the 2011 MAA-SE Spring Meeting in the
University of Alabama, April 1-2, 2011.
Joshua Collins and Chia-Yu Hu presented a posted entitled “Properties of 2x2
Orthogonal Matrices over a Finite Field” at the 2011 Citadel Undergraduate
Research Conference, March 18, 2011.
Joshua Collins, Sean Feeney, and Chia-Yu Hu were inducted to Sigma Xi, the Scientific
Research Society, in April, 2011.
Physics
The Physics Department has had a busy and productive year. From a top award for one
of our seniorprofessors, a graduate of Caltech, to the appointment of our most junior
professor, a graduate of MIT; from the inflow of outside research money from the
Department of Energy and the National Aeronautic and Space Administration to the forty
laboratory computers from Google; from the faculty research in both high and low energy
to the undergraduate studentinvolvement in research in both lab and the edge of space;
from cadet and faculty research presentations at national meetings of the top physics
societies to the lunch time research presentations; from the internships of our majors at
the Jet Propulsion Lab to the hosting of undergraduates in Citadel sponsored
undergraduate research summer program, we mark 2010-11 as an indicator of what our
department has become.
Dr. Robert J. Clark is the newest addition to the Physics
Department. Dr. Clark received his Ph.D. in 2009 from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked with
Prof. Isaac Chuang, one of the pioneers of quantum information
science. He studied problems in quantum simulation, including
elucidating some sources of simulation errors. Rob works with
single atoms or ions that are trapped and moving at the lowest
speeds that quantum mechanics allows. He has developed new
trap designs, in particular the development of new techniques for manipulating cold and
ultra cold matter. He recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Mark Raizen
group at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Raizen's group, over the past few years,
has discovered a set of very general techniques for producing and controlling ultra cold
atoms and molecules. Rob worked on the application of these techniques to trapping
atomic hydrogen, which is known as the "Rosetta Stone" of physics, because its simple
structure permits stringent confrontation of theory and experiment.He also worked in the
renowned quantum optics group of Prof. Rainer Blatt in Innsbruck, Austria, participating
on a project led by Dr. HartmutHäffner (now a professor at the University of California,
Berkeley) on electronic coupling of single ions.As an undergraduate, Rob worked on a
number of research projects, with a particular emphasis on chemical physics where he
worked under Prof. Jeff Gray at Ohio Northern University. He completed his B.S. degree
there in 2003. It was his positive experience as an undergraduate that led him to The
Citadel. ‖I had a lot of fun and learned a great deal from time spent working directly with
the faculty. I started thinking back then that being such a faculty member might be the
right career for me.‖ In the Physics Department here at The Citadel he is starting a
research group called ExCitAtIon, which stands for "Experiments at the Citadel on
Atoms and Ions." Our undergraduate majors have the chance to work closely with him
on exciting projects and present papers at national conferences. In addition, other
members of the department have the opportunity to collaborate in an exciting area of
experimental research.
Dr. Scott Yost, a member of our department for three years,
recently received a $74,000 grant from the Department of
Energy to conduct research in theoretical upgrade to double
its energy. elementary particle physics related to studies,
which are being investigated at the Large Hadron Collider
(LHC) at CERN in Geneva. This makes The Citadel the only
the second South Carolina institution (after University of
South Carolina) to receive funding from the DOE Office of
High Energy Physics
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Dr. Yost developed new ways to calculate the results of certain measurements at the
LHC, which will be important in testing the Standard Model of elementary particle
physics. In 2010, the LHC achieved a new record in high-energy particle collisions by
colliding proton beams with an energy of 3.5 TeV(ten raised to the twelfth power) per
proton. The LHC observed proton-proton collisions until November, when it switched to
Lead ion collisions for a month, studying high-density quark-gluon states similar to those
thought to exist during the early moments of the big bang. The LHC will run until the
end of 2012, attempting to find the Higgs particle and signs of new physics, which could
include supersymmetry, or perhaps the extra space dimensions some have hypothesized.
Google supports our effort to improve the laboratory experience of those students taking
introductory physics. They provided us with 40 computers. Students in technical majors
will use these computers to gather data using transducers and to analyze that data using
spreadsheets. These computers free up existing computers that can now be used in the
algebra base introductory physics laboratories. We would like to thank Google for their
generous donation.
Once again this year Citadel physics majors and faculty participated in theNASA Space
Grant Consortium Balloon Launch. This yearly project allowscadets a "hands on"
research experience in designing instrumentation to measure cosmic rays and properties
of the atmosphere. The instrumentation must fit into a 6-inch by 6-inch high density
Styrofoam boxwhich is then lifted to an altitude of approximately 70,000 ft. or more.
