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Ham radio leads to creativity, career in engineering for Fuqua
'Old Soldiers' gather for ROTC alumni breakfast
Engineers receive achievement award at annual banquet
Turkey by the numbers
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Ham radio leads to creativity, career in engineering for Fuqua

It is no coincidence that the supervisor of the electric shop in the University of Kentucky Department of Physics built his first ham radio as a high school freshman. Bill Fuqua found his vocation ­ and his avocation ­ when he was 9 years old and just getting involved with amateur radio.

"In those days, radio and TV were quite magical," the senior electrical engineer said. "Amateur radio was the equivalent to the Internet, in a way, except that you had to be licensed to use it."

Fuqua, originally from Nashville, received his license when he was 13. Today, he works to get other people, especially young people, involved by teaching night classes and participating in the UK Amateur Radio Club.

"I think it's important to get young people interested in a technical hobby; hobbies that get them to tinker and piddle and learn," he said. "A lot of scientists who were young in the '50s and '60s got their first experience with technology as hams."

Fuqua offers himself and Keith MacAdam, chair of the physics department, as two examples. MacAdam became involved with amateur radio when he was 12.

"It opened up for me a worldwide geographical and cultural vision. It opened up a technical vision, because I was not only using the equipment, but I was also trying to build the equipment," he said. "I was ahead of my high school and my undergraduate and even my graduate school classmates because of my comfort level at working with technical objects."

Fuqua's love of amateur radio convinced him to become an engineer, studying at Tennessee Tech and later, in 1980, coming to UK.

MacAdam is glad that Fuqua was around when he needed a frequency doubler for his research.

"I think a lot of my peers would have gotten out their catalogs to see if they could afford to buy one. But when I talked to Bill, he said, 'I think we can rig that up.' So about an hour later, he had put together a set of diodes and some copper and some other stuff, and it was a doubler," MacAdam said. "When you've learned it since you were a kid, you're able to be very resourceful."

That's why Fuqua and two others teach amateur radio classes every Thursday night at Lafayette High School through the Fayette County Public Schools. That also is why he hopes to revive the UK Amateur Radio Club, which has taken something of a hiatus recently because of renovations to its home in Anderson Hall.

The club has a long history. It was formed in 1915, just three years after radio communication was even regulated and wavelengths below 200 meters became the domain of amateurs. Since then, it has been attracting students interested in amateur radio for a variety of reasons.

"It's different for different people. Some people are interested in the emergency aspect of it. I'm more interested in the technical aspect. Some are interested in the contests," Fuqua said.

The emergency aspect is the work ham radio operators do during disasters. For example, when Hurricane Andrew swept through Florida, ham radio operators were the first to establish communication between the decimated region and the outside world.

Contests include field tests, which simulate disaster situations, and attempts to reach the largest number of countries.
"In a sense, it's a public service disguised as a hobby," Fuqua said.

David Randall, the UK club's faculty adviser, thinks interest in amateur radio has waned with the emergence of the Internet, particularly for students from foreign countries interested in keeping in touch with home. But once work is done at Anderson Hall, he plans to revive the club.

"There isn't nearly the interest now that there was, but we're going to try to change that," he said.

By Doug Tattershall

'Old Soldiers' gather for ROTC alumni breakfast

On Saturday, Oct. 10, the University of Kentucky Department of Military Science hosted the Annual Army ROTC Alumni Breakfast. UK ROTC alumni gathered from around the country to reminisce with old friends and fellow alumni about their time spent with Army ROTC.

The oldest graduate in attendance was Gene Myers, a representative of the class of 1937. He and the rest of the returning alumni were treated to a briefing by Lt. Col. Mike Inman and Cadet Battalion Commander Joe Williams on the state of the program at the University.

The guest speaker for the breakfast was retired Maj. Gen. Ben Butler, a 1941 graduate of UK. Butler encouraged his fellow graduates to remember what the Department of Military Science meant to them and to give back to the program.

"If I could go back to college again and take only one course, it would be ROTC," he fondly recalled. "I learned more in that course about life and leadership than in all the others combined."

Butler announced plans for the formation of the UK Army ROTC Alumni Association with a purpose of supporting the activities in the department, raising awareness of ROTC in the community and continuing support of the alumni scholarship fund.

The event concluded on a solemn note as the Pershing Rifles, a student organization, fired a cannon in salute to all those UK graduates who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of their country.

Questions about the UK Army ROTC Alumni Association or the ROTC program should be addressed to Cap. Lance Broeking at 257-4479.

By George Lewis

Engineers receive achievement award at annual banquet

The director of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the chief executive officer of a Fortune 500 company were among the alumni honored Oct. 23 at the third annual University of Kentucky Department of Civil Engineering Career Achievement Awards Banquet.

