2006 Assembly of Delegates:
Comprehensive Colleges & Universities Constituency Director

2006 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference

November 2-5, 2006
Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center
Detroit, Michigan

Name: Charles Clifton Chancey

Present Position: Professor & Head of Physics
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

Address: Physics Department
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0150
USA

Telephone: 319-273-2425
E-mail: c.chancey@uni.edu
Web: http://www.physics.uni.edu/people/faculty/chancey.shtml

Chapter Affiliation: University of Northern Iowa

Candidate's Statement: I've enjoyed serving in many capacities at the local, regional and national levels during the last 12 years. Locally, I've held every chapter position except treasurer several times over. I've served on a few regional nominating committees and served on the Search Committee for the Executive Director during a term as North Central Regional Director. Since 2004, I've been a member of the Sigma Xi Committee on Nominations, and was committee chair this past year. My institution, the University of Northern Iowa, is one of many comprehensive universities in the US. I understand the stresses and challenges of science education and scientific research in this type of environment. Comprehensives also have distinct strengths, often related to their locations and regions. Our challenge is to find how Sigma Xi can best promote chapter interests at our colleges and universities. I think that we, the comprehensive colleges and universities, are a group with greater common ground than some other groups in the society. I will bring a sense of humor coupled to a perspective that is both aware of current local concerns and the resources of an international organization to help chapters.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Member, Committee on Nominations (2004-2007), Chair, 2006-2007. President, University of Northern Iowa Chapter, Sigma Xi, 2004-2005. President-Elect, University of Northern Iowa Chapter, Sigma Xi, 2003-2004. Director, North Central Region, Sigma Xi, 2001-2004. Committee on Awards, Sigma Xi, 2001-2004. Sigma Xi Executive Director Search Committee, 2002. Editor, American Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2001-present. Chair, Organizing Committee for the Northwest Indiana Chapter, Sigma Xi, 1993-94; President, Northwest Indiana Chapter, Sigma Xi, 1994-95; President-elect, Northwest Indiana Chapter, Sigma Xi, 2000-2001; Secretary, Northwest Indiana Chapter, Sigma Xi, 1995-98; Member, North Central Region Nominations Committee, Sigma Xi, 1996-97. Campus Liaison, Council for Undergraduate Research, 1994-2001; Event Coordinator, Northwest Indiana Science Olympiad, 1992-2001; Judge, Calumet Regional Science Fair, 1992-2001; Chapter Advisor, Purdue Calumet Chapter, Society of Physics Students, 1997-2001.

Biographical Information: CHARLES CLIFTON CHANCEY, III. BSc, Miami U., Oxford, Ohio, 1977; MA, Johns Hopkins U., 1980, PhD, 1985. Postdoctoral Research Assist., Theoretical Physics Dept., Oxford (Eng.) U., 1985-88. Visiting Assist. Prof. Physics, Amherst (Mass.) Coll., 1988-91; Assist. Prof. Physics, 1991-94, Assoc. Prof. Physics, 1994-96, Prof. Physics 1996-2001 ; Head, Dept. Physics, 1999-2001, Purdue U.-Calumet, Hammond, IN; Prof. & Head, Dept. Physics, U. Northern Iowa, 2001-present; referee Phys. Rev. Letts, Phys. Rev. B., Am. Jour. Phys., Jour. of Physics: Condensed Matter; Author of 27 research papers in profl. jours.; Book co-author (with M.C.M. O'Brien): The Jahn-Teller Effect in C60 and Other Icosahedral Complexes (Princeton U. Press, 1997); Prof. Memberships: Am. Phys. Soc., Am. Assoc. Physics Tchrs, Sigma Xi, Council on Undergraduate Research, Biophysical Society, AAAS, Math. Assoc. Am., SIAM.

Name: Richard William Lo Pinto

Present Position: Professor of Biological Sciences
Organization: Fairleigh Dickinson University

Address: H DH4 03
Fairleigh Dickinson University
1000 River Road
Teaneck, NJ 07601
USA

Telephone: 201-692-2297
FAX: 201-692-2297
E-mail: lopintor@fdu.edu

Chapter Affiliation: Fairleigh Dickinson University

Candidate's Statement: Furthering the mission of Sigma Xi and recruiting and retaining members requires that we serve the needs of the community of scientists and engineers, in particular those at Comprehensive Colleges and Universities. My service to Sigma Xi in several positions has furtherd a long standing commitment to move Sigma Xi toward a leading role in developing programs that enhance our value for constituents and that raises Sigma Xi's profile among them. As Director of Comprehensive College and Universities I will move these initiatives forward and will continue to encourage Sigma Xi's role as an advocate for scientists. As part of this effort, and with the permission of each chapter, I will communicate and engage with College and University administrators to raise the profile of Sigma Xi on campus and to incease each instituiion's recognition of Sigma Xi's importane for and contribution to campus life.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Board Directors (Director Mid-Atlantic Region) (1999-2005); Sigma Xi Committee on Resolutions, 1997; Committee on Regions; Executive Director Search Committee; Young Investigator Awards Committee; President, Fairleigh Dickinson University Sigma Xi, 1972-82, 87-88, 90-present. Other: Co-Chair, Columbia University Seminar on Pollution and Water Resources, 1985-present. Associate Editor, Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences, 1980-89. Fellow, Center for Technology Studies, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1989. Associate Editor, Columbia University Seminar Series, vol. XX, XXVIII, XXX, XXXII-XXXIV.