Weight limitations also add to the challenge faced by cadets in their instrumentation
design.One student/faculty team is responsible for the launch and another student/faculty
team is responsible for the recovery.
The goal of the Citadel's physics team was to use CCD chips (such as those found in
digital cameras) to gather information about cosmic radiation in the upper atmosphere;
this was a continuation of the 2009 and 2010 launches. Student members included
freshman, junior, and senior Cadets as well as faculty members Hilleke, Sollitt,
Rooman,and Berlinghieri.
South Carolina Undergraduates complete Suborbital Scientist Training
On July 18-20, four students from The Citadel, Wofford College, and Clemson
University completed a Suborbital Scientist Training Program at the National AeroSpace
Training and Research (NASTAR) Center in Southampton, PA. The students are all
doing summer research with the Atsa Suborbital Observatory Project. Alongside the
students were scientists from the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) in Tucson, AZ. The
Atsa Project is a joint venture between The Citadel and PSI.
The Atsa Observatory is a small telescope that will fly on a commercial, reusable
suborbital rocket. Flying to the edge of space allows the telescope to observe ―pristine‖
light from an astronomical object, before it is affected by passage through Earth‘s
atmosphere. Light in certain wavelengths, particularly in the infrared and the ultraviolet,
is absorbed by the atmosphere. Space-borne telescopes such as the Hubble, the Spitzer,
and eventually Atsa, are able to observe the sky in wavelengths ground observatories
cannot.
Atsa will also be able to observe targets that the larger telescopes cannot: in particular, it
will be able to observe objects close to the Sun in the sky. If we point too close to the
Sun, we will burn out a camera that is easily (and inexpensively) replaced. If Hubble or
Spitzer were to burn out their cameras, then these billion-dollar missions would be in
jeopardy.
This summer, four students helped to design of a proofof-concept version of the Observatory. Called the Atsa
Armrest Camera, it will be installed inside the cockpit
of XCOR‘s Lynx Mark I spacecraft. It will be used
during the engineering
test flight series of that
vehicle to explore how to
make these kinds of
observations. Grants
totaling $65,000 have
been acquired in support of this research and undergraduate
participation.
NASTAR‘s Suborbital Scientist Training served two objectives. First, it provided the
students direct experience with the launch loads the instrument and observer will endure
on the way to space. Atsa is a human-tended instrument, and understanding how a human
responds to the launch environment informs the sorts of decisions students will make in
the design process. In particular, the NASTAR experience led to the abandonment of an
electro-mechanical gimbal in favor of a purely mechanical fluid head camera mount for
telescope steering. Second, a student may be called on in the future to operate Atsa
during a mission. All operators will be required to complete the NASTAR training.
NASTAR‘s Suborbital Scientist course consists of g-training in the centrifuge, highaltitude training in a hypobaric chamber, and distraction factors training. The overall
objective is to give trainees a taste of what is going to happen on a suborbital flight.
Students also undergo classroom training in high-altitude physiology, g-loading, and the
commercial space industry.
Day 1 of the team‘s training consisted of g-load training in the centrifuge. These
centrifuge ―flights‖ consisted of loading along the vertical (gz) and horizontal (gx) axes.
Fighter pilots regularly undergo high g-loads in the z-axis: every time they execute a
high-g turn. The students were trained on the anti-g straining maneuver as practiced by
military pilots, and then it was off to the centrifuge for loading up to 2.5, then 4 g. The
anti-g straining maneuver is done by tensing every muscle in your body, and shouting
―hook!‖ in an effort to keep blood in your brain. At about 3 g of loading along the z-axis,
most people will black out without doing the maneuver. X-axis loading has been
experienced historically only by astronauts on launch. There is no maneuver to perform
here: instead, one must simply sit in the seat and endure the feeling of an elephant sitting
on your chest. The students were subjected to x-axis loading of first 3.5, then 6 g.
Day 2 of the training started with full simulated spaceflights. NASTAR‘s Phoenix
centrifuge is the most advanced in the world, allowing for the high-fidelity simulation of
just about any launch profile. The team first experienced a simulated mission of Virgin
Galactic‘s SpaceShip2 at half of the g-loading, then repeated the simulation at full gloading, once again going up to 6 g in the x-axis. They then experienced a completely
different profile, approximating what XCOR‘s Lynx might be like.
Later in the day, the students underwent distraction factors training. They were all placed
in a confined area (sitting on chairs, in a set-up similar to the interior of the SpaceShip2
cabin), and given tasks to do within first five, then two minutes. While they were
attempting to complete their tasks, loud music was blaring at them, and other noise was
being made in an effort to distract them.