Those honored were:
· The late Dwight H. Bray, '40, retired chief engineer of the Kentucky Highway Department. He helped found the Kentucky Transportation Scholarship for UK civil engineering students.
· Thomas B. Deen, '51, retired executive director of the Transportation Research Board.
· James F. Hardymon, '56 and '58, chief executive officer and chairman of the board at Textron Inc., a Fortune 500 company, and a member of the UK Board of Trustees. He received both a bachelor's degree and master's degree from UK.
· William Howell Kennoy, '60, director of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
· Oliver H. Raymond, '54, founder of Raymond Construction Co. and Raymond Equipment Co. and the UK College of Engineering's most generous donor. The Civil Engineering Building recently was renamed the Oliver H. Raymond Building in honor of the more than $3 million he has given the college.
· Ellis G. Williams, '48, former head of the Kentucky Department of Highways Asphalt Section, district engineer for The Ashpalt Institute and principal engineer for Duo Services Inc.

Recipients of the awards are chosen by a committee of industry and university representatives.

By Doug Tattershall

Turkey by the numbers

Keep your Thanksgiving sane with these easy steps:

· Plan your menu ahead of time and make a shopping list. Shop early for non-perishable items.
· Schedule when you'll begin cooking each item so foods will be ready at roughly the same time.
· Prepare baked goods a day early to cut down on day-of cooking.
· Decide what baking dishes you'll use. Be sure the dishes that need to be in the oven at the same time will fit.
· Choose serving dishes ahead of time and set them out so that last-minute serving will be smooth.
· Share the last-minute preparations. Ask family members for help and assign each a task.

Staff report

People

Research and other funding

· Robert L. Bradley, athletics administration, $173,714, Athletes in Service to America.
· Lisa Cassis, pharmacology/toxicology, $179,698, Angiotensin, Leptin and the Sympathetic Nervous System.
· R.R. Clayton, Center for Prevention, $1.25 million, Research network: Etiology of Nicotine Dependence.
· Burtron H. Davis, Center for Applied Energy Research, $105,000, Catalyst Testing for Conoco.
· Frank Derbyshire, Center for Applied Energy Research, $117,928, MRSEC: Advanced Carbon Materials Center.
· Donald T. Frazier, physiology, $152,329, Interactive Learning Modules for Writing Grant Proposals.
· Jenn Grisham-Brown, special education and rehabilitation counseling, $182,495, Kentucky Services for Children with Deaf-Blindness Project.
· Robert Haddon, Center for Applied Energy Research, $157,332, MRSEC: Advanced Carbon Materials Center.
· Harold Kleinert, Interdisciplinary Human Development, $172,279, Kentucky Alternate Portfolio System Project.
· Kathryn J. Luchok, preventive medicine and environmental health, $742,227, effects of occupational stress and social resources on working women's pregnancy outcomes and postpartum emotional health. Co-investigators are Lynne Hall, nursing; Douglas Milligan, obstetrics and gynecology; and James Kurztman, University of Louisville, obstetrics and gynecology.
· Donna L. Murphy, Lexington Community College, $128,204, Title IIC Perkins Grant: Academic Support for Disadvantaged Pops.
· S.A. Nasar, electrical engineering, $155,569, Analysis and Design of Flux Reversal Machines.
· James Stephens, System Office Instruction, $656,124, Ready to Work Project.
· Eugenia Toma, Martin School of Public Diplomacy, $150,000, Research on Educational Labor; $120,000, Medicaid Managed Care Project; $107,373, Program Director, Economics Program, Division of Social Behavioral and Economic Research.
· Gerald Weisenfluh, Kentucky Geological Survey, $120,000, A Continuation of Availability of Coal Resources for the Development of Coal.
· L.C. Wolfe, Social Work, $117,514, Training Resource Center ­ Foster Parent Training.
· Pamela Kidd, nursing instruction, $119,415, Evaluation of the Kentucky Graduate Driver Licensing Program.