Biographical Information: LO PINTO, RICHARD WILLIAM, MARINE BIOLOGY, BIOMONITORING & AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY. Current Pos: PROF BIOL, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIV TEANECK, 70- Personal Data: b New York, NY Nov 7, 42; m 70; c 2. Educ: Iona Col BS, 63; Fordham Univ, MS 65, PhD (physiol ecol), 72. Prof Exp: Res asst water pollution, Osborne Lab Marine Sci, 67-68; consult in charge of develop biol testing, Org Econ Coop Develop, 84-85. Concurrent Pos: Cosult, Hackensack Meadowlands Develop Comn, 71-, Hartz Mountain Indust Inc, 76-77; dir, Marine Biol Prog, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ, Rutherford, NJ, 72 -; asst dir, Meadowlands Regional Study Ctr, 74-75; assoc, Seminar Pollution & Water Resources, Columbia Univ, 75 -; chmn tech adv comt, N NJ Water Quality Prog, 77 -; assoc ed, Bulletin of the NJ Acad Sci, 78 -; consult, US Environ Protection Agency, 84; consult, Orgn Econ Coop & Develop, Paris, 84-85. Mem: Sigma Xi. Res: Bioassay development for marine and fresh water organisms; aquatic toxicology; phytoplankton physiology; microbial ecology.

Name: Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan

Present Position: Professor of Food and Biomaterials Engineering
Organization: South Dakota State University

Address: Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
South Dakota State University
AE225/Box 2120
Brookings, SD 57007
USA

Telephone: 605-688-5661
FAX: 605-688-6764
E-mail: muthukum@sdstate.edu

Chapter Affiliation: South Dakota State University

Candidate's Statement: I would be honored to serve as the director of the comprehensive colleges & universities constituency group. My experience as an active officer of SDSU chapter has given me both broad view of multidisciplinary research activities in different chapters in the region. I was instrumental in nominating a record number of 13 new members to our chapter in 2002. I will continue to work to promote better communication between Sigma-Xi and our constituency group members. I would seek to expand the extremely effective Grants-in-Aid Research program of Sigma-Xi. I promise to give my new role all my strength, energy and experience by attending all the meetings and conferences.

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Pres (2002-03), Pres-Elect (2001-02), Sec/Treas (1999-01), Prog Chair (1998-99) of SDSU Sigma Xi chapter; Sigma Xi's Northwest Regional Nominating Committee Member (2003-05). Chair-Elect (2002-04) of ASAE-FPE 701- Physical Prop of Agri Products committee; Chair (2002-03), Chair-Elect (2001-02), Sec (2000-01) of ASAE - FPE 703 - Food Processing committee; District 5 dir to Membership Develop Coun of ASAE. Pres (2000-02) and Vice Pres (1998-00) of Great Plains Subsection of IFT; Ed (2003-), Assoc Ed (1999-01) and Memb-at-large of Food Eng Div of IFT (2000-03). VP of Educ and Fac Adv (2000-03), Univ Toastmasters.

Biographical Information: Education: Ph. D. Agri Eng, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993; M.Eng. Agri and Food Eng, Asian Inst of Tech., Thailand, 1988; B.E (Ag). Agri Eng, Tamil Nadu Agri Univ, India, 1986; B.S. Math, Madras Univ, India, 1981. Employment: Assoc Prof, SDSU, 2001-; Asst Prof, SDSU, 1997-01; Teach Assoc & Assoc Res, UW-Madison, 1993-97; Grad Res Asst, UW-Madison, 1989-93; Res Asst, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand, 1987-89. Memberships: Am Soc of Agri Eng (1989-); Inst Food Technologists (1991-); Inst of Biol Eng (2000-); Sigma Xi (1994-); Gamma Sigma Delta (1993-); Alpha Epsilon (1989-); Soc of Rheology (1997-2000); Toastmasters Intl (1998-). Honors: Gamma Sigma Delta Res Award (2003); Sigma-Xi Res of Year Award (2001); Outstanding Agri Eng Grad Student Award, ASAE (1993); Hisamatsu prize, AIT, Thailand (1988); Netherlands Merit Scholarship, AIT, Thailand (1987); Outstanding Proj Award, Premier Irrigation Gold Medal, B.M. Lakshmipathi Medal, G.R. Varadharajulu Mem Medal, Associated Agencies Medal, TNAU, India (1986); TNAU Merit Scholarship (1982). Research: structure-function characteristics of food and biomaterials, value-added processing, food quality evaluation, and food rheology.