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Facultyandstudent researchandscholarship notonlyenhancetheintellectuallifeofthe university,butalsocontributetotheeconomicgrowthanddevelopmentoftheregionand,indeed, UNCW all ofNorthCarolina. haswitnessed unprecedentedgrowth ingrantandcontractawards duringthepastdecade,andthishasservedas theenginefortheacceleratedcreationofknowledge byuniversityfacultyandstudents. Theuniversityconsidersscholarlypractice,research,andcreativeactivitiesessentialforeffective learning. Wearepleasedtosharewithyouasampleoftheexcitingandforward-thinkingcontribu- tionsofourfaculty,graduatestudents,andespeciallyourundergraduatestudents.Ourcommitment to"research"reinforcesthisbeliefandexpandstheroleoffacultyandstudentbeyondtheconfines oftheuniversitytothecommunityweserve. — PaulE. Hosier Provost UniversityofNorth Carolina Wilmington UniversityofNorth CarolinaWilmington isa publiccomprehen- sive universitydedicatedto excellence inteaching, scholarship and artisticachievement, and service. The universityseeksto stimulate intellectual curiosity, imagination, rationalthinking, and thoughtful expression in a broad rangeofdisciplinesand professional fields. Dobo Hall nls; CoastalOceanResearchandMonitoringProgram two LynnA. Leonard, Ph.D., professor, earth sciences ResearchforCures three SridharVaradarajan, Ph.D., assistant professor, chemistryand biochemistry SubmarineLandslidesandthePotentialforTsunamiGeneration:PuertoRicoTrench four NancyR. Grindlay, Ph.D., professor, earth sciences ThinkinginMusic five DanielC. Johnson, Ph.D., assistant professor, music RepublicofEgos:aSocialHistoryoftheSpanishCivilWar five Michael M. Seidman, Ph.D., professor, history MORPH six Karl Ricanek, Ph.D., assistant professor, computerscience OnBeingtheMostPopularFishintheTank seven AaronWatson, undergraduate honorsstudent, biological sciences ProjectNumina eight CharlesR.Ward, Ph.D., chair/professor, chemistryand biochemistry RonaldJ.Vetter,Ph.D., chair/professor, computerscience JamesH. Reeves, Ph.D., associate professor, chemistryand biochemistry GabrielG. Lugo, Ph.D., associate professor, mathematicsand statistics Russell H. Herman, Ph.D., associate professor, mathematics and statistics LearningtoFunctionintheRealWorld eight LindaC. Mechling, Ph.D., assistant professor, curricularstudies MembranePenetratingPeptidesasAntibiotics nine Paulo F.Almeida, Ph.D., assistantprofessor, chemistry and biochemistry PromotingClinicalReasoningAbilitiesofBaccalaureateNursingStudentsUsing reiSearch ajourney theHumanSimulator ten ofintellectual inquiry RuthAnne Kuiper, Ph.D.,assistant professor, nursing Lorna Bell-Kotwall, Ph.D., assistant professor, nursing toexploreorexamine in orderto discover MARS eleven DaleJ. Cohen, Ph.D., professor, psychology April2005 Julian R. Keith, Ph.D., professor, psychology Re:search is published by Len B. Lecci, Ph.D., associate professor, psychology UNCW's Division of ExtraordinaryOpportunities twelve AcademicAffairs. LewisJ. Abrams, Ph.D., associate professor, earth sciences Please direct correspondenceto: Ecotone twelve DavidGessner, M.A., assistant professor, creativewriting UniversityofNorth Carolina Wilmington WhenMollusksFly insidebackcover Division ofAcademicAffairs RichardA.Satterlie, Ph.D., professor, biological sciences 601 South College Road Wilmington, NC 28403 Makingan Impactonthe Environment backcover 910.962.3137 ChristopherF. Dumas, Ph.D., associate professor, economicsand finance http://www.uncw.edu/aa UNCWilmingtoniscommittedtoandwillprovideequaleducationalandemploymentopportunity.300copiesofthispublicdocumentwereprintedatacostof$1348.00or$4.50percopyIG.S.143-170.1) earth