Day 3 consisted of training for and in the hypobaric chamber. Donning flight helmets and
oxygen masks, the students were taken to a simulated altitude of 24,000 feet and told to
take their masks off. The objective was to experience acute hypoxia first hand. When
students started to feel the effects, they put the masks back on. Later, they were shown a
demonstration of Armstrong‘s line, which is the altitude at which blood in a human‘s
body will boil if one is not wearing a pressure suit.
All four of the students completed the training, and are now certified as Suborbital
Scientists by the NASTAR Center. It is anticipated that at some point an FAA
certification may arise from this training.
The students were participating under the auspices of the South
Carolina Space Grant Consortium. Ryan Boodee of The
Citadel, Daniel Showers of Clemson University, and Andrew
Strasburger were with the Palmetto Academy program; Daniel
Pittman of The Citadel participated as part of his Research
Experience for Undergraduates grant. Messrs Boodee and
Pittman, both Citadel cadets, are physics majors. Boodee is a
sophomore, and was for much of last year the Citadel‘s sole
bugler; Pittman is a junior, and will serve on cadre this year.
Their faculty advisor for this work is Dr. Luke Sollitt, Assistant
Professor of Physics and assisting were professors Hilleke and
Berlinghieri.
Sigma Pi Sigma Celebrates 70th Anniversary
Last spring the Physics Department celebrated the 70th anniversary of The Citadel
Chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma by holding a special banquet which honored Dr. Roger S
Bender for his years of service as chairman to the Department, his years of mentoring
physics majors, and his contributions to the fields of nuclear physics, radiation
biophysics, and early RADAR. His portrait was unveiled and is now hanging in the
department. In addition physics alumni, who did not have the opportunity to be honored
with memberships in Sigma Pi Sigma, were inducted during this event.
During the year and a half faculty and students presented papers at American Association
of Physics Teachers National Meetings in Portland OR, Jacksonville, FL and Omaha, NE.
A senior physics major received the Sigma Xi first prize for his senior research and two
physics major were awarded internships at JPL over the past two summers while another
did research at Clemson University.
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP
PUBLICATIONS IN 2010
*Student researchers and presenters
(JOURNAL ARTICLES)
(Authors, title, journal, volume, year, pages)
Dudgeon, W.D., Phillips K.D, Lyerly, G.W., Davis, J.M., Durstine, J.L., Burgess, S.E.,
and G.A. Hand. Individual Exercise Sessions Alter Circulating Hormones and Cytokines
in HIV-Infected Men. Journal of Applied Physiology, Nutrition & Metabolism. August;
35(4)(2010), 560-568
Margaret Francel, (with Spencer Hurd), Monadic Balanced Ternary Designs, Journal of
Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, 74 (2010), 269-277.
Gramling, J.M., Potential Effects of Laurel Wilt on the Flora of North America. 2010.
Southeastern Naturalist 9(4)(2010), 827-836.
Gramling, J.M., Epiphytic Plants of South Carolina, The Journal of the South Carolina
Native Plant Society Summer 2010, 10-12.
Gramling, J.M., Noteworthy Collections – South Carolina. 2010. Castanea
75(2)(2010), 274-275.
C.W. Groetsch, Suspension bridge profiles, The College Mathematics Journal 41(2010),
239-243.
S.P. Hurd (with D.G. Sarvate, and Peter Dukes), It‘s hard to be different, Bulletin of the
Institute of Combinatorics and Its Applications, 60 (2010), 86-90.
S.P. Hurd (with M.A. Francel), Monadic balanced ternary designs, Journal of
Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, 74 (2010), 269–277.
Paul M. Nolan,, F. Stephen Dobson, Marion Nicolaus, Tim J. Karels, Kevin J.
McGraw,and Pierre Jouventin, Mutual Mate Choice for Colorful Traits in King
Penguins, Ethology 116(2010), 635-644.
S. White, T. Martinez. and G. Rudolph. Generating a novel sort algorithm using
reinforcement programming, pp. 2633-2640, in: Proceedings of IEEE Congress on
Evolutionary Compution (CEC) 2010, 2010.
J.E. Weinstein, K.D. Crawford, T.R. Garner, A.J. Flemming. Screening-level ecological
and human health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in stormwater
detention pond sediments of coastal South Carolina, USA. Journal of Hazardous
Materials. 178(2010), 906-916.
J.E. Weinstein, K.D. Crawford, T.R. Garner. Polycylcic aromatic hydrocarbon
contamination in stormwater detention pond sediments in coastal South Carolina.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 162(2010), 21-35.
