Visiting Erskine or Canterbury Fellows for 1998 are listed below in
the order of the Department which they visited. The visitor's name,
home university or organisation, and the area/s of expertise are listed.
Not all Departments had Fellows in each year, so you may need to check
other years for Fellows in your specialty area.
Accountancy, Finance & Information Systems
|
| Prof Albert S Dexter |
The University of British Columbia |
Systems analysis and design; information systems administration |
| Assoc Prof Kian Guan-Lim |
The National University of Singapore |
Corporate finance; financial risk management |
| Prof Peter W Wolnizer |
Deakin University |
Financial accounting and auditing |
Chemical and Process Engineering
|
| Prof Alan E Mather |
Universite Blaise Pascal |
Thermodynamics; heat and mass transfer; process analysis; natural
gas processing; equilibrium stage processes |
| Prof Fred P Stein |
Lehigh University |
Thermodynamic properties of fluid mixtures and electrolytes;
kinetics and reactor deign |
Chemistry
|
| Prof Robert N Compton |
University of Tennessee |
Photophysics; photochemistry; mass spectrometry; applications
of lasers in in spectroscopy; ionization |
| Dr John H Dymond |
University of Glasgow |
Accurate measurement, correlation, prediction and estimation
of thermophysical properties |
| Prof Hanns Fischer |
Physikalisch-chemisches Institut der Universitat Zurich |
Physical chemistry; magnetic resonance; fast reaction kinetics;
photochemical charge transfer reactions |
| Prof Rudi van Eldik |
University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany |
Application of high pressure techniques to chemical reaction;
metal-catalysed autooxidation processes in atmospheric chemistry |
| Dr Gordon H Whitham |
Pembroke College, England |
Exploratory and mechanistic studies of organoelement compounds,
esp. organosulfur chemistry involving free-radicals |
Civil Engineering
|
| Prof Joseph Hun-Wei Lee |
University of Hong Kong |
Environmental fluid mechanics |
| Prof Edward D Schroeder |
University of California at Davis |
Water and wastewater engineering; industrial pollution control;
hazardous waste management |
| Prof Robert H J Sellin |
University of Bristol |
Hydraulic engineering |
| Prof Antony P S Selvadurai |
McGill University |
Theoretical mechanics, esp. soil and rock mechanics |
Computer Science
|
| Dr Jorge R J Cuellar |
Siemens Research, Germany |
Mathematical models for Computer Science, esp. for distributed
systems |
| Prof Marco Ajmone Marsan |
Politecnico di Torino |
Petri nets; data communications |
Economics
|
| Dr Neil R Ericsson |
Federal Reserve System, Washington |
Econometric analysis of time series data; monetary macro-econometrics |
| Prof Nelson C Mark |
Ohio State University |
International finance; asset pricing; open economy macroeconomics;
time series econometrics |
| Assoc Prof Peter B Morgan |
The University of Michigan |
Microeconomic theory & applications; search theory; sequential
testing in statistics; labour markets |
| Prof Michael K Salemi |
University of North Carolina |
Monetary/macroeconomics; teaching of economics education |
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
|
| Prof James K Cavers |
Simon Fraser University |
Communications systems esp. wireless communications |
| Prof Sujeet K Chaudhuri |
University of Waterloo |
Optics and signal processing |
| Prof Robert H Lasseter |
University of Wisconsin |
|
| Prof William P Robbins |
University of Minnesota |
Semiconductor devices; power electronics |
Geography
|
| Prof Huw C Davies |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
Meteorology and climatology esp. mid-latitude weather systems,
orographic effects, weather prediction, climatic change and variability |
| Prof Janice J Monk |
University of Arizona |
Gender and geography; feminist geography in comparative international
perspective; gender and landscape; gender and geographic education |
Geological Sciences
|
| Prof G Nelson Eby |
University of Massachusetts |
Igneous petrology and geochemistry; environmental chemistry |
