2003 Assembly of Delegates:
Mid-Atlantic Geographic Region Associate Director

November 13-16, 2003
Hyatt Regency Los Angeles at Macy's Plaza
Los Angeles, California

In conjunction with the Sigma Xi Forum, Science and Engineering: Keys to International Understanding, November 12-13
And the Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, November 14-15

Name: Charles E. Kriley

Present Position: Professor of Chemistry
Organization: Grove City College

Address: 100 Campus Drive
Grove City, PA 16127
USA

Telephone: 724-458-2976
FAX: 724-458-3855
E-mail: cekriley@gcc.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Grove City College

Candidate's Statement: I have been an active member of Sigma Xi since 1995 and have learned the importance of being a member of Sigma Xi. This will be my fourth annual Sigma Xi meeting and I would like the opportunity to start serving Sigma Xi in a more active manner. Sigma Xi has been an extremely positive influence on the faculty and students of Grove City College and has provided a means for the various departments to interact on a scientific level. This office will provide me an avenue to ensure that my many colleagues will have the full benefit of Sigma Xi.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: member Northwest Indiana, 1995-98; Founding member, Grove City College Chapter, 1998. Treasurer, Grove City College Chapter 1998-present; Delegate to annual meeting 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2003; Baccalaureate Nominating Committee 1999-01, Committee Chairman 2001; Sigma Xi Undergraduate research grant Fall 2000; Sigma Xi Science, Math and Engineering Education Grant 2003 for "Grove City College Summer Science Camp". Member of Phi Lambda Upsilon. SACP Advisor 2000-present (Student Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh). Co-advisor Student Chapter of American Chemical Society 1996-present.

Biographical Information: Charles E. Kriley. Education: Ph.D., Purdue University, 1993; B.S., Chemistry, Grove City College, 1988. Employment: Professor, Grove City College 1996-present; Research Consultant, Purdue University, summer 1999; Visiting Scientist, B.F. Goodrich, summer 1997/98; Assistant Professor, Purdue University Calumet 1993-96. NSF Grant, "Incorporating FT-IR into the Laboratory Curriculum", 1995; Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh College Grant, "Fiber Optic CCD 440 Array UV-Vis Spectrophotometer," 2000; Sigma Xi research Grant, "Polymerization of Cyclic Olefins using Nickel Catalysts," 2001. Chemistry Outreach: Chemistry Show Coordinator 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 for preschool children to 3rd grade with an emphasis on minority and home schooled children. Chair of the Grove City College Sigma Xi Chapter Committee for the selection of the Sigma Xi Outstanding High-school Science and Math Teacher, 1998-present. Programs Administered: Northwest Indiana Regional Science Olympiad Purdue University Calumet, Event Coordinator, 1994-96; Expanding your Horizons in Mathematics and Science Conference, Purdue University, volunteer. Research Interests: Active undergraduate inorganic/organometallic research program. Research involves the preparation, characterization and reactivity of metal-phosphines and their use as catalysts for polymerization reactions.

Name: Andrew Ulrich Meyer

Present Position: Professor Emeritus
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology

Address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights
Newark, NJ 07102-1982
USA

Telephone: 973-596-3530
FAX: 973-596-5680
E-mail: meyer@njit.edu

Chapter Affiliation: New Jersey Institute of Technology

Candidate's Statement: I consider the interdisciplinary nature of Sigma Xi as a community of scientists and engineers from different fields to be ever more important. Current problems include the decline in membership and the apparent lack of interest by qualified young researchers in being nominated for membership who, ironically, feel to be too much under pressure to limit their activities to their narrow fields. Sigma Xi chapter activities play an important role in facilitating opportunities for scientists and engineers to communicate with each other and to help widen their horizon. However, this needs to be enhanced by collaboration between neighboring chapters, especially between industrial and university chapters. Individual chapters seem to be rather isolated. Collaboration between chapters is not an easy task but, nevertheless, should be encouraged.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi, NJIT Chapter: Board Member: 1979 - present, Secretary: 1979-82, President: 1996 - present, Associate Director, Mid-Atlantic Region: 2000-present. IEEE Control System Society: Member of Standards Committee, 1963-69; North Jersey Chapter of IEEE Control System Society: Chairman, 1964-65; IEEE- New Technical and Scientific Activities Committee (NTSAC), New York Section, member 1965 - 1990, Secretary 1967-68); American Automatic Control Council (AACC): Member of Biomedical Systems Committee (representing IEEE), 1972-84, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC): Committee on Biomedical Engineering, 1972-84. IEEE - Liaison Representative of both Division X and Control Systems Society to Society on Social Implications of Technology, 1995 - present.

Biographical Information: Andrew U. Meyer received the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Northwestern University in 1961. Between 1961 and 1965 he was a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories, where he was engaged in research on automatic control problems pertaining to satellite attitude control and missile autopilots. Prior to his graduate studies, he held engineering positions with Associated Research, Inc., Sun Electric Corporation and Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, all in Chicago, Illinois. In 1965, Dr. Meyer joined the Electrical Engineering Department of New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, as an Associate Professor, became a Professor in 1968 and Professor Emeritus in 2002. During the academic year 1969-1970, he was a Visiting Professor at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Dr. Meyer's research interests involve automatic control theory and its applications, with emphasis on biomedical system dynamics. Since 1972 he is also on the adjunct research faculty of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, since 1980 as an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology. His publications include co-authorship (with Jay C. Hsu) of the book "Modern Control Principles and Applications", McGraw-Hill 1968.