K.D. Crawford, J.E. Weinstein, R.E. Hemingway, T.R. Garner, G. Globensky. A survey
of metal and pesticide levels in stormwater retention pond sediments in coastal South
Carolina. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 58(2010), 9-23.
J.E. Weinstein, K.D. Crawford, D.M. Sanger. Sediment contamination in stormwater
detention ponds. Stormwater. 11(5) (2010), 68-74.
S. Joseph, S. Majhi, B.F.L. Ward, and S.A. Yost, ―HERWIRI1.0: MC Realization of IRImproved DGLAP-CS Parton Showers‖, Physics Letters B685 (2010) 283–292
[arXiv:0906.0788].
Zanin, M.K.B, Everitt, B., and Donohue, J., Evidence that Core Histone H3 is targeted to
the Mitochondria in Brassica oleracea. Cell Biology International. 34 (2010), 997–1003.
http://www.cellbiolint.org/cbi/034/cbi0340997.htm
M.G. Frick and J.D. Zardus, First authentic report of the turtle barnacle Cylindrolepas
darwiniana since it description in 1916. Journal of Crustacean Biology 30(2010), 292295.
M.G. Frick and J.D. Zardus, A new Stomatolepas barnacle species (Cirripedia:
Balanomorpha: Coronuloidea) from leatherback sea turtles. Bulletin of the Peabody
Museum of Natural History 51(2010), 123–136.
M.G. Frick, J.D. Zardus, and E. Lazo-Wasem, A new coronuloid barnacle subfamily,
genus and species from cheloniid sea turtles. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural
History 51(2010), 169–177.
Ishimaru, D., Zuraw, L.,Ramalingam, S., Sengupta,T., Bandyopadhyay, S., Rueben, A.
Fernances, DJ, and Spicer, E., Mechanism of Regulation of bcl2 mRNA by Nucleolin
and A + U-rich Element Binding Factor 1 (AUF1). Journal of Biological Chemistry.
285(35)(2010), 27182-27191.
(Books)
Rink, H., Hall, T. & Williams L. Schoolwide physical activity: A comprehensive guide to
designing and conducting programs, Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL, 2010
Avery, M., Dyson, B., Fisette, Fox, C., Franck, M., Graber, K., Placek, J., Rink, J.,
Williams, L. & Zhu, W. PE metrics: Assessing national standards 1-6 in elementary
school. NASPE, Reston, VA, 2010.
(Book Chapters; Conference Proceedings; Other)
George Rudolph, Shankar M. Banik, and William B. Gilbert. 2010. AD-NEMO:
adaptive dynamic network expansion with mobile robots. In Proceedings of the 48th
Annual Southeast Regional Conference (ACM SE '10). ACM, New York, NY, USA, ,
Article 19 , 4 pages. DOI=10.1145/1900008.1900036
http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1900008.1900036
Bogle, P., Wallace, J., Stager, J., and Koceja, D. Hemodynamic Determinants of PostExercise Hypotension: An Ambulatory Study, pp. 261-276 in: International Sport: A
Research Synthesis, (C. Anagnostopoulos, Ed.), Athens, Greece, 2010.
D.A. French and C.W. Groetsch, Numerical solution of a class of integral equations
arising in a biological laboratory procedure, Chapter 15, pp. 161-172 in: Integral
Methods in Science and Engineering, Volume II, Computation, (C. Constanda and E.
Perez, Eds.), Birkhäuser, Boston, 2010.
Gustafson, D.J., Ecological Genetics and Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie (Case Study), In
Restoration Ecology, Sigurdur Greipsson. Troy University, AL., 2010
Ueckert, C., Johnson, N., Nolan, P., Plowes, N. & Kuzeja, P. Test File to accompany
Life, the Science of Biology (9e). Sinauer Assoc., Sunderland, MA, 2010.
George Rudolph, Shankar M. Banik, and William B. Gilbert. 2010. AD-NEMO:
adaptive dynamic network expansion with mobile robots. In Proceedings of the 48th
Annual Southeast Regional Conference (ACM SE '10). ACM, New York, NY, USA, ,
Article 19 , 4 pages. DOI=10.1145/1900008.1900036
http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1900008.1900036
Spencer White, Tony Martinez, and George Rudolph. 2010. Generating three binary
addition algorithms using reinforcement programming. In Proceedings of the 48th
Annual Southeast Regional Conference (ACM SE '10). ACM, New York, NY, USA, ,
Article 46 , 6 pages. DOI=10.1145/1900008.1900072
http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1900008.1900072
(Abstracts)
B. Burley*, H. Matthews*, P. Sullivan*, C.L. Rocha and D. Donnell, A System for the
Expression and Control of Appetite Regulation Protein in E. coliInternational Genetic
Engineered Machine (iGEM) Jamboree Competition. November 6-8, 2010. MIT, Boston,
MA.