Activities

· Virginia Bell, Lexington/Bluegrass Alzheimer's Association, led a workshop on "The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care" at the 14th Alzheimer's Disease International Conference held in Cochin, India September 24-27.
· Ric Bessin, entomology, recently traveled to Ecuador to evaluate a USDA AID-sponsored Farmer to Farmer potato project. During the visit, he provided entomological advice in support of emerging IPM programs for potatoes, fruit and greenhouses and presented seminars to farmer associations, extension specialists and students and faculty at a regional university.
· Douglas A. Boyd, communications and information studies, will be a panelist for the program "Lessons Learned About Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Aspects of the Promotion and Tenuring Process," Nov. 24 at the 84th annual meeting of the National Communication Association in New York City.
· James Campbell, music, director of percussion studies, performed with members of the UK Percussion Ensemble on the final concert of the Fifth Annual Lotus World Music Festival Sept. 19th in Bloomington, Ind.
· Laura Corley, entomology, organized the workshop "Developmental Constraints in Development and Evolution" held Sept. 24-26. The event attracted participants including students, post-doctoral scholars and professors from the University of Toronto, the University of Tennessee, Indiana University, the University of Washington, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Arizona, Kansas State University and the University of Montana, as well as UK, the University of Louisville and Kentucky State University.
· The Collegiate Press has invited O.R. Dathorne, English, to become a member of the Editorial Advisory Board that is being appointed to evaluate the current edition of "A Turbulent Voyage: Readings in African-American Studies," a volume which aims to reflect the latest developments in the curriculum.
· Deneese Jones, acting associate dean of the Graduate School and associate professor in curriculum and instruction, has been appointed by Gov. Paul Patton to a three-year term on the Early Reading Incentive Grant Steering Committee.
· Enid S. Waldhart, communication, chaired the program "Into the Next Millennium: Competitive Papers on Basic Course Pedagogy" Nov. 21 at the 84th annual meeting of the National Communication Association in New York City.

Awards

· Ryan Gugeler, agricultural communications services, won the bronze award for an exhibit at the Agricultural Communicators in Education international conference in Monterey, Calif. Assisting with the exhibit were Bill Messner, Linda Millercox, Steve Patton, Randy Weckman and Deborah Witham.
· Retired professor Roger W. Hemken, agriculture, received the 1998 Award of Honor from the American Dairy Science Association recognizing his outstanding contributions to the organization.
·Bill Messner, Linda Millercox, Steve Patton and Deborah Witham, all of agricultural communications services, won the silver award for a four-color popular publication at the Agricultural Communicators in Education international conference in Monterey, Calif.
· Haven Miller, agricultural communications services, won the Outstanding Professional Skill Award for electronic media-radio category and first place in Radio Features and Specials Division at the Agricultural Communicators in Education international conference in Monterey, Calif.

Deaths

· James Anthony Atcher, Kentucky Clinic clinic service technician, died Oct. 10.
· Jane L. Beasey, retired senior administrative assistant in the Department of University Relations, died Sept. 13.
· Thomas J. Carter, retired dishwasher in the Kirwan-Blanding Commons, died Oct. 21.
· Sandra Delcie Doss, retired executive secretary for the agricultural science dean, died Oct. 8.
· Nelson Gay, retired associate professor in the Department of Animal Science, died Oct. 10.
· Paul K. May, long term disability, air conditioning and refrigeration maintenance superintendent, died Oct. 18.
· Mary S. Mulvey, long term disability, account clerk in the bookstore auxiliary services, died Oct. 9.
· Leroy K. Travis, retired county extension agent in Hardinsburg, died Oct. 21.