sciences Ocean Coastal & Research Monitoring Program Sustaining research that protects coastal Carolina waters and ecosystems since 1999UNCWhasconductedasustained,long-term departmentsandCMSworkwithninefull-timeresearchers programofcoastaloceanobservationsandresearchoff onprojectsassociatedwithwaterquality,nutrientpollution NorthCarolinashores.TheCoastalOceanResearchand andecosystemhealth,oceanopticsandremotesensing, MonitoringProgram (CORMP)islocatedattheUNCW physicaloceanography,fisheries,andsedimenttransport. UNCW CenterforMarineScience studentsdirectly (CMS) andisaninterdiscipli- benefitfromfirst-hand naryprogramthatincludes experienceinthisresearch. specialistsinareassuchas Sincetheprogrambegan, physicaloceanography, CORMPhassupportedover geology,biologyandmarine 40undergraduateand biology,environmental graduatestudentresearchers, science,andchemical ninemasters'thesesandone oceanography.CORMP, Ph.D.dissertation. whoseresearchissupported CORMPservesnotonly bytheNationalOceanicand theregionalscientific AtmosphericAdministration researchcommunitybutalso (NOAA),collaborateswith agrowingnetworkofpublic bothNCStateUniversityand serviceandlocalcitizen theUniversityofSouth groupsdedicatedtothe Carolinatostudyand managementofcoastal monitorthedynamic Studentsfromthe CruiseorFieldSamplingcoursework resourcesandmarine togetherto removewatersamplestakenviaa carouselwater environmentofthecoastal ecology. samplerthatisused byresearchersto helpdeterminethe health CarolinaoceanandtheCape ofthecoastal ocean ecosystem.Thestudentsenrolled inthis Currentoutreach FearRiverPlume.The courseparticipateinthe planning andsampling phasesofmajor endeavorsincludeayear-long marineorenvironmental research programs. missionoftheprogramisto professionaldevelopment promotesoundpublicpolicy, pilotprogramformiddleand supportedbyresearch,whichleadstowisecoastaluse, highschooleducatorsandexpandingpartnershipswithstate sustainablefisheriesandimprovedhealthoftheecosystem. andfederalagenciesandlocalcitizensdedicatedtopreserva- Presentlyelevenfacultyresearchersfromfouracademic tionandwisecoastalmanagement. UNCWoffersstudents uniqueopportunities:Andrea Quattrini monitorscoastal ecosystem health underthedirectionofUNCWprofessorThomas LankfordJr., biological sciences.Aspartofits interdisciplinary research endeavors, CORMP createsopportunitiesforstudentstoworkwith professorsoncutting-edge research. "Distribution oflarvalfishes inshelfand gulfstreamwatersinOnslowBay, North Carolina" wasthetitleofAndrea's master'sthesis. LynnA. Leonard, Ph.D., professor, earth sciences http://www.uncw.edu/cmsr/cormp/themes_physocean.htm• [email protected] pagetwo chemistry& biochemistry Research for Cures: Chemistry students are working with UNCW professor Sridhar Varadarajan to find better drugs for the treatment of cancer, diabetes and more. UNCW SridharVaradarajan,assistantprofessorofchemistryand targetingbreastcancercells.Heatherreceivedthe biochemistry,conductsresearchintheareaofDNAdamageand undergraduateresearchfellowshipforherdirected-indepen- DNAdamagingdrugs.Hisresearchinthedesignandsynthesisof dent-studyresearchwithVaradarajanandwillcontinueworking novelDNAdamagingmoleculesabletomodifyDNAatspecific inhislaboratorythissummer.Teraplanstoworkin thepharma- sitesinparticularcellswithoutmutationalside-effectshas ceuticalindustryasamedicinalchemistwhenshegraduates. potentialapplicationsinthetreatmentofdiseasessuchascancer Shannon CookdevelopedHPLCanalyticalmethodsforquanti- anddiabetes.AndrewMclver,first-yearmastersstudentwho fyingDNAdamagewhileanundergraduateandisnowpursuing