Caloric Expenditure of a Suspension Training Workout. E. Green*, W. Dudgeon, J.
Herrin*, D. Thomas, J. Aartun, K. Devine and T. Scheett. SEACSM Abstracts 38: P7,
2010.
Physiological Responses During and Following a Single Suspension Training Workout.
K. Devine*, T. Scheett, J. Herrin, D. Thomas, J. Aartun, E. Green* and W. Dudgeon.
SEACSM Abstracts 38: P107, 2010.
An Evaluation of the TRX Suspension Training System. J. Aartun, M. Ervin, Z.
Halewood, R. Hensley, B. Morris, A. Snipe, W. Dudgeon and T. Scheett. SEACSM
Abstracts 38: P10, 2010.
Effects of Combined Aerobic and Resistance Training on Bone Mineral Density in HIVInfected Men. Gregory A. Hand, Jason R. Jaggers, Kenneth D. Phillips, Wesley D.
Dudgeon, Stephanie Burgess and J. Larry Durstine. SEACSM Abstracts 38: P43, 2010.
The Effects of Static Stretching on Jump Characteristics in Female Collegiate Volleyball
Players. R. Golding, W. Frail, A. Gant, K. Gayman, E. Jackson, T. Logothetis, E.
Lovelace, W. Dudgeon and T. Scheett. SEACSM Abstracts 38: P60, 2010.
Changes in Body Composition and Salivary Cortisol Following Combined Aerobic and
Resistance Training in HIV-Infected Men. Jason R. Jaggers, Kenneth D. Phillips,
Wesley D. Dudgeon, Stephanie Burgess, J. Larry Durstine and Gregory A. Hand.
SEACSM Abstracts 38: O25, 2010.
Metabolic Responses During and Following a Suspension Training Workout. W.D.
Dudgeon, J. Aartun, J. Herrin*, D. Thomas, and T.P. Scheett. Medicine & Science in
Sports & Exercise. 42(5):695-696, May 2010.
Physiological Markers as a Gauge of Intensity for Suspension Training Exercise., T.P.
Scheett, J. Aartun, J. Herrin*, D. Thomas, and W.D. Dudgeon. Medicine & Science in
Sports & Exercise. 42(5):696, May 2010
Physical Activity Reduces Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in HIV-Infected
Individuals. G.A. Hand, J.R. Jaggers, W.D. Dudgeon, S.E. Burgess, J.L., Durstine, G.W.
Lyerly, K. D. Phillips. APHA Annual Meeting Abstracts 138: 228889, 2010
Association of Psychological and Physiological Stress among HIV-Infected Individuals.
J.R. Jaggers, W.D. Dudgeon, S.E. Burgess, J.L., Durstine, G.W. Lyerly, K. D. Phillips,
G.A. Hand. APHA Annual Meeting Abstracts 138: 228711, 2010
Effects of Suspension Training on the Growth Hormone Axis. Wesley D. Dudgeon,
Johannes D. Aartun, D. David Thomas, Judith Herrin*, and Timothy P. Scheett. NSCA
Abstracts. July 2010.
Anabolic Hormonal Responses to an Acute Bout of Suspension Training. Timothy P.
Scheett, Johannes D. Aartun, D. David Thomas, Judith Herrin*, and Wesley D.
Dudgeon. NSCA Abstracts. July 2010.
Gustafson, D.J., Major, C., Jones, D., Gibson, D.J., & Baer, S. Testing genetic control of
grassland assembly rules. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America,
Pittsburg, PA. August 2010.
2010 Animal Behavior Society Meeting. Williamsburg, VA, July, 2010.
Ptilochronology Relates to West Nile Virus Seropositivity in House Finches, Carpodacus
Mexicanus. *C. P. Payne, P. M. Nolan, *M. Graves, K. Y. Johnson.
2010 COS/AOU/SCO Joint Meeting (Cooper Ornithological Society, American
Ornithologists‘ Union, Society of Canadian Ornithologists). San Diego, CA, February 9,
2010. Demographic and Seasonal Patterns of West Nile Virus Seropositivity in House
Finches. P.M. Nolan, *M. Graves, K.Y. Johnson.
