UB's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has announced the appointment of Roger W. Mayne as the new chair in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and James J. Whalen as the new chair in the Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering.

Mayne, a member of the UB faculty since 1970, served as chair of the department from 1986-89. A fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, he was named Educator of the Year in 1992 by UB's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Graduate Student Association.

Mayne coordinates study-abroad activities for the school of engineering, and has helped to establish exchange programs with universities in Japan, China and France, among others. He has been a National Science Foundation Senior Postdoctoral Fellow and received the Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award.

He is co-author of "Introduction to Engineering," (McGraw-Hill, 1982) and numerous technical papers. His research interests are in computer-aided design and systems design and he has received several patents.

A graduate of UB, Mayne earned a master's degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and a doctorate from Pennsylvania State University.

The primary research interest of Whalen, a faculty member since 1970, is the measurement, prediction and suppression of electromagnetic interference (EMI) in analog and digital integrated circuits. He and members of his research team have published more than 40 research papers on the subject and are widely known for their work.

Whalen has organized and chaired sessions on EMI in microelectronics at electromagnetic compatibility symposia and is co-author of the Study Guide for Electromagnetic Compatibility. A senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Whalen also is a member of the honorary engineering society, Tau Beta Pi, and the honorary electrical engineering society, Eta Kappa Nu. He was inducted into The Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars in 1985. A graduate of Cornell University, Whalen earned a doctorate and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University.

CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON RESOURCES FOR BRAIN-INJURY SURVIVORS

A one-day conference focusing on community services and facilities for persons with traumatic brain injury will be held Nov. 9, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North Campus.

Sponsored by the UB Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation System, the conference will focus on developing community resources for individuals with disabilities and will highlight the work of local disability advocates. Titled "Navigating the Maze: Community Re-entry for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury," the conference will feature the following presentations:

- "Survivor Views on Community Integration," Geri Hens, disability advocate and brain injury survivor.

- "Advocacy Works," Diana K. Landwehr, president, Headway for Brain Injured, Inc.

- "Firehouses Aren't Just for Fires," Jamie Lembeck, disability advocate, People Inc., who converted an old firehouse into independent living quarters.

- "Hello I'm Home," Joanne Lampey, president, People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity.

- "Legal Advocacy for Individuals with Disabilities," Bruce A. Goldstein, law firm of Bouvier, O'Connor.

- "Community Alternatives to Brain Injury Rehabilitation," Raymond G. Rempel, program director, Anagram Rehabilitation Community.

- "Employment Options After Brain Injury," Robin Tirado, vocational placement counselor, and Sharon Morrissey, program coordinator, People, Inc.

- "Stress Management for Caregivers," Russell Cornman, social worker.

The $25 registration fee includes continental breakfast, coffee break and lunch. For more information, call Richard T. Linn, program director for the system, at 898-4759.

SCHOLAR TO DISCUSS CHANGES IN CHINESE HISTORICAL THINKING

Historiographer Joachim Mittag of the University of Bielefeld, Germany, will present a public lecture, "Modernization of Chinese Historical Thought," at the UB on Nov. 9.

The talk, which will address the tension between tradition and modernization in 20th-century Chinese historical thinking, will take place at 2 p.m. in the Pratt Conference Room, 532 Park Hall, on the North Campus. Admission is free of charge.

The following day, Mittag will address the state of Chinese studies in Germany as part of the History Department's "Asia at Noon" lecture series at noon in Room 250 of the Student Union on the North Campus. It is also free and open to the public.

Mittag studied at the University of Munich and has spent a good deal of time in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China, where he studied at Shanghai's Fudan University. He is associated with Bieleferd's Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, where he is involved in analysis of historical thinking on literate and non-literate occidental and oriental cultures.

The lectures are co-sponsored by the UB Department of History and the Asian Studies Program.

CTS PRODUCES COOKBOOK AS SEFA BENEFIT

Central Technical Services staff members have produced a 283-page cookbook chock-full of tempting recipes as a benefit project for SEFA. More than 50 people contributed their efforts to the project.

The spiral-bound book, "A Taste of CTS," has plastic covers and is carefully indexed (of course). It includes a variety of recipes from appetizers to soups and salads, pasta, main dishes, casseroles, vegetables, breads, desserts, cookies and candy, beverages, sauces and even-yes-pet food.

"A Taste of CTS" was sold out in its first printing but a second printing will be available for the campus community at a cost of $15. Proceeds will go to SEFA.

To obtain the cookbook, send your request to John A. Edens, director, Central Technical Services, Lockwood Building, North Campus by Nov. 17. Include your name and campus address and a check for $15 payable to "John A. Edens."

LECTURE SET ON RESEARCH ON MARIJUANA COMPONENT

William Devane, assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin will present a lecture on his research into the body's interactions with THC, the active chemical component in marijuana that alters brain function, Nov. 9, at 12:30 p.m. in 306 Farber Hall on the UB South Campus.

The lecture, sponsored by the UB Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, is free and open to the public.

Devane demonstrated that a specific receptor for THC exists in the brain and discovered the natural substance produced by the body that reacts with the receptor. His lecture, "Anandamide: An Endogenous Ligand for Cannabanoid Receptor," will address this discovery.

Devane obtained his doctorate at St. Louis University and worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Hebrew University in Jerusalem with Raphael Mechoulam, an international leader in marijuana research. He later did research at the National Institutes of Health under Julius Axelrod, who won the Nobel Prize in medical physiology in 1970.

During his visit to UB, Devane will meet with students and researchers.

ALUMNI, FACULTY NAMED TO BUSINESS FIRST'S "40 UNDER FORTY"

Several UB alumni, plus two faculty members, one who is also a UB graduate, are among the "40 Under Forty" Western New Yorkers recognized by Business First for professional success and community involvement. The honorees will be feted at a luncheon at noon on Friday, Nov. 10, in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

UB alumni and faculty among the honorees, who were chosen by an independent panel, are:

- Paul Candino, chief executive officer of the Erie County Medical Center, who received a bachelor's degree from UB in 1984.

- Ross Hewitt, senior research scientist with the SUNY Research Foundation and UB clinical associate professor of medicine, who received a bachelor's degree from UB in 1979.

- Kenneth MacKay, president of Kenneth MacKay Architecture and president of the UB Alumni College of the School of Architecture and Planning, who received a master's degree in architecture from UB in 1985.

- Michael Metzger, vice president of the McIntosh Group, who received a bachelor's degree from UB in 1980.

- Patricia Weeks O'Conner, administrator of Schoellkopf Health Center, who received a bachelor's degree from UB in 1983 and a master's degree in social work in 1985.

- Samuel Savarino president of ADF Construction Corp., who received a bachelor's degree from UB in 1985.

- Edward Simmons Jr., UB clinical assistant professor of orthopaedics.

SILS GRAD STUDENT WINS PRESTIGIOUS SCHOLARSHIP

Patricia Uttaro, a graduate student in UB's School of Information and Library Studies, has received one of three scholarships presented this year by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association.

The award, known as the LITA-Geac Scholarship, consists of a $2,500 stipend presented by Geac Computers, Inc. of Newtonville, Mass.

George Bobinski, dean of the UB School of Information and Library Studies, said the scholarship is very prestigious in the library field, and was awarded based on a national competition.

Uttaro holds a bachelor's degree in cultural studies and children's literature from Empire State College of the State University of New York, and plans to work with automated library services targeted to children and young adults.