startedworkingwithVaradarajanasan undergraduatehonors plansforgraduateresearchinthefieldofforensics.Alsocur- UNCW student,ismakingDNA-damagingcompoundsthatwilltarget rentlyworkinginthe chemistrylabwithVaradarajanare insulin-producingpancreaticbeta-cells.AndreasLinke,who studentsHeatherHill,whoisusingcomputationalmethodsto finishedhishonorsresearchworkingon thesameprojectwill identifybestcandidatemolecules,andhonorsstudentLacie graduateinMayandplanstocontinuehis researchatmedical Smith,who issynthesizingmoleculesthatcantargetbacterial school.TeraLynch,asecond-yearmaster'sstudent,and Heather cells.ResearchinVaradarajan'slabispartiallyfundedbythe Lewis,anundergraduatesenior,arebothworkingonmolecules ResearchCorporation. Undergraduate and graduatechemistrystudents, Heather Lewis,Tera Lynch andAndrew Mclver havethe privilegeofhands-on research experience underthedirectionHofprofesOsorSridharVaradarajan. Togethertheyaresearchingforbetterdrugstotreatthe mostthreatening diseases. 3=1==:—=-^M Iff a I- tfb 1 ^fl Aw ^M 1 * -21 w^B^2 ^^^ £m/ Wm% yw SridharVaradarajan, P.h.D., assistant professor, chemistry and biochemistry [email protected] pagethree earth sciences Submarine Landslides and Tsunami the Potential for Generation: Puerto Rico Trench Usingmulti-beambathymetry,sidescansonarandseismicdata ofthePuerto RicoTrench,whichmarkstheboundarybetween UNCW theNorthAmericanandCaribbeantectonicplates, earth UNCW sciencesprofessorNancyGrindlay, graduatestudent Meghan HearneandPaulMannoftheUniversityofTexasAustin, havedeterminedapotentialfortsunamigeneration.Accordingto theirarticle,publishedinEos, Transactions,American Geophysical UniononMarch 22,alltensignificanttsunamisdocumentedin thenorthern Caribbeansince 1492weretriggeredbymovement alongthisactiveplateboundary.Grindlay,HearneandMann warnthatthepotentialishighformoretsunamievents.Ever- increasingpopulationofcoastalareas,movementsalongthefault boundary,andsubmarinelandslidescouldproducepotential tsunamisendangeringacoastalpopulationthatnowexceeds35 millionpeople.Grindlay'sresearchispresentlyfundedbythe NationalScienceFoundationandtheUniversityofPuerto Rico SeaGrantProgram. March 2005, watersampling cruise offshore northern Puerto Ricoaboardthe R/V Pelican. Leftto right: Brant Anderson, an undergraduate studentatthe Universityof South Carolina; UNCW professor. Dr. Nancy Grindlay; Kelly Robertson, an honors undergraduate studentfrom UNCW; and Jennie Mancinone, a graduate studentat UNCW. Athree-dimensional imageofthe bathymetryofthe Puerto RicoTrench and northern margin ofPuerto Rico. Perspectiveview is north looking south. Notethe large (upto55 km across) amphitheater-shaped scarps onthe margin lessthan 40 km from the north coastofPuerto Rico. Theseare probablesiteswheresubmarine landslides have occurred. NancyR. Grindlay,Ph.D., professor, earth sciences http://people.uncw.edu/grindlayn/cmgl • [email protected] pagefour MM music Thinking in Music Republic ofEgos: AgraduateoftheUniversityofArizona,theNewEngland a Social History ofthe ConservatoryofMusicandEmoryUniversity,DanielC. Johnsonhasresearchedmusiccognition,criticalthinkingand War musiclistening.Inhispublisheddissertation,heinvestigated Spanish Civil theeffectofcriticalthinkinginstructionon students'written responsesto musiclisteningexamples.Hehassincepresented sessionsatstate,regional,nationalandinternationalconfer- TheSpanish CivilWar(1936-39)excitesongoing interestbecause ofitsideological scopeand itssupposed anticipation ofWorldWar enceshostedbytheMusic EducatorsNationalConference,the II.Theunderstandablefascination provoked bythestruggles