P.M. Nolan, *M. Graves, K.Y. Johnson. Demographic and seasonal patterns of West
Nile virus seropositivity in house finches. Cooper Ornithological Society annual
meeting, Feb. 2010. San Diego, CA
*C.P. Payne, P.M. Nolan, *M. Graves, K.Y. Johnson. Ptilochronology relates to West
Nile virus seropositivity in house finches. Animal Behavior Society annual meeting, July
2010. Williamsburg, VA
B. Burley*, H. Matthews*, P. Sullivan*, C.L. Rocha and D. Donnell, A System for the
Expression and Control of Appetite Regulation Protein in E. coliInternational Genetic
Engineered Machine (iGEM) Jamboree Competition. November 6-8, 2010. MIT, Boston,
MA.
Kirby, K., Barton, G., & Templeton, J. Elementary school physical education
performance data: School and teacher characteristics, Research Quarterly for Exercise
and Sport, 81(2010, Suppl. 1), A-56.
Templeton, J., Barton, G., & Kirby, K. Review of FITNESSGRAM® assessment by
elementary-level teachers, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 81(2010, Suppl.
1), A-73.
Williams, L.& Hall, T. Teacher competency using scoring rubrics to assess student
motor performance. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, (2010, Suppl. 1), A-78.
PRESENTATIONS IN 2010
Shankar Banik
(with George Rudolph, William B. Gilbert*), AD-NEMO: Adaptive Dynamic Network
Expansion with Mobile robots, 48th ACM Southeast Conference (ACMSE 2010), Oxford,
Mississippi, April 2010.
(with Noah Dietrich*), Load Balancing and Quality of Service Constrained Framework
for Distributed Virtual Environments‖, 6th International Conference on Collaborative
Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing (CollaborateCom 2010),
Chicago, Illinois, October 2010.
Tim Bott
Williams, L. & Bott, T. (2010, November). PE Metrics: Assessing National Standards 16. South Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Annual
Convention, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Bott, T. & Norris, D. (2010, November). Virtual Physical Education – the Wild West.
South Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Annual
Convention, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Thomas, P., Bott, T., & Williams, L. (2010, February).Teaching sport through
appropriate progressions. Southern District AAHPERD Convention, Myrtle Beach , SC.
Williams, L. & Bott, T. (2010, February). Fit for hire: Preparing teachers for
employment. Southern District AAHPERD Convention, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Mei Chen
―Eigenpairs of Adjacency Matrices of Balanced Signed Graphs‖, The 16th Conference of
International Linear Algebra Society, Pisa, Italy, June 21-25, 2010.
―Eigenpairs of Adjacency Matrices of Balanced Signed Graphs,‖ the 89th Annual
Meeting, Mathematical Association of America, Southeast Section, Elon, NC, March 2627, 2010.
Harry Davakos
―Dietary Habits of Greek High School Students‖ A presentation at the 2010 Southern
District/South Carolina Alliance for HPERD Convention, Myrtle Beach, SC, February
11, 2010.
―Enhancing the Professional Portfolio‖. A presentation at the 2010 Southern
District/South Carolina Alliance for HPERD Convention, Myrtle Beach, SC, February
12, 2010.
―Creating Surveys to Identify Potential Football Customers‖. *A Poster presentation at
the 2010 Southern District/South Carolina Alliance for HPERD Convention, Myrtle
Beach, SC, February 12, 2010.
David Donnell
―Cloak and Dagger Strategies of Parasitoid Wasps‖, Biology Seminar Series, College of
Charleston, Charleston, SC, April 12, 2010.
Margaret Francel
―The Grammatical Inference Problem,‖ Sigma-Xi brown-bag lunch presentation, The
Citadel, March 12, 2010.
Joel Gramling
―Creating a Personal Herbarium‖ , 12th Annual Symposium of the SouthCarolinaNative
Plant Society, Charleston, SC, May, 2010.
―Darwin and the Development of Evolutionary Theory‖ the Lowcountry Senior Center,
Charleston, SC, January 2010.
Dena Garner
― Effects of mouthpiece use on cortisol levels during an intense bout of resistance
exercise,‖ 45 minute talk at The Citadel‘s Sigma-Xi Chapter Meeting, Charleston, SC,
October 15, 2010.
― The effects of an eight week dragon boat program and a walking program on body fat
percentage in cancer survivors,‖ Poster presented at the 2010 South Carolina Public
Health Association, Myrtle Beach, SC, May 25-28, 2010.
―Dietary habits of Greek high school students,‖ 30 minute talk presented at the 2010
Southern District/South Carolina Alliance for HPERD Convention, Myrtle Beach, SC,
February 11-13, 2010.
