2002 Assembly of Delegates:
Nominees for Committee on Nominations - Area Groups, Industries, State & Federal Laboratories Constituency Group

November 15-17, 2002
Moody Gardens Hotel
Galveston Island, Texas

In conjunction with the Sigma Xi Forum, November 14-15, Changing the Face of Science and Engineering

Name: Patrick Joseph Hogan

Present Position: Oceanographer
Organization: Naval Research Laboratory

Address: Bldg. 1009
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
USA

Telephone: 228-688-4537
FAX: 228-688-4759
E-mail: hogan@nrlssc.navy.mil

Chapter Affiliation: Gulf Coast

Candidates Statement: My interest in pursing this position stems partly from the state of science education in our local communities, but also from our chapters recent success at revitilization. Our chapter is proud of this acheivement because of our unique geographical isolation (due to propulsion testing activities). The promotion of science education in our surrounding communities (in southern Mississippi/Lousiana) is weak, and could benefit greatly from the pool of talent present at our complex (a federal research and testing facility comprised of state and federal agencies as well as several university departments) . I would like to become active at the national level to facilitate the exchange of ideas, initiatives, and public awarness between chapters in close proximity to us as well as the national orginization.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: President Elect, Gulf Coast Chapter (2001); Associate Director, Area Groups, Industries, State and Federal Laboratories (2002-2004), Member of the Committee on Resolutions (2000); Annual Meeting Delegate (2000). Other activities include Sigma Gamma Epsilon (since 1982); American Geophysical Union (since 1986); Phi Kappa Phi (since 1987); Vice-President Sigma Gamma Epsilon UNO Chapter (1987).

Biographical Information: B.S. Geology, 1985, University of Kansas; M.S. Geology, 1987, University of New Orleans; Ph.D. Marine Science, 2000, University of Southern Mississippi. Current position - Oceanographer, Naval Research Laboratory. Research interests include numerical modeling of oceanic circulation, mesoscale ocean dynamics, continental shelf and boundary layer dynamics, and cross-slope frontal processes.

Name: Ray Bernard Stout

Present Position: Physicist-Engineering Mechanics, Energy & Environmental Directorate
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California

Address: University of California/LLNL
7000 East Ave.
PO Box 808, L-201
Livermore, CA 94550 USA

Telephone: 925-422-3965
FAX: 925 423 1057
E-mail: stout4@llnl.gov

Chapter Affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Chapter

Candidate's Statement: I have been a member of Sigma Xi for over thirty years and I have immensely enjoyed reading the articles published in the American Scientist. Volunteering for potential membership on the Committee for Nominations is something that I now have adequate time to do, as well as the interest to become involved in the activities of Sigma Xi. If elected to serve on the Committee for Nominations, I look forward to participating in the selection of well-qualified candidates who will become elected officers of the Sigma Xi Society.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Member of honor societies: Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi. Member of technical societies: American Physical Society and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member of an International Scientific Advisory Board for Nuclear Spent Fuel Policy, Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique(CEA) of FRANCE. Frequent reviewer of journal papers and NSF proposals.

Biographical Information: Education: Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL. MBA in Business Administration(evening college), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. MS & BS in Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Machinist School at Cincinnati Milacron with Evening College at Un. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. Employment: Machinist, Cincinnati Milacron Co, Cincinnati, OH. Fellow Engineer, Bettis Atomic Power Lab, Westinghouse Electric Co., Pittsburgh, PA. Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, University of California, Livermore, CA. Expertise: Physics-Engineering Mechanics, Numerical Analyses, and Applied Mathematics - Recent multi-national laboratory project management and technical specialization has been in spent fuel waste form technical activities such as cladding failure(hydrides & crack propagation velocity), spent fuel UO2 and U-metal oxidation(phase change front & grain-size dependence), and the dissolution(surface & radiolysis effects) processes and precipitation of waste form aqueous species to obtain radio-nuclide release rates from spent fuels and glass waste forms. In addition, I have extensive background in dislocation and micro-crack kinetics dependent deformations and thermodynamics in solids and liquids, and their stochastic representations in failure, liquid turbulence, and shock propagation applications.

Name: Musau Wakabongo

Present Position: Associate Professor of Microbiology
Organization: Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center

Address: 3200 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50312
USA

Telephone: 515-271-1621
FAX: 515-271-7035
E-mail: Musau.Wakabongo@dmu.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Greater Des Moines Area

Candidate's Statement: I have been a Sigma XI member since 1992. I have served my Chapter in many different roles. I believe that Science plays a big role in our everyday lives nationally and internationally. I am very much involved in the dissemination of scientific knowledge in our community. I visit high schools, I organize field trips for high school students. For four years I have organized a summer medical microbiology practicum for high school and the high school teachers. The purpose of the program is to improve teachers' science literacy, to encourage scientific inquiry in high school students.

During my presidency, in 1998, our chapter has named the University of Mbujimayi in the Republic Democratic of the Congo as a recipient of the American Scientist. This support continues to the present.

If nominated, I promise to give my new role all my strength, energy and intelligence

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Member since 1992. Treasurer from 1993 to 1998, President (1998), Secretary (2000 to present), chapter listserv moderator. Other Professional membership: The American Society for Microbiology and the International Association of Medical Science Educators

Biographical Information: Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning. California State University (2000). Postdoctoral Fellow in Medical and Public Health Microbiology. Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (1989-1991). Experimental Pathology/Clinical Microbiology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA. Dissertation: Motile Aeromonas as Human Pathogens (Ph.D. 1989). Abstract: Online Training for Online Facilitators of Clinical Case in Microbiology for First Year Medical Students. M. WaKabongo, Ph.D.* et. al., (accepted for poster and oral presentation for the 6th Annual meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators, Guadalajara, Mexico, July 20-23, 2002). Manuscript: Mawson, A.R. and WaKabongo, M. Onchocerciasis-Associated Morbidity: Hypothesis (Accepted June 2002, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene). Grant: Medical Microbiology Practicum Summer Program (PI). The Iowa Academy of Science (Amount $5,000, May 10, 2002); The Foundation for Microbiology Since 1998 ($35,000 for 2001 to 2003). Awards: Certificate of Recognition of Honor for outstanding support. Presented by the Superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools (January 22, 2002). The Distinguished Faculty Award for exemplary contributions toward gender equity in education, presented by the Iowa American Association of University Women (April 29, 2000).