EASTON, Pa.(www.lafayette.edu), September 27, 2007 — Dedicated teachers and mentors, Lafayette faculty also produce new knowledge in a broad range of fields.

Publications coauthored with students:

Bernard Fried, Kreider Professor Emeritus of Biology

(coauthor Joseph Sherma, Larkin Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, and Danielle L. Martin ’06 [B.S. biochemistry]). "Effects of Increased Salinity on Survival and Lipid Composition of Helisoma Trivolvis (Colorado Strain) and Biomphalaria glabrata in Laboratory Cultures." The Veliger 49.2 (July 2007): 101-104.

Chun Wai Liew, associate professor and head of computer science

(coauthors Joel A. Shapiro, D.E. Smith, and Ryan McCall ’07 [B.S. mathematics]). "Understanding Student Answers in Introductory Physics Courses." Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2007), Los Angeles, CA, July 9-13, 2007.

Joseph Sherma, Larkin Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

(coauthor Bernard Fried, Kreider Professor Emeritus of Biology, and Danielle L. Martin ’06 [B.S. biochemistry]). "Effects of Increased Salinity on Survival and Lipid Composition of Helisoma Trivolvis (Colorado Strain) and Biomphalaria glabrata in Laboratory Cultures." The Veliger 49.2 (July 2007): 101-104.

Yih-Choung Yu, assistant professor of electrical & computer engineering

(coauthors Simon Mushi ’06 [B.S. electrical & computer engineering] et al.) "A Nonlinear Model for Flow Estimation and Control in a Percutaneous Heart Assist System." Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, New York, NY, July 11-13, 2007.

Other publications:

Donald Chambers, Walter E. Hanson/KPMG Professor of Business and Finance

(co-author Qin Lu, assistant professor of mathematics). "A Tree-Model for Pricing Convertible Bonds with Equity, Interest Rate, and Default Risk." The Journal of Derivatives 14.4 (2007): 25-46.

Gary Gordon, professor of mathematics

(co-author J.D. Phillips). "Uniform Acceptance Date." Proceedings of the Conference on Promoting Undergraduate Research in Mathematics, American Mathematical Society, (2007): 375-376.

(coauthor J.D. Phillips). "Lafayette College's REU." Proceedings of the Conference on Promoting Undergraduate Research in Mathematics, American Mathematical Society, (2007): 91-96.

John Kincaid, Meyner Professor of Government & Law and Director of the Meyner Center

"State-Federal Relations: A Policy Tug of War." The Book of the States 39 (Lexington, KY: Council of State Governments, 20070: 19-24.

Caroline W. Lee, assistant professor of anthropology & sociology

"Is There a Place for Private Conversation in Public Dialogue? Comparing Stakeholder Assessments of Informal Communication in Collaborative Regional Planning." American Journal of Sociology 113.1 (July 2007): 41-96.

Qin Lu, assistant professor of mathematics

(co-author Donald Chambers, Walter Hanson Professor of Economics & Business). "A Tree-Model for Pricing Convertible Bonds with Equity, Interest Rate, and Default Risk." The Journal of Derivatives 14.4 (2007): 25-46.

John Meier, professor of mathematics and director of research services

(coauthors Craig Jensen and Jon McCammond). "The Euler Characteristic of the Whitehead Automorphism Group of a Free Product." Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 359.6 (June 2007): 2577-2595.

Steve Mylon, assistant professor of chemistry

(coauthors Benjamin S. Twining and Gaboury Benoit). "Potential role of copper availability in nitrous oxide accumulation in a temperate lake." Limnology and Oceanography 52.4 (2007): 1354-1366.

James Woolley, Frank Lee and Edna M. Smith Professor of English

Rev of First-Line Index of English Poetry, 1500-1800, in Manuscripts of the James M. and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University, by Carolyn W. Nelson. The Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer 20.3 (September 2006): 37-39.