The effect of time-of-day on physical fitness test,‖ Poster presented at the 2010
Southeast Regional Chapter of American College of Sports Medicine, Birmingham, AL,
February, 11-13, 2010.
―Mouthpiece use during exercise: Cortisol discoveries,‖ 30 minute talk at the 28th Annual
Symposium, Academy of Sports Dentistry, Washington DC, June 24-27, 2010.
―Mouthpiece use during exercise: Understanding the effects of its use on cortisol, lactate
and airway openings,‖ one-hour talk at the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
19th Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, June 3-6, 2010.
Chuck Groetsch
―An inverse problem in olfactory science,‖ one-hour keynote address, International
Symposium on Inverse Problems and Applications, Ixtapa, Mexico, January 6, 2010
―Suspension profiles,‖ 20 minute talk at the 89th Annual Meeting, Mathematical
Association of America, Southeast Section, Elon, NC, March 27, 2010
Upasana Kashyap
―A Morita theorem for dual operator algebras", AMS Special Session on von Neumann
Algebras‖, New Orleans, January 2011.
―A Morita theorem for dual operator algebras", CMS (Carolina Math Seminar), Fall
Meeting, USC Salkehatchie, November 2010.
―The W*-dilation and Morita equivalence", College of Charleston, October 2010.
―Operator spaces and some noncommutative mathematics", Winthrop University, March
2010.
―Operator spaces and some noncommutative mathematics", Central Washington
University, February 2010.
―Operator spaces, operator algebras and Morita equivalence", The Citadel, February
2010.
―Operator spaces - noncommutative functional analysis", Gonzaga University, January
2010.
―Morita equivalence of dual operator algebras", University of North Florida, February
2010.
Antara Mukherjee
―Isoperimetric Inequalities using Varopoulos Transport‖, Regional Campuses Mathematics Seminar (now known as Carolina Math Seminar), Fall Meeting at
USC Salkehatchie, November 5,2010.
―Isoperimetric Inequalities using Varopoulos Transport‖, Mathematics Colloquium at
The College of Charleston, October 29, 2010.
Paul Nolan
―Speed dating at a penguin cocktail party, or how do you stand out when everyone‘s
wearing a tuxedo?,‖ one-hour general public lecture, Center for Creative Retirement,
Charleston, SC, March 2010.
―A penguinologist‘s adventure in the Indian Ocean,‖ one-hour general public lecture, the
Charleston Natural History Society, Charleston, SC, February 2010
Claudia Rocha
Bifunctional effects of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exoenzyme S on macrophage function:
Effects of Exoenzyme S activity on LMWG-proteins. The Citadel Sigma Xi brown-bag
lunch presentation. September,2010
George Rudolph
(with Shankar M. Banik, William B. Gilbert*) ―Ad-nemo: adaptive dynamic network
expansion with mobile robots‖
20 minute talk at the 48th ACM Southeast Conference, Oxford, MS, April 16, 2010
―Generating three binary addition algorithms using reinforcement programming‖
20 minute talk at the 48th ACM Southeast Conference, Oxford, MS, April 16, 2010
―Generating a novel sort algorithm using reinforcement programming‖
20 minute talk at WCCI/CEC 2010, Barcelona, Spain, July 23, 2010
Josey Templeton
―Preserving culture through dance: Enrich your curriculum,‖ one-hour presentation
refereed for a state conference, SCAHPERD annual conference, Myrtle Beach, SC,
November 13, 2010.
―Effective feedback in PE—Can technology help?,‖ one-hour presentation refereed for a
regional annual conference, Southern District AHPERD conference, Myrtle Beach, SC,
February 12, 2010.
―Collaborating for advocacy at all levels,‖ one-hour presentation refereed for a regional
annual conference, Southern District AHPERD conference, Myrtle Beach, SC, February
13, 2010.
―Elementary school physical education performance data: School and teacher
characteristics,‖ refereed research poster presentation for a national conference,
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance national
conference, Indianapolis, IN. March 17, 2010.
―Review of FITNESSGRAM® assessment by elementary-level teachers,‖ refereed
research poster presentation for a national conference, American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance national conference, Indianapolis, IN, March
18, 2010.
Dave Trautman
―Modeling Playoff Appearances in Major League Baseball‖, Symposium on mathematics
in Sports, Charleston Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Charleston,
SC, November 12, 2010.
John Weinstein
―Toxicokinetics and photoinduced toxicity of PAHs in piperonyl butoxide co-exposures
to larvae of the grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio)‖ 20 minute talk at the 31st Annual
Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Portland, OR,
November 16, 2010.