| Prof James Gill |
University of California at Santa Cruz |
Petrology & geochemistry of igneous rocks, esp. applications
of radiogenic isotopes to geological problems |
Linguistics
|
| Prof Edward L Keenan |
University of California at Los Angeles |
Historical linguistics; typology |
| Prof Walt Wolfram |
North Carolina State University |
Sociolinguistics |
Management
|
| Prof Jerry C Olson |
Penn State University |
Marketing; consumer behaviour; cognitive structures of knowledge;
philosophy of science |
| Prof Edward A Silver |
The University of Calgary |
Management science; production management |
| Prof Emeritus John P van Gigch |
California State University |
Strategic management; systems theory and modelling; philosophy
and management |
Mathematics & Statistics
|
| Prof John E Dennis |
Rice University |
Optimization; nonlinear equations; parallel computation |
| Prof William A Light |
University of Leicester |
Approximation theory; numerical analysis; functional analysis |
| Prof Zelada B Zabinsky |
University of Washington |
Global optimization methodologies; random search optimization
techniques and probabilistic analysis of algorithm complexity |
Mechanical Engineering
|
| Prof Walter Eversman |
University of Missouri - Rolla |
Aerodynamics; aeroaccoustics; fluid dynamics |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
|
| Prof Fred Dretske |
Stanford University |
Philosophy of mind; epistemology |
| Prof Frank C Jackson |
Australian National University |
Philosophy of mind and cognitive science; epistemology; metaphysics;
metaethics |
| Prof Gregory Gregory Schopen |
University of Texas at Austin |
Buddhist studies and Indology; Buddhist languages; history of
religions; social and religious history; South-East Asia and
Tibet |
Physics & Astronomy
|
| Prof Volker Heine |
Cambridge University |
Theory of condensed matter physics and minerology |
| Prof Bernard E Jacquier |
CNRS-Universite Claude Bernard |
Optical spectroscopy; laser properties of solid state luminescent
materials |
| Prof David L Lambert |
University of Texas at Austin |
Astrophysics - stars and the interstellar medium |
| Prof Alan O'Neill |
University of Reading |
Meteorology; physics of the atmosphere |
Plant & Microbial Sciences
|
| Prof Wayne M Becker |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Plant biochemistry and molecular biology |
| Prof Robert M M Crawford |
St Andrews University |
Stress physiology in plants |
| Dr Robert N Lightowlers |
University of Newcastle |
Biochemistry; cell and molecular biology; genetics and neuroscience |
| Dr David W Hopkins |
University of Dundee |
Soil microbiology & chemistry; decomposition of plant litter
in soil & uses of NMR; carbon dynamics in upland soils; Antarctic
soil microbiology |
Psychology
|
| Prof Thomas A Brigham |
Washington State University |
Behaviour analysis with special emphasis on self-control; prevention
of HIV/AIDS infection |
| Prof David C Funder |
University of California, Riverside |
Social psychology and personality psychology |
| Dr Sidney J Segalowitz |
Brock University |
Developmental neuropsychology; cognitive psychology; human development;
linguistics |
Speech & Language Therapy
|
| Prof Nicholas W Bankson |
James Madison University |
Communication sciences and disorders; esp. clinical phonology |
| Prof Barbara W Hodson |
Wichita State University |
Phonological development and phonological disorders; metaphonological
skills and early literacy |
| Assoc Prof Robert C Marshall |
University of Rhode Island |
Adult neurogenic disorders; group treatment in acute care settings |
Zoology
|
| Dr Stuart Egginton |
University of Birmingham |
Respiratory physiology; Antarctic fish biology; stress physiology |
| Prof Malcolm B Jones |
University of Plymouth |
Biology, ecophysiology of littoral and estuarine vertebrates;
effects of contaminants on crustacea |
| Dr Michael J Kingsford |
University of Sydney |
Marine ecology |
| Prof Kenneth R Olson |
University of Notre Dame, Indiana |
Fish physiology |