Presentations

· Alan DeSantis, communications, will present "Caught Between Two Worlds: The Simultaneity of Bahktin's Dialectic in the Exile Experience" Nov. 24 at the 84th annual meeting of the National Communication Association in New York City.
· Lewis Donohew, communications, presented "Assessing the Attitude Salience Hypothesis: Results from a Drug Prevention Media Campaign Targeting Adolescent Marijuana Use" Nov. 22 and will present "Preliminary Results of an Anti-marijuana Media Campaign Targeting High Sensation Seeking Adolescents" today at the 84th annual meeting of the National Communication Association in New York City.
· Lisa Gaetke, nutrition and food science, presented "The Effect of Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Serum Leptin Levels in Young Mice" at the 39th annual meeting of the American College of Nutrition Oct. 1-4 in Albuquerque, N.M.
· Nancy Harrington, Center for Prevention Research, presented "Invisible Disabilities" Nov. 21 at the 84th annual meeting of the National Communication Association in New York City.
· Rick Hoyle, psychology, presented "Assessing the Attitude Salience Hypothesis: Results from a Drug Prevention Media Campaign Targeting Adolescent Marijuana Use" Nov. 22 and will present "Preliminary Results of an Anti-marijuana Media Campaign Targeting High Sensation Seeking Adolescents" today at the 84th annual meeting of the National Communication Association in New York City.
· Nikki Mason, entomology, recently presented a paper on her work on plant stress/spider mite interactions on winged euonymus at the Southern Nursery Association Research Conference in Atlanta.
· Susan Morgan, communications, presented "Making the Medicine Go Down: Understanding Psychosocial Causes of Medical Noncompliance to Develop and Strengthen Theory-based Communication Strategies" Nov. 21 and will present "Communication, Culture and the Cultural Buffer: A New Theoretical Approach to Intercultural Communication" and "Hanging Out: Social Class and Sexuality Among Teen-agers" Nov. 24 at the 84th annual meeting of the National Communication Association in New York City.
· Philip Palmgreen, communications, presented "Assessing the Attitude Salience Hypothesis: Results from a Drug Prevention Media Campaign Targeting Adolescent Marijuana Use" Nov. 22 and will present "Preliminary Results of an Anti-marijuana Media Campaign Targeting High Sensation Seeking Adolescents" today at the 84th annual meeting of the National Communication Association in New York City.
· Dan Potter, entomology, presented an invited paper in a symposium on environmental fate and impact of pesticides in urban environments at the American Chemical Society in Boston. He also presented a seminar at the University of Florida in October.
· Cleophus Price, College of Arts and Sciences, Student Services Division, presented "Making a Connection with the Probation Interview" at the 22nd National Conference on Academic Advising in San Diego Oct. 6.
· Elizabeth Pugles Lorch, psychology, presented "Assessing the Attitude Salience Hypothesis: Results from a Drug Prevention Media Campaign Targeting Adolescent Marijuana Use" Nov. 22 and will present "Preliminary Results of an Anti-marijuana Media Campaign Targeting High Sensation Seeking Adolescents" today at the 84th annual meeting of the National Communication Association in New York City.
· Nicholas Rast, geological sciences, presented "Seismic Events in the Geological Past ­ A Historical Perspective" Oct. 29 at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Toronto.
· Enid S. Waldhart, communication, chaired the program "Into the Next Millennium: Competitive Papers on Basic Course Pedagogy" Nov. 21 at the 84th annual meeting of the National Communication Association in New York City.
· Enid S. Waldhart, communication, presented "Dreams of Fields: The Basic Public Speaking Course as an Argument Field" Nov. 21 at the 84th annual meeting of the National Communication Association in New York City.
· Steven Yates, chemistry, presented "Electric Dipole Transitions and Octupole-Coupled Excitations in Spherical Nuclei," July 1-3 at the International Workshop on Applications of High-Precision Spectroscopy, Notre Dame, Ind.
· S.W. Yates, M. Yeh, M. Kadi, P.E. Garrett, C.A. McGrath and T. Belgya, chemistry, presented "Octupole Excitations in 208Pb and Adjacent Nuclei" March 29-April 2 at the ACS National Meeting, Dallas.

Publications

· Ric Bessin, entomology, served as lead editor of the Midwest Tree Fruit Pest Management Handbook, which is to be released this fall.
· Jian Chen, Mark Hamon, Hui Hu, Yongsheng Chen, Robert Haddon, all of chemistry; and Apparao Rao and Peter Eklund, both of physics and astronomy; "Solution Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes," Science, Oct. 2.
· Thomas Janoski, sociology, "Citizenship and Civil Society: A Framework of Rights and Obligations in Liberal, Traditional and Social Democratic Regimes," published by Cambridge University Press; "Being Volunteered: The Impact of Social Participation and Pro-Social Attitudes on Volunteering," Sociological Forum, September 1998.
· R.S. Phannenstiel and K.V. Yeargan, entomology, "Ovipositinal Preference and Distribution of Eggs in Selected Fields and Vegetable Crops by Nabis Roseipennis," Journal of Entomology Science.
· M. Potter, "Spider Mites on Landscape Plants," Entfact 438, 1998; "Sowbugs and Pillbugs," Entfact 439, 1998; "Bagworms on Landscape Plants," Entfact 440, 1998.
· R.F. Preziosi and D.A. Roff, entomology, "Evidence of Genetic Isolation Between Sexually Mono-Morphic and Sexually Dimorphic Traits in the Water Strider Aquarius Remigis," Heredity.
· D.R. Shanklin, D.W. Johnson and L.H. Townsend, entomology, "Survey of Parasitoids of the European Corn Borer in Southwestern Kentucky," Journal of Entomology Science.
· Greg Stump, English and linguistics program, "Comments on the Paper by Inkelas and Orgun," Morphology and Its Relation to Phonology and Syntax; "Inflection," The Handbook of Morphology.
· S.N. Thompson and D.L. Dahlman, entomology, "Aberrant Nutritional Regulation of Carbohydrate Synthesis by Parasitized Manduca Sexta," Journal of Insect Physiology.
· Karen Tice, educational policy studies and evaluation, "Tales of Wayward Girls and Immoral Women: Case Records and the Professionalization of Social Work," University of Illinois Press.
· L. Townsend, entomology, "Lesser Mealworms or Litter Beetles," Entfact 507, 1998; "Alfalfa Weevil Field Sampling Program," Entfact 127, 1998.
· B.A. Webb, entomology, "Polynavirus Biology, Genome Structure and Evolution in the Insect Viruses," Plenum Publishing Corp.
· J.B. Wolf, E.D. Brodie III, J.M. Cheverud, A.J. Moore and M.J. Wade, entomology, "Evolutionary Consequences of Indirect Genetic Effects," Trends in Ecology and Evolution.