InternationalSocietyforMusicEducation,theCollegeMusic betweendemocracyanddictatorship.Communism andfascism, Society,theAmerican Orff-SchulwerkAssociationandthe anarchism and NationalCollegiateHonorsCouncil.Hispublicationsinclude authoritarianism, articlesin TheBulletin oftheCouncilforResearch inMusic Catholicism and anti- clericalism have Education, Contributions toMusicEducation and TheInterna- markedthe literature tionalJournaloftheHumanities. with an ideological/ Heiscurrentlycollaboratingwithareamusiceducators theological stamp. intworesearchpartnershipstudiestoreplicatehisresearch. Mostrecently,the Johnsonregularlypresentsin-serviceworkshopstoK-12 manyformsofthe educatorstosharehisfindingsandrecommendationsfor collective have mesmerized historians improvingpedagogicalpractices.Inundergraduateeducation, whoseinvestigations hehasusedhisresearchtodevelopinnovativeapproachesto havecentered onsocial musiceducation intheformofnewbasicstudiescourses,Web groups,such asclasses CTcoursesections,coursesandseminarsintheHonors orgenders. ScholarsProgram,andanewtextbook,MusicalExplorations: Thisnewemphasiswasa healthy reactiontothepreviousstresson FundamentalsThroughExperience. greatmenwhosupposedlymade Tosupporthiswork,Johnsonhasreceivednearly$40,000 historybythemselves.Yetthe ingrantfundsfromtheNationalEndowmentfortheArts,the obsessionwith groupidentity hasleftmuch UNCW AmericanOrff-SchulwerkAssociation,a Innovative unexamined. TechnologyGrant,theUNCWCenterforTeachingExcel- MichaelSeidman's RepublicofEgos:ASocialHistoryofthe lence,theUNCWOfficeofInternationalProgramsandthe SpanishCivilWar(UniversityofWisconsin Press, 2002) offersa differentvision ofthewarand revolution.While notneglectingthe SchechterFoundation.Hehasalsoappliedforanadditional collectiveidentitiesofpolitical/religiousaffiliation,classand $10,000ingrantfundsfromtheNorthCarolinaArtsCouncil gender, itexaminestheanonymousindividuals,familiesand small tosupportprofessionaldevelopmentcoursesforareaelemen- groupswhostruggledfortheirown interestsandsurvival, notfor taryeducators.Johnsoniscurrentlycollaboratingwiththe an abstractpolitical orrevolutionarycause. RepublicofEgos NewHanoverCountySchoolsto providemusiceducation analyzesthe political economyofthewar. Itshows howprice throughaTwenty-FirstCenturyLearningGrant. controlsand inflation intheRepublicanzoneencouraged peasant hoarding and blackmarketeering.Theconsequentlackoffood in thecitiespromotedworkers' indifference,absenteeism and Daniel C.Johnson, Ph.D., assistant professor, music pilfering. Soldiers respondedto material shortages bylooting, [email protected] deserting andfraternizingwiththeenemy. Thisbookoffersa newexplanationforthefailureofthe Johnson directsparticipants inthe Level I Orff-Schulwerkteacher- RepublicandthesuccessofFranco's Nationalists. Itbreaks training course, including several UNCWalumni. methodological ground byfocusing onthepersonal and individual realms. Michael Seidman isalsotheauthorof WorkersagainstWork: LaborinParisandBarcelonaduringthePopularFrontsand The ImaginaryRevolution:ParisianStudentsandWorkersin 1968. Michael M.Seidman,Ph.D., professor, history [email protected] pagefive computerscience Asifweneedevidencethatwe'regettingolder,researchers UNCW from seemdeterminedtoproveit. Withagrowingdatabaseofthousandsofphotos, they'retrackingfaciallaughlinesaroundthemouth, crow'sfeetaroundtheeyesandallotherage-related texturechangesonthehumanface. UNCW Bystudyingtheseimages,ateamof research- ersisadvancingthefieldofface-recognitiontechnologies. Onceonlyscience-fictionfare,face-recognitiondevices nowhavealimitedabilityto"read"thedimensionsofa