An article by Mark Burkey, associate professor in the Department of Economics and Finance, “Geographic Access and the Demand in the Market for Alcohol,” has been published in The Review of Regional Studies, 40(2), 159-179

David Chen, associate professor in the Department of Economics and Finance, recently had an article published in Global Business and Finance Review, 16(1), 43-45. The article is titled “Impact of U.S. Twin Deficits on Bilateral Exchange Rates: Canada and China.”. 

Kathryn Kisska-Schulze, assistant professor in the Department of Management, has published (with co-authors Tapis, G.P., Priya, K. and Haser, J.) “The Legal Complexities of High Risk Industries: Balancing Customer Service, Safety Issues, and Legal Requirements” in volume 13 of the Atlantic Law Journal. She presented her article, “Sustainable Projections for Aircraft Emissions – What’s the Future for our Skies?,” with co-author Tapis at the National Conference of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, where it also was published in the Academy’s proceedings

in August.

Lyubov Kurkalova, associate professor in the Department of Economics and Finance, has published two articles:
“Potential Water Quality Changes due to Corn Expansion in the Upper Mississippi River Basin” appears in Ecological Applications, 21(4), 1068-1084, and “Land Use Change in a Biofuels Hotspot: The Case of Iowa” is in Biomass and Bioenergy, 35(6), 2391-2400.

Philip F. Rubio, assistant professor of history, was a guest on The Colbert Report, Sept. 14. Rubio was invited to speak on the future of the post office.

Sanjiv Sarin has been appointed associate vice chancellor for research and dean of the School of Graduate Studies. From 2002–2011, Sarin served as associate dean of the College of Engineering where he was responsible for undergraduate and graduate programs, research programs and faculty development.

Sarin has served on the faculty since 1983, and he is a tenured professor of industrial and systems engineering. He has authored and co-authored over 50 peer reviewed articles and has participated in over 30 research and academic program development grants valued at over $8 million with state, federal and corporate funding. Some of his major contributions at A&T include serving as the activity director for the Title III HBGI doctoral fellowship program (2004-2011) and administrative liaison for the NSF Engineering Research Center (2008-2011), and helping to secure funding to establish the prestigious Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship Program at A&T for women doctoral students in engineering.

Sarin has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering with an industrial engineering concentration from IIT Delhi, and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He holds memberships with the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and Council of Graduate Studies. He is a professional engineer in North Carolina and serves as an evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Godfrey A. Uzochukwu, professor and director of the Interdisciplinary Waste Management Institute, has been elected to serve on the Cape Fear River Assembly Board of Directors for 2011-2013. The Cape Fear River Assembly is the largest and most industrialized river system in North Carolina and has tributaries in 29 of the state’s 100 counties. The Cape Fear River Basin extends from the headwaters of North Greensboro to the river’s mouth in Southport. Twenty-seven percent of North Carolina’s population lives within the Cape Fear River Basin.