Lauri Williams
(2010, November). K-12 Physical Activity Directors Training - Collaborative Paths to
Physical Activity. South Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation,
and Dance Annual Convention, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Williams, L. & Bott, T. (2010, November). PE Metrics: Assessing National Standards 16. South Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Annual
Convention, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Williams, L, Adams, T., Finelli, P., & Urgelles, S. (2010, January). Teaching flag rugby:
A tactical approach. Share the Wealth Physical Education Conference, Jekyll Island, GA.
Thomas, P., Bott, T., & Williams, L. (2010, February).Teaching sport through
appropriate progressions. Southern District AAHPERD Convention, Myrtle Beach , SC.
Hall, T., Rink, J., & Williams, L. (2010, February). Implementing a schoolwide physical
activity program. Southern District AAHPERD Convention, Myrtle Beach , SC.
Williams, L. & Bott, T. (2010, February). Fit for hire: Preparing teachers for
employment. Southern District AAHPERD Convention, Myrtle Beach, SC
John Zardus
J.D. Zardus, E.E. Boyle, V.L. González, R.M. Jennings, R.J. Etter, and G. Giribet, ―A
family level phylogeny of the protobranch bivalves,‖ 20 minute talk at the World
Congress of Malacology, 17th International Congress of Unitas Malacologica, Phuket,
Thailand, July 20, 2010
G. Giribet, and thirteen other authors including J.D. Zardus, ―A first-tier BivAToL
analysis: multiple genes and morphology,‖ 20 minute talk at the World Congress of
Malacology, 17th International Congress of Unitas Malacologica, Phuket, Thailand, July
20, 2010
K. Sloan,* J.D. Zardus, M.L. Jones, D.B. Griffin, and S.M. Boylan, ―Assessing barnacle
recruitment and growth coincident with debilitated turtle syndrome,‖ poster presentation
at the 30th International Sea Turtle Symposium, Goa, India, April 28
T.J. Williamson* and J.D. Zardus, ―Characterization of connectivity among populations
of Megabalanus coccopoma along the southeastern coast of the U.S. 20 minute talk at the
14th Annual Student Research Colloquium, College of Charleston Graduate Program in
Marine Biology, James Island, SC, September 24
K. Sloan,* J.D. Zardus, M.L. Jones, D.B. Griffin, and S.M. Boylan, ―Where barnacles
roam: the fateful meeting of larvae and debilitated sea turtles,‖ 20 minute talk at the 14th
Annual Student Research Colloquium, College of Charleston Graduate Program in
Marine Biology, James Island, SC, September 25
2010 School of Science and Mathematics Student Awards
School of Science and Mathematics Outstanding Student Award for outstanding
academic achievement by a student in the School of Science and Mathematics.
Michael J. Rowland
Sean R. Feeney
Thomas Francis McGarey Award for outstanding achievement in the field of natural science.
Michael J. Rowland
Dr. Francis Eugene Zemp Award for the highest scholastic rating for a graduating senior
continuing on to medical school.
John Synovec
Biology
Outstanding Freshman Award: Matthew Shotwell
Outstanding Sophomore Award: Stiles Harper
Outstanding Junior Award: Charles Preston Payne
Outstanding Senior Award: John Synovec
Chemistry
Outstanding Freshman Award: Joshua Neeper
Outstanding Sophomore Award: Benjamin Cook
Outstanding Junior Award: Joshua Edwards
Analytical Chemistry Award: Joshua Edwards
Wideman Scholarship: Kyle Page
Health, Exercise, and Sport Science
NASPE: The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) Outstanding
Major of the Year Program.
Tatum N. Jestila
Shannon K. Frain
The Keith Hamilton Award : Senior HESS Major best demonstrating outstanding
academic achievement and potential for future professional growth.
Patrick B. Hopkins
Tatum N. Jestila
Mathematics and Computer Science
George E. Reves Award: For Superior Ability and Outstanding Achievements in Mathematics.
Sean R. Feeney
Physics
Outstanding Freshman Award: Ryan J. Boodee,
Navy OC Kelly Ann E. Reese,
Navy OC Piece D. Weller
Outstanding Sophomore Award: Djordan L. Porter
Outstanding Junior Award: Kurt L. Lichtenstein
Outstanding Senior Award: Michael J. Rowland
Special Award for Research Project Leadership: Matthew May
Teaching Assistant Award: For excellence as student teaching assistant or physics tutor.
Andrew C. Carnes
National Physics Honor Society : For Junior or Senior Physics Majors or Applied Physics
Minors displaying an outstanding academic record in physics.
Erik T. Pratt
Evan M. Aguirre
Andrew J. Farr
Kurt L. Lichtenstein
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