faceinordertoestablishaperson'sidentity.Inthefuture, it'slikelythatsophisticatedscanningdeviceswillhave broadapplicationforairportsecurity,companyID systems,movieandgameanimation,andproductdesign. ORPH: (Imaginekeylessentrytoyourhouseandcomputersthat bootupupon"seeing"you.) Thoughthetechnologyisadvancing,itstillhasa Craniofacial glaringlimitation:evensophisticatedprogramscannot properlyaccountforaging.Itseemsthosewrinkles associatedwithpassingyearscancompromisethe Morphological accuracyoffacialrecognition.What'sneededaremath- basedmodelsthat"map"theagingprocessincomputer Database bitsandpixels.Theachievementwouldusherinthenext generationofface-recognitiontechnologiesandgiveus machinesthatrecognizeafacetenyearsormoreafteran Facing the Future for Better Security initialimageistaken. So,withadvancedalgorithmsthatrunonhigh- UNCW poweredcomputers, researchersaredevelopinga — databasetomakeithappen.Theirwork theCraniofacial — MorphologicalDatabaseorMORPH isbecomingoneof theworld'smostextensivelongitudinal"libraries"offacial images.Fortestsubjects,they'restartingwithpublic recordmugshots.Fromthere,they'retakingthree- dimensionalscansofUNCWstudents,whowillbe below Eric Patterson, encouragedtoreturntotheiralmamatereveryyearso computerscience. researcherscantrackthepathfromruddyyouthtothe right Midori Albert, care-worncountenancesoflateradulthood. anthropology, standing left Edward Boone, mathematicsand Thefederalgovernment,withaneyeon improving UNCW statistics, and standing right Karl homelandsecurity,isfundingthe researchunder Ricanek,Jr., computerscience. athree-yearcontract.That'snearly$1 million toward makingaccuratefacialrecognitiontechnologyasinevi- < tableasthelinesonourface. Karl Ricanek, Ph.D., assistant professor,computerscience http://fire.bear.uncw.edu/IRL• [email protected] pagesix On Being the Most Popular Tank Fish in the Theornamentaltradeindustryisagrowingindustryhandling andagonisticbehavioraldifferencesto identifyanoptimal over$900millionannuallyinthesaleandtransportofhundreds stockingdensityforgrowingfishtomarketsize. ofspeciesoffishandmarineinvertebratesforaquariums, Growthrateswerenotsignificantlydifferentforthisage hobbyistsandenthusiasts.Themajorityoftheanimalsthatenter groupbasedon totallengthasmeasuredatthebeginningand thetradearecollecteddirectlyfromthewild,whichisputtinga endofeachtrial.Theoverallfrequencyofagonisticbehaviors higherandhigherpricetagonthehobbyandisbeginningto wasfoundtobesignificantlyhigheratthelowestdensity.Mean havevastlynegativeeffectsoncoralreefs.Growingconcernfor frequenciesofapproaches,nipsandface-offsweresignificantly theenvironmenthaspropelledanewsideoftheindustry: higheratthelowestdensitywhiletherewasnosignificant aquacultureofdesiredspecies.Cultureoftheseanimalscan differenceamongthefrequenciesofchasesorcirclingbehaviors. greatlyreducethecosttotheconsumerandcurb someofthe Apreviouslyundescribedbehaviorinvolvingtwo individuals destructionanddegradationtooneoftheworld'smostpopular vibratingalongtheirlengthswhileparallelwasobservedduring andfragileecosystems. thisstudyandcalled"parallelvibration."Thisbehaviorexhibited Determiningtheoptimaldensityforgrowingfishtomarket- nosignificantdifferenceinfrequencyamongthedensities. ablesizeisvaluableinformationfortheornamentaltrade Optimaldensityforthisagegroupcouldnotbedetermined industry.Juvenile (30-71 days-old)Amphiprion ocellaris,known fromthisstudy,althoughtheseresultsshowthatagonistic astheocellarisclownfish,werestockedatthreedifferentdensities. behaviorsareminimizedathigherdensitiesandgrowth ratesare Tankscontainingsix, 12and24fishweremonitoredforgrowth