Spectrum - Volume 18 Issue 37 August 8, 1996 - Newsmakers

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Newsmakers

Spectrum Volume 18 Issue 37 - August 8, 1996

Virginia Tech faculty and staff members and students are often the subject of significant national and state-wide news coverage. To better inform the university community about these accomplishments, the Office of University Relations has compiled this monthly report. This report excludes coverage in the Roanoke news-media market. For more information about the articles mentioned, call Julie Kane, university public relations coordinator at 1-9934, or contact your college public relations office.

Washington Post (May 30): Tom Grizzard , associate professor of civil engineering and director of the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory, was quoted in an article about potential effects of a proposed computer-chip plant on the water supply in Northern Virginia.

Houston Chronicle (June 96): Pamela Yip quoted Ruth Smith , associate professor of marketing, in a story about the value of collecting Olympic memorabilia.

Washington Post (June 3): Fred Ricci, a professor of electrical engineering at the Northern Virginia Graduate Center, was cited in an article about the demand for employees with technological know-how.

Richmond Times Dispatch (June 16): A story featured Mark White and his wood analysis work at his Pallet Lab, Brooks Center, for the FBI in the unabomber case.

Ladies Home Journa l (July): Associate Professor of Communication Studies Mary Beth Oliver discussed why we like horror movies.

Washington Post Sunday Magazine (July 7): Psychology Professor Scott Geller was featured in a front page story on the rise of bad driving in the Washington area.

Virginia Public Radio (week of July 7): Associate Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Professor Richard Neves discussed the quality of Virginia's rivers on "With Good Reason," a half-hour interview program.

Los Angeles Times (July 8): Psychology Professor Scott Geller was quoted on the changing nature of traffic speed limits in the western states.

Mutual Radio (July 9): Physics Professor Dale Long discussed the physics of "road mirages" on "Why is It?," a radio program produced by AAAS.

Richmond Times-Dispatch (July 11): An article on the front page of the Health & Science section about the College of Engineering's Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team winning first place in the national Future Car Challenge in Detroit featured the team's faculty advisor Doug Nelson , professor of mechanical engineering (ME), and team co-leaders, Matt Merkle , master's candidate in electrical engineering, and Randy Senger , master's candidate in ME.

Blue Ridge Business Journal (August 1996): An article about the College of Engineering's new Practice-Oriented Master's Program featured Norm Eiss , a professor of mechanical engineering and one of the program's directors.