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Madnia works in UB's Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.

He will use the four-year grant to continue his research into the fundamental forces involved in combustion. By increasing the basic understanding of combustion, his work will have application to the aircraft engine and automotive industries, as well as the computer industry in areas such as the design of active heat sinks for cooling of integrated circuit chips.

Madnia received bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, all in aerospace engineering, from the University of Michigan.

A winner of the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers in 1996, Madnia was a visiting scientist at the Theoretical Flow Physics Branch of the NASA Langley Research Center.

PHARMACISTS TO PROVIDE FREE DRUG EVALUATIONS
Unlike bacon and eggs, cake and ice cream, and other things in life that "go together," some medicines are not designed to be taken together or aren't as effective when taken with food or on an empty stomach.

Registered pharmacists will provide free, personalized evaluations to persons who bring the medications they're taking-both prescription and over-the-counter-to a pharmacy fair being held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20, in the Walden Galleria Mall.

In addition to the drug evaluations, there also will be a video puppet show for kids and adults on poison prevention.

This event, being held during National Pharmacy Week, will be provided by pharmacists from the Pharmacists' Association of Western New York and the Western New York Society of Health Systems Pharmacists, and faculty and students from the UB School of Pharmacy.

PIANIST MARC COUROUX TO GIVE CONCERT AT UB
The Institute for Contemporary Music Performance will present pianist Marc Couroux, Canada's leading interpreter of the 20th-century idiom, in a recital on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in Allen Hall on the South Campus. He will perform works by contemporary composers, including Michael Finnissy, Brian Ferneyhough and James Harley. There will be no admission charge.

Couroux, who worked with master pianist Louis-Philippe Pelletier at McGill University, Montreal, where he received a master's degree in 1994, has been described as "the Glenn Gould of contemporary music." The recipient of numerous scholarships and grants, he performed at the 1994 and 1995 June in Buffalo festivals and was a soloist with the McGill Symphony Orchestra in 1995.

Beginning Oct. 21, Couroux will also conduct a week-long residency that will include contemporary music master classes, presentations and composer workshops. Admission to these events is also free.

For more information, call 645-2921.

SCIENCES ALUMNI LECTURE TO FOCUS ON COMPUTER CHESS MATCH
Computer chess and the match between Russian world chess champion Gary Kasparov and a computer will be the focus of a lecture to be given at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21, in Room 210 of the Natural Sciences Complex on the UB North Campus.

The lecture, entitled "Can Calculation Beat Thinking? Lessons from the Kasparov-Deep Blue Chess Match," is part of the UB Sciences Alumni Association lecture series. It is free and open to the public and geared to both chess enthusiasts and novices.

Kenneth W. Regan, associate professor of computer science, former childhood chess star and holder of the lifetime title of international master from the World Chess Federation, will discuss how computer chess programs work and examine differences in the style of play between computers and humans as demonstrated in his analysis of the six games from the Kasparov-Deep Blue match.

In addition, Regan will discuss the developments in computer chess that led to this unprecedented challenge and give his predictions for the rematch between Kasparov and IBM that will be held in May.

The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics comprises the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics and Physics.

For more information, call Cindy Nydahl at 645-2531.

STOSS JOINS UB IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LIBRARY
Frederick W. Stoss has been named associate librarian for biological sciences in the Science and Engineering Library.

Stoss comes to UB from the Energy, Environment and Resources Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he served as a research assistant since 1990. He was director of Library and Information Services at the Acid Rain Information Clearinghouse and New York State Acid Rain Documentation Center, Center for Environmental Information, Inc. in Rochester from 1987-90.

He holds an MLS from Syracuse University, a master's degree in zoology from State University College at Brockport and a bachelor's degree in biology from Hartwick College.

WORKSHOP ON STUTTERING TO BE HELD AT UB
What do actor James Earl Jones, country and western music star Mel Tillis and ABC-TV's "20/20" reporter John Stoessel have in common? They're part of the 1 percent of the U.S. population who stutter.

The pros and cons of current therapies and techniques to help those who stutter gain self-confidence will be addressed during a workshop to be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, in 280 Park Hall on the UB North Campus.

The workshop will be led by Tim Mackesey, an Atlanta-based, certified speech-language pathologist. He also is a person who stutters.

An active member of the National Stuttering Project (NSP) for a decade, Mackesey often presents lectures to audiences of speech professionals and those who stutter.

Workshop fees are $35 in advance for NSP members; $40 for non-members, and $10 for students. Fees are an additional $5 at the door.

The Buffalo chapter of NSP meets bi-weekly in the Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic in Park Hall on the UB North Campus.

For more information on the workshop and local NSP chapter meetings, contact the NSP at 1-800-364-1677.

UB SPONSORS INTERACTIVE VIDEOCONFERENCE ON ISO 14000
Waste managers from the public and private sectors in Western New York are invited to participate in the first live, interactive videocon-ference on ISO 14000 to be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Advanced Training Center, 275 Oak St., Buffalo.

The satellite conference is sponsored locally by MFC @ UB (Millard Fillmore College at the University at Buffalo) and the New York State Center for Hazardous Waste Management headquartered at UB.

ISO 14000 is a series of voluntary environmental-management standards and guidelines developed by the International Organization for Standardization.

Developed by representatives from industry, research and consumer and regulatory agencies in the public and private sectors, ISO 14000 is designed to reduce environmental-management cost, decrease liability, increase efficiency of product production and improve firm or governmental competitiveness in the global marketplace.

Presenters at the satellite conference will include Joe Cascio, vice president of the Global Environmental Technology Foundation (GETF) and chairman of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) that developed the standards, and Mary McKiel, director of the Environmental Protection Agency Voluntary Standards Network.

Additional speakers will include the presidents of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and a representative of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Deadline for reservations for the videoconference is Oct. 21. For more information, call Millard Fillmore College at 829-2202.