notaffectedatthesedensities. AaronWatson, undergraduate honors student, biological sciences http://www.uncw.edu/honors pageseven computer science chemistry & biochemistry mathematics& statistics Numina Learning to Function Project Interactive Classrooms for Better Teaching We surveyforconsumerpreferences, pollforpresidential Identificationofeffective candidates and castreal-timevotes onthe Internetaboutlikely strategiesforteachingpersons SuperBowlwinners. withmoderatetosevere Sowhat'stostopacollegeprofessorfromusinginstantpolling intellectualdisabilitieshas during alectureaboutmolecularshapeandstructure?Thanksto theleadershipofUNCWprofessors,aninteractivewireless longbeenachallengeinthe classroomisnotonlypossible,it'snowateachingmodelthat's Computerscreen ofCBVIto fieldofSpecialEducation. winningoverstudentsandprofessorsaroundthecountry. teach groceryshopping. LindaMechling,Watson Ron Vetter, a UNCW computerscience professor, has SchoolofEducation,under- been part ofthe pioneering Project Numina team since itwas standsthischallengeandhas formed inthe early-1990s. Project participants investigate been involvedinaseriesof howhandheld computers and wireless Internet connections investigationsevaluatinguse improve classroom instruction. ofinteractivecomputer-based "Anyprofessorwho'staughtin a videoinstruction (CBVI) to roomwith 100studentsknowswhy teachfunctionalskillstothis thisworks,"Vettersaid. In larger lecture halls,studentresponse rates populationofstudents. can be aslowasthree percent.And Research inthefieldof comprehension rates are usually specialeducationsupports impossibletodetermine. Butin instructionofskillstopersons classrooms equippedwith interactive withdisabilitieswithin equipment,studentresponse rates naturalenvironmentsin havesoaredto99percent. "Even whichskillswillbeused,yet studentssleeping inthe backrow manyschool-basedprograms haveto give an answer,"Vettersaid. experienceresourcecon- Similaritiestothe audiencesurvey segmentofa populargame showare alltoo real. "Ourstudents straintswhichlimitopportu- treatitlike'WhoWantsto Be a Millionaire',"Vetteradmits. nitiesforcommunity-based Atthe heartofProjectNumina is UNCW-developed Student instruction.Simulated Response System(SRS)software. In class,studentsaccessthe instructionhasbeenrecom- softwareon handheld computersor"PocketPCs."Then mendedasanalternative anonymousstudentresponsesto professor-supplied queries are meansofinstructionwhen instantlytallied and displayed on an overhead screen. So if80 percentofthe classdoesn'tknowa protonfrom a neutron,a careistakentoclosely replicatethenaturalenviron- professorcan immediatelyaddressthe situation. Sincethe introduction ofSRS in2001,schools like Emory, ment.ThefocusofMechlings UC Berkeleyandthe UniversityofIowa havesigned up. More research (CBVI) incorporates than 50 colleges haveSRS accounts,andthe listissureto grow twotechnologies,video withthisyear's introduction ofSRS III. technologyandcomputer- Thanksto UNCW,there'sa lotmore participation in basedinstruction,with classrooms and a lotlesssleeping inthe backrow. softwareprogramssuchas HyperStudio4.5or isprojectisa multidisciplinaryeffortbetween: irlesR.Ward,Ph.D.,chair/professor,chemistryandbiochemistry,[email protected]; laidJ.Vetter,Ph.D.,chair/professor,computerscience,[email protected]; nesH.Reeves,Ph.D.,assoc.professor,chemistryandbiochemistry,[email protected]; LindaC. Mechling, Ph.D., assistant professor, curricularstudies orielG.Lugo,Ph.D.,assoc.professor,mathematicsandstatistics,[email protected]; [email protected] ssellL.Herman,Ph.D.,assoc.professor,mathematicsandstatistics,[email protected] http://aa